Zhao Xing caught a glimpse of Mao Peng's lost expression out of the corner of his eye, and he said calmly: "Teacher, the capital is not where I stay, and my wife and concubine are pregnant, so I can't travel far, so I'll find a position nearby." If you really can't do it, you can retreat to the forest and do business well, which can be regarded as a kind of leisure. ”

Su Shi smiled and asked, "How is Yangzhou?" ”

Zhao Xing forgot that Su Shi's scheduled position was the official department, and this official position was in charge of the world's officials, and if he wanted to arrange a position for Zhao Xing, it was not simple, not to mention that the Empress Dowager Gao in the palace responded to Su Shi's requests.

Zhao Xing touched his chin: "Yangzhou, it's a good place, people say that the waist is wrapped around 100,000 yuan, and the crane rides down to Yangzhou, but my grinding (qualifications) is not enough to be a Zhizhou, rather than going to Yangzhou to start with an undesirable chief official, it is better to stay at home and watch the concubine give birth." ”

Counting carefully, Zhao Xing's political achievements in recent years are a jaw-dropping report card. The Great Song Dynasty worked hard for nearly 200 years before the whole country could come up with 30,000 war horses, and he mixed in Mizhou for more than a year, and there were more than 20,000 war horses for Mizhou before and after, and this situation continued. Nowadays, the horse fur trade between Mizhou and Liao is getting bigger and bigger, and almost every year, tens of thousands of war horses are transported back to the Great Song Dynasty.

The war horse trade was only one of his contributions in Mizhou, and he also placed 18 soldiers in command of the Mizhou regiment, and set up a Mizhou stone factory, a gypsum factory, a textile factory, and a fur processing industry, making Mizhou from a poor defensive state to a large taxpayer in Shandong......

In the past few years in Hangzhou, his merits have not been said, and with the help of repairing roads, Zhao Xing reorganized the grassroots political power organization in Hangzhou. Both of these things are now showing their effects. In the long run, it's even more remarkable.

The road is known as the "national chain" in the history of human civilization, where the road is repaired, the area will be firmly tied to the regime, the Hangzhou road renovation is perfect, it also means that the local government's ability to govern has greatly increased, the original decree to the most remote villages, it is estimated that it will take a month, and now it is only one or two days.

and the reconstruction and improvement of the townships and towns in the grassroots level. On the surface, this behavior strengthened the Zhao Xing family's control over Hangzhou, and also made it easier for Hangzhou officials to control the people, and the implementation of government actions such as taxation was faster and more powerful, but the deeper meaning has not yet been revealed.

With the improvement of administrative efficiency, Hangzhou's market trade volume has also been rising, and the amount of market tax in half a year has been collected in the past year and a half, and depending on the situation, this upward trend is far from stopping.

These feats are clearly there. Although Zhao Xing was unwilling to take credit. attributed all this to Su Shi, but Su Shi knew in his heart that in the past year, he had constantly reported to Zhao Xing, asking the officials to promote Zhao Xing, and the Empress Dowager Gao in the palace responded to Su Shi's requests, and most of the time, Su Shi did not even describe Zhao Xing's specific contributions. only handed over a piece of music to Zhao Xing to add an official, and the officials never rejected Su Shi's almost absurd request.

In this year, Zhao Xing's rank official rose from the 37th rank Di Gong Lang to the 23rd rank and from the 7th rank to the Cheng Lang. The official was promoted to the bachelor of the Baowen Pavilion of the seventh grade. Although his dispatch officer has not changed, he is still a general judgment of eight ranks, but this dispatch is lower than that of rank and rank, which is equivalent to a promotion of one rank.

The county order is about eight products, only the red county order is the seventh product, Zhao Xing's current official product, and a county order is already high and low. That's why he said he didn't want to be a county magistrate.

But Su Shi had other ideas. He didn't answer Zhao Xing's words, just smiled proudly. Pointing at Qin Guan and said: "This time, Shaoyou will enter Beijing with me, and he will probably enter the Hanlin Academy, and Master Yan will also go with him, so that there will be one less helper from the person, and I will recommend a few people to you......"

Su Shi is such a person who can't hold back his stomach when he has words, and people often say that plans can't catch up with changes. Zhao Xing's appointment has not yet come down, and he is already planning to act after serving as a new official - arrogant, and he can't be so arrogant.

