Chapter 2 Light Rain in Li County
In the spring of March of the ninth year of Jinghe, there was a light rain in Li County.
In the hall of Lixian Weaving Institute, Liu Sheng sat at the bottom and listened to his boss's verbose report to his boss, and quietly yawned.
There is nothing I can do. I stayed up until the early hours of the morning to help my boss write this report last night and barely slept.
It’s the triennial assessment period again.
However, the inspector sent by the imperial court this time did not follow common sense. He liked to conduct private visits and surprise attacks. His boss only got the news from nowhere in the evening. The next morning, the inspector was going to visit Li County, so Liu Sheng, the best writer in the Li County Weaving Institute, was caught rushing to finish the manuscript, so that he would not make a fool of himself by stumbling during the report.
So today, when the court was supposed to receive the report of the Inspector alone, she, the little treasurer of the warehouse, had to accompany him.
Nothing else, this honor is just in case the director suddenly forgets his words.
Just listen and watch Li County Weaving Courtyard, who is over sixty years old and has sparse white hair, respectfully look at an elegant middle-aged man wearing a crimson official robe and sitting at the top. The scribe complained: "...Although Li County is not as prosperous and populous as the capital, Jiangnan and other places, and man-made weird things happen more frequently, but because of its remote location, only a thousand miles away from the north, it has a strong weird atmosphere and a sense of nature. There are also a lot of weird things caused by dyeing, which are difficult to control."
Then he changed the topic and said: "Fortunately, I have the protection of the Supreme God. Since Xiaguan took office, I have been working hard. I worked hard, day and night, and worked hard, and finally achieved some insignificant results. Last year, the number of weird outbreaks was seven, which was less than the average number in previous years..."
Liu Sheng tried to remind him softly at a volume that could only be heard by Yuan Zheng: "Three items."
"Ah yes, three items." Yuan Zheng said without changing his expression, "But our case investigation The total number is as high as 156. In order to solve the people's worries, the Li County Weaving Institute is very busy working from dawn to dusk every day; the ratio of weird elimination and purification has also increased from the previous three to twenty..."
< br>"Ahem, nine to twenty." Liu Sheng was embarrassed and whispered again.
"Nine to twenty." The dean did not feel embarrassed and looked upright, "I dare not say that this result is outstanding, I can only say that it is worthy of the people."
Yes. , Although the Weaving Institute is called "Weaving", it is not engaged in weaving.
More than three hundred years ago, the evil spirit broke out. Countless creatures were killed by strange things, infected by the evil spirit, and devoured by the evil earth. People were not human, and the evil spirit could not be transformed into evil spirits. The Tang Dynasty court had no choice but to watch the people displaced and corpses everywhere. Devastated everywhere.
Until the first year of the appearance of the gods, a huge face of a god suddenly appeared in the sky. Wherever the god's eyes went, there was no trace of the strangeness that could be hidden, and many strange things entered a state of shrinking or becoming still or even annihilating.
Although there are still endless strange things outside the eyes due to the unpredictable opening and closing of the eyes, those dark and bloody years have become history.
Since then, the world has bowed its head to God in the sky and called it God, and later called it the "Supreme God". It is believed that the Supreme God took pity on the world and suffered strange disasters, so he descended from the divine world to the human world and looked down at the world. Shocking and weird.
Later, people also discovered that perhaps the appearance of the Supreme God brought spiritual energy. Talented people can gain abilities through communication with the Supreme God and practice to resist or even solve weirdness.
Therefore, Emperor Xuanwen organized a group of practitioners to eliminate most of the weird things left in various places. Those that could not be eliminated rushed to the north, built a high wall, called it the "Great Wall", and built weaving courtyards in various places. The General Administration of Weaving in Beijing is responsible for solving strange problems in various places and protecting the peace of the people.
This middle-aged scribe in red robe is the inspector from the General Administration of Textiles in the capital. He drank tea and nodded. He seemed unaware of the small movements below and said with a smile: "These situations have always been the same above. It can be seen that over the years, Li County Weaving Institute has made great progress in the Weaving Department system. You have contributed a lot to Yongzhi's promotion from 289th to 238th."
Yuan Zheng was ecstatic. His surname was Zhang, his given name was Xian, his courtesy name was Yongzhi, and he was named Shangfeng. The words are commensurate, which means that he has skipped the greeting stage and regards himself as one of his own, so he quickly laughed and said that he didn't deserve it.
If I can get the favor of the adults, maybe I can get the opportunity to report my work in the capital during this evaluation. If I can't, I can be promoted and leave this idle Li County.
"Speaking of which, what is the name of the article submitted by the Li County Weaving Institute last month?" the Inspector suddenly mentioned.
Zhang Yuanzheng is full of doubts. Recently, it seems that he has not submitted any articles?
