Guizhuang nodded, "Mr. Zhou ordered people to explore mining in various parts of Shandong, and they were recruited as officials, and they were not as talented as Mr. Presided over the situation. By the way, please accept this."

Song Yingxing opened it and it was a silver note worth ten thousand taels. His face suddenly changed, "Is this?"

Gui Zhuang said: "Mr. "The "Tiangong Kaiwu" has been published in Shandong in large quantities, and the Supervisor is preparing to use it as a special teaching material for Qilu College. I have not obtained my consent in advance before, so I would like to forgive you. The silver notes of this 10,000 taels are the pen payment fees that the Supervisor gave to the Supervisor, and can be exchanged in several major bank houses in Nanjing. Please be sure to accept it."

Song Yingxing put the silver notes on the table and looked at Gui Zhuang and said, "I'm a little puzzled. The first few versions of "The Works of Heavenly Works" have been circulated on the market and can be bought for a few dozen cents. Why is Zhou Dushuai still willing to pay me so much money?"

Guizhuang smiled faintly and said, "I have never been fortunate to meet the governor, but this is what I admire the governor most. He believes that the most expensive thing in the world is not gold and silver, but talents, especially talents like Mr., which are hard to find. Nearly two thousand years since the Emperor of Qin became emperor, each dynasty has either valued literature or both civil and military. But this article is just a moral article, and the one that is really beneficial to the world is extremely unattracted. The governor thinks that such a situation must be changed, and the easiest way is to let the world know that these can bring them benefits, rather than studying for a lifetime without gaining anything else. The governor is famous all over the world for "The Work of Heaven and Things", but more people are unknown for a lifetime. If even a person like Mr. has nothing to gain, wouldn't other people have no hope? The governor wants to borrow you to create a situation where flowers bloom, which is the reason."

In the west city of Jinan, a middle-aged man with a tall body, torn clothes, deep cheeks, and a little hungry, walked to the recruitment place. He looked at the people in a long queue, hesitated for a while, and stood silently in the queue. After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, it was finally his turn. "If I join the army, how much money can I get to settle down?"

The clerk in charge of the record looked up at him, "If you can finally pass the customs and join the army, each person will have a settlement fee of five taels of silver and two dou of miscellaneous grains, and then pay monthly payments will be paid."

The middle-aged man said, "Okay, then I'll be the soldier. Now I'll give me silver and grains."

The clerk waved his hand and pointed to the side and said, "Did you see it there? The twenty-pound stone lock, raised it thirty times, and then you will pass the test."

The middle-aged man frowned and walked slowly over. The soldiers waiting next to him handed the stone lock to him. "Thirty times, you must raise your shoulders, otherwise it won't count."

The middle-aged man nodded gently, and as the soldiers shouted, he began to slowly move the stone lock. At first, the speed was very fast, but it gradually slowed down. Later, every move would exhaust all his strength, and the stone lock seemed to become heavier and heavier. When the thirty was completed, he was sweating heavily and collapsed on the ground with exhaustion.

The soldiers next to him said disdainfully: "Look at how tall you are, why are you so useless? You can be so tired after lifting the stone lock thirty times."

The middle-aged man just gasped, looked at the soldier, and asked calmly, "Is this considered complete?"

The soldier next to him said, "It's done, go and register!"

The clerk asked, "Name, age, origin?"

“What is hometown?”

"Is it someone from where you are?"

"Sun Bao, twenty-six years old, from Bazhou, Hebei."

The clerk wrote what Sun Bao said on the list and asked again: "Do you know how to read? Who else is there in the family?"

Sun Bao looked puzzled, "Is this related to being a soldier?"

The clerk said impatiently: "You will answer whatever I ask, where is there so much nonsense?"

Sun Bao frowned and replied, "When I was a child, I studied in a private school for two years, and there was no one at home, and I was the only one left."

Zhou Xian changed into casual clothes and said to Chen Feng: "I have nothing to do today, so I can accompany me out for a walk."

Chen Feng nodded, "Second Young Master, then I'll tell them and bring a few brothers with us."

Zhou Xian shook his head, "No need to be so troublesome, we can do it."

Wen Kai brought a gift box, from south to north, and from north to south, and then from north to south, outside the mansion again and again. When he turned to the front of the gate again, he suddenly stretched out his right hand and slapped him in the face, whispering: "Grandma, what are you afraid of?" He finally made up his mind and walked forward.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened by itself, and Zhou Xian walked out from inside and saw Wen Kai head-on.

Wen Kai was stunned at first, and saw that he could not avoid it. He quickly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists upward and said, "I have seen the commander-in-chief." But he forgot that he was still holding something in his left hand, and the gift box was overturned, and a round and plate-like object rolled out, just rolling to Zhou Xian's feet.

Zhou Xian looked at Wen Kai, then looked at the copper plate rolling to his feet, and instantly understood a little. He leaned down and squatted down, picked up the copper plate and looked at it, stood up and said, "Get up! Is this what you gave to me?"

Wen Kai quickly stood up and said nervously: "Yes. As soon as he arrived in Jinan, he wanted to give the Supervisor a gift. He didn't know what the Supervisor liked, so he chose this copper plate."

Zhou Xian nodded, "Where did you buy it? How much did you spend?"

Wen Kai said: "Just in the north city, my subordinate saw a farmer setting up a street stall. He said he was dug out from an ancient tomb. It was an object from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it cost 200 taels of silver. My subordinate told him for a long time, and finally took it for 150 taels of silver."

Zhou Xian smiled, "This thing is called a white plate, it is an ancient water container. If it is real, it is indeed very valuable. But this thing is fake! It's fake, and five taels of silver are not worth it."

Wen Kai was stunned, "Fake it?"

Zhou Xian nodded and pointed to the bottom of the plate and said, "Look at the inscription here, only ten and two years ago, Emperor Zhengde of the Great Shang Dynasty, I can confirm it by looking at these words. First, I said that the emperor started with Emperor Ying Zheng of the Great Qin Dynasty. There was no emperor in the Shang Dynasty. Secondly, there was no king called Zhengde in the Shang Dynasty. Only I, the Ming Dynasty, had Emperor Zhengde. If you fake it to this extent, you may only deceive you honest people like you."

Wen Kai's face was flushed, and he stood there embarrassedly and didn't know what to say.

Zhou Xian patted his shoulder and smiled faintly, "At least this is the same as the white plate in the Shang Dynasty, and it can also hold water." Then he reached out to the guards at the door, "Please it in, put it in, and then put it on earth for growing flowers. Chen Feng, take fifty taels of silver, this one we bought."
Chapter completed!