After the storm passed, Li Yong repaired his county office and received a letter from his teacher. Seeing that the teacher ordered to take Li Yong's own official position as the core, Li Yong naturally didn't want to do more. At this time, it has entered autumn, and the important work in autumn is to collect grain, and Li Yong County naturally wants to complete his work. In the Song Dynasty, there were many projects for the investigation and investigation of county orders, and tax collection was an important part of them.

When the grain is harvested, Fujian will enter the winter. Zhao Jiaren did not make any special moves, he just negotiated with the person in charge of cleaning that the feces and decaying plants on the street would not have to find a place to dispose of them, but would be sent to a stone house built by Zhao Jiaren.

Zhao Yong also went to see it, and saw that it was a mixture of feces, decaying plants and soil, and there were a lot of earthworms in the mixture. Although he also knew the role of managing, Zhao Yong felt furry when he saw the dense earthworms. He hurriedly left there, and it took a long time for his mood to calm down.

In addition, at the beginning of winter, a tattered ship floated on the sea and ran aground on the coast of Fuqing County. Zhao Jiaren, the county magistrate, ordered people to control the big boat, and did not let the villagers go up to dismantle it. After a while, I learned that the ship was the ship of a ship merchant in Fujian, and something happened when it encountered a strong wind. The sailors thought that the big ship could not be carried, so they abandoned the ship to save their lives. I didn't expect the big ship to be rickety and drift away.

The shipowner felt that the vessel was badly damaged and difficult to repair. Zhao Jiaren asked his brother Zhao Jiaxin to buy the ship and repair it in Fuqing. According to Zhao Jiaren, he plans to use the ship as a hunt for pirates after it is repaired. Zhao Yong was noncommittal about this, there are public and private use, and private and public use are extremely rare. Since Zhao Jiaren did this, he was probably determined to become famous.

At the end of the year, the annual test begins. As a county magistrate, Li Yong had to give Zhao Jiaren some assessment. After thinking about it, Li Yong gave a 'medium' assessment. After writing this assessment, he couldn't help but panic in his heart. The rules for the evaluation of the grassroots level in the Song Dynasty were very strict, not only the assessee needed to be inspected, but also the assessment of a direct boss like Li Yong also needed to be assessed as a direct boss. Knowing people is a very negative evaluation in the Song Dynasty.

Even though he felt that his evaluation was unfair in his heart, when he thought of the teacher, Li Yong had the confidence to comfort himself. In any case, Li Yong has done something for the teacher. When the evaluation came down, Li Yong opened the evaluation with some trepidation, and saw that his own evaluation was 'excellent', and the joy in his heart was indescribable. If the evaluation is excellent for three consecutive years, it will be of great help to promotion.

The next thing is Zhao Jiaren's assessment, and when he saw that the evaluation was also 'excellent', Li Yong breathed a long sigh of relief. This result undoubtedly made Li Yong feel that he was both loyal and filial. At that time, he didn't think about filling in the gap for Zhao Jiaren, but he really didn't dare. At this time, Li Yong didn't have to worry about not being able to explain to the teacher, and he didn't have to feel his conscience blamed. After all, Zhao Jiaren is already a good review.

The days passed like this, and Zhao Jiaren, in addition to finding a way to repair the boat, was the job of the county lieutenant every day. These made Li Yong feel that his teacher might be too jealous of Zhao Jiaren, except for repairing canals and lighthouses, Zhao Jiaren seemed to have no other ability. Being an official is a very energy-consuming long-term job, and being smart for a while is not the same thing as being smart for a lifetime. At least Li Yong already felt that his talents were exhausted in the work of the county order.

In the blink of an eye, April came, and Zhao Jiaren had already repaired the ship. Flowers also flourish in the terraces of his backyard. The total area of the terraced fields is about one acre, and about one piece of land is planted with edamame. Another ninety percent of the land is planted with chrysanthemums. The chrysanthemum is about half a meter tall, and many deep-lobed pinnate green leaves are drawn from the base of the stem, and among the green leaves are clustered wild chrysanthemum-like inflorescences, with yellow tubular flowers growing in the center of the inflorescence and a ring of white tongue-like petals on the periphery. It looks light and chic.

