When it rains most, it will rain. As soon as the sun sets from the west, a rain cloud floats over the east, and it cracks all night. Not only does it stop the next day, but it also gets heavier and heavier.

Xu Ping stood at the door, looking at the endless rain, and sighed deeply. This is the situation that the weather is not going to be as expected. Seeing that there is a good harvest this year, it rains like this when the rain season is about to end. The sugar cane will grow when it rains. It must be stopped for a few days before the rain can continue to collect. People can only watch and worry.

Huang Tianbiao wore a straw raincoat and saw Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang coming towards him, and said loudly: "Qilang, Gao Daquan, let's have a drink together! A new restaurant has opened in the town, and there is a snowflake-like beef every day. You people in the Central Plains have nothing to eat, so don't miss it. There is no work to do in the field after such heavy rain. After eating wine, I will catch a few good fish together!"

Gao Daquan shook his head: "Go to the county magistrate Huang, the official told us that we still have work. How can we be as free as the county magistrate?"

Huang Tianbiao stomped his feet: "It's a pity that you two are not idle in rainy days! I'm just boring to eat wine and meat. I'm going to find Tan Jie's level. You two follow the judge to work, so he's idle?"

After saying that, he turned around and walked quickly towards Tan Hu's residence.

Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang looked at each other and sighed together.

The surrounding area is getting more and more lively, and restaurants, inns and teahouses have been opened, forming a prosperous town between Ruhe County and Xuping’s station. Recently, it was the sugar-fighting season, and scattered merchants began to settle in, and they wanted to sell new sugar this year to sell. The goods were fresh and the business was about early arrival.

As merchants come, restaurants become more particular, with female prostitutes singing songs and silver cups that are used by customers. Recently, a tiled piece has been built on the open space outside the town against the river, and various jugglings inside attract people from far and near to see them.

This is Xu Ping's territory. In order to recruit people, several barbarian lords from nearby mountains gathered here and called this small town "Little Kaifeng" in Lingnan. Although the area of ​​the entire town is not as large as a tile in Kaifeng City, it does not prevent people from imagining the prosperity of the capital here.

Huang Tianbiao's personality of eating, playing and making fun. He left this restaurant and entered that restaurant, and soon forgotten wherever he was. In the past month, he had a date with a man who came to sing music from Wuzhou. He was so obsessed that he felt uncomfortable all over when he didn't see him for a day, and he was even sleeping in the town every day.

Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang don’t have such good fortune. They can still be crazy when they are free. Where can they get free when they are busy? Xu Ping brought them tens of thousands of miles away, but he didn’t let him travel, and they had to do all kinds of chores. Who made them use them more conveniently than others?

When he arrived at the large papermaking shed, Sun Qilang went to debug the machine and turned to ask Gao Daquan: "By the way, did the official say that the paper should be thicker today?"

"That's right! You can have a snack, and it's best to make it once or twice. It's done long ago, so we can go to the town for fun. Don't look at it raining today, you have to know that everyone is idle in this weather, and the town is crowded with people."

Sun Qilang smiled and said, "Are you not interested in a girl in the town like Huang Tianbiao? Not to mention that, I have recently come to sing music from Jingnan, and they look really beautiful!"

"Do you think everyone is like you? When you get to the town, you go to see the woman! Recently, a person who said three points in the Wazizi was not bad, and it was not worse than what the assistant teacher in the capital said. I was about to listen!"

"Are there three points here?"

Gao Daquan turned his head and saw Xu Ping coming in from outside. He hurriedly said, "Yes, I didn't expect that, I said it well and came alive. I heard that this assistant teacher was in Fuzhou before, and somehow he had wandered here."

Xu Ping nodded and said, "It's difficult. When will you take me to listen. These people are different from the usual juggling. They are talking about loyal ministers and good generals who can educate customs."

Gao Daquan responded, and the interest in discussing Cao Liu's story with Xu Ping was disbanded. The official was very concerned about the judging, and he also thought about the customs of education when listening to the story.

Xu Ping didn't care. He wanted to hear how much different the current Three Kingdoms story was from what he knew. He was not in the mood in the capital before, but now he was in an interest. As long as there were stories about the Three Kingdoms story, there were those who specifically talked about the Three Kingdoms story, and his attitude was clear. The Song people respected Liu and demoted Cao. When Cao Cao won, they gritted their teeth. Some people heard Liu Bei's troubles, so they shed tears, which was much more immersed in the play than later generations.

Sitting on the stool, Xu Ping said again: "Actually, Qilang is not wrong. You two are over thirty years old and are not young. You can go out for a long time if you have nothing to do. If you meet a woman who is kind, it is also worth starting a family and starting a business. Don't worry about money. If you have me, you will never let you lose face."

Sun Qilang said: "Official, you say I'm old. I'm only twenty-eight years old, and tall and only in my thirties! But he's not in a hurry!"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "How come I remember that when I was in Zhongmu, you were twenty-eight years old. I still envied Lu Song. Forget it, don't care about this. It's true that you find someone to get married sooner, and don't care about any barbarians and Han people. As long as you have a good temperament, you will make a decision early and I will take the lead to get things done for you."

Gao Daquan was not very concerned about women's affairs. He didn't like to listen to these things. He said to Sun Qilang, who was standing there and listening to them, "Qilang, have you adjusted it?"

"Okay! OK!"

When he heard Sun Qilang say yes, Xu Ping called over the soldiers standing aside and said to Gao Daquan: "Today you were calling them to work. Tan Hu asked for leave, saying that there were guests at home and they were going to entertain others. It is not easy for him to leave home all year round. You two should be considerate."

