"Changing with each passing day, prosperous like a brocade, this is the real Jiangnan metropolis, Gusu is worthy of being the resort of Wuyue, which is really gratifying to Benhou!"

Chen Xu, who had already finished the reception banquet, accompanied by Jiang Heng and a group of Wuzhong officials and Qu Hai and other businessmen from Wuhuyuan, stood on the balcony on the third floor of the Wuhuyuan Hotel and looked around, and saw the huge changes in Wuzhong City and the bustling flow of people all over the streets and alleys.

"All of this is the work of the left minister, if there is no Zuo Yuan to remind the lower officials to beware of the Xiang family, I am afraid that the loss of Wuzhong will destroy the lives and shatter the city!" Jiang Heng hurriedly said.

"Hehe, this matter is still Jiang Jun Shou can strategize and take the lead, in order to be able to keep Wuzhong, Ben Hou just reminded a sentence, and Wu Zhong can have today's prosperity, and Jiang Jun Shou's careful governance is inseparable, such a merit, Jiang Jun Shou's evaluation in the past five years must be excellent, if you want to transfer back to Xianyang, Ben Hou can recommend to the Ministry and His Majesty to serve in the six departments after you go back!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

The surrounding officials were all envious, and congratulated Jiang Heng, but Jiang Heng hesitated slightly and said: "Thank you Hou Ye for your love, but Heng has served in Wuzhong for nearly six years, and these six years have also touched Heng the most, the entire Huiji County and the county in front of him, every bit of its changes Heng has seen and experienced in person, and this change can be said to have lasted more than 1,000 years since the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It is the duty of officials such as us to serve the country and the people, and when I return to the Xianyang court, I am afraid that Heng will not be used to it now, not to mention that the Jiang family now has a second brother Jiang Pu serving in the Ministry of Officials, with three official positions, and the third brother Jiang Hu is also named Marquis Baijue and is in charge of an army to guard the Western Regions, Your Majesty is so kind to my Jiang family, Heng is willing to shepherd one side for His Majesty, educate the people, and do his best for the prosperity of Daqin, so that he can live up to what Heng has learned! ”

Chen Xu was quite moved, and after a careful look at Jiang Heng, he nodded: "It's rare that Jiang County Shou has such ambitions, if all the county and county officials in the world are like you, it will be difficult for my Daqin not to prosper, but my Daqin law stipulates that the county chief official cannot serve in one place for more than five years, whether it is according to the evaluation or the law, Jiang Junshou must be transferred out of Wuzhong in the short term, if you don't want to return to Beijing, then you can only be transferred to other counties, and the promotion may be delayed for another five years, you have to think about it!" ”

"The officials under the imperial court system naturally know that now Wuzhong is developing well, and any official who is transferred to govern can be smooth, Heng is also accustomed to the climate and customs of the south now, Hou Ye is here to inspect the smooth road plan, and the four counties of Lingnan are also in the plan, to build ports and wharves along the river along the coast, and build large ships to pass through the sea and overseas, Heng hopes to be able to make a contribution to Hou Ye's smooth road plan, and transfer to one of the four counties of Lingnan to serve!" Jiang Heng seemed to have a plan in his heart, and he didn't hesitate to speak.

Now the southeast development is in full swing, and the coastal areas of the four counties of Lingnan will soon prosper, and in the planning of Benhou, Panyu, located at the mouth of the Pearl River, is the most important node in the seaports of the southeast counties.

"The lower official is willing!" Jiang Heng saluted respectfully.

"Okay, the Jiang family really didn't disappoint Benhou, rest assured, all the efforts will be rewarded, and the future of the Jiang family will definitely be prosperous!" Chen Xu gently patted Jiang Heng's shoulder with deep feelings.

An old man with gray hair in his sixties, and a young man, Chen Xu's actions not only made everyone feel abrupt, but they were all envious and even jealous of Jiang Heng for no reason.