Zhao Xing looked at Mao Peng, who looked unwilling, and interjected to interrupt Su Shi's words: "Teacher, Mao Zemin has served as Fa Cao for a full term, should he also move his position?" ”

Mao Pengzi Zemin, he is just a nine-grade Fa Cao, such a petty official will need to move up the road, and the time it takes is more difficult than that of a person like Zhao Xing who was born through the imperial examination. Therefore, when Zhao Xingdi asked Su Dongpo to be embarrassed, Mao Peng didn't feel embarrassed at all, he followed Zhao Xingdi's words, and hurriedly approached: "I don't have too high extravagance in my life, it is enough to ask for a county order." It is best to be close to the place where the person is employed, so that he can have leisure time on official business and sing with the departed person. ”

Mao Peng's new compilation of "The Legend of the West Chamber", borrowing Qin Guan's great reputation, he can be regarded as a famous person, and now he is also a well-known lyricist in the poetry world. But he also wants to go one step further and use Zhao Xing's resources to renovate a few more operas and establish his unique position in the opera industry.

With this in mind, Mao Peng thought that if the area where he worked was adjacent to Zhao Xing, then he could come to Zhao Xing's house in his spare time, not only to enjoy Zhao Xing's food, but also to get fresh ideas and inspiration from Zhao Xing.

This kind of request may be too much for others, but Su Shi is a person who is not good at refusing, he pondered for a moment, nodded, and replied: "In this case, I still have to think of a way...... By the way, where did I just say, when it comes to recommending a few entourages to you, leaving people, you want to meet these people I recommend, one of them is a single man, the word Ji Yin, Jiahu Jinshi, who is unwilling to be an official, has traveled to and from Taihu Lake for 30 years, inspected Taihu Lake water conservancy, and wrote a book, proposing a method of dredging the Taihu Lake water system. ”

Zhao Xing nodded, he didn't even see anyone, and replied directly: "Accept it, collect it." ”

Su Shi obviously didn't think it was a problem for Zhao Xing to raise a few more people, he continued to introduce to Zhao Xing: "There is another person, the famous handsome Fan Shuaizilian, with a strange appearance and superhuman strength, who has lived alone in Nanyue for decades, is honest and fair, and is not greedy. If you need to be a subordinate to a departing person, this person is a trustworthy subordinate...... Haha, he's like a detached person, and he's very tall and tall. ”

"Received, collected". Zhao Xing continued to answer.

"There is another person, named Wan Qi Yong (Wan Qi is pronounced as moq Moqi, is a compound surname), the word Yayan, a native of Hangzhou, famous for his words. used to be a small official, and he was proficient in the rules of officialdom, so he could help others. ”

Zhao Xing clapped his hands: "This is the person I need." Teacher, invite him to come...... Hangzhou locals, why don't I know them? ”

Qin Guan pouted on the side: "Leaving people to work every day, fresh clothes and angry horses, retracting back to the castle after work, people don't come to see, how do you know them?" ”

I can't help but admire Su Shi's vast travel, this guy usually invites a hundred people and a hundred people, although the place where he feasts often occupies Zhao Xing's Blue House, but Zhao Xing doesn't attend much of this kind of singing between poets, and he likes to settle accounts with his wife in this kind of leisure time. Calculate the growth of your own industry. It's happier than spending time composing poems and lyrics.

If Zhao Xing continues to be an official, he really lacks an old officialdom finger, because officialdom is not something that he, a modern person, can deal with, and there can be no typos in officialdom texts, and the allusions in the article cannot be used incorrectly. There are many taboos in these allusions, and sometimes what is a praise for one person is an insult to another. In the officialdom to welcome this. Liao Xiaoxiao knows the habit of giving gifts and treats, but he can't deal with such a complicated thing as officialdom.

Zhao Xing has Deng Yufu's help in Mizhou, not to mention it in Hangzhou. With Gao Yu and Qin Guan, two powerful people, he can ignore all the things in the text, as long as he buries his head in things, but if he goes to another place to serve as a local governor, the officialdom is his bottleneck. Wan Qiyong, recommended by Su Shi, is facing Zhao Xing's appetite.

Among these three, Shuai Fan is the most special, and the handsome surname Zhao Xing has not been in contact before, it seems that before the Song Dynasty. Or before Shuai Fan. There are no well-known characters with the surname Shuai. Hearing this name just now, Zhao Xing was almost happy: Shuai Fan. A model of handsomeness.

