Yan Chenghou wanted a reply, but it was obvious that Gong Yang was left and he couldn't catch up with him, so he had to leave the governor's mansion and go to the market in the city to buy things. Yang Ze told him that he had bought a lot of things, but he had to hurry up.

After purchasing for three days, Yan Chenghou bought all the things he needed and planned to leave Qiuzhou. Before leaving, he felt that he should ask someone to find out about the preferences of the governor Gong Yangliu, so he called the client of the inn.

The guys in the inn always speak fast and are best at saying gossip, especially the big guys, who like to talk. Anyway, they also tell customers from other places that they are not afraid of being known by local big guys, and they are even more unscrupulous.

Yan Chenghou found a young friend and let him into the room. He smiled and said, "In your Qiuzhou, I have done my business and will leave today. But maybe I will come again in the future, and maybe I will deal with you, Lord Governor. I don't know what Lord Governor likes and what hobbies do you have?"

Apart from meeting the governor Gong Yangliu, Yan Chenghou did not mention his identity to others, so the shopkeeper naturally didn't know. He understood that Yan Chenghou had bought many big trucks of goods and hired a lot of craftsmen. Although they were all craftsmen with poor skills, being able to hire so many people was also at the level of a big businessman.

The shop clerk smiled and said, "As soon as you look at your work, you know that you are a big deal. I am so young these days, thank you for your rewards!" Yan Chenghou gave him a lot of rewards these days, and was very generous. The shop clerk was eager to meet such customers every day.

He said something flattering first, and the shop assistant said: "If we don't like anything else, we like to receive gifts. The heavier the gifts, the better. And he also has a hobby, which is to sell all the gifts he received. Change them to cash and put them in his own warehouse."

Yan Chenghouqi said: "Will the gift giver give money directly, and it will save the governor a lot of money."

The shop clerk smiled and said, "That's not possible. The governor is honest and never charges money. Whoever gives him money will be anxious. The old man often talks about it, "Never charge money"!"

Yan Chenghou laughed at the sound of listening, only accepting gifts but not money. This is nothing to do with Qinglian. Aren’t he still a corrupt official?

The shop assistant said again: "However, it is good to be an official, as a governor. At least he never shaves the ground, and he always wants to do good things. Although the good things are not done well, the people in our state are still grateful to him. After all, the governors of other states will not be like him."

"What good things should the governor do? Come and listen." Yan Chenghou was quite strange. Gong Yang left him the impression that he was a very irresponsible official. Isn't this a strange thing for such an official to do good things?

The shop clerk smiled and said, "The Governor wants to promote rice cultivation in Qiuzhou, and he also uses his own private fields for experiments. He also went to the fields himself. All the people in our city went to see it!"

Yan Chenghou nodded and said, "This is a good thing. I have been here for a while and I have eaten rice too few times. Most of the time I eat noodles. Even if there is rice, it is all Chen rice. No one bought rice like this in the Central Plains."

"A good thing is a good thing, no one can say badly, but the problem is that we can't grow rice in Qiuzhou. Of course, we can't blame the governor. If he doesn't test it, we won't know it, and now we will know it." The shopkeeper said with a smile.

Yan Chenghou said oh, asked something else, and then gave the shop assistant half a coin, and the shop assistant went out happily.

Yan Chenghou was not there to stay in Qiuzhou for a long time, and took a cart and hired craftsmen out of the city and returned to Zhenxi County.

These days, Yang Ze was not idle. He just kept studying the production of tea bricks all day long. He finally took a big step in the theoretical research on the production method, but it was impossible to practice it. Therefore, it was no different from not researching it. He could not make the tea bricks he imagined. The main reason is that it is winter now and fermentation is difficult. Due to backward production methods, this problem cannot be solved. You have to wait until the weather turns warmer before you can do it.

The New Year is coming soon. Although the town is poor, the atmosphere of the New Year is no different from that of the Central Plains. People with extra money at home make new clothes for their children. The streets are full of children jumping around, and the city is full of joy.

On that day, Cai Cai came to Yang Ze and said to him: "Once during the Chinese New Year, the county magistrate always asked people to set off firecrackers, and it was a joke. Why didn't you ask people to set off firecrackers? Do you think firecrackers are expensive?"

Yang Ze smiled and said, "Look, I think I think things are expensive? Firecrackers are just a sound. There is nothing good. If you want to listen, you can do it. When this year's New Year's Eve, you will come out to watch the fun. I asked Yan Chenghou to go to the state to get New Year's goods and ask him to buy firecrackers. By the way, you came to me just to talk about firecrackers, right?"

Naicai said: "Well, there is something else. I heard from others that you have been worried these days, because you are studying the making of tea bricks. You can't find a way, right?"

