Pingcheng's county magistrate surnamed Jiang, more than forty years old, elegant temperament, when Li Qiao and Tao Zhu arrived at the county office, he was fiddling with garlic seedlings in the backyard wing of the county government.

After listening to the report of the old servant, he asked Li Qiao and Tao Zhu to come to see him in the wing.

"Student Li Qiao, meet the magistrate."

Li Qiao and Tao Zhu entered the wing, saw Jiang Zhixian, and knelt down to salute.

Although I don't want to kneel, the rules of this era are like this, and Li Qiao doesn't want to be a maverick.

"Get up."

Jiang Zhixian left from the garlic seedlings, and he waved his hand, motioning for Li Qiao and Tao Zhu to get up.

When Li Qiao and Tao Zhu stood up, his eyes turned around Li Qiao, and then around Tao Zhu, then he wrapped his arms in front of him and opened his mouth slowly: "Li Qiao, Li Qiao from Sanliu Village, Sanli Town, right?" ”

"If you go back to adulthood, the student is Li Qiao from Sanliu Village, Sanli Town."

Li Qiao replied with her head down, her voice clear.

"Hmm." Jiang Zhixian paced back and forth, and continued to ask slowly: "I heard that you didn't learn before, and you only recently started to study seriously. What books have you read? ”

"If you go back to adults, students have only read four books recently."

Speaking of the past, Li Qiao is not ashamed, and her voice is still clear.

"That official is not difficult for you, don't test your Moyi and the scriptures, you can talk about your sweet potato workshop. I heard that you gave profits to the villagers? ”

"Yes."

Although he was surprised, Li Qiao did not panic at all, he did not think, and directly explained the origin and current situation of the sweet potato workshop.

Including why he gave the profit to the villagers:

The villagers took good care of their husbands, and he wanted to repay the villagers.

After listening to his long list of words, Jiang Zhixian's face flashed with satisfaction: "The saint once said that gratitude is a person's greatest virtue, although you can't study, but fortunately, you have a grateful heart." ”

"Besides, you have really let the villagers in the surrounding villages earn silver, the saint once said that if the people are rich, the country will be safe, and you can make the villagers in Sanli Town rich, which is amazing."

Li Qiao: "......"

This is praising him.

But he must be humble, he was about to speak, but who knew that in the next moment, Jiang Zhixian spoke again.

"Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, the official needs to do some clay ceremonies to give to relatives and friends, and after three years in Pingcheng, Pingcheng finally has a local product that can be used."

"The vermicelli and the egg yolk and meat floss stuffed Qingtuan, you make some yourself, be fast, don't delay the New Year's gift."

“？”

Feelings, that's the point?

Deliberately stopped him at the city gate, so that he could make something that he could handle?

He thought there was something big about it!

Tao Zhu next to him was also a little stunned, was this the case?

Jiang Zhixian looked at Li Qiao's speechlessness and Tao Zhu's sluggishness, he coughed softly, and said with a serious face: "Your business is getting bigger and bigger, be careful to enter the business register, the saint once said that businessmen are heavy on profit and have no virtue, you must not enter the business registration if you want to study in the future." ”

"You go back and find a suitable person to sponsor, and come to the county government office to handle this matter in a few days."

Li Qiao: "......"

He almost forgot about it!

However, why does this magistrate always quote the words of the saint's small essay when speaking?

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Ahem, this is a follow-up to sweet potatoes......

The yield of sweet potatoes per mu in this time and space is made up by me, don't be serious.

Chapter 63 The county makes sweet potato starch Jiangzhi County's heels

Because the topic of the college examination is from the small essay of the saint, Li Qiao is familiar with every small essay written by the saint.

Now that Jiang Zhixian quoted the words in it, he heard it at once.

But he couldn't show this doubt, he could only respectfully respond, saying that he would soon be able to handle the attachment matters, and he would personally make some vermicelli and egg yolk meat stuffed Qingtuan.

Jiang Zhixian was very satisfied with his answer, and then sent their husband and wife away, and once again emphasized that they should be quick and not delay the New Year's ceremony.

After coming out of the county office, Tao Zhu was still a little confused, he subconsciously looked at Li Qiao, who was his backbone at this time.

He is a small country man, where did he think about such a big thing as seeing the county master alone, just now he was so nervous that he had nothing in his brain, he could only look at Li Qiao with the corner of his eye, and he would do whatever Li Qiao did.

Now that he was out of the county office, he exhaled a long breath as if he had found a soul.

He almost forgot to breathe just now!

"Frightened, huh?"

Li Qiao saw Tao Zhu raise his hand and pat his heart gently, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and grabbed his other hand: "Don't be afraid, the county master is amiable and very down-to-earth, There are a lot of garlic seedlings planted in the room just now, and they are growing very well." ”

"Garlic sprouts?"

Tao Zhu was a little surprised.

He was so nervous that his eyes were fixed on his toes, and he didn't even notice the furnishings in the room.