The name seems to be full of the flavor of the post-80s, and the spoof is very strong...... But the thought just flashed through his mind, and he forgot about it in the blink of an eye.

Soon after, winter came, and the three people recommended by Su Shi came to visit Zhao Xing because of Su Shi's invitation, at this time, Su Shi's approximate whereabouts have been determined, and he will wait for the spring of the next year to officially take office.

Yangzhou used to be the second state in the world, and its municipal tax ranked after Bianliang and before Hangzhou, but now Hangzhou has surpassed it. As a result, it has recently become known as the "Third State under Heaven".

There is only one Jiangdu County under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, but Jiangdu County does not have its own separate administrative office, and the county order is also in Yangzhou City. Yangzhou is the hub of the world, so the Huainan East Road Transfer Division is also located here.

The pacification envoy is referred to as "Shuai Si", who is in charge of civil affairs and military defense along the way. On the other hand, the transfer department is called "Cao Division", and the criminal prison is referred to as "Xian Division", which is in charge of wealth and prison litigation along the way. Cao Division, Xian Division, and Shuai Division are collectively called the "Three Divisions", and in addition, there are Changping Divisions called Cang Division, and these four people are collectively called the local "Four Supervisors".

Zhao Xing's latter official position is equivalent to skipping the state-level officials and being directly promoted to the six-rank dispatch officer, while Zhao Xing's officials and rank officials are all in the seventh grade, such qualifications, if the term of office ends, it means that he has both the qualifications of the county order and the qualifications of the road-level officials, and he can skip the state-level officials in the future and be directly promoted to the first-level officials of the road.

At first glance, this official position is a special arrangement for people to be promoted, but it also means that Zhao Xing needs to hire more people, and he can give his subordinates a larger official title, and the degree of freedom in placement is also quite large.

Among the three people introduced by Su Shi, Shan Yi is arrogant, he is earlier than Zhao Xing, he belongs to the seniors, he is in his fifties, he sees Zhao Xing, a junient in his twenties, and he looks a little embarrassed by Su Shi's groundwork. Zhao Xing respectfully invited the other party to the table, chatted a few words, and then turned to Wan Qianyong, this person was thin and thin, with a treacherous face, quite a modern Shaoxing master's expression......

The Song people don't say that Master Shaoxing, nor do they say that their faces are full of treachery, Wan Qianyong's expression is "clear, wise, and capable" in the mouth of the Song people, Zhao Xing saw it and was very satisfied. Master, you should look treacherous, and whoever sees it will be on guard.

The expression on Shuai Fan's face makes people can't see why, he is indeed tall, about 1.8 meters long, and he looks very majestic. The expression on his face, Zhao Xing couldn't think of words to describe it, this person didn't seem to belong to this era, and he always seemed to be looking down on the common people condescendingly.

How did this person get mixed up with Su Shi's banquet, Zhao Xing had no impression of this person, he saw Shuai Fan today and found out that Su Shi also had a hobby of collecting eccentric characters, and even a strange person like Shuai Fan could associate with him.

Maybe. This is Su Shi's new hobby after collecting Zhao Xing.

After pondering for a long time in front of Shuai Fan, Zhao Xing couldn't think of a word of welcome, because he couldn't figure out what capital Shuai Fan had to be condescending and look down on the world with a kind of overlook, is it because he is tall, is it because he has a superior life?

Shuai Fan was also waiting for Zhao Xing to speak, he seemed to be more patient than Zhao Xing, and he had been observing Zhao Xing's dress with a smile that seemed to be not a smile. His gaze lingered on Zhao Xingdi's dragon leather belt for a long time. His lips squirmed imperceptibly, not knowing what he was saying.

"Your Excellency, as far as I know, it is rare for such a tall person to be in the south?" Zhao Xing hesitated for a long time and asked.

Shuai Fan spoke, with an indescribable accent, as if he was not accustomed to groveling, accustomed to conversing with people on an equal footing. He asked confidently: "Who said that there are no majestic people in the south, isn't Your Excellency also from Huangzhou?" In the next from Shanxi Linshi, the study tour has been ......"