Yang Ze thought to himself: "I don't know who is so quick-talking, but he actually told her about this." He shook his head and said: "There is a solution, but the weather is cold now and the tea is not easy to ferment. Secondly, there is no suitable tea. I guess I have to wait a little longer. Only when the weather is hot at that time can I start making it. Why are you asking this?"

Naicai said: "Don't you know, when you first came, didn't you give me a lot of things at my house? There are what you said there, the kind of fermented tea, but it's not tea bricks, there are still a lot of them!"

Yang Ze was stunned and said, "Is there any? Why don't I know!"

On the way from Chang'an to Zhenxi, he bought everything he saw, but because he bought too many things, he forgot some things, and he really couldn't remember them. Besides, he actually bought tea to give it to others, and he didn't drink much. The fermented tea was not cheap in the Central Plains and was for the rich to drink. When he bought tea, he heard that it was good and the price was high, so he bought it as a good tea. At that time, he didn't know what craft the tea was made with, so he naturally couldn't remember it even more afterwards!

Yang Ze was overjoyed and said, "Do you have fermented tea? Oh, this is so good. I asked Yan Chenghou to buy it in the state. I didn't expect you to have it here. Can you give it back to me? Let me study it carefully!"

Cai Cai was waiting for this sentence. The little girl smiled and said, "I gave it to me and I still want to ask for it again. Don't think about it anymore. It's useless to think about it. Because I forgot where to put it!"

After hearing her words, Yang Ze narrowed his eyes and thought to himself: "It seems that she still wants to find that prince! Hehe, now that there is a horse, there is only a travel fee. She wants to get some travel fee from me. I gave her a lot of things, but she just didn't have money. Who said that the little girl's mind is hard to guess? I guessed it just by guessing it!"

After thinking it through, Yang Ze said, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you can find the tea or not. Anyway, Yan Chenghou is coming back soon, and he will bring it back." He spread his hands indifferently, shook his head, and said it doesn't matter.

Sure enough, Cai Cai's thoughts were guessed. She didn't understand the situation on Tuluhun's side, and didn't know that because Dafang prohibited trade with Tuluhun's tribes, Dafang's money was not circulated and could not be used. There was no currency on Tuluhun's side, so if she went out, it didn't matter whether she had money or not. It would be better to fill a few bottles of wine and go to the grassland to exchange for anything.

Seeing that Yang Ze didn't care, Cai Cai got up and grabbed Yang Ze and said, "Hey, why are you doing this? I have a big bag of tea there. If you don't want it, will you throw it into the house and grow hair? Give me two stagnant of money, and I will return the tea to you."

Yang Ze remembered what the princess asked him to do, and he had to keep a look at Caicai and could not let her run around on the grassland. So he said, "If you want money, it's easy, and you don't have to pay me back the tea. Then the prince should drink the tea. We can make a bet. If you lose, then promise me a condition. If I lose, then I will give you two stale money. What do you think?"

Cai Cai tilted her head, thought for a while, and said, "What conditions? You have to say first, if I can do it, I can make a bet with you!"

Seeing her serious look, Yang Ze felt funny. He bet with me, you must lose! He said, "Of course you can do it. The condition is that you are not allowed to leave the city within a month. How about this? This condition is not excessive, right?" After too long, she definitely refused. She stabilized her for a month first, and waited for a month before making a new bet with her.

Cai Cai lowered her head and thought for a while, her face looked embarrassed. After a while, she made up her mind and nodded, "Okay, I'll follow you, what kind of bet do you want to make?"

Yang Ze asked her to wait a while. He took out the paper and pen, turned his back to Caicai, wrote a few words on the paper, and carefully folded the paper. Then he turned around and said to the little girl: "I can calculate and predict what you will say next. If I predict correctly, then I will win. If I predict wrongly, even if you win, do you think it is good?"

Cai Cai snorted and said nonsense. You are not a fortune teller. How could you figure out what I want to say next? I will definitely win this bet. She nodded heavily and said, "Okay!"

Yang Ze laughed and said, "I won. What I just predicted was that you should say the next word!" As he said that, he opened one third of the folded paper and revealed a word, which was a good word!

Cai Cai was shocked and opened her mouth wide. Only then did she realize that she was fooled! She shouted: "You asked me if it's okay, of course I have to answer it. How can this be considered your winning? It's your cheating. This time it doesn't count, let's come again!"

Yang Ze said proudly: "Okay, then come again, start. If you think about it, don't open your mouth, so as not to say that I'm cheating again. It's starting, this time it's really starting, you must be prepared! Alas, I remind you in advance, you won't say that I'm cheating again, right?"

He kept preparing Cai Cai so hard that Cai Cai was nervous, but she forgot to speak randomly. When he asked the last sentence, Cai Cai naturally said, "No, you can start quickly, I'm ready..." Before she could finish her words, she realized that she was fooled again!
Chapter completed!