At noon, Li Hong, Liu Wenzheng, and Jiang Tiansheng came together as if they had made an appointment.

It's all official business, and I was busy with my feet in the back of my head a year ago, so I could only come over at lunchtime, and I had a meal by the way, I was very familiar with Xiao Chen, and I didn't see anyone else.

"Fat Li, I didn't say you, and your Ministry of Industry won't do serious things!" Jiang Tiansheng sat down and complained to Li Hong, "Look at the ice and snow on this street, I almost fell on the back of the eight forks when I left the street entrance of the Ministry of Rites just now!" ”

"This snow is falling tightly, and it can't be cleared if it's tight!" Li Hong said, "I don't know what's wrong with this year, this snow is big!" ”

"You can't clean it up." Xiao Chen said, "I saw a lot of carts pouring coal ash and slag outside the city yesterday, that thing is the best thing to use to cushion the road, and it doesn't need to be tiled, just sprinkle a layer to prevent slipping, and when the snow melts and sweeps away, it won't be too dirty." ”

"Is that thing okay?" Li Hong was overjoyed when he heard this.

"It must be better than the sand you have worked so hard to dig up, and besides, you don't have to spend money to bring in the sand? The coal ash slag is thrown out anyway, and it happens to be directly reused. Xiao Chen said.

"I'll go back to the ministry in the afternoon, sprinkle a few streets first, and if it's feasible, that's good." Li Hongdao.

"What you Li Hong said, Marquis Xiao's idea, can you still do it?" Liu Wenzheng said with a smile, "When you rebuilt the temple in the palace back then, didn't you lose the idea that the Hou Ye gave you an idea, so that you won a big prize in front of the emperor!" ”

"Then I'll take advantage of Master Hou's wine to toast him and express my gratitude?" Li Hong said with a smile.

"By the way, have you all set up the examination room?" Xiao Chen asked, "I'm afraid that it will be cold in the spring this year, don't get the wind everywhere in your shed, and if you get a few more frostbite during the exam, it will be a joke." ”

"Ha, that is, you Marquis Xiao remembers this matter, it's okay not to say it, it's very angry to say it!" Jiang Tiansheng said, "In order to save money, Cheng Youwen repaired the examination room like a pigsty before!" Later, Master Hou, you were in charge, and you knocked down the rebuilt one, not long after it was completed, and the tables, chairs and benches were missing. ”

"You can't ignore this Lord Jiang, these candidates have great powers, in order to cheat, they can use any means, don't have any entrainment in your table, chair and bench, once the incident happens, it's amazing, the last time Cheng Youwen had no aftermath, and the emperor had to die of anger if something happened again!" Li Hongdao.

"Tables, chairs, benches, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones are all my responsibility, and there will be no mistakes, but I'm afraid that those guys will carry pieces of paper in their clothes, thousands of people, but it's not easy to check, anyway, there are successful cheating in every subject, it's really hard to prevent!" Jiang Tiansheng said.

"It's really not easy." Liu Wenzheng said, "It's all lifted, and they have more or less identity, and it's not good to let them strip naked for inspection, and they are out of shape, and people who are cold in spring can't stand it, the year I participated in the scientific expedition, there were a few people who stripped naked and searched, but nothing was found, and the big guy was extremely angry and almost stopped the exam!" ”

"I don't think it's better to dress uniformly, prepare a few conservatories, and let them all change into the clothes we have prepared when they come, so that they will not lose their dignity, but also look like the emperor's grace, and avoid them from carrying private goods." Xiao Chen said.

"Okay, my Lord Xiao, it's easy for you to say, thousands of people's clothes, how much silver do you get? Their costumes are also regulated, big hats and scarves, cyan round necks, red silk boots, the material is not cheap, and the cut is more Chinese, since it is a gift from the emperor, it will definitely not be able to deal with it, if you want to be similar, you have to pay a set of dozens of taels of silver! Jiang Tiansheng said.

If you raise a few thousand pieces, then you will get more than 100,000 taels of silver, where will you get it? Ask the Ministry of Households? That's definitely not coming, and being scolded by others is guaranteed.

"It's easy." Xiao Chen smiled, "Isn't it enough to find someone to sponsor it?" ”

"Oh, if the Hou Ye is willing to break the bank, it would be great, not only our emperor is happy, but our Ministry of Rites will also be stained." Jiang Tiansheng said happily.

"What am I going to spend?" Xiao Chen said, "Don't say that I don't have silver, I can't be in the limelight if I have silver." ”

"Who's going to sponsor you?" Jiang Tiansheng was greatly disappointed.

"Since it's making clothes, of course I'm looking for someone to sponsor it." Xiao Chen said with a smile, "Whoever in our Fengyang City has the best clothes and the biggest business, and that's him." ”

"Shi Mingtao?" Jiang Tiansheng scratched his head, "But I don't have any friendship with him, and besides, the mouth of this 100,000 taels of silver is not easy to open with others......"

It means to let Xiao Chen come forward and say, Shi Mingtao has a good relationship with your Hou Ye, and this is your idea, you have to take care of it to the end, who told you to say it? If you say that, you have to take care of it!

Before Xiao Chen could speak, Xiao Yu came in and told Shi Mingtao that he wanted to see him......

"Woo, it turns out that Master Hou has a guest, and they are all distinguished guests, the small one is abrupt, so let's avoid it first, or else?" Shi Mingtao came in and saw the three adults present, Tuan Tuan gave a salute, turned around and was about to leave.

In fact, he was pretending, and Xiao Yu told him that these three were there.

"Boss Shi, why did you see outside?" Jiang Tiansheng was very affectionate, and personally got up to hold him up, and forced him to sit in the middle and not allowed to leave, as if this was his home......

"It's not that I see the outside, several adults are also familiar with each other, but the rules of respect and humility are inadequate!" Shi Mingtao said half-pushed.

"You old Shi Ke pull you down, you, you and Marquis Xiao and Marquis Zhu are all sitting and eating together, thinking I haven't seen it? At this time, there is a rule with us, why don't we deserve to sit with you? Li Hong said with a smile.

"Oh, Lord Li's words are not good!" Shi Mingtao grinned, "It's not for me to sit or go, it's a dilemma." ”

"Then you're barely able to get it, so much nonsense!" Liu Wenzheng said, "If you come late, you will be punished, and you will be punished with three glasses of wine!" ”

"Admit punishment and accept punishment!" Shi Mingtao was also happy, "Punishing yourself for three cups is a crime for the three adults!" ”

"No, no, no." Jiang Tiansheng hurriedly said, "Wen is joking with you, are you serious?" I can't drink alcohol in the afternoon if I have official business, so I will replace the wine with tea and toast you Boss Shi. ”

"I don't dare to drink that little glass of wine." Shi Mingtao is such a shrewd person, he is not very familiar with Jiang Tiansheng, he is a dignified right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and a member of the court of the third grade, why should he toast him?

If it was easy to say when the Queen Mother was there, it would be difficult to say now......

Seeing the strange smiles on the faces of Xiao Chen and the others, it seemed that something was wrong.

It seems that the rat has entered the cat's nest.

"Don't you dare or don't give me face?" Jiang Tiansheng said with a smile, "If you don't drink this wine, I won't be able to hold my face, which is equivalent to falling to the ground with a snap and falling to pieces." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, can't can't, drink drink!" Shi Mingtao had to get up and raise his glass with both hands, lightly touched the edge of Jiang Tiansheng's tea bowl, and drank it all with his head up.

When it comes to this, even if it's poisonous wine, you have to drink it!