After such two days of light days, Dugu Xinci finally waited for the first rest day as an official.

As Dugu Xinci said to the Queen Mother, nine days of driving and one day of leisure, Yan Tang implemented the ten-month rest system, "Yonghui three years to the world is safe, 100 departments are simple, every ten days off is allowed to ignore things, with a wide 100 bureaucrats to rest." That is, starting from the third year of Yonghui, Yantang officials can only take one day off after working for ten days, that is, one day each in the early, middle and late months. These three-day rest period is called "Huan", and since then the holiday has been called "Huan". "Vulgar above Huan, middle Huan, Xia Huan, for the first, middle and second half, cover the Tang system, ten days and a rest."

In this way, thirty days of leave in thirty and sixty days in a Chinese New Year's Eve can be taken. Moreover, the imperial court has quite strict regulations on "ten-month leave", and all officials above the third rank must "take leave" before taking leave, and after the holiday is over, they must go to the yamen to cancel the leave, which is called reporting. Otherwise, one month's salary will be withheld, or even dismissed.

Of course, Yantang's rest days are more than these, every Spring Festival, winter solstice, Qingming Festival each seven days off, Mid-Autumn Festival, summer solstice take three days off, Lantern Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, Menglan Bon Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, dog days almost every solar term to take a day off. The birthday of the saint, the birthday of Daomen Laozi, and the birthday of Shakyamuni Buddha are also in the category of holidays.

And you think that's the end of it? No, as a Yantang person, the marriage leave is also very sufficient. There are three days off for sons' crowns, nine days off for children's marriages, and even for relatives to get married.

There are also visits to relatives, visits to holidays, etc., and the number of days is not comparable to now. Parents who are 30,000 miles away have a 30-day family leave every three years, and 500 miles away have 15 days of home leave every five years. When his parents were mourned, the court forced him to leave his post for three years to fulfill his filial piety for his parents. For other close relatives and distant relatives funerals, there are different days of vacation. Officials and teachers are bereaved and given a three-day holiday; On the day of the death of grandparents and parents, there is a day off, and in the fifth month, there are 15 days of "field leave"; There are also fifteen days of "clothing leave" in the ninth month.

Dugu Xinci carefully calculated that if a person can take hundreds of days off for a year, that is, the last two days can be taken off for one day?

Dugu Xinci is too lazy to dwell on this, yesterday he has explained to Du Juan and them, today he has to bother him, and he wants to go to Changle Slope to inspect the ferry warehouse and other matters, and discuss the matter of the joint signature with the Jingzhao Mansion of the Ministry of Industry, and solve the matter of the county party before the Shangyuan Festival.

Du Xuanwen Gu Yan two county officials, two chief bookkeepers Wei Qing Zhang Yaoting, two records Jiang He and He Jiangsi, and the six county lieutenants all looked at this irresponsible Ming Mansion in a daze, if there are thousands of black water horses in their hearts, they have seen Shangguan who does not seize power, but they have not seen the county order that completely delegates power.

"I'm going to rest, I'm going to play, there's wine, who is interested can follow, I'm only responsible for your belly and hunger, and you're waiting for your own solution under your belly" Dugu Xinci proudly announced to his subordinates.

"The county party is very busy now, how can someone have the heart to rest" Jiang He and the others were depressed

"The Ming Mansion is really: the official will swim when he has wine," Du Juan sighed, no longer paying attention to this irresponsible boss.

Dugu Xinci was in a good mood to eat breakfast in the county king's mansion, and there was the new water department member of the Ministry of Works, Wen Yu, the new member of the Ministry of Industry, Dugu County King had already gone to duty, and he had been on duty for less than three days after the Spring Festival holiday, and he really had no face to rest again.

After lunch, there were several people who visited, one was Zuo Ci, the son of Zuo Xuande, the richest man in Wannian County, who actually participated in the year-old system with Wen Yu Dugu Xinci, but they were not on the list.

