May is not yet over, and people are still immersed in the joy of the Dragon Boat Festival. A series of happy events have made this southeastern seaside town excited.
First, Eunuch Wei, the internal procurement officer of the Yingfeng Bureau in Bianjing City, came to Linqingyuan County. If he could catch his eye, he would undoubtedly fly up on a branch and turn into a phoenix, and give it to the royal family. That would be an extraordinary thing.
As soon as Eunuch Wei came out of Chengtian Alley, he was immediately surrounded by a large army. A group of rich and noble men wearing gold and silver surrounded Eunuch Wei's honor guard. I don't know, they thought they were trying to cause trouble for them. They just wanted to curry favor with this person. Just a eunuch.
Eunuch Wei just likes this dreamlike feeling of being surrounded by each other. They are not complete men. Throwing a brick outside the wall in Bianjing City can hit a seventh-rank official. No one takes them seriously. .
After leaving Bianliang City, his small yellow door suddenly turned into a small yellow dragon. These nouveau riche who had never seen the world, all of whom had the wealth of the enemy country, looked at him eagerly, trying to please themselves to move to the next level. .
How have they ever seen anyone from the capital? Oh, by the way, Prince Zhao is also from the capital. A down-and-out prince is still from the lineage of Taizu, so what's so cool about being exiled to Qingyuan for refuge?
Dealing with these rich and wealthy people in the countryside is just a matter of doing nothing. Businessmen, in the Song Dynasty, were not in the mainstream. Scholars, warriors, businessmen, businessmen always had to be ranked last. They will become impatient after being dry for a long time. If you take them too seriously, their tails will rise and they will forget who they are.
What the old wealthy people in Qingyuan are wondering is what kind of medicine did the eunuch from Fengyingsi take wrongly this year? Instead of going to the chamber of commerce or big business, he was the first one to find this guy selling bamboo mats to buy their candy? What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd? Could it be said that Liang Chuan's goods are really rare and valuable?
They have been in business for many years, so how can they believe that rare goods can be lived in? They are more skillful and more sophisticated in doing business. There is no appreciation and knowledge of goods. People can only appreciate the price you give them.
Another happy event is that after Qingtian Grand Master Zhao Weixian and Zhao Zhizhou held the Dragon Boat River Festival for the people who died in Sunjiang, within a few days, they solved 20 old cases in a row, and 20 innocent prisoners were dressed in new clothes and held up A plaque titled "Gong Ming Wei Jue" was given to Zhao Zhizhou, who had already received nineteen pieces before this.
In Goulan Liquor and in the alleys of brothels, there was talk of Zhao Weixian cleverly solving unsolved cases. His stories were so miraculous that Zhao Zhizhou could solve such a case even if a dead body soaked to death and full of maggots was thrown into a well.
There were half of the unjust cases in the original Weiyuan Tower Prison. Zhao Zhizhou worked vigorously and resolutely to eliminate the accumulated abuses and plead for the people, and at once half of the prisoners were returned to justice and released from prison.
Is there any way to earn official status? The simple ones are to encourage farmers to teach mulberry trees and promote culture and education. The more expensive ones are to build bridges and pave roads, open up mountains and control floods. The most difficult one is to break prisons and solve crimes. This requires a certain level of skill. People who are not smart and can only study hard can't do it. .
The former magistrate of Xinghua County broke a story of one girl marrying three husbands, which has become a good story in Fujian. If it hadn't been for the rebellion among the mountain people, the magistrate might have been able to come back to his old age and rise to prominence again.
Zhao Weixian solved 20 major cases in a row, and people in Qingyuan raised funds to build an archway and erect a merit monument for Prince Zhao's cultivator temple. Having parents and officials like this is really a blessing to the people of Qingyuan. King Xian of Zhao's reputation has reached its highest level since the Shanmin Rebellion.
In fact, Zhao Weixian was confused at first, until his staff gave him some clues. All these clues came from Gao Chun, and Gao Chun was very close to a person since the Dragon Boat Festival.
A person also appeared in front of Zhao Weixian.
Liang Chuan rejected him. With his prince's character, he would never go to Liang Chuan again. Liang Chuan was not Zhuge Kongming and he did not want to be Liu Huangshu. No, to be honest, he didn't dare to be Uncle Liu Huang now.
He was working as an idle prince in Bianjing, and everyone wanted to use his prince's name to flatter themselves. Before leaving the capital, he was surrounded by various retainers and staff, including descendants of General Cao Bin. He even thought that once he left the capital, he would be able to roam the sea and the world was endless. Unexpectedly, the reality made him realize himself bit by bit.
Cao Qiansong and Zuo Qiu Hongyan were not even half a catty above the level of Ding Shi. He couldn't even deal with the peasant rebels who didn't even have a few knives and were holding bamboo poles. His staff saw that Zhao Shigu was working for personal gain without offering any advice. When it was time to hire people, he looked around and found no one available. The local gentry and wealthy merchants were fighting openly and secretly, and everything was tight inside Weiyuan Tower. What else was he thinking about? His ambition scared him so much that he pretended to be ill for a long time and had no intention of arguing. If something happened to Liu Jinyan and he had to come forward, he would continue to pretend.
People can't fight hard, so they can only accept their fate.
