Go to ancient times and engage in construction

Fan Jin became a father before the winter solstice, and Ge Da Niu gave birth to a daughter for him.Ge Daniu gave birth to a baby after a narrow escape. When she saw that it was a baby girl, her face was full of disappointment.Ge Mujiang and his wife even looked guilty towards their son-in-law, because their daughter failed to give birth to a male heir for their husband's family.

Fan Jin was holding the ugly baby, but he didn't feel that he was not his son, but he just hoped that his daughter would be as smart as Huo Sihua in the future.Today's Huo Sihua, in the valley and Nanbu area, is the one with the highest level of education other than Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui. This girl who is almost 11 years old, in less than two years, has combined the 21st century elementary school number sequence and Chinese is over, and now I am studying junior high school courses by myself.While Huo Sihua is self-studying, she is also working as a teacher at the Valley School, teaching children who are older than her.

After Zheng Yuming learned that Fan Jin was happy to win a daughter, he sent someone to send a large tiger gold pendant as a meeting gift for Fan Jin's daughter from him and Chu Chaohui.The tiger gold pendant was chosen as a gift because Fan Jin's daughter's zodiac sign is a tiger.

Daqin used the twelve zodiac signs to record the year. There are two theories about the origin of the twelve zodiac signs. One is that the Yellow Emperor wanted to select 12 animals to be on duty in the sky on time. Yes, the 12 zodiac signs come from the totem worship of some clans in primitive society, and they are divided according to the strength of each tribe at a certain gathering.

Because he was going to Dacheng to participate in the wax festival early in the morning of the winter solstice, Chu Zhaohui took Wei Qingtian back to the villa before it got dark the day before the winter solstice.But when the two returned early, they found that the gate of the villa was closed, and Zheng Yuming, Mu Mu, the Huo brothers and sisters, and Mrs. Su were not in the villa.

"The director has left a message, please go to the Nanbu mansion when you come back, and have a banquet for the guests today." The slave guarding the villa truthfully told Chu Chaohui the message to Zheng Yuming. Tonight, the Nanbu director's mansion will hold a banquet to entertain the guests. Because they had to rush to Dacheng to participate in the Wax Festival tomorrow, Zheng Yuming guessed that Chu Chaohui would return to the villa early, so he didn't send anyone to deliver a letter to Chu Chaohui, and only left a message with the villa guard.

Today's villa is no longer an eye-catching building in the valley. The villa is surrounded by brick buildings of almost the same height, and the tall trees transplanted around the yard cover the villa well.

Chu Chaohui and Zheng Yuming hadn't seen each other for half a month, and they were already missing them very much. After hearing the guard's message, they didn't get off their horses immediately, turned their horses' heads, and galloped towards Nanbu.

It doesn’t take long to walk towards Nanbu Village from the entrance of the gap, and you can see the military camp just built to the east of the main road. Most of the wasteland in the direction of Nanbu at the exit of the gap has been reclaimed into farmland by defected civilians, and wheat is planted in the farmland. and canola.The wheat seedlings and vegetable seedlings are being covered by snow. This winter's weather is very cold, and there have been two heavy snowfalls in the Nanbu area.

Although the sky is getting dark, there are still a lot of pedestrians in Nanbu Village. It is close to the end of the new year. Many villagers go to the street to buy New Year's goods. There are also many villagers in Houpo and the small villages around Nanbu who come here to buy New Year's goods. The goods in Nanbu shops Bida City is rich, and even the residents of Bida City will drive mule carts here to purchase.

Most pedestrians on the street use straw sandals under their cloth shoes to prevent snow and water. In addition to the soles of straw sandals to prevent moisture, some people wear leather boots made of animal skin. The leather boots they wear are made by the leather shoe factory that the valley and the Guo family have cooperated with. Zheng Yuming’s order is [-] pairs. After the leather boots are produced, because of the small output, they can only be distributed to the security bureau and guards first. It is used by the team leader and the army officers, and all soldiers will be distributed when the output is raised in the future.The cost of leather shoes for soldiers is included in the military expenditure. The army consumes a lot of military supplies similar to leather boots. The huge army orders greatly stimulate the local GDP of Nanbu, and promote the economy of Nanbu and even the city. develop.Therefore, although the military expenditure in Nanbu is huge, it is the strongest driver of the economy in Nanbu area.

