"Official, how old are you this year?"

Mei Xu did not directly answer Mei Shou's words, but instead asked an irrelevant topic.

Mei Shou couldn't help but blush: "I'm not young anymore, I'm already over forty years."

"Time is so fast. In a blink of an eye, the official is already forty, and I have only forty in my family for three or four years." Mei Xu couldn't help but sigh, "It's quite early, the official is only sixteen, and the official is only twenty."

Mei Shou nodded, then asked in confusion: "In the blink of an eye, the child has grown up, but fortunately his children are all promising. Why did the lady think of asking about this?"

"Official, I want to ask you, what will happen if this matter is done well?" Mei Xu still did not follow Mei Shou's ideas and continued to ask according to her own ideas.

Mei Shou thought about it and said pessimisticly: "If it is done well, not only will the prefect think that being a husband is the right thing, but the grandfather also thinks that being a husband is the right thing."

"Official, I want to ask you again. If this matter is done wrong?" Mei Xu asked another question.

Mei Shou fell into deep thought and finally smiled bitterly: "Madam, this result is hard to say. After all, the students are a group of students who are not afraid of heaven and earth. Even a few prefects did not please them, and even the husband was angry to death."

"Officials, have you not seen it yet? My husband and the prefect were suppressed by the Tai students. They had no better way. Now let the officials stand up." Mei Xu's analysis one by one.

Mei Shou nodded and agreed with his wife: "Xie Xianggong had a written lawsuit with Tai Student. It seems that the Tai Student has the advantage and wants Lin'an to ask some problems for Tai Student."

"This is amazing. Why should officials go to muddy waters? Why should officials show up for the difficult things that the grandfather and the prefectural governor have to do? "Mei Xu reminded Mei Shou.

Mei Shou thought about it and smiled bitterly: "Although Mr. Xie can't control the officials, it's hard to handle the prefectural officials!"

"Why should officials be so persistent? Actually, this is an opportunity for officials?" Mei Xu smiled mysteriously and said a topic that Mei Shou unexpectedly.

"Opportunity?" Mei Shou didn't understand for a moment, "What opportunity?"

Mei Xu's soft fingers pointed at Mei Shou's forehead: "This is an opportunity to win both sides. Anyway, officials are very old and have no hope of progress, so they might as well give it a try."

"It's hard, very difficult. This is a bloody blow from the knife. It's impossible to please both sides." Mei Shou shook his head after pondering for a long time, and sighed heavily.

Mei Xu pointed her finger at Mei Shou's forehead and said confidently: "Officials may as well deal with the prefect on the surface and can secretly help E Wang Temple."

"This, let me plan for you." Mei Shou fell into deep thought.

The next day, Mei Shou brought the workers from the workshop and came to Qixia Ridge in a ox cart.

As soon as they got off the ox cart, they heard the sound of dinging and beating, which was the sound of construction on the construction site.

As soon as Mei Shou stepped on the stone road, he was pulled to the road by two tyrant students.

The two students bowed their hands and asked neither arrogant nor humblely, "Who is coming?"

Didn’t you see that we are the government? Mei Shou complained in his heart.

But they are too students and polite.

Although he wanted to get angry, he was not easy to get angry.

"I am Mei Zicao, the advisor of Lin'an Prefecture, who came to the site to inspect how the Ewang Temple was built." Mei Shou returned the greeting and explained his purpose.

The two students looked at each other and spoke by a tall man named Gao Ming.

Gao Ming shook his head, with a hint of mocking voice: "Report to Promoter Mei, why did the Lin'an magistrate actually care about the arrival of Ewang Temple? How dare you ask how much money Lin'an Mansion will withdraw? "

Hearing this, Mei Shou felt a burning face.

But this is official business, and you cannot retreat just by saying a word.

"The government is poor now," Mei Shouxian cried poorly, and then said in a righteous tone, "Besides, when you are building the Ewang Temple, the government agrees, and the court agrees?"

"This is a public opinion fundraising, and it seems that there is no need for the government to interfere." Gao Ming counterattacked coldly, bowed his hand, and said neither arrogant nor humblely, "Since the government does not withdraw money, students are pleased to recommend the officials to return the same way."

Mei Shou couldn't help but smile bitterly, but this was not something he could control.

If you want to blame, you can only blame the court and the government for not withdrawing money.

But now it is reasonable for the students to stop themselves using this as a reason.

"I am a little bit of my heart. This is my respect for King E." He turned his eyes and took out his eunuch from his sleeve.

Gao Ming nodded, took the whole life, and at the same time he turned sideways, made a gesture of invitation, and put Mei Shu in.

Mei Shou couldn't help but smile bitterly, feeling that this group of students who were too young had become bandits who cut the road and had to pay some tolls to be released.

But Tai's student did not ask them for money, but he felt that he was in a loss and could only make up for it.

