In the morning, in the face of the willow branch that Lingzi handed over to brush his teeth and stained with fine salt, Lotte took it with a bitter look on his face, and was extremely reluctant.

Compared to the toothbrushes of later generations, brushing your teeth is like a torture.

When he came to the prefectural office, Lotte pondered that he was in charge of the craftsmen of the county as a worker, and instructed his handymen to find a skilled craftsman to make toothbrushes for himself.

In ancient times, craftsmen, especially craftsmen in the ordnance industry, were hereditary, and the craftsmanship was passed down from generation to generation.

To some extent, the actual status of these craftsmen was higher than that of the peasants and merchants, and they were the main targets of plunder during the war, and even the Western Xia and Khitan around the Song Dynasty liked to recruit and plunder the craftsmen and craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty.

After a short time, a handyman came with an elderly craftsman, and Lotte drew the shape of the toothbrush on the paper, compared the size, talked to the old craftsman, and discussed whether to use bamboo poles or cow bones to make the handles, and finally decided to use a horsetail to make the bristles of the toothbrush.

After the old craftsman left, Lotte couldn't help but feel proud that the world's first toothbrush was about to be born in his own hands.

After finishing the work of customizing the toothbrush, as the director of the workshop, the chief planner of the reconstruction, and the specific executor, Lotte has been staying at the construction site for several days to check the progress and adjust various matters in time.

On this day, the county yamenzi came to the construction site and said to Lotte, who was pointing out the country: "Mr. Le, the lord calls you!" ”

The eldest lord called, how dare Lotte delay, immediately put down everything in his hand and rushed to the county office.

"You are a murderer, and you are blackmailing the public to avenge your personal revenge, how can you do it as a gentleman!"

As soon as he was summoned to the signing room, Lotte ushered in a reprimand from Chen Zhixian.

It turned out that the matter of revenge on Huang Yuanwai was discovered by Chen Zhixian.

Lotte hurriedly defended himself and said: "Master, that Huang Tong sentenced his brother to embarrass the eldest master three times and twice, and his subordinates are not angry, so he made this decision, this public toilet will not be built in front of the Huang family restaurant, and the subordinates are just taking this opportunity to disgust and disgust their Huang family!" ”

After listening to Lotte's defense, Chen Zhixian still reprimanded with an angry face: "You murderer, I'm afraid that I don't have a deep grudge with that Huang Tongju?" ”

Seeing that the eldest man was angry, Lotte no longer argued for himself, and honestly stood aside to be trained.

Seeing that Lotte was being trained and drooping his head, Master Yan persuaded on the side: "As the saying goes, the lord is humiliated and the minister is worried, and Lotte is also complaining about the county dignity by doing this, and the county honorable person will not be blamed!" ”

Listening to Master Yan come forward to intercede for Lotte, Chen Zhixian made a concluding speech and reprimanded: "I will spare you today, if you commit it again next time, this official will definitely rectify you!" ”

Although he reprimanded Lotte in his mouth, Chen Zhixian knew that Huang Da was ugly, and he really had a bad breath in his heart.

"Although you have some talent, your heart is a little smaller!" Yan Zhushu on the side also opened his mouth to blame, and said: "How do you know that the officialdom is sinister, if the county respects too many enemies, will it not hinder the career in the future, if you only rely on the preferences of celebrities and act willfully, there will be accidents in the future!" ”

Seeing that the master of Yan also said the same, Lotte had to confess again and again.

Sighing, Master Yan looked at Lotte, and his eyes were a little concerned: "If the Caizhou Mansion really transfers you to take office after the autumn, can you think of a way out for yourself?" ”

Thinking of Huang Tong's sentence and that Wang Hu Cao joined the army, Lotte couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and had to say: "There are two evil officials in the Caizhou Mansion who are guilty of villains, and the subordinates will definitely not go, if the state government forcibly issues an order, then the subordinates have to resign!" ”

"Childish!" Master Yan snorted lightly between his noses, and then spoke: "In this dynasty, the scrivener is recruited to serve from the private market, or from father to son, and from generation to generation; There is even a temporary mobilization, you just resign from the government, and the state government will also requisition you to the state government, how can you be exempted, I am afraid that you will have to start from the cheap again at that time! ”

Listening to the words of the strict master, Lotte couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp, he thought that he would not do it at most, but he didn't expect such serious consequences, a face immediately made a bitter gourd shape, Shi Li pleaded: "Ask the two masters to show the way out for the villain!" ”

Master Yan thought for a while and said: "It's not impossible to find a way out, either you leave the country after resigning, or you will be enrolled in the county school register, and you will take the road of the imperial examination as a show!" ”

In Pingyu, there are concubines, houses and beautiful maids, and they go away from home? That's impossible! Take the imperial examination? I'm not that material.

Lotte's face was embarrassed, and he shook his head and said: "The villain just did a few words and sentences that were not on the table, and he didn't know the meaning of the scriptures, how did he take the road of the imperial examination?" ”

"It's not a bad idea to go through the imperial examination!" Chen Zhixian on the side squinted his eyes and said: "As long as you contribute to the qualifications of the officials, and then study in the state for a few years, recommended by the official and the Yan master, I am afraid that a miscellaneous job from the ninth grade is not a problem!" ”

Years? Lotte can't help but have a big head, if he really has to fight in the state government, Huang Tongju and that Wang Hu Cao join the army I don't know how many reasons to find to rectify themselves.

