Basically, Zhao Mengqi's New Year's greetings covered all the families in Lin'an City.

However, for different objects, the value of the annual gift is about the same, but the content is slightly different.

For example, in the homes of big families and eunuchs, in addition to honeycomb coal and spring couplets, there is a jar of fruit candy containing various flavors, and a piece of soap.

Fruit candy is made from various fruit juices with raw materials such as snow sugar and maltose, and is a high-end product that sugar companies will launch.

The production of soap is not difficult, the oil is saponified with caustic soda, the caustic soda is made of hydrated lime and natural soda ash, the oil is mainly cottonseed oil and eucommia ulmoides seed oil at present, and then try to expand the source of oil in the future, such as whaling or something.

At this time, there has been cotton planting in the two Zhejiang areas, especially the soil climate in Huating County, Jiaxing Prefecture is very suitable for the growth of cotton, so the planting is increasing day by day.

It's just that at this time, the cotton spinning technology is still relatively backward, and the cotton seeds must be stripped by hand, and there is no tool that can loosely separate the cotton fibers, which is not conducive to spinning and weaving, and is mainly used as a clothing filler.

Objectively speaking, cotton cloth has more advantages than the popular clothing linen at this time, so it gradually became one of the mainstream fabrics in the Ming Dynasty one or two hundred years later.

The tools for ginning cotton seeds and playing cotton are actually very simple, Zhao Mengqi gave a little hint, and the craftsmen made it, after breaking through this threshold, with the developed textile technology of the Song Dynasty, I believe that it will not take long to develop cotton cloth.

After making some progress, the next step is to promote artificial planting, and some mountainous areas that cannot be used for cultivation can be used, and the seeds can be used for oil extraction in addition to seedlings.

Zhao Mengqi in this New Year's greetings, obviously also with a lot of utilitarian, advertising for new products is one of them, sugar and soap are still in the high-end market, for a long time in the future, consumer groups are rich.

In addition, Zhao Mengqi has not forgotten that there is a special group in Lin'an City at present, who should be examined.

At this time, the provincial examination will start in the first month, so it is stipulated that the national examination candidates must rush to Lin'an before the 25th of the lunar month at the latest, and submit documents such as solutions and family petitions to the Ministry of Rites to complete the registration procedures.

Therefore, the vast majority of people are already in Lin'an and are going to spend the New Year here.

The New Year's gift given to them by Zhao Mengqi was a pair of wordless Spring Festival couplets, that is, blank red paper, cultural people, of course, let them write it themselves.

In addition, there is a winter coat, a piece of soap, a short sword, a gold pen, and a bottle of ink.

The gold pen is actually a cottage of the later generations of fountain pens, the copper piece is the pen head, the nib is gilded for lubrication, the pen body is a fine bamboo, made of a pump, and then the goose feather tube is connected to the pen head, you can save the ink, fortunately there is eucommia gum, otherwise the seal is a problem.

The ink is a by-product of research on new printing techniques, and fish glue and coal tar are added to it to prevent the ink from precipitating.

With these two things, it can be much easier to write records.

It is not difficult to deliver the New Year's gift to more than 2,000 people, just take the register of the Ministry of Rites and find it according to the address.

The Rite Tribute Courtyard is located in the Wulin Fang in the north of Lin'an, so most of the candidates live in the nearby pavilions or temples.

Opposite the Renhe County Ya, there is a hotel with a relatively long history, called Kui Xingguan, the scale is very large, there are more than 100 rooms, and magnificent, the service is very thoughtful, so it is very popular, and only the people who take the examination are specially entertained during the imperial examination season.

When the gift-giving soldiers left, the people looked at the gift bags in their hands and were stunned for a while, and then most of them were surprised and novel, looked at the items in their hands, and talked about it with great interest.

A man from Sichuan picked up a winter coat that looked a little weird, "Isn't this the same as the one worn by those soldiers just now? It's the red they use, and ours is blue."

As he spoke, he tried to put his winter coat on his body, and he was very unaccustomed to buttoning the wooden buttons, "Oh, it's really hot!"

