Shi Jingkuan said: "It's so early in the morning, it's okay to be idle left and right." Cui County ordered and drank a sip of tea soup to wake up his mind, which was hidden, and listened to the lower official slowly give Cui County an order......"

It is said that there is a five-grade official named Li Jiutai in the Yangzhou Assassin History Yamen, who gave Wu Zetian a twist and turn a month ago, telling the mystery of the Yangtze River's state of mind.

He told Wu Zetian that during the Dragon Boat Festival fourteen years ago, there was an old man with a white beard and a fairy style, and he came to Yangzhou City to cast a mirror in the official workshop with a boy dressed in black.

The old man claimed to be called Long Hu, and the child claimed to be called Xuan Ming. They recommended themselves to cast a mirror furnace for the official workshop, but they didn't take a penny if they didn't cast it well.

Lu Hui, the director of the official workshop at that time, allocated them a small courtyard and let them specialize in casting mirror furnaces.

As a result, after the two entered the small courtyard, they closed the doors and windows and refused to come out again.

Three days later, Lu Hui was worried about the safety of the old and the young, and slammed the door to enter, only to find that they had disappeared, leaving only a mirror furnace and a letter.

The main meaning of this letter is that the two of us are born immortals, and it is determined that ten years later, there will be a heroine who will be born in the world, and a special mirror furnace will be dedicated to congratulate.

In the end, there is also a song recipe: coiling dragon, coiling dragon, hidden in the mirror. There are images in the field, and there are endless changes. The clouds spit out the fog, and the rain produces the wind. Shangqing fairy, come to offer Shengcong.

……

It's an old fairy again, a little fairy, and the heroine Lin Shize was born.

Is this worth it?

Isn't it auspicious?

Okay, I tickled Wu Zetian again, can she be happy after watching this recital? It's so happy that I can't find the north.

Immediately issued an order to ask Yangzhou to present the mirror.

"That's what happened!"

After hearing this, Cui Geng couldn't help but be suspicious, and asked, "But Lord Shi, how true is this matter?" ”

"It doesn't matter if it's true or not." Shi Jingkuan said with a smile: "If Cui County Ling wants to ask Li Jiutai if he has a concert, it must be true." As for that story...... Hey...... Anyway, this official was mixed up in this workshop ten years ago, and he has never heard of it, and he doesn't know if it's true or not. ”

That implies that it is false. But you can't say it explicitly, because the saints today think that it is auspicious, and you still say that it is false, isn't that not death to heaven?

Cui Geng understood, nodded and said with a smile: "That's that, Your Majesty is happy, it's true, the people below us don't care if he's real or not?" What are you doing with that real thing, right? ”

Shi Jingkuan took another sip of tea soup and said, "It's not that the lower officials are more serious." It's just that Li Jiutai's kid is too boring, and he eats alone. This matter involves our mirror casting workshop, so we have to inform the official anyway, right? As I testify, this story was made... Belch... Can it be more complete, right? ”

Cui Geng secretly despised and said, people don't take you to play, do you still have the courage to expose it? You're just red-eyed, watching other people's sycophants shoot well, and complaining in front of your buddies.

Cui Geng didn't answer, shrugged his shoulders, drank the tea soup by himself, and turned his head to enjoy the river scenery in the early morning.

……

After waiting for a while, the auspicious time had arrived, and Cui Geng, under the guidance of Shi Jingkuan, worshiped God in front of the incense table that had already been placed on the boat.

There are really a lot of gods to worship, and the ceremony is really cumbersome enough, it took half an hour for this set of procedures to be completed.

Next, there was nothing to do with Cui Geng, and the craftsmen officially opened the furnace and refined the abbot mirror.

In order to avoid suspicion, Cui Geng did not supervise at the scene, but chatted and drank tea and soup with Shi Jingkuan in the cabin next door.

I ate a light meal at noon, mostly fresh fish on the river, but also hearty. This kind of worship to God and open the furnace to make the abbot's mirror is naturally a happy event, and the ban on slaughter cannot be controlled.

As the red sun was setting, suddenly a craftsman-like man ran in excitedly, his face flushed, and he exclaimed excitedly, "Heaven bless! It's done! It's really done! Cui County's order is really full of blessings, and the abbot's mirror is cast! ”

Such a coincidence? 3 in 1,000 probability, really caught up by me? Dude's luck dick exploded!