Under the whole world, to be so close to the Marquis of Qinghe and a promise, I am afraid that the future of the Jiang clan will be unlimited, and it is just around the corner to become one of the top nobles of Great Qin.

And all this can be said to be what Jiang Heng exchanged for his future official career.

There is no return without giving.

No matter what Jiang Heng's intentions were, his approach almost completely ruined his prospects for further promotion to return to the capital division, but with the promise of the Marquis of Qinghe, I am afraid that the Jiang family will make up for more benefits in many other places, and the most likely thing is that the descendants of the family will be used in large numbers.

"You don't need to be envious and jealous, Ben Hou is still that sentence, down-to-earth for the country and the people, to show his ability to serve the court, is the mind that officials should have, the court evaluation is all recorded in the book, the amount of recruitment, the capable are mediocre, although this will make many talented people promote slowly, but it also ensures more fairness. Talent, must be used in the place where it should be used, as long as you wait for the conscientious and conscientious rule to take care of the orderly and prosperous, in the future will not worry about a good official body, Jiang Junshou is your example, do not have the heart of opportunism! Chen Xu turned his head to look at the circle and reminded lightly.

"Yes, the lower officials and others must keep in mind the teachings of the Hou Ye!" A group of officials all bowed honestly.

Whether he agrees with Chen Xu's statement or not, he has to listen to his words.

Because no one in the world is offended, including the emperor, I am afraid that they will not dare to offend.

"By the way, how is the Hangzhou Silk Factory preparing now?" After some advice, Chen Xu decided to change the topic to a lighter one, after all, it was not in line with his habit to get mad as soon as he came, and he was not here to inspect the officials this time, this was under the jurisdiction of the hooligan father-in-law, and he was out of bounds to worry about it.

"Back to the Hou Ye, the second phase of the silk factory project has been completed in May, and the plant of the third phase of the project has also been completed, and the loom is being fully manufactured, and it is expected to be completed before the winter, and now it can produce more than 18,000 high-quality silk horses per month, which is simply a god ......" Juncheng hoopoe quickly replied.

"Master Hou, do you want to arrange for someone to go to the county seat of Hangzhou and the director of the silk factory to report to you?" Jiang Heng reminded.

"No, in two days, Hou will personally go to the silk factory to inspect, I have just arrived today, some things still need to be settled and planned, now you please go back to the office for the time being, and I will talk about it in the evening!" Chen Xu waved his hand and refused.

"Yes, the lower officials will retire!" Jiang Heng and a group of officials hurriedly surrendered their leave.

After standing upstairs and watching Jiang Heng and the others leave, Chen Xu said to several shareholders of Wuhu Park: "Ben Hou is here this time, and he is going to disturb you again!" ”

"Don't bother, don't bother, Hou Ye can come to stay in the Five Lakes Park, it is the greatest trust in us, others can only envy the ear, we are really honored!" Qu Hai and the others hurriedly saluted.

"Ben Hou came to Wuzhong this time, maybe he won't stay for a long time, and then he will go to Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan counties to investigate, and then take a boat directly along the East China Sea to Langya, Ben Hou's family may live in your Wuhu Park for a period of time, so I have to bother you to take care of it!"

"Master Hou can rest assured that my Wuhu Park will not be open to the public until the concubines leave from today, and the safety of the concubines will definitely be guaranteed!" Qu Hai and the four of them hurriedly agreed.

"Well, that's fine, I'll ask Jiang Junshou for safety, you and the rest of the main thing is to take care of the game and food, don't be too nervous, as for the expenses, you will pay off......"

"Hou Ye, don't want to torture us, all the expenses of several Hou concubines and Hou Mansion belong to us, if Hou Ye resigns, we will die in front of Hou Ye!" The four of Qu Hai were all red-skinned and excited, as if they had been greatly stimulated and insulted.

