In the third year of Yonghui (652 AD), September 20, Chenshi.

After Wu Kang and Cui Yixuan finished the meeting, they strolled down Dongming Street, chatting without a word. Walking past a butcher shop, Cui Yixuan sighed with emotion: "I am short of meat, and there is not much meat that the people can eat, so the peasant support association must continue." What Erlang has to ask, the old man will consider it at his discretion. ”

Wu Kang thought for a while, shook his head and said: "There are no requirements for the time being, it's just that the number of chicken babies per month is difficult to increase, and my site is too small." Don't hide it from Cui Gong, my five brothers and I reached an agreement to establish a large-scale chicken farm in the south of Wuzhou City. After it was built, my small factory was closed, and the chimney was smoky all day long, I couldn't stand it, and the neighborhood couldn't stand it! ”

Cui Yixuan pondered for a moment and said: "I agree in principle, but there is a requirement, your chicken farm must be hung with the word 'Wuzhou'." ”

Wu Kang smiled: "That's for sure, I've thought of the name, Wuzhou Chick Hatching Center." When the time comes, I have to ask you, and the iron pen will give you the ink treasure! ”

"Don't give in", Cui Yixuan put his long hair on his hand and said happily: "When the old man threads the needle, invites four counties and one city in Wuzhou, and all officials participate in the grand event." But Jiro, listen to what Gorou said about your... The scale of the center is quite large, and it is unrealistic to support all farmers! ”

It's definitely unrealistic, Wu Kang joked: "If you really want to support all the farmers, they will definitely cut me with a knife." Our initial plan, raising chickens, hatching at the same time, eggs all rely on the acquisition of unrealistic, one is low hatching success rate, two is difficult to determine whether fertilization... It's a pregnant egg. Each batch of 2,000 chicks supports farmers, and the rest is wholesale and retail, with small profits and quick turnover. ”

quickly understood the meaning of "wholesale", Cui Yixuan scolded with a smile: "Don't say strange things, won't you talk well?" Well... There are two advantages to this. One, the reputation will not be damaged, and it will even be praised, you know what I mean? ”

The meaning of the old fox, Wu Kang somewhat understood, the farmers and businessmen, and the merchants were discriminated against. However, hatching chicken babies, selling them in batches at low prices, and improving people's living standards should be criticized very little. plus chicken babies to support farmers, no matter where they are placed in Datang, they are all proper benevolent governance, and some people even wave their flags and shout at you.

Cui Yixuan continued: "Second, reduce a large number of government burdens, especially the Sihu Yamen. In previous years, the household registration was counted, and the household yamen was busy, and the townships were in violation of the righteousness and yang, which was cumbersome and omitted. The development of the agricultural support conference, by the way, to complete the household registration statistics, can be described as killing two birds with one stone! ”

Passing by a breakfast shop, Cui Yixuan walked in. The boss was slightly stunned, and hurriedly came over to entertain, wiping his sleeves back and forth on the stool, for fear of a little dust. Cui Yixuan waved his hand to stop it and said, "Don't be so troublesome, just serve two bowls of porridge!" ”

The boss ran to the kitchen twice, and the two sat across from each other. Yizhou Thorn History eats stalls, that is quite rare, Wu Kang secretly thought that Lao Cui rode a horse to work every day, the owner of Dongming Avenue shop, it is estimated that there are few people who don't know him.

I often eat this one, not because of the good taste, but because of the stools and tables used here, which are almost the same as the tables and chairs of later generations. The hot porridge was served, much thicker than usual, and there was more spinach than usual, stained with Lao Cui's light.

Unable to drink hot porridge in a hurry, Cui Yixuan opened the conversation again: "Erlang came to Wuzhou City and did everything in my eyes. You are a flattering official, and you are also a cadre who can do things, such a subordinate, the normal boss will not let you go! Don't think about the county order, even if Chang'an really accepts his fate, I will reject it. ”

Wu Kang was a little stunned, and Cui Yixuan continued: "The county orders of the four counties of Wuzhou have not yet reached their term of office, and they are not at fault. If the court accepts its fate, it must be Wuzhou who thinks that the old man will not let you go. I'm afraid you don't want to leave yourself, do you? ”

"What Cui Gong said is that he has no plans to leave in the short term," Wu Kang said, "and a lot of things have not been done, including chicken farms, fertilizer factories, breweries, etc. I have already greeted the fifth brother and asked him to find a house, and I will take my family over. Adults have been busy for half their lives, and it is time to enjoy a few days of happiness! ”

Cui Yixuan sighed and said helplessly: "Erlang, there is something that the old man is hiding from you, your family has moved away from Wucun." At the beginning, you were slandered as a bacchus and ran away from home less than half a month, and your family was overwhelmed by the villagers, so the family moved. I've been checking it out, but unfortunately I haven't heard from me. Let Muzhou Thorn Shi help, but there is no progress. ”

Hearing this, Wu Kang looked at him in disbelief, and familiar and unfamiliar faces flashed in his mind: the honest Wu father, the naughty and cute little sister, the little brother who eats snot, and the stepmother who sends money and food on the starry night... For a while, sadness came from the heart, and the circles under my eyes gradually turned red.

