Whether a person is talented or not can be seen by his appearance.
For example, when Yun Chu was young, he looked more like a boy than a girl. However, in recent years, as his muscle mass has increased, his appearance has undergone some changes, and no one will mistake him for a woman anymore.
In addition, he is well-educated, has always been gentle and gentle to others, and can speak well. Therefore, as long as people see Yun Chu, they will think that he is a young talent with a great future.
Di Renjie is a talented man of another kind. Although he is now pot-bellied and fat-headed, as long as you see the way he works, his fat body no longer looks bloated and fat, but gives people a kind of
An extremely reliable feeling of Yuan Ting and Yue Zhi.
Gentle's body is naturally thin, and the whole person is soft and weak, but his facial features are extremely agile. When he talks about rumors, his eyebrows are full of joy, and even his big eyes are full of wisdom.
In the eyes of many people, this is wisdom that is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Zhong Kui is different. When he is with Yun Chu, Di Renjie and Wen Wenwen, others will only think that he is a vicious thug!
When Yunchu, Di Renjie, and Wen Wenwen circled Zhong Kui several times, Wen Wen took up the copied test paper of Zhong Kui and admired it again. Then, he looked at Zhong Kui again and said, "Reincarnation is a technical job, you went to the wrong door.
, got into the belly of the butcher’s wife?”
Di Renjie also praised: "Not only is your article clever, but it is also full of light of wisdom, and you also have your own outstanding insights. If this article were given to Yun Chu, the emperor would praise you like a flower in the court."
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Yun Chu admired and said: "If you don't learn martial arts, why should you learn literature? You must know that literati are just a bunch of handsome dogs who only look at their faces and not their faces."
Zhong Kui looked at the three people speechlessly, then grabbed one of the legs of Yun Chu's desk with one hand, lifted it up easily, then gently put it down, and said to Yun Chu: "I am born with supernatural powers. I am fourteen years old."
When I was young, I could no longer find an opponent. If I don’t study literature, what do you want me to study?”
Yunchu and the other three smashed their teeth and looked at Zhong Kui without saying anything for a long time.
Finally, he still said softly and doubtfully: "The fact that Yun Chu was able to control tens of thousands of Turkic troops at the age of fourteen was basically exaggerated by us ten times.
If you can't find an opponent at the age of fourteen, who will do it for you?"
Zhong Kui picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea and said, "Daozhang Li, Chunfeng."
Wen Wen nodded and said, "That makes sense. Without Li Chunfeng's recommendation, you wouldn't even have a chance to enter the examination room. So, you are taking the Jinshi exam this time, right?"
Zhong Kui smiled and said, "Exactly."
After answering his gentle words, Zhong Kui said to Yun Chu: "I wonder where the county magistrate plans to place Zhong Kui to do business?"
Yun Chu said with a smile: "I have five hundred bad guys, who will be used to investigate and punish the guilty, and to clean up the laws and regulations in Chang'an, so that the good can walk on the road, and the bad guys will have no escape. The reasons for both big and small can be determined with one sentence. Now
If there is a lack of a commander, I wonder if Zhong Kui is qualified?"
Zhong Kui said: "Even if I hand him over to a certain family, within half a year, the evildoers in Wannian County will have no way to escape."
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "Not only that, I, the five hundred bad guys, also need to be able to defeat the enemy outside the country with strong tenacity when the foreign enemy invades."
Zhong Kui chuckled and said: "A certain family is also familiar with military books. Although the marching formation is not as good as that of the veteran generals, but the method of training soldiers, Zhong Kui thinks that he can be proud of others."
Yun Chu laughed and said, "In this case, five hundred bad guys will be entrusted to you."
As he spoke, he took a bronze medal from the table and handed it to Zhong Kui.
Zhong Kui held the bronze medal in his hand and asked, "Where are the five hundred subordinates of a certain family?"
Yunchu sent a handyman to summon Zhang Jia and ordered him to take Zhong Kui to Fangshi to hand over the matter of bad persons.
Di Renjie frowned and said, "Are you too careless?"
Yun Chu said: "You don't invite traitors to yourself, and you don't defend yourself when you are loyal. Traitors harm the country, and loyal people harm themselves. Since it is difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treachery, you and I should be careful in our words and deeds."
Gentle said: "Let's give it a try first. If nothing else, his appearance alone is powerful enough to intimidate him.
All we have to do is provide him with enough money and food."
Di Renjie smiled and said: "This is the benefit of being rich. Using food and grass as horses and money as spears will lead to disadvantage in every direction."
Yun Chu said: "This is why I have always asked Wannian County to become rich. As long as we are rich enough, we don't have to take risks ourselves. There will be many, many people willing to take risks for us."
She smiled softly and said, "So, you are ready to open one or two cotton textile workshops that are not under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, right?"
