Zhang Bin walked out of the yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate with ease, he didn't have to worry about the evaluation anymore, Cao Yubian would naturally arrange someone to do it for him, and the next thing was to prepare a gift for the prince.

A two-year-old child, there are really no special toys at this time, but there are many in the future, and he thinks of the simplest one, that is, building blocks.

The building blocks do not have any technical content, it is purely a creativity, many things that children like to play are like this, but you can't think of this thing Children like to play, as long as you think of it, it is a very simple thing to do, and the general carpenter can do it, so he asked Cao Huayu to inform Jinyiwei to find him a skilled carpenter.

Naturally, you can't wear official clothes to find a carpenter to make toys, that's a bit too nondescript, so Zhang Bin first went back to Chongxing Temple, changed into casual clothes, and when he changed into casual clothes, his confidant Sun Biao also came, he was responsible for the piece outside Chongwen Gate, Luo Yangxing had already sent someone to tell him which craftsman to find.

Zhang Bin sent these guards out, and he didn't let them do anything at ordinary times, just let them wander around disguised as various identities and familiarize themselves with the terrain of the capital, after all, he would definitely go back to the capital to take up his post in the future, and he would go to Luo Yanghe and Cao Huachun for anything sooner or later Chongzhen would find out, so he let his guards get familiar with it first.

This craftsman's surname is Zhao, and he is a well-known old carpenter, and it just so happens that Sun Biao has also dealt with people once, so he has become a horseman who drives the car, and Xie Zhenggang and the other four people are riding horses to guard the surroundings.

Chongwen Gate is also the outer city, just corresponds to Xuanwu Gate, one in the west and one in the east, Zhang Bin and they went east along the Luomashi Street, through Zhushikou Street, Xisanli Street, and then along Chongwenmen Street to the north, they arrived at the carpenter Zhao Laohan's house where the Wood Factory Lane was located.

Zhao Laohan had already received a notice from the Lord of the Thousand Households under the Jinyi Guard, and today a big man would come to him to do his work, so he hurriedly took his three sons to clean up the house, and he began to wait since the beginning.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, a carriage finally came to the gate of his house, and there were four guards on horseback around the carriage.

Zhao Laohan had already waited at the gate with his three sons, and as soon as Zhang Bin and his party arrived, he immediately greeted him, walked to the carriage, and waited respectfully.

Unexpectedly, the driver jumped down, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Uncle Zhao, what are you doing here, what are you doing with your head down like a quail?" ”

Zhao Laohan looked up in surprise, it turned out to be Sun Biao, this young man he knew, it seemed that he was driving a car, he came here for a few days, and he was very familiar with this neighbor, he couldn't help asking: "Biaozi, do you know this old man?" ”

Sun Biao said mysteriously: "You don't care about this, just work, you know." ”

Zhao Laohan hurriedly nodded and said, "I know, I know." ”

Zhang Bin also jumped off the carriage at this time, and when he saw the enthusiasm of Sun Biao and Old Man Zhao, he immediately said: "Biaozi, this is Carpenter Zhao." ”

Sun Biao immediately pretended to be a philistine and flattered: "Yes, old man, this is the famous Zhao carpenter." ”

Zhao Laohan hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "Little Lao'er has seen the big man." ”

Zhang Bin nodded and said, "Well, I heard that your skills are good, and I want to ask you to make something. Let's go, take me in first. ”

Zhao Laohan arched his hand again and again: "Thank you, sir, please." ”

Zhang Bin followed him into the yard and was immediately shocked by the variety of wooden products in the yard.

There are grass huts on both sides of the small courtyard, in which there are rows of wooden figures, wooden horses, and wooden bodhisattvas, and the workmanship is simply the same as the wood carvings made by artists in later generations, which is vivid.

Zhang Bin looked around, and directly pointed to a woodcarved little fat pig and said, "Is this for sale, how much is it?" ”

This little fat pig is not big, only a foot wide, less than half a foot high, smiling, quite happy.

When Zhao Laohan heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Sell, everything in this is made by the little old man when he was bored, this little pig didn't take much effort, but the materials are worth a little money, if the big man likes it, even if it is six cents of silver." ”

Zhang Bin nodded and said, "Okay, process it according to my requirements, how about I give you a tael of silver?" ”

Zhao Laohan nodded hurriedly and said, "No problem, how to process it, you say." ”

Don't look at him on the surface is very calm, in fact, he is already very excited in his heart, you know, he can earn four or five taels of silver a month with his three sons who are tired and tired, this time it is one tael, which is equivalent to the four of them working for seven or eight days.

