After three rounds of wine at the banquet, everyone's conversation relaxed, and many people were looking forward to the future......

Sima Lang witnessed the rapid changes in Jinling, and his heart became more and more abrupt, especially ...... Someone from the household department also came to talk about the deal between the navy and Gongsun Kang around Sima Lang.

Facts have proved that he who thought that "Bai Tu wants to trade with Gongsun Kang is a fool's dream" more than half a year ago, is really stupid!

Sima Lang can only hope that the cost of sea freight should be higher, otherwise it will ...... Trading horses with Liaodong is more cost-effective than trading with Cao Cao.

What's even more terrifying is that these people are shouting about slow development every day, accusing other departments of dragging their feet, regardless of Sima Lang's opinion - you are all going to heaven, okay?

This is also the most helpless point for Sima Lang, for other things, Sima Lang can also shirk "not in his position", however...... Observe the General's Mansion, but the latest order given to him by Cao Cao.

This is the imperial court envoy who nominally came to Bai Tu to return the jade seal before the New Year's Festival, and brought Cao Cao's private letter to Sima Lang behind his back.

Sima Lang could also feel that Cao Cao was desperately trying to imitate Bai Tu!

The secrets of the salt works and iron-making are dedicated to spying on them, and what Sima Lang has to do is to explore the changes in other aspects of the General's Mansion.

However......

Sima Lang is in the officialdom of Jinling, and now his popularity is not bad, although his identity is embarrassing, everyone is not very willing to have a heart-to-heart relationship with him, and there is also an "Uncle Zhang" who is taunting him in a fancy way if he has nothing to do...... But overall, it's okay to eat.

But when it comes to the credit for the achievements of the General's Mansion today......

A friend from the Ministry of Engineering will tell him that these are all researched by us, do you understand science and technology? The lord said that science and technology are the primary productive forces...... As for the other departments, they just give us a hand, it doesn't matter if they have it or not, their work can be done for a white male meat dog.

Friends from the Ministry of Civil Affairs will give him examples, these canals, we built, these rivers, we tidy up, these fields...... Do you want me to say more about what we teach farmers to plant? What the? The Ministry of Industry will only be from a high position, or we will do practical things, the Ministry of Officials, those who are dragging their feet, sooner or later impeach them, and the Ministry of Households...... Collect money for us!

Hubu's friends will cry to him, only they are old buffaloes who plough the land, and everyone else is hungry wolves who sit back and enjoy their success, without them, what project can be carried out? What kind of research can be initiated? And these people don't know gratitude yet......

The boss of the ministry will only say with a proud face, without their conscientious quarterly evaluation, will other departments do their best? Whose credit is it, can't you still see it with your Sima Lang's eyes?

The humble gentlemen of the Ministry of Rites will use the kung fu of tea to be polite and praise the other ministries, and then briefly mention how many of the officials of the ministries, especially the grassroots officials, are recommended and even cultivated by the Ministry of Rites.

The cold-faced customers of the Criminal Department basically hang their heads in the month of the quarterly assessment, and at other times they attribute the stability of law and order in Yangzhou to themselves, and they also swear that the impact of crime rate on productivity is cloudy......

Even Song Xian, the pork guy, will explain to him the logical dialectical relationship of "no gelding pork, no general's mansion" with a mouthful of "Sima Brother", and tell how many difficulties he encountered when raising pigs, record data every day, adjust the proportion of feed in each column, and study the best time for slaughter...... When Sima Lang was eating pork, he could always see Song Xian's shiny bald head in the bowl!

Sima Lang, who has read books for many years, understands that you are lying to me.

However...... From Song Xian's face, and even from everyone's face, Sima Lang saw that he was full of "belief".

In their hearts, they are not "fighting for merit", but think so from the bottom of their hearts!

Whether Sima Lang believes it or not, anyway, they believe their own words.

This is also the terrible point of the General's Mansion, all departments are extremely convinced that they are the center of gravity and great merit of the General's Mansion.

Sima Lang believes that there must be someone behind this who is persistently blowing rainbow farts on them from all directions......

It's a pity that Sima Lang's identity determines that he can only make friends with some middle-level officials, and he doesn't dare to "investigate" Bai Tu's whereabouts, otherwise he will find that Bai Tu spends a quarter of his time wandering around the various official offices in Jinling, and half of the time is on the way to other county government offices and official offices.

"I'm so hard...... Kindness? Anguo, what are you writing about? Sima Lang looked at Cao Bang curiously.

Cao Bang, who often behaves at banquets and makes Sima Lang and Cao Pi speechless, has been very quiet recently, often holding a small notebook and writing with a portable pen, and even now he has not eaten more than one plate of dessert after dinner, which makes Sima Lang a little surprised.

Cao Bang quickly covered it, which made Sima Lang very embarrassed.

"Ahem, Prince Anguo, I won't peek." Sima Lang said solemnly.

Cao Pi on the side peeked twice, Cao Bang only cared about preventing Sima Lang and didn't notice Cao Pi......

I saw that in the palm of my hand, the first page of the small half of the article was exposed, and some intermittent text could be seen: "The script describes the frail and sickly protagonist, who has had the ideal of joining the army since he was a child, but is limited by his physique...... Later, her firm will was affirmed by the female master of the Ministry of Works, and she participated in the latest one-man ordnance experiment of the Ministry of Industry...... In the end, he ended up with Lu Yi, who stole the research results of the Ministry of Industry."

The corners of Cao Pi's eyes trembled, and he felt that it was better for Sima Lang not to see it!

