Making money, taking exams, and raising a family in rural imperial examinations

Knowing that Lin Ze's reputation is not good and the students who worship under him have no good future, Li Guangcai still sent his son here, naturally he has considerations.

What do the children of merchants care most about?It is nothing more than taking the imperial examination to change the lintel, or inheriting the family business to expand their own business.

The former Li Guangcai did not expect much from his son. After all, his son started learning at the age of three, but at the age of nine, he just finished a book of "Thousand Characters", which is obviously not material for the imperial examination.

Therefore, Li Guangcai now wholeheartedly wants his son to read more books and open up his mind, so that he can inherit the family shop and carry it forward in the future, so as not to be able to understand the contract when doing business in the future, and to be cheated by people in writing.

In addition, he didn't know about Lin Ze's official career, but he did know about Lin Ze's recent movements in the town.

In just over a month, Lin Ze developed a small stall without a store to become famous all over the town. Can this really be explained only by luck and the taste of dim sum?

Cooking and eating are much better, why don't you see other people doing it like this?For example, the old brand of Xianleju is also in the pastry business. The taste of the pastry is famous all over the town. It took a long time to make a name for it.

Li Guangcai has lived half his life, and his business is mediocre, but his ability to judge people is well practiced. In his opinion, Lin Ze is a natural businessman.

Therefore, he wanted to ask Lin Ze to be his husband, not because he wanted his son to learn poetry and books, but because he wanted to learn Lin Ze's business skills.

Lin Ze also had guesses about this, and had some plans, otherwise he really didn't want to waste time accepting students, his time is precious now.

Glancing at the child who still had an indignant expression, Lin Ze stopped talking nonsense and cut straight to the point.

"Li Sheng, right? You're not my student yet. It's useless to say anything else. Your father begged for this opportunity with his old face. If you are not convinced by what I said, then answer my question carefully. Let me see if you're really stupid."

"The first question, tell me, why did you scold me like that at the beginning? You and I don't know each other, why do you say that I am a stinky scholar who loves money? Why do you think that without businessmen paying taxes, the court can't support us sour people? Are you a scholar?"

This question made Li Sheng silent for a while, staring at Lin Ze finally began to feel uneasy.

Before, he was just angry for a while and didn't want to see his father humiliate him. Now that he came back to his senses, he also knew how serious the consequences were if what he said before was really taken into account. If he was better, he was just scolding others for being a scholar. Rebellion against the court.

No matter how naive Li Sheng was, he was still nine years old. Children in ancient times matured precociously. When he came to his senses, he still dared to repeat what he said before, and his face turned pale.

"To be honest, there are no outsiders in this room now. I don't like to listen to flattery. If you don't have the guts to answer such a simple question, you should go back with your father..."

Lin Ze's attitude was merciless. If the child couldn't say what he wanted to hear, then he would definitely not accept it.

It is a waste of time to get along with teachers and students with different ideas, and he is not compulsory to teach. The relationship between teachers and students in ancient times is not as simple as it is in modern times. If he takes in this child, he will take in half his son, and he will not be careless.

Li Sheng has a straight temper. A child is naturally courageous, and he has hated people like scholars and teachers for a long time. Seeing Lin Ze's statement, the child was naturally unsteady, and immediately regained his confidence.

"Hmph, this is what you asked me to say. If you think my words are not pleasing to you, you will be angry and trouble my family, you are a puppy!"

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and the child holds his head up, with an expression of 'I am finally proud today',

"Don't think that my young master is easy to coax, that is, my father has to ask me to ask a gentleman to study before I will be led by your nose. Every time my father asks me to invite a gentleman, you sour talents all look the same. At the beginning, I pretended to be very lofty, why don’t you bend your waist for five buckets of rice, it’s all bullshit! Whenever my father said a few more words and added money, he immediately agreed with his eyes, this is an example!"

"The most hateful thing is that every time I promise to teach me for two hours, but every time I come to my house, I will use my naughty excuse to copy the book for an hour, and then talk a lot of nonsense, and then call me stupid!"

"Aren't you no exception now? You actually want to charge my father three times the amount of Shuxiu's silver, and make excuses in a high-sounding way. You are worse than those stinky scholars before! You still want to make clothes for free at my silk and satin shop, you sour scholar knows How much cloth does it cost to make a piece of clothing? How much is a piece of satin clothing worth? Do you know how long it will take for my father to earn back the pieces of silk that I gave you? You are so shameless!"

The more the child talked, the angrier he became. He really hated these sour scholars who pretended to be so. He looked down on his family's business, so why did they collect the money so readily and naturally?

Forget it, what's more important is that every time those gentlemen hired by his father with a lot of money don't have real talents at all, and if he can't teach well, he will say that he is stubborn and dull, it's bullshit, he will make plans for his father at the age of three, grandpa Both grandma and mother praised him!Those black-hearted stinky scholars have no vision!

It's rare to be able to speak out what is suffocating in his heart. Li Sheng is only a nine-year-old child, and the grievance in his heart cannot be restrained as soon as he speaks...

Li Guangcai was dumbfounded when he heard that, and really wanted to rush up and slap this stupid boy on the head.

Why is this kid so honest? If someone asks him to tell the truth, he will tell you the truth. I don’t know there is a saying that soldiers never tire of deceit!

But Lin Ze was happy to hear it. Although the child was a bit impulsive and reckless, he was very satisfied with the child's three views.

The reason why Li Sheng hates scholars so much and has a bad attitude is, in the final analysis, just because he feels aggrieved when he sees his father humbly begging for more.

