Looking at the snowflakes outside the window, Du Zhongxiao said: "What a snow! This is the second snow this year. After it falls, you will have no worries next year."

Chen Xiliang said: "Jingsai, the snow here is not heavy, but the climate is too cold, and it will not melt for many days after it comes down, and it looks good."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "The signing of the verdict is not what he said. Shengzhou is located in the extreme north, with little rain and snow, and the land is barren. After we arrived here, there was plenty of rain and two more snowfalls. Isn't it a gift from God?"

Chen Xiliang nodded and said yes, laughing and drinking with the others.

Du Zhongxiao shook his head, looked at the snowflakes fluttering outside the window, and was thinking about his thoughts in a mess.

In July this year, the climate came early, and now it was only early December, and it was the coldest time. The winter outside the pass was really hard to bear. Du Zhongxiao had worked as a volcano army and was also worried about the cold weather in Shengzhou. Because it was too cold, it seemed as if everything had frozen. Except for the train at the train station, everything here seemed to be still. Du Zhongxiao was alone in Shengzhou and was extremely impatient with this environment.

It was snowing today, and Du Zhongxiao brought several bureaucrats from the state yamen to the official restaurant to drink. What kind of words given by God was just Du Zhongxiao comforted himself. The real words in his heart were that these days were too boring, and he really wanted to do something.

After drinking for a while, Wen Tong said, "Jie Zheng, and the lower officials have a good way to paint deer and apes, named Yi Yuanji. He is good at this skill, not good at poetry and prose, and has no fame. A few days ago, I wrote a letter saying that I wanted to walk around the new land of Hequ Road, and gain knowledge."

Du Zhongxiao pointed to the snow outside the window and said, "If he can bear the bitter cold, we will naturally welcome him when he comes."

Wen Tong shook his head: "Ji Shuai misunderstood that Brother Yi is coming, and it will be after the New Year. Although there is a train now, it is not easy to travel."

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "Okay, we are welcome after the New Year. Of course, we occupy Hequ Road, and arranged people everywhere this year, and we were busy for a year without realizing it. We won't be like this in the coming year, so we have to do some things well. When he comes, he can arrange for the painter to draw more villain books and sell them."

Wen Tong nodded. The most important cultural product of Hequ Road is Little Man's Book. In addition to the one arranged by Du Zhongxiao, he later published several more books, which happened to draw the war in Hequ Road. This is a revival program of literati painting, which did not miss their business.

In this era, painters had a low status. In the city, they did not live well by relying solely on this skill. People like Yi Yuanji lived a difficult life because they needed to go out for a field trip. Du Zhongxiao was a handsome man, and he was generous. As long as someone came, the rewards were attractive.

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao said: "There are few serious things to do next year, and there are not many local people. You don't have many serious things to do. Like Wen Tong, it is a good thing to be willing to attract people to come here to make a living. I guess that by spring, I will do a lot of things. Whether it is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as long as you are really capable, it is not difficult to live a comfortable life here. If you have someone familiar with you, you can introduce you to come here."

Several people agreed to the promise together. Under Du Zhongxiao, their status is not high, but for ordinary people, their status is not low. After this position as a police officer, Chen Xiliang can be the governor, and many others can be the general judge. In the literary world, who doesn’t know a few people who are good at calligraphy and painting? For example, Du Zhongxiao, there are few people who have no other skills except being an official.

After drinking a glass of wine, Du Zhongxiao said, "Shengzhou, there are thousands of families in the city, but what is the ordinary people actually account for? To put it bluntly, most of the people in the city are working for the yamen, which is very unusual for ordinary cities. Over the Chinese New Year, we must find ways to attract people from the mainland and make the market prosperous. If the people do a good job, they can remove the yamen and count the market."

Dai Zhuang, the military officer, said: "Jingshuai said it makes sense. However, the newly opened land here is very cold and I am afraid that no one will come when I am anxious."

Du Zhongxiao said: "As long as you have money to make money, are you afraid that no one will come? I think you can spend tens of thousands of chunks of money to attract people in the next year."

It’s hard for a few people to say anything, so they call it yes together.

Du Zhongxiao also said: "In addition to painting, we can also print books. We have a machine for printing money here, which is very advanced and can be used to print books. Dangxiang in the west has always believed in Buddhism and always requires a large number of scriptures to be printed and sold to them. And it is not just Dangxiang, but the Western Regions in the west have always been called the Buddha's country. If you print some easy-to-sale Buddhist scriptures and sell them there, the best of both worlds."

Zhang Tangying, the manager of the military officer, said: "This is a good thing. There are not many things in Shengzhou City and there are even fewer lawsuits, but there have been many lawsuits regarding Buddhist scriptures in the past few months. A beautifully printed Buddhist scriptures can be called the treasure of the world among the foreigners."

Du Zhongxiao said: "That's it. Go back and think about it. If you have any talents you know, you can come here if you are not successful in the mainland."

Several people gathered together, whispering to the candidates, while drinking and chatting.

Du Zhongxiao was bored and looked at the snowflakes flying outside. After a few days of cloudiness, it finally started to snow. Du Zhongxiao suddenly missed home. Since last year, he has been here for nearly a year. When he was busy, he still doesn't feel that he always thinks of home after spending these months.

No matter how good the foreign land is, it is not my hometown after all. I wonder what my hometown has become?

Han Yueniang packed the package and handed it to Xiaoqing, saying, "The official is outside the border. After years of going there, I don't know what it has become. Although I have been back from letters, I say everything is fine. Who knows what? As an official in the border area, his family is not allowed to accompany him. This is really hard to bear. When I was in Suizhou, I thought it was too much to live there. Now it seems that it is better to live together. Take my clothes and go to Shengzhou for me to accompany him."

Xiaoqing whispered, took the package and stood there without saying a word.

Han Yueniang looked out the window, not knowing what she remembered, and was stunned. After a while, she said, "Go on the train to the capital, and then transfer to Shengzhou. Although the road is not close, it doesn't seem too far."

Xiaoqing said: "Madam, I've inquired and I'll have to walk on the road for several days."

"Oh, is it so far?" Han Yueniang replied casually, and she might not have realized what she said. Since there was a train, it was convenient to come and go, and suddenly I felt that it was very far away when I had to walk outside for a few days.

In recent years, Du Zhongxiao was an official in other places, except for a few years in the Volcano Army, and was not far from him. When he was young, he didn't feel that he was getting middle-aged, and suddenly he felt that he could not leave him. This time, Du Zhongxiao went to Hequ Road and walked in a hurry. The two of them had not met each other, but unexpectedly it was more than a year.

Looking at the window opening outside the window, there were some ice chips next to it, but there were no butterflies in the sun, Han Yueniang sighed.

Xiaoqing held the package and looked in the direction Han Yueniang looked, but saw nothing and felt bored.

After a while, Han Yueniang woke up and said, "I've inquired. There will be a car to go to Beijing tonight. You may not be able to make a mistake when you take a car to Xuzhou later. On the way, there are two servants and two maids. If you have anything to do."

Xiaoqing agreed and looked at the red and yellow flowers outside the window.
Chapter completed!