"The rapid changes and prosperity are everywhere. This is the real Jiangnan city. Gusu is worthy of being a Wuyue resort, which really makes me feel relieved!"

Chen Xu, who had finished the reception banquet, stood on the balcony on the third floor of Wuhuyuan Hotel, accompanied by Jiang Heng and a group of Wuhuyuan officials and Qu Hai, and looked around. He was moved by the huge changes in Wuzhong City and the crowded crowds scattered all over the streets and alleys.

"All of this is the cause of the Left Prime Minister. If you didn't remind the official to be wary of Xiang, you would be afraid that the fall of Wuzhong would cause the city to be broken!" Jiang Heng quickly bowed and said.

"Haha, it is only when the Jiang County Magistrate can plan and lead the way in order to protect Wuzhong. This marquis is just a reminder. The prosperity of Wuzhong today is inseparable from the careful governance of the Jiang County Magistrate. With such achievements, the Jiang County Magistrate's assessment in the past five years will definitely be excellent. If you want to be transferred back to Xianyang, I can recommend six ministries to the Ministry of Personnel and Your Majesty after returning!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

All the officials around were envious and congratulated Jiang Heng, but Jiang Heng hesitated for a moment and bowed and said, "Sir, thank you for your kindness. However, Heng has served in Wuzhong for nearly six years, and these six years have also touched Heng the most. The entire Kuaiji County and the county town in front of him have seen and experienced the changes in his own eyes. This change can be said to have not been seen for more than a thousand years since the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Heng felt that he felt that he had said to the Marquis and also felt the words of Youxin.

For officials, you should be down-to-earth. It is better to do more than say more. It is our duty to serve the country and the people. When we return to the Xianyang court, we are afraid that Heng will not be used to coming now. Moreover, Jiang’s second brother Jiang Pu is now in the Ministry of Personnel. He has a third rank official position and a title of Zhongqing. His third brother Jiang Hu is also named a marquis and a title as the commander of the army to guard the Western Regions. Your Majesty is so kind to me, and Heng is willing to guard the side of His Majesty, educate the people in his own way, and do his best to the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty. In this way, he will not let Heng down what he has learned!"

Chen Xu was quite moved. He looked at Jiang Heng carefully and nodded: "It is rare that the governor of Jiang County has such ambitions. If all the officials in the world are like you, it is difficult for me, the Qin Dynasty, but the law of my Qin Dynasty, the county magistrate cannot serve in one place for more than five years. Whether in accordance with the evaluation or the law, the governor of Jiang County must be transferred from Wuzhong in the short term. If you don't want to return to the capital, you can only be transferred to another county for work. The promotion may be delayed for another five years. You have to think about it!"

"Under the court system, officials naturally knew that Wuzhong is developing well now, and any official can be transferred to the management smoothly. Heng is now accustomed to the climate and customs of the south. The Marquis came to inspect the smooth road plan this time. The four counties of Lingnan are also planning to build ports and docks along the coast and rivers, and build large ships to travel domestically and overseas. Heng hopes to do his part to the Marquis' smooth road plan and transfer to one of the four counties of Lingnan to serve!" Jiang Heng seemed to have a plan in his heart, and he did not hesitate at all.

"The governor of Jiang County can serve the country with his sincere heart. Now that the southeast is developing in full swing, the coastal areas of the four counties in Lingnan will soon prosper. In the planning of this marquis, Panyu, located at the mouth of the Pearl River, is the most important node among the seaports of the southeastern counties. If the governor of Jiang County is willing, this marquis will write to Your Majesty and transfer you to Guangdong to serve, would you be willing?"

"I am willing!" Jiang Heng saluted respectfully.

"Okay, the Jiang family did not disappoint me. Don't worry, all efforts will be rewarded. The future of Jiang family will surely prosper!" Chen Xu patted Jiang Heng's shoulder with deep feelings.

An old man with gray hair and a young man in his sixties, not only did Chen Xu's actions not make everyone feel abrupt, but instead he was unreasonable envy and even jealous of Jiang Heng.

In the world, if you can get the closeness of the Qinghe Hou and a promise, I am afraid that the future of the Jiang family will inevitably be unlimited, and it is just around the corner to be among the top nobles of the Qin Dynasty.

And all this can be said to be exchanged for Jiang Heng's future official career.

There is no reward without efforts.

No matter what his intention was, Jiang Heng's approach almost completely ruined his future for further promotion to return to the capital. However, with the promise of Qinghe Hou, the Jiang family would probably make up for more benefits in many other places. The most likely thing is that the descendants of the family would be activated in large quantities.

"You don't need to be envious and jealous. This marquis still said that serving the country and the people down-to-earth, and only by exercising can the court serve the court is the thought that officials should have. All the court evaluations are recorded, and those who are capable will be recruited. Although this will make many talented people slowly promoted, it will also ensure more fairness. Talent must be used where they should be used. As long as you work diligently to manage the rule in an orderly and prosperous manner, you will not have to worry about a good official in the future. The governor of Jiang County is your role model, and you must not be able to take advantage of the opportunity!" Chen Xu turned his head and looked at the circle of officials and reminded him indifferently.

