Qianyu shook his head and chased after him in his carriage.
"That's not the case...there will definitely be punishment, but it won't be drinking pepper water..."
Ye Junmeng was puzzled, "Then...what is it?"
Qian Yu suddenly choked and nearly fell off the carriage.
"This... about this issue, you will know it when you grow up!"
Ye Junmeng: "...Hmph! Stingy!"
…
Qingfeng Tea House.
Wen Ranran did not go to the lobby this time, but asked for a private room on the second floor. Looking down from the second floor, she could just see a group of scholars on the first floor.
"Qingfeng Tea House... This move is really good. I thought he did things without considering the consequences!" Xia Liyuan looked at the scholars in the hall, all of them looked like pillars of the country, and couldn't help but sigh.
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Wen Ranran held the sweet tea in her hand, took a small sip, and looked to sit down.
Lu Shenyan, the famous troll, is still sitting alone in the corner with a bottle of wine and studying hard, but his temperament is finally no longer decadent, as if he has figured it out.
He seemed to have noticed Wen Ranran, and still raised the wine gourd in his hand towards Wen Ranran as a greeting.
Wen Ranran smiled slightly, nodded to the other party, and then set her sights on the lobby.
Among a group of upright scholars in blue shirts, there was a man who looked out of place.
This man was wearing a dusty robe that hadn't been washed for who knows how long. It even had an earthy smell, which made several people around him uncomfortable. However, he acted as if he hadn't heard anything. His eyes were bright and tight.
Stare at the drawings on the table closely, not daring to make any mistakes or omissions.
"That's...Nan Xiubai?" Wen Ranran was a little unbelievable.
Xia Liyuan smiled and nodded.
"Why...such a slovenly person has such an elegant name!"
Wen Ranran shook her head and sighed, the subconscious habit of naming people by their names was broken for the first time.
"He went to dig coal?" Wen Ranran asked in disbelief.
"That's not true... This guy has been in the capital since he was a child. He was adopted by the owner of a fireworks shop in the west of the city when he was a child. The old man had no children and was widowed in his early years. He treated him as his own son. He also read books.
, I gave up studying after I won the national examination, and then I didn’t know why, but suddenly I started studying the production of fireworks.”
Xia Liyuan sipped the wine and smiled a little proudly.
"In those years when I was a playboy, I had already heard about him."
Wen Ranran's eyes lit up, "What happened next?"
"Later... after the old pyrotechnicist passed away, he inherited the fireworks shop, but this man's mind was not on making fireworks. I heard that once, while making fireworks, he accidentally exploded in his yard, and he was deafened.
I had an ear cut out, and I haven’t done anything since then. Even later, the fireworks shop closed down and I moved directly to an empty place outside the city to live alone. He is a weirdo!”
Wen Ranran was slightly stunned.
"Later, I didn't know what he was up to. I heard from the aunt who sold vegetables at the west entrance of the alley that the family fortune was about to be ruined and that they could no longer afford to eat. One year, when he passed the Jinshi examination, he failed. Now I guess
He still expects the imperial court to give him a bite to eat!"
Xia Liyuan smiled, "What do you think?"
Wen Ranran hesitated for a moment and whispered, "It's good, but... I don't know what to say. Maybe I'm not suitable for an official career! What the court now lacks is a manager, someone who can control the situation. He...
…It’s indeed a bit inappropriate!”
"But... now this year is about to enter winter. If the Yan Kingdom is attacking, the situation in northern Xinjiang is now confusing. If the gunpowder he talks about can be successfully produced, it will definitely become the biggest boost on the battlefield!"
Xia Liyuan had some pointers.
Wen Ranran nodded, "Indeed, but...what the situation is, we still have to wait until we actually deal with it before making a decision!"