Jiaozhou, a small road in Futu Mountain, surrounded by grass and trees and thorns.

The two wore coarse cloth clothes on the road, this coarse cloth clothes at first glance or pierced flesh, after wearing it for a long time, it will feel that it is the most economical mountain clothing, not only breathable and sweaty, but also wear-resistant, even if it is hooked to the thorns, it will not be broken.

Li Xiaomen took two breaths: "He Niu, there is really a rattan that the official master wants here? Don't run in vain, there are many poisonous snakes here, what should I do if I get on the road?" Now that I think about it, I really regret coming up with you!"

"Hmph, I heard my grandfather mention it when I was young, but there are a lot of poisonous snakes here, and most people don't come here, how could I think of it here, and when I find it, I may get a bounty of a thousand taels and a seven-rank official!"

Under the heavy reward, I don't know how many people have thrown themselves into the ranks of looking for milk plants, He Niu has seen the women and children of the whole village rush out, go up the mountain to find the scene with milk plants, every time I think about it, I am always worried, afraid that others will shoot their dream opportunity.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth, quickened his pace under his feet, and said urgingly: "Xiaomen, don't nag, the bounty is down, please visit the kiln" I don't know how many people are scrambling to find it, and it can't be delayed for a quarter of an hour"

He Niu heard his grandfather say that there were rubber vines in the mountains behind Futu Mountain, and he was deeply impressed by his grandfather's nagging.

It is five or six meters high, and there is a large area in the ditch of the Futu Valley, and as soon as the knife cuts, there is milk flowing out slowly, thick and white, and they all think it is poisonous.

The two of them struggled to climb to their destination, where there was an uphill slope in front of them.

The slope is completely covered by jungle, winding into the deep mountains, and on both sides there are dense woods, and on the jungle and rocks, is a brown vine, lush, three feet high, dark brown stem bark, no obvious skin holes, the upper part of the branches is pale green, the lower part is grayish-brown.

He Niu suddenly shouted happily: "Li Xiaomen, look, see we have arrived!", Li Xiaomen pounced, took out a knife and cut it on the trunk, the thick white milk flowed out, touched it, and suddenly said in surprise: "He Niu, we found it and handed it back to the adults in the county government, if it is true, we will be developed!", He Niu was overjoyed, but frowned again: "We have to cut it now, or it is too late to walk the mountain road at night and it is easy to encounter big insects, and we have to rush to the county." ”

Such scenes appeared one after another in the territory of the King of Chu.

Jiaozhou, Panyu Temporary Yamen, this is the Yamen where the officials sent by the Shaofu are located, this temporary Yamen is not big, it is a courtyard, and there are two officials in it, one is the Thirteenth Division, and the other is the officials of the Shaofu.

Shaofu, originally one of the Nine Qings, was in charge of the imperial handicraft industry and the income of Shanhaidi Ze as the emperor's private mansion, which was transferred to the Ministry of Industry, but now Wang Hongyi re-established it in order to control the industry and economy under his control.

Both men were in their thirties and wore official uniforms with red ornaments.

In particular, the thirteenth division Xiaoqi is of medium stature, with a rectangular face, and dark triangular eyes under his eyebrows with gloomy coldness.

There are still a few fans and small servants standing in the courtyard, and the fans with long knives are calm and silent, looking a little forest people outside the courtyard, lined up in a long line, all of them are people, holding a large number of plants, full of anxiety and hope.

The young clerk stood, followed by two clerks.

In the middle of the field, there is a large pile of latex plants.

The young government official frowned: "You're not, go down, next!", a man hid his face and left when he heard the voice.

"Next!" shouted the little soldier.

A lean middle-aged man hurriedly squeezed forward and picked up the milk plant he found: "My lord, do you see if it, the little old man has found a lot of places, and these legs are about to break!", the young government official raised his hand to stop his words: "You can't use this, you go down!"

"Ahh

The little soldier shouted loudly: "Next!"

From last year to now, hundreds of milk plants have been handed in, but very few of them can be extracted from gelatin, and some can be extracted, but too few are unqualified.

The milk plant that is common nowadays, the clerk knows at a glance that it is not.

A man hurriedly stepped forward, stood opposite the officer, secretly looked at the standing fan and the servant, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "My lord, you see" The villain is looking for this, I took a lot of effort, my family went up the mountain to find this all day long, but it is difficult to find, you can take a good look at it!", the young government official looked at it: "No, the next one!"

"Next!", the population of the county is not large, but because the reward of the king of Chu is too rich, nearly half of the population of the county has gone up and down the mountain to find milk plants, but now more than half a year has passed, and there are no qualified people.

There were those who were hopeless, and set up small stalls not far from the street.

There was also an endless stream of people who handed in the goods, although this could not last long, because it was a temporary vigorous exuberance, this time the real rubber vine was found, and the bounty was taken, and this temporary prosperity would disappear, but it would still be possible to do business.