"Yes, the officials and others must remember the marquis' teachings!" A group of officials bowed honestly.

Whether he agrees with Chen Xu's statement or not, he has to listen to his words.

Because no one in the world can offend this goods, and the emperor may not dare to offend them.

"By the way, how are the preparations for Hangzhou Silk Factory now?" After some advice, Chen Xu decided to change to a more relaxed topic. After all, it was not in line with his habit of getting angry when he came. Moreover, he was not here to inspect officials this time. This was under the jurisdiction of the gangster father-in-law, and he was overstepped his line of worrying about it.

"Return to Marquis, the second phase of the Silk Factory was completed in May. The factory buildings of the third phase of the project have been completed. We are working hard to make looms. I hope that it can be completed before the beginning of winter. Now we can produce more than 18,000 pieces of high-quality silk every month, which is simply a very fast..." County Magistrate Dai Sheng quickly answered.

"Mr. Marquis, do you want the officials to arrange for someone to recruit Hangzhou County Magistrate and the Silk Factory Supervisor to report to you?" Jiang Heng reminded.

"No, after two Japanese marquis, I will go to the silk factory to inspect it myself. Today I am here, and I need to settle some things. Now, please go back to the office office first. I will talk to you later!" Chen Xu waved his hand to refuse.

"Yes, the lower lord will leave!" Jiang Heng and a group of officials quickly bowed their farewell.

After standing upstairs watching Jiang Heng and others leave, Chen Xu said to several shareholders of Wuhuyuan: "I am here this time and I will disturb you again!"

"If you don't disturb me, you will be able to come to Wuhu Garden, which is the greatest trust in us. Others can only envy you. We are so honored!" Qu Hai and others quickly saluted.

"This time I come to Wuzhong, maybe I won't stay for a long time. Then I will go to the counties in central Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan, and then take a boat to Langya directly along the East China Sea. My family may live in your Wuhu Garden for a while, so I have to worry about your care!"

"Don't worry, go there. My Wuhu Garden will not be open to the public from today until the departure of several marquises. We will definitely guarantee the safety of several marquises!" Qu Hai and the other four quickly agreed.

"Well, that's great. I'll ask Jun Magistrate Jiang for safety issues. You should take good care of your entertainment and diet, and you don't need to be too nervous. As for the expenses, I will pay the bill..."

"Mr. Marquis, don't let us die. The Marquis and the Marquis's family will be charged by us. If the Marquis refuses, we will die in front of the Marquis!" Qu Hai and the other four were all red and excited, as if they were greatly stimulated and insulted.

"Oh, okay, then I won't say much. When you go to Xianyang in the future, you must go to my marquis's mansion as a guest. At that time, I and the marquis will have the friendship of the landlords!" Chen Xu had no choice but to nod helplessly.

"Hehe, the Marquis said this and I will become more developed!" Qu Hai and the other four were happy in an instant.

The changes in Wuzhong have been turned upside down compared to five years ago. Moreover, Suzhou and Hangzhou are the real Jiangnan water town style. Rivers are crisscrossing and lakes are scattered. Now in July and August, the rice is ripe and lotus roots are fragrant and the fish and shrimps are plump. In addition, the temperature is much cooler than the hot summer. Therefore, after Chen Xu settled down, he decided to take his family to visit the old place again.

In the Water God Temple at the foot of Gusu Mountain, the large lake clam that took out the auspicious pearl was also enshrined in the pond in the temple.

However, the Water Temple is no longer the dilapidated appearance of the past. However, after the Xiang rebellion was suppressed, local gentry donated money to rebuild it, covering an area of ​​more than 30 acres. The temples and temples were stacked in the Taihu Lake. A canal was dug from Taihu Lake to attract the lake water to pour into the ancestral hall. The millstone-sized large lake clams now live in the pool in the center of the ancestral hall. There are endless tourists and local people coming to worship and worship every day. Not only do people throw coins and jade into the pool to pray for blessings, but some people even heard that this auspicious loves to drink, so some tourists travel thousands of miles to bring wine from southeast, northwest and north to pour into the pool.

These wines are all kinds, the most common ones are the mulberry wines brewed locally, rice wines and wines produced in the Central Plains, and even wine bottles from Zuibaxian and Erguotou. These wine bottles, either ceramic, porcelain or glass, were piled up outside the ancestral hall. Chen Xu looked closely with interest and found that there were several bottles of Qinghe wines inside. He immediately respected the luxurious actions of the people of the Qin Dynasty to believe in gods.

Luxury is really too luxurious. A bottle of Qinghe wine costs at least 8,000 yuan to buy, and other wines are not cheap. All wines are luxury goods compared to ordinary people. Even the cheapest bottle of Wuhu wine in Wuzhong costs more than 70 yuan, and ordinary people can earn it for several months without eating or drinking.

