Chapter 94: Soliciting bribes from the county temple

He took off the military uniform he had worn all the year round and put on a linen robe and Confucian clothes, and before he reached the crown, he tied his long hair with a yellow "colored" scarf, hanging down like a ponytail.

The wind blew, and the long black and soft hair and the long turban fluttered together, adding a bit of elegant charm to the mediocre-looking Cao "sex".

"Brother 'sex' is so beautiful! The competition costume looks good! ”

Huang Yueying had never seen him dressed like this, and praised him.

"Well, Yueying is also beautiful!" Cao "sex" pinched Huang Yueying's nose.

Huang Yueying, who was praised, pulled Cao "sex" with her little hands, like a yellow bird with joy, and kept screaming.

I'll walk around here, I'll look there.

"Yueying, do you have anything you like, Brother will help you buy it!" Cao "sex" saw that Huang Yueying had seen and tried a lot of things, but he had never bought them, and said generously.

Huang Yueying shook her head vigorously,

"'Sex' brother, look there, someone is collecting dragon coins, what is this dragon coin?"

Cao "sex" followed the direction of Huang Yueying's finger, and saw that it was the shopkeeper of Xiaoyao Building, Ma Tai, next to the signboard flag, and hung another flag, and the new flag read, "Our store collects dragon coins, one for twenty coins!" ”

"Let's go! Let's check it out! ”

At this time, Xiaoyao Lou was doing a prosperous business, full of guests, and there was a mazar at the door for people in line to sit and rest.

Mazha is easy to carry, simple to make, and comfortable to sit up, after Cao's "sex" was promoted in the army, Zhenyang, which was already a garrison, soon became popular.

Originally, there were nearly 10,000 ordinary people in Zhenyang, but after Cao's "sex" came, a policy was introduced, that is, the people could join the Cao army's garrison soldiers, and the fields divided by the garrison soldiers were taken the same, and their own fields belonged to you, and Cao Jun provided protection, and only paid one percent of the regular tax a year, and no longer paid any miscellaneous taxes.

In this way, as soon as they join the garrison, they will have a backer, and the harvest and surplus grain will be guaranteed, and the treatment that the old garrison soldiers have, these new Zhenyang garrison soldiers can also enjoy.

With such favorable conditions, as well as Cao's reputation of loving the people like a son, 90 percent of these yeoman farmers, except for a few, joined the cantonment sequence.

The four of them sat on the maza, and after waiting for a long time, each junior came over to say hello.

It turned out that Xiao Er saw that Cao "sex" and the four of them were dressed ordinary, and the little girl who was traveling with her was still an ugly girl, so she looked down on her, and she was in the back of the line, so she gave priority to greeting the guests.

There was also a banquet for studying in the mansion waiting to be attended, and Cao "Xing", who didn't have time to delay much, asked directly to the guests queuing up next to him: "This son, I don't know what this dragon coin is?" ”

Huang Yueying also looked at him curiously.

The man was dressed as a scholar, wearing a green shirt, and holding a goose "feather" fan in the winter.

"The dragon coin is also called the red coin, that is, the commemorative coin issued by our Zhenyang County Temple during the day, because it is engraved with the yellow dragon like the real dragon, so it is named, it is not a legal coin, but the weight of the dragon coin itself, there is a county temple that it can be used as ten coins, and someone from the shop opened by Cao Jun, exchanged for the corresponding ten five baht coins, so the credibility has increased greatly."

Speaking of this, the feather fan moved his mouth a few times, and swallowed his saliva vigorously, looking thirsty.

"Amber Immortal Brew! Dragon Coins! Cao "Xing" untied the wine jug from Gong Du's waist, and then took out twenty dragon coins from his arms and handed them to him.

Unexpectedly, these four dressed up shabby, but they were generous, the feather fan first drank a sip of the wine handed over by Cao "sex", and then took out the ten dragon coins in his arms and compared them with the twenty given by Cao "sex", and found that there was no difference, and put it into his arms with satisfaction, and continued:

"Thank you brother, now there are a few shops such as Xiaoyao Lou to recycle dragon coins, at first it was one for eleven, because the dragon coins are so beautiful, most people who have dragon coins are more willing to string it into necklaces, bracelets, pendants, etc., and wear them with them, rather than exchanging them.

Later, these merchants began to increase the price, from one for twelve, to one for twenty, it is said that there is a shop selling charcoal on the east side, out of the high price of one for twenty-three, so many civilians who received a dragon coin, most of them took it out and exchanged it for five baht coins, which also covered some of the poor men and Xiao Haoqiang, who were short of money, and took out the dragon coins in their hands and exchanged them for more than two hundred and five baht coins. ”

Su Shuang, who is in charge of the dragon coin, has done a good job, and the reputation of the dragon coin has suddenly increased a lot, but there is still a long way to go before it is fully promoted and used as a common currency, but I believe it is not far away, because in a few years, there will be a big fat man who will help him.

Cao, who inquired clearly, got up and said goodbye: "Thank you, son, I still have something to do, go first, and there will be a period later!" ”

"There will be a date later!" The feather fan arched his hand and said goodbye.

At this time, I saw the horse shopkeeper in the Xiaoyao Building, and chased after him in a panic, and bowed down when he saw Cao "sex": "The county temple is here, but I was neglected in the next, and I will make amends again!" ”

Cao "sex" waved his hand and said lightly: "Some people, if they can't use it, they can change it!" I still have something to do, so let's go first. ”

"No!" Ma Tai bowed down and answered, and did not get up until the four of Cao "sex" walked away, and as soon as he went back, he dismissed Xiao Ertong of Xiaoyao Building.

The feather fan who stayed behind and held twenty dragon coins was alone in a daze: "I actually asked for a bribe from the local county temple?" It's over, Mr. Huanglong wait for me! ”

The scholar held a feather fan and chased in the direction of Cao's sex, but there were too many people, and Cao's sex had long since disappeared.

The temple fair outside was still going on, and Cao "sex" held a banquet in the mansion and invited the sons and daughters of the 1,500 Shijia families who participated in the election.

One thousand and five seats filled the entire garden, and Cao "Xing" sat on a high main seat, so that the seats in the distance could see him.

There is an artificial stream in the middle of the seat, the stream is full of flowers and plants, there is an arched bridge on the stream, the head of the Xiaoyao Building, Alice is accompanied by music, and is dancing on the bridge of the Western Regions.

After the dance, Cao "Xing" stood up and shouted: "Everyone! ”

Seeing that everyone heard their own shouts and remained quiet, Cao "Xing" began to announce the answer: "Each of you is very talented, but unfortunately there is only one filial piety, and I hope that those who are not selected will forgive me!" But don't be discouraged, I didn't choose this time, there is next time, the next test question is still today's first six, you can summarize it, and then come to participate in the next filial piety selection held by Cao. ”

"It's okay!"

"Success or failure is fate, the important thing is participation!"

The people on the field politely replied, and the most enthusiastic ones were those who were the poorest and the children of Xiaohaoqiang.

Cao "sex" glanced at his eyes, observed the expressions of the people on the field, raised his voice, and said domineeringly: "I believe that the next session can be held next year, and I believe in myself, and I have the ability to hold filial piety selection every year in the future!" ”