"Alas, okay, then Ben Hou won't say much, in the future, when you go to Xianyang, you must go to Ben Hou's mansion as a guest, and then Ben Hou and several Hou concubines will do their best to be landlords!" Chen Xu had no choice but to nod helplessly.

"Hehe, Hou Ye said so, I will be developed later!" Qu Hai and the four of them were instantly happy.

The changes in Wuzhong have been turned upside down compared with five years ago, and Suzhou and Hangzhou are the real Jiangnan water town style, where the rivers are criss-crossed, the lakes are dotted, and now in July and August, it is the time when the rice is ripe and the lotus root is fragrant, the fish and shrimp are plump, and the temperature is much cooler than the hot summer, so Chen Xu decided to take his family to visit the place again after settling down.

In the water temple at the foot of Gusu Mountain, the big lake mussel that took out the auspicious pearl is still enshrined in the pond in the temple.

However, the water temple is not the dilapidated appearance of the past, but after the Xiang rebellion was suppressed, the local gentry donated funds to rebuild, covering an area of more than 30 acres, the ancestral hall and temple of the temple overlapped, and from the Taihu Lake specially dug a canal to attract lake water into the ancestral hall, the large lake mussel of the size of the millstone now lives in the pool in the center of the ancestral hall, every day there is an endless stream of tourists and local people come to worship and worship, not only some people throw coins and jade into the pool to pray for good fortune, Some people even heard that this auspicious rui loves to drink, so there are tourists who travel thousands of miles to bring wine from the southeast and northwest to pour into the pool.

These wines are varied, the most are several kinds of mulberry wine brewed locally, as well as rice wine and prolific wine from the Central Plains, and even the wine bottles of the drunken eight immortals and the second pot head, these or pottery or porcelain or glass wine bottles are piled up outside the ancestral hall, Chen Xu took a closer look with great interest, and found that there were still a few bottles of Qinghe wine inside, and he was immediately in awe of the extravagant behavior of the people of Daqin who believed in the gods.

Luxury, it is too luxurious, a bottle of Qinghe wine can only be bought for 8,000 yuan, and other wines are not cheap, all the wine is a luxury relative to ordinary people, even the cheapest bottle of Wuhu wine in Wuzhong also costs more than 70 yuan, and ordinary people can earn it for a few months without eating or drinking.

At the moment, I looked at several piles of wine bottles, at least five or six hundred, with a total value of at least close to 100,000 yuan.

100,000 yuan was fed a big lake mussel, and Chen Xu instantly felt a little pain in his heart.

And just when Chen Xu was bored calculating how much wine Dahu Mussel had drunk, he heard a burst of cheerful cheers next to him.

"yes, look, look, it's open, it's open......"

When I turned around, I saw a group of my wives and concubines and their families gathered around the stone fence by the pool.

"What's on?" Chen Xu curiously squeezed in to take a look, and in an instant, his face was black and his eyes were almost invisible.

I saw a group of wives and concubines of their own, including Yu Ji Chen Xi, Yingying Yanyan and a large group of women each holding an open wine bottle in their hands, and they were scrambling to pour wine into the pool, the aroma of red wine was fragrant, and in the crystal clear pool, the super lake mussel with a large grinding plate seemed to be accustomed to this kind of scene without alcohol and joy, and it really slowly opened its huge shell, revealing its fleshy big tongue stirring in the water, and the slow movement looked as comfortable as a drunkard.

"Husband, it's so fun, this big lake mussel really loves to drink......"

Even the usually indifferent water was a little out of control with excitement, and screamed at the big lake mussels in the pool.

"Where did you buy the wine?" Chen Xu couldn't cry and laughed, and turned his head to ask Qu Hai and the others who accompanied him.

