A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 622 As long as the price is right. Sell

Seeing the little daughter's displeasure, Wang smiled and pushed the fruit basket in front of her,
"Mother, are they all mine?" Ru Lan said in surprise when she saw most of the basket of fruits.

Wang rolled her eyes at this greedy girl, "Your father and I haven't eaten yet."

Even if it's divided among three people, that's not a lot.

Ru Lan immediately turned overcast, reached out and took a lychee and peeled it, "Mother, does our capital sell such fresh fruits?"

Wang said: "I didn't buy it, it was a gift from the young man."

Bite the lychee meat is so sweet! !
"Brother Heng?"

Wang said: "Yes. A while ago, I heard that the little grandpa's family started a fruit business. It seems to be true."

Heng's second family is in the fruit business? ?
Ru Lan rolled her eyes, "Mother, the young man is so polite, don't we have to give back a little gift? Don't let people think that our family is a cheapskate."

Wang was stunned for a moment, she really didn't expect this.But thinking about what the little girl said is right.This time, the fruit, together with the gift from Duke Qi when they came to the door for the first time, looked at his daughter and said with relief, "Ru'er has grown up."

Ru Lan immediately said: "Mother, tell me when you return the gift."

Wang asked strangely, "What does Ru'er want to do?"

Ru Lan said: "I want to send a letter to Second Brother Heng, thanking him for bringing me some fruit."

Wang's face was surprised, when did the little daughter become so cute?

Ru Lan said with a serious expression, "Mother, I am ten years old this year. Zhuang Xuexue often said that the kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring."

Start at dawn and work hard to do good.

"Heng'er, it's time to wake up."

Wang Lidong, who was soundly asleep, was awakened by a sharp shout, he jumped up three inches angrily, but suppressed it helplessly, "Understood, get up immediately."

After a while, he appeared in the living room fully dressed.

At this time, Qi's mother was holding a list in one hand, while counting the various items her son would bring to the exam.

"Mother, morning."

"Heng'er, hurry up and have breakfast."

Qi's mother replied casually, pointing to a kraft paper package and said, "There are too few realgars. Laisheng, go to the warehouse immediately, and get 2 more packages."

Seeing 'realgar', she thought of the examinee who was bitten to death during the government examination. Although her son's fists and feet are well practiced now, it's a beautiful fist and embroidered legs. If he encounters a poisonous snake, safety comes first.

Wang Lidong glanced at the bag of realgar in Lu Hong's hand, and reckoned it weighed at least half a catty. A little bit big house would definitely be enough for a floor. If you add two more bags, the smell of the house would not be choking.
But he didn't talk too much, he sat obediently at the table and ate breakfast.

After Princess Pingning finished ordering, he dragged his son into the carriage.

After leaving the mansion, Wang Lidong looked through the window at the passers-by in twos and threes on the side of the road, many of them were dressed as students, and he wanted to come for the same purpose as him.

Many of them are also accompanied by their parents, which is very similar to the college entrance examination a thousand years later.

When we arrived at the Gongyuan, some white belly was slightly exposed on the horizon.

The process of entering the hospital was the same as the previous two rounds, but the speed of entering the examination room was obviously much slower.

Wang Lidong pricked up his ears to inquire for a while.

Today's chief examiner has changed, Shuntian Fuyin has been replaced by Tixue Cai Zhun from Gyeonggi Road, this person seems to be very strict about the inspection.

After half an hour, it was finally Wang Lidong's turn.

The rice balls were broken one by one, the holders of the writing brushes were sawed open one by one, and his ears were picked out.
Just about to poke an asshole!
Lifting his trousers, Wang Lidong spat hard in his heart!

Son of a bitch!
For some reason, the guard who was inspecting the realgar powder staggered and then fell to the ground.

Wang Lidong hurriedly tied up his trouser belt, and reached out to grab his three packs of realgar.

This thing is not cheap, if you go to a pharmacy, it will cost at least three or four pennies, so you can't waste it.

"My lord, these three bags of realgar powder have been inspected, can the students wrap them up?"

Seeing the examiner Cai Zhun nodding expressionlessly, he carefully repacked the three packets of realgar powder.

After that, nothing happened and I found the seat for this time, 'Zhou-23', followed the instructions, and found the dormitory, which turned out to be the innermost one.

