In the four years of Jianning, Zhuo County was a little different from previous years, and some novel things began to gradually become popular, which brought many different changes to the lives of the people of Zhuo County.

Among them, the most famous is a thing called soap. At first, when the people of Zhuo County lined up on the street to receive free soap, they heard that this thing could be used to wash clothes like plant ash and mirage ash, and they didn't believe it, especially when they learned that the small piece they received would be sold for three and five baht, they all sneered in their hearts - a fool paid for this thing.

But when these people take advantage of the small advantage go home and get the soap to try, they find that this thing is very easy to use, although it does not look big, but it is very durable, and it is very convenient to wash clothes, hair, hands, and face, and most importantly, it is very clean, especially the clothes, which are as good as new after washing.

So after the free bar of soap ran out, most of the people who took advantage of it became fools as if they were suffering from amnesia.

However, if the family is still wealthy, if you are willing to spend an extra five dollars, you can buy a piece of high-end goods with a fragrance - soap, which will add a touch of fragrance to the washed clothes.

To Liu Bei's surprise, this kind of soap, which he set as a "small luxury" at the beginning, was widely praised as soon as it was launched, although the sales volume was not as good as that of soap, but the profits it created were much higher than that of soap.

As for the reason, it made Liu Bei stunned, it turned out that among the scholars of this era, there was a custom of wearing sachets and thought it was a fashion, for example, the famous Xun Yu was a crazy lover of this custom, so crazy that when people saw him anyway, they could always smell a faint fragrance, so they also left an idiom - Xun Ling lingering incense.

However, the sachet is not only expensive, but it will not take long to have a new one because of the dilution of the fragrance. And this kind of soap provides them with a "good and cheap" option, at most they can wash their clothes a few more times, anyway, there are servants at home, and they can do it for them.

In addition, there are Xin's candles, choking throat wine - Wuliangye, these things are also very popular, especially the distilled wine Wuliangye is simply immortal brew for the people of Zhuozhou who are in the bitter cold land, but the only thing that makes Zhuozhou, especially Zhuoxian people, a pity, is that the price of Wuliangye is still too high.

For these new things that suddenly appeared, it is natural that gossiping people are indispensable, but there is no clear answer to the struggle, and there is a rumor that is widely spread among the people who claim to be the people of Lao Zhuo County, and these things are actually the business of the county lords.

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In the county school, Lu Zhi looked at Liu Hong and laughed at himself with a wry smile: "I'm afraid I have to die in Zhuo County." ”

Liu Hong's face was worried, but he didn't know what to say, he knew what Lu Zhi meant.

After a few years as a county magistrate, Liu Hong gradually understood some things, such as last year's Dr. Taichang, which was far from being as simple as Liu Hong had speculated before, and it was true that the senior brother was recommended, but who was the person who recommended him?

It is Shi Deng You, the magistrate of Zhuo County, and this Deng You is the former general of Duan Cheng, the captain of the Qiang Guard, as for Duan Cheng, although he has meritorious service, he is a villain who has no righteousness and is attached to the eunuch by the party.

And although his senior brother was not listed on the list of party members, there were not a few people who knew about it in the first year of Jianning, and he was afraid that he would be remembered by those eunuchs for a long time, and Dr. Taichang couldn't say that it was just a bait.

"Okay, Ziyi, don't be like this, your senior brother and I won't be hit by such a thing, just this time to accompany my family." Seeing Liu Hong's ugly look, Lu Zhi pretended to be calm.

After speaking, Lu Zhi changed the topic again, there are many people, the more he faces the people who care about him, the more he doesn't want them to worry: "By the way, Ziyi, I forgot to ask you, have the clerks come down, where are they transferred." ”

Liu Hong shook his head cooperatively and said: "Senior brother, you are joking, I was only lucky to be promoted to Zhuoxian County Cheng in the second year of Jianning, and it has only been more than a year, how can I be promoted again." ”

"Then He Ming was transferred, and he wasn't Zhuo County in Jianning's second year?" Lu Zhi frowned, but he heard the news that He Ming had not only been promoted, but also moved to Luoyang.

Wait, Luoyang! This word first made Lu Zhi stunned for a moment, and then he said angrily: "Okay, I just think that where did this Nanyang He clan get so much energy to move a child of the clan from Zhuo County to the imperial capital, it turned out to be such an act, Ziyi, you tell me, but He Ming's kid has encroached on the credit of this county school." ”

Liu Hong smiled embarrassedly, this is really embarrassing, because the senior brother's love for the fist was mistaken, and after a few more embarrassments, Liu Hong hurriedly said: "This, senior brother, this matter actually has little to do with He Ming, although He Ming's son is a little scheming, but he behaves in a good manner, and the reason why he can move to Luoyang is only because he has other things to rely on."