If they don't give money, they have no reason to check it at the construction site.

This is a public opinion fundraising, and the government has no reason to check it.

Workshop Dianshi Jiang Zheng followed Mei Shou, but wanted to go in but was stopped by Gao Ming.

"There is no salary." Jiang Zheng bowed and smiled bitterly.

Gao Ming looked ridiculed. Although these minor officials had no salary, their property was far more than their salary.

Hearing this, Mei Shou turned around and looked at Jiang Zheng and others, and looked back lightly: "Donation is as casual as possible, more or less is a kind of intention."

Gao Ming and his classmates looked at it, but they didn't agree.

Jiang Zheng and others breathed a sigh of relief and did not say that they would die.

Jiang Zheng thought about it and had to take out a half-hearted penis from his sleeve and hand it over to Gao Ming.

There were two minor officials behind Jiang Zheng. Seeing that Jiang Zheng had already paid for the money, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The two looked at each other, took out two hundred pieces from their sleeves and handed them to Gao Ming.

Behind Jiang Zheng is a black-clothed official, and there is someone behind the minor official.

They are no one else, they are just ten experienced craftsmen.

They are very different, they are wearing short-sleeved brown clothes and their hands are covered with calluses.

These craftsmen looked at each other and took out a hundred Wenhuizi from their sleeves.

"Dear craftsmen, just one penny." Gao Ming didn't want to accept their donations, but when he saw that they wanted to donate, he hurriedly reminded him.

This is the request of the little saint, and he dare not disobey it.

The two minor officials couldn't help but be furious and turned around and wanted to argue with Gao Ming.

We don’t have a salary, so why do we still have to pay two hundred yuan? But the craftsmen’s mud legs are just one penny.

Jiang Zheng hurriedly grabbed the two minor officials and kept winking.

They are minor officials, and these great students are even the prefects, not to mention these minor officials.

Seeing that the boss at the beginning winked, the two officials had to give up, looking disappointed.

But what surprised the two officials was that an unexpected incident happened.

A wrinkled craftsman named Bai Lao bowed his hands and said to Gao Ming: "We respect King E. If King E had not fought to the death, the Hu people might have fought the Yangtze River and we had already become slaves of the country. We must give this hundred cents, please accept it."

When the two little officials heard this, they couldn't help but blush, wishing that there was a crack on the ground to drill down.

The students only need a penny for these craftsmen, but these craftsmen have to donate one hundred cents.

You should know that their donations were not Huizi, but copper coins, which were more than the two minor officials, equivalent to three hundred Wenhuizi.

Gao Ming repeatedly refused, but Bai Lao still insisted and had to accept it.

Mei Shou came to the construction site. There were many people on the construction site, and there were probably about a thousand craftsmen.

They pick up the soil, carry the stones, and carry the flat ground.

Man Tianxing is very happy now. Not only has he become the most famous celebrity of the younger generation of Lin'an Mansion, but he is also engaged to the twelve girls of Lin'an's wealthy businessman Chengsi.

From Cheng Si's tone, it can be seen that the little saint has fallen in love with him.

He now has two ways to go, one way is to continue to take the imperial examinations and pass the imperial examinations and enter the officialdom.

But this road is very difficult, and the road to Jinshi is to cross a single-plank bridge with thousands of troops.

Even though he was finally able to stand out from thousands of troops, the redundant staff of the Song Dynasty were very powerful.

It is already good for a Jinshi to be awarded a rank of ninth rank official, and the other is even a small rank of ninth rank, and only a third-class rank have the hope of awarding an official position of an eighth or above.

He has already entered the eyes of the little saint, and there is no problem with at least one small official from the ninth rank.

And as long as he achieves some results, it is not impossible for him to go straight to the top.

But there must be a prerequisite for this, that is, the Ewang Temple must be repaired.

The Ewang Temple covers a considerable area, about 150 acres of land.

The land has been bought, stone, wood and other materials have been in place. They have found an auspicious day to officially start construction.

He didn't dare to take action privately for such a big project and was always overwhelmed.

In desperation, he came to find his future father-in-law Cheng Si, hoping that he would come up with an idea.

Cheng Si was about fifty years old, with a rich face and a smile on his face.

Because he may have maintained his care properly, although he has reached the age of knowing destiny, he has few gray hair and wrinkles.

After hearing this, Cheng Si shook his head: "I am a businessman. I will not interfere with this kind of relationship with the credibility of Ewang Temple."

"The boy is not experienced enough and needs Uncle Cheng to lead the way. I didn't expect this to be the result. It's a pity." When Man Tianxing heard that Cheng Si was unwilling to join, he couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing the starry sky with a look of disappointment, he reminded lightly: "This is the maintenance of your students. If I mix with it, what kind of name do you think of your classmates?"
To be continued...