Ouyang Xiu's "Returning to the Field" said: "The product of tea is more expensive than the dragon and phoenix, and it is called group tea, and all eight cakes weigh one catty." ”

The group tea here is the tea cake, or also known as the cake tea, the dragon group or the phoenix group.

Since the Song Dynasty, the dragon group phoenix cake has been a palace tribute, until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty is still the case, but Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the people were hurting money, so he stopped building the dragon group, and only needed to pick tea buds and offer them to the palace.

There is a characteristic word in the Ming Dynasty, whenever the officials quarrel and quarrel, they will move out, that is, the word "ancestral system".

It is precisely because of these two words that even if Zhu Yuanzhang has been dead for many years, he still affects all aspects of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, even in the Wanli year, the tea cakes in the palace are rare, and with the passage of time, this old tea cake has become extremely precious, which can be called priceless!

China's tea culture has a long history, when it comes to eating, drinking and having fun, there is no nation comparable to the Han people, they not only love to play, but also love to study, and study to the extreme, compared with the ancients, what craftsman spirit of the island country in later generations, it is not worth mentioning at all.

We have the art of war in war, the "Book of Tea" for drinking tea, and the "Sutra of Promoting Weaving" even for playing crickets, which is simply an encyclopedia of crickets.

It is precisely because of the circulation of these classics that this culture can be completely inherited, and the development is getting better and better, if it is not for the two dynasties ruled by the Yuan and Qing dynasties, the culture has been broken, and the culture of later generations will not be so barren.

I don't talk much about it, but I just say that tea culture has a long history, making tea a necessity for everyone from the princes to the common people.

The prince has the drinking method of the prince, the scholar doctor also has the drinking method of the scholar, and the commoners naturally have the drinking method of the commoners, the commoners do not pay much attention to it, and the tea is also coarse, but the big bowl of tea is also bold.

As for the kind of tea buds that are plucked by virgins with their mouths and not touched with their hands, it is enough to see how tall and lofty the tea can be drunk.

Jian Dingyong was born as a literati, and naturally he is also a tea lover.

Most of the tea in later generations is tea bud tea leaves, which are made using tea cake technology, mainly Pu'er tea and Liubao tea, and Li Mi is not interested in tea, so when the project wants to send this half of the tea cake, he is still complaining in his heart, thinking that Xiang Mu is too stingy.

However, he also thought in his heart that although the gift was not in hand, the important thing was not the gift, but Xiang Mu's meaning, even if Jian Dingyong didn't look down on the tea cake, he should pay attention to the meaning behind Xiang Mu's gift.

However, Jian Dingyong is not a tea blind man like Li Mi, when he saw this tea cake, he couldn't sit still anymore, hurriedly got up, as if he had obtained a treasure, carefully held the tea cake, looked at its shape, smelled its smell, closed his eyes and was intoxicated, ecstatic!

"It's... Is this really a gift from Master Xiang Mu? Jian Dingyong seemed to be living in a dream, it was really unbelievable, Xiang Mu not only gave him something, but also made it a priceless treasure!

As everyone knows, the treasures in his eyes are just ordinary things that Xiang Mu must wear every time he receives Yuan Keli and Li Mi.

Seeing Jian Dingyong's reaction, Li Mi naturally knew that this tea was not a bargain, so he immediately said to Jian Dingyong: "Old man Xiang heard that adults love tea, so he asked me to bring some over..."

Jian Dingyong knew that Li Mi and Xiang Mu had some friendship, but he didn't expect the friendship to be so deep, if it was said that the last time he came by Xiangfu's sedan chair, it was just an exception, then this tea gift is enough to prove that Li Mi and Xiang Mu have a friendship, and the friendship is very deep!

In Jian Dingyong's view, although Li Mi, an eccentric kid, didn't know where to come from, and often had novel ideas and moves, he was indeed talented, and he was also full of ideas and found another way to solve the case.

Although the origin of Li Mi is to be discussed, from the perspective of the household, it is a coastal homeless person, and this household is very likely to be fake, such an official as Jian Dingyong, as long as he goes to Hucao to investigate and compare, he can find the flaw.

But where does Jian Dingyong still have this thought, let's say that Li Mi's household is fake, even if he doesn't have a household registration, just with his friendship with Xiang Mu, there are not too many people who stammer him!

Jian Dingyong is not a flattering flatterer, but if he wants to make a difference during his tenure, Xiang Mu, a local snake and soil emperor, can't get around the mountain, and if he can make friends with Xiang Mu, he can sit back and relax in the past three years!

Being a county official is not just sitting in the court to deal with trivial cases, or holding orders and arrows to show off his majesty, no matter which dynasty or generation, money, food and criminal names are the two big heads of county officials.

Money and grain are the foundation, and the collection of taxes and forced labor, the accumulation of warehouses, relief and disaster relief, and other things that come and go are the primary criteria for judging whether an official is competent or not.

In other words, money and food are to satisfy the national court, and the criminal name is to satisfy the poor people.

If you are satisfied with both levels and levels, you are a good officer.

But Daming is a feudal society, and the landlord class is the representative of the interests of the imperial court, never underestimate a big landlord like Xiang Mu, let alone ignore the small fish and shrimp such as the grain chief and the long baojia, these people are the guarantee for you to pay grain and taxes smoothly.