There is also a master from Haotian Temple, and there are also two hall masters from Recommending Fu Temple and Ci'en Temple, Qinglong Temple sent a hall master called Kongwu, Dugu Xinci has been pondering whether this Konghai Master sent this Kongwu is intentional or deliberate? Why don't you just call Wukong to get it?

There is a academy in Changle Slope, the Tang people are all known, but there is the Chan River in the east of Changle Slope, and there is the Ba River in the east, and the confluence of the Chan River and the Bahe River is a hub of the Cao Yun Pond, which is built to berth the boat, and after the dredging and widening, it will store water and pour back, and excavate and dredge the Taohua Lake in the east five miles of Changle Slope, as an important Cao Yun node.

After crossing the Chanhe Bridge, it is Baqiao for ten miles, but the destination of Dugu Xinci and his entourage is not the Baqiao wind and snow, but the delta area formed by the alluvial formation of the Bahe River and the Chanhe River north of the avenue.

"The locals call this area of Chanba Qingchuan," Wen Yu said as he walked, and the snow before the first day had melted, and the road was wet but not muddy.

After walking for a mile or two, he pointed to a village and said, "That is the former residence of the Chinese teacher."

Dugu Xinci was a little embarrassed, although he had already bought the former residence of his mentor a long time ago, it was the first time he really came.

"Some plans are to dig a ditch here to connect the Chan River and the Bahe River, and this can also be used as a diversion channel when intercepting and dredging," Wen Yu said excitedly, pointing to a shallow ditch.

"Then chisel," Dugu Xinci perfunctory. "Well, it's gentle here, and you can build a few barns."

"But the land here has been bought," Wen Yu said resentfully, "from here all the way to the confluence of the two rivers, all the people have been bought, and the wasteland and even the tidal flats have been bought."

"Who? So rich? Such a loser? Dugu Xinci suddenly had a sense of foreboding.

"Who else is the most defeated person in Yan Tang besides you?" Sure enough, Wen Yu immediately pointed at someone and said hatefully.

"What then?" Dugu Xinci was dumbfounded, and he had to sell his land to Wannian County?

"I discussed with Cui Shangshu and Li Fuyin yesterday, and there are two plans, which are also to compensate Ru Yinqian," Wen Yu said with a smile, Dugu Xinci pouted, this canal repair that benefits the country and the people, and he is an acting person who still makes money from it?

"Then the second one is to exchange the mountain north of Peach Blossom Lake and west of the Chan River for you," Wen Yu proposed a second plan.

"There's no third set?" Dugu Xinci looked forward to it, but it was disappointed again, Wen Yu shook his head.

"Give money? It's good not to look for a certain fundraiser, and give money and so-and-so? What does that mountain say? ”

"It's a barren mountain, and... Wen Yu said with a smile, "You can't mine terraces, as you said, you need to keep the surrounding vegetation from being cut down to prevent flooding."

"How barren is a barren mountain?" Dugu is curious.

"Let's tell you this, the academy is on the other side of the barren mountain, and the students of the academy know that there are many jumps out of you, but they don't want to go to this mountain to play."

"Oh, that's really a barren mountain" Dugu Xinci had no choice but to "find someone to send the title deed"

"It's already done," Wen Yu said with a smile, "Senior Brother Ru is much more generous than you, and he also donated five hundred yuan, how much did you donate?" ”

"Is it Wannian County Lingye? How much does a certain donate? If you donate more than 100 texts, tomorrow there will be a royal history to impeach a certain Ruxin? ”

"It's also" Wen Yu thought about it, donating too much will definitely cause gossip, is this a state-owned Caoqu or a private one? What does Ruyi County order to donate that more? Do you donate to other officials? How much is appropriate?

After crossing the shallow ditch, after walking less than a mile, I saw where Hua Qingqiu, a disciple of the Chinese Normal University at the entrance of the village, was standing quietly, and his cold face saw Dugu Xinci showing a warm smile.

Wen Yu was really puzzled, whether he had been in the academy before, or had met with the first apprentice of this Chinese teacher many times recently, he was cold and impersonal, but it was really rare to have such a warm smile today.