In addition, the husbands his father had hired before were all peddlers, who would leave after cheating the money, which led to the child's rebellious psychology.

In the ancient times when thoughts were oppressed and imprisoned, when everyone believed that saints were supreme, children could question and refute. This kind of students are suitable for instilling and teaching more "shocking" modern ideas.

Lin Ze smiled and nodded,

"Second question, who do you think is more powerful, a businessman or a scholar?"

"Of course we are in business!"

Li Sheng replied without hesitation, his face full of stinky farts. Anyway, he had finished his offending words, and he didn't expect to please him any more.

"Of course, I also admit that good knowledge is very powerful, but if there are no businessmen like my father who travel from south to north to do business and don't open shops, how can people in the east use things from the west? How can people in the south buy things from the north? The cloth? How can the money come from if the court doesn’t have taxes? You can’t get enough to eat just by collecting land taxes. Merchants are very important, but people still say that merchants are cheap..."

Lin Ze nodded and praised without hesitation, "Well, it makes sense, these are all your own thoughts?"

The sudden appreciation made Li Sheng blush and embarrassed. This was the first time anyone outside of his family nodded to him.

The child is actually very honest, "What my father told me before, and what I think later, my father's business is really good."

Speaking of the latter, the child was full of pride.

Li Guangcai just wanted to drill into the hole. How could he have such a stupid son because he was so smart? The seller sold him really well...

Lin Ze glanced at Li Guangcai and continued to ask.

"The last question, tell me, what is your wish? Do you want to inherit your father's family business when you grow up, or work hard to take the imperial examination? Or something else? Tell the truth."

"what?"

This question made the child confused. Obviously, the carefree child had never thought about this question, nor did he expect him to ask such a question.

By the way, isn't the exam all about learning and literacy?This sour scholar's three questions are off topic.

Li Sheng muttered to himself in a daze, looking at Li Guangcai who wanted to give advice but dared not speak, and then at Lin Ze who was smiling with a smile on his lips.

After thinking for a long time, the child gritted his teeth for the last time, gave his father a "sorry" look, puffed up his chest again, and answered loudly,

"I want to inherit my father's shop! My husband used to say that I'm not suitable for studying, and I don't like reading, so I want to do business. I can make money at the age of three. My grandma said that I will definitely be able to make money in the future." The family business has flourished, and I also feel that I am a genius, and I will inherit my father's shop in the future, and I will definitely be able to open my family's cloth shop all over Qingshan County!"

Nine-year-old Li Sheng has a confident expression and speaks with pride and ambition.

Although his father and mother always said that only by studying can you be successful, and that you will be looked down upon even if you make money in business. .

Li Guangcai hesitated to speak when he heard this, son, this is all just boasting about you...

But Lin Ze is very satisfied. He is not afraid that people are too stupid, but he is afraid that his heart is too small. In theory, the child has passed the test, but he still has to see if it will work out in reality.

"The answers to the three questions count as a pass. Although some words are reckless, but I can still be taught at a young age. It is not impossible to accept you reluctantly, but such a stupid student is too much of a waste of my energy. Shu Xiu tripled too much." Loss, I want to increase the price, ten times."

After the words fell, Li Guangcai and his son took a deep breath at the same time.

Generally, private schools are about 10 taels a year, and if you hire a teacher alone, it will not exceed 20 taels at most. Of course, these are just tuition fees.

Three times is already the lion's big mouth, and ten times this is what Lin Ze dared to say.

The child couldn't help losing his temper again, "Why don't you rob the bank!"

"Those who rob banks and break the law, close up and correct Daguangming. If you send them to your door, who will I knock if I don't knock you off? My time is worthless..."

Lin Ze smiled,

"However, I'll ask another question. If I can finish it, I won't charge Shuxiu any money. If you can't finish it, don't bother me."

"Then what if you intentionally come up with something I don't know?"

The child is angry, but his brain is not really that stupid.

"Then I'll tell you what you're good at. Didn't you just say that you can plan at the age of three and are a genius in business? If that's the case, then you should sell this old pottery bowl in my hand within a month." 50 taels of silver."

Lin Ze put the empty pottery bowl he had just finished drinking on the table.

After finishing the words, he looked at Li Guangcai again, smiling, with an unpredictable expression,

"Boss Li, you can also help as a staff officer, but I still hope that we can treat each other sincerely in the future. I don't like people who go around when they beg me. Next time I have something to say, we are all in the same place. We deal with each other." Opportunities abound."

"Sir, it's Li's beloved son who blindfolded with lard, no wonder Mr. Wang has a lot of it."

Li Guangcai paused for a moment, and immediately got up and cupped his hands, apologizing with a guilty conscience.

Today, he did not come directly to the door, but stopped at the drying yard in the village to wait, and begged Lin Ze in front of the villagers. It was indeed his tricks.

I thought that Lin Ze would love face and flatter like other scholars. It would be no problem for him to salute and spend money in front of everyone, but he didn't think Lin Ze didn't care about these things at all.

Although he is a circle older than Lin Ze, he is really far behind in terms of Taoism, and people can see through his little tricks at a glance.

Sure enough, he was right, Lin Xiucai was different from those ordinary people.

Li Guangcai secretly admired him.

"It's easy to say, my husband is short of some clothes, and the silks and satins in your shop are the best in the town. I will take my husband to pick out some clothes another day. Don't charge me money, and I won't care about it."

Lin Ze nodded modestly, boldly asking for an account.

Li Guangcai: He must be blind to think that the person in front of him is a gentleman...