[Comprehensive] Feasibility report on the restoration of the country

Quanzhou, the city of light, is the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road.This is an immeasurable trading city. The night here is brightly lit, the port here is open all night, the streets here are full of goods, and the rivers here are not water but gold.

This year was the seventh year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, 1084 AD.China is still firmly occupying the number one position in the world, with its prosperous scenery, booming economy, and leisurely and confident subjects, this is the best era.In the north of the Song Dynasty, Yelu Hongji, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, became more and more fatuous. He widely printed Buddhist scriptures and built temples and pagodas. He wasted money and made the Liao Kingdom turn from prosperity to decline.And in the farther north, a tribe named "Jurchen" is gradually rising and is about to replace Daliao.It was only 42 years after Bianjing was defeated and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, and the Song Dynasty still knew nothing about all this. This is the worst era.This era is a flower that blooms on the blade, gorgeous and fragile.

On the third day of August, Bao BuTong led ten flat-bottomed sandboats and two two-masted schooners to Quanzhou, waiting for Murong Fu, who had been sailing for nearly two years, to return as scheduled.Twelve large and small ships blocked all three piers outside Quanzhou City.The helpers on the wharf were slightly dissatisfied when they saw that Bao BuTong did not do business. They discussed it and soon recommended a leader to find Bao BuTong to inquire about news.Hearing that it was half a year ago that Bao BuTong got the news, the lead helper couldn't laugh or cry, and said: "Mr. Haojiao knows that the situation on the sea is no different from that on land. If there is a gust of wind, the return date will be delayed by a few days." The wind is stronger, and it is not unusual to never come back. ——This sentence, but he didn't mention it.

Bao BuTong really didn't know anything about sailing, so he just shook his head when he heard the persuasion from the boss of the helper, "My son always keeps his word, he said he will come back today, and he will definitely come back today!" Persuasion, Bao BuTong hastily added another sentence. "You persuade me only for the wages. How much money you can earn here every day, I will give you double!"

With Bao BuTong's words, everyone was instantly satisfied, and there was no more to say.All the helpers got their wages for free and had nothing to do. Seeing Bao BuTong's words were convincing, they all stood guard at the pier to see if the young master really returned as promised.This waited until late at night, and seeing the lights lit up, everyone was bored.There is no direction on the sea, and it is even more difficult to sail at night. It seems that this young master will never come back.Bao BuTong was also beating drums in his heart, if it wasn't for the vast sea, he would have to go to find out the news himself.

But at this moment, a helper's voice suddenly sounded outside the cabin: "Look! The boat! A boat is coming! It's a big boat!"

Bao BuTong hurriedly jumped onto the top of the cabin and looked into the distance, and saw two loach boats about three or four feet high and about ten feet long coming from the end of the world with the wind and waves.Seeing the windshield lanterns under the eaves shaking constantly in the night, Bao Dong couldn't help tears, and said repeatedly: "I'm back! I'm finally back!" He was so excited that he turned two somersaults on the roof of the cabin , shouted loudly. "Haha! The young master is back!" The sound implied his internal strength, and it only shook the ears of all the servants.

After a while, two loach boats approached.Under the hazy moonlight, everyone saw a white-clothed young man sitting alone on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back. He was tall and tall, with a cold expression, as if he had transformed into a frozen soul, unlike ordinary people.Only Bao BuTong has good eyesight and is capable of martial arts, and he can vaguely distinguish a trace of joy in his dots of starlight.Not waiting for Bao BuTong to meet him, the young man jumped up suddenly, tapped his toes on the bow of the boat, and his whole body suddenly landed in front of Bao BuTong like a feather.Although the helpers on the wharf are used to seeing all kinds of red and green hairs from foreign domains, it is rare to see such a brilliant young man in white clothes. Seeing him showing his martial arts at this time, they couldn't help applauding at the same time.

The young man in white is Murong Fu, he has been away for two years, now he is very close to Bao BuTong, he said with a smile: "Brother Bao, after a long time, don't come here without any harm!" He stretched out his hand and held it again Pack different arms. "Brother Bao, don't be too polite."

Bao BuTong practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he has grown up with Murong Fu for more than ten years. He didn't want to be so casually offered by Murong Fu, he couldn't keep up the gift.Realizing that his son had not given up his martial arts in the past two years, but his internal strength had improved even more, he was even more heartbroken, and said happily, "Young master is good at kung fu! Just come back! Just come back!"

Murong Fu smiled slightly, and said as he walked: "You arrange people to unload the cargo immediately, and how to dispose of the cargo on the ship is all up to Maige'er's arrangement. Brother Feng will return at the end of the year, and you will prepare [-] more boats to meet him when the time comes. Please sort out your business. If there is any problem, I will deal with it after I finish the state test. Contact Mr. Fan in Mingzhou and say that I will visit on the first day of September to talk about the future shipbuilding business. In addition, send a note Send the news to Third Brother Qin in Taihu Lake and tell him that there are two choices, one is to treat me as the master in the future, and one is to buy and sell, and I will take the other; coherent."

