The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 114: Watermelon in the Northern Song Dynasty

The phenomenon of getting a son-in-law under the list was popular for a while, and many people even ignored that Jinshi might have married a wife or how old they were. Later, it developed into a "pre-sale type", that is, before the scientific examination, the promising and possible high school plans were set.

Even the high-ranking officials in the prime minister's position had the behavior of arresting sons-in-law, which is evident at this time.

The person who arrested Zhisheng looked like he was just a wealthy businessman. Fortunately, if he was an official, it would be difficult to handle it. At this time, he might also wear a gang after he is fooled.

Yun Yan looked back at the man's family and argued that he should have caught it right. Although the hair is short, is it normal to not look at the clothes? He hurried forward, "What are you doing? Capture our layman."

The middle-aged people suddenly realized that since they are laymen, it makes sense. Some pious laymen, or have planned to become a monk in the future, will indeed shave their hair.

"You still don't let people go!" The middle-aged man hurriedly scolded, and then apologized, "I'm really embarrassed, I have admitted the wrong person."

Yun Yan waited for the people to hug Zhisheng over, rushing to accuse him, and then didn't dare to stay for a long time, lest he would be caught again, and hurriedly left. And of course that person wasn't in the mood to argue with them, so he hurried to catch other Jinshi.

After going out for a long time, Zhisheng said in a panic, "It scared me to death..."

Everyone laughed. They didn't expect to be frightened before the surprise, but this fright seemed to scare Zhisheng who was in a daze.

Zhisheng touched his short hair, a little bit dumbfounded, "Fortunately, if it weren't for this hair, I would be innocent."

"Exactly, with the appearance of our Zhisheng, it is too dangerous!" Yun Yan said directly to the point. At this moment, it is more or less old. There are really few conditions like Zhisheng.

First of all, Zhisheng is twenty-six years old this year. Although he is a second-degree Jinshi, he is definitely young and ambitious. There are many Jinshi grandchildren. And because he had been a monk before, he didn't marry a wife. Not to mention that look, beautiful and lovely, especially in line with the aesthetics of this time, it is simply a killer of men and women.

Everyone made fun of Zhisheng and went to Daxiangguo Temple to celebrate.

The two brothers of Zhisheng, Zhihe and Zhili, were almost crying with joy. After all, they didn't expect that there would be such a day at the beginning, and they always thought they would be a black house for a lifetime.

In fact, before the Zhisheng exam, Zhihe asked Yun Yan to talk back. Even if the Zhisheng passed the exam, he and Zhili were still willing to be Yun Yanhui's horse. Yun Yan couldn't laugh or cry back, he really didn't think so much.

There was no adult man in the family, and Yun Yan wanted to do something to make money again, so he took three horses. And now, not to mention the appearance of Fu Yunfeng, he and Shuang Yi are both able to stand up to the problem, and Xiaobao has also studied very well, and there is really no need for their brothers to be like this.

Yun Yan could only take a picture of Zhihe. After all, after getting along for so long, knowing that they are worthy of trust, he said that he doesn't need to feel too owed. What kind of era is this, and there is a kind of desperate thinking. He both got them both in. Kaifeng Mansion is here, just to help them completely whitewash.

Only then did Chihwa understand, and his heart was even more moved. Although he didn't say anything, he understood in his heart that although he is now in Kaifeng Mansion, the number one service target is still Brother Yan.

On the side of Zhisheng, he passed the exam, and then he has to wait for the official appointment.

Yun Yan went back to him directly and asked him where he wanted to work. Here he sees if he can find a relationship activity.

Zhisheng pondered for a while, and said, "I hope I can go to Sansi."

"I have ideals! Haha," Yun Yan said with a smile, "then do you have any specific places you want to go?"

"Really," Zhisheng smiled slightly, "I want to be a supervisor."

Yun Yan was surprised, "What?"

The so-called prison officials actually refer to a wide range of areas. Tea, wine, salt, taxes, rice warehouses, etc. all need to be monitored, and they are available in various places, especially in business centers. This type of official has very different status in the hearts of different people.

Because Dasong emphasized business and profit, he often made a lot of money when he was in office. Even if he was not greedy for ink and had such a relationship, it would be extremely easy to make extra money. On the other hand, scholars don't like this official position and stay away from it.

Therefore, a peculiar situation was created. Officials who were scholars did not want to be prison officials, and the court and they would also send such people to remote places as punishment. And some officials with sour interest will do everything possible to become supervisory officials.

Before that, there hadn’t been any prospective official with a jinshi background who voluntarily asked to be a prison officer. Doing so before entering the officialdom is equivalent to splashing ink on himself. Is the official voice still good in the future?

Therefore, Yun Yanhui was very surprised at Zhisheng's thoughts.

Zhisheng shrugged and said indifferently, "I found out that I am interested in making money just like you."

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Oh my god, it turns out that Zhisheng was taken crooked by him!

Yun Yan returned bitterly and tried to persuade Zhisheng, but Zhisheng was determined. He had designed everything to be an official in charge. By the way, he earned extra money. After he accumulated the principal, he could do his own business and make money for the officials. Wrong.

In the past, Zhisheng was always helping Yun Yan back, but now, he wants to try it himself.

After Yun Yan found out that he had actually made a three-to-five year plan, he knew that he would not be able to persuade him, so he had to think in his heart, in this case, let him run it, at least make some hype to make people think he was Taishi Pang framed her, so she has to go to be a prison officer...