"Don't be afraid!" Seeing Lotte's worried look, Master Yan said: "This Huang Tong's term of office will expire at the end of Caizhou, and it is inevitable that he will be transferred to other state capitals for his term. ”

At present, there is only this method, and Lotte resigned the two masters and left the county office.

Chen Zhixian and Yan Zhushu fancy Lotte because of his ability to do things, there are subordinates who can make themselves worry-free and willing to work hard, and can also make political achievements, which Shangguan master doesn't like it.

In front of the prefectural yamen, Lotte busily ordered the carpenter to take the public toilet on the model. At the same time, I was very depressed in my heart, and I couldn't say that I couldn't understand the scriptures, how to deal with it when I went to the county school.

"Mr. Le!"

Just when Lotte was depressed, he suddenly heard someone calling for himself, and turned his head to look at it and immediately recognized that the person who called him was an old craftsman who made a toothbrush for himself a few days ago.

"It turned out to be my husband!" The other party is nearly sixty years old, and Lotte naturally has to be polite when he speaks.

Seeing Lotte saluting himself, the old craftsman waved his hand again and again, and shouted: "Sir, don't break the little old man!" ”

"My husband is so old, how can he not stand the boy's worship!" Lotte smiled, but saw that the old craftsman was holding a wooden box with exquisite workmanship in his hand, and asked, "What is in the wooden box in the old man's hand?" ”

The old craftsman hurriedly said: "The toothbrush that Mr. Le asked Xiao Lao'er to make, Xiao Lao'er has already finished building, so I will bring it to Mr. to take a look, I don't know if Mr. is satisfied?" ”

The Northern Song Dynasty was in its heyday, and the style of writing was clear, and even ordinary old men spoke in a crepe.

As the old craftsman spoke, he opened the wooden box, and three toothbrushes appeared in Lotte's sight. The old craftsman said: "Little Lao'er has tried to make this thing with bamboo scorn, but the texture of bamboo scorn is brittle and soft, and it is very easy to break when punching holes, so Xiao Lao'er changed the bamboo scorn into cow bones and specially polished it!" ”

Lotte carefully looked at the three toothbrushes made of cow bones, the bone handle was obviously finely polished, shining with a layer of jade-like light, the bone handle was carved with a tiger head, there was a bit of ivory-like texture, the horsehair at one end of the bone handle was neat, and the toothbrushes of later generations were almost the same.

"Not bad, not bad!" Lotte sighed, reached out to take the wooden box, and asked, "Uncle, how much silver do you want!" ”

Hearing Lotte's question, the old craftsman waved his hand again and again: "How dare the little old man ask for Mr.'s money!" ”

As the director of the workshop, Lotte is not only in charge of the county's projects, but also has the power to make the county's craftsmen, how dare this old craftsman ask Lotte for money.

Smiled slightly, took out three hanging coins from his arms and handed them to the old craftsman, and Lotte said: "If Le Mou doesn't have money with you, won't he be laughed at!" ”

The monthly salary of the soldiers in the Song Dynasty was only two times, and the wages of the craftsmen were not much different from those of the soldiers.

The old craftsman thanked him and withdrew.

Looking at the three toothbrushes in the box, Lotte couldn't help but be secretly proud in his heart, the first toothbrush in the world was born in his own hands, Qu Ling'er, Lingzi and himself.

Taking advantage of the time for lunch, when Lotte returned home, he took the toothbrush to Qu Ling'er and Lingzi to watch.

Looking at the strange thing in Lotte's hand, Ryoko asked curiously, "Master, what is this?" ”

"Toothbrush!" Lotte beaming.

Lingzi took the toothbrush in his hand, looked at it, compared it again, and asked, "How to use this toothbrush?" ”

"Just learn from the master!" Lotte picked up the toothbrush, dipped it in fine salt and twitched it in his mouth, and said indistinctly: "Learn from the master!" ”

Qu Ling'er was also curious to pick up the toothbrush and gesture in her hand, and then seemed to remember something, and said: "When I was in Pinglexuan before, the sisters mentioned a tooth cleaning recipe used by Dongpo monks, saying that it was made of pine resin and poria cocos and then crushed into powder, but the concubine had never used it!" ”

"Oh, then I'm going to try it!" Lotte laughed.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were already a lot of tooth cleaning recipes, but Lotte, a hillbilly who had never even been out of peace, how could he know those tooth cleaning recipes.

It's just that Lotte doesn't know that it was this toothbrush that almost made him face prison in the future.

"Is your master at home......

After lunch, when Lotte was sleeping, when he was half asleep, he heard someone knocking on the door, and when Ryoko opened the door, the man asked Ryoko.

At this time, someone must have something to do when someone came to look for him, and Lotte got up and called out: "And let the guests in!" ”

While speaking, the man was brought in by Ryoko, and Lotte knew it, and this person was the little Lu Abshiji in the torture room.

Ordered Ryoko to serve tea, and Lotte asked, "Why is Ryu Ashi here?" ”

After thanking Xiao Lu Absei, he said: "Today, someone voted an anonymous letter in the county office, reporting that Xiong Er, a citizen of this county, collaborated with thieves to steal and put down a family property in the county seat!" ”

Lotte was puzzled and asked, "According to the usual trial, why bother to find fun?" ”

Xiao Lu Zhisi looked restrained and said: "That Xiong Er claimed that Mr. Le was a cousin, so he came to Mr. Le to confirm it!" ”

This novel is from Reading Books