Cheng Rixing, Liu An, Sun Xi, Han Mo......

Early the next morning, Sun Shaozong was in the Criminal Name Division, sketching a list of lists, when he saw Cheng Rixing coming in from outside and reported: "Dong Weng, there is a word from Jia Fucheng, saying that there is a shortage of manpower, and I hope that we will temporarily transfer a few scribes who are good at figure painting to come over." Follow? Dream?. lā”

"Understaffed?"

Sun Shaozongqi said: "Why are there so many leftover women this year? ”

If you want to say that Jia Yucun has recently handled official duties, portrait painting needs to be used, that is, the 'blind date conference' routinely held by the local government around the Dragon Boat Festival every year.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in order to alleviate the population crisis caused by the long-term war, the policy of forced marriage was implemented.

Today, with the gradual increase in population, this policy is not as strict as it was at the beginning, but it has not been completely abolished.

Under the current regulations, both men and women who have reached the age of 21 and are not married are subject to a special 'single tax', and the amount of the tax increases with the age of the year.

The minimum tax paid can naturally continue to be a leftover man and a woman with peace of mind; If you can't afford it, you must participate in the 'blind date conference' held regularly by the government every year - if you fail to 'match' for two consecutive sessions, you will have an unconditional forced marriage in the third year.

And the blind date meeting of this idea, of course, cannot be like the later generations, allowing hundreds of pairs of sons and women to flirt with each other on the spot.

Generally, the woman's appearance is simply depicted, marked with family history and birthdate, hung in a specific place, and the man chooses a few independently, and then contacts each other through the official media.

Of course, a scholar with a reputation for fame, or an official of the imperial court, could ignore this decree.

However, he said that Sun Shaozong was curious about why there were so many leftover women this year, so that there were not enough painters, so Cheng Rixing said helplessly: "It's not all caused by the flood last year, at that time, many men of school age in the city took the opportunity to negotiate marriage. ”

"In addition, prices have risen a lot before the New Year, and the people's livelihood is difficult, how can they afford to pay additional taxes? So the number of women who participated in the blind date this year was nearly twice as many as in previous years. ”

Tut~

This is really the fire at the city gate and the fish in the pond!

Who would have thought that a flood in Hebei would affect the 'marriage market' in Beijing?

However, the flood did benefit many singles in the capital.

As for the leftover women......

The common people of the Imperial City do not have the habit of picking sons-in-law among the disaster victims—unless it is those who have meritorious talents.

But if you show talents, how can you look down on the leftover girls of ordinary people's families?

"In that case."

After understanding the cause and effect, Sun Shaozong instructed: "Then let Lin Delu choose a few who are good at fine brushwork - remember to explain them, don't make a fierce and evil appearance like you usually draw a wanted notice, and ruin people's good marriage!" ”

Cheng Rixing laughed when he heard this, and went out to find Lin Delu.

"Wait."

Sun Shaozong shouted to him again: "Just let Chengye go, I have some private matters to discuss with you here." ”

Personal?

Cheng Rixing was a little excited, he had been a master for more than a year, and this was the first time that Sun Shaozong had to discuss private matters with him.

Doesn't this prove that Dong Weng trusts himself more?!

So he hurriedly went out and explained the matter to Sun Chengye, and then turned back excitedly, and said sneakily: "Dong Weng has something to do, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it, the student guarantees his life with his net worth, and he will never leak it to the outside world!" ”

This guy ......

You don't think you're going to be corrupt, right?

Sun Shaozong was a little speechless, pointed to the chair opposite and asked him to sit down first, and then said with a straight face: "Actually, recently I have won a lucrative bargain, and I urgently need a few trustworthy people to go to the south to keep an eye on - I want to think about it, or you are the most suitable to take charge of this matter." ”

In fact, when he first began to think about the timber business, Sun Shaozong's favorite person in his heart was the old housekeeper Wei Licai, Uncle Wei did things steadily and decisively, and the most important thing was to be loyal to the Sun family.

