The sun is three poles, and it is close to the end of the hour.

On the river beach outside the northern suburbs of Pheasant County, large areas of farmland are ripe, reflecting golden light in the autumn sun.

Four fast horses kicked and trampled down the White River, and soon arrived in front of the county seat.

"Gently, let's say goodbye here, be careful all the way on the road, if you have a chance after returning to Wancheng, ask someone to bring a message to me, your body has not fully recovered, take medicine on time and don't work, those things you want to look for don't have to be anxious, you can find the best, if you can't find me, think of another way!" Chen Xu sat on horseback, looked at Shui Shui, who was wearing a black dress and a black face towel on his face, and said softly.

"Chen Lang rest assured, gentle and provincial, when I find something, I will return to accompany Chen Lang immediately!" Shui nodded softly, and then glanced at Niu Dashi and Liu Po, who were following Chen Xu.

"Chen Lang take care, two take care, farewell, drive~"

After a brief silence, the water pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, and with a slight click of his slender legs caught the horse's belly, he whipped away, leaving only a slender back that disappeared into the woods in the strong sunlight.

"Sure enough, it's a strange woman!" After Liu Po, who had a dark and burly face, watched the water disappear softly, he retracted his gaze and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

"Brother Xu, there won't be any danger for the water lady to go to Wancheng alone, right?" Niu Dashi was a little nervous.

Chen Xu shook his head, and said in his heart that it was not enough for the three of us to tie together, if she wanted to worry about the danger, it was better to worry about the remaining three of her for the time being, once she encountered seven or eight robbers on the way back, it was estimated that she would explain, and if seven or eight robbers encountered the water gentle, the consequences would be very unpredictable, and it was estimated that she would die very miserably.

And the water that was leaving in a hurry was soft, but her eyes were slightly red at this time, and she slowed down her horse and looked back repeatedly, but found that she could no longer see Chen Xu's shadow, and suddenly felt empty and lost her spirit in her heart.

Last night, the two hugged each other for the first time, although they did not take the last and most intimate step, but under the earnest temptation of a bad teenager, after touching and pinching a night of intimacy, the relationship between the two was sublimated sharply again, and it has reached the point of glue.

Chen Xu said that although the body is young, after all, the soul is a twenty-five-year-old foot-picking man, and he has had a girlfriend in later generations, and the feelings between men and women are much more mature, but the water is gentle but different, he has lived almost an isolated life in the mountains since he was a child, and he has not been contaminated with any ordinary people's emotions and thoughts, not only his mind is simple, but his heart is also pure as white jade without the slightest flaw, and the only man he is close to after going down the mountain is only Chen Xu, so after this intimate relationship, A heart will no longer have half a point of estrangement, at this time sitting on the back of the horse, recalling last night's experience, suddenly the jade cheeks crimson, the kind of shy and eager emotions will disturb her mind confusion, the body also seems to have a clear spring bubbling flowing, so that she instantly felt sore, can't help but open her mouth and let out a soft hum on the horse's back, the whip in her hand almost fell.

"Shui is gentle, why are you so unbearable, Chen Lang has the ambition to serve the country loyally, but the master has never been wrong in his speculation, the Shui family can't be relied on, how can I be so childlike......"

But after a while, the water took a few deep breaths gently, and the internal breath quickly subsided, and the red tide on his face gradually faded, and with a wave of the whip, the horses flew away along the road leading to Wancheng.

"Let's go, follow me into the city!" Chen Xu, who was standing outside the city gate, couldn't hear the sound of the departing horses' hooves anymore, so he gently shook the reins and took Niu Dashi and Liu Po into the city.

"Hey, it's really a virtuous nephew, why did you suddenly come here when you are free today?"

Jiang Beiting, who received the report from the soldiers, strode out of the county office, and saw Chen Xu and the three of them standing at the door with horses, and deliberately made a rather surprised expression on their faces.

"I've seen Master Jiang!" Chen Xu and Niu Dashi bowed together.

"No courtesy, the virtuous nephew will follow me into the inner house to rest!" Jiang Beiting waved his hand, almost without looking at Niu Dashi and Liu Po.

Chen Xu asked Niu Dashi and Liu Po to tie the three horses to feed them, and he carried a cloth bag and followed Jiangbei Pavilion through the small door next to the county government hall into the backyard.

