The reed powder has been delivered, and Erya and Xiaohu are studying to make toilet paper, and they have been busy for several days without a clue, either fragile and broken when touched, or hard and broken. Xiaohu lost the confidence to throw away his hands and quit, and Erya was impatient to toss again because there were too many things. Just let the fur workshop, which is not very busy, help make some small cloth bags, using very thin and soft muslin cloth on one side, and sizing cotton cloth that is very thick and not easy to leak on the other. She diluted the reed powder with water and then sifted out the dregs through a fine sieve, leaving only a fine pile of powder. Then precipitate, remove the surface water, and then steam. The steamed reed pulp is set aside to cool and drain, and then the reed pulp is sewn together in a cloth bag that has been washed. The final procedure is to dry the stitched and compacted cloth bag at high temperature, which is not difficult to do with the high-temperature boiler of the blacksmith department.

As a result, it rained in the east and brightened in the west, and the toilet paper was not made, but the sanitary napkins were made and the majority of women living in dire straits were rescued.

Shi Jingxuan has been very irritable lately, and I don't know when someone has always come running over with a burden to defect to the owner. After asking some questions, all the rough men who don't know anything, none of them are useful. There are one or two who look very shrewd, but they don't look like good people. These people don't want it, they don't leave, and they wander around the town every day. He was also worried that these people were unstable on their hands and feet, stealing chickens and dogs, and even more afraid that someone was the treacherous and vicious bandit.

A few days later, he didn't dare to think about finding a way to solve the matter on his own, so he hurriedly ran to Wangjiazhuang and found the owner and the owner's lady. Tell me about it and what I'm worried about. Xiaohu and his wife frowned, this matter is really difficult to handle, and the best way now is to use them to work. But the town's construction sites are absolutely not allowed to use them. Because it's definitely not easy to keep these strangers in town.

Xiaohu said to his daughter-in-law: "Those things that scoop up the mud are done, if they are done, they will all be driven over there to work, if they are really people who do things in a down-to-earth manner, when the reeds are done, they will continue to stay, if they don't do anything and make trouble, they will be driven away immediately, and those who don't go will be hard with him!" ”

"Mold testing is already possible. I'm waiting for the real thing to be made now, I'm afraid I'll have to wait a little longer! ”

It took a lot of effort to make molds for those things, and they were modified again and again. Calculate the data again and again. Even so, Erya can't guarantee that those things can be successfully made at one time.

Erya continued: "Let's see if they are willing to go to the Northland, didn't Daman say that he would build a fortress at the exit of the Grand Canyon?" Just arrange for them to pass. If you are willing, you will be paid one or two a month's wages. In addition, they are guaranteed food and housing, and since they can't work for three months in winter, they will be given a holiday with wages. If you don't want to go, let them stay away from our town immediately, and if you don't go, you will report to the officials as a rogue. If it is really forced by life, I don't believe that I can take a vacation for twelve taels of silver a year, and I don't want to do it for three months! ”

Xiaohu and Shi Jingxuan both agreed with this method, and Erya explained to Shi Jingxuan: "If you are willing to go over, you must take them to the county government to register, and find out if they have registered any fugitives and fugitive slaves in the government." We don't want to be good, but some of the troubles that can be avoided are avoided as much as possible, and an excellent talent who is in trouble is not as good as an innocent ordinary person. This should be remembered. ”

"Yes!"

Those who come to defect. I heard that there is a salary of twelve taels of silver a year, and I am in charge of food, drink, and housing. In addition, from November to January of the following year, you can go home for the New Year with a three-month holiday, and you will not be deducted from your salary. When everyone heard that there were such good conditions, those who really wanted to earn wages were happy and expressed their willingness to go. But this is not something you can go if you want to go, Shi Jingxuan asked his own doctor to check their pulses and bodies. Those who have congenital diseases or serious illnesses are not allowed to go over, after all, they have to do heavy physical work over there, and they can't do small work if they are not in good health, and if there is any leakage of dead people, it will become a big thing.

There are also a few people who don't want to stay away from home or have other purposes, since they refuse to go to the north, there is no reason to stay here anymore, and in the end they also leave obediently.

As soon as these people were sent to the Northland, and there were already many old retired soldiers there, the construction of the fortress over there began. Although these people are a little tired over there, they have a meal of meat every day, and they also get cotton jackets in winter, which is not enough to eat and dress warmer than at home, which can be said to be a life in the sky and on the earth. When they go home for the New Year at the end of each year, they can bring a lot of young and middle-aged people to their hometowns to work. This provided enough strong labor force to the other side, so that there was never a shortage of people in the fields and coal mines in the north, and it was even more powerful than in the past, when the government was both advantageous and compulsory.