Bao BuTong responded all the way, until Murong Fu mentioned it, the two raised their heads and said, "Young master, do you want to wait until this batch of goods is sold before meeting with Mr. Fan? And the third son of Qin..."

Before Bao BuTong could finish speaking, Murong Fu shook his head and said, "Brother Bao, don't lose out on small things. It doesn't matter how much the Fan family can earn from me, what matters is how much profit I can bring from overseas business routes. As for Brother Qin, if he is a smart person, he would know how to choose, if not..."

If not, the young master would not tolerate him.Bao BuTong's heart skipped a beat.The young master is a sage king and a wise master who was born with knowledge, and he has an absolute arrogance, how can he tolerate a fool?

"Look closely at the sextant on the ship. Although it's a good thing, it's not time to promote it yet, so we can only block it with technology." Murong Fu finally said.A sextant is an optical instrument used to measure the angle between two distant targets and is widely used in shipping.Even though various radiolocation methods appeared after the 40s, navigation is also indispensable for navigation.Originally, its official appearance would be in the eighteenth century.It's just that Murong Fu was born in a shipping family in his previous life, so it's easy to "invent" such a gadget.

Hearing what Murong Fu said was serious, Bao BuTong didn't dare to be negligent, and hastily bowed his head in agreement.But he secretly thought in his heart: I don't know what kind of new thing this "sextant" is?The previous two-masted schooner never said that it would require a "technical blockade." Thinking of this, Bao Budong bowed and replied: "My lord, the two-masted schooner has been completed, and my subordinates have brought two of them here according to my son's order." The boat is flexible and can sail against the wind, Qin Laosan came to ask the price."

Murong Fu couldn't help laughing again when he heard that, this two-masted schooner was originally the favorite of pirates, and Qin Laosan is the leader of water bandits on Taihu Lake, this kind of knowledge of goods can be regarded as a specialization in art. "Leave one of the boats for Brother Mai, and leave all the people you brought with Brother Brother. We will leave immediately. As for Brother Qin, if you pass the news to him, he will naturally understand what I mean. "As soon as he turned the corner, he met Su Mai who had just got off Class A. "Brother Mai, I'm going back to Gusu right now. When it's Teacher's birthday, I'll go to Ruzhou to meet my mentor and do the crowning ceremony. Do you want to..."

This time, before Murong Fu finished speaking, Su Mai interrupted him unceremoniously: "The big thing has not been accomplished, I spend tens of thousands of money every day, how can I have time to take some exams?" Obviously Well, they have discussed the topic of persuading Su Mai to take the state test more than once or twice, so that Su Mai's ears are so annoying.

Murong Fu was choked by Su Mai and came back, but he didn't feel annoyed, he just said cautiously: "Brother Mai has been gone for two years, how about going back to Poyang Lake with the teacher this time? I will pay for it!"

"I said you are endless, right?" Su Mai yelled unbearably, "Return to Poyang Lake? There are so many things inside and out here, do I have time to go? Why don't you take the exam and give me a ride?" Handle!" Su Mai was originally an honest person, but the sea is the place where people can experience the most.In addition, Murong Fu's so-called "opening up the business path" is not blindly gentle, but full of blood and fire.Su Mai followed Murong Fu for two years, and his honesty was tempered into a decisive decision. How could he bother Murong Fu to be entangled in such trivial matters of the imperial examination?

Murong Fu shrank back like a quail when Su Mai roared, and after a long while he said timidly: "Then... then, I'll go first..." In the original history, Su Mai should take the state examination this year to get the Juren .Su Shi passed Poyang Lake on the way to send him to Dexing County, Raozhou, and wrote "The Story of Shizhong Mountain".It's just that Murong Fu couldn't bear to see that Su Mai was so talented, but because of his father's troubles, he spent his whole life as an official, so he counted him in when he went to sea.In the past two years, Su Mai has gained a lot of knowledge overseas, and he is no longer interested in the imperial examination because he is addicted to economics.Murong Fu tried several times to persuade him to take the Juren examination, but he flatly refused.This "The Tale of Shizhong Mountain" should not be withdrawn from the textbooks of primary and secondary schools from now on, right?

Su Mai saw his father, a closed disciple walking around step by step and turning his head three times. After all, his heart softened, and he sighed and said loudly: "Return to the official, take the exam! I want to fight for the first case and come back!"

Hearing Su Mai's expectations, Murong Fu hadn't said anything yet, but Bao BuTong had quietly changed his color, squeezed his cuffs with a little guilty conscience, and chased Murong Fu out with his head down.

Sure enough, Murong Fufang jumped on the newly built two-masted schooner, ordered the boat to sail, and couldn't wait to ask Bao different: "Can I get the exam questions?"

Seeing that Murong Fu's question was taken for granted, Bao BuTong felt even more feverish on his face. He pinched his cuffs hard and said with a smile, "My lord has always had a photographic memory. You can easily catch a mere state examination, so why..."

Murong Fu sighed softly, then asked again: "Let me ask you, when is the state examination?"