In the courtyard, Jiang Chuyue and Jiang Chuxing were shouting and practicing swords, and when they saw Chen Xu, they hurriedly stopped and came up to salute together, and after another greeting, the guest and the host sat down in the house, and the servant sent the fruit garden and refreshments and then withdrew. ”

Chen Xu took the teacup and drank it dryly, then put down the cup and laughed a few times: "The autumn harvest is approaching, there is a little leisure today, and the adults have invited it several times, it would be too rude for Xu to continue to shirk, so I took the time to visit the county lord, Qinghe Town is poor, and there is nothing good in the poor countryside, so I brought you a tube of tea and a few bottles of newly brewed wine and vinegar. ”

Chen Xu said as he opened the cloth bag beside him, took out a tube of tea leaves branded with bamboo patterns and several pottery bottles more than a foot high from it, and gently placed them on the case in front of him.

This tube of tea is actually the first Ziyunxian tea made in Xiaohe Village, because Yu Wuya brought it to Wancheng for the second time and brought it back without selling it, Chen Xu also knew that this kind of tea was inconvenient to go out, so he kept it at home to drink it himself, even the last time Zhao Qing, Gongsun Beiyan and this time Wang Jian came, he did not use it to entertain guests, and the hospitality was made behind the tea leaves picked in Qinghe Town, but the taste was very bitter, and the taste made from the tea leaves on the tea trees in Xiaohe Village was completely different. Therefore, Chen Xu has always suspected that there is a problem with the three huge tea trees in Xiaohe Village and the nearby small tea trees, or there is a problem with the soil, which causes the taste of the tea leaves to grow after frying.

Because Chen Xu felt that it was too shabby to give a gift of a tube of tea, so he hurriedly went to the cave to fill three bottles of grape vinegar and two bottles of wine, the bottle is a pottery bottle made by the pottery workshop with a blank machine, and the mouth of the bottle is made of sycamore wood that is dried after cooking, although the elasticity is not as good as the cork on the red wine bottle in later generations, but it is barely enough, at least it will not leak out.

As a later generation, he also has a lot of experience in gift-giving, tobacco, alcohol and tea are the most decent things, and as a traverser, it is too embarrassing to send salted fish and bacon, and he must send something different, and he has to make up an auspicious number.

For example, the wine vinegar and tea in front of me are just enough for six things, and six or six are also smooth.

Although I haven't heard that there is vinegar for gifts in later generations, Chen Xu can only settle for the time being, because the first batch of wine has been drunk, only these two bottles are left, although the newly brewed wine has been stored in the cave, but it is not very good, the taste is not very good, as for the vinegar, there is still a lot, and fruit vinegar is definitely an unprecedented freshness in the current Great Qin Empire, and it is not a shame to give it away, and it may be possible to create a new way of giving gifts to pass on.

In this case, after Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty ascends the throne and becomes emperor, will he not be able to give Fang Xuanling's wife vinegar?

Chen Xu's thinking began to diverge to the Tang Dynasty a thousand years later.

"Virtuous nephew, what are the contents of these clay vases?" Jiang Beiting looked at several pottery vases that were almost exactly the same size, and was very surprised.

"This is a grape wine made in my spare time, it tastes much better than ordinary wine, do you want to try it?" Chen Xu smiled and handed a bottle of fruit wine to Jiangbei Pavilion.

Jiangbei Pavilion took it over and over again, looked at the round-bellied, thin-necked, and exquisitely crafted pottery vase, and then stared at the words of Qinghe Wine and the twenty-seventh year of the First Emperor and asked suspiciously: "Grapes can also make wine?" What is the meaning of these words and time written on this clay vase? ”

"Qinghe wine is a brand, which means that there is no semicolon for this one, if this wine spreads, people who have drunk it will know that there is a Qinghe town in Pheasant County, producing a kind of grape wine, which is a disguised propaganda of my pheasant county customs, in order to enhance the reputation of my pheasant county in the court and the field, as for the year, because of the change of weather and temperature every year, the taste of mountain grapes is different, so the taste of the wine is not the same, this is to facilitate the quality of the wine!" Chen Xu smiled and continued to explain, and then said, "Adults don't have to worry about these, there are not many wines, the taste is different, adults can taste it!" ”

"Hehe, good!" Jiang Beiting obeyed, slammed the sycamore wood cork at the mouth of the bottle, and a few drops of red wine splashed out and fell on the desk under the shaking, and at the same time, a clear and mellow aroma of wine instantly emanated.