Cui Geng was suspicious and came to the mirror casting furnace.

But under the illumination of the fiery red furnace light, a huge bronze mirror shone brightly, although it was not as good as the glass mirror of later generations, but it was much stronger than other mirrors of the same era.

The perimeter of the mirror is inlaid with gold and jade, using the most advanced gold and silver pint technology today, which is extraordinarily gorgeous.

Looking behind the mirror, there are two coiled dragons, one large and one small, with teeth and claws, carved lifelikely.

A few big words are particularly eye-catching - two years of longevity.

With these words, this abbot mirror is a unique tribute.

Now it is too late to return to the city, and it was not until the next morning that Cui Geng sent someone to report the news to Yangzhou City.

Yangzhou assassinated Zhang Qian, and Huainan Province appeased Wu Youxu after receiving the news, he was naturally happy.

Although Li Jiutai's bullshit story is very suspicious, Her Majesty the Empress asked for the camera, and they took the errand even if they were shocked.

Unexpectedly, on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, this abbot mirror was cast, and he could finally hand in his errands safely.

As soon as the two bigwigs were angry, they jointly wrote a letter the next day and reported it to Chang'an City.

For Cui Geng, who supervised the abbot mirror this time, Zhang Qian and Wu Youxu were also very satisfied, thinking that Cui County's order was indispensable in this matter, and promised this year's evaluation to give him a "superior" evaluation.

Although the promotion and debasement of Datang (Wu Zhou) officials is very human, it is also constrained by the system, that is, the "four virtues and twenty-seven most".

Every year, the local magistrates will evaluate their subordinates according to the "four virtues and 27 most", which are divided into nine grades, and the upper is the highest one.

After the evaluation is completed, the clerk's department will review it to the department's meritorious department.

If the Ministry of Officials thinks there is no problem, they will record it in the file.

When the official's term of office expires, whether he should be promoted or demoted, or even rush home to eat old rice, depends on the evaluation of the past four years.

Under normal circumstances, the best evaluation is "on the middle", especially excellent, especially exceptional, there will be a "top" evaluation.

This is the most elaborate qualification in officialdom, after the expiration of four years, the imperial court must promote Cui Geng. Otherwise, the officials who have been evaluated by the superiors will not be promoted, and what qualifications do others have to be promoted? Without motivation, how can local officials shepherd one side for the Son of Heaven and worry about the imperial court?

This time, Cui Geng didn't do anything, just got up early in the morning and blew on the river boat for a while, so he picked up a big bargain for nothing.

This is also something he didn't expect, and it can really be called a flying blessing.

After another ten days, Wu Zetian's will came down, and the abbot's mirror was temporarily stored in the Yangzhou warehouse, and he set off on an auspicious day and transported it to Chang'an City.

As long as the mirror arrives, Cui Geng's "superior" evaluation must be stable.

There is a way that blessings to the soul, and good things come in pairs.

On this day, there was a middle-aged man who was white and chubby, dressed in silk and satin, and came to visit Cui Geng.

"Meet Cui County Order!"

The other party's opening almost made Cui Geng burst into tears.

The words are nothing special, but the accent is Qingyuan dialect!

Cui Geng has been away from home for more than a year, and he was very excited when he heard someone say Qingyuan at first glance in the field!

After his self-introduction, Cui Geng learned that this person's name was Wang Youcheng, a native of Qingyuan.

Jufenglong expanded rapidly, and Cao Yuechan alone would definitely not be able to do it, so he recruited a lot of township party help. Wang Youcheng stood out among that group and became Cao Yuechan's right and left hand.

He came to Yangzhou this time with a mission, that is, to open the Jufenglong branch all over Huainan Road.

Cui Geng then remembered that before leaving, Cao Yuechan had explained to himself that if it went well, he would drive Jufenglong to Huainan Road in a year.

Shortly after the Dragon Boat Festival last year, he took a boat to Yangzhou to take office. Now it's not long after the Dragon Boat Festival, Wang Yuancheng has arrived!

Isn't that exactly a year?

Predicting the situation so accurately, my family Yuechan is worthy of being a shopping mall wizard!

In addition, Wang Youcheng did not come empty-handed. He brought a lot of things to Cui Geng, all of which were Qingyuan's specialties, everything he needed to eat, wear, and he really couldn't buy them in Yangzhou.