Cui Yixuan sighed and comforted him: "Erlang, don't worry, someone in Wujia Village saw that they went to the east and probably left Muzhou." To the east are Yuezhou and Hangzhou, do you have any relatives and friends in those two states? ”

Wu Kang remembered for a long time, and finally shook his head.

Cui Yixuan continued: "I will send people to continue to investigate, and as soon as there is news, I will immediately take them back to Wuzhou." Erlang doesn't have to worry, today's parting, for a warmer reunion for him... The porridge is cold, hurry up and eat it! ”

After drinking the porridge after dividing five by two, Wu Kang took out the money to settle the bill, but was stopped by Cui Yixuan, he took out four coins and put it down, and left in eight steps. A few minutes later, Cui Yixuan said: "Listen to Goro, how sure are you that you plan to use green millet to make wine?" ”

It took a while for Wu Kang to figure out that the green millet was sorghum, and he pouted and said: "Ten percent dare not say it, nine percent are sure!" ”

Cui Yixuan hummed and said: "Brewing requires a lot of food, the state has been controlling, during the Zhenguan period of the previous dynasty, it was forbidden to brew wine privately, and Erlang found another way, which is a beautiful thing." Green millet is a coarse grain, and the people rarely sow seeds, but it is simple to cultivate, drought and flood tolerant, and can be planted in poor fields. ”

Wu Kang agreed, saying: "The original idea was to hope that farmers would grow sorghum in their inferior fields, which would be easy to manage and sell for money. Compared with rice wine, sorghum wine tastes almost the same, but the cost is much cheaper. When the sorghum wine is on fire, there will be less and less rice to make wine. ”

Cui Yixuan hummed and said, "The idea is good, reducing rice wine is increasing food." Waiting for your... The sorghum wine is brewed, send me two catties to taste. If the taste is good, I convened Wuzhou officials to discuss and persuade them to support sorghum wine and promote sorghum planting in the countryside! ”

"With you, I'll be relieved", Wu Kang smiled, remembered the anti-crime application again, and asked for a moment: "There is something I don't understand, I have already applied for it, I hope that Zheng will join the army for approval, and Wuzhou will carry out the special operation of 'sweeping away gangsters and fighting evil', but it has been sinking into the sea." Dare to ask Cui Gong, does the ruffian gang have a backstage? ”

Cui Yixuan glared at him, and said seriously: "Erlang, you are still young, and you don't have enough experience!" I can tell you clearly that the government may collude with businessmen, but never with local ruffians. The reason why Zheng Guoqi did not approve it is that it is difficult to say! ”

"Erlang listened carefully", Cui Yixuan raised his hand and continued: "Whether it is a Beijing official or a local official, there is an assessment every year, a small test every year, and a big test every four years. The assessment results are graded, the ninth level of Beijing officials, and the fourth level of local officials. Every year, the small examination in each state is presided over by the history of the assassination, and every four years of the big examination, the officials will send the examination of the meritorious lang and the foreign lang to rush to the states to cooperate with the history of the assassination. ”

Cui Yixuan solemnly instructed Wu Kang: "Today happens to be a big exam, and the people from the Ministry are already on the way. Most of the judicial participation in the military is in prison. Since Zhenguan, the public order has been good, and the prisons are often empty. If you engage in the so-called 'sweeping away evil and fighting gangsters', you will fill up the labor prison, and the national weapon assessment will definitely be in the middle and lower, and you will definitely lose your crown and be dismissed! ”

Wu Kang was dumbfounded, his head was buzzing, and he was afraid for a while! In the year of the big exam, doesn't this give Lao Zheng eye medicine?

Fortunately, Lao Cui was covered, and he had a lot of relationship with Zheng Dalang, so Lao Zheng ignored it. If you don't have these two layers of relationship, you will get out of the house early. Wu Kang realized that the matter was serious, his whole body was covered with goosebumps, and cold sweat slipped unconsciously.

"Do you know you're scared now? Hum... You fur monkey, let me say what is good about you? Cui Yixuan glanced at him and continued: "The intention of sweeping away evil and fighting crime is very good, but it doesn't work at all, and those who are bullied by the ruffians don't dare to avenge their grievances. If the people don't prosecute the officials, the case can't be opened, and the conviction is even more nonsense! ”

After being drunk again, Wu Kang's face turned red, and looking at the Tang Dynasty from the perspective of later generations, some places will definitely not work. The simplest example is that there is no procuratorate or public prosecution office. The main thing in the suffering is that if they do not denounce the case, it will become a problem to file a case, and there is no way to talk about a trial.