Gao Daquan responded, looked at Sun Qilang, turned his back and forced himself to laugh. Tan Hu was indeed more adept than the two of them. He dared to make up lies and ask for leave to drink with Huang Tianbiao. When he came back in the evening, the two of them had to kill him.

The people below told some harmless lies, but Xu Ping couldn't tell which one was true or which one was false, and he was too lazy to tell them clearly. Sometimes he was very confused when he was a human being. Xu Ping was very careful in the big verses, and sometimes he let them make trouble, keeping his servants tightly, and being worried every day was not a good thing.

Gao Daquan commanded the hot fire path, and Xu Ping ordered the temperature to be higher, and the paper to be made today is thicker.

After getting ready, a soldier brought the pulp over, and Sun Qilang slowly shook the machine. The paper was too thick, and the pulp was always unable to hang, and the paper that came out could not be coherent.

While debugging, Sun Qilang asked Xu Ping: "Official, why did you suddenly make such a thick paper?"

Xu Ping shook his head: "There is no way, so much sugar is used to transport it out? Then, it is packed in a bucket and box like last year. Yongzhou can't make it. This paper is made of soaked in tung oil, and it is made into a paper bag for sugar. It is put on a layer of sack outside, so it is not afraid of it when it crosses the ocean."

Try to debug and try to adjust and adjust. I thought it was not troublesome, but I did not release the paper stably until the afternoon.

Xu Ping looked outside, and the rain was still falling, and said to Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang: "You two have been tired for a day, so let's go here today. If you have nothing to do, go to the town for a long time, don't keep it at home all the time."

While wiping his hands, Sun Qilang said: "What the official said is that I usually tell Gao Daquan this way. Naihe is like a piece of wood and he can't listen to Gao Daquan. Gao Daquan, you can hear it. The official asked you to go out for more and find a wife. Come with me to the town later and treat you to the guests!"

Gao Daquan was too lazy to pay attention to Sun Qilang, so he tidied up everything around him, and the two said goodbye to Xu Ping.

After leaving the shed, Sun Qilang grabbed Gao Daquan: "You said, are Huang Tianbiao and Tan Hu still in the town? Let's go and eat Tan Hu's salary for a month!"

"Forget it, Tan Jiejia still has to support his family. He can spend money like us!"

Sun Qilang shook his head as he walked: "Gao Daquan, if you have nothing to do, just go out with me for more. You also support your family. Tan Hu's salary is completely eaten and drunk every month. The support of the family depends on the rewards given by our officials. How much is the salary? His reward is similar to that of our two, and his family has recently opened a new house."

Gao Daquan kept silent and did not match Sun Qilang's words. The three of them were romantic and romantic, Gao Daquan had no hobby. Apart from drinking, they rarely went out to make trouble with them.

The two of them changed their clothes from the place, and were full of energy. They wore big bamboo hats, straw raincoats, and newly weaved straw sandals. They walked out the door with big strides.

When I arrived outside the door, I saw Xiuxiu holding an oil-paper umbrella under the tree, looking at this side.

Sun Qilang raised his voice: "Xiuxiu, why are you disobedient again? The official said that it rained and thundered, don't stand under the big tree. A flash of lightning came down and burned your body!"

Xiuxiu was shocked and stomped her feet and said to Sun Qilang: "Brother Qi, don't scare me anymore. I'm timid these two days!"

Sun Qilang muttered curiously: "Make a mistake, why is the little girl so easy to talk to today?"

Xiuxiu waved to the two of them: "Come here, I have something to say to you."

The two were curious and got together under the tree where Xiuxiu stood.

Seeing the two approaching, Xiuxiu hesitated again and waved to Sun Qilang: "Brother Qi, go and play, Brother Gao is enough alone."

The more I said this, the more I refused. I always felt that Xiuxiu had something good to hide from her, so I leaned forward and said, "Xiuxiu, if there is any good thing you can't forget Brother Qi. Although I was not here two years ago, don't forget that whether it was in the Central Plains in the past or here now, the Qixiu would get you any fun things. With the benefits, why did you rush me out?"

Xiuxiu said with a bitter face: "There is nothing good this time. I want someone to help me go to the barbarians. Brother Gao is strong and flexible. Can you do it with Brother Qi?"

"Oh, why didn't you say it earlier?" Sun Qilang jumped away, "Is the barbarian place easy to go? Forget it. When I didn't hear it, you can discuss it slowly. I'll go to Huang County Magistrate for a drink!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Qilang turned around and ran down the mountain. It was thanks to his skillfulness that he did not fall down in the rain and slippery ground.

Xiuxiu turned around and looked at Gao Daquan pitifully: "Brother Gao, can you help me? You won't leave me and run away like Brother Qi, right?"

Gao Daquan looked at Xiuxiu and sighed: "Forget it, if you have any questions, just talk about it. I can still help with small matters. If you have any questions, go and tell the officials honestly about the big matters."

"Don't tell the officials. He just said to me the day before yesterday. It's the first time I've talked about me in so many years!" Xiuxiu couldn't help crying when she mentioned this, "But I'm in trouble again! Brother Gao, please help me!"

Gao Daquan could only sigh: "If you have something to do, do you say it!"

"The day before yesterday, Sister Liu Xiaomei came to me, and I was told by the officials when I came out! -Okay, I won't say this. Sister Liu said that her brother was sick and she wanted to go back to take care of her brother. She left for two days and told me not to tell others. If she hadn't come back yet, she would tell the officials to stay for a few more days."

Gao Daquan breathed out: "Xiuxiu, what a big deal? On such a rainy day, even if Liu Xiaomei wants to come back, she can't walk the mountain road. You can wait for two days."

"But I just asked the barbarians who came to the town, and Sister Liu's brother was not sick at all!"
Chapter completed!