"Senior brother, this place is cold, let's go back to the house" Dugu Xinci took the hand of the senior brother and said, after eating Chinese New Year's Eve at Dugu County Royal Mansion on Chinese New Year's Eve, Hua Qingqiu and Jin Wuying returned here.

The former residence of Huashi has several courtyards, although it has decayed, but it occupies a large area.

Jin Wuying monopolized two courtyards as laboratories, and Hua Qingqiu had a small courtyard, pointing to an adjacent courtyard and saying that it was reserved for Dugu Xinci.

Dugu Xinci asked Jin Wuying to take Wen Yu and the others to go shopping first, and followed Hua Qingqiu to the backyard, where there is a tablet of the portrait of the Chinese teacher, Dugu Xinci respectfully paused three times, got up and sighed, "It has been ten years since I said goodbye to the Chinese teacher."

"It's been twenty years" Hua Qingqiu has advanced to the Great Magician, as the new Fifth Great Magician of the Empire, he has replaced his junior brother Dugu Xinci, the former Demon Wolf Tianxing.

"The wish of a certain person now is to make this place a university hall of China Normal University, so that the Chinese Normal University can carry forward" Dugu Xin's pride and ambition.

"A certain also has this meaning" Hua Qingqiu is also excited.

There are only four or five people in the hall of the Chinese Normal University in the mouth of the two brothers, Jin Wuying is supernumerary, there are two apprentices, Hua Qingqiu also has a child servant, and two students will also come to help, but now they are still spending the Spring Festival in their hometown, and they will come over after the Yuan Dynasty.

Dugu Xinci Hao and his party, the lunch was still solved by himself, Dugu Xinci sighed, "In the afternoon, you will go to Baqiao to stay"

Everyone thinks so, not to mention the remoteness of this place, the food is inconvenient, the bedroom is also cold, Hua Qingqiu and Jin Wuying don't care, the son of the richest man in ten thousand years, Zuo Ci brocade clothes and jade food are used to it, even if several Taoist temple owners are not used to the situation here.

In the afternoon, Dugu Xinci drove everyone away, saying that he would go to Baqiao to find them tomorrow, and he was still resting today, not a director, what to tell Wen Yulang in advance.

Everyone couldn't, Wen Yu also smiled bitterly and left with everyone, who called these the benefactors of this repair of the Cao Canal?

Dugu Xinci took the big bear and the dog to renovate his yard, and the kitchen naturally picked up a place where he could see it.

"I said that you and the other two are always better to come out and get married alone, and ask for a lady, if nothing else, it's good to clean up the place where you live" Dugu Xinci complained.

"It's okay to have you," Jin Wuying quibbled, "Look at you, which little lady can have you, I'm embarrassed to let go of this table."

"That's how many days you haven't washed your hands," Dugu said hatefully.

"So-and-so told you, there are good things coming out of so-and-so's laboratory."

"A certain day of Xiu Mu, does Xiu Mu understand? I just don't want to do anything, well, only do what I'm interested in, I see that this land is good, where are the wild ducks, dogs, go, go and find a few to come back and make dinner"

So Jin Wuying and Hua Qingqiu helplessly watched this little junior brother go to catch wild ducks.

The dinner was naturally a sumptuous whole duck feast, Jin Wuying and the two apprentices ate with oily faces, Hua Qingqiu also made an exception to add an extra bowl of rice, and Dugu Xinci was full of joy when he saw it with a cigar in his mouth.

In the evening, Dugu Xinci and Big Bear Ah Dog hung the pickled wild duck in a corridor, and Jin Wuying introduced the progress of the laboratory in a chattering manner, and Dugu Xinci drove it away disgusted.

The next day, the three of Dugu Xinci went out for morning exercises, boiled a pot of duck blood porridge before leaving the former residence of Huashi, and rushed to Baqiao in a comfortable mood to meet Wen Yu and others.

Dugu Xinci, who had a day off, looked at the blue sky, the brown fields, the withered grass and the snow were also kind, the water of the Bahe River was still slowly flowing to the Wei River, and several riverside wine shops were still deserted.