"Back to the Hou Ye, since the first emperor toured the southeast to take away the pearl, this big lake mussel has been enshrined here as auspicious, because it was the Hou Ye found that the lake mussel drunk can take the pearl, and then the local people were curious to pour wine into the pool, but somehow the lake mussel that does not open the shell every time as long as it smells the wine will open, and soon a spread of ten or ten hundreds, this matter will spread more and more gods, the folk began to spread that this lake mussel is a subordinate of the water god, because of the love of drinking mistakes were left by the water god in the mortal world and fell into the five lakes, As long as there is wine to worship, the lake mussel can manifest, and after a few years, it has become what it is now, many people who come to play will bring a bottle of wine to pour into the pool to worship, and then someone simply brings wine to sell near the temple, and there is a sales point of the Five Lakes Winery in this temple, I heard that the sales are good...... "Qu Hai quickly explained

"Fortunately, this pool is living water connected to the lake, otherwise this big clam would have been drunk to death I don't know how many times!" Another old man named Lu Zhong sighed.

Chen Xu: ......

This peculiar sacrificial habit of the Chinese is unique in the world, worshipping the gods while not paying much attention to the rules, and they are accustomed to creating their own sacrificial methods with their own rich imagination, such as throwing money into various pools or caves in tourist areas.

The most brain-dead even have people who have to throw money into the engine when they get on a plane and pray for safety.

This is completely mentally retarded!

And now, in this era of the gods, some people have invented the sacrificial method of pouring wine into the pool.

And what made Chen Xu speechless the most was that he was the initiator of this sacrificial method.

The origin of this big lake mussel Wuhu Park several businessmen know well, whether it is a subordinate of the water god does not matter, the main thing is that this giant mussel because of the relationship between the Qinghe Marquis, because of the relationship of the rare giant pearl in the world, has been considered auspicious by the people and even the emperor, and has been widely recognized, the folk not only have various stories about the big river mussel, even the local Quyuan also rehearsed several kinds of mythological dramas about the big river mussel for performance, and the metropolitan newspaper has also carried out large-scale publicity and reporting on this lake mussel.

At present, everyone believes that this big lake mussel is the treasure of Gusu and the auspiciousness of heaven and earth, especially the habit of drinking alcohol has added to its various mysterious attributes.

Because there are many people who love to drink in the world, but there is no other family in the world that loves to drink.

Therefore, now this water temple under Gusu Mountain has become the most lively sacrificial place within a radius of hundreds of miles, many people around the five lakes have to come here to worship every New Year's Festival, and they also have to pour some wine and pray for a few words of blessing from the lake clam fairy grandfather and so on.

After figuring out the reason, Chen Xu didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Brother Xiaoxu, you also come to feed some wine to the big lake mussels and pray for blessings!" Yu Ji squeezed next to Chen Xu and handed Chen Xu the remaining half bottle of mulberry wine in her hand.

"Well, why do you pour wine like this, if you get drunk with the big lake mussels, won't it be useless to make a wish!" Chen Xu took the wine bottle with a smile, poured some into the pool abruptly, and then felt a little thirsty, and drank a few sips to himself.

"Brother Xiaoxu is not sincere at all?" Yu Ji pouted dissatisfied.

"Hehe, you might as well beg me for the big lake mussels, I'm a disciple of the Immortal Family! What do you pray for, it may be more effective to tell Brother Xiaoxu! Chen Xu laughed dryly and looked at Yu Ji.

Yu Ji's cheeks instantly flushed, and she dodged Chen Xu's eyes and whispered with shyness: "No, it won't work if I tell you!" ”

"Haha, that's not to say, this lake mussel is nothing to look at, I'll take you to dig pearl shells on the lake beach, and by the way, go to the place where I caught the lake mussel to play, maybe today if you're lucky, you can catch a big lake mussel or even a big pearl!"

Chen Xu drank the remaining mulberry wine in a few sips, put the bottle on the pile of wine bottles next to him, and as soon as Shui Qingrou and the others heard that they were going to pearl shell picking, they all hurriedly poured the wine into the pool and followed Chen Xu out.