If there are later generations present, most of them can see that this is made of imitation of the 87-style military coat, the fabric is two layers of fine linen, which is filled with almost two catties of cotton, which can be worn on the body during the day, and can barely be used as a quilt cover when sleeping at night.

Because soldiers often wear armor, this coat is relatively loose, and it looks bloated and clumsy on some people, and even a little rustic.

Zhao Mengqi didn't want to design the military uniform to be beautiful and handsome, but the temporary conditions did not allow it, so he could only put practicality first.

The appearance of Sichuan Juren was quite joyful, which made many people laugh, and some people learned from him to wear a coat on his body, "Brother Deyao is honest and does not deceive me, it is indeed warm!"

Qin Deyao is the name of the Sichuan Juren, "Wearing this winter coat, even if you sleep in the wild, you can bear it, it doesn't look good, but it doesn't matter, His Royal Highness King Yan really has a heart."

Many people also agreed, of course, there were different opinions, one person from Fujian Road said, "We scholars should follow the system of dress and etiquette, how can we dress in fancy clothes!?"

It's a pity that in addition to resonating with a few people, this resonance has been ignored by most people, not everyone is stupid to read, and they have to be so pedantic.

The general atmosphere was still cheerful, and everyone talked about a few other things.

"It is said that His Royal Highness King Yan is very accomplished in couplets, and it is also very interesting to make this so-called Spring Festival couplet, Brother Shang Ming, you are also good at couplets, and your calligraphy is also good, why don't you write a pair for me, I will post it in front of the guest room, and wish myself a smooth examination room."

"Brother Deyao has won the award, why don't we brainstorm later and write a few Spring Festival couplets with good colors......

"Gee, that's a great way to write small print! It's just that it's awkward to write, and the strokes are crooked...... Not like that? …… Oh, I see, it's really much better, thank you for your advice."

"This soap really smells good...... There are also words on it, clean and self-love, it seems that this is His Highness's admonition and expectation for us."

"Look, there are also words engraved on the body of the short sword, apply what you have learned, protect the country and the people!"

Hearing this, several people also picked up the beautifully crafted short sword and drew out the sharp sword body that flickered with cold light, "Wow! This is the sword! I'm afraid it's worth a lot of money......

"We are all literati, but it feels very strange that His Highness gave him a sword."

"What's so strange? In the former Tang Dynasty, didn't all scribes wear swords? Mr. Taibai is still a master of kendo."

"His Royal Highness King Yan often says that civil and military forces should not be wasted, don't you think so! Both the pen and the sword are used to realize ideals and ambitions, and those with lofty ideals should have both!"

"Brother Tai's explanation is quite insightful, I think this is what His Highness should mean......

Just when everyone was thinking, the Fujian Juren was very unimpressed, and laughed strangely, "Hehe, what a big joke, a group of people who tend to be inflammatory, and their mouths are full of ridiculous words......

The laughter was so harsh that everyone turned their eyes to the man.

Lu Shangming frowned and walked over, "Sun Yuanzheng, who do you say is trending towards flames!?"

Sun Yuanzheng looked disdainful, "You wait to talk about it, it's nothing more than praising people's stinky feet, hehe, it's really disgusting to look at it!"

More than a dozen people beside him also echoed, "That's it, then King Yan can't hear it, and I don't know who you are making these gestures to?"

"At first, I thought that King Yan was really kind enough to give me a New Year's greeting, but when I saw these things, I realized that he was obviously insulting me and other scholars."

"With this garment, won't we scholars be reduced to the same rank as the vulgar warriors!?"

"Giving a bath thing, is it a satire that we are dirty?"

"This Spring Festival couplet is unheard of, and it is blank and wordless, I'm afraid I'm laughing at me for waiting for no ink on my chest......

"We are saint disciples, it is enough to have the way of a saint in the world, why do we need to use the broken copper and iron that only martial artists need, and stain our hands in vain."

Lu Shangming listened to these people squirting wildly, and they all laughed angrily, "How dirty are you in your hearts!? His Royal Highness King Yan's caring act can be so slandered!? These gifts are worth a lot of money, even if they don't like them, they are a piece of heart, His Royal Highness King Yan doesn't even know who you are, is it worth his trouble to insult? What's in it for him?"

