Neighbors with powerful ministers

Under the intervention of the eldest princess, Xie Jie rented the next door to Fang Chaoci at a price of ten guan (about [-] yuan) per month, which is impossible no matter what time period it is in Yongji. good thing.

Ten times of ten times is a hundred times, and on average, it is three to four times a day.

Based on the future inflation curve and the growth momentum of Jiangzuo's rental market, Tianshi gave an accurate evaluation of this price: [It's a loss. 】

Xie Jie: "..." I'm really sorry, poverty has limited my imagination.

Fang Chaoci seemed to be able to hear Xie Jie's heartfelt voice, or at least feel Xie Jie's emotions. Before Xie Jie could speak, he took the initiative to comfort Xie Jie, promising: "Jiangzuo's house price will definitely It will skyrocket, and we can adjust with the market price at any time in the future. I just have a market trend that the store and house affairs will be delivered in due course.”

Xie Jie is so old, and he has never seen anyone doing business in such a style that he can't wait to send money out. As the old saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you must be courteous...

【like you very much! 】Tianshi's words are astonishing.

Xie Jie: [... Get out. 】

Immediately afterwards, Fang Chaoci did something that made Xie Jie more suspicious of the other party's mind-reading skills—Fang Chaoci gave a reasonable explanation to Xie Jie regarding the legitimacy of his assets: "When Jia Yan was alive, he never Shang, I have a little income at home."

Obviously it's not going to be really thin, but the thing is...

"Your father is in business, can you take the imperial examination?" Xie Jie was really shocked this time.

Before Fang Chaoci could answer him, "Where did you come from, this strange brainwashing bag", Tianshi had already answered that merchants could not take the imperial examination, that was a matter of the previous court.Since the founding of the country, Daqi has been working hard to make life difficult for the previous dynasty. There have been many reforms in the imperial examination, one of which is to expand the scope of the record.Not only the son of a merchant can take the imperial examination, but the merchant himself can also end if he has extraordinary talents.It was rare for an old man like Taizu to drag out a sentence in the past, saying that this is called eclectic demotion of talents.

Although generally speaking, the class concept of farmers, businessmen and commerce in Daqi is still popular, but it does not discriminate against businessmen as much as the public thinks.After all, even Daqi’s own yamen of the imperial court was doing business, not to mention the example of Zai Zhi taking the lead in leasing. Anyway, there is no strange saying of "competing with the people for profit".

And what is good at the top must be effective at the bottom.

Therefore, under the leadership of the major academies, under the encouragement of the policy, they publicly expressed their desire to enroll the children of merchants.

Most of the businessmen's children also cherish this opportunity. They urgently need to change the fate of the family through the imperial examination, and let the official status become their ladder to heaven.

Fang Chaoci is undoubtedly the most successful and outstanding representative among the sons of merchants. Although the salary of Shaoqing of Taifu Temple for one month may not be as much as his daily pocket money when he was the lord at home, he is already the pride of the whole family up.Although the adoptive father has passed away, the adoptive mother is still there. The adoptive parents have no children and no daughters. There are many relatives from the hometown who have been brought together. Now they are all working together to run the property for Fang Chaoci, so that he can have no worries and concentrate on his career. Give the Fang family a good future.

Xie Jie understood: [He is rich, my mother has power, he wants to collude with my government and businessmen, and make a fool of himself! 】

Tianshi: […]

Is Xie Jie the kind of person who will be swayed by yellow and white things?

of course not!

Xie Jie wants to start a business, which is completely idle. He wants to develop his personal hobbies, but he has no concept of money.Because his mother can give him as much as he wants, and if he can't, he can even sell his father's calligraphy and paintings.No kidding, his father's calligraphy and paintings can't be said to be priceless now, but at least they are at the level of Yangshu.

"Exchanging sheep books?" Fang Chaoci looked at Xie Jie in confusion.

It was only then that Xie Jie realized that he couldn't control himself and spoke out what was in his heart.In the past two or three years, he was used to chattering alone, but now he suddenly returned to the overcrowded Huahua World, and he was really not used to it for a while.

"You don't even know about changing sheep books?" Xie Jie was surprised at first, then excited, "Let me tell you."

Cough, Xie Jie has no major problems, but there are many minor problems, he is like a teacher.Xie Jie couldn't help but get excited when he thought that there were things that Fang Chaoci didn't know but he knew.Being able to be the teacher of Zhuangyuan Lang, rounding up to five or four, means that he can also be admitted to the Zhuangyuan exam.

"Please give me your advice." Fang Chaoci bowed, suppressing the deepening smile from the corners of his eyes.

The allusion of changing sheep books is still related to Su Dacai, a well-known gourmet and poet in my country.It is about an old anecdote of the great talent of Su. The great talent of Su has a good friend named Han. He is a poor man with some financial difficulties, but he is greedy, and he especially likes to eat mutton.How else could he be friends with Su Dacai, a good friend of an old glutton must be another old glutton.

As we all know, Daqi loves sheep from top to bottom, and thinks that mutton is the most expensive meat.Mutton is also really expensive.

