In the southwest of Changnan Town, hundreds of miles away in Yuzhang City, in a large mansion near Taishou Beiyuan in the north of the city, there was a middle-aged man in his forties who was sorrowful at this time.

The man's surname is Duan, the name is Zhang, the word Zhihui, is the long history of Yuzhang County, from the five products of the feudal official, is the third person in Yuzhang County in addition to Taishou and Don't drive.

Yuzhang County is originally an upper county, one level higher than the surrounding counties, and it is the capital of the entire Jiangnan West Road, and Taishou Wang Xian is also the interview and disposal envoy of the Jiangnan West Road, and is the military and political leader of the entire Jiangnan West Road, so although the subordinate officials of Yuzhang County are at the same level as other upper counties, their status is virtually higher.

In the Tang Dynasty, the local government system changed the state of the previous dynasty to a county, but during the Tianbao period, Xuanzong dismissed the state and set up a county, and the title of the local leader was also restored from the assassin to the Taishou. As the governor of a county, Taishou generally served for three to five years, and he returned to the dynasty after his term, and he was generally not a native person, which was also a major advantage of the county system, which could effectively curb the power of local clans.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Taishou from eventually evolving into a division of real power like the Han Dynasty, they set up three posts under the Taishou to supervise the military and government.

Duan Zhang's troubles came from a secret news he got from a friend when he reported to Beijing last year, although it was a secret news, but his friend was in a central position, and the news he got was naturally not the kind of goods that were spread among the people in the streets and alleys.

In order to deal with this matter, Duan Zhang did not hesitate to spend a lot of money from Yuzhang Sima in exchange for a place to enter Beijing again this year, but the things to be prepared for entering Beijing this time made Duan Zhang very worried.

This time, Duan Zhang's main purpose in Beijing was to meet a nobleman, as long as he could satisfy the nobleman, it would be a matter of one or two years for him to rise to the top in the future. But as a nobleman, what kind of rare treasures have not been seen, although this Yuzhang City is also a big city, but even Yangzhou City is not comparable, let alone Chang'an and Luoyang, what kind of good things can you find here that nobles have not seen?

Seeing that the day of departure is getting closer and closer, but the treasures you need are still not found, do you want to watch such a wonderful opportunity slip away from your eyes?

No! Never! Duan Zhang could never accept such a result! Thinking back to the first half of his life, when he was a child, his family was poor, and he could only eat half full every day, but he still held a few scraps of books that he had finally obtained, and hunger made his mind more and more chaotic, and Duan Zhang had to spend great effort every day to memorize the words in the book.

Later, I finally got the recommendation of the envoy, went to Beijing to catch the exam, entered the Shi and the first, and completed the "Chao for Tian Shelang, and the twilight of the Tianzi Hall." A gorgeous turn. What followed was the ups and downs of the sea for more than ten years, and it took great effort to climb to today's status.

But the more the official goes up, the more difficult it becomes, there are only a few seats in the court, if you want to go further, if you don't have the help of nobles, you will have to work hard for more than ten years, and by then you will become a white-headed old man, even if you climb up, you can be a few days?

Now there is finally such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of us, as long as you seize it, not only can you save more than ten years of time, but it is possible to even go to the pavilion to pay respects in the second half of your life. With such an opportunity, where did you dare Duan Zhang to give up?

But how is this treasure so easy to find......

Maybe it was Duan Zhang's prayer that moved the heavens, or maybe Duan Zhang's strong desire these days finally alarmed the people who had a heart, in short, today Duan Changshi will usher in the person or thing that has been waiting for a long time.

Soon Duan Zhang, who was struggling in the study, was awakened by the housekeeper, and the impatient Duan Zhang suddenly had some interest or a glimmer of hope after listening to the housekeeper's account.

"There is a person from outside the house, who claims to have something important to meet the master, saying that the master needs something, and he brought it!"

"Impossible! I never leaked this matter out for the sake of secrecy!" After listening to the butler's words, this thought first came to Duan Zhang's mind, and he was also a little frightened. But Duan Zhang thought about it again, and thought of another possibility.