However, these things were not sent by Cao Yuechan, but by Erniang, sister-in-law, Mao Bo and even Xiao Jiu'er, entrusted to Wang Yuancheng.

In addition, each of them wrote a letter to express their longing.

Although I used to have correspondence with my sister-in-law and sister-in-law, this time it was because there was a special person to deliver letters, and these letters were written very long.

As for Mao Bo and Xiao Jiu'er, it was the first time they really wrote a letter to Cui Geng.

Thinking about the white-haired Mao Bo, the eccentric Xiao Jiu'er, and then looking at these gifts in front of him, Cui Gengzhen had mixed feelings in his heart, and his eyes were a little red.

Homesick!

Subsequently, Cui Geng asked: "The shopkeeper Wang, Ju Fenglong opened a branch in Huainan Road, such a big matter, why didn't Yuechan come in person?" ”

"It's no wonder that Little Lady Cao," Wang Youcheng hurriedly explained: "Now we gather Fenglong to open a branch in Huainan Road, Lingnan Road, and Shanxi Road at the same time. Shanxi Road has just gone into some chaos, and Cao Xiaoniang must deal with it herself. She said that there is Cui County in Huainan Province to let you sit in town, so she will not come for the time being. Cui County Order, this is our own industry, you can take care of it more in the future. ”

For Cui Geng, Mulan Spring Wine Workshop, Frosting Workshop, and Felt Hat Workshop, which one is not a daily gold?

But after all, Jufenglong is also one of his own industries, and when he arrived in Yangzhou, Cui Geng naturally wanted to take shelter, nodded and said: "That's certain." ”

Wang Youcheng stroked his forehead slightly, and said with a smile: "Hey, look at my memory, I almost forgot a big thing, and Little Lady Cao also asked you a letter." ”

"Oh?"

Cui Geng took the letter and opened it to take a look.

However, to his great disappointment, there was no personal relationship between children and daughters, that is, it told about the good situation of gathering Fenglong now, and asked Cui Geng to support Wang Youcheng and the like.

It's really a career maniac, a strong woman in a shopping mall!

Cui Geng was somewhat dissatisfied in his heart, we have an agreement, two years...... No, calculate the time, and talk about marriage in a year. Finally, a letter came, what do you mean by just talking about business and not feelings?

Wang Youcheng observed his words and asked cautiously: "Cui County Order, you don't seem to be very happy?" ”

Cui Geng's own children's private affairs, Cui Geng and a small branch shopkeeper couldn't talk about this, smiled, and said casually: "Our gathering Fenglong is about to become the most profitable business in the world, can this official be unhappy?" ”

"What's the most lucrative business?" The curtain was raised, and Cui Xiang and Zheng Yu walked in.

These two people know a lot of their secrets, and they are not bad, and Cui Geng did not hide it, and told Jufenglong about coming to Huainan Road to open a branch.

Cui Xiang's eyes lit up after hearing this, and said, "Okay! Big brother, it's really you! A little trick will let Li Xiaoniang get the Oiran, not to mention, there is such a big source of wealth! ”

Zheng Yu was also full of envy, and said: "We heard Li Ya say that the frosting workshop and felt hat workshop are also related to you." Big Brother ......"

In the end, the word "big brother", Zheng Su deliberately pulled an end note, which made Cui Geng get goosebumps, took a step back, and said, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Don't do anything, big brother, I really wish you were my brother." Zheng Yan smiled shyly: "When will you take my little brother and make a small fortune?" ”

Although Cui Xiang and Zheng Yu have limited discipline, they are also the children of the five surnames and seven hopes, and Cui Geng is still a little happy to be praised by them, and said: "Don't be kidding, my foundation can be compared to your five surnames and seven hopes?" ”

"Alas, big brother, you don't know!" Zheng Su said with a bitter face: "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and the five surnames and seven hopes are that they look bright from the outside." To tell you the truth, I have long been shy in my pocket, little brother. ”

Not... Out of money?

Cui Geng looked at Zheng and Cui in surprise, and said secretly, no wonder these two have stopped lingering in the flowers recently, and they have no money.

Looking at the embarrassment of the two goods, Cui Geng couldn't help but want to make a few jokes.

I was about to open my mouth, but I heard someone outside suddenly shouting, "The adults are not there?" My lord, it's amazing! Something is wrong! ”

This is Song Geunhae's voice!