I went ashore by weaving straw shoes and became a master craftsman

Chapter 153

"Yes." The concubine Li kept lying on the ground, not daring to raise her head, not daring to say another word.

Fortunately, Ye Hei made people unable to see clearly the embarrassment of the hypocritical gentleman. He thought to himself: What a fart!Who knows what crime the criminal maidservant committed to be sentenced to servitude?What else can he earn by helping the other party to measure the ruler, besides leaving a muddled reputation of sympathizing with criminals?
A craftsman is not only tested on skills, but also on his character. He knows that Wang Ge is the first-class prospective craftsman this year, so he deliberately sympathizes with the concubine to contrast Wang Ge's indifference.Unexpectedly, after a few words, he became in a dilemma.

Wang Ge: "Your Majesty shouldn't, he seems to be as timid as I am, afraid of criminals. Are you not afraid? Feel free to step forward and help concubines to measure their rulers!" After she finished speaking, she bowed to the thieves and you. ,leave.

The candidates who were watching the excitement took a big step back, and they were late for fear of being misunderstood.

The hypocritical gentleman was dripping with cold sweat, feeling that he was going to be ridiculed like a sieve by the eyes of his surroundings. "The examinee is reckless." He bowed to the thief in shame, covered his face with his sleeve, and left quickly.He not only hated Wang Ge, but also his concubine, and hoped that no one would recognize him after dawn.

Wang Ge didn't take pleasure in others' misfortune, he was also in a bad mood, and for no reason had an enmity with a candidate he didn't know, who knew if the other party would retaliate?There are also concubines, do they really want to get a ruler carved by a prospective craftsman, or do they have other purposes?She has already imagined countless palace fights in her mind...

Think too much.She has never seen that concubine since.

The thief arrested and escorted the carpenter's emergency training camp to Shanyin County. It was an opportunity to make meritorious service. How could a concubine be allowed to cause trouble?So at dawn, he sent You Yu to escort "Trouble" back to the county.

After that, the journey was hard, sometimes 25 miles a day, sometimes [-] miles. From the third day onwards, candidates who fell behind did not catch up with the team.

On June 22, the carpenter emergency training camp finally entered Shanyin County.

Kuaiji County, under the jurisdiction of ten counties during the reign of Emperor Wu: Shanyin, Shangyu, Yuyao, Juzhang, Yin, Yan, Shining, Shan, Yongxing, Zhuji.These ten counties are all large counties.

After Emperor Cheng ascended the throne, he set up another county at the intersection of the east of Juzhang County and the north of Hu County, which is the origin of Tuyi County.So far, Kuaiji County has jurisdiction over eleven counties, all of which are still large counties.

But there are also levels among the big counties.Sanyin County is the seat of the county, and its population accounts for more than half of the entire county. More importantly, it is the silk rice trading center of several surrounding counties.

Wang Ge has always regretted that the last time he went back to Nanshan Guanshu, he only took the schoolchildren to visit Kuaiji Mountain, but did not enter the county. Fortunately, she came here not long after by her own ability.

Entering from the east gate, the Central Axis Avenue is twice as wide as the entrance road in Tuyi County, and it seems that every street and alley extends in all directions.Business travelers and ordinary people wear gorgeous dresses, and even the maidservants accompanying the carriages all wear beautiful buns.

Shouting along with the tour, the examinees remembered the instructions before entering the city, and everyone lowered their heads slightly and followed the team closely.After walking for a long time, Wang Ge Yuguang still saw light public opinion passing through the tunnel in the middle of the road, and he rode together with four.The shops on both sides are connected with the pavilions, and there are rivers passing by, and the buildings and special boats can go wrong in the river.

The thief caught and told all the candidates that the shops in Shanyin County are clustered by category.There is silk market in the west and rice market in the east, and these two markets are big markets.There are small cities in the east, west, south, and north, and the small cities are divided into "li" for easy management.For example, in "Zhishangli", most of them are brewers; in "Carp Breamli", most of them are engaged in fish and turtle business;

Not only is there a place of business in Lizhong, but it is also the residence of wealthy businessmen.

But the ones responsible for keeping thieves out are still "kiosks". Big cities have "city kiosks" and small markets have "street kiosks".

For example, Wang Ge and others are going to the small city "Zhumuli" in the east of the city.The official in charge of the civil affairs in Zhumuli is the head of the village; the head of the "Zhumu Pavilion" is the one who inspects the safety of the place and arrests thieves and thieves.The head of the village and the head of the pavilion are on the same level, and they are county officials at the same level.

