Don't move, this child bride is not easy to mess with.

"Mom, you don't need to worry. We can still sell these to make money when we go to Anlan County. Even if the recipe is spread, it won't affect that far." Su Mulan knew what Yu was worried about.

If the recipe is given out, no matter what method is used, the braised vegetables and spicy cabbage will not be a separate business in the future.

How could Sumulan not consider this?

First of all, these marinating and pickling methods are good for a short time, after all, the ingredients are complicated.

But the Chinese people are so smart that they can even create an atomic bomb with your hands, let alone things like kimchi.

Even if Su Mulan's recipe is not leaked, sooner or later there will be a replacement in the county.

Fortunately, transportation is inconvenient, and the spread of these undesirable foods is very slow. She has made a lot of money in Qingsong County, and she will only make more if she changes to another place.

After all, Qingsong County is a lower county, with an area of ​​only thirty-six miles and less than 5,000 households. There are more than 30,000 households in Anlan County's 72 miles!

After all, Yu was born in the countryside, has limited knowledge, and only cares about immediate interests.

"Mulan, who are you going to give the prescription to?" Seeing that Su Mulan had made up her mind, Yu asked about the specific regulations since she knew she couldn't change it.

"After returning to the village, we will call several agents together to discuss this matter. There is a happy event that I want to tell you." Su Mulan looked at her younger brother Xiaobai and smiled.

"Eldest sister, is there any news about the imperial examination?" When Su Xiaobai saw his eldest sister looking at him, he was confused at first, but then he guessed something and asked excitedly.

"Exactly. You are on the list of those who passed the imperial examination. Prepare well for the academy examination in August. If you pass the academy examination again, the Su family will have its first scholar!" Su Mulan patted his shoulder with a smile.

"That's great. Master Yan read my article about the imperial examination and also told me to prepare for the college examination." Su Xiaobai jumped up with joy, but felt embarrassed and his face turned red.

"Xiao Bai - Xiao Bai is really good at studying. If your father were still here..." Yu was even more excited than Xiao Bai, and tears fell down.

"Okay, my brother is going to be a scholar!" Su Xi'er shouted with a blushing face.

"Sister, don't talk nonsense, you're still just a Tongsheng, a Tongsheng! I can't imagine being a scholar." Su Xiaobai was startled by Xi'er's shouting and quickly corrected him.

"What's wrong with Tong Sheng? You're only twelve years old! Even if you fail to pass the examination, it's still a big deal." Although Su Mulan felt that it was unlikely that he would pass the examination at his age, she was still satisfied.

Twelve years old, this is just a primary school student in later generations.

It is indeed difficult for a scholar.

In a county with tens of thousands of people, there are over a thousand scholars. Most of the scholars in Qingsong County are in the county schools, and there are only five places for scholars each year.

A young man like Su Xiaobai must be ranked in the top five if he wants to be admitted as a scholar!

The whole government's academy examinations are held twice every three years, and the number of talents in each academy examination is only twenty or thirty.

According to Xie Chengan, although Su Xiaobai passed the government examination, his ranking was extremely low. If you take part in the academy examination this year, you basically don’t have to think about it as a scholar.

It's just that there are still three or four months before the college examination. If he makes great progress in knowledge during this period, he may have two or three chances to win.

On average, only two to three thousand talents are produced in the country a year. There are only dozens of these talented people who have won the exam. Including the scholars from previous years, there are only three to four hundred candidates in the country.

The triennial examination can only admit two to three hundred Jinshi. Xie Chengan was able to pass the Jinshi exam, which can be said to be very impressive.

Although it is extremely difficult to pass the examination to be a good candidate and become a Jinshi. But after all, a group of people must be selected every three years, and the number accumulated over the years is quite large.

However, there are only so many shortages in the imperial court, one carrot and one pitfall, and it is impossible to distinguish them. Why do we need regular imperial examinations?

According to Su Mulan's understanding, in essence, those who pass the exam are often the smartest ones. If the court doesn't arrange a way out across classes, they will cause trouble at the local level.

These people were selected through the imperial examination and deeply tied to the interests of the dynasty. Naturally, they would not rebel of their own.

Therefore, a scholar can enjoy eighty acres of land tax-free, and be exempted from two corvee and small taxes. What’s even worse if you win the lottery is that you will be exempted from tax for 400 acres!

The imperial court does not raise these people to make them do things, but essentially to make them not do things!

With their privileges, these people at least have enough food and clothing. Even if he is not an official, he is still a country gentleman and a doctor in the local area.

With such generous treatment, who would be willing to risk beheading to cause trouble?

Huang Chao, who wrote the famous poem "Ode to Chrysanthemums in the Empress Bu Di", rebelled because he failed in many attempts and had no other way out.

Such a person actually killed all the major families that had been entrenched in the Central Plains for thousands of years!

If these unsuccessful smart people unite to rebel, what kind of dynasty can resist?

Therefore, although the authorities knew that giving preferential treatment to scholars would eventually lead to land annexation, they had no choice but to do so.

Drinking poison to quench thirst can be delayed for a while. If these people cannot be properly arranged, the dynasty will die faster.

In the middle and late stages of every dynasty and every generation, there must be some discerning reformers. In reality, they were just trying to prevent land annexation. The excessive gap between the rich and the poor caused the collapse of the court.

However, no matter how successful the reform is, it can only be delayed for decades. Once the person in charge falls, everything will return to the way it was before, and ordinary people will not be able to survive and will have no choice but to rise up.

The change of dynasties every three hundred years or so is an unstoppable trend.

After the population was consumed through war, wealth and power were reshuffled, the new dynasty was light on corvee and light on taxes. If the people could survive, they would naturally live and work in peace and contentment.

As for those smart people, although they will also be affected by the troubled times, many people will have their families destroyed. But most of them are still the privileged class in the new dynasty, or even go further.

Therefore, peasant uprisings have often shaken imperial rule since ancient times. But the fruits of victory always fell into the hands of scholar-bureaucrats.

After all, it is easy to destroy the world, but to govern the world, you have to rely on scholars!

"Sister, when will we return to Dazheng Village?" Su Xiaobai's voice reached her ears, interrupting Su Mulan who was in a trance to continue thinking about these issues that were far away from her.

"There's no rush. You can get together with your classmates in the next few days. When the good news about your birth as a middle child is official, the eldest sister will take you home in fine clothes!" Su Mulan said with a smile.

"I'm just a child, elder sister, please stop making fun of me." Su Xiaobai lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Xiao Bai, don't be too modest. You must know that your mentor, Mr. Yang, is just a boy!" Su Mulan felt that the little kid was still not confident, so she encouraged him.

"That's right, our Xiaobai is the best. I heard that Yang Lizheng took the exam for many years when he was young, but he didn't pass the Tongsheng exam." Looking at her promising son, Mr. Yu also wiped away tears and laughed.

"Exactly. I don't know if Yang Lizheng's son has passed the exam." When Su Mulan saw Yu mentioning Yang Lizheng, she couldn't help but think of Yang Bin.