The influx of businessmen, experiments, and a large number of foreign visitors made Chengdu extremely lively, and Liu Zhang took his relatives to ride horses to Xicheng, where the venue of the four imperial examinations was located.

This is done by Liu Zhang, firstly, to let those people take a look at the assembly line workshop, and secondly, to promote the prosperity of Xicheng.

Three days later, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, the people had begun to buy the items to be used for the festival, the streets were overcrowded, there were hawker stalls everywhere, and the officials did not have the power of the city management, so that it was very crowded, Liu Zhang and his party spent a long time to get out of the east city, and the crowd finally became relatively scarce when they arrived in the west city.

Fa Zheng rode on the horse and said with a smile: "Back then, Xu Shao once said that Cao Cao, the capable minister of the world, the traitor of the troubled times, I think he is a frog at the bottom of the well, I have never seen the lord of the male talent, a few months, Chengdu has been renewed, if the world is governed, the lord should be the prime minister's talent." ”

"What about troubled times?" Liu Zhang asked with a smile.

"This lord should ask himself."

"Tijia million cross-kun letters, immediately too line to welcome the wind." Liu Zhang laughed, urged the horse with a long whip, and a group of dozens of people left in the dust.

There are old and young people on the street, it is Zhou Budo and Zhang Zhongjing, Zhou Budo read: "Tijia million cross-Kun letter, immediately Taihang to welcome Hu Feng." …… Sure enough, he was ambitious, but he was afraid that he would break his backbone halfway. ”

"What do you mean?" Zhang Zhongjing asked.

"Rigid and self-serving, like Jiangdong Sun Ce, will not last long, and Liu Zhang is trying to transform the world with his own strength, unless a miracle falls from the sky, it will inevitably fall into the sand."

"But I just saw in Dongcheng that the people of Chengdu live and work in peace and contentment, the market is prosperous, and there are many novelties, which shows that Yizhou Mu is still aware of the people's feelings and cares about the people's livelihood, and he is a rare good official."

"Good official, good official, talking to you about the world is really talking about the cow." Zhou Budo looked down on Zhang Zhongjing very much,

"Ouch." Suddenly holding his stomach and screaming: "Old man, I'm so hungry, let's hurry up and see if we can get some food in the examination room." ”

Zhang Zhongjing glanced at Zhou Budo, who was half shorter than himself, and said in his heart: "You can't help it, you hide the world in your chest, you have armored soldiers in your belly, don't you want to eat?" ”

Liu Zhang arrived at the examination room, there were already a lot of test children wandering around the examination room, some people were dressed in brocade belts, some people were not clothed, and naturally two piles of people were formed, some people in Xicheng came to see the excitement, and many people shouted when they saw Liu Zhang's arrival.

These people are cheering from the bottom of their hearts, all the government-run workshops are opened in Xicheng, the people of Xicheng work to earn money, many people eat meat that can only be eaten once a year, and the houses that leak rain finally have the money to buy tiles to cover, and those merchants who come to buy goods are endless, many people in Xicheng have opened restaurants, set up stalls, and gradually have the hope of life.

The people will thank whoever is good to him, and when they saw Liu Zhang's arrival, they were naturally excited.

Wang Fu and others, who organized the exam, saw Liu Zhang and immediately greeted him, and Liu Zhang asked, "How are the exam preparations?" ”

Wang Fu replied: "It is not going well, there are only some minor problems, some scholars are unwilling to live in the rooms we have arranged, they are petitioning together, and there are conflicts with those craftsmen and warriors. ”

Liu Zhang said while inspecting the examination room: "The conflict is properly resolved, and there can be no favoritism, especially those craftsmen, it is not easy for them to have the courage to take the exam, pay attention to protect them, as for those scholars who do not want to live in a simple room, you can tell them to get out, such people are also corrupt officials when they become officials." ”

"Yes."

