Lord Shoufu, your wife has escaped!

For a moment, Bai Yuxin's mind went blank, and he ran out of the city with the crowd.

Looking out from a slope outside the city, countless running torches can be seen faintly under the dark sky. The magistrate hysterically ordered soldiers to block the gap with sandbags from a high place, but how can manpower compete with the mountains and rivers?

The turbulent flood is like a monster, roaring and going straight to the fertile fields outside the embankment!

Crying everywhere.

Bai Yuxin walked back slowly and happened to pass by a rice store. He subconsciously looked up and saw the clerk replacing the price tag.

"Fifty Wen a Catty" was written in bright red ink!

Bai Yuxin couldn't move anymore, his heart was beating loudly, and his whole body and scalp began to feel numb.

Is this the shrewd nature of businessmen seeking profit, or is it premeditated?

Before watching the flood, he only felt the insignificance of human power, but at this moment, he was suddenly shrouded in an unparalleled shock and terror.

Buying at low prices and selling at high prices is a common method used by businessmen, often relying on seasonal differences and geographical differences, which meet people's daily needs and encourage people to produce more during slack.

But if it is a man-made embankment breach, it is a blatant search, forcing the people to use their hard-earned savings over the years to save their lives.

What a cruel, bloody method!

Someone hurried past and bumped into Bai Yuxin's shoulder, the umbrella fell off, and the pouring rain drenched him completely.

Bai Yuxin raised his head, the sky was billowing with black clouds, as if being disturbed by an invisible big hand.

Linbao City, which was originally peaceful and stable, became chaotic overnight. There were refugees from the countryside everywhere, and the people in the city had a hard time, especially the poor, who had no food at all.

The price of rice jumped, and it was sold for one hundred yuan a catty in a blink of an eye, which was more than ten times higher than before.

Bai Yuxin followed the crowd and sold the rice, and it was sold out within a few days. After doing the math, he made a full profit of more than 2000 taels!The money borrowed from Qian Yan was not even worth the change.

This success overturned Bai Yuxin's values. He originally thought that making money depends on hard work, but he never thought that someone could reap the fruits of labor overnight.

It seems that blood and sweat are in vain, and tears are cheap.

Bai Yuxin has suffered since he was a child, knowing that his family cannot survive without food and money, but he will not put the survival of the whole city on himself.

Merchants are like blood-sucking flies, they will go wherever there is profit. In less than half a month, merchants from other places will bring food to sell, and the imperial court will also distribute money and food for disaster relief. He doesn't need to do this Heart.

For the first time, he began to think about what a businessman really was.

Bai Yuxin couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it. Before the refugees became displaced victims, he bought a carriage and planned to leave Linbao City.

Because of this, he missed the letter from Gu Mingzhou.

Just when Xianzhou was shrouded in gloom and mist, Qiu Wei officially opened the curtain.

Even after taking two scientific examinations, Gu Mingzhou still couldn't adapt to such a bad environment.

In order to prevent entrainment, they had to take off their clothes before entering, and they were carefully inspected, which was quite disrespectful. After entering, food was distributed uniformly, and even defecation was in the same room, and they were not allowed to come out.

After the rigorous exam, there is a long wait.Wu Jiaxing was alright at first, but the closer he got to the announcement, the more restless he became.

"Brother Gu Xian, how did you do in the exam?"

Gu Mingzhou said casually: "It's okay."

Wu Jiaxing was even more frustrated, why did he find it so difficult?

Gu Mingzhou glanced at him, thought for a while, and decided to comfort him: "Ask the questions according to the method I taught you before the exam, it won't be too bad."

Wu Jiaxing looked like he was about to cry: "Brother Gu Xian, what do you think I will do if I fail again? Then how should I explain to my father, brother, wife and children at home!"

"Now I know how to sigh, why didn't I study harder earlier?"

Gu Mingzhou saw that it was that mean-mouthed Zhou Feng again.

"