Zhang Bin directly stretched out his hand and gestured: "First sawed into a square the size of a child's fist." ”

"Ahh Old man Zhao looked at Zhang Bin dumbfounded, just like looking at a neuropathy, this old man won't have a brain disease, such a good-looking little piglet bought and sawed into pieces!

If you want firewood, you say, Xiao Lao'er will chop a car for you a day, buy such a small piglet for one or two silver, and how long can it be burned if it is sawn into a dozen pieces.

Seeing his surprised look, Zhang Bin hurriedly explained: "This one has to be put back after sawing, do you know how to play with children?" ”

It turns out that this is what it means, this old man is really rich.

Old man Zhao immediately beckoned: "Hurry up, second son, third son, come over with the thinnest saw, and then move a clean small square table, ready to work." ”

His two younger sons hurriedly came over with their things, and even the eldest son ran over curiously, wanting to see what the old man wanted to do.

Zhao Laohan looked at the little piglet, gestured to ask Zhang Bin's opinion, and said, "Why don't you come twice horizontally, three times vertically, and then in the middle?" ”

Zhang Bin nodded and said, "Yes, just try to see it neatly." ”

Zhao Laohan nodded, found a few ropes, and then asked the two sons to hold down the little piglet's careful saw, and after sawing horizontally and in the middle, the little piglet had become six wooden strips, and Zhao Laohan tied the six strips with a rope and tied them back to the appearance of the little piglet, which called his two sons to sawn them vertically.

Soon eighteen blocks of different shapes came out, carefully put together a little piglet, Zhao Laohan's three sons are interested in putting together, this thing is really fun.

Zhang Bin picked up a building block and looked at it, the sawn place was too rough, and there were edges and corners, so it would definitely not work.

He directly took a block and instructed: "This is for children to play with, the sawed place must be polished, and these edges and corners must be rounded, you know?" ”

Zhao Laohan immediately nodded and said: "Understood, understood, boss, you come, take a fine sand stone and polish it well, you can't have a little place to tie your hands." ”

When his eldest son heard this, he immediately took a large bluestone and carefully sharpened it with a building block.

Zhao Laohan rubbed his hands and said: "Master, look, do you need anything else, you have to take a fancy to it, I will see it for you." ”

Zhang Bin looked around for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, these are either too big or too complex in shape to be suitable for children." ”

Zhao Laohan's face was suddenly full of disappointment, such a good opportunity to make money was gone!

However, Zhang Bin then said: "That's it, you carve a set of zodiac signs according to the size of this little piglet, don't be too fine, as long as you can see that it's this thing, try to adjust the sense of joy, understand?" ”

Zhao Laohan nodded hurriedly and said, "Understood, understood, when will the eldest master want it?" ”

Zhang Bin looked at him and said with a little hope: "I'll give me more reward, can I make the goods tomorrow morning?" ”

Zhao Laohan thought for a while, and wondered: "I definitely can't do it alone, can I ask a few old guys to carve together?" ”

Zhang Bin nodded and said, "No problem, as long as I can come out tomorrow morning." ”

Zhao Laohan said excitedly: "Then it's no problem, I promise to prepare it for you tomorrow morning, do you need anything else?" ”

Zhang Bin spun around casually, then pointed to a one-foot-square wooden box and asked, "How much is this?" ”

This wooden box has a pale red color and is beautifully carved with patterns, which looks quite delicate and is perfect for building blocks.

Zhao Laohan hurriedly introduced: "This is used to hold gold jewelry, the materials are exquisite, strong and durable, two taels of silver each." ”

Zhang Bin thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Bring me twenty, and I will ask for it tomorrow morning, you can also ask someone to do it, is there a problem?" ”

Zhao Laohan nodded hurriedly and said, "No problem, no problem, do you need anything?" ”

Zhang Bin picked up the wooden box, put the little piglet's square in for an interview, and put it in very loosely, he nodded with satisfaction: "That's all for today, I'll think about it again when I go back, draw a few simple drawings for you, tomorrow you are going to make a house, a boat or something, but it's not the normal appearance outside, make it simpler, so that children can understand it at a glance." ”

How to make the child understand at a glance, this Zhao Laohan can't think of it, but as long as there is a simple picture, he is still sure to do it, he quickly nodded and said: "Okay, big man, you bring the picture tomorrow, and I will make it for you." ”

This big man is simply too generous, buy two taels of boxes, hold one or two gadgets, and buy twenty of them, where can such a generous person go to find it!

Zhao Laohan was thinking about Zhang Bin's arrogance, and Zhang Bin immediately said to Xie Zhenggang: "Little Sixth Uncle, give him sixty taels of silver." ”

When Xie Zhenggang heard this, he immediately took six silver ingots of ten taels from the carriage and stuffed them into Old Man Zhao's hand.