Seeing that the sun was gradually setting westward, the yamen was about to close.

At this time, He Niu and Li Xiaomen rushed up, only to see a few people scattered at the door, all holding milk plants, so they walked to the back of the team and waited slowly.

At this time, "at the stall not far away, someone saw it and said, "Here are two more." ”

The shopkeeper who was a little inside was half lying on a bamboo chair, closed his eyes and recuperated, and laughed when he heard it, and said: "I think it is also the same life as these people in front of me on the street" In the past six months, how many people have been found in the county, two people who eat soil, still want to turn the sky upside down, dream, forget it, I won't say it, lest you say that I am a crow's mouth!", "Alas, yes, this is fate!", a moment later, "With a weak shout from the little soldier, He Niu walked forward quickly, and put down the rubber rattan grass that he and Li Xiaomen found with his back.

The young officials were a little tired, and they looked at it casually at this time.

I saw this plant, the stem bark was dark brown, the upper part of the branch was light green, the lower part was gray, and suddenly I was stunned, and leaned up, this is a new vine that I have never seen before.

The young government official stepped forward in two steps, picked up the knife, scratched the skin, and the milk slowly flowed out, thick white and white, and the flow was very large, the young government official's eyes tightened, and he looked up at He Niu: "What is your name?"

"Xiaomin He Niu" Jiaozhou Yunding people!" He Niu lowered his head deeply and said, paused, and said: "Li Xiaomen and I found it at the same time, and we are also Yunding people!", the official turned his head to the deputy: "This is Xinteng, you take it down and continue to check!", the deputy responded: "Yes!"

He Niu and Li Xiaomen said again: "You record your name and household registration, as well as the place where you grow, and you can go back." ”

It is not a matter of time and a half to check the gelatinity of the new vine.

He Niu and Li Xiaomen were a little disappointed and had to retreat.

In the blink of an eye, "in the evening, it rained, a bright flash, thunder fell, and in a blink of an eye darkness returned, only a torrential rain poured down."

There are only three rooms in the temporary yamen, one in the east, the light in the room is very dim, there is a soybean oil lamp on the kang table, and the twist is not high.

The official of this young mansion was surnamed Lu Mingtai, and Lu Tai asked for a plate of beef and a plate of peanuts in a store not far away at this time, and drank alone.

At this moment, "the deputy came in, squinting to see clearly" leaned into his ear and said.

"What?", Lu Tai was startled and stood up.

The deputy stood with his back against the windowsill and his hands down, pacing slowly through the room.

"My lord, these two people are just grass people" It doesn't take much effort to kill them, this is a seven-grade official, a thousand taels of gold!" Seeing Lu Tai's hesitation, the deputy whispered.

After a long time, Lu Tai made up his mind and said, "But the king has sent a small banner of the thirteen divisions to supervise us. ”

"Pull down the water, the small flag is not even an official" said that the adults and this small flag, the people searched for it to no avail, and they "personally went out" to find it for the king of Qin. ”

"Share the burden, although it can't be all seven-grade" But everyone at least has an official body of eight or nine grades, and they are not afraid that this little flag will not be moved.

The deputy also has selfish intentions, this time the rattan glue was found, and the report went up, and both the road platform and the small flag had merit, and it was possible to obtain an official position.

But this merit is small, and the deputy will not share much profit, if he can kill the good and win the merit, the credit will be great, and the two adults will definitely go up, and they can also be promoted.

And this is indeed right, the small flag is only at the level of a pawn, and there is a general flag on it, and the general flag is in charge of thirty people, and there is only the order level, and they are not officials.

According to the current Chu system, if there is no meritorious service, and there is no meritorious background, the commander "must be at least three terms of the ninth examination in the good wait, that is, nine years later" can be promoted to the official body.

Nine years, how many nine years are there in life?

This time, even if you report merit, the reward is only from the ninth grade, and it is far from the eighth or seventh grade.

More than ten years of struggle have been saved here.

Lutai is now thirty years old, if you don't seize this opportunity, maybe you can have nine grades or eight grades before retiring, barely an official family, but you can't shelter your son, so "if your son can't take the imperial examination, you still have to start from scratch, barely better than white hands."

But now, if you kill people and win merit, you can get eight grades, and at the beginning of the establishment of the king, there is a lot of space on it, so that with the qualifications of the first batch of officials, before retiring at the age of fifty, "there will be at least five grades, which can shelter a son from becoming an official."

Lu Tai felt that this was a word of inadequacy, "couldn't help but shudder", paced back two steps, and suddenly turned around and said: "We don't have soldiers in our hands, we can't kill these two boys." The deputy walked to a wax, blew it out in one gulp, and the light in the room suddenly dimmed, and said: G "There are soldiers in the thirteenth division, you can borrow a knife!"

Speaking of which, I only heard a "crackling" sound, a lightning flash, and the room turned pale in an instant. ！~！