In July, before the season of fire, the sun bakes the land wantonly, and the trees all over the mountains do not move under the scorching sun. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Stuffy, hot. This is the most intuitive feeling of passers-by.

Even if there is a gust of wind coming towards you, it will only bring a hotter breath to your face, and you can only know that it is still chattering.

Even in Ningyuan County, which is surrounded by green mountains and green waters, the streets are still hot at noon.

But this did not affect the enthusiasm of the four miles and eight towns to come to the market, and the streets were lined with agricultural products picked up and sold by the villagers.

The high and low shop flags are dazzling, the cries are continuous, there are not many big taverns, but the small tea shacks are lined up one after another, and the population registered under the jurisdiction of Ningyuan County is more than 1,200 households, nearly 6,000 people, in this era, it can already be regarded as a big county, at least in terms of population.

There are a lot of people rushing to the market, and the narrow streets are basically crowded with people, but there is no displeasure on the faces of the people here, as has been the case for generations, and they may have become accustomed to this kind of life, and are content with this life.

Mo Qian walked out of the county government with his head down, worried, it stands to reason that he beat Zhang Zhao's dead fat man a few times, he obediently signed and detained, and the evidence was conclusive, throw him into prison, and wait for the trial in a few days to recover the money.

But the biggest problem now is...... The money was not recovered, and according to Zhang Zhao's confession, he colluded with an official in the treasury and the former county magistrate, and the thousands of taels of silver that were greedy for ink were divided into three parts.

The county commander Hu Zhide ran away with the big head, leaving only Zhang Zhao and the official left, and the money they shared had already been squandered, especially Zhang Zhao also married a concubine, and there was not much money left in the family at all, and the two only had a few hundred taels of silver left.

Although these hundreds of taels of silver can be very rich for ordinary people, there is still a gap of nearly 1,000 taels of silver for the financial gap of Ningyuan County.

"How sad can you be, just like a group of eunuchs going up to the Qinglou." This is Mo Qian's mood at this time.

I have a lot of modern knowledge, and I also know a lot of ways to get money, what to plagiarize literary works, what to invent a bag of earth explosives to shock the emperor, and then not to build cement to build bridges and pave roads, these are all okay.

But it's clear that none of this is going to work now!

In this shabby place in Ningyuan County, there are only two Xiucai, one of which was just thrown into prison by him yesterday, that is to say, in this place of Ningyuan County, the literary style is not prosperous at all, if you want to sell four famous books to make money, it is not as good as a song or two tigers.

As for the explosives package or something, Mo Qian didn't know how to mix it, the black powder ratio of one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal is rotten in modern times, but this kind of dangerous goods that are not under the control of the emperor, you dare to rashly take it out and shock the emperor, he probably doesn't mind shaking you a few times with the explosives you invented, and it is the kind of corpse that has no bones.

As for inventing cement, it sounds useful, what is used to create a modern city, forget it, Mo Qian doesn't want to mix the construction site just after crossing here, this kind of house with a little earthy smell is also very good, there is no need to change the course of this era in such a hurry.

"What to do?" A penny is hard to beat a hero, let alone Mo Qian, a coward.

Mo Qian squeezed into the bustling crowd, and the people around him were still squatting on the ground and discussing goods with the sellers on the stalls.

It is actually too commercial to say that bargaining, because the thousands of people in this county are objectively not a very large circle, and there are many people who know each other, the third uncle and the sixth aunt shouted, and after talking about the price, they ran to the parents for a short time, and the children got married.

Mo Qian saw a tea shed under a big tree not far ahead, so he walked straight over, the tea shed was very simple, but it was built randomly with a few logs, and then covered with thatch.

However, there are a lot of people, all of them are men in short shirts chatting about the world, and some elderly women and peasant women who come out with their children in their arms will rest here.

After all, the sun is now big, and it is not suitable for going out to work, this tea shed has become a good place to go to Kanda Mountain.

In the store, a boss and a junior are busy coming and going, serving tea and pouring water, and when they are free, they will also copy a bench and sit aside, insert a few words, and laugh constantly. Seeing Mo Qian walk in, Xiao Er, who took off his straw sandals and was chatting with people on his feet, immediately greeted him, and said with a smile, "This guest officer, please take a seat." ”

He brushed the stool with the towel on his shoulder, and asked Mo Qian to sit down, "Guest officer, what do you want to drink?" Why don't you have a bowl of herbal tea to relieve the heat on this hot day? ”

Mo Qian smiled and nodded, "Then let's have a pot of herbal tea." ”

"Okay, wait a minute." Xiao Er went to serve tea neatly.

Mo Qian supported his head with one hand, watching the people outside come and go, and he felt like he was in a different world.

Even now, he has not been able to truly integrate into this world, thinking that does not match this world, doing things that are unimaginable to people in this world, he is obviously in this world, others can see and touch, but he seems to be isolated from this world.