It's just that the plan can't catch up with the changes, after Uncle Wei continued, he turned out to be a successful cloth seed for the old and strong, and now he has become a full-time dad, and even the big and small things in the house have been thrown to Zhao Joong Ki.

Although if the Sun brothers opened their mouths to ask for help, Uncle Wei would definitely agree to go to the south to stare - but how could they open their mouths?

So Sun Shaozong hit Cheng Rixing with the idea again - Cheng Rixing has been a shopkeeper, and he has a serious reputation, and he is still safe in handling things, except that his loyalty is not as good as Uncle Wei, he can be said to be the most suitable person.

It's just that as soon as Cheng Rixing heard that he was helping to run a 'business', he was a little withdrawn.

In these years, scholars and doctors generally looked down on businessmen, and Cheng Rixing would not hesitate to resign from the fat shortage in Jia's shop to become Sun Shaozong's criminal master, which was probably out of this intention.

Now that he's doing a good job, how can he be willing to take care of businessmen again?

And Sun Shaozong naturally knew what he was thinking, so he immediately said: "This transaction will last for two or three years at most, and the bonus that will be given to you every year during this period will not be less than one thousand taels - more importantly, ......"

Sun Shaozong paused slightly, and then threw out the most important bait: "If you still fail in the imperial examination after three years, I will do my best to protect your future as a county order!" ”

"Is that true?!"

Cheng Rixing jumped up excitedly, although he had always refused to give up the imperial examination, he actually knew in his heart that as he grew older and his inertia increased, his chances of being admitted to the Jinshi were getting slimmer and slimmer.

If you can use three or two years of businessmen to operate, you can get back a hundred miles of marquis......

"How have I ever deceived you with empty words?"

Sun Shaozong saw that he was already tempted, so he further revealed: "What's more, this transaction also involves a big man of the second grade, if you manage it properly, you must not be stingy to be a favor." ”

The big guy of the second product?!

Cheng Rixing's eyes shone brightly, and he suddenly bowed and said: "Vested Dong Weng values it so much, do students dare not try their best to repay it?!" ”

Seeing that he agreed, Sun Shaozong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, as long as the role of overseeing the overall situation was decided, the person who assisted from the side would be easy to arrange.

"Mr. Cheng has been tidying up his house first, and I estimate that it may be ...... in the middle of the month."

"Uncle, uncle!"

Sun Shaozong was explaining the date of going south to Cheng Rixing, when he suddenly saw Sun Chengye running in in a panic, and said in a trembling voice: "There is news from the house arrest center, saying that there is a nun who wants to have a miscarriage!" ”

Miscarriage is premature birth, which was also an extremely dangerous thing in ancient times.

However, Sun Shaozong was not so angry, he panicked for the life and death of a prostitute, so he first asked calmly: "Is it the old one or the small one?" ”

If the month is large, the expected date of delivery is the end of May, and it is said that it is a miscarriage, and the risk is not too great.

The month is small, but the one will not reach the proper delivery period until the beginning of July, and now it is more than two months away, and the risk is much higher.

"This ......"

Sun Chengye was speechless for a moment, as soon as he heard that the female prisoner on the side of the house arrest was going to have a miscarriage, he came over in a panic to report, how could he have bothered to ask these details?

Still lack of exercise.

Sun Shaozong shook his head helplessly and said, "Don't be so flustered in the future, ask things clearly first." ”

As he spoke, he instructed again: "Go and send someone to inform Zhou Da, let him personally go over and keep an eye on it, and try to save the mother and child safely - if there is danger, protect the child first." ”

The two prostitutes, both on the left and right, were sentenced to behead the prison marquis, and even if they temporarily saved their lives, they would also die after the autumn, so they naturally chose to protect the child.

Waiting for Sun Chengye to take the order, Cheng Rixing next to him reminded again: "My lord, shouldn't you inform Lucui Nunnery and Fayuan Temple, after all, after this child is born, it will be handed over to them." ”

Tut~

I don't know if Miaoyu experienced the initial fright, and whether she was willing to adopt these evil seeds again.