Twenty people sent plaques to Zhao Weixian, but they didn't know what they wanted to give to Liang Chuan. They were even more grateful to Liang Chuan from the bottom of their hearts. They found Liang Chuan's home. Liang Chuan was shocked, thinking that these people wanted to rebel. After explaining everyone's intentions, Liang Chuan smiled. Of course he couldn't take their money, let alone their thanks, because he didn't know what he was releasing. Good people or evil people. .
I felt guilty for taking the money.
While the whole county was getting more and more excited, Liang Chuan was also worried. He didn't know what could bring these sea ships into Qingyuan. He spent all day doing nothing in the city accompanying Yi Niang. Many people looked at Liang Chuan more when they saw him. He glanced at it because the novel Taobao store under his name was unknown before, but now it is famous.
Fang Tianding heard about this and made a special trip to Liang Chuan's store to congratulate Liang Chuan. He was a craftsman and knew that the vitality of a product and its competitiveness in the market depended on the quality of the product. Liang Chuan gave him some advice and produced several items. Product quality has gone to a new level. If Liang Chuan's products would attract the attention of officials, he would not be surprised at all.
After meeting Fang Tianding, Liang Chuan suddenly thought of Lu Liang. He had to make some toys for his children. He was so busy during this period that he forgot about it.
The shop in Luliang is always busy. Carpenters in this era are one of the most popular craftsmen. No one can live without two pieces of ironware, but cannot live without two stools. Luliang's wife was pregnant with Liujia, and her bulky body was no different from that of a Yi Niang. Ever since her father took her eldest brother back to her hometown, she and Luliang were the only two partners in this store, and their lives were more prosperous than before.
When Lu's wife saw Liang Chuan coming to the store, she greeted Liang Chuan with her hands on her waist and called Lu Liang. Liang Chuan didn't dare to let this pregnant woman work for him, so he let her rest and took a look in the store.
There are a lot of leftover materials in the store, with edges and squares, and wooden blocks of various shapes scattered around. The carpentry shop is never clean. There are always some sawdust on the floor, not to mention the scraps.
Lu Liang had previously made a lot of medicine shelves for Zhuang's drug store because of Liang Chuan's introduction to a large business, and it took many days to complete the work.
Lu Liang never thought that a drug store as big as Zhuang's Drug Store could be connected to Liangchuan. The owner of the drug store was extra polite to him when he was working. In the past, ordinary people who worked as carpenters would be more polite to them. These big businessmen were not Will look at them seriously.
"Master, you are here."
Liang Chuan saw that the boy looked good, so he hummed, pulled up a stool and sat down.
"Master, do you want water or tea?"
Liang Chuan waved his hand and said: "I'm not thirsty. I may have to go back to Fengshan in a few days. My child may be born a few days later than your wife. Fengshan doesn't have a carpenter as good as you, so hurry up. Come here and let you make a few toys first, so that the children can play with them later."
"Just tell me what you want to do." When Lu Liang heard that it was for a child, he immediately became interested, because his child was also about to be born.
He is a carpenter, but he hopes that his child will be more promising and can read and take the imperial examination. Even if he is not good at literature and martial arts, it will not be too late to come back and learn the craft from him.
Liang Chuan pointed to the scraps on the ground and said, "How do you usually deal with these scraps?"
Lu Liang looked at the scraps on the ground in surprise, pointed at them and said, "Are these?"
Liang Chuan nodded.
Lu Liang said: "Throw it into the stove and use it as firewood. These scraps are of no use. They are like chicken ribs. It is a pity to throw them away. Fortunately, they can still be used as firewood."
Liang Chuan said: "Have you ever heard of what building blocks are?"
Lu Liang shook his head blankly.
Liang Chuan said: "Your scraps can be cut into fixed shapes. These shapes can form houses or pagodas, or objects of various shapes. This kind of toy can exercise children's hand-eye coordination and cultivate children's observation skills. .”
Lu Liang still didn't understand. After all, he hadn't seen it before. It was a bit abstract.
Liang Chuan obtained the drawings and drew them on the drawings. The shapes were generally very simple, including cuboids, cubes, cylinders, etc., with different shapes and lengths. A professional like Lu Liang would know at a glance that it is just a simple piece of wood, but it is not as delicate as the tenon effect, so it must be assembled accurately.
"Is this thing really good for children?" Lu Liang asked.
"Of course there are benefits. I just said that this toy can cultivate children's sense of space and imagination, and it can also cultivate children's creativity. Children are different from us. This toy is too childish for us, and it is not difficult for them. It’s too small.”
Lu Liang nodded in agreement, asking his children to learn mortise and tenon structure. They are young and cannot understand many structures, which he fully understands.
"There are also these scraps that you can put together to make a little wooden horse rocking chair."
Liang Chuan slowly drew on the drawing and drew an extremely ugly pony. The bottom of the rocking chair was made of two bent pieces of wood, and four horse legs supported the balance between the horse seat and the base. Children especially liked this kind of toy.
Lu Liang took a look at the pony, which was painted like a monster. Liang Chuan's old face turned red, but he understood the design at a glance. He had never seen it before, but children should like it.
"My boss, you look so careless, how could you think of so many children's toys in such a delicate way?"
Liang Chuan didn't know how to respond to Lu Liang's words. They had never seen these toys before, but they were all over the street. If he had a patent, he could make a lot of money.