That's right, recently, the "Xianzhikan" under the Ministry of Rites is encouraging the folk to write a repertoire, and a unified essay is being collected, and it is said that after taking it, it will be adapted into an opera, and the theme is not limited......

Xianzhiguan, which means "Xianzhi Zhiwen", is responsible for managing the repertoire, scripts, and the recently copied very popular civil residence newspaper, and so on.

It is said that there is no limit to the theme, but everyone knows that the theme must be limited, and it is best to be consistent with the values of the official repertoire, Cao Bang...... Not only did they want to run in high spirits, but they did understand these unspoken rules very well.

It's just that Cao Pi doesn't know where to complain about this story.

Among them, what Cao Pi wants to say the most is, why did the protagonist die with Lu Yi in the end? Is the General's Mansion at war with Yuan Shao? What about my dad? What about your honorable uncle? Is it taken out by default? You're going to lose your dear cousins!

Afterwards, Cao Pi still couldn't help it, and asked "Cao Bang" in a low voice: "...... in your book?" What about me and my dad? ”

"Huh? Nope! Now the General's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion are in an alliance, of course they can't be scribbled! Cao Bang said as a matter of course.

"Ah...... It turned out to be because of the alliance......" Cao Pi breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, Cao Pi reacted - if you don't align with each other, the protagonist will die with my father?

It's not just Cao Pi and Sima Lang who are in mixed moods......

Huang Yueying, who was buttoned upside down with a face towel and covered the upper half of her face, constantly making the dishes and desserts in front of her disappear, also had a deep face at this time, but others couldn't see it.

After all, in the future that the surrounding colleagues are looking forward to, they are all looking forward to getting greater benefits from Jingzhou, and they are eager to quickly occupy Jingzhou's industrial share, mainly the industrial population, before the Jingzhou scholars react.

Although Huang Yueying does not have deep feelings for the Huang family and lacks a sense of belonging to the Nanjun family, at this time, she also thinks of her family, her aunt and cousin out of human nature......

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Bai Tu went all the way from Jinling to Shouchun, and on the way to comfort the families of military families and martyrs along the way, when he passed by a small county town, he was blocked by Huang Yueying.

"Yellow Sacrifice Wine, isn't the Ministry of Industry still on annual leave? How do you think of accompanying the visit? Bai Tu asked curiously.

"It's not just a visit, it's another thing." Huang Yueying said solemnly.

"Huh?" Bai Tu was curious.

"Let's talk privately in the government office." Huang Yueying looked around, and then said.

Although only two eyes were exposed, Bai Tu could still see that Huang Yueying seemed to really have something very important.

said it was a private conversation, but Lu Lingqi still followed, and the reason was very good - what if you took out your sleeve arrow and took out the white picture when you went in?

Huang Yueying didn't mind what Lu Lingqi meant by being on the side, but asked the dialogue picture seriously: "What is the lord going to do to the Nanjun family?" ”

"Huh? Didn't I say that before? Alike...... It's just that they started slower than the Jiangdong family, and they always have to suffer some losses. Bai Tu said calmly.

It's not bad if you don't take their benefits, you can't let Bai Tu hold down his old subordinates, right?

"The lord also said that it won't affect the family, right?" Huang Yueying asked.

"yes, what's wrong?" Bai Tu looked at Huang Yueying curiously, although it may be a little difficult for other princes, but Bai Tu felt that with his "personality" and reputation, it should not make Huang Yueying feel uneasy to confirm repeatedly.

Huang Yueying took a deep breath and said, "Then if my aunt and cousin are willing to sacrifice the state and surrender, can the lord be willing to reward my cousin Yongzhen Nanjun?" ”

"Impossible." Bai Tu shook his head directly.

When Huang Yueying heard this, she couldn't help but ask angrily, "Why?" If they are willing to give a state of land, a mere southern county......"

However, Huang Yueying's tone was not so much dissatisfied, but "unconvinced", and she didn't feel unconvinced by her aunt and nephew.

Bai Tu looked at Huang Yueying in surprise, and somewhat understood-although Huang Yueying was gifted in mechanics and was smart, she ...... It's a bit sluggish when it comes to "fighting people".

Yongjin South County? Well, fortunately I didn't say "Yongzhen Jingzhou", otherwise it would really be a joke, after all, Liu Biao himself couldn't control Jingzhou.

As for whether the town is Zhennan County or not, it is obviously not a matter of being too guarded, but if Bai Tu agrees and really fulfills his promise, it will be tantamount to promising the autonomy of the Nanjun family.

"If it's just for your aunt and nephew, I can raise him as a county marquis, eat thousands of households, and rest with Chu, the real power official position will definitely not be used for trading, and there will be no 'Yongzhen'." Bai Tu is not stingy, it can really reduce the casualties of the army, and the "food and eup" can be divided.

Huang Yueying looked at Bai Tu in surprise, and then vaguely shook her lips and said, "It's really the same as what the old man said......"

"What?" Bai Tu didn't hear it clearly.

"Before, my father came to me for the New Year, and I asked him to help me persuade my aunt to take refuge in the General's Mansion, and my father told me...... Let me ask the lord about your condition, and if the lord doesn't agree, he will think of a way. Huang Yueying said.

That's right, if you don't agree, Huang Chengyan will find a way.

The subtext is that if you agree, it means that this man is unreliable at all!

Bai Tu rolled his eyes - good guy, I said why Liu Biao hasn't breathed yet, you just come to offer Jingzhou to tempt me, and you haven't skimmed the eight characters yet, what are you teasing me for the New Year?