After figuring this out, you can understand why Jian Dingyong is so eager to get close to and befriend Xiang Mu and other local elders and gentlemen.

With Xiang Mu's half of the tea cake, Jian Dingyong finally relented.

He cleaned up his happy expression, his eyes also took back from the tea cake, and said to Li Mi: "Master Xiang Mu's eyes are like torches, and he has read countless people, since he is optimistic about you, this official will let you give it a try." ”

When Jian Dingyong said this, Li Mi should have been happy, but he was a little bored at this time, as if he was just borrowing Xiang Mu's momentum, not Jian Dingyong's recognition of his ability.

Of course, Li Mi is determined to continue to do criminal investigation, what if Jian Dingyong doesn't recognize himself, his actions will explain everything sooner or later, and there is no need to rush to defend himself.

However, Jian Dingyong's words changed again: "Although there is a recommendation from Boss Mu, but the county government has the regulations of the county government, and the official will not hide it from you, how many pairs of eyes are staring at the chair of the priest of the torture room, presumably you also know, don't say anything else, that is, after Wu Yong came out of this matter, he stuffed silver into the official, not a hundred but eighty... If you want to pick this peach, it's unlikely. ”

Although Jian Dingyong said decisively, Li Mi did not feel surprised, because he had already understood the situation, although the officials had a bad reputation and were not pleasing to the top and bottom, they could really make money and water, and there were even many white officials in the county government.

What is a White Officer?

is that there is no salary, and they help the county government work for free, and they only rely on the process of work to make their own oil and water.

is such treatment, and some people are scrambling to be white officials, and they want to be errand in the county government, and the difficulty can be imagined.

Of course, to put it simply, the staffing of the county government can be divided into three types: officials, officials, and servants.

In fact, there are very few officials, and they are divided into the well-known counties, the main book, and the county officials, as well as the non-current classics and county studies, teachings, and teachings, and the like.

The official is generally the secretary of the six rooms, in charge of the specific affairs of the entire county government, and the same as the central court is also the division of labor such as households, officials, soldiers, rites and ministries.

Except for the officials and officials, the rest of the servants were all inferior people, who did drudgery, copying, writing, running errands and collecting grain, and other work, almost all of which were done by the officials.

Some of the servants came to work voluntarily, and some of them served in accordance with the laws and regulations of the imperial court, and these were unpaid, and there might be some subsidies, but they were pitiful.

In short, starting from Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming court was extremely harsh on officials, and there was no official rank of four or five grades, and it was impossible to support his family by relying on Yulu.

It is precisely because of this that even if Zhu Yuanzhang peels the skin and grass of corrupt officials, there are still a large number of officials who fill their pockets, and there are indeed objective difficulties here.

Originally, the secretary was not considered an official, and the level was so low that it couldn't be lower, but there were still people who broke their heads, and after Li Mi contacted Yuan Keli and Xiang Mu, he also had enough understanding of the ecology of officialdom, and the position of the secretary was not extravagant for the time being.

Hengzhu just wants to get a serious reputation, and it is enough to be able to take the county government Zhu ticket to investigate the case.

So when Jian Dingyong asked him to start by catching fast, Li Mi readily agreed, at least this is a good start.

After the matter was settled, Jian Dingyong called Xing Zhutou in, explained it to him, and asked him to arrange for Li Mi to live in the county office, and Li Mi finally got his wish and became a catcher!

Jian Dingyong happily left with the baby tea cake, but Li Mi's excitement quickly cooled down.

Because he came out of the curtain hall, he noticed that everyone's eyes were looking at him a little strangely, only Master Qian smiled and nodded at him.

Li Mi knew that he had only come in after Jian Dingyong's relationship, and before these people knew him well enough, they naturally wanted to exclude him, and it was inevitable to concentrate on criminal investigation and do a good job in the workplace.

Although Li Mi is mentally prepared, but when he comes to his residence, he still inevitably feels cold, this room is like a dilapidated latrine, the mold and dust in it are diffuse, and it is extremely hot, just take a look at it from afar, and you know that you don't need to bother to arrange the scene when you shoot ghost movies.

Although Xing Zhutou has intersected with Li Mi and knows that Li Mi has some connections, the prisoner needs to be beaten first to make a lawsuit, not to mention that he should be arrested quickly.

This newcomer will naturally give him a stick first, and then give him a date when he is obedient, and he will be obedient in the future.

Li Mi wanted to be an errand not to make money, let alone to enjoy happiness, just to pursue his ambitions, and this little hardship was naturally nothing, so he tinkered with his hands and feet, cleaned and sorted it out.

Seeing this, Xing Zhutou also nodded secretly, and brought Li Mi a new set of seven or eighty percent of the new catchers, and I don't know which unlucky ghost wore it, but it was also clean.

"Don't clean up yet, change your clothes, and follow me to the dining room to eat, if it's late, there will only be leftovers and cold rice."

"Can the county government still eat in the dining hall?" Li Mi didn't expect that there would be this kind of welfare, so that there was no need to advance the work and food silver, and Li Mi didn't have to worry about food and housing.

In this way, Li Mi's fast catching career has finally kicked off!