Gao Zhan's mood couldn't be calmed down for a long time.

Until now, he still tasted the taste on the tip of his tongue, he had the honor to enjoy the royal meal in the palace, and he was also a person who had eaten tribute salt, but the salt made by Chen Feng today, he was sure, was definitely more precious than the royal tribute salt.

In fact, even if he didn't taste it, the bowl of salt, which was as fine as sand, had already convinced him of this.

When I left the workshop, it was already dark.

Gao Zhan looked up at the stars in the night sky, like fine salt hanging in the night sky, yes, only the salt made by Chen Feng can really be called fine salt.

"Virtuous brother... Nope..."

Gao Zhan suddenly felt that he was too small standing by Chen Feng's side, if he still had an honor of Tanhualang that could overshadow Chen Feng before, then at this moment, in his opinion, his honor in front of Chen Feng was equivalent to a rag at all, not worth mentioning.

Where is he qualified to be Chen Feng's elder brother?

"I see that you will be my eldest brother in the future, and your actions today are admirable and admirable."

"Don't don't,"

Chen Feng hurriedly shirked it, "I can't afford this, and when the time comes, let others listen to it, and I will be miserable." ”

"What's this,"

Gao Zhan slapped his palm on Chen Feng's shoulder and sighed: "You don't know how much I admire you now, seriously, you are too condescending to stay in a small place like Qingxi, how about it?" Do you have the idea of going to Beijing to be an official? ”

Entering Beijing to be an official?

Chen Feng suspected that he had misheard, and looked at the other party incredulously, "Are you serious?" ”

Gao Zhan chuckled and said, "Of course you are serious, with your talents, if you can follow Your Majesty's side, I believe Your Majesty will definitely appreciate you very much." ”

"Cut,"

Chen Feng did not believe this, and at the same time he had no idea of becoming an official in Beijing.

Although Gao Zhan does trust himself enough now, how can he stand up without enough background in the land of Kyoto, and his identity is not in the mouth of a tiger when he arrives in that kind of place.

"Thank you for your kindness,"

Chen Feng stretched out his hand to support the black gauze hat on his head, and said: "But as far as I, a nine-grade sesame official, even if you have the heart to take me to Beijing as an official, I'm afraid there will be no small officials like me in Kyoto." ”

This is indeed true, it is indeed not easy to find a suitable official position in a place like Kyoto that is not much different from Chen Feng's current grade.

Gao Zhan thought for a while and said, "Speaking of which, with your ability, it is not difficult to be admitted to the Jinshi, why did you give up in the first place?" ”

This Chen Feng naturally can't tell the truth, the reason is that he doesn't want him to take the Jinshi exam when he comes to Wanchun, and he doesn't want to take the Jinshi exam himself, after all, Jingshi is not a good place for him.

So he sighed and said: "The family is poor, where can I have the money to go to Beijing, besides, being an official there is not a job." ”

Hearing this, Gao Zhan pondered slightly, of course he knew Chen Feng's background, and guessed in his heart that it might have something to do with Lai Wanchun.

"That's it,"

Gao Zhan walked out with Chen Feng's shoulders and said with a smile: "You're right, where to be an official is not to do it, you and I are both for the court, for Your Majesty, there is no difference, not to mention that Qingxi also needs you now,"

"Don't worry, when I return to Beijing, I promise to remove the word "quanzhi" in front of you, with your talent, I believe that in a few years, you will be able to enter Beijing as an official, and then you and I can meet at any time."

Chen Feng didn't answer positively, because he didn't really want to go to Beijing to be an official.

Then he changed the topic, "Speaking of which, you have been staying in Qingxi for a long time, and I heard that the adults in several state capitals have sent documents, when are you going to leave?" ”

Hearing this, Gao Zhan pondered for a moment and said, "I'll leave in a few days, but before that, there are still some things I have to explain to you." ”

……

Dead.

In the depths of the Chen Mansion, the sound of wine glasses colliding came from it.

"Lao Chen, I have to admit that your wine is really good,"

Gao Zhan's voice came out excitedly, "I really don't know what you've learned, from winter vegetables to delicate white salt, to the spirits at the moment, how did you do it, do you really plan to hand over these things to me?" ”

"I can't make money without handing it over to you," Chen Feng laughed.

Salt and wine are all government-run industries, especially the former.

"Okay, I'm in charge of this wine business, whether it's rice wine, white wine, rice wine, you can run it, but I still say the same thing about salt, you can only go through the procedure yourself,"

Gao Zhan put down his wine glass and said: "But you don't have to worry, anyway, this method of making salt is only understood by you, and I will return to Beijing to hand it over to Your Majesty in hundreds of years, and I still need your help, so you have to do the salt business sooner or later." ”

The meaning of his words is very clear, the production of new salt in the future, the court will be inseparable from him, or Gao Zhan will strongly recommend him to become the chief official to promote new salt after returning to Beijing.

"Thank you," Chen Feng hugged his fists, what he lacks most now is money, as long as the two major industries of salt and wine are spread, there will be a steady stream of silver into his pocket in the future.

"I don't have to talk about this, not to mention that you are also for the court,"

After saying this, Gao Zhan glanced at the night outside, and then said slowly: "I still have to go to Xixia to prepare to leave the day after tomorrow, but I can't let some people know that I will leave the day after tomorrow, so I still need your assistance." ”

Chen Feng knew that this matter was important, so he also put away the smile on his face and nodded solemnly.

"I believe in you, so I'll tell you,"

Gao Zhan said solemnly: "The king of Dingchuan will not accept the imperial court's policy of cutting the domain, so the possibility of war breaking out is extremely high, Qingxi is to rush, although there is a Chaoning guard at the front, but no one can say that there is a complete certainty that the king of Dingchuan will be stopped south of Chaoning,"

"Therefore, we must also take into account the worst-case scenario, I have observed the city defense of Qingxi, it is difficult to say, I think you still have to work a little bit on the city defense."

"I've taken that into account too,"

Chen Feng frowned and said: "But it's still the same sentence, there is no money in the county, you let me do it, I have to let the money come down." ”

"Well," Gao Zhan nodded, "I'll arrange this." ”

After the words fell, Chen Feng noticed that his face suddenly became a little weird, guessed something in his heart, and took the initiative to say: "I will try my best to see if I can know anything from the prefect." ”

Gao Zhan's eyes then rose with a light, and he looked at Chen Feng, "Old Chen, to tell you the truth, according to Jinyi Wei's secret protection, Lai Wanchun has already been in the same stream with the King of Dingchuan, don't you think about persuading him anymore, in other words, didn't he say something when he arranged for you to come to Qingxi?" ”

Facing the other party's pair of eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, Chen Feng did not dodge in the slightest, and frowned: "When I first came, he did hint at me, but I thought it was because of the grudge between him and the Lu Governor's Mansion, but now that I think about it, things are really not simple." ”

"It's good that you know,"

In fact, until now, starting from reason, Gao Zhan is not completely sure to believe in Chen Feng, but he himself does not understand the specific reason, that is, he thinks that the person in front of him can believe that it is enough to entrust the great cause of the country.

He stood up, raised his wine glass, and was awe-inspiring, "Old Chen, Qingxi will be handed over to you." ”