Dugu Xinci was also happy to look at the cold Bahe Bridge in the early morning, and turned his head to the wine shop where he rested when he came to Chang'an at the beginning of last year, and sure enough, Wen Yu and others were eating here.

Dugu Xinci came in, and actually found that Feng Yuanyi, the chief manager of Lijingmen, was also here with a few hairpins.

"The chief manager doesn't accompany a few aunts in Chang'an, but comes to this remote place to greet the little lady?" Dugu Xinci laughed.

"So-and-so is still thinking about today's breakfast, who will invite it? Isn't this coming? Feng Yuanyi also smiled.

"What did Qi Guogong say? Is it not related to you? What is the reason for inviting you to dinner? ”

"Because I'm here to pick up the little lady today?" Feng Yuan said shyly.

"Isn't that right? You should pick up the little lady and invite someone to dinner? If you don't invite so-and-so, you can go and tell the two aunts? ”

"You really don't want to invite you?" Feng Yuanyi ignored the accusation but continued to ask.

"Why?" Dugu Xinci is not threatened.

"Then can you tell the Far Eastern Hou that there will be more than one meal or two meals in a while? At least the month is counted," Feng Yuanyi continued to be mysterious.

"It's boring, it's healthier to eat your own" Dugu Xinci sat down opposite him and looked at Wen Yu and them, "You wait to continue eating, don't pay attention to so-and-so"

Look at the hairpin on the left hand again, making Feng Ping'an, "Is the stove selling?" ”

"With the wonderful strategy of the Far Eastern Hou Dugu Ming Mansion, how can it not be prosperous? As soon as the princes and brothers of the prince of the country were set up, this order flew like snowflakes, and they were busy now, and they couldn't wait to use their hands and feet together" Feng Ping'an heard more than his chief manager.

"Well, that's good, business is so prosperous, it's time for you to have a treat?"

"That's natural, but it's better to ask the Yuandong Hou first" Feng Ping'an also smiled, "The dividends of the fireworks have been calculated, and they will be sent to the Far Eastern Hou tomorrow."

"So fast?" Dugu Xinci was a little surprised.

"Ah, didn't the Far Eastern Hou say a year ago, so Wang Yuanbao will be shipped out on the tenth day of the first month? A certain wait is still a few days before the end of the day, only the 50,000 tubes left in the palace, oh, there are still 30,000 tubes left for sale on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, these 30,000 tubes of profits can be given to the Lijing menlang to give benefits, no dividends, Far Eastern Hou will not mind, right? ”

"Hey, can there be such a guest in welfare?" Dugu Xinci smiled.

"It's true that the richer you are, the more stingy you are," Feng Yuanyi scoffed.

"Haven't you ever heard of gathering armpits into furs, sand into towers, and water into rivers?" Dugu is kind and disdainful.

"Dugu Mingfu's dividend this time can have this amount" Feng Ping'an stretched out his thumb and index finger and curled the other three fingers.

"That's really going to be a treat, everyone, as soon as possible, Benhou has a treat, one of the wine shops counts as one, and the one who didn't eat well continues" Dugu Xinci shouted, he didn't think that there was only 8,000 yuan in dividends, it must be 80,000 yuan.

The wine shop immediately remembered a burst of laughter, and ordered to praise the luxury of Dugu Mingfu.

"Isn't it just a breakfast, eat hard, a certain willingness, you can give 80,000 guan to a certain to eat, and a certain admires you" Dugu Xinci was very satisfied with the number of 80,000 guan, and said to Feng Yuanyi proudly.

"What are the rules of the fireworks business this year? I also hope that the Yuandong Hou will show it as soon as possible," Feng Ping'an also smiled and added a braised pork.

"Early? Don't stock up yet, send someone to find the mine first, well, Jin Wuying Magician Ru and others also know, let him lead the team for the two students of Ru Xun" Dugu Xinci commanded.

Nine days of driving and one day of leisure, looking for the king did not meet and returned empty.

Strange poetry thinks of human bones, and the door is full of cold and snow.

(End of chapter)