It's time to send tea to the grassland again, Wu Fenggang has been arranged for market development, Wang Shoucang and his nephew Wang Duojin have been helping to deliver milk powder and cheese sent by the grassland in the past two years, but the two of them have not independently led a team to send tea to the grassland. Although there will be escorts by Li Dangtou every year, Er Ya still thinks that he should take one or two trips first, after all, Wang Shoucang and Wang Duojin are not as bold as Wu Fenggang. This task that took them on two trips was screened to the end, and it still fell on Xiaohu's head. And he had another task on this trip, which was to bring two caravans made by their family to the grassland and sell them to the wealthy nobles, which were more convenient and safe than their tents, and could prevent the ground from getting wet.

After sending Xiaohu away, Xiaolong, Anzi, Wu Zhicheng, Xiucai in the town and several hired Mr. Xiucai also followed to participate in the township test.

The uncle, the eldest aunt, the second uncle and the second aunt were all anxiously waiting for the results of Anzi's exam, and the second girl, who wanted them to go out of the imperial examination, was not as nervous as the uncle. There is also Director Shi who is not nervous, he doesn't know if he is not nervous on the surface or really doesn't care, anyway, he didn't send the exam in person, but asked Liu Wenzhu and Sun Huawen to send a few candidates over, and helped take care of them by the way.

As soon as the township examination was over, the gentlemen who still had to teach came back in a hurry to continue teaching the children, and the others remained in Fucheng, exchanging their experience with the same year while waiting for the announcement of the list of winners.

Only he knows whether Director Shi is nervous or not, but he carefully asked a few candidates who came back first, and when they answered how they answered the questions, what the key points were, the font was an official font, so he nodded and asked them to go back to their respective posts.

Director Shi explained that the students' exams were basically very conservative methods. Needless to say, even the characteristics of the answers are seldom like other gentlemen, he guides students to cater to the preferences of the graders. The scroll font also tells students that it is best to use the official font, and if other fonts are really outstanding, they can try to use them. He believes that the best way to answer the question is to be decent, and there are only two situations that can be said: one is that you can gamble on the edge of the sword if you are sure that you will not pass the test, and the other is that you are really sure that it is better than the modest, so you can give full play to your unique expertise.

Not many days later, Xiaolong and the others also came back, and they also copied a copy of the list of winners who went to take the exam. Xiaolong, Anzi and Wu Zhicheng were second, ninth, and twenty-first respectively, and Mr. Zhao's grandson-in-law, Mr. Xiaolin, also won this time, and was the one hundred and ninety-second. The showmen in the town went to a total of fifteen and got eight, the first place Xie Yuan was among them, and the third, seventh, eighth, and tenth. Seven of the top ten candidates from the Wang family are included, Xiaolong, Anzi, Wu Zhicheng, and Mr. Xiaolin have all studied with Director Shi for more than a year, so this credit should be given to Director Shi.

Curator Shi really couldn't calm down this time, and he didn't even pretend to be over. I heard that when he got the news, he fainted at the time, and it took a while for someone to wake up, and when he woke up, he looked at his son and laughed, so frightened that people hurriedly called the doctor over. The doctor pricked him several times before he came to his senses, and it is said that his son Shi Jingxuan and his daughter were scared to tears. For this matter, Erya also told him the story of "Fan Jinzhongju", and Director Shi bowed to Erya while wiping his sweat: "Please raise your noble hand!" Spare the little old man, thank you, thank you! ”

After laughing, of course, Erya will not keep making jokes about Curator Shi. Xiaolong, Anzi and the children in the town didn't want to make a big deal when they were admitted to Xiucai Erya before, but this time they couldn't dodge. Before the annunciation arrived, they were already busy preparing for the celebration banquet, and then they waited for the annunciation to arrive, and began to cook, cook, and hold a feast.

The children in the town, although many of them wrote their original address when filling in the candidates' information, the address of the good news was still Hepu Town, so all the good news came to Hepu Town. After a while, a team of blowing and blowing to report the good news, and a team of blowing and blowing to report the good news, there is no tea here, the red envelope has not yet been handed, and there is a pair of blowing and blowing and beating. Curator Shi was busy handing out red envelopes and thanking others for their congratulations, and his voice was dumb and unable to speak in the end, and his hands were sour because of the red envelopes.

Because the wedding banquet has been prepared, they are waiting for the banquet to be held on the day of the good news, so these officials who announce the good news have also been forced to stay for a glass of wine. This wedding banquet is not as elaborate as a wedding banquet, as long as there is a table full of good dishes with wine and meat, so that everyone can drink and eat well.

In the next three days, I invited the troupe to sing a big opera, but Erya didn't want to invite the singer to come over for so long. When the singer comes, he sings and leaves, and it has no effect on others. The fear is that they stay here for a long time and expose the children to some bad behavior. Although she does not discriminate against singing, the vast majority of the operas have a loose view of human nature, distortion of social ethics, disregard for morality and public morality, and serious psychological pathologies, which are unacceptable to her. Later, at her insistence, she was only invited to sing a big drama for one day, but she had to hold a banquet for three days in a row, which was the kind that could be served on the table regardless of whether she knew it or not.

You know, this is a town with a market, and it happened to be the day of a market, and Erya was eaten miserably. What can she do? can only cover his cheeks and grit his teeth to admit the planting! Who didn't think of her! (To be continued......)