The scene suddenly fell silent, Liu Hong lowered his head, he didn't need to look at it to think of Lu Zhi's expression, but he couldn't help but say it, because the truth can't be hidden, if the senior brother is allowed to continue to speak, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing to learn the truth when the time comes.

After a long time, Lu Zhi's deep voice remembered again: "Who?" ”

Liu Hong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Ziyi doesn't know completely, but I heard that a favored nobleman in the palace is also surnamed He, and he is also from Nanyang. ”

Lu Zhi came down silently, and after a while, he said extremely tiredly as if he had been drained of all his strength: "Then who is transferred to be the county commander of Zhuo County?" ”

"I don't know." Liu Hong shook his head lightly, "I just know that I came to office in April." ”

"Alas—" Lu Zhi sighed, but never said a word.

Seeing Lu Zhi's expression, Liu Hong arched his hand and said, "Senior brother, that Ziyi will leave." ”

No one wants others to see their weak side, especially in the face of those who have helped them, although Liu Hong does not have such a clear concept, but he probably understands this truth.

Rejecting Lu Zhi's retention, Liu Hong retired and left, leaving Lu Zhi alone in the room, and after a while, the door of the wing room was pushed open, and a middle-aged woman walked in, and asked softly to Lu Zhi, who was alone: "Husband, where is Ziyi?" ”

This woman is Lu Zhi's wife Li, is Lu Zhi's study is the young daughter of the Li family, Jianning two years Lu Zhi left Beijing to avoid trouble, because Li is about to give birth, she left her in Luoyang, did not expect to give birth to a child and died early, Li therefore recuperated for a period of time, only came to Zhuo County in June last year.

"He's gone." Lu Zhi replied.

"Oh."

Li Shi let out a soft 'oh' and didn't ask why, but asked, "Husband, it's time to eat." ”

"You go and call Yuan'er's girl first, I'll come later."

Li Shi responded, turned around and went out, and Lu Zhi was the only one left in the room in a daze.

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After Liu Hong came out of Lufu, he went straight to the tenant fields outside the county, but unlike last year, this carriage was not borrowed but bought by Liu Hong.

In the past year, in Liu Hong's dizziness, the Liu family has undergone earth-shaking changes, not only the house has been expanded, but also a number of servants such as housekeepers and cooks have been hired; The area of the tenant field has also been expanded, and now it is 3,000 acres, and all this is due to his son, Liu Bei.

However, Liu Hong is in a complicated mood and doesn't know how to face it, from his Liu Hong's heart, Liu Bei's change is actually not what Liu Hong wants, because Liu Hong is still a pure Confucian scholar in his bones, and Liu Bei's various inventions are somewhat unprofessional.

The carriage kept moving, the population gradually turned from thick to thin, and the road was bumpy, Liu Hong lifted the curtain and looked out, the fields were lonely, and it was not yet time for spring ploughing.

With the sound of "click, click, click,", the carriage slowly stopped, and the coachman outside the carriage said respectfully: "Master, it's here." ”

"Oh." Liu Hong answered, leaned out of the carriage, refused the coachman's support, jumped lightly, and got out of the carriage.

The houses in front of him were heavy and lined up one after another, and the housekeeper who was patrolling and standing guard in brown clothes saw Liu Hong coming, and hurriedly bowed: "The villain has seen the head of the house." ”

After the expansion of the fields, Liu Hong called many tenant farmers, and these tenant farmers formed three large li according to the distance from the field under Liu Hong's conscious organization, but the house in front of Liu Hong was not any of those three large li, but an area specially built by Liu Hong, and it was not the tenants who lived in this area, but the craftsmen who produced soap and their families.

And this area is roughly divided into two parts, the first half of the people, the second half is used to produce soap processing place, it can be said that the Liu family is now the lifeblood, so Liu Hong and others after the construction of this place, and specially summoned some people as a family to guard day and night to prevent the leakage of secrets, after all, the wealth is moving, and what kind of goods is the Haoqiang of Zhuo County, Liu Hong is very clear.

While thinking about it, Liu Hong kindly encouraged the patrolling family members a few words, and then he took his hand and walked inside.

Coming to the innermost, Liu Hong stopped in front of a house with a heavenly workshop, if he remembered correctly, it should be this.

There were also two family members standing at the gate of the Tiangongfang, and seeing that Liu Hong was also busy saluting, Liu Hong stopped and asked softly, "Is Xuande inside?" ”

"Back to the head of the family, the young master is inside." After listening to Liu Hong's questioning, one of the family members hurriedly lowered his voice and said

Liu Hong nodded, "Okay, I'll go in, you guys are good guards." ”

After speaking, Liu Hong paced in, and after a while, he arrived at the main hall, and the atmosphere in the room was in full swing at this time.