Zhao Xing sighed. He suddenly asked, "Do you want to be an airplane?" ”

Shuai Fan's eyebrows twitched imperceptibly, he blinked frequently, pretending to be stupid and asked, "What plane?" What kind of chicken is that? ”

Zhao Xing had nothing to say, he raised his hand: "Please take a seat!" ”

As soon as Zhao Xing spoke, Liao Xiaoxiao hurriedly beckoned Shuai Fan to take a seat, Shuai Fan muttered something in a low voice as he walked, and Zhao Xing vaguely heard three words. It seems to be - Xin Qiji. He suddenly turned around and stared at Shuai Fan's back. I listened closely, but I didn't hear anything.

Shan Yi and Wan Qi Yong's official positions have already been arranged, Shan Yi will serve as a Confucian official to help Zhao Xing deal with civil affairs, Wan Qi Yong will serve as the head of the book, help Zhao Xing deal with the text, as for military affairs, Zhao Xing will take the children of the Cheng clan to do it together. Among the disciples of the Cheng clan, Cheng Wang can't be transferred, he will stay to manage the castle, Cheng Shuang, who was originally in charge of the castle, and the two in-laws of the Cheng clan in Jiangxia, Huang Bin and Hong Tong, and Ding Jianren, a son of the foreign clan, will go with Zhao Xing.

Among these people, only Shuai Fan is not easy to place, and I don't know what Su Shi recommended this person to do in the first place.

Seeing Zhao Xing exchanging experiences with the other two about their positions, Shuai Fan couldn't help but interject: "I know a little bit of the ability to march and fight, and my lord will go to Yangzhou to raise some soldiers and horses, and I am willing to train a strong army for my lord." ”

Zhao Xing touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "The army of the imperial court has its own discipline training, and it is not easy to meddle in this military training." However, I have a Japanese brother under me, Genyeping, who is training Zhuang Ding for me, so Brother Zilian might as well go and see it. ”

Shuai Fan said smoothly: "What is the strength and courage of the south...... Well, the Huainan and Huaibei areas where the adults were born were brave and brave Huai troops. ”

Zhao Xing's eyebrows jumped, and he said lightly: "Huaijun, where is this word?" ”

Shuai Fan was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied without blushing and heartbeat: "This means that the army of Huaidi is also." ”

Zhao Xing nodded and didn't ask anymore......

After the three of them said goodbye, Zhao Xing was silent for a long time, Liao Xiaoxiao urged him several times, he came back to his senses, and as soon as he sobered up, he immediately asked Liao Xiaoxiao for confirmation: "Xiaoxiao, did you hear it, that Shuai Fan seemed to have said a person's name just now, it seems to be Xin Qiji", is this pronunciation? ”

Liao Xiaoxiao tried hard to recall, but couldn't remember: "I don't remember, when he sat on the ground, he seemed to mutter, I seemed to hear it, he said that he was decisive in killing, hard-hearted, and liked to enjoy luxury, and the words he made were heroic and atmospheric, and he seemed to be quite like a person...... That's what it means, but I don't remember what he said. Xianggong, is this person famous? ”

Very famous, but the man has not yet been born. People of this age should not know this well-known name.

Zhao Xing didn't say, he said haha: "Xiaoxiao, Anren is pregnant, Yiyi is also pregnant, it seems that it is not easy to move at this time, it seems that you are going to Yangzhou with me, in the New Year, do you go to Yangzhou in advance, and quietly buy a house there to settle down." Don't make a statement, the appointment hasn't come down yet, only a few people know now, don't show your identity, find a house with a dock by the water. Buy it in advance and find someone to decorate it according to our wishes. ”

Liao Xiaoxiao was interested in this important task, and she hurriedly agreed: "Xianggong, I still have some familiar sisters in Yangzhou, so it's better for me to go a year ago." Go quietly, quietly put it in place. A few years ago, I could recruit a group of people to renovate the yard, and I could work hard for three or two months. When the prime minister was appointed, he was guaranteed to be able to live in a new house. ”

Zhao Xing happily touched Liao Xiaoxiao's head and praised: "With Xiaoxiao, it really saves me a lot of heart." ”

Liao Xiaoxiao was happily about to go out to pack up, but when she moved, she stopped again and asked suspiciously: "Xianggong, should you leave me to find that fox girl?" ”

Zhao Xing's eyes widened, and he reprimanded innocently: "Ah Zhu and Yi Yi both said that you are a fox." Why do you have to talk about others. Is there anyone in the family who is more coquettish than you? ”