"Yes, it's garlic seedlings, being able to grow garlic seedlings himself, combined with the adult's daily behavior, is enough to prove that the adult is a good official who cares for the people. So don't be afraid. ”

Li Qiao said as he led the ox cart with one hand and Tao Zhu's hand with the other, and slowly walked towards the city gate.

At this time, a small breeze blew, hitting his face directly, and he also drilled into his clothes along his sleeves, and Tao Zhu was so frozen that he shivered.

The stiff brain is finally back to normal.

"Put your gloves on, don't freeze." Sensing that Li Qiao's hands were a little cold, he took the initiative to let go of Li Qiao's hands and urged Li Qiao to put on gloves.

"How are you?" Li Qiao stared at his face, carefully observing his face.

"Okay, okay, I'm just a little confused."

Tao Zhu said and went to get the gloves.

The gloves were placed on the ox cart, and they ate warmly at the Moon Tower, so they didn't wear gloves when they came out.

But now it's an hour before lunch, and the heat that comes out of it is long gone, and if you don't wear gloves anymore, it's really going to freeze.

He handed the gloves to Li Qiao and said, "I was a little scared at first, but now that I think about it, with you, no matter what happens, I can bear it." ”

As long as he is with this person, he is not afraid.

"That's right, as long as we are together, then we can overcome any hurdle."

Li Qiao took the gloves, put them on, and then asked Tao Zhu to get on the ox cart: "Let's go find Brother Wen, don't go back to the village first." ”

"Looking for Brother Wen?"

"Yes, he lives in the county seat, and he is better informed than me, I want to find him to inquire about the county master."

He knew too little about this county master, and Zhuang Wen definitely knew more than him.

So, Li Qiao led the ox cart and turned around to Zhuang Wen's small courtyard in the county seat.

When I got to the small courtyard, the manor was actually there.

The manor had come to pick up his father and brother home.

Entering the wax moon, it was not a few days before the private school holiday, and Zhuang Wen felt that instead of studying hard in the county, it was better to go back to the village to discuss with Li Qiao, so he simply packed up his things and went home early for the New Year.

Zhuang Wen was surprised and happy when he saw Li Qiao.

But now is not the time to speak, and if you don't go back to the village, you have to travel at night, and it gets dark early in winter.

So, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu helped carry the luggage, and soon packed up, and the two ox carts headed towards Sanliu Village against the small cold wind.

As soon as he got out of the county seat, there were small snowflakes in the sky, Zhuang Wen wrapped the fox fur cloak on his body, held a small hand stove in his hand, he got off his own ox cart, and then got on the ox cart of Li Qiao's family.

"Brother, what did you do with your brother just now?"

Zhuang Wen sat behind Li Qiao and Tao Zhu, the whole person shrunk in the cloak, and only showed a pair of eyes to look at Li Qiao.

He is old, his body is not as young as Xiaoxiao, and he is not frost-resistant.

"It's not a big deal, it's just ...... just now" Li Qiao briefly said the county magistrate looking for him.

He was an understatement, but Zhuang Wen almost jumped up on the spot when he heard it, and the small hand stove in his hand was thrown directly in fright: "This is not a big deal?" ”

Several people on the ox cart next to him also cast surprised glances.

The county lord!

"Forehead......" Li Qiao picked up the handstove that had fallen aside: "Brother Wen is right, this is a big deal!" ”

Zhuang Wen took over the hand stove, but his mind was no longer on keeping warm, he approached Li Qiao, and confirmed a little nervously: "Lord Zhixian didn't test your knowledge, only asked about the sweet potato workshop?" ”

"Yes. He wanted to buy some souvenirs to send to relatives and friends. ”

"That's a good thing, too!"

Zhuang Wen patted his thigh and looked excited: "Our county magistrate is the second-class jinshi in the first year of Shengping, with his achievements, he couldn't be an official of the Hanlin Academy directly, but he wrote his strategy well, and the saint made an exception to let him enter the Hanlin Academy." ”

"After staying in the Hanlin Academy for two years, I came to Pingcheng and became the magistrate of Pingcheng."

According to the rules of Dasheng, in addition to the first-class champions, Bangyan, and Tanhua, they can directly enter the Hanlin Academy, and the remaining second-class and third-class jinshi who want to enter the Hanlin Academy as an official must first continue their studies in the Hanlin Academy as a Shu Jishi for a period of time.

Shu Ji Shi is just an identity, not a formal official position, but also take the imperial court, only after passing the Shu Ji Shi exam, then can he hold the official position of the Hanlin Academy.

Jiang Zhixian was quite holy because of the writing of the policy article, so the saint let him directly enter the Hanlin Academy, first as a review from the seven products, majoring in ancient history.

Two years later, it was released and became the magistrate of Zhengqipin, and he really grasped the power of a county.

Of course, for many people, the Jingguan from the seventh grade is more popular than the local official from the seventh grade, especially the Congqipin from the Hanlin Academy, which is the reserve of Dasheng officials.

But for Zhuang Wen, who couldn't even get into Xiucai after reading for 30 years, the county master of Zhengqipin was already a great official.