The Nanbu Governor's Mansion, the original Governor's Mansion, has now been expanded, and the offices of some management agencies are located in the Governor's Mansion, such as the Public Security Bureau that manages security affairs, the Civil Affairs Bureau that manages villagers' affairs, the Industrial Bureau that manages factories and enterprises, and the agricultural affairs bureau. Civil Affairs Bureau, Education Bureau that manages education.Among them, Wu Da is in charge of the Public Security Bureau and Industrial Bureau, the civil affairs is the head of the Wu tribe in Nanbu, the agricultural affairs is a slave who is proficient in agriculture in the valley, and the education bureau is Fan Jin.

Neither the villagers in Nanbu nor the nobles in Dacheng had any reaction to Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui's appointment of slaves as managers, because it is common for noble families to use slaves as stewards and housekeepers.People regard Nanbu and the valley as the private property of Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui, and it is normal to use slaves and servants to manage property. They don't know that Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui regard Nanbu and the valley as a country to manage , A large number of slaves were promoted as managers, firstly because of the high loyalty of slaves, and secondly to improve the status of slaves and prepare for the abolition of slavery in the fiefs in the future.

The horses of Chu Chaohui and Wei Qing arrived at the gate of the council mansion, and the guards at the gate of the mansion rushed over to take the horses away. The brown-red horse that Chu Zhaohui brought back from King Wu's capital with make-up has now regained its healthy appearance. The brown-red horse was named Fengchi by Chu Chaohui, and Zheng Yuming's white horse was named Lightning.It is rare to see such a BMW in the Nanbu area. The guards are always scrambling to lead the mounts for Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui. You can't ride a BMW, so it's good to hold them for fun.

As the end of the year approached, Zheng Yuming had more affairs to deal with. In his office, the Nanbu officials who came to handle official business had just left. Zheng Yuming closed his eyes and rested his mind for a while while there was no one there.

Zheng Yuming propped his forehead with his forehand and wanted to rest for a while. Suddenly, he covered his head with his hands and massaged them lightly. With his backhand, he felt that these hands belonged to Chu Chaohui, because although these hands were long and slender, their fingers were as strong as crab claws. .Only Chu Chaohui dared to be so intimate with him.

"Zhaohui, have you arranged for the army's New Year's holiday?" Zheng Yuming didn't open his eyes, but closed his eyes to enjoy Chu Chaohui's massage.

"It's all arranged. In two days, the whole army will have their annual leave. Let the soldiers relax." Chu Zhaohui felt the delicate skin under his hands, and his heart was itchy. Huo Sizhong, who was transcribing the documents, and Wei Qing, who was in front of Huo Sizhong to make trouble, Chu Chaohui wanted to hug Zheng Yuming and make out with him.

"Tomorrow we will arrive at the Chengla Festival, and the winter solstice will not have time to entertain the guests who will come to work, so we will hold a banquet tonight to entertain them first." Zheng Yuming explained to Chu Chaohui the reason for holding the banquet tonight.

"Have you found anyone useful?" Chu Chaohui moved his hand to Zheng Yuming's shoulder, and massaged the acupuncture point.

The corner of Zheng Yuming's mouth twitched: "There are quite a lot of people who feel that they are great talents, but I am not their Bole, so I really don't recognize them."

Chu Chaohui smiled slightly: "Let them take the employment test. If they pass the test, they will be assigned a position in the Governor's Mansion. If they fail the test, don't drive them away. Just provide three meals a day. Anyway, we can still afford it."

There is a shortage of talents in Nanbu now, in order to spread the reputation of Nanbu as a thirsty talent, even if the people who come here now are just filling in, they have to eat and drink.

Zheng Yuming felt much more relaxed, so he held down Chu Chaohui's hand and signaled Chu Zhaohui to stop the massage. "That's exactly what I did. If they fail the exam, I will suggest them to teach in the ancestral hall, but few of them may want to go." The first thing these down-and-out noble children thought was to occupy a position as a fief official next to the lord , To teach common people to read and write is not what they expected.

"As long as they can survive." The corner of Chu Chaohui's mouth twitched. The council house only provided food and accommodation for the guests, and they had to take care of other expenses. The salaries of teachers in ancestral hall schools are very high, ten gold a month, so they don't ask for these All the down-and-out aristocrats who can read and write apply for the post of teachers. As long as one or two out of ten are willing to go, the pressure on teachers in Nanbu and the valley can be greatly relieved.