Liao Xiaoxiao replied in a loud voice: "Of course, that little mustache and Tji are delicate, and they are dry and leaning." Gently blowing, cherry, idle, bamboo shoots. Love a little gorilla and pretend to be a pink valerian...... You know who I'm talking about? Huh, very Huh. Zhao Xingyang gave Liao Xiaoxiaotong a slap and reprimanded: "Hugh is messing around, go quickly." ”

Liao Xiao giggled and ran away. Not for a while. Cheng Shuang came running with a stack of files, and while handing the files to Zhao Xing, he said, "The teacher wants a newspaper...... Teacher. The three newcomers have settled down, and the two short ones are browsing the scenery and chanting poetry, who is the big one? He went to the martial arts arena in Dongshan, stayed there and didn't leave, and frequently pointed fingers at Yuan Yeping.

However, he appreciated it a lot. Less critically. I listened to what he meant. said that the training method formulated by the teacher was very good, but it was a pity that Yuan Yeping was out of shape when he implemented it. The source of Qi is flat and wants to compete with him. ”

Zhao Xing asked with interest: "What is the result?" ”

Cheng Shuang replied: "That person doesn't know how to shoot arrows, he wants to fight with Yuan Ye with a musket, teacher, how do outsiders know about our musket?" How can it be used? ”

Zhao Xing shook his head and muttered: "Too many doubts...... That's it. Ignore him, let him make trouble, and assign him another fifty new soldiers to let him go to training. ”

In the autumn of this year, Wen Yan Bo Zhishi, Liu Zhi was promoted to Shang You's servant and middle servant, and Longtu Pavilion was waiting for Wang Yansu to sign the Privy Council. Su Zhe was promoted to Shang Youcheng, and Su Song served as the head of the household. Zhao Xing's friend, Tanhua Xu Shixi, was promoted to the Privy Council, in charge of (military) litigation.

After Su Song took charge of the Great Song Dynasty money bag, he also made changes to some practices of the military weapons prison. The musket sample that Zhao Xing found was troublesome to clean, costly, and easy to explode, so it was re-modified by Su Song into a bamboo-barreled musket, and in this regard, the assault musket that had appeared in history appeared thirty or forty years in advance.

Now the people of the Great Song Dynasty refer to the ground musket, which refers to the kind of assault musket. However, the musket competition that Shuai Fan mentioned obviously did not refer to the assault musket, because the accuracy of that musket was not as good as the bow and arrow......

There is also a major event in the autumn of this year, that is, the talented Shen Kuo successfully developed a hydraulic machinery, the invention of this reform, which means the birth of a hydraulic stamping machine, Zhao Xing can use the hydraulic stamping machine here to forge thinner and harder plate armor.

The hydraulic machine also brought about the transformation of weaving machinery, and the weaving machinery powered by water power made the weaving workshops here in Hangzhou bloom everywhere. Shen Kuo, who was quiet in research, also seemed to be free from depression, and was leading a group of Israelis and Cheng disciples to concentrate on promoting transmission equipment to a wider range of applications.

The changes that happened to Shen Kuo made Zhao Xing very satisfied, and it was only at this time that he truly understood the meaning of making the best use of his talents.

Shen Kuo has a penchant for whistleblowing and a talent for research, but the direction in which he develops depends entirely on how Zhao Xing controls his development direction.

Shen Kuo is like this, and so is Shuai Fan. So Zhao Xing thought for a moment, then put this person's business aside, lowered his head and flipped through the newspaper.

There were a few messages on the newspaper that Cheng Shuang brought Zhao Xing was very interested in - "Gengzi, pay tribute to the country." Ding Chou, awarded Ali Gu Nan Xi Bang Biao as the ...... of the Outer Courtyard State Regiment Training Envoy", there are two versions of this country, one is the Franks, and the other is that it is Rome. Zhao Xing wanted to meet this foreign merchant who was made an official by the Great Song Dynasty, so he closed the newspaper and asked Cheng Shuang: "Where did the merchant of the Fuguo Domain go to sea from?" ”

Cheng Shuang replied: "I didn't go to sea, that guy came from the Western Regions, brought hundreds of camel goods, and was setting up a stall in the capital, I heard that when he went back, he planned to buy thousands of camel caravans." ”

The one who came from the Western Regions was more like a merchant in Italy, could he be the legendary famous Italian merchant Marco Polo?