Putting aside those troubles in the yamen, today's weather is indeed good, and the people in the tea shed seem to know each other, and they are still chatting lively.

Some of the slightly older women saw him sitting alone in a daze, so they greeted him.

"Hey, that offspring!"

Mo Qian saw someone talking at this side, and pointed at himself suspiciously.

"Yes, what about talking to you? Which family are you from? Why haven't I seen you! A swarthy aunt grinned and shouted at Mo Qian, the countrymen naturally had no scruples, and their voices were a little harsh, as if they would not be able to hear it.

But Mo Qian likes this kind of countryman's name very much, and he is regarded as a neighbor, geographically speaking, it is a name in the circle with the same geographical relationship. This made him feel that he really existed in this world. So he raised his voice and replied.

"Auntie, I just came here a few days ago, and now I'm on an errand in the yamen, and I'm going to live here for a long time!"

As soon as he said this, an old man next to him who was shirtless and fanning the wind with a hat also interjected and said: "Hey, what a coincidence, my kid is also on an errand in the county government!" You know he's not, his name is Xu Jing. By the way, what's your name? ”

"My name is Mo Qian, Brother Xu, I know and know, he is a very good person, and if someone else has something, he will often take a hand, so he can be helped." Xu Jing was a servant in Moqian's office, and he happened to know him.

"Hey, what a help, just his virtue, it's worry-free if he doesn't help." said so, but the smile on the corner of his mouth betrayed the old man.

At this time, a gossipy aunt next to her also interjected: "Mo family boy, have you promised a family affair?" Do you want your aunt to introduce you to one? "You matchmaker really don't leave your profession." When a person next to him heard this, he smiled helplessly.

Xiao Er brought tea over, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Wu, you don't have to worry about this, you see that this Lang Jun is so handsome, where can you worry about having no relatives." ”

Mrs. Wu was not convinced: "If you look handsome, then others have to know, under the mediation of my Mrs. Wu, there have been seventy-five marriages in ten miles and eight towns, which one is not good, don't forget that you kid or I helped you match!" ”

"Yes, yes, who doesn't know that your matchmaker Wu is the old man of the moon in these ten miles and eight towns." Xiao Er said helplessly.

"That's pretty much it."

Mo Qian looked at them bickering with some amusement, household chores, firewood, rice, oil and salt, it turned out that it was not as boring as he imagined.

Mo Qian chatted casually with the people inside, when the sound of carriages and horses came from outside, and then a few people with hats walked in, looking like merchants who had been trafficking long distances.

"Little Er, come to a pot of wine." Without waiting for Xiao Er to say hello, he sat down at a table, took off his hat, and a fat man said, "It's really hot this day, and I'm really tired of carrying things back from the capital." ”

"Who's to say it isn't? I haven't been home for a month, by the way, have you heard, our villain Zhang Zhao, the villain of Ningyuan County, was cleaned up by the new county order. Another tall and thin man also accosted.

"I already knew your news, and I also knew an even bigger news, the Qianyuan Sect is going to send a lot of people to our Ningyuan County." "It's the Qianyuan Sect, the head of the four major sects of Jian'an Mansion, what are they sending people here for?"

The fat man said proudly: "Not only the Qianyuan Sect, but also many of our sects will also send people to come, like Li Zheyi of the Chiyun Sect leading the team, and Fang Qinghui of the Bishui Gate, I don't think it will be our Ningyuan County out of some treasures?" ”

Mo Qian frowned a little when he heard this, what are these Jianghu sects sending people to Ningyuan County for? Could it be related to the copy of "Xuanji Heart Method" he got? No, I'll have to inquire.

At this time, Xiao Er happened to bring the wine up, and the thin and tall man took the wine jug, "Hey, how is this possible, we are in this small place in Ningyuan County, forget it, the affairs of the rivers and lakes have nothing to do with us, come, drink." ”

"Hey, don't say it, after drinking the three pulp in the capital, these wines always feel not so strong." The fat man touched his mouth and said, obviously reminiscing about what he said, "Sanle pulp." ”

"That's not, otherwise why is Sanle pulp so expensive, after drinking it, these water wines really don't taste good." Mo Qian agreed, even though he didn't like to drink very much. But the degree of this era is really low, which is equivalent to the fruit wine of later generations, he can drink a lot, no wonder there is a good story of "three hundred cups of one drink".

"Alas," the fat man sighed, "it would be nice if we had three pulps here too!" "Obviously another eater...... No, drink the goods.

The tall thin man next to him smiled and said, "You, don't think about it, this capital is thousands of miles away, who will transport Sanle pulp here, besides, even if it is transported, in the capital, sell one or two silver and a jar of Sanle pulp, how expensive is it, can you afford it?" ”

The fat man sighed, clearly knowing that the idea was impossible.

But Mo Qian, who was sitting on the side, was dazzled.

"Wine?"