The banquet dishes in the evening were very rich, and Mrs. Su directed the kitchen staff of the council mansion to prepare rich and delicious dishes.Some guests have been in Nanbu for a long time, and they have tasted very delicious food in the council mansion, but today, Mrs. Su's superb cooking skills refreshed their understanding of food again.

Zheng Yuming turned out to be a billionaire, with a lot of entertainment in business, he had long since practiced the ability to keep his face and cover up his true emotions, while Chu Chaohui, an undercover drug lord who was extremely sensitive, regarded him as a trusted confidant, The ability to control the face and body is already quite high class.Now the two of them are sitting side by side at the top. They are both very qualified hosts. They speak softly and politely to the guests, and all the guests feel like a spring breeze.

Zheng Yuming saw that the guests were almost finished eating and drinking, so he wanted to toast the green wine and then leave the table. There were too many business affairs at the end of the year, and Zheng Yuming felt very tired.

"Come on! This director..." Just as Zheng Yuming stood up and was about to serve a glass of wine, the guards of the director's mansion came in from outside the door.

"My lords, there are strong men outside the mansion asking to see you."

Zheng Yuming sighed, at such an hour, how could there be people here. "Please hurry up!"

The guard went out for a while, brought two people into the hall, and also brought in a cold wind outside the door.

"Hoho! It's so warm here!" A tall and burly young man followed behind the guard, walking with a "dongdong" sound, followed by a thin middle-aged man in his 30s. They were all dressed thinly, and as soon as they entered the hall with heated iron pipes, the room temperature of more than ten degrees made them feel like they had entered spring.

When Chu Zhaohui saw the tall man, he couldn't help squinting his eyes: "So it's you!"

This tall man is none other than the royal tiger who was defeated by his magical skills in Wudu City.

"Yes, it's me!"

The tall man was not restrained at all, standing in the center of the hall, bowed his hands to Chu Chaohui in salute, and the middle-aged man who followed him bowed in a respectful manner.When these two people came in, many guests on both sides frowned slightly, because although they were all down-and-out children, they tried their best to keep their clothes bright and maintain their aristocratic face when they went out.The two people who came in now were shabby, and the tall ones couldn't even handle etiquette well. It's no wonder that these down-and-out aristocrats looked down upon them.

"Didn't you admit defeat? Why didn't you go back to your valley." Chu Zhaohui smiled.

"Big man keeps his word. I, Da Niu, will definitely go back to the valley if I lose to you." The tall man named Daniu patted his chest vigorously. After returning to his hometown from the palace, Da Niu realized that he had lost unjustly after being instructed by an expert. . "But in the match in the palace, you beat me by cheating!"

"Are you unwilling to admit defeat? Want to try again?"

Chu Zhaohui's heart sank, did this big bull know he was cheated and lost, and wanted to win the round?Back then in the palace, he was not afraid of being compared with this strong man. Even though Daniu was extremely powerful, Chu Chaohui was [-]% sure of defeating him.It turned out that I didn't want to fight hard and wanted to win the game better, so I won the game with great confidence.

"Da Niu admits defeat!"

"Oh? Admit it, why did you still find Nanbu?" Chu Chaohui was surprised.

"The great sage of Qimen Mountain said that although Daniel was not defeated by strength, he was defeated by strategy. The great sage said that Daniel's loss was not wronged! You are a virtuous man with both civil and military skills!" Daniel's hometown is At the foot of Qimen Mountain at the junction of Weiguo and Wuguo, the great sage in Daniu's mouth is a hermit. In the eyes of the local mountain people, this hermit is omnipotent. "Daxian also said that such a virtuous person should seek refuge, so Daniel came to Nanbu to seek refuge."

"The great sage of Qimen Mountain?" Zheng Yuming had never heard of this famous person, so he asked the guests on both sides: "Everyone, do you know this great sage?"

Some of the guests sitting shook their heads directly, and some shook their heads after thinking about it.

"How can you not know Daxian?" Da Niu put his hands on his hips and his voice was loud. "The great sage knows the wind and rain, he can inform us of the wind and rain in advance, and he can also predict the next year's harvest, how can you not know?"

