Chapter 2495

Manbao's land is not very rich, so land is not expensive, especially wasteland.

Zhou Lijun found a piece of land close to the roadside and bought it. Now the workshop and house have been built, so everyone ran to see it.

The reason why the speed is so fast is that it is built according to the small farmyard, which is not as carefully divided as the village yard in Pucun before, and the bricks, stones and wood used are also good.

The workshops built are rows of yards and houses. Inside are the grinding pharmacy, boiling pharmacy and oil refining room planned by Lu based on their experience

It's very detailed anyway.

At that time, many people will be invited. Zhou Lijun decided to invite his sister-in-law to seal the land.

Man Bao takes a vase to Zheng.

Zheng put it on the shelf in the outer room. After looking at it, she felt that it was not coordinated enough, so she took it to her own study and found a shelf to put it on, which was comfortable.

"In the garden?"

Man Bao nodded and said with a smile, "cut a little."

When Zheng went for a walk in the evening, she knew that it was more than cutting a little. Several of her proud flowers were cut. She was distressed for a moment, and then protected the remaining flower buds. Zhou man was no longer allowed to cut them.

She said: "there is also a process of flower cutting. At least one blooming flower should be left on the flower branch, so that it won't look naked and ugly."

Man Bao nodded and said, "aunt Zheng, next time I go out to buy flowers and come back to insert a bottle for you."

Zheng immediately said, "big ones."

This is not difficult for man Bao.

She smiled and went to the mall to place a lot of flowers. When she went to the Yamen after the holiday, she went around the street and came back with the flowers.

Zheng knew that man Bao could always buy a lot of beautiful flowers. He was very happy. He inserted a bottle with her, and then left a bottle for himself. The rest was given to Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Bai and Xiao Qian, who were better friends with her.

I just went to work and took the double ninth holiday a few days later.

But this time, man Bao and Bai Erlang didn't go out to play. Instead, they were at home reading with Bai Erlang.

Guan Yong was amazed to see Bai Shan's notes in the capital this time. Sure enough, there was a great difference between the teachers of the county school and the Imperial College, not to mention the teachers of Chongwen hall.

Basically, he can learn new knowledge every day. Then he knows that he really came to accumulate experience in the Jinshi examination this time. After reading Bai Shan's article, he knows that he may not be able to win the Jinshi examination in three years.

The articles of Bai Dalang and Bai Erlang are not bad, and he feels he can't catch up.

Guan Yong quietly said to his wife, "we should live until next year's Mingjing examination. I can't get a Jinshi."

Zhou Lixin had expected that Jinshi would not be so easy to take the exam, so he nodded and said, "I'm not afraid. We just live. You can still read with Mr. Zhou. I've read with Mr. Zhou for two years before. In this way, we are still classmates."

Zhou Lixin couldn't help laughing at the speech and said, "I knew Mr. Zhuang was so powerful. I should have gone to Qili Village to study."

But Mr. Zhuang's reputation was not obvious in those years. Compared with Mr. Zhuang, who could only accept master Bai's invitation to teach a group of urchins in the village, it was naturally better for the two famous gentlemen in the county. Therefore, Guan Yong was sent to the county town to study early. He has always been the most promising child in the three nearby villages except Bai Dalang.

Unfortunately, a Bai Shan came later. Bai Erlang, who has never been good at reading, surpassed him to go to Yizhou to study

Guan Yong coughed, pulled back his thoughts and said to his wife, "just want to have children."

Zhou Lixin also wanted to. His smile fell down and sighed: "I don't know if he is obedient at home. I'd better go back with my second uncle before my sister-in-law gets married."

"No," Guan Yonglian hurriedly said, "you are willing to leave me alone."

"There are my parents here."

Guan Yong shook his head. "Naturally, father-in-law and mother-in-law are excellent, but we have been married together since we came to the capital. How can you go back alone? Don't worry, my mother will take care of her children. "

Guan Yong suppressed his thoughts and worries and persuaded his wife in turn.

Zhou Lixin thought that he would enter the examination room in a few days, so he didn't want him to be distracted, so he nodded.

Two days after the Double Ninth Festival, on September 12, the Jinshi examination officially began. Bai Shan and them went to send Bai Dalang three into the examination room.

Bai Shan, a successful man, personally sent people to the gate of the tribute yard and met Feng Zongping and Pei Shouyue. Just send them blessings. No matter what the prospect is, everyone is very ambitious at the moment.

However, they also made the worst plan. Feng Zongping and Bai Erlang said, "this time they don't win. We will test the Ming Sutra together next year."

Bai Erlang nodded.

Bai Dalang also nodded.

Pei Shouyue and Guan Yong also nodded secretly.

In addition to game theory and sutras, the Jinshi examination mainly focuses on poetry and the reputation of candidates.

Feng Zongping has a good reputation in the capital and is accompanied by the crown prince. The examiners all know him. He has also done two or three good articles in the past two years.

Bai Dalang's fame is not small. He almost passed the exam last year, so most of the marking officers have heard of him, but they are still no more famous than Bai Erlang.

This famous man has three aspects. First, he is also the prince's companion; 2、 He is the son-in-law of the future; 3、 He is the younger martial brother of Zhou man and Bai Shan. Especially this year, the letter about the imperial medical department written by him and Bai Shan Zhou man was taken out by the emperor from time to time to share with the officials.

As examiners of the Jinshi examination, their status is naturally not low, and they don't look less at Bai Erlang's book.

Therefore, they had to admit that Bai Erlang had a talent for practical work, so he put his paper on the side of taking it when marking the paper.

After ranking, they take it into the palace to find the emperor. Well, the emperor usually orders the top three. Of course, if he is interested, he can also line up in the back. If you don't listen, you can say something else.

The emperor took Bai Dalang's paper out and looked at it. He nodded with satisfaction and glanced at the list. He didn't speak when he saw that the examiners ranked him 12th. Looking at Bai Erlang's paper again, he was a little tangled.

This time Li maoyue was one of the examiners. Seeing the emperor pondering, he asked, "Your Majesty doesn't think this paper is good?"

The emperor said, "it's not bad. I looked at other papers. He may be a little inferior in literary talent, but his knowledge is not weaker than others, and he is pragmatic. You're not bad at ranking 20, but a double Jinshi..."

He thought the honor was too great.

Li maoyue listened to another meaning of the emperor and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Duke Wei said that you don't have to avoid your relatives. Bai Cheng has such talent. It's unfair to him if he falls down because he is his son-in-law."

The emperor raised his eyebrows and thought it was natural. Cough, he didn't pretend. He didn't want people to know that Bai Cheng could pass the exam. It wasn't his favoritism, but that he did have this ability.

However, the emperor was a little fair. He felt that he could be ranked 20th, so he moved him to 23rd.

The examiners looked at it and nodded slightly. They thought the emperor was fair, so the list was set.