Yun Yan recalled that since Zhisheng had already decided, what he could do was to draw Zhisheng to the tea case. In this case, at least he had friendship with Zou Xuelai and could take care of one or two.

The new jinshi is arranged by the official department, and the supervising officer is usually recommended by the third division. At least he has the right to make a decision. Zhisheng is a wonderful work, so Yun Yan went back to Zou Xuelai, asked him to lead the line, and assigned Zhisheng to the third division. He was responsible for serving as a tea supervisor in Heqiu County, Kaifeng Prefecture.

The supervisor will serve for two years. Sophie hopes to be evaluated for excellence, and then transferred back to Tokyo within three terms.

After Yun Yan went back to work, he finalized the matter, only then found out that he seemed to be carrying a scapegoat for some reason.

I originally wanted to plant it to Master Pang, but who knows, he didn't plant it successfully!

Because the things he discussed with Zhisheng did not go out, when outsiders saw that he had taken Zhisheng activities to the tea case, they thought it was for profit that he put a promising Ma Tsaisai as a prison officer.

The prison officer, in Shilin's eyes, is more than a muddy flow, it is simply a mudslide!

To be so cruel, worthy of being you-know-who from Daxiangguo Temple.

Yun Yan just felt wronged in return! Although Zhisheng has become like this, he has certain responsibilities, but believe him, he wants Zhisheng to go to a good place more than anyone else. If Zhisheng speaks, he guesses that he can cheekily go to the government, can he put Zhisheng into the imperial academy.

There is nowhere to go, so I can only give up. It's so sad that he can be a boss with such kindness, okay?

Moreover, before and after Zhisheng took office, there was still a happy event.

——That is, the watermelon that Yunyan replanted is finally ripe!

I have been looking forward to it for several months, and when Yun Yan heard the news, he almost cried with joy.

Mother, there are watermelons to eat!

Yun Yanhui was very excited, and specially called up all his relatives and friends to have a melon tasting party at Daxiangguo Temple.

From relatives of the Miao nationality, Zheng Ling, Zhao Yunchu and his brothers, to colleagues in Kaifeng, including F4, Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, Gongsun Ce, and colleagues in the tea case... etc., except for those who were busy with official duties. , Such as Bao Zheng, the others are basically called past.

The melon-planting monks of Daxiangguo Temple deliberately picked hundreds of ripe watermelons. These are the first batch of ripe watermelons. Because they are planted by the water, they are quite big. The monks who have tasted them say they are also very sweet. .

Yun Yan excitedly opened a melon, and then he was shocked.

"My melon... how could this be?"

No one else had eaten watermelon before, and they gathered around, "What's wrong, is this melon broken?"

The monk at Daxiangguo Temple was taken aback, "No, I tried one, it's delicious."

Yun Yan pointed back at the melon, almost incoherent: "No, it, why is there a diaphragm in it... It... I'm going... How does it look like a pomegranate!!"

This melon is amazing. There is actually a white tissue in the middle, which separates the flesh. Each part is about the size of a fist. The tissue is the same as the white part of the melon skin, and the thickness is about one finger.

This watermelon is not what Yun Yanhui is familiar with. The whole piece is full of flesh, but he even has a spoon ready, so he wants to dig it and eat it directly.

The monk who grows melons hesitated and said: "Don't the watermelons grown in Liao country grow like this? Brother Yan, the few melons we drove before were all like this."

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Yun Yan suddenly became messy in the wind. It turned out that ancient watermelons looked like this?

So, the melons he used to eat were probably optimized, so the partitions in the middle were gone?

Thinking about it this way, Yun Yan also felt reasonable. After all, after so many years, it is not surprising that the watermelon looks different. He was just too impressed with the established, and he couldn't accept it for a while.

Seeing other people looking at him nervously, fearing that the melon would not be eaten, Yun Yan said quickly: "It's nothing, it's different from what I thought before. I thought there was more flesh, it's okay, you can eat it."

Yun Yan said back, he took the lead in digging a piece, took a bite, and the sweet juice overflowed in his mouth. Compared with the modern watermelon, it was not bad!

When the other people saw it, they were relieved. Everyone opened the melons and ate them.

Watermelon is very popular. Before this, the most beloved melon is melon. Compared with melon, watermelon has fuller pulp juice, sweeter taste, better taste and bigger size.

"It's no wonder that Ge Yan has to travel all the way to get seeds. I didn't expect Liao to have such a good thing."

"No, no, I heard that they also got the seeds from the Uighur. Ge Yan said that the Uighur's watermelon is more delicious, but the journey is far away..."

"I heard that in Han Dynasty, there were also princes who could taste watermelon, calling it blue-skin honey. This is what I want to taste. It really is like honey!"

...

Yun Yan gnawed half a melon back and asked someone to squeeze the remaining half. He was so excited, Gongsun Ce came over and pushed him. Official?"

Yun Yan stared back at his watermelon juice, absent-mindedly: "Yes, please please the official."

Gongsun Ce: "Then have you thought about how to put it-in case the officials are curious for a while, go to find out how this kind of child came from?"

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Yes, his seeds were purchased by the mission, and the Song Dynasty explicitly prohibited the envoys from purchasing...

It's fine if you don't go. If you get under your nose, it's too arrogant, right? Do you let the officials take care of it or not?

Yun Yan wailed back, "Will it be given? If the official knew that I had something delicious, would he be even more angry!"

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