In order to eat the expensive Feng Yiyang, Han Hanshi came up with an ingenious trick—frequently corresponded with the great talents of Su, often without writing a few words, and they had to go back and forth.

Su Dacai couldn't figure it out at first, but later learned from another friend who is a monk that Han Hanshi exchanged his posts for mutton.In this dynasty, literature was more important than military affairs, and even generals had literary dreams. It happened that there was such a general who was well-connected in Feng Yi, and he admired the talent of Su Dacai very much.He is also Han Hanshi's main mutton supplier, and each post can be exchanged for tens of catties of mutton.

Su Dacai had a bold temperament, and he was not angry when he heard it, but laughed out loud and didn't take it to heart.His friends ridiculed that in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Wang Xizhi exchanged goose books, and now you, Su Dacai, can be regarded as exchanging sheep books.

Xie Jie may not be a good storyteller, but he must be a very talkative person. For a short story, he can eloquently and babbled to Fang Chaoci for half an hour. Another exaggeration.In the middle of the talk, I often lost my mind. When it comes to other things, such as who are the two best friends of Su Dacai, his father's reaction after hearing it, and so on.

Fang Chaoci is a very good listener. If he wants, he can become very flattering in minutes: "My son quotes from others, I'm not as good as it."

Xie Jie is a little bit proud, he is still a 15-year-old half-grown boy, just the age when he wears fresh clothes, angers horses, and makes publicity.If someone praises you, you won't be humble, and you won't think about whether the other person's words are just polite.I can only take a sip of tea, and then feel from the bottom of my heart, ah, I’m so good, and I learned a new word today, quote from many sources!

No, tea?

Xie Jie looked around, looked up randomly, his left eye was dazed, and his right eye was dazed.When did he resign with Fang Chao to the flower hall?When is the Jian'an tribute tea served?And what happened to the trays of Jiangxi kumquats?If we continue our chat, is it necessary to invite Dr. Tea to play a set of tea play? !

Shizi pondered for a while, and found that it was full of routines.

Xie Jie was originally a crazy person in front of acquaintances, a selective and talkative boy, but whenever Fang Chaoci would chat for a while, he didn't have to try hard to agree, as long as he beat the side drums, Xie Jie would probably be able to talk to him at night by candlelight.

But this is not right!

Xie Jie woke up in time, and expressed his noble sentiments of resolute unwillingness to join forces with treacherous officials.

"Speaking of it," Fang Chaoci probably used all his strength to keep his eyes open. Xie Jie's momentum was slightly wrong, and he had already noticed it on the other side, and began to adjust the direction of the conversation, "I haven't explained my reason for coming. .”

Xie Jie leaned back on the rose chair, trying hard to create the disgusting appearance that the yamen pulls [-] million and doesn't pay attention to people, but he forgot that the rose chair is not an official hat chair, it is There is no backrest, only a bar connecting the armrests on both sides.As for Xie Jie's frail and slender body, he almost slipped out of the hollow between the wooden bar and the chair.

It was Fang Chaoci who supported Xie Jie from his back in time, so he didn't embarrass him or hurt him.

Fang Chaoci's palms are large, with well-defined joints.In Xie Jie's imagination, that hand should be like his person, with an air of repulsiveness and overbearing domineering.However, now that he is in contact with him through a thin layer of clothing, Xie Jie feels a heat that is completely different from what he imagined. It is warm and dry, reliable and scorching hot, as if it can melt everything in the world.

Xie Jie stared blankly at Fang Chaoci, who was close in front of him, bent down to look at him, breathed in the faint fragrance of tea on the other party's body, and his mind went blank all of a sudden.

Xie Jie forgot to follow Fang Chaoci's movements and get up, but he did not forget to reply: "Why did you come to see me?"

"Congratulations, son, you are going to be a cousin." Fang Chaoci smiled and bent his eyebrows, with a high nose bridge and thin lips like sharp edges. Everywhere, Xie Jie wished he could tear his face off and stick it on his own. to my heart's content.If you look closely, you can still see the eyelashes that are as thick as black butterflies, and the little stars in the eyes, as bright as a star.

After Fang Chaoci left, Xie Jie remembered to ask Zhai Lao: "How can he always catch me so precisely?"

The old man bowed his head: "The old servant did not know the previous two times, but this time the old servant saw it very clearly. From the moment he saw you, Fang Lang's hand has been placed at a distance where he can take care of you at any time, in case Unexpected."

The author has something to say: Jia Yan*: This is actually a saying that only existed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Imperial Examination for Merchants*: This is also true. Only the Sui and Tang Dynasties did not allow merchants to take imperial examinations. There has been no such regulation since Song Dynasty. Every time I see someone saying that merchants cannot take imperial examinations, I will...even if it is Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty. Hating businessmen did not prevent the children of businessmen from taking the imperial examination.

Changing sheep books*: Su Shi's real anecdote 233333 Ironically, after Su Shi was demoted, he couldn't eat mutton himself.