Yun Chu nodded and said: "The amount of cotton planted this year will be more than ten times that of last year. With such a large amount of cotton, Baiqisi's cotton spinning workshop cannot handle it. Besides, based on the regulations I formulated for Baiqisi cotton spinning workshop,
, it is not for civilian use.
If the requirements for cotton textiles for civilian use are as strict as those of Baiqisi cotton textile workshops, the price of cotton products will simply not be affordable by ordinary people.
The reason why cotton products were created was actually to allow the people of the Tang Dynasty to live a better life, and they cannot be strictly limited to military products."
"So, when you arranged the military supplies first, you just wanted the court to take this matter seriously, right?"
"Yes, the laws of the Tang Dynasty stipulated what people could and could not grow on their land. They had the highest requirements for staple foods. Therefore, more than 80% of the land must be mainly rice, wheat, millet, and millet. The remaining 20% of the fields and their own
Other cash crops can be grown only in Yongye fields.
However, the price of food in Datang was relatively low, which made it basically impossible for farmers to become rich by growing staple food.
The imperial court also strongly encouraged the people to engage in small self-sufficient living circles, which resulted in the fact that apart from having food to eat, money was of little use to them.
During this trip to the countryside, you have also seen that parallel exchanges of barter are the largest form of transaction in the countryside. This kind of exchange of what is needed will only lock the people's living standards firmly at a certain level.
Even if another thousand years pass, their living standards will still not change significantly.
I want to change the lives of these people through cotton planting, break their comfortable circle with no hope of development, and then gain a new countryside.
Jinchangfang and Qujiangfang are actually very real examples. The names of these two cities have become household names in Wannian County. Therefore, it will be very beneficial for us to promote cotton planting in the next step."
Di Renjie said: "That's fine. Try not to conflict with Baiqisi. There is a lot of cotton this year and they can't eat it. It's not Wannian County that wants to take food from them.
I thought Pei Xingjian from Chang'an County could be put to reasonable use. Although Pei Xingjian had changed a lot this time when he returned, his habit of being overly happy with his achievements has not changed.
As long as Wannian County vigorously expands cotton planting, then Chang'an County will definitely follow suit. After the cotton is harvested and the military products are weaved in one go, we will be the only ones in the Tang Dynasty who have the ability to digest and absorb these cottons. By then
, we can make another fortune from Chang’an County.”
Wen Wen shook his head and said: "You can trick Pei Xingjian, but you can't trick Pei Xingjian and the people of Chang'an County at the same time.
I think there is still a lot of knowledge that can be learned here. How to blame Pei Xingjian alone and enrich the entire Chang'an County needs careful consideration."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "Let's take it one step at a time. After all, cotton is still just a seed and has not yet taken shape."
Di Renjie opened the window, looked at the willows outside the window and said, "Look, the willows have begun to sprout."
The willows are sprouting and the grass in the corner is turning green, which heralds the arrival of spring in Chang'an again.
It's just that spring in Chang'an is different from spring in the south. Spring always has to fight winter several times before it finally wins.
So, what was just a falling spring rain suddenly turned into howling cold wind and heavy snow.
The buds blooming on the willows cannot dye Chang'an green, but the heavy snow in front of us has covered Chang'an with a thick layer of winter clothes.
In the pure white world, the blue-gray Big Wild Goose Pagoda is particularly eye-catching.
Yu Xiurong took her three children and went home in a carriage under the protection of Naha and Cui.
Each of them had rosy cheeks. They took a nice hot bath in the Yun family's exclusive bathhouse and took a good steam. This cold day was not so sad.
Li Si got her head out of the carriage window and let the white snow fall on her big head. She looked so stupid that Yu Xiurong couldn't pull her back.
Yu Xiurong had no choice but to kick Naha on the butt to make her retract her head first. Otherwise, the child Li Si would not retract her head no matter what.
The horseshoes were special, and Yun Chu appeared beside the carriage, and pushed Naha's head back arrogantly, and then pushed Li Si's head back as well. Immediately, the cries of a group of children could be heard in the carriage.
The good mood that Yu Xiurong had just had after taking a sauna was gone in an instant. After finally coaxing the three crying children, she said to her husband outside the window: "My husband came back earlier today."
Yun Chu said: "I'm not busy with official duties."
Naha quickly got out of the carriage, jumped on her brother's horse, and got into her brother's fox fur cloak, revealing her face and winking at Yu Xiurong proudly.
Yu Xiurong immediately said to Yun Chu: "Yesterday, your sister beat Pei Xingjian's wife away with a stick at Gongsun's house. They sent a greeting card, and she is just waiting for you, the master, to come home and give an explanation."
Yun Chu smiled proudly.
"Hit it lightly."
Yu Xiurong said in surprise: "My husband just beat the Zhonglang General who was leading the left army guard to pieces in Taiji Palace, and your sister beat a good county lady to a pulp. Could it be said that from now on, our Yun family
Do you just make a living by beating people?"
Yun Chu looked at the snow-covered Chang'an City and gritted his teeth and said, "I hate the unchanging Chang'an City!"