Now I look at the piles of wine bottles, at least five or six hundred, with a total value of at least one hundred thousand yuan.

After feeding a large lake clam for 100,000 yuan, Chen Xu felt a little painful in his heart.

Just as Chen Xuxian was bored and counting how much wine did the big lake clam drink, he heard a cheerful sound of cheers next to him.

"Yeah, look, it's open..."

Looking back, I saw a group of my wives and concubines surrounding the stone fence beside the pool.

"What's up?" Chen Xu squeezed in curiously and looked at it, his eyes were almost gone with black eyes.

I saw a group of wives and concubines including Yu Ji and Chen Xi, Yingying and Yanyan, each of them was holding an open bottle of wine in their hands, rushing to pour wine into the pool. The red wine smelled so loudly. In the clear pool, the super lake clam, which was as big as a millstone, seemed to be used to this kind of scene of drinking and drinking. It actually slowly opened its huge shell, revealing its fleshy tongue stirring in the water. The slow movement seemed extremely comfortable like a drunkard.

"Husband, it's so fun. This big lake clam really loves drinking..."

Even Shui Qingrou, who was usually calm, was so excited that she was a little out of control and exclaimed at the big lake clams in the pool.

"Where did you buy the wine?" Chen Xu couldn't help but turn around and ask Qu Hai and others who were accompanying him.

"Return to the Marquis, since the First Emperor traveled to the southeast to take away the pearls, this big lake clam has been worshipped here as auspiciousness. Because it was the Marquis who discovered that the lake clams could be drunk and could be taken with pearls. Later, the local people were curious and poured wine into the pool. As a result, the lake clams that don't open their shells will open every time they smell the smell of wine. Soon, it spread to ten hundred times, and this matter became more and more gods. The people began to spread among the people that this lake clams is a subordinate of the water god. Because of their love of drinking, they were thrown away by the water god. They fell into the five lakes because of their love of drinking. As long as there is wine, the lake clams can appear. As a result, they became the current appearance after several years. Many people who come to visit would bring a bottle of wine to pour it into the pool for worship. Later, someone simply brought wine to sell near the temple. There is a sales point of Wuhu Winery in this temple. I heard that the sales volume is good..." Qu Hai quickly explained it.

"Fortunately, this pool is a living water connected to the lake water, otherwise this big clam would have been drunk for many times!" Another old man with a white white name named Lu Zhong sighed.

Chen Xu:...

The Chinese have unique habits of sacrifice in the world. They respect the gods and do not follow the rules. They are used to creating their own methods of sacrifice based on their various rich imaginations, such as throwing money into various pools or caves in tourist areas.

The most crazy people even have to throw money into the engine and pray for peace when taking a plane.

This is so completely mentally retarded!

Now, in this era of gods rampant, some people have invented the method of sacrificing wine into the pool.

What made Chen Xu speechless was that this method of sacrifice was the initiator.

The origin of this big lake clam is known to the merchants in Wuhuyuan. It doesn’t matter whether they are the subordinates of the Water God. The main reason is that this giant clam has been regarded as auspicious by the people and even the emperor because of the relationship between Qinghehou and the huge pearl that is rare in the world. It has also gained wide recognition. Not only do various stories and novels about the big river clam appear among the people, but even the local Quyuan also rehearsed several mythological dramas about the big river clam for performances. The Metropolitan Daily has also promoted and reported on this lake clam on a large scale.

At present, everyone believes that this big lake clam is the treasure of Gusu and auspicious auspicious place. Especially the habit of drinking has added to its various mysterious attributes.

Because there are so many people who love to drink in the world, but there is only one other place in the world that loves to drink in the lake clam.

Therefore, the water temple at the foot of Gusu Mountain has now become the most lively sacrificial place in hundreds of miles. Many people around the five lakes come here to worship during festivals, and also pour some wine and pray for a few words of blessing from the lake clam fairy god, etc.

After finding out the whole story, Chen Xu didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Brother Xiaoxu, you can also feed the big lake clams some wine and pray for blessings!" Yu Ji squeezed to Chen Xu and handed Chen Xu half the bottle of mulberry wine left in her hand.

"Well, if you pour wine like this, if you get drunk with the big lake clams, won't your wish behave?" Chen Xu smiled and took the wine bottle, poured some into the pool, then felt a little thirsty, and then whispered a few more sips.

"Brother Xiaoxu is not sincere at all?" Yu Ji pouted and was dissatisfied.

"Hehe, it's better to ask me for the big lake clams than you want. I am a disciple of the immortal family! Why are you praying for? Telling it to Brother Xiaoxu may be more effective!" Chen Xu laughed dryly and looked at Yu Ji.

Yu Ji's cheeks blushed in an instant, and she whispered with shyness, "No, I'll tell you it won't work!"

"Haha, that's all, this lake clam is nothing good. I'll take you to dig pearls on the beach, and go to the place where I caught the lake clams to play. Maybe today I'm lucky and I can catch a big lake clam or even a big pearl!"
Chapter completed!