A remote corner, a dilapidated house, eaves, bird droppings and cobwebs, and two poorer than themselves.

The dog sighed, in this situation, if you fail the imperial examination, you can be a petty official in this state government, earning two or three taels of silver a month to support your family, it is also a choice, so thinking about it, the dog looked up and glanced at the two officials in the room who were still lying on their backs on the stool and snoring, and the anger was extinguished.

Sighing softly, he reminded himself again that he was just messing around, and he didn't think about climbing up, so he rubbed his face and walked towards the door.

As the saying goes, there are three fires when a new official takes office, and the dog thinks that this is the place where Su Tong is sentenced, and he is only a little higher than these two officials, so there is nothing to show off his majesty, so he coughed directly and dodged into the hall.

The officials who can listen to the use in the state government are naturally flexible, and when they heard the cough outside, they opened their eyes and saw a little doll in a green official robe walking in, the two officers looked at each other, quickly stood up and arched their hands: "I've seen Zhao, well, Zhao Xiaoguan!" ”

"Excuse me, sit!"

The dog didn't bother to play any "knocking and wake" routine, so he waved his hand directly to let the two of them sit, and then turned around and wanted to sit, but when he saw the thick layer of dust on the case and the seat, he frowned and didn't go to sit, just stood behind the board and asked the two of them:

"What's your name?"

The slightly older official on the left said: "The little one is called Wang Laoji!" ”

The right side continued: "The little one is called Liu Laogen!" ”

Although the dog asked simply, but the two officials did not dare to be casual, after reporting their names, they gave the dog this direct official together, kowtowed to the "meeting head", this head kowtow to the two sides officially met, unless there is a special thing in the future, generally only need to bow to the courtesy, after all, the dog is only from the military attache of the ninth grade, and has not yet reached the high level of kowtowing when meeting.

"The two of us have seen Master Zhao!"

"Get up!" The dog waved his hand and helped the two of them up with a smile, and this second head was considered to be the priority.

"Dare to ask Zhao, well, Zhao Guanren, what is our 'Black Ball Hall' doing?"

Wang Laoji is a few years older, so he is the main of the two.

"What kind of errand to do, I don't know the specifics, but the general verdict will come after a while, I'll ask!"

"Yes!"

The two of them stood aside with arched hands.

Then the dog also stood aside.

You look at me, I look at you, and I stare at you for a while!

"Ahem, why don't you two sit down?"

"Where do we dare to sit in front of Shangguan!" Wang Laoji said with a sneer.

"Oh! Then you two stand! ”

In fact, the dog wants to sit, but the table and stool are really dirty, and he is also an official, so he can't let himself clean it, so thinking about it, the dog suddenly understands something.

It stands to reason that Shangguan is at the Ya today, and the sanitation in this room should be sprinkled and cleaned, but these two people are just sleeping on the stool, and they don't have the consciousness to clean at all.

"If you two want to sit down and rest, come and clean the house, if you don't want to rest, then stand here obediently, I have something to do, I have something to do, I want to go to the house!"

Lazy to say, the dog threw down the two of them, and walked out of the door with his hands behind his back, everyone will work together in the future, there is no need to blush and fall his face there, don't say it lightly, let the other party understand your attitude is, if you wait for yourself to come back, these two people have not moved, then you don't need to think about the problem of face, and you can teach a lesson directly.

The youngest of the officers and officials in the yamen are over twenty years old, and a twelve-year-old baby like a dog is the only one in this general judgment hall, so the dog only walked around the yard, and the big guys all knew the identity of the dog "in the official office", and they hugged their fists along the way, greeting the dog with a smile.

"Brother is polite!"

"Big brother works hard!"

People give gifts, dogs are not hypocritical, whether it is a servant or an official, as long as they come to greet themselves, they also hold their fists and go back to others, and people who encounter chattering will also stop and say a few words to others, this general judgment yamen is also big enough, and the dog walked for half an hour before he arrived at the place where Su Fatzi ran an errand.

"Brother, the verdict hasn't come yet?"

"Look at what you say, can you judge him if the old man will come? It must have been entangled in some official business again! ”

"Okay, brother, then the little brother will come back later!"

After a trip in vain, the dog returned to his office in mourning, Wang Laoji and Liu Laogen, two errand servants, were carrying buckets and scrubbing and cleaning the house with linen, and the small house was tossed and dusty and couldn't wait for people.

"Hey, the little official is here! What do you think of the scrubbing of this house? ”

The sharp-eyed Wang Laoji saw the dog coming from a distance, picked up the broom in his hand and greeted him.

"Not bad, not bad!"

The house was full of dirt, and the dogs couldn't see anything.

"By the way, if there is no arrangement at noon, let's go out for two glasses of wine together."

"Eat and drink? That's a good feeling! We're always available! Liu Laogen grinned and smiled at the dog.

"Okay, that's it!"

The dog replied to them, and then walked out of the yamen with his hands copied.

"Where are the petty officials going?"

When Wang Laoji saw that the dog was leaving, he hurriedly skimmed the sackcloth, ran over with a waist knife and asked, "Are you going out of the yamen to do business?" ”

"Well, the general judgment is not coming, I still have some things to go out, why do you want to go with me?"