After looking around, the environment is okay and clean.

As usual, I took out the broom and cleaned it up.

There are a total of two questions in the college examination, which are written by the chief examiner on the spot. Before eleven o'clock, Wang Lidong put down his brush.

It's a pity that the examination papers cannot be handed in early, and they have to wait until three o'clock, when the guards will come up to collect the papers.

Soup again for lunch.

After thinking about it for a while, he dismantled the wooden boards on it and put them together to form a bed. He lay down on the net and planned to lie down until the exam was over.

While sleeping soundly. "Crack!" Feeling something hit his body, Wang Lidong woke up instantly. He opened his eyes and saw a khaki-colored snake growing on his stomach, grinning at him.
Triangular head, distinct snout, short tail and cheek sockets.The back of the head is dark brown, the belly of the body is off-white, and the tip of the tail is brown-black. It turns out to be flying on grass, and its scientific name is short-tailed Agkistrodon.

Little thing, dare to bark your teeth at me.

Stretched out a finger, lightly flicked on the snake's head, 'bia chirp' flew straight on the grass and fell straight on the bed.

Wang Lidong sat up and stretched
Put on your shoes, pick up the grass and lie on the bed obediently, fly on the grass that dare not move, look up and down, and then look up at the sky, it should be almost 2 o'clock, relying on the small charcoal stove I brought, I want to put It's not realistic to stew snake meat for an hour.

Reluctantly, he gave up the idea of ​​slaughtering snakes, peeling skins, and stewing snake soup.

After thinking for a while, he let go of the skill panel, and when he saw the little tune bird skill, Wang Lidong's eyes lit up. He threw a little tune bird skill on the little thing.
After 5 minutes, looking at the stupid snake in my hand, I finally figured out what 'up' means.

He threw Cao Shangfei under his feet, kicked the guy again, and signaled him to lie down against the wall.

The little guy looked up at him for a few seconds before slowly sticking to the corner of the wall.

wipe!
If you are not still useful, I will stew you immediately!

Wang Lidong stood back, and found that if he stood far away and didn't stare, he really wouldn't be able to see that there was a poisonous snake hiding here.

Not bad.

Immediately after he took off his shoes, Wang Lidong lay on the partition again thinking about the posture of the person who died of poisoning. The sound of a person's footsteps was heard in the distance
The black-faced guard ran to the chief examiner Cai Zhun in a panic, and said loudly, "My lord, a candidate was bitten to death by a poisonous snake in the dormitory."

"what?!"

Cai Zhun 'Teng' stood up with a look of shock, "When did it happen?"

The black-faced officer said: "When the little one found out, the examinee hadn't moved."

"Take me there quickly."

This conversation made the hairs of the dozen or so candidates nearby stand on end with fright.

They all got up in a panic, and checked their own houses again tremblingly.
The officer who reported the letter pointed to the last dormitory and said, "My lord, that is Zhou-23."

Cai Zhun stroked his beard, looked again at the five yamen servants standing beside him, and waved his hand, "Lead the way."

When everyone came to 'Zhou-23', Cai Zhun hid behind several yamen servants, and when he stretched his neck to observe the situation in the dormitory, he felt a blur in his eyes, and a black shadow sprang out from the dormitory, followed by his right calf. a pain.
Just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Lidong followed a group of examinees and ran out of the gate of the Gongyuan.

This palace is really scary.

There must be people in every game, today is even more awesome, and I have failed in my studies!
"My lord." In order not to see the little lord, he hurried forward to take the two test baskets, "My lord, I heard that Tixue was bitten to death by a poisonous snake?"

"Does the outside know?"

"The transmission started after 2 o'clock in the afternoon."

"Well, the old man's death was terrible. When he was bitten, he was not far from me, and the screams were a bit piercing."

Chunlan murmured, "I think it's okay to change this Jingshi Gongyuan to the Jingshi Snake Academy. Three people have been killed this year."

Seeing that her son was safe and sound, Qi's mother breathed a sigh of relief and immediately complained.

This year's exam is really scary.

Every time I send my son to the Gongyuan, it feels like sending him to the battlefield
Next there are 2 stages of exams, both of which are in this ghost place, and they all have to live for 2 days.
The heart that just let go, hangs up again!
In a side hall of the Lu Mansion in the north of the capital city, the Kaifeng Mansion General Judge Lu Gong wrote, pointing at the big steward Zhao Qian who was kneeling in front of him, and cursed, "It's been three months, and Qi Heng is still alive and kicking.