"Hiss~" As soon as this smell appeared, Jiang Beiting's eyes suddenly widened, and he took a sharp breath with a look of surprise on his face, and then said overjoyedly: "Sure enough, it is a good wine, and it has been slightly drunk before it is eaten, Xing'er go and get a few clean bamboo cups!" ”

"Yes, Father!" Jiang Chuxing, who was sitting opposite Chen Xu, hurriedly stood up and went out to find a glass to drink, and although Jiang Chuyue, who was sitting next to him, had been very quiet, but at this time, his little face also showed a look of surprise, knelt up and looked at the wine bottle, and couldn't help licking his mouth with his little tongue.

Jiang Chuxing soon came in with four brand-new bamboo cups, and with the sound of cooing, the red wine was poured into the wine glasses, and the room was suddenly filled with a more crisp aroma of wine, which was also mixed with the fruity aroma of grapes, except for Chen Xu, whether it was Jiang Beiting or Jiang Chuyue and Jiang Chuxing, they all stared at the wine glasses directly, and their faces were all moved.

"Lord Prefectural, please!" Chen Xu raised his glass.

"Haha, okay, I can't wait!" Jiang Beiting picked up the wine glass, sniffed lightly on the tip of his nose, and then drank it all with his sleeve robe.

"Good wine~" The wine entrance, Jiangbei Pavilion couldn't help but praise loudly.

"It's really a good wine, it can be called a jade liquid, and it tastes great in the world!" Jiang Chuxing, who has never liked to talk much, is also full of praise.

And Jiang Chuyue put down her sleeves, the wine glass in her hand was already empty, and a flush instantly rose on her beautiful little face, looking at Chen Xu's eyes full of various emotions, some surprised, some doubts, some surprises, and more of them were indescribable.

"Virtuous nephew, have another drink with me!" Jiang Beiting couldn't wait to pick up the wine bottle again, personally poured a full glass for Chen Xu, and then handed the wine bottle to Jiang Chuxing after pouring it for himself.

"Second brother, I want it too!" Jiang Chuyue put the wine glass in front of Jiang Chuxing and whispered.

"Yue'er, don't drink it anymore, this wine is sweet and rich, I'm afraid I'll get drunk if I drink too much!" Jiang Beiting said lightly.

"Uh, indeed, don't drink it for the third sister!" Jiang Chuxing retracted the wine bottle that had been stretched out.

"I'm going to drink!" Jiang Chuyue stared at her eyes and did not give up, her little face was crimson, but she didn't dare to be angry.

"Come, you drink this fruit vinegar, sweet and sour is the most suitable for women to drink!" Chen Xu's cheeks twitched, and he handed over a bottle of fruit vinegar.

"What's so good about sweet and sour, I'm going to drink!" Jiang Chuyue rolled her eyes at Chen Xu.

"Third sister! Don't be distracted, the second brother will help you pour it! Jiang Chuxing was very embarrassed to take the fruit vinegar, opened it and poured a cup for Jiang Chuyue, it seemed to smell good, and said with a smile, "The second brother is also not strong enough to drink, I will accompany you to drink this fruit vinegar!" ”

After finishing speaking, Jiang Chuxing also poured himself a cup of fruit vinegar, Jiang Chuyue gave up, picked up the cup and sniffed it gently, and then after taking a small sip, he frowned slightly but stopped talking, but rolled his eyes at Chen Xu fiercely.

However, this white eye was directly filtered by Chen Xu, holding the wine glass but not seeing it, he didn't have the slightest affection for this violent little girl who loves to fight, and he even loves to drink, this hobby is simply intolerable.

"Well, this fruit vinegar tastes very good, it is really sour and sweet, and it tastes better than wine!" Although Jiang Chuyue didn't seem to like the taste of fruit vinegar, Jiang Chuxing seemed to like it even more, and his face showed an intoxicated expression when he drank it.

"Lord Prefectural, please!" Chen Xu raised his glass.

"Please~" Jiangbei Pavilion didn't treat Chen Xu as a subordinate at all, he drank it all again with his sleeve robe covering his face, put down the wine glass and looked at Chen Xu with a slightly red face, and said after half a ring: "Virtuous nephew, this grape wine is indeed delicious, but as a pawn in Qinghe Town, you study these food, clothing and drinking things every day, don't waste your job, the autumn grain harvest is just around the corner, and the second batch of people will be recruited immediately, so you still have to be extremely vigilant, if something goes wrong, I will punish you severely." ”

"My lord, although rest assured, I have indeed developed a lot of things to eat and drink, but if I am too wronged to waste my job, then Quyuan plough and horizontal rake have already handed over the drawings and samples to the county government, if it is promoted on a large scale, and according to my fertilizer hoarding strategy, it is possible to double or triple the grain output in the whole Pheasant County next year, this is not a dereliction of duty, right?"

