Er Zhuang is a very dull person, he will leave immediately after things are done, and he will never waste time and energy by procrastination, which is what Jia Yidao likes about him. So after handing over the words, he planned to leave, the only thing to do was to go to Jia Ling's bedroom to see the eldest lady and the little master of his family, and by the way, bring the red envelope given by Jia Yidao.

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely not be able to keep Erzhuang, but there was a brutal eldest lady and a stronger uncle who made him have to compromise, saying that he had to leave after lunch. It doesn't matter what these are, Shi Bin and Jia Ling mean to express their gratitude to him, and they know that they are coming non-stop when they come, so they must keep him for this meal.

As soon as the others left, Shi Bin brought Wang San to discuss the matter. Because in two days, the examination officials will go to Tanzhou, and they will definitely arrive in Xiangtan on the third day.

"Big brother, thanks to Erzhuang's speed, otherwise we would have to cut off a big piece of meat if we didn't have an accident." Wang San sighed.

"Brother Xian, don't talk about this nonsense. Let's hurry up and discuss what to do with those sensitive things, whether to hide them or change them, or simply destroy them? Shi Bin asked anxiously.

Hearing the first two methods, Wang San agreed very much, but as for destroying them, Wang San felt crying and laughing. How can Shi Bin, who has worked so hard to put up his family business, say that he will destroy it? Of course, it can only be hidden or remodeled and asked someone to top the cylinder.

Knowing that he had lost his words and made the mistake of the eldest young master, Shi Bin smiled embarrassedly, and raised his hand to signal Wang San to tell his own method.

"Big brother, our armory workshop must definitely be preserved, this is what we have worked hard to get in the past two years, and the soldiers' equipment must be replaced immediately with the garbage of those weapons supervisors. The coal mine is also simple, find those coal mine bosses who have a good relationship with us, and a few benefits are enough. As for the darts, as long as they say hello and let everyone keep their mouths tight, anyway, it is their own money bags, and no one will have trouble with money. The horse farm can be left alone, no one will run to the poor ravine, and even if we go, we will say that we will raise it ourselves. Wang San said calmly.

That's basically what happened, and the hardest part was the armory. Even if there are other witnesses, there is no physical evidence, and if you play a trick, the activities will be fine. But the things in this armory, the tiger squat cannon, the stone bin gun, the Minne bullet, and the wood-handled earth-shaking thunder that have been built must not be discovered.

In the end, the two decided to hide the machines and the firearms that had been built in the hole where Li Ergou had hidden his treasure before. Hardly anyone would have thought that there would be so many machines hidden in a hole in a cliff.

On the third day, Wang Yi, a member of the official department of the examination class, came. Although he is notoriously incorruptible, this is only relatively speaking, those regular Shi Bin did not give a penny, and even gave Wang Yi an extra hundred taels of silver and two catties of Biluochun.

The harvest must have been accepted, thousands of miles of officials are only for money, Wang Yi did not have trouble with the money, but hesitated how to report to Zheng Qingzhi when the time came. Now that he has taken the benefits of Shi Bin, he can't do too much, but Zheng Qingzhi definitely doesn't want Shi Bin to do well in the exam, so he decided to just find fault with it a little and reprimand a few words.

At the dinner, Wang Yi asked very bluntly: "I heard that Lord Shi's troops are very good at fighting, and they have raided the Yuan soldiers' grain and grass camp and successfully robbed grain four times?" ”

These things must not be hidden, and he is an official who relies on this. Unlike other military attachés who got carried away when they heard of these successes, he replied very humbly: "Lord Wang praises it falsely. I don't have any real skills, these military feats are all obtained by relying on the lives of my subordinates, and I only got them by fighting by myself, and I didn't once come from a real sword and a real gun in a fighting position. ”

Shi Bin is obviously very modest in his words, but everyone is willing to listen to these words, as long as Wang Yi is not stupid enough to show his faults, he immediately said: "Although I have never seen Lord Wang's firearms, I have heard of its power." Some people say that adults make firearms privately and want to rebel. If you really want to dig deeper, this is a big crime of the Nine Clans, I naturally won't listen to and believe these rumors, but please Lord Shi also explain one or two, so that I can go back and have an explanation with Lord Zheng. ”

He sold some to Lu Wende, even if he didn't show it off everywhere, some people would know, but it was just to see how to measure the use of this firearm.

The cowering pretense would only arouse Wang Yi's suspicions, so Shi Bin simply came up with a sneaky concept and said directly: "Lord Wang knows well, I did make some firearms privately. But it should not be called private manufacturing, it should be called processing. ”

Processing? This processing refers to improving the performance on the basis of the original, which is indeed not the same thing as private manufacturing. Wang Yi immediately became happy when he heard this, he knew that he could probably get a double offense.

"Then may I ask Lord Shi, can you take me to see your weapons processing factory? Of course, if it's inconvenient, forget it. Wang didn't like the mess either. Wang Yi asked tentatively.

Seeing that there was no malice in Wang Yi's words, Shi Bin immediately said that he wanted him to go back on a good business, and he still wanted to take him to see it. After going back and forth like this, although the two are still a little wary of each other, they are not so serious.

Since the armory workshop was in a ravine outside the city, Shi Bin deliberately took Wang Yi to visit the newly built facilities for the benefit of the people in various parts of the city.

