According to the practice of the imperial court, it will take at least one and a half years for a new branch to enter the Hanlin Academy before they can be promoted, and Qiu Yinming's promotion this time is not all accidental. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info since the examination to explore the flowers, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Hu has paid attention to him, and later learned from the mouth of the Confucian Scholar of the Hanlin Academy that he handled official affairs quite well, and often read in the library, so he recommended him when the official attendance of the Ministry of Officials. Just as there was a vacancy in the post of attendant, the officials placed him in this position. Everyone knows that if there is a vacancy in the six departments, then Qiu Yinming will definitely not stay in the Hanlin Academy. Qiu Yinming was very grateful for the teacher's care, and inevitably visited him from time to time, so he also had a few encounters with Taishi Wang Zhi. Hu and Wang turned out to be old colleagues in the Ministry of Rites for many years, the two of them were upright and easy-going, and they have always been reused, and they are very prestigious among the civil officials of the imperial court. Therefore, this time, Lord Hu promoted a fledgling new science and technology scholar in one fell swoop, and the court officials all looked sideways. But Qiu Yinming didn't care much about this, and still walked to Hanlin Academy every day to be on duty.

Accustomed to seeing the blue sky and blue sea, he is now locked between the courtyards and city walls every day, and he soon feels uncomfortable. He constantly restrained his words and deeds to adapt to the convergence of the city government in the officialdom, and when he was free, he wore civilian clothes in the streets and alleys of the capital to observe the customs of the people, patiently waiting for the day when he could walk out of the Hanlin Academy, and really do a little business, so as to live up to his wish when he entered Beijing.

There are many places to see in the capital, teahouses, shops, snacks and juggling, to find out the whole city, it is not a few days to do. In the blink of an eye, it was early summer, and it was dawning in May, and Qiu Yinming came out of the Hanlin Courtyard, often feeling sleepy. Not long after the afternoon of this day, seeing that the Hanlin scholars were all taking a nap or playing chess, Dongfang Yan was not feeling well and would be on duty in the future, so he changed his outfit and walked to the gate of Xi'an alone.

There were several small coal kilns in the northwest corner of the capital, and every winter, the charcoal burners had to use camels to transport coal into the city, and later there was a small camel market in the west of the city. When it was hot, the place was always stinky, and other shops moved away for fear of ruining their business, but the people who were in the livestock business didn't care, so they gathered their cattle, horses, and sheep here to sell, and the original camel market became a big field for all kinds of livestock. Since entering Beijing, Qiu Yinming has never been there, and on a whim this day, he went all the way to the northwest and unconsciously walked through Xi'an Gate and came to the livestock market.

From a distance, I saw the dust in front of me, and the field surrounded by a wooden fence was dozens of feet square, and the neighing of horses and donkeys sounded unique, but the smell made people hesitate. But now that he came, he decided to go in and take a walk. The most abundant on the market are not camels, but horses. Although Qiu Yinming doesn't understand horses, he can roughly distinguish Mongolian horses, Central Plains horses, and Sichuan dwarf horses, most of which are strong and short-legged, and they are not very eye-catching. There are many merchants in the horse market, buying horses to transport goods, standing in pairs with horse dealers, cuff to cuff, hand in sleeve without knowing what to do, and the business is negotiated. He thought it was fresh, and wanted to ask but was afraid that the horse dealers would laugh at him, so he stood by and guessed to himself. Suddenly, someone behind him shouted loudly.

"Hey, big eater! Unique! ”

Many people followed the prestige, only to see a soldier leading a black horse to walk without anyone else, found a vacant lot, tied the horse to a stake, and said: "This is from the Shihou Mansion, which is different from the horse here." Fifty taels, sold cheaply. ”

When everyone heard that they were all around, Qiu Yinming stood next to the horse and could see it clearly. The horse was pitch black, without a single stray hair, with beautiful bones, slender legs, and large brown eyes. But the horse's head was lowered, its ears drooped forward, its body was covered with dust, dozens of whiplashes were faintly visible, and a blood-stained strip of cloth was wrapped around its hind legs. Such a beautiful horse was abused like this, Qiu Yinming suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

At this time, a businessman with a Shanxi accent stepped forward and said to the little soldier: "You are lame, how can you pull the cart?" It's just five taels of silver cheaper. The little soldier sneered: "Do you have long ears?" This is a big horse, where can I find fifty taels and one horses? There was another person next to him: "Brother Xiaobing, we are all old horses, and this horse is a money-losing product." "That's right." Another person said, "It doesn't matter what kind of food it is, if you buy a horse and pay for it, you have to pay for it, even if it is cured, what can this thin-legged person do?" The merchants said in unison, and the little soldier was furious, and said angrily: "You uninformed! It's useless for me to say it! Fifty taels, no matter how cheap it is! ”

"I bought fifty taels."