Wang Laoji arched his hand and said: "Hui Langjun, the army that sent us here said that we should protect you at all times!" lest any more evil men try to kidnap you. ”

The dog saw that Liu Laogen also followed with a waist knife, and thought to himself that it was probably Su Tong's judgment to confess.

"Okay, then you two can come with me!"

"Okay, little official, by the way, where are we going?"

The dog said: "Go find Nanchengfang Nanzao Market Hutong Yizi Lane!" ”

"Hey, are you going to find the Iron Hammer?" Wang Laoji asked with a frown.

The dog looked at him carefully and said, "You know a lot!" ”

"No, no, no, I listened to the army!"

In the Yizi Lane of Nanzao Hutong, the dog and the two servants stood quietly under the plum tree, looking at the blooming flowers on the tree, taking a deep breath, and the angry mood calmed down instantly.

Wang Laoji, who followed closely behind the dog, said with a dark face: "Little official, he is a craftsman who strikes iron, he has no reason to save his face, dare to blow the little official out, let me say that he will use a big iron chain to arrest him in the yamen, and eat more than a dozen sticks to kill the mighty stick." ”

"Yes, yes!" Liu Laogen also agreed: "It is said that this iron old hammer has a strange temper, and it is really the case when I see it today." ”

The dog turned to stare at these two people who had bad ideas, and only sighed for a while before he sighed and said: "Forget it, he was fascinated by studying things for a while, and I suddenly went over to interrupt his train of thought, and for the sake of his lack of sleep all night, I will forgive him for his rudeness!" ”

"The little official is kind-hearted, count him as an iron old hammer and take away the shit luck!"

Seeing that the dog didn't plan to arrest anyone, the two officials had no choice but to give up.

As soon as he pushed open the door and walked into the house, the son of the old hammer hurriedly hugged his fists to greet him.

"Master Zhao Xiaoguan forgives, my father likes to lose his temper when he thinks about things, you must not be like him!"

The dog waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I won't disturb him!" By the way, did your dad study what he said to him yesterday? ”

"Yes, Master Zhao, yesterday he got the blueprint of this briquette chicken from you, and he has been studying it until now, and two or three furnaces of good iron have been wasted!"

"Oh? Is there any scrap that has been made? Show me? ”

The dog sat upright on the wooden chair in the hall, took a sip of tea and said to him: "Take a handful, I will see where he still can't figure it out."

"Wait a minute, little official, I'll go get it, there is just one left that hasn't been reburned again!"

The third son of Iron Hammer muttered as he turned back to the blacksmith's room, and soon came over with a handful of black iron objects.

"The little official, this is a pair of chickens that my father made recently, I think it's okay, but he said that the holes are not smooth, and it takes effort."

The dog stood up and took the chicken in his hand, first glanced at the appearance, well, the appearance is the same as what he saw in the dream, but he is bigger, weighing more than ten pounds, and the dog is very laborious to lift, so he has to put it on the ground, only to pull the rod on it with his hand, and with a bang, the rod is dragged up, revealing the iron pillar in the groove.

Look down and count, a full twelve holes.

"I think it's good! What else does your father feel is wrong? ”

"Back to the little official, my father thinks this thing is too heavy, and he has no strength if he can't do much work, he wants to reduce the weight, but the iron walls of the pillars and grooves in it will become soft and destroyed, and he wants to use something to remedy it!"

The spirit of craftsmanship is like this, no matter what you do, you must do it perfectly, just like you are guilty of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and you can toss it for a long time to modify and modify.

The dog can't wait for him to make a small and light chicken, and besides, it's not himself who does the work, so he can't let a man with a lot of strength do it! Then he said: "I think this thing is very good, you go back and tell your father, this briquette chicken is like this first, let him hurry up to make a briquette stove and chimney, tell him, I am good to talk here, and it is not easy to explain in front of the general judgment!" I was careful to miss the date and was caught eating Kakeluo. ”

"I know the little official! I'm going to talk to my dad! ”

"Well, go ahead!"

The dog waved his hand, and let Wang Laoji and the two of them take the iron and walk out of the blacksmith shop.

"Zhao Xiaoguan, are we going back to the Yamen?"

Wang Laoji is more clever, and it will take a while to walk from here to the Yamen, so he found a flat pole and Liu Laogen to carry him, so that he can also have some strength left.

"There's no hurry!" The dog looked up at the sky and said, "It's just noon, let's find a shop and eat something first!" ”

"That's a good feeling!" Liu Laogen said with a smile.

The dog nodded, led the way in front of the head with his hands behind his back, and looked for it while walking, this Nanchengfang is mostly a few hard-working men, and the consumption level is limited, so there is no high-grade restaurant here, and there are at most small houses on both sides of the street, which are placed with five or six wooden tables.

"Hey, the three officials, please, there is fresh pork today, and hot cooking cakes, what are the three of you going to eat?"

The dog was beckoned by the store to sit on the largest square wooden table, looked up at the hospitable shopkeeper and said, "Then cut a few catties of cooked pork, and then copy a few plates of side dishes, a jar of soju, and two drawers of cooking cakes!" Well, is there any fish? ”

The shopkeeper said: "Sue the little official and say that the small shop only has yesterday's fish, and today's fish has not been bought." ”

"Forget it, here's a fat chicken! Serve the big pieces with chopped pieces! ”

"Okay official, the three of you drink tea first, and the little one will do it immediately!"