Look at the neat and clean streets along the way, a steaming public bathhouse. Although the people still have dishes on their faces, they already have spirits, which makes Wang Yi, a person who often takes classes and has been in the twilight for a long time, also feel a breath of freshness.

What surprised him the most was an orphan relief system in Shi Bin's lane, in other cities, it is not uncommon to abandon babies, buy and sell children, and change children and eat, but it is rare to help orphans, especially when it is formulated into a system, seeing these also makes Wang Yi admire Shi Bin very much.

Of course, he was ordered to come to find fault, and he would never give up the pursuit of the armory because of this.

Wang San deliberately beckoned President Deng and others to provide free rice porridge when Wang Yi left the city, lest Wang Yi not pay attention and let his efforts be in vain, so he loudly greeted the meal with a loudspeaker. However, the rice used this time is half-new and half-old, and this porridge can actually be regarded as a bowl of soft rice.

With these movements, Wang Yi was naturally attracted. Although he knew that there must be an element of drama in it, there were thousands of people in this bustling crowd, and it would be impossible to say anything about it, so he decided to open the gap from here.

First of all, I went to the porridge shop to drink porridge, I thought it was just a bowl of bran rice, which could fill my stomach, but I looked at it but I didn't expect that there was really something real, it could be regarded as a bowl of rice.

He was afraid that Shi Bin would make a fuss about this meal and fool him, so he ate a bowl of rice porridge.

Of course, the taste is not good, but it is passable, the rice is not moldy or bran, after all, it is good to have such a relief refugee.

With these things, Wang Yi no longer wants to do what Zheng Qingzhi explained. The more people don't know, the more curious they become, so he found an excuse to go to the toilet and left the sight of Shi Bin, Wang San and others to investigate privately.

expected that Wang Yi would have this trick, just in case, Wang San had arranged a lot of his own people there long before Wang Yi went to the porridge shop. In this way, the news found there is, of course, the word of the public: Shi Bin is a good official, and the porridge field has been open for two months.

No one will believe these words, even if he is honest and honest, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, where does he get the grain and rice? Even with the support of Jia Yidao, it is impossible to sustain it.

That's a well-known corrupt official, it's not bad if you don't fill your pockets, how can you take out grain and rice to open a porridge field for Shi Bin again?

So the centrist went around a corner and chatted with a few refugees who were clearly hungry. Although he doesn't really want to fix Shi Bin now, he wants to make his reputation better.

"Brother, how long have you been here? I heard that there is free porridge to drink, and drank it for a few days? Wang Yi also pretended to be a down-and-out scholar and asked softly.

"I've only been here for three days, and I've eaten two meals a day, which is really good, and I'm full." The refugee said with some happiness.

"Is it really free? Don't sign a deed of sale? Wang Yi asked with a tone of distrust.

These thoughts are normal, and the refugee also explained with a wry smile that he really did not sign the deed of sale, in short, he and the people around him who arrived first did not sign.

It seems that the things on this grain and rice can't be faked, and the bullish Wang Yi asked again: "Xiao Ke is a little puzzled, so where does the grain and rice in this Shixian Ling porridge shop come from?" I heard that the imperial court did not allocate funds? It can't be corruption. ”

These words can make the surrounding refugees immediately angry, looking like they want to fight with Wang Yi, the refugees howled: "Eat if you want to eat, don't eat and get out, don't chew the root of your tongue here!" This porridge shop was opened by Shi County Ling who took the lead in organizing these righteous businessmen around him! As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yi was coaxed out by several refugees.

Although he was insulted by those untouchables, he also figured things out, these are real achievements, and he can't fake it, Wang Yi can't help but admire Shi Bin. I thought he was just a martial artist who relied on the identity of this Jia Rudao son-in-law, but he didn't expect that he did have some ability.

As for the private coal mine and the water army dart, it is really not a big deal, even if it is known by Zheng Qingzhi, Jia Rudao can carry it, so he doesn't care about it at all.

What I really want to see is the sensitive situation of the armory, even if it is true, I only plan to understate it, at most let the officials reprimand it, and it will affect his promotion in the past two years.

Most of the literati spoke very vaguely, and after telling Shi Bin about his attitude, Shi Bin also relieved himself and expressed his gratitude to Wang Yi for his support.

This way has to pass through a lot of farmland to get to the ravine of the armory, looking at these obviously newly opened farmland, Wang Yi plans to let the officials reprimand him without need, and will help him keep this evaluation in front of Zheng Qingzhi.

As soon as he arrived at the armory, Wang Yi knew that some of what Shi Bin said before was definitely a lie, and the machinery in the workshop had obviously just been moved. Although only a few worn-out blacksmiths and a few bird guns were left, the dust on the ground was obviously not one, but there was no physical evidence to be found, so that Shi Bin could deny it.

But Wang Yizheng couldn't wait for this, and immediately said with a smile: "Lord Shi, you are loyal to the country, and Wang apologized for Lord Zheng." It seems that you are really just processing, and Wang will definitely clear up your grievances when he returns to Beijing. You can rest assured that you will not be able to run in this assessment. ”

Knowing that this was already Wang Yi's best to help, Shi Bin was very grateful. also vaguely said that if there is anything, he will do his best to help.

Two days later, Shi Bin sent Wang Yi away, and when he left, he also gave him five small yellow croakers, so that the two could be regarded as having some friendship, and there was no longer a misunderstanding.