As soon as the little soldier turned around, he saw Qiu Yinming standing beside the horse and untied the rope, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "There is finally someone who knows the goods." This is a real BMW, you're in luck! ”

Qiu Yinming asked him: "Since it is a BMW in the Hou Ye's mansion, why is it sold cheaply?" ”

Xiao Bing said with a fluttering eyebrow: "This horse is a gift from a foreign envoy, when it was first sent, it was majestic, even the Hou Ye himself was thrown to the ground by it, and then he tried everything by whipping the cone, and the stinky temper of this animal was not weak, and the Hou Ye let it be sold." Hey. Xiao Bing smiled, "I don't dare to ask for more money, and I will make fifty taels of brothers spend their own money." Qiu Yinming said to Xiao Bing: "Please go back with me to get the money." ”

The little soldier happily followed him. Qiu Yinming led the lame black horse and slowly left the horse market, and the merchants and horse dealers sneered and laughed. Qiu Yinming just didn't hear it, took Ma Yuan Road home, bypassed the pharmacy halfway, and bought some trauma ointment. When the steward saw that he had brought back a lame horse, he was very puzzled, but he did not say much, and immediately had the stables cleaned, and sent for good food, and then stood aside to watch him rinse the horse and give it medicine. When Qiu Yinming came out of the stable with a bucket, Steward Chai couldn't help but say, "My lord, to be honest, you are a good person. Qiu Yinming smiled slightly and said, "You go and ask a veterinarian tomorrow to take a look at it." ”。 Chaiban agreed, and watched the horse bow his head and feast pleasantly.

Since that day, Qiu Yinming has been taking care of the dark horse himself. The horse seemed obedient, not at all as untamable as the horse seller said. Sometimes he let the horse out of the barn and let it walk up and down in the courtyard, and the house was suddenly full of life. More than twenty days have passed, and the black horse has completely returned to its original state, black and shiny, and its steps are light. One day, Qiu Yinming saw it trotting and jumping in the yard, and seemed to want to go out, so he took it out, found a harness shop, put on a new hoof, and equipped it with a saddle sheath. Qiu Yinming was very happy, turned on the horse's back, the horse seemed to understand, trotted for a while, and then suddenly raised his four hooves and walked away. Since then, Qiu Yinming has ridden out of the city every once in a while. In June, the forests are weaving, the flowers are blooming, the birds and beasts are everywhere, and it is the hunting season. Now that he has a good horse and a good crossbow, he no longer wanders around the market, as long as it doesn't rain, he takes time to go out of the city, and always brings some game to share with Dongfang Yan and his family. Gradually, the people in the Hanlin Academy heard about this, but Qiu Yinming did not slack off on official duties at all, so no one criticized him. Soon, the emperor issued an imperial decree to keep the new science and technology scholars in Beijing, and the rest of the points went to various places to serve in the county, and some of the old officials in the six departments were replaced by rookies.

I heard that the Ministry of Industry was the hardest of the six departments, and when I saw the appearance of Jiang Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, with white temples and thin cheeks, I knew that he was busy with affairs and overthinking. On the first day of taking office on June 28, Qiu Yinming immediately realized that the Ministry of Industry was completely different from the Hanlin Academy, and the petty officials were so busy walking that they did not say hello. The Department of Water Resources, as the name suggests, is in charge of building water conservancy, preventing disasters and controlling rivers, only the flooding of the Yellow River, building a large number of buildings every year, requisitioning manpower and money, not counting, in case of drought, water diversion and irrigation and opening the river to transport grain can not be taken into account, there are peasant households to become displaced people, such thorny things he has seen a lot in the history of the Hanlin Academy. Within ten days of taking office, he found that the position of a foreigner was really thankless. The first four directors had their own division of labor, and all the texts were passed on to the senior Tosui Shiro who was over half a hundred years old and had great seniority. Every time Qiu Yinming made a suggestion, Lao Langzhong admonished him like a scholar, and then insisted on his own opinions, but Qiu Yinming had to sort out his meaning one by one and then instruct a few principals.

In the middle of July, it was the queen mother's birthday, and all the court officials above the fourth grade gave gifts to congratulate them, and feasted in the palace, after which the civil and military officials had a three-day holiday. At that time, the Ministry of Industry was busy with the flooding of the Yellow River, and the music books of the Metropolitan Water Division, Henan, and Shandong were already piled up on the table. However, the Holy Grace allowed the vacation, and it coincided with the early autumn when the sky was high and the clouds were light, and the sun was pleasant, and none of the officials went to the yamen.

Early in the morning of the third day of the three-day vacation, Qiu Yinming rode out of the north gate alone with a crossbow machine. The autumn of the capital is the most comfortable time, the fragrant rice in the south of the Yangtze River is transported to Beijing on time every year, the food and clothing of the officials are provided by the taxes paid by various places, food and clothing are not worried, and the people of the capital are richer than other places in the light of the emperor. Out of sight and out of sight, few officials want to get a natural and man-made disaster thousands of miles away. Qiu Yinming was busy with headaches for a few days in Henan and Shandong, so he went out of the city to relax.

There are mountains and mountains in the north of the city dozens of miles away, and the remaining veins of Yanshan stretch for hundreds of miles, and the majestic state is still not reduced outside the capital. In early autumn, the mountains and forests are dotted with scattered orange and yellow, and at first glance it is still the scenery of midsummer, with warm winds blowing on the face and colorful butterflies flying. In the grass and shrubs, hares and gray deer are frequent. Qiu Yinming loaded the arrows and trotted on the hillside on horseback. Not long after, I saw more than a dozen people riding tall horses on the hillside in the distance, as if they were hunting. The military attachés of all sizes in the capital barracks like to hunt, and seeing that those people were riding like war horses, Qiu Yinming guessed that they were military attachés, so he turned his horse's head and didn't want to meet them.