"The tenth day of August, it can't be any later!" Bao BuTong wanted to postpone the time when Murong Fu wanted to postpone it, and the sweat was about to come down.In order to catch up with the state examination, he did not hesitate to buy a notice to the state and set fire to the warehouse where the examination papers were stored in order to postpone the examination date. Only the young master can have such a magical touch. "The news delivered by Mr. Zhang has been postponed twice, and if it is delayed, it will not be able to catch up with the provincial examination next year."

Murong Fu looked up at the sky, and said in a deep voice, "That's the exam in seven days. Brother Bao thinks, is there still time for me to study now?"

"And next year..." Bao BuTong said hurriedly.The state test is no better than the provincial test. It is not held every three years, but every year.

"Naturally there will be next year." Murong Fu said decisively.He knew that Song Shenzong's life span was only next year.As soon as Shenzong died, Empress Dowager Gao came to power and fully supported the old party headed by Sima Guang to restore the old system.In case the imperial examination also resumes the old system of examining poetry and prose but not policy theory, then... three years and three years, time waits for no one!Thinking of this, Murong Fu pulled out the exam question from Bao Dong's sleeve, looked down and said, "Brother Bao San, the imperial examination is just a stepping stone. It's important, why do you care how I passed the exam?"

Having said that, it's just who swore that the imperial examination was easy for him?Now it has fallen to the point of cheating... Bao BuTong couldn't help but be speechless, he stayed for a while before chasing after him and said, "My lord, the old Bao is really helpless with the provincial exam questions! What's more, there is the palace exam..."

Murong Fu couldn't help looking up at him with his face half sideways when he heard the words, seeing that Bao Dong's expression was distorted as if he had swallowed poison, he couldn't swallow or spit out, he couldn't help but sighed slightly, and casually comforted him: "Don't worry, third brother. There are still a few months left for the provincial exam, so I will work harder and not embarrass the teacher."

Bao Butong was originally the most impatient to hear Murong Fu mention Su Shi, but now he heard him mention it again, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, secretly glad that the young master at least remembered to give the teacher a face.If he had been born in modern times, he would have lamented aloud: "When you meet people who are not nice, unexpectedly, Lao Bao's moral integrity will be lost so quickly!"

However, before he could respond, Murong Fu ordered without shame: "However, you don't need to let the teacher know about this matter."

of course!Bao BuTong held back for a long time, then replied sullenly: "Yes!"

"Teacher is still serving as the Deputy Envoy of Ruzhou Tuanlian?" Murong Fu asked again.

"Exactly!" Hearing Murong Fu mention the matter in the court, Bao Budong immediately cheered up again. "Xu Xi's legacy has been in trouble for a long time, and there are still many discussions. Presumably the emperor has no time to pay attention to the bachelor. The bachelor has been silent since he moved to Ruzhou last year as the deputy envoy of the regiment."

"It's been two years, and they're still making trouble!" Even though the matter was his own fault, Murong Fu couldn't help but sigh when he heard the news from Bao BuTong.What does a dead man's nonsense matter?Noisy all day long, who should do the business?He shook his head, and asked again: "Brother Deng and Second Brother Gongye, do you have any news? How is Yu Yan, A'Zhu, and Abi's homework?"

It is really the spirit of the Holy Son that the son-in-law first be public and then private.But why is it so careless to do things sometimes?Bao BuTong stood at the bow of the boat in a daze, and the cool sea breeze couldn't blow away the sigh and melancholy in his heart.

On the tenth day of August in the seventh year of Yuanfeng, Murong Fu, who had just returned from Quanzhou, walked into the examination institute of Pingjiang Mansion wearing a single shirt and carrying a basket like many examinees, and struggled through the closed examination for three days and nights.After the exam was over, Murong Fu only slept in Yanziwu for one night, got up, packed his bags and rushed to Mingzhou.

"My lord, don't you wait for the announcement?" Seeing that Murong Fu was about to leave, Bao Budong rushed forward and grabbed his robe.

Murong Fu blinked blankly, unable to understand why a "treacherous official" who was destined to usurp the throne and revive Dayan should care about the results of the previous imperial examinations?Seeing that Bao DiTong looked anxious, he sighed and said, "Just trouble Brother Bao to watch the list for me. Oh, if you don't win, please pass the news to Teacher Ruzhou. I will visit the teacher a year ago." As soon as Murong Fu finished speaking, he rode away with Mrs. Deng on horseback.

miss?Hearing Murong Fu said these two words lightly, Bao BuTong's heart twitched suddenly, and he couldn't help shouting to himself: "My lord, are you not sure that you will pass the exam after taking the exam questions?"How has your homework been wasted these past few years?

Bao BuTong waited in Yanziwu for two months and finally waited for the list to be released. Naturally, Murong Fu was not at the top of the list, and he didn't even make it into the top [-].His ranking was above two hundred, and this year, only three hundred candidates from Pingjiang Mansion were admitted.After reading the list, Bao BuTong stroked his mustache and let out a long breath.In any case, the matter of concern was settled at last, and it was not in vain for the young master to come back from overseas.

The author has something to say:

Bao BuTong: Young master, how about winning three yuan in a row?

Murong Fu: Brother Bao, don't pay attention to these details!