Cui Yixuan said: "Even if someone denounces it, the ruffian will be successfully convicted, and it will be useless." They are all hob meat, and they will not pay for food and copper, nor will they bribe the jailers. The yamen had to be raised, and they even blackmailed the jailers, who were locals and were afraid of reprisals, so they could only swallow their anger. ”

Wu Kang smiled even more bitterly, if he really swept away the gangsters, the first to jump out and oppose it was not the ruffians, but the jailers of the judicial yamen. Under the complaints, Lao Cui couldn't protect himself, and he had to roll up and get out. It seems that Lao Zheng is not pressing, but he is also protecting me!

Thinking of this, he was extremely ashamed, and bowed to Cui Yixuan to the end, "Cui Gong's words are like a slap in the face, Wu Kang is very ashamed!" I'm so self-righteous that I've done a little bit of trivial, and my tail is up in the sky... I am really grateful to Cui Gong, and wake up the dreamer with a word! ”

Cui Yixuan smiled without saying a word, patted him on the shoulder, and continued to walk with his hands behind his back.

Without saying anything for a while, I came to Jinhua Avenue. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to my mind, and I thought of a good idea, and there is a witticism in later generations: if you can't beat it, join it. Since the right path does not work, they will follow the crooked and evil path, and these ruffians who make small troubles are much worse than those in the later generations. The little master still doesn't believe it, and the veterinarian can't cure a donkey?

Cui Yixuan saw that his eyes were flickering, and he looked confident, so he couldn't help but be interested, and asked, "Erlang has an idea?" You might as well say it, and the old man will check it for you. ”

Wu Kang lowered his voice and said: "In the market on the sixteenth day of this month, when I was in a daze in Huamanlou, I saw something interesting, two gangs of ruffians met and almost fought. They are not monolithic, if there is a gang of ruffians, become a knife in my hand, fight and encroach on other gangs, and develop into the largest force in Wuzhou..."

Cui Yixuan frowned, smiled after a while, did not express an opinion, and continued to walk with his hands behind his back.

Ten minutes later, when he came to the outside of Cui's Mansion on Jinhua Street, Wu Kang was about to say goodbye, and the corner door of Cui's Mansion opened. Two handsome little Zhengtai appeared, one was Jiuniang who dressed as a man, and the other was four or five years old, with eyebrows and eyes very similar to Cui Wu.

When Jiu Niang saw Wu Kang, she shouted "Erlang" and ran over excitedly. ran to the front, realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly saluted Lao Cui and shouted "yes yes".

Lao Cui's face turned black into the bottom of the pot, he blew his beard angrily and stared at him, looked at the embarrassed Wu Kang, and looked at his own heart, muttered "The female is outgoing", snorted angrily, and brushed his sleeves away. Walked to the corner door and pulled Xiao Zhengtai into the door.

Wu Kang scratched his head in embarrassment, and said, "Jiu Niang, are you going out... Who is that little Langjun? ”

Cui Jiu grinned and said, "Erlang's eyes are not good, that's the third lang of the fifth brother's family, can't you see this?" Let's not talk about this for now, Erlang quickly told me, how is today's event? Does it work well? Jeyamon not satisfied? What is the attitude of other officials? ”

A series of questions caused Wu Kang to have a headache, and quickly answered one by one: "The anger is quite enthusiastic, the effect is quite good, Cui Gong is quite satisfied, and the bigwigs are also very excited." The common people not only send pennants, but also send thousands of rice, in the future, Cui Gong in Wuzhou, will be admired by 10,000 people! ”

"Yikes! It's great, Erlang thank you", Jiuniang smiled, her pretty face was full of happiness.

Wu Kangjue is quite cola, this girl is very easy to chase, if you want to be in front of her, you can brag about her father, and you can get the heart. Shaking his head with a wry smile, he looked up and waved at a few bad guys.

When they came, Wu Kang took off the money bag on his waist, grabbed a handful of copper coins, and stuffed them into Jiang Daniu's hand, "It's been a busy morning, the brothers are tired, find a place to fill your stomach, and go back to the bad guard on duty... When the three suburbs went down, they took the white dragon horse home. ”

Suddenly remembered the ruffian gang again, looked at the subordinates, took out a wooden card from his arms, handed it to Xiucai, and ordered: "This is the voucher for the box of Huamanlou, you and Erniu and Qian Shun go over, hand over the voucher to the doctor, and wait for me in the box." ”

The bad guy had to be ordered to leave, Wu Kang and Jiuniang started dating, the little girl was very happy, and quickly determined the itinerary, first went to the law firm to visit, and then went to the east of the city to enjoy the flowers. The so-called "Qianli Lotus Pond", with an area of less than two acres, is called "Qianli", which is similar to Mr. Guo's "shark fin fried rice".

