Chapter 39: The sea water cannot be weighed (Part 2)

An opportunity to go directly from a seventh-rank magistrate to a fifth-rank magistrate was in front of me. Even County Magistrate Li, who had long hair in the official uniform, glared at him, let alone the young and strong magistrate Lu.

So the two masters competed and insisted on distinguishing themselves in front of the prefect!

But Shanyin and Kuiji counties are one, and they are originally Shaoxing City. If you are rich, I will not be poor, if you are stable, I will not be in chaos, and even if you are flooded, I will have to follow the flood. No matter what, it is half a pound and eight taels, and I can’t tell who is good or who is in trouble. The two county magistrates had to leave the signs of education.

Although both counties are outstanding and powerful, if you do well in the exam, I will also be a Jinshi, but the two top scholars in the world are all in Shanyin. In terms of poetry, painting and literary talent, Xu Wenqing can be the best in the world; in terms of deep knowledge, Zhu Duanfu dares to be the top scholar. These two people seem to be two mountains, which makes Kuaiji County breathless, making County Magistrate Li very frustrated.

Later, Tao Yuchen finally came out and could compete with Zhu Duanfu in his studies. However, there was never a person who could compete with Xu Wenqing for the romantic relationship. It was a heart-wrenching problem of County Magistrate Li.

But from the first glance of seeing silence, County Magistrate Li had a premonition that this kid was the person he needed. Although he knew that this feeling was not very good, it was not the case with me now, even if it was packaging, it would be a genius!

County Magistrate Li, who made up his mind, simply invited all the gold and silver smiths and tin foil craftsmen in the county to the county government at night and offered a heavy bounty to let them gilt the strange bottle!

There must be brave men under the heavy rewards. The craftsmen have made suggestions. Some say that they use the gold-packing method. Some say that they use the gilding method. After a long time of argument, no one will accept anyone. They have to ask the county magistrate to make a clear decision. Li Zhixian, who believes in the "ruling by inaction", waved his hand and said, "Try it all." He gave a few bottles and asked them to tinker with them separately.

County Magistrate Li first went to see the craftsmen who used gold-breading method and found that their solution was to rebuild a slender tool, put it into the bottle, and hit the gold foil little by little on the wall of the bottle, but the wall of the bottle was really thin and crisp, and cracks appeared after a few knocks. The craftsmen burned the tool red again and wanted to burn the gold foil, but the bottle neck was too long and the bottle belly was round, so many places could not be reached, and it was still futile.

County Magistrate Li couldn't help but shook his head depressedly, and then went to the other side to watch. The craftsmen here used the gilding method. They first processed the mercury and gold into silver-white gold mud, and then smoothly applied it to the inner wall of the bottle.

When County Magistrate Li saw that there was a door, he couldn't help but excitedly said, "How to restore this gold to its original appearance?" The craftsman in charge of the gilded said respectfully: "Heat it to drive out the mercury." County Magistrate Li said, "Go and do it quickly." Then he was excitedly waiting for the arrival of that moment.

The craftsman put the bottle on the fire, but this Western product couldn't help but roast it. Before the mercury in the golden mud was forced out, the bottle was burned to pieces.

After repeated attempts, the problem was not solved, so the craftsmen had to declare failure.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and no matter how skilled craftsmen in Shaoxing City tried their best, the problem was still unsuccessful. The gambling houses in the two counties also increased the penalty for Tongsheng's victory to one and nine and one and ten. In fact, the gambling houses did not think that anyone would bet in this bet, and that the loss for Tongsheng was high was just a gimmick.

But some people still couldn't help but the temptation of huge returns. They put a bet of five taels of silver in the gambling houses in the two counties the night before, and the two major gambling houses naturally accepted it. This was also the gambling money they received until the two parties met again in the competition.

Now the eyes of the whole city gathered together again, focusing on both sides who met again.

It was raining heavily, and Xuantingkou was crowded with people.

The proud County Magistrate Hou and the haggard-faced County Magistrate Zhang appeared under the archway on time. After the two of them met, Hou County City smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang Zan's complexion is not very good, don't work too hard."

County Magistrate Zhang snorted and said, "Don't worry! Start quickly." After that, he closed his mouth and refused to say a word... In order to tinker with that bottle, he had been asking people everywhere for the past three days, and had to serve as a punching bag for the magistrate. Even so, he didn't make a Dingmao. Today, he would definitely lose.

The magistrate was fine, so he simply stopped coming to see him, but he still had to be humiliated for no reason, and he couldn't help but feel silent and hatred in his heart.

County Magistrate Hou was not too slow, and he was chasing around for a long time. After he had enough teasing Ji County, he spoke, "With the result of the first competition between the two sides today." He cleared his throat and said, "Where is the King of Shanyin?"

"Students are here, students are here." Surrounded by bodyguards twice as many as last time, Wang Laohu came out arrogantly and sang a fat man: "I have met two Zan Gongs." County Magistrate Hou nodded with a smile, and County Magistrate Zhang simply ignored him.

"Where is the silence in Kuaiji?" County Magistrate Hou raised his tone and said with a strange smile: "You can't have escaped, right?"

Before he finished speaking, a clear voice heard: "Why did the student escape?"

County Magistrate Hou looked in surprise and saw a smiling boy walking out slowly, holding a wooden box in his hands, bowing calmly, and smilingly, "Student Shanyin is silent, I pay homage to the two Zan Gongs." As soon as he appeared, he saw that everyone's eyes were firmly attracted to him, such as Wang Laohu, Hou County Magistrate, etc., all became backgrounds.

The guy couldn't help but rub his eyes and said to himself: "My goodness, can't it be a replacement?" He widened his eyes hard, and for the first time he looked at the boy carefully. He saw that he was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Although his eyebrows were pretty, he was not absolutely handsome. He was wearing an ordinary moon-white cloth shirt, but his gentle temperament was no longer as good as jade.

Think about that bad boy, the two are indeed the same person. But in just three days, how could there be a world of difference?

"His expression changed!" Someone shouted, reminding the confused people, and people nodded one after another. Indeed, the cowardice and flinch that day was replaced by today's confidence and Boya, and a timid and fearful child became this extraordinary young master today!

If it weren't for his side, how could Mr. Shen suddenly be kind to him and deliberately win him over?

If it weren't for seeing this side of him, how could County Magistrate Li throw in a lot of money and want to lift him up?
Chapter completed!