"Could it be that after getting drunk a few times, he inadvertently said something?" Duan Zhang went out to drink and have fun with his friends a few times, perhaps because he was happy that he had found a road to the clouds, or because he was depressed that he was looking for treasures, so that he once revealed to his friends that he was going to find treasures.

"This person is very suspicious!" this was Duan Zhang's judgment on the treasure donor outside after a moment of examination.

It's just that the other party can find out their own purpose, which shows that they are not ordinary people, and since they already know their purpose and dare to come blatantly, what they are holding in their hands must be something that the other party thinks can be taken out, with their identity and vision, this thing must be a boutique!

This is the conclusion that Duan Zhang then came to that the sea has been up and down for more than ten years, and there are a few mediocre people who can climb to this position, even if they don't have other skills, these intrigues must be proficient.

Maybe it was because he was really exhausted by the search for treasures, or because he trusted his own abilities and means, Duan Zhang finally let the other party in.

Not in the living room, the person's identity was not qualified, and in this study, Duan Zhang met the treasure donor.

A middle-aged man with a thin body and a flattering face, perhaps because he was used to groveling, this person's back was a little hunched. Duan Zhang only glanced at it and knew that the person in front of him was just a chess piece, so he lost the mind to explore, and said straight to the point: "Present the things you brought!"

"Lord Hui, the little Hou Ze is from Fuliang County, Poyang County, do you know? This Fuliang County is specially ......" This Hou Ze is really a guy who has never seen the world, he has no eyesight at all, he didn't notice the impatience on Duan Zhang's face, and he still kept his head down and chattered there.

"That's enough! take out what you brought!" Finally, Duan Zhang couldn't help but stop the other party's chatter, although his tone was flat, there was a majesty of a superior person.

More than ten years of official career has long allowed him to develop a momentum of not being angry and self-imposing, the kind of officials who have to rely on the sound of the common people to highlight their majesty are all petty officials who are not in the stream, and the real high-ranking officials have long cultivated their hearts like water, and they are not shocked, at least they look unfathomable in the face of people with lower status than them.

"Oh...... Yes! Yes! The villain should be damned! The villain should be damned! The villain will take it out!" Hou Ze was finally awakened by Duan Zhang's majesty, and when he first came in, he forgot everything in his mind with nervousness, and only cared about telling his origin, and only now remembered the purpose of his visit.

"My lord, please look!" Hou Ze took out a bowl from the package, and there was a faint cyan in the white and immaculate bowl wall, which was exactly the same as Tang Yuan's bowl!

"Jade bowl?" Duan Zhang took it and took it in his hand to observe it carefully, only to see that this jade bowl was carved from nothing in terms of shape or style except for the material he had never seen before, and he didn't know what kind of jade material it was carved from. There is not even a little pattern, such a bowl may be a treasure to the ordinary people, but it is much more expensive than this bowl itself, how can the nobles in Beijing take a fancy to it?

Duan Zhang thought for a while and didn't figure it out, but he didn't get angry immediately, such a person in front of him was not qualified enough to make him angry.

"This jade bowl is the treasure you want to offer?" Duan Zhang asked calmly.

"Yes...... Forehead...... No, no!" Hou Ze began to get nervous again, and it can be said that he began to feel uneasy from the time he handed the bowl to Lord Changshi.

A few days ago, when he was still at home in Fuliang County, a person suddenly came to visit him and told him that Tang Yuan, the city commander of Changnan Town, had made a new variety of porcelain.

For this Tang Yuan, Hou Ze is a hundred people who look down on him, obviously guarding a golden nest, but he insists on pretending to be tall. Not only did he get the benefits, but the dividends he got at the end of the year were all scattered, and he knew how to drill into the hot cave every day. I also took the most beautiful Rou Niang in the town that year, and the daughter she gave birth to was also as beautiful as a flower, you say that this is not annoying!