When they came to the gate of the state ya, the venue was cleaned up, and the cleaning officials came to pay their respects when they saw Wu Kang. After greetings, I walked through the school yard at the door, and the first shop in the east of the road was a law firm. This girl is too good, she opened the office to the yamen, fortunately her father is the leader of Wuzhou.

The two-storey building, which was originally an inn, was said to be Lu Mushan's property, and was forcibly requisitioned. The plaque is covered with a red cloth and will be opened on the day of the opening. The door is wide open, and the craftsmen are busy, walking in and taking a look around, quite modern style.

There is a portrait hanging in the center, and Jiuniang says that it is Deng Xi, the originator of lawyers. There is a long counter on the north side, a table of eight immortals on the south side, and a few high chairs. There are six offices upstairs, the largest of which is of course the president's, which has not yet been tidied up, and there are books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones everywhere.

Visit a circle, then go to the Thousands of Miles Lotus Pond, toss for a whole day, and send her back to Cui's Mansion, it is almost dark. dragged the tired body back to the Huamanlou box, and the three of them got up to greet each other and sat down separately in greetings.

Wu Kang wrinkled his eyebrows and pondered, and said after a while: "Xiucai is literate and hyphenated, Erniu is strong in martial arts, and Qian Shun is smart and witty!" The three brothers are my right-hand men for their dedication, and I am grateful. Now there is a mission, it may be dangerous, it may be discredited, listen to me and then give an answer. ”

"There's nothing to think about, just give the order", Jiang Erniu patted his chest and said with a big grin: "Even if you go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, as long as Wu Shuai speaks, whoever frowns will be a dog and a mouse!" Tell me about it, isn't that the truth? ”

The two rolled their eyes, Xiucai nodded heavily, and Qian Shun said: "Wu Shuai doesn't need to be so polite, you generously donated money to save the little lady's life." The subordinates made a heavy oath at that time, swore to follow Wu Shuai to the death, what task do you say, the subordinates will do it well! ”

Wu Kang was very pleased, and sat down in danger and said: "The ruffians in Wuzhou are rampant and domineering, it is a thorn in the heart of this handsome, and he originally wanted to sweep away the evil and fight evil, but the conditions did not allow it!" Work has to be done, you... Go undercover, join the biggest gang of ruffians, and get into the top position as soon as possible."

The three of them were stunned, Wu Kang was a little helpless, and said with a light sigh: "The reputation of the ruffian is more stinky than the bad person, if you refuse, I will not blame." But then again, if you accept the mission, whether you succeed or not, you hereby swear that the brothers will have no worries about food and clothing in this life! ”

The box was silent, and Wu Kang was not in a hurry, understanding their entanglement. The ancients valued reputation, and no matter how bad a bad person's reputation is, in the final analysis, it is to be the emperor's errand, and they can comfort themselves. But if you become a ruffian, not only will your reputation be discredited, but your family will also be poked in the back.

After about ten minutes, Xiucai raised his head and said: "What does Wu Shuai mean, let's leave our posts, find the most powerful gang, join and gradually control it." And then recruit troops, cannibalize other gangs, and take charge of the dark forces in the entire Wuzhou? ”

Wu Kang nodded, shook his head again, and said: "The ruffians are afraid of bad people, and they also reject bad people, if you take the initiative to leave, they won't accept you, so... If you take the initiative to violate discipline, I will sweep you out of the house. ”

The three of them looked at each other, and there was silence for a long time, and finally Qian Shun opened his mouth: "Since you are a bad person, your reputation has long been like a pit, so what if you soak more?" This errand is subordinate! ”

Jiang Erniu said angrily: "What Shunzi said is right, just like Wu Shuai said, it's over if you break the jar." I said Xiucai, don't be a stuffy gourd, hurry up and make a statement! Wu Shuai is not thin on us, several of your family members are on errands in Bingzhuang, and they are ten copper in a year. I can use you now, but I can't pretend to be a grandson. ”

"You are pretending to be a grandson", Xiucai glanced at him, looked at Wu Kang and said: "I took this task, at least there is no need for an autopsy!" ”

Wu Kang was silent for a moment, looked up at them, and said solemnly: "As an undercover agent, always remember that you are not ruffians!" If you encounter any problems, contact Ben Shuai and give you full support. Before May next year, all gangs in Wuzhou must be integrated! Now tell me out loud, can you do it? ”

"Yes.."