Chen Xu was very dissatisfied with Jiangbei Ting's criticism, and at the same time kept humming in his heart, which of the delicious and delicious food made by Nima Laozi did not honor you, and when he ate and wiped it clean, he turned his face to criticize Lao Tzu, picked up his rice bowl and laughed, put down the wine glass and scolded his mother, he was talking about people like you, who was too shameless.

"Quyuan plough and horizontal rake is indeed the so-called unprecedented cultivation tools, I have already arranged for the township craftsmen in Pheasant County to build and distribute it, from the feedback back to the situation, it is not bad, it is estimated that about half of the land can be ploughed before the winter wheat is planted, and it can be used on a large scale tomorrow spring, this matter is indeed a move to benefit the people and the country, but this wine-making vinegar in addition to their own enjoyment, wasted manpower and material resources, and what are the benefits?"

Jiangbei Pavilion was also very dissatisfied with Chen Xu's reaction, Nima only became a lidian for a few days and his tail stood up, Lao Tzu criticized and pointed out a little and you will blow up your hair, let me control and arrange it in the future.

Chen Xu: ......

Discussing the importance of financial policy and money circulation with officials in this slash-and-burn era is indeed a bit nerve-wracking and a little difficult to talk about.

But this problem is not clear, I'm afraid that many things will not be carried out in the future, after all, he is still in Qinghe Town, and the size is also an official of the Great Qin Empire, although it is not even a sesame mung bean, but every year he still has to receive sixty stone of official rank rations, and the family can't eat it all, and once he doesn't do his job to develop all kinds of strange items and are used by people with intentions, it is still a trouble, although he has attached the credit for his invention and creation to the heads of several workshop craftsmen in Qinghe Town, but these things can not be studied deeply, Now walking around Qinghe Town, everyone knows that those strange things are made by themselves, and many of the next more rebellious inventions still need the support of Jiangbei Pavilion and even Nanyang County Government, otherwise they will not be able to do anything after a ban.

Although there are regulations in the Qin law that non-craftsmen are not allowed to engage in research and invention, and they have to plant crops honestly and pay taxes and serve, there is no such restriction for Chen Xu, because he is no longer a farmer, he is an official of the Great Qin, and his status is no longer the same, and he has risen to the exploiting class.

For officials, as long as they don't make mistakes, they naturally have superior bureaucrats and superintendent historians to supervise, and Qin Law can't control the knowledgeable and literate Fangjia warlocks, because Li Si himself is one of them, once he forcibly uses the law to harsh the hundred warlocks, he will definitely become the public enemy of the world's intellectuals, and there are not all Legalist disciples above the court, to put it seriously, if it is not for the support of Qin Shi Huang, he Li Si can be said to be unable to move an inch in the court. From the death of Shang Ying, it can be seen that there are many people who have offended by the implementation of the cool law, and Han Feizi is the same, and once he does not get the trust of the emperor, he will immediately die extremely miserable.

Therefore, the current situation of Great Qin is that all kinds of Fangjia warlocks open museums to teach apprentices to lecture everywhere, travel around the world to promote their own theories, drink and talk about the country's major politics are almost as they want, as long as the blatant propaganda wants to hit Qin Shi Huang and overthrow the Great Qin Empire, Qin Shi Huang can not start to manage, and can only let it go at present, and it is necessary to summon some famous Confucian scholars from time to time to enter the court to exchange ideas of governance, listen to the different voices of the hundred schools, and entrust them to official positions if they think they are good. Although most of them are idle positions such as doctors and doctors, they also give them the idea of a place to display their talents, otherwise these warlocks of various factions who have been cultivated and inherited from the Spring and Autumn Period will go around to promote that Qin Shi Huang is rude, can not be polite and virtuous, and is not an emperor with high moral character.

Of course, it is also Qin Lu's inability to manage these intellectuals too much, resulting in some schools of thought making too much trouble among the people, and Qin Shi Huang is not the king of Qi Wei, he has a lot of patience to get a Jixia school palace so that all parties can speak freely and be good at listening to the opinions of all parties, his unique life experience makes him very silent and arbitrary, as the saying goes, death is not in silence, it will explode in silence, so after a few years of trouble, Qin Shi Huang absconded and disappeared because of two warlocks who were expected to live forever, Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng, who preached that Qin Shi Huang had no virtue, Under Li Si's prodding, Qin Shi Huang finally broke out, and in a fit of rage, he issued an order to burn books, and killed hundreds of more powerful Fang family warlocks, so far he has been carrying the black pot for two thousand years.