"Where is Daxian? Are you willing to come out of the mountain?" Zheng Yuming's eyes lit up. This man is proficient in astronomy and meteorology, but a rare talent. As he asked, he glanced behind Da Niu. This thin middle-aged man would not Is that the sage?It's not bad to look at his face, and he has a sense of justice and awe.

"No! Daxian said that he doesn't want to enter the troubled times, but Daniu is a man of troubled times, so he can come and join him!" Zheng Yuming was disappointed by Daniu's answer, why should people like Mao Daxian put on airs?Even though Zheng Yuming really wanted to invite this great sage out of the mountain, he couldn't go to Qishan to invite him, because he couldn't leave the Dacheng area.

"To seek refuge with the lord, you must pass the test! Only if you pass the test, the lord will choose you." A guest next to him couldn't understand Daniel's rudeness, so he sneered.

"Okay! My lord, test Daniel soon!" Daniel patted his chest again with a 'bang bang' sound.

Chu Chaohui didn’t think Daniel was rude, he had a good impression of Daniel, because although Daniel was straightforward and uneducated, he kept his word. After losing to him in the king’s capital game, he immediately kept his promise and gave up his noble status as Huben. Leaving the royal capital and returning to his hometown in the valley to be a commoner.

"It is said that you are strong, so let me see how strong you are."

"Obey! My lord!" Da Niu bowed his hands towards Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui, then looked around for something that could show his strength.The middle-aged man behind him leaned close to Daniu's ear and whispered a word, and Daniel walked out of the hall and went to the yard.

After a while, Daniel moved a [-]-jin stone slab from the yard, put the stone slab on the floor of the hall, took a few deep breaths, and luckily slapped the stone slab with his palm, and the stone slab fell apart.

"Good!" The guests couldn't help applauding at the same time. Just moving the [-]-jin stone slab had already made them admire, but breaking the stone slab with one palm made them even more impressive.

"My lord! Did Daniel pass the assessment?" Although Daniel easily broke the stone slab, his palms were flushed by the reaction force, and now he was shaking his palms while looking at Chu Chaohui with longing eyes: "If you pass Examination, can Daniel eat meat? Daniel is starving to death."

"Come here, serve food and wine to the strong man." Chu Chaohui ordered someone to serve food and wine to Daniel.

Daniel threw down the middle-aged man, rubbed his hands, sat down at the wine table, grabbed a chicken leg and gnawed on it, as if he had been reincarnated from starvation.

"What's your name, and what talents do you have?" Chu Chaohui turned to the middle-aged man standing alone in the middle of the hall. The middle-aged man couldn't help choking when he saw Daniel eating chicken legs there.

"My lord, my surname is Huang and my name is Zhong. I have a three-inch tongue." The middle-aged man bowed to the superior.

"A three-inch tongue? Let's hear it." Chu Chaohui was amused. It turned out that the three-inch tongue of time and space was talking about the protagonist Mao Sui who recommended himself. This Huang Zhong couldn't be Da Qin's Mao Sui, could he?

Chu Chaohui's guess was wrong, Huang Zhong was not Mao Sui, he was just a wanderer, wandering around more than [-] vassal states, big and small, but he didn't meet any nobles who were willing to accept him. When you meet Daniel, you follow him to Nanbu to try your luck.

"Sages are well-informed, so let's use the food and wine first, and make arrangements after taking part in the assessment." Chu Chaohui glanced at the guests on both sides, and had plans for Huang Zhong, so he arranged for him to enjoy the food and wine first.

"Ha!" Zheng Yuming couldn't stand it any longer, and yawned with his hands on his mouth. He hadn't had enough sleep for nearly two months.

"Go back to your room and rest first, I'll be fine here." Chu Zhaohui squeezed Zheng Yuming's hand distressedly.

"Well, you have to work hard. I'll leave the table first." Zheng Yuming stood up, excused to change clothes, left the hall and returned to the bedroom. Huo Sihua hugged him away.

Chu Chaohui sent away the guests who were full of food and drink, and tiptoed into Zheng Yuming's room. Zheng Yuming, who was lying on the bed, had already fallen into a deep sleep. Chu Zhaohui stroked Zheng Yuming's slightly green eye sockets with his fingers, and couldn't help but sighed slightly. Opportunities for in-depth exchanges that are easy to have are no longer possible.