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Wang An shook his head vigorously: "When the child was in a coma, he saw an old man sitting on the roof in a dream, claiming that he had been to a place called Xin hundreds of years ago, and now he is revisiting the old place. The old man said that the child could see him, and it was also fate, so he gave the child something. When Wang Mang heard this, his heart moved, he took out a scroll of bamboo slips from the bookshelf, spread it out, pointed to one of the columns and asked Wang An, "Is this a god?" After Wang An woke up, he was thinking about how to exonerate himself, thinking about it, only recorded in "Zuo Biography", "In the thirty-second year of Zhuang Gong, a god descended to Xin", which is the most appropriate. Wang An didn't dare to deceive Wang Mang, he was a big conspirator, fighting with him, and ten Wang Ans were not his opponents, so Wang An could only guide him to the gods. Wang An looked at it a few times and nodded: "The old man said that there were many people who worshiped him at that time, and they asked him for this and that, and God was very bored. ”

Wang Mang was very excited, and his voice trembled: "What did the god say?" Wang An deliberately looked left and right, and then said in a low voice: "God said that your family is unspeakably expensive, if you can kiss the virtuous ministers, far from the villain ......" Wang Mang waited for a while, Wang An didn't speak, and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "What about the back?" ”

Wang An replied: "There was a thunderbolt behind him, and he fled for his life. Then the child woke up. ”

"The secret of heaven must not be revealed," Wang Mang sighed and stopped asking about it.

Wang An saluted and said, "The child has something to ask his father for help." Since someone preached the child's papermaking skills in Chang'an, the child wanted to open a bookstore in Chang'an, not only selling pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, but also providing books for the poor scholars to copy. Therefore, the child hoped that his father would write to the eighth uncle and ask them to find a shop and provide books. In this way, it can also change the image of our royal family among scholars. ”

Wang Mang couldn't help but nod his head, this is a good way to win over the poor scholars. Why is it easy for the family to produce talents, first of all, they are well-informed, they can use hundreds of years to collect books, participate in court politics, analyze success or failure, and be cunning to ensure the continuation of the family, such as the rebellion at the end of Qin, the Tian family is so happy that a few people make trouble. And those great Confucians will only teach their disciples the "Five Classics", as for how to be an official and how to figure out the intentions, it is to be left to the children and grandchildren, so it is difficult for the poor scholar to become an official, it is difficult to be promoted, and he accidentally enters the pit. Wang Mang happily agreed to write a letter to the Wang family in Chang'an and asked them to help. In the end, Wang Mang told Wang An that Shen Tu'an had passed the test and was appointed as the imperial physician.

Wang An returned to Wangjiazhuang and told Shen Tuchen that his father had been appointed as the imperial physician, and Shen Tuchen said, "My father said that there is no need to worry about him. "I continued to treat several patients. A few farmers now know that the young doctor who sat in the infirmary every day to treat them, since the lord of his family went to see the emperor, he also became an official? Immediately became more respectful to Shen Tuchen.

Li Tong is here again, and now Li Tong has come once in half a month to transport the materials that Wang An needs. Now Li Tong is Wang An's biggest creditor, Wang An all the raw materials are purchased from Li Tong on credit, today Li Tong not only transported the lime, but also Wang An's custom-made farm tools from Wan County, Li Tong also brought the news that the Kong family was willing to invest in Wang An's paper workshop. Wang An was very surprised, because Kong Xiu, the head of the Kong family, was the new prime minister, and after Wang Mang took the country, he tried to woo Kong Xiu several times, but he refused, and after that, Wang Mang no longer wooed Kong Xiu.

"What's going on?" Wang An asked.

"Someone is eyeing the daughter of the prime minister and wants to marry Qin and Jin." Li Tong replied. Wang An calculated in his heart that the Kong family, an official of 2,000 stones, would not be taken into account, and the three princes and nine kings came to propose marriage, and the Kong family should feel honored, and the only one who could make the Kong family so embarrassed could only be the nobles of the clan. Today's clan population is not 100,000 but 90,000, except for those who have fiefdoms or knighthoods, the others can only be landlords. And there is so much output in the field, these clan children still have to live a luxurious life, and they have to fight with others for wealth, horse racing, dog racing, cockfighting, and juju, what kind of money is spent to play, in order to get money, many people do business. The court can't do anything about them. Now these people have found a faster way to get money and get married.

Wang An smiled bitterly: "This is a workshop, not a shelter. "If you want shelter, go directly to Wang Mangbei.

Li Tong replied: "The prime minister is a strong person, he has rejected the kindness of the prince several times before, and now he asks the prince for help for his daughter's marriage, he can't afford to lose that face." ”

"Since the prime minister also knows that the other party is for money, if he really cares about his daughter, he should make up his mind as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late to regret it."

Li Tong replied: "The matter of equity participation is not the idea of the prime minister, but the idea of my aunt. ”

"So Mrs. Kong is your aunt?" Li Tong nodded

"Don't you know?"

Li Tong nodded, it seems that the other party still cares about the strength and face of the Kong family, so he wants to find out the bottom first. Wang An asked, "Who is the pro-mention?" ”

"Huyang Fan's family." Li Tong shook his head again, "It's not a marriage proposal, it's just a roundabout inquiry about the situation of the Kong family's daughter, and then said that his relatives are all good-looking, and then Mrs. Kong will send the guest directly." ”

"Why didn't Mrs. Kong just reject them?"

"They didn't directly propose marriage, and they were afraid that they would secretly do it. Now my aunt won't let my cousin out of the house, I'm afraid something will happen. ”

Wang An stood up and said, "Since they are their wives, then let's let Mrs. Kong meet with my mother and worship a godsister, how about you?" ”

Li Tong stood up and saluted Wang An: "Just wait for the words of uncle and grandson." My aunt planned to stay in Kongjiazhuang opposite for a few days, and my uncle and grandson also invited my mother over and let the two mothers meet. Wang An felt very awkward when he heard this. Two mothers to meet?

In the evening, Wang An talked about this to the eldest girl: "I always feel that something is wrong. It seems to have been calculated again. ”

The eldest girl replied: "Whether Lang Jun's workshop can be completed now, Li Tong should be very clear; For so many years in the imperial court, although there were constant conflicts, it was only a thousand people dispatched, and the imperial court's weapons inventory was more than enough, and the status of the Confucian family in the imperial court was greatly reduced; Lang Jun gave the Kong family a large number of iron farming tools and cooking utensils this time, so that the Kong family or Mrs. Kong saw a new way to make money. Even if you can't form a good alliance between Qin and Jin, you can show favor to the prince and Langjun. In this way, there is a prince standing behind the Kong family, and the other party must take the prince into account before attacking the Kong family. Otherwise, a crime of rebellion will be placed, and these clan disciples can only commit suicide. In short, through Lang Jun, the Kong family showed favor to Xiangjun Hou. ”