In the bright sunshine at the beginning of summer, Zhao Jiaren, Zhao Jiaxin, and Zhao Yong cut these flowers with scissors, and the cut flowers were exposed to the sun. After a few days of drying, Zhao Jiaren chopped up the flowers that had been initially dried, and in the afternoon, he put them into the incense burner and burned them.

Zhao Yong knew that the Third Young Master attached great importance to these flowers, and when he saw the green smoke coming out of the burning flowers, he didn't know what the Third Young Master meant. It didn't take long for the bugs in the house to start crackling and falling. Zhao Yong was dumbfounded.

After smoking for a while, Zhao Jiaren took out the futon and shook it in the sun. The little bugs that had been hiding fell out one after another. Zhao Jiaren viciously stepped on it with his feet, and completely crushed these insects to death with the soles of his shoes. Zhao Yong bent down to take a closer look, and those insects stiffened one by one, and after falling to the ground, they showed a stiff posture motionlessly. Similar to the people of this era, Zhao Yong has been attacked by mosquitoes in his life for more than 20 years, and seeing these insects that probably have bitten him and sucked his blood lying in front of him, Zhao Yong also stepped on it angrily to take revenge.

Zhao Jiaxin was not particularly active, but when he saw his younger brother and Jiading behaving like this, he just watched and laughed. But at this time, a fly flew in, recklessly hit Zhao Jiaxin's face, and then rolled to the ground. The fly also seemed to be choked with smoke, and the wind impact was probably the last flight after exerting all its might.

Looking at this nasty fly, Zhao Jiaxin remembered the pain of being harassed by flies. He didn't grab the fly, squeeze its belly, pull its intestines out, and then use its intestines to strangle its neck and pull it hard, nor did he look at the fly that spits out its entire tongue and then pick up the knife and cut off the fly's head. Zhao Jiaxin raised his foot and saw a huge sole falling from the sky in the many compound eyes of the fly, but the paralyzed body was no longer able to react. The soles of the shoes fell, and the flies fell into eternal darkness.

That night, the incense-making powder prepared by Zhao Jiaren was mixed with chrysanthemums, and even if it was not completely dried, Zhao Jiaren used it. On this day, the three men slept soundly, and even if they used mosquito nets before, they couldn't prevent all the small insects. The three of them slept until dawn, not only did they not get up in the middle of the night to beat the insects, but there were no traces of new bites on their bodies.

"Thank you, big brother. Your skill in growing flowers is really clever. Zhao Jiaren said to his eldest brother Zhao Jiaxin with a smile.

"yes. The craftsmanship of the eldest prince is really extraordinary. Zhao Yong followed and admired.

Zhao Jiaxin was also smiling, but said with a straight face: "Planting flowers and farming are not the same thing at all. ”

"Big brother, I'll already know." Zhao Jiaren saw that his brother resolutely refused to admit that he was farming, so he hurriedly agreed.

Zhao Jiaxin saw that his younger brother was sincere, and he asked happily, "What should I do next?" ”

Zhao Jiaren happily replied: "Let's take these powders to Fuzhou first to make mosquito coils and sell them." The rest of the flowers have to be raised by the eldest brother until they bear fruit. Then put this back mountain to plant as many as you can. Big brother, I'm going to Fuzhou this time, and you can go with me. If there is anything you want to buy, you can buy it together. I've kept my big brother busy these days, and I've worked hard for you. ”

Without waiting for Zhao Jiaxin to speak, Zhao Yong asked puzzledly: "Third Young Master, what if these flowers are planted all over the place and someone secretly picks them?" ”

"We hire people to pick these flowers every year and give them money. When we take the flowers to Fuzhou to make mosquito coils, how do the people here know where these flowers are used? Zhao Jiaren replied very cheerfully, this pyrethrum was obtained from the Mediterranean Sea by the Arabian maritime merchants he had entrusted in the past few years. I haven't been able to get real pyrethrum for two years in a row, but last year I brought what looks like a real pyrethrum. And his eldest brother Zhao Jiaxin is not particularly good at reading, but likes to play with flowers and plants. When everything was ready, the project unfolded naturally. And Zhao Jiaren also estimated that he could earn at most 10,000 yuan a year from the mosquito coil market in the Southern Song Dynasty in the past few years, which seems like a lot of money, but compared with the waste of time, it is extremely uneconomical. A 400-ton ship needs 10,000 yuan, relying on mosquito coils to buy and sell, and when the Yuan Dynasty enters Lin'an, Zhao Jiaren can't muster the forces to change his fate.