The most important thing is not this, a few years ago, there was a new county zun in the county, and he finally seized the lustful character of the county zun and married his flowery sister to him as a concubine, in order to let the county zun seek the position of city commander for himself. Who knew that when the county respected the yamen and proposed to promote himself to the city order, none of the fast officials from the county to the yamen agreed, and all of these people were bought by the damn Tang Yuan's pretentiousness over the years.

The county lord had just arrived, and in order to ensure that his future decrees could be passed, it was not easy to refute the face of the county officials, so he had to give up. When he begged to go to the door several times in the future, the county lord also prevaricated in the past. Later, there was no response at all, and Hou Ze lost his wife and soldiers, and became the laughing stock of the whole county.

Since then, Hou Ze has become more and more hateful to Tang Yuan, and this time the mysterious person came to the door and said that he could get his wish, and maybe he could make Tang Yuan's family ruined. Thinking of Rou Niang's beautiful appearance and graceful posture, as well as her equally beautiful daughter, Hou Ze's heart was already hot, where would he care if there were any other plans in this, and he happily took the things that the mysterious person gave him to him and came to the Duan Changshi Mansion in Yuzhang City according to his instructions. It's just that Hou Ze has also seen the contents of the package, and he heard the mysterious person say that this is the porcelain that Tang Yuan burned out of the new, but can such a piece of burned mud really enter the eyes of Lord Jun? Hou Ze was very skeptical.

Hearing the adult's words, he reacted from his contemplation and stammered.

"What's not?" Duan Zhang asked.

"Lord Qiqi, this bowl is not a jade bowl! it is just a porcelain bowl!" Hou Ze said.

"What?" Duan Zhang was really a little surprised at this time, he once again carefully observed the bowl in his hand, the surface was smooth and delicate, emitting a soft luster, whether it was in terms of texture or temperature, this was obviously a jade bowl! And according to Duan Zhang's experience, the jade material used in this bowl should also be a kind of precious jade, but Duan Zhang had seen several precious jade materials in the world, and he had never seen this kind of jade with blue in white.

Now that he heard Hou Ze say that it was just porcelain, he was naturally surprised.

"You say it's just porcelain? What kind of porcelain? Why has this official never seen this kind of porcelain before?" Duan Zhang has been in Yuzhang for so many years, and he is naturally no stranger to porcelain.

"My lord, this is really porcelain, this is a new variety of porcelain that a person named Tang Yuan in this county just fired a few days ago!" Hou Ze saw that Duan Zhang was suspicious, and immediately became anxious!

"If the adults don't believe it, the villain will prove it to the adults, and break this porcelain bowl, and the adults will know the truth as long as they see the broken mouth!" Saying that, Hou Ze, who was in a hurry, actually went to snatch the bowl in Duan Zhang's hand, wanting to fall to prove his words.

"Presumptuous!" This sentence is now that the housekeeper on the side saw that Hou Ze dared to offend his master like this, and the protector shouted loudly.

Frightened by this sound, Hou Ze realized what he had done, and hurriedly knelt down again, lying on the ground and trembling.

Duan Zhang didn't pay attention to Hou Ze, who was lying on his stomach like a dog, and he began to ponder......

First of all, what we have to consider is the purpose of the person behind Hou Ze, after being an official for so long, Duan Zhang has long passed the age of impulsiveness, and he has to calculate the gains and losses before doing anything. Although this opportunity in front of me is rare, if you fall into the calculations of people with intentions, it will be worth the loss, and no matter how high the official position is, you have to have a life to sit on, right?

But what is the purpose of the person behind him? It's not yet known, so let's not think about it yet.

And then there is this jade bowl, no, the porcelain bowl! In terms of novelty, it will definitely make the eyes of the nobles shine, and it is a local product, even if it is sent, it will not cause criticism. This gift must be given, the official must be in charge, and you must pay attention to your reputation, otherwise even if you are in a high position in the future, it is easy to have an unstable foundation, and it will only be a matter of time before you are knocked down.

So from this point of view, this thing is the best choice, as for whether this porcelain will be all over the streets in the future, losing its preciousness, this Duan Zhang is not too worried, not that this is a new variety, whether it is really unique or not, Duan Zhang will use his own strength to make it unique......