In the imperial study, Sima Yan and Xiao Dezi were discussing the candidate for prime minister.

Sima Yan said: "Why don't the prime minister decide that Renyin will be the number one scholar?"

Xiao Dezi thought for a while and said, "The emperor is talking about Chen Bitang?"

Sima Yan nodded and said, "Yes, he is the most talented person in this dynasty."

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, but Chen Bitang's whereabouts are unknown now."

"Why is his whereabouts unknown? If I remember correctly, he seems to be an official in the border area. After so many years, he should at least be the prefect."

"I don't know the specific situation."

"Go check it out."

"yes."

A few days later, Xiao Dezi reported the results of the investigation:

"When Chen Bitang and his wife went to take office, on the way, his wife Shen Zhaoxia was raped by bandits. Chen Bitang blamed Shen Zhaoxia for not committing suicide and divorced her. Since then, he offended Prime Minister Shen Tao. Shen Tao dismissed him from his official position. Chen Bitang So he lived in Xiqiang and raised horses for the Xiqiang people."

"Absurd! The most talented man in this dynasty actually raised horses for the barbarians. How does this bring shame to the dynasty? The decree was quickly passed on, and Chen Bitang came to Beijing immediately. I appointed him as prime minister!"

"yes!"

Xiao Dezi turned around and was about to deliver the order.

"Wait a minute, we have the candidate for the prime minister, but what about the candidate for the general? Xiao Dezi, do you have a suitable candidate?"

Xiao Dezi hesitated for a moment and said nothing.

Seeing his hesitation, Sima Yan said: "Don't have any worries in front of me. Just tell me who you want to recommend."

Xiao Dezi hesitated and said: "I have a good friend. I think he can be a general, but he is not from our country."

"Oh, then what tribe is he?"

"He is from Shanghai."

In the coastal area of ​​​​Liujin Sea to the east of the Jin Dynasty, there is a huge peninsula connected to the Zhongping area. This is Shanghaibo Island, where many Shanghaibo people live.

Shanghai Bo was divided into many tribes, and the tribe closest to Zhongping had the closest relationship with the Jin Dynasty.

In a village of this tribe closest to the Zhongping area, most of the people here make a living by polishing stones.

In a very dilapidated stonemason's shop, a thin and dark boy was grinding the teeth on the upper turning plate of the stone grinder.

The work of this mason is very hard. Not only does it require strength, but it also requires choking on a lot of stone chips in the air.

This young man seemed to be an apprentice, and his movements were very unskilled. No, another grinding tooth was chipped by him.

The grinding teeth on the rotating disc of the upper fan of the stone mill must be arranged neatly, otherwise they cannot match the grooves on the fixed disc of the lower fan.

The young man was stunned.

This is not the case for him today. The stone mill is probably scrapped. It seems that he will have to hang himself again today.

"Mahazi, are you blind? How many grinding teeth have you worn out today? How many stone mills have you scrapped this month? If all the masons here were like you, we would starve to death!" said the old man who led the shift. The mason roared upon seeing this.

The masons around also looked at the young man with contempt.

"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you take your bedding and get out of here!" The old stonemason issued an eviction order.

Mahazi had no choice but to take his luggage and walk out of the mason's shop. It was still raining outside. His bedding was all wet and he was shivering with cold.

The world is so big that he doesn’t know where to go.

Mahazi was an orphan. When he was born, his parents thought he was ugly and threw him into the sea. A kind man rescued him.

Mahazi means "people fished out of the water" in the local language.

After he was rescued, he lived with his uncle. Later, when his uncle passed away, he wandered around and worked odd jobs to make ends meet.

After being kicked out of the mason's shop, he looked for work everywhere in order to make a living.

A new teahouse opened in the city that day, and he applied to be a tea doctor.

Seeing his honest look, the boss asked him: "Have you done this before?"

He shook his head.

The boss saw that he didn't seem to be smart, so he was a little reluctant to use him.

He is a relatively diligent person. When he saw that the door was a little dirty, there happened to be a broom next to the door, so he picked up the broom and started sweeping it.

Seeing how diligent he was, the boss decided to hire him.

On the first day the teahouse opened, because everything was free, many people came to drink tea.

There were not many waiters in the teahouse. The boss and his whole family came to work, and everyone was so busy that they just managed to carry out the business on the first day.

That night, the boss and his family stayed in the teahouse. Mahazi had no place to stay, so he stayed in the teahouse.

Mahazi was not too sleepy and cleaned the chamber pot for his boss. However, he was so sleepy that he finally fell asleep next to the boss's chamber pot.

At dawn the next day, the teahouse was crowded with guests coming to drink tea.

Because everyone loves to take advantage of others, when they heard that drinking tea was free, they rushed over in droves and surrounded the teahouse.

While Mahazi was still sleeping hazily, he heard someone shouting: "Tea, tea!"

Without saying a word, he picked up the teapot and rushed out!

He put the teapot on the guest's table and was about to turn around and leave.

Unexpectedly, the guest suddenly shouted: "This is a teapot! This is a chamber pot!"

Everyone saw a chamber pot placed on his table, which still smelled like urine.

The crowd roared.

Mahazi was also dumbfounded, completely dumbfounded.

It was he who placed the chamber pot on the guest's table, but he mistook the chamber pot for a teapot in his daze.

The boss was so angry after hearing the news that his whole family went into battle together, punching and kicking Ma Hazi almost to death.

Mahazi walked out of the teahouse with bruises and swellings on his face.

He began to look for work everywhere again.

Many people who knew him were hiding from him like the god of plague.

Later, a bathhouse opened, and he applied for a job as a boilermaker.

The water in the bathhouse must be between a certain temperature, neither too cold nor too hot. This needs to be controlled by the boiler worker himself.

It's different for him to be a boilermaker. He doesn't care about anything, he just burns, keeps burning, mom sells batches, burn, go to hell, burn!

As a result, the water in the bathhouse was almost boiled dry for him.

As for the guests taking a bath in the bathhouse, of course all of them ran away. If they didn't run away, they would have to shed their skin. If anyone ran slowly, he would be like a pig scalded to death by boiling water.

Later, he worked as an apprentice in a porcelain shop.

Within a few days, there was no good porcelain in the porcelain shop, and all the porcelain was smashed by Mahazi.

Of course, Ma Hazi didn't mean it. He also said loudly: "I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it!"

But everyone around him was looking at him angrily.

After the boss heard the news, he had the intention to kill!

He really wanted to pierce all the porcelain fragments into Mahazi!

When Mahazi saw his boss coming, he knew that he had committed a serious sin, so he remained silent and waited for the boss's punishment.

Seeing him, the boss calmed down and asked calmly: "You can't stay here anymore, where are you going to go?"

Mahazi murmured: "I want to go to a smoked barbecue restaurant."
Chapter completed!