When Liu Sheng heard this, his heart skipped a beat, maybe, right?
The Inspector slapped his head and said: "By the way, it's called "Analysis Path Analysis of Artifact-type Magical Objects - A Study Based on the Inventory of Magical Objects in Li County". It's so well written that even the officials He was full of praise and called me this time When you come to Li County, you should take a good look and learn from Li County’s experience, especially how Yongzhi taps talents and develops research work." He said, wiping it on his waist and taking out a brand new volume of "Theory of Cultivation" from his storage bag. ” and handed it to Zhang Yuanzheng.
Zhang Yuanzheng has never read this article. What can he learn from it about development research?
Zhang Yuanzheng took the publication with a strong smile, but he was gritting his teeth in his heart.
And Liu Sheng stretched his neck and stared at the publication in the dean’s hand, feeling a little nervous.
This article was written by her and is the result of her research during the two years since she entered the Weaving Institute.
She once presented it to Zhang Yuanzheng, but Zhang Yuanzheng said that he had been busy with official duties recently and was going to defer it until later, so he put it at the bottom of the file on the table and forgot about it.
So Liu Sheng had no choice but to find the letter of submission for "Theory of Cultivation", a publication in the Tang Dynasty that was at the forefront of Cultivation research and had an impact factor of over ten, and sent it himself.
Xinling is a newly introduced letter sending and receiving technique. Although the letter is transmitted immediately, Liu Sheng thought that generally speaking, it would take three to six months to review the manuscript, so he was suspicious when he heard the article mentioned by the inspector. , I feel that it is unlikely to be my article.
I didn’t expect that the review of "Theory of Cultivation" would be so fast this time. It was published last month and published this month, and it attracted such great attention that even the officials knew about it.
Zhang Yuanzheng also had some speculations in his mind. He saw that this article was directly published in the first article of the February issue, which showed how much he attached to it. He looked at the signature again, turned to look at Liu Sheng, squeezed out a kind smile, and said: "Xiao Liu is indeed a talent from our Li County Weaving Institute."
In one sentence, Liu Sheng must first be identified as being trained by the Li County Weaving Institute.
The Inspector seemed to have just noticed Liu Sheng behind Zhang Yuanzheng. She looked no more than eighteen years old. She was slender and petite. The most eye-catching thing about her small face was her pair of round eyes. His eyes were slippery, but his face could be seen to be tired.
He couldn't help but think of his little daughter at home, who was about the same age and equally youthful. However, she could already write articles published in "Practice Theory", while his own daughter still seemed uneducated. , looks like a yameni who causes trouble every day, secretly sighing in his heart that people are so irritating.
His eyes stayed for a moment, and he showed an approving smile and said: "It turns out that this little friend is Liu Sheng. No wonder Yongzhi took her with him to report on his work today. Talented people should indeed be held in high regard. And he’s still so young. A hero really comes from a young age.”
Liu Sheng said he didn’t want to be a hero.
"Yes, she is not yet twenty years old. She was born in Hanshan Academy. She was admitted to our Lixian Weaving Academy two years ago. She was admitted because of her extremely high toughness and understanding. After entering, Let her go to the warehouse as treasurer," Zhang Yuanzheng introduced to the inspector.
Zhang Yuanzheng remembers it so clearly because there have not been many newcomers to the Lixian Weaving Institute in recent years. Newly graduated students tend to get admitted to the Weaving Institute in a prosperous place. The more money you have, the easier it is to get promoted.
"If she hadn't been studying in the warehouse for a long time, she wouldn't have been able to write such an article." Zhang Yuanzheng was afraid that the inspector would think that he was honing his talents, so he quickly added.
The treasurer is not a bad person. To put it bluntly, he is a warehouse manager who specializes in taking care of monsters. If he comes into contact with monsters too much, he will be easily contaminated, become crazy, lose his mind, and even transform into new monsters.
If it weren’t for Liu Sheng’s extremely high resilience, that is, her ability to resist strange forces, she might have been a little confused after staying in the warehouse for two years, let alone writing articles and doing research.
The Inspector also knew this truth very well and asked Liu Sheng: "Hanshan Academy is also a good academy. Being able to get into it shows that you are not bad at talent. But you are still young, why didn't you continue studying? Maybe Can I still take the imperial examination and enter the National Academy of Sciences? "
Being a treasurer in the Weaving Institute is considered a guaranteed job, but it is not a good one. How can it be compared to being assigned through the National Academy of Sciences? For example, Zhang Yuanzheng served as the head of a county as soon as he graduated, enjoying the treatment of the seventh rank. Now he manages the county weaving institute and has been promoted to the sixth rank.
Liu Sheng bowed and said calmly: "Reply to your Majesty, because the lower officials cannot understand the gods."
(End of Chapter)