Zhao Laohan was so excited, he had never seen so much silver at one time, and the hand holding this silver was shaking, so he didn't drop the silver ingot on the ground.

However, after shaking for a while, his face immediately changed, because he didn't have eight taels of silver at home for others to find!

He was thinking about whether to return a silver ingot to others, when two taels of discounts, Zhang Bin waved his hand in a chic manner: "The rest is for you, be attentive, do a little well, and I'll pick it up tomorrow morning." ”

With that, he turned around and walked straight to the carriage.

This reward is eight taels, which is almost the top of his two-month income, and Zhao Laohan was excited, and he nodded behind him and said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you." ”

Zhang Bin finished everything, returned to Chongxing Temple for a while, hurriedly used some fasting, he suddenly felt a wave of tiredness hit, the three watches got up in the middle of the night to go to the morning court is really torturous, I don't know how these courtiers persisted.

As soon as he fell asleep, when he woke up, it was already close to the hour, so Xie Zhenggang and they hurriedly heated up some fasting and eaten, and it was time to go to the morning court again.

It's really cold, at this time he has deeply experienced the pain of Xie Dacaizi at that time, and it is really unbearable to get up so early every day.

He had already thought that if he came to the capital to take up a job, he must buy a mansion on West Chang'an Street, so that he could sleep for an extra hour every day.

The carriage swayed in the night for half an hour, the West Chang'an Gate had arrived, Zhang Bin was familiar with the road this time, he lined up into the West Chang'an Gate, and walked outside the noon gate without hurrying, at this time, there were still only more than 100 officials waiting, and most of them were petty officials of seven or eight grades, he stood alone in the front, looking so outstanding.

With the passage of time, officials at all levels have arrived one after another, and the first important minister of the court above the third rank to arrive is Cao Yubian, the imperial historian of the left capital, and he seems to have stood in front early yesterday, which shows that this old man is really diligent.

As soon as Cao Yubian saw Zhang Bin, his eyes couldn't help showing approval, such a young Sanpin master, not arrogant or impatient, humble and diligent, it was really rare, and he appreciated Zhang Bin more and more.

For his boss, Zhang Bin has nothing to taboo, whether it is greeting or chatting, he doesn't have to worry about someone saying something for personal gain.

The two chatted after a meeting, and the conversation was nothing more than the problem of evaluation records, Cao Yubian had already sent someone to do it for him, I believe it would be done in a few days, Zhang Bin was not in a hurry, he had to wait for the carpet to arrive before he could go back.

Moreover, it is almost February, and the test is about to start, and he still wants to escort Chen Zilong and others.

However, it doesn't seem to be easy to let Chen Zilong and them pass the test smoothly, because the examiners who will take the exam are Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren.

Zhou Yanru is just that, he is using the Restoration Society at this time, and he will not suppress the candidates in Jiangnan.

Wen Tiren's treacherous is different, he seems to use the examination as a tool to eliminate dissent, Chongzhen's four years, Chongzhen's seven years, Chongzhen's ten years of examinations are controlled by him, I don't know how many people with lofty ideals are frustrated by his exclusion, and they have not been admitted to Jinshi in the end.

Chongzhen has always been unavailable and has a lot to do with him controlling the imperial examination, it is very difficult for an upright person to pass him, especially after Zhou Yanru was done by him, whether it is the appointment and dismissal of officials or the imperial examination, it has become a tool for him to eliminate dissidents, Chongzhen four years later, Daming has not produced a few talents, because, a little ability, a little ambition were all shot to death by him.

Thinking of this question, Zhang Bin began to have a headache again, Wen Tiren is a cabinet scholar at this time, how can he escort Chen Zilong and others when he is in control of the imperial examination?

The early dynasty soon began, Chongzhen seemed to be in a bad mood, and when he played right, he was angry, and many officials who originally wanted to play the report secretly accepted the performance, and the emperor was angry, so it was better to avoid the limelight.

Why Chongzhen is angry, many people know it, because Min Hongxue and Min Meng committed suicide in fear of sin, and none of their accomplices were recruited!

Most of the courtiers didn't dare to do anything, and the right part ended hastily quickly, and in the end, Chongzhen didn't even bother to say anything, he directly asked the Honglu Temple ceremonial officer to announce that two days later, the court would push the examiner and the examiner of each room, and then, retire from the court!

It turned out that the chief examiner and the examiners of each room also had to go through the court push, and Zhang Bin's eyes couldn't help but shine.

Wen Tiren, you wait, this examiner can't let you be anything!