He tried to reason, but he didn't understand

Yes, trolls are unreasonable, disregard for facts, don't need logic, and no matter what you say, they can always find a place to spray.

Sun Yuanzheng smiled and said, "Hehe, it's nothing more than a trick to buy people's hearts, and some shallow people will be dazzled by this little favor, buy people's hearts, and you have to get some deviant things, it's hard to believe that this is not ill-intentioned...... But it's not surprising to think about it, King Yan has never followed the right path, doesn't pay attention to the rules, and mostly reverses black and white, and nothing happens......

"That is, I have read the books of sages for so many years, and I have never heard of anyone who took the initiative to release water for disaster relief.

"And what kind of bullshit warp, obviously using this to embezzle the land and property of good people, hehe, he got so much ill-gotten gains, and pulled out a dime of the cow in a vain attempt to buy people's hearts, thinking that no one can see it?"

Lu Shangming was so angry that his forehead was bruised, "You are full of nonsense, and your mouth is full of blood! We Pingjiang Mansion people, to His Royal Highness measures are praised, the people are said that His Royal Highness is wise and benevolent, if you don't believe it, there are many people in Pingjiang and Jiaxing in this museum, just find someone to ask!"

"Hehe, what's there to ask, King Yan suppressed the two places with a large army, how dare the people tell the truth, he covers the sky with one hand in the two places, I'm afraid this solution is also controlled by his own hands, you people can be lifted, most of them are secretly through the song, the so-called snake and rat nest, you are naturally helping him speak!" Sun Yuanzheng looked like he had already seen through the truth.

A group of people around him helped out, and one of them even threw the gift bag on the ground, "Ill-gotten gains, gentlemen don't accept it!"

The other dozen or so did the same, throwing the gift bags on the ground, spitting on them, and trampling them again.

Seeing this scene, not only Lu Shangming and a few Wujiang scholars were so angry that they wanted to explode, but most of the other people couldn't stand it anymore and condemned it one after another.

And Qin Deyao even pointed at Sun Yuanzheng and shouted, "The dog bites Lu Dongbin, I don't know the hearts of good people!" Even if you don't want this gift, you don't have to be so bad!"

"Hehe, these corrupt things, dogs don't want them, you are rare, then give them to you, give them to you."

As Sun Yuanzheng spoke, he kicked the gift bag on the ground, and the people around him also kicked him, even picking it up and throwing it around.

In the chaos, a gift bag smashed on Lu Shangming's body and detonated him, "Straight lady thief! I'm going to teach you dogs a lesson today!"

As he spoke, he rushed to Sun Yuanzheng, Cui Feng, Qiu Lehe, Zhang Qing, and Xu Xiangqing also rolled up their sleeves and followed without saying a word, and then, Qin Deyao and some other people who were good friends with them also followed.

A scuffle ensued, but a group of weak scholars fought, there was really no discipline, nothing was done, and the sound was quite loud.

The shopkeeper and a group of small servants watched, but they could only stare dryly on the sidelines, not daring to join in.

Just as it was getting more and more chaotic, a terrible scream suddenly sounded, and the smell of blood spread.

At this moment, the scholars all stopped in shock, followed the sound, and found that Qin Deyao was lying on the ground holding his stomach, but a large amount of blood kept coming out, and a blood-stained short sword fell beside him, and no one knew who did it.

"Murder! Kill!" Many people scattered and fled.

Lu Shangming threw himself down to Qin Deyao's side one after another, wanting to rescue, but he didn't know how to start, "Find a doctor!!"

When the shopkeeper saw that something was wrong, he was also very flustered, and hurriedly sent a few small servants to find Lang Zhong and report to the official.

As soon as the little guy ran out of the hotel, he saw a group of Dongwei soldiers, regardless of the county government on the other side, and immediately explained the matter briefly.

It was Zhao Menghao who led this team of east guards, his mind was relatively calm, and he knew that this matter could be big or small, and if he didn't do it, it would make King Yan annoyed.

So he immediately sent soldiers to report to King Yan, and he hurried into the hotel to control the situation to prevent the situation from expanding.