Zhao Yong just asked, he actually had no concept of these at all. I just feel that the young master's efforts are missed by the locals for free, which is really not cost-effective. Seeing Zhao Jiaren like this, he let go.

Finding an excuse to go to Fuzhou to inquire about the bandits, Zhao Jiaren, his brother and Zhao Yong went to Fuzhou with a heavy package. With the lighthouse, ships can enter the port day and night, and the port of Fuqing at this time is much more lively than before. At least there are peddlers on the shore who specialize in boats, which is a treat only found in the big city ports.

Take a boat at the port, and the next day the ship will arrive in Fuzhou. Zhao Jiaren did not go to see Xu Yuanzhi, the governor of Fuzhou, but went straight to Jianxian Qianzhuang to meet Qi Ye. Without saying much, Zhao Jiaren took out a small round piece and lit it in the room where Qi Ye was. The small piece was filled with saltpeter powder, and it didn't take long for the small piece to burn out, and the room was filled with thick white smoke.

When the white smoke cleared, Qi Ye, who looked unhappy, saw that the ground was full of all kinds of insects, not only all the insects in the house landed, but also a lot of insects outside the house. Qi Ye's unhappiness turned into doubt, he looked at Zhao Jiaren standing in the smoke, and asked puzzledly: "Brother Zhao, you are good at this thing, but what do you mean?" ”

Zhao Jiaren stood in the smoke that kept dissipating and said happily: "I'll tell you how to use it, you can go home and use it yourself." I want to sell this thing. ”

first found a partner Qi Ye, and then Zhao Jiaren went to see Xu Yuanzhi of Zhizhou. At this time, it was getting late, Xu Yuanzhi liked Zhao Jiaren very much, so he took Zhao Jiaren back to his residence. Zhao Jiaren was not polite, first lit a mosquito coil in the room where Xu Yuanzhi entertained Zhao Jiaren, and as soon as the smoke cleared, he lit a mosquito coil.

Xu Yuanzhi knew that Zhao Jiaren was out of the ordinary, but he was clever. Without saying anything more, the two of them began to drink. Zhao Jiaren is a county lieutenant, and the two are naturally talking about catching thieves. Xu Yuanzhi sighed: "Recently, the bandits have been rampant, and the Left Wing Army has been entrusted to exterminate them. But everywhere has to help. Jiaren and Fuqing County must also work hard. ”

"Xu Zhizhou, the subordinates should naturally contribute. However, Xia Guan has a missing, I don't know if the boat of the pirate caught can be sold cheaply? ”

"It's an errand to get some prison." Xu Yuanzhi immediately shirked.

"Since Song Tidian was sent by Ding Xianggong, can Xu Zhizhou help the lower officials say one or two?" Zhao Jiaren asked unrelentingly.

Seeing Zhao Jiaren so insistent, Xu Yuanzhi revealed his hole cards, "If it is the boat you caught, I can help you ask." There are such thoughts of yours everywhere, and you should not think about moving other people's boats. ”

Seeing that there was a drama, Zhao Jiaren hurriedly poured wine for Xu Yuanzhi, then raised his wine glass and said, "Thank you, Xu Zhizhou." ”

The two talked for a while, and when they had eaten and drank, it was time to leave, Xu Yuanzhi said with a smile: "There are really no mosquitoes to accompany you when you drink today." ”

"Xia Guan has already prepared a gift for Xu Zhizhou. However, this thing is afraid of the tide, and after the tide, it is not afraid of mosquitoes. So I don't have much to prepare, and I ask Xu Zhizhou to forgive me. Zhao Jiaren smiled and handed over the prepared mosquito coils with both hands.