After entering the bamboo and wood, the prosperity and luxury that the candidates are not used to gradually fade away.In its place is another kind of prosperity, a carpenter's luxury!
Bamboo workshops, carpentry workshops, straw weaving workshops, rattan workshops... Craftsmen's workshops and workshops of different sizes all exude a familiar taste of materials.

Continue westward, then northward, and finally arrive at the destination of the emergency training camp... Linmuyuan.

This used to be the residence of a wealthy businessman. The former owner's house was ransacked, and the interior was rebuilt with many walls added to divide it into courtyards of different shapes: ten courtyards in the bamboo area, ten courtyards in the wooden area, and ten courtyards in the straw weaving area.

Wang Ge and other [-] craftsmen candidates are assigned to the Fifth Hospital of the Zhu District, which sounds like the name of the hospital in the previous life at first glance.They live in a big house with a window in the middle of the wall along the door.There is a straw mat every other step on the ground, except for the straw mat under the window, the other positions are almost the same, so there is nothing to argue about.

While the examinees were unpacking their bags and laying out bedding, the county officials outside were also handing over.

There are both county officials and Shanyin county officials in Linmuyuan, as well as craftsmen in the official office.After counting the number of people in each court, even if the officials of Tuyi County had completed their tasks, they left the city immediately, and the officials and concubines naturally left together.

In the house, the oldest woman chose a place under the window.This is not a good place, because if there is no accident, all the candidates will stay here until winter, and whoever is next to the window will suffer from the cold.

Wang Ge went over and chose the straw mat next to her.This is the second worst position.

The lady smiled at Wang Ge: "My surname is Meng."

"My name is Wong."

On the straw mat on the other side of the lady came a little girl, who was older than Wang Ge, but definitely less than 15 years old. "My name is Lin."

Mrs. Meng: "Ah, that's a coincidence. We live in Linmuyuan. Are you hungry? I still have half a pancake left."

Both Wang Ge and Miss Lin shook their heads.Mrs. Meng didn't give in anymore, she just filled her mouth with two mouthfuls, stretched her neck and bulged her eyes, and opened her mouth slightly in shock, this eating speed!

A lady came in, wearing official clothes!This is remarkable, indicating that the other party is already an official, at least at the level of a junior craftsman.

Sure enough, she stood in the middle of the two straw mats, and said kindly: "I am a female official of the county's craftsman's office, and my surname is Meng."

Mrs. Wang Ge and Mrs. Lin both smiled at Mrs. Meng, they have the same surname.

Meng female official: "Do you know the meaning of the word 'urgent' in the emergency training camp? Urgent means urgent. There are only three months before the craftsman competition. All carpenters and prospective carpenters in eleven counties within 20 years are eligible. To participate in the assessment, have you thought about how many people there will be?" After this question, she did not give an answer.

Wang Ge really thought about it and raised his hand.

"The little lady said."

"According to the number of people in our county's emergency training camp, there are at least 30 people in the eleven counties. However, there are 40 prospective craftsmen who did not join the emergency training camp. There are only 700 candidates in our county this year. In previous years, there were 700 people each. After subtracting those who passed the examination as master craftsmen, there are probably at least 700 people left. If the eleven counties are counted as [-] people, that is [-] people. Adding up the number of people in the emergency training camp, it can reach Thousands of people?"

From the gasping voices, it was obvious that many people hadn't considered this question.I only know that there must be many candidates, who knows so many!

After the Meng female official said "quiet", she said: "That's right. So first, there will be a primary election assessment, and the assessment method is different in each county. But don't worry, everyone, you have passed the primary election in advance... Anyone who enters the emergency training camp, Those who arrive here within the stipulated time are not required to take the preliminary examination. But those who fail to arrive will be punished! Disqualified from the preliminary examination!"

This means that those candidates who fell behind were eliminated by this year's craftsman competition in advance!It is true that success is also urgent training camp, and failure is also urgent training camp.

After this sentence, until Wang Ge's craftsman competition, he never saw the smile of Meng's female official again.

Miss Lin was frightened and trembled all over.She fell behind twice, but luckily she traveled overnight and caught up with the team.

　Yin County: sound yín.

　　Yan County: sound mào.

　　Shan County: sound shàn.

　　Zhuji County: sound zhū jì.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)