"Huh?" Liu Zhang came to the craftsman examination venue, glanced around the examination room, and said coldly: "Didn't I say that every examination venue hangs banners?" Why isn't there here? ”

Wang Fu asked the entourage behind him and replied: "Report to the lord, the official in charge of writing the banner refused to write for the craftsman, saying that the craftsman had no connection to write. ”

"How can it be?" Liu Zhang was furious: "Call the official in charge of writing the banner." ”

After a while, a dignified and upright official stepped forward and saluted Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang asked in a deep voice, "Why are there no banners here?" ”

The official bowed: "Return to the lord, the lower official is a literati, worship Kongqiu, write the world, write the ministers, but have never written the three religions and nine streams, but in order to obey the order of the lord, the lower officials dare not do it, but the warrior has blood spattered in ancient times, and the doctor has a hanging pot to help the world, all can be written, but the mason has no pen to write, so there is no banner here." ”

Liu Zhang glanced at the official and sneered: "When it comes to talking, he is a talent, but didn't ...... ** hear the official's orders clearly?" There are banners in every exam room, have you eaten the banner in this exam room? ”

Liu Zhang's last two sentences were roared, and he was rude, the officials behind him were all shocked, and secretly embarrassed, Wang Ti frowned, Fa Zheng smiled slightly, and the craftsmen who watched the venue nearby also gathered around when they heard the movement, and they were particularly kind when they heard Liu Zhang's foul language.

The officials were frightened, and Liu Zhang said impatiently to Wang Fu: "I don't want to see this person, Zhishi." ”

"Yes." Wang Fu replied, and the official's face suddenly turned pale.

The craftsmen around whispered, all surprised, in their hearts, it was natural for them to be inferior to these officials and scholars, and they should be treated unfairly, but they didn't expect that the dignified state pastor would stand up for them, and they were all excited.

A young man in the crowd looked at Liu Zhang's figure talking to the officials, nodded and said, "It seems that I came from thousands of miles and didn't go in vain." ”

Liu Zhang looked at the craftsman's examination venue and said to Wang Fu: "There can't be no banners here, except for the content of the exam, there can be no difference between the four examination rooms." ”

Fa Zheng smiled: "Then it's up to me to sacrifice the ugly once." ”

Wang Fu immediately asked his entourage to write, and Fa Zheng said: "Lijing Fence into the clouds and force down a thousand cities, erect roof beams to protect me from the wind and rain to bless me in China, and cover the world." ”

"It's so imposing, if there is no well-fence ladder, who can take down the high-speed wall." An official praised.

"One war, one civil administration, accurately summarizes the outstanding contribution of craftsmen to society."

"Wonderful, wonderful."

The surrounding officials praised him, and Wang Fu asked Liu Zhang, "Is it hanging like this?" ”

Liu Zhang nodded and said: "Yes, but the official also wants to be ugly once, so he is shallow, so he imitates filial piety." ”

Wang Fu and the surrounding officials looked at each other, they really didn't know that Liu Zhang could write couplets, and looked at Liu Zhang in surprise, Liu Zhang coughed and read: "Cast Jiuding Town and the national capital to cover the world, sharpen the sword out of Qinchuan and kill all the heroes, who will compete." ”

Fa Zheng and Wang Lei were all surprised, a group of officials were dumbfounded, Liu Zhang was inactive at the beginning, how could he have seen him show his talent, his talent can probably be awakened, and this literary talent can also be cultivated in a short time?

After half a ring, Wang Fu exclaimed: "The lord is so talented, this joint runs through Changhong, and hides the ambition of the lord, Wang Fu is impressed." ”

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "Although this couplet imitates my couplet, the level is a step higher. ”

Other officials also praised one after another, exclaiming, only those craftsmen listened blindly.

At this moment, a childish voice came out from the crowd: "Three-foot saw, still know how to cut the wood, kill the sword, but I don't know how to return the sheath to cover the front, sitting in Xichuan, not reaching the Central Plains, but cutting off the group of owls, ridiculous." ”