The other candidates were killed in the previous two times, but Cai Tixue was killed this time, how can I explain to the Cai family! "

Thinking of the troubles he was about to face, Mr. Lu raised his leg and kicked the butler.

Zhao Qian, who was kicked down, turned over and sat up, and kowtowed twice: "My lord, my lord, give me another month, and I will definitely let my lord hear the good news within one month."

Lu Gong snorted coldly, "If it wasn't for Rou'er's face, I would send you to the Cai Mansion today to apologize.

I'll give you another month, if there's no good news, find a place to bury yourself!roll! "

Sheng Jia Wei Rui Xuan

Sheng Hong returned home, changed his official uniform, and entered the hall. Seeing more than a dozen plates of various fruits on the table, he asked in surprise, "My lady, so many fruits?"

Wang said with a smile: "Princess Pingning sent someone to send it over, saying that it was to celebrate her little father-in-law's achievement as a scholar."

"It's really passed once?!" Sheng Hong was a little emotional, "I remember that the little father-in-law is only 13 years old this year. If he can pass the hospital examination at this age, the future is limitless."

Mrs. Wang glanced at Sheng Hong, and said tentatively: "Officer, since the young man has passed the examination, I think Changbai's knowledge is not inferior to the young man's. Shall we let him try next year?"

"this.?"

It would be a lie to say that he is not tempted, and Changbai has been very competitive since he was a child.It doesn't make sense for the young master to pass, and his smart son can't. Sheng Hong thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask Zhuang Xuejiao some other day. If Zhuang Xuejiao agrees, then I will end next year."

Mrs. Wang said in a low voice: "Officer, recently Ru'er and the young father-in-law often write letters."

"cough cough"

Sheng Hong, who was happily eating watermelon, choked on the news, "Ru'er and the young master? Ma'am, are you right?"

"Ru'er showed it to me herself. There are several." Wang took out a quick handkerchief and handed it to the official, "Officer, do you think the young man has taken a fancy to my family, Ru'er?"

Sheng Hong took the handkerchief and wiped his mouth, "Did the little eunuch write to Ru'er on his own initiative?"

Mrs. Wang shook her head slightly, "The first letter was written by Ru'er. Last time the young man brought fruit, she just said that she wanted to write a letter to thank him, and the correspondence continued."

"What is written in the letter from the young master?"

"Most of them are for chatting and eating. The 'boiled dry shredded' I ate last night is the recipe written in the letter from the little father-in-law."

Sheng Hong suddenly understood.

No wonder it was done so carefully, it turned out to be from Duke Qi's mansion.

"...It's not that you already knew about it, why did you tell me today?"

Wang stuck. "Didn't I tell you two days ago? I remember. I seem to have told you."

"I said a P." Sheng Hong glared at the confused lady, "Be careful about this."

Ever since he was labeled a scholar, Wang Lidong was temporarily liberated.The next round of rural examinations will be in the fall of next year, and there will be almost a year in between.

I found my chief financial officer to find out about the funds on hand.After knowing that 43 pennies have been piled up in his small coffers, he waved his hand --- spend!
Money is something that you have to spend if you earn it, and you won’t have children if you put it in the warehouse. Moreover, there are no banks these days, and there are not even money houses.

Iron mines, copper mines, greenstone mines... In less than a month, Wang Lidong had more than thirty mines of various kinds in his hands.

Then it sprinkled more than 8 guan, and bought 3 large farms of [-] mu.After spending a month or so to straighten out all the matters of the three manors, they expanded the ironmaking workshop, expanded the shipbuilding workshop, and built a new chemical workshop.
When the money in his hand was reduced to four figures, the annual big day of the Duke's Mansion also quietly arrived.

Early in the morning, Wang Lidong, dressed neatly, came to his parents' courtyard.

Seeing Mother Qi in luxurious equipment, she bowed deeply,
"Mother, happy birthday!"

Seeing that her son hadn't forgotten, Princess Pingning nodded in satisfaction: "Heng'er, sit down quickly."

Father Qi asked, "Heng'er, what gift have you prepared for your mother?"

"I've already prepared the gift, but what is it, let me keep it a secret for now." Wang Lidong looked at Father Cheap and said, "What gift did Father prepare this year?"

Father Qi stroked his beard with a smile, "Secret."

Wang Lidong rolled his eyes.

The family happily ate breakfast, and then went about their own business.

The time soon came to evening.

According to the usual practice, dinner is not eaten at home, but to find a restaurant in the capital.

Wang Lidong grabbed Qi's mother who was about to get into the carriage, pointed in the direction of the stable,

"Mother, the birthday present my son prepared for you."

As soon as the words fell, I saw a handsome big white horse pulling a golden four-wheeled carriage, slowly approaching from a distance, pacing in front of a family, and when it stopped, it snorted loudly .

Mother Qi looked at the luxurious carriage and asked in surprise, "Why are there four wheels?"

"Mother, let's sit in and talk."

After entering the carriage, Princess Pingning thought of one word - big!
The length is estimated to be more than Zhang, and if it is six or seven feet wide and high, when she came in, she only slightly bent her knees.

After sitting down, lean back and straighten your legs.

Spacious!

After walking a hundred meters, Qi's mother realized something was wrong. Usually, no matter how slow the carriage was going, it would jump violently, but today, she only felt some slight vibrations. When she touched the seat cushion, it was of normal thickness.

"Heng'er, why is this carriage so stable?"

Wang Lidong bent down to open a drawer under the seat, took out a set of shock absorber system (bow plate, shock absorber steel plate) and two bearings, and then briefly explained the functions of the two things to the couple.

If it weren't for the poor iron smelting technology, he would never use the bow plate for the shock absorber system. This thing is not very comfortable, and it is usually used on trucks.

Father Qi turned the bearing in his hand, "Heng'er, what's the use of this little thing?"

Wang Lidong smiled and said: "Father, this carriage is only pulled by one horse."

They are a family of three, plus a groom, plus the weight of the carriage, if there is no bearing, at least 2 horses are needed to pull it.

After Qi's father figured it out, he looked at the small round bearing in his hand, "Good thing! If all the carriages are equipped with this thing, it will be able to transport a lot of things, and it will save a lot of manpower and rations when going to war."

Qi's mother said, "Heng'er, how many cars do you have?"

Wang Lidong said: "Mother is planning to give it to the present and the queen?"

Mother Qi nodded.

Wang Lidong said: "I don't have the whole vehicle, but I have several sets of key accessories. Or send the accessories and the blueprint of the carriage to the palace. Isn't there a general in the palace? The carriage they made must be better than ours."

Qi's mother thought for a while, and felt that her son's idea was not bad. Anyway, it is enough to let the present and the queen know what he wants.

While speaking, the car gradually slowed down.

"Your Majesty, my lord, my little lord, Fengle Tower is here."

The four-wheeled carriage was too stunning. As soon as the carriage stopped, a large group of people surrounded it.

After Wang Lidong's family of three got out of the car, they saw more than a dozen familiar faces: British Duke, Cheng Guogong, Yongchanghou, Zhongqinbo.
After saluting to a circle of elders, four or five minutes passed. When Wang Lidong was about to enter the restaurant, he found that Daddy and his carriage had disappeared.

After asking, I realized that I was dragged by several nobles to take turns to test the car.
By the time the family of three sat in the box, it was already past seven o'clock.

Wang Lidong regretted going out in a four-wheeled carriage today.

But Qi's father and Qi's mother were all red.

The nobles who have ridden in a four-wheeled carriage are full of praise for the car, especially for the elderly and those who often travel far. For them, this car is simply a magic weapon.

The couple knew that their son was responsible for the car, so the more others praised him, the more proud they were.

"Heng'er, how are you going to sell the carriage?" After ordering, Qi's father asked, "During the test drive just now, several companies asked me if they would sell 'High Speed ​​Clipper'?"

In the past few months, Wang Lidong has made a lot of money by relying on the flying shear boat, which made a group of carnivores in the capital squander all over the place.

Wang Lidong said: "I don't plan to make a carriage myself, I only sell key accessories. As for the clipper boat, as long as the price is right, sell it!"

The most valuable thing in a four-wheeled carriage is the shock-absorbing steel plate and bearings. The rest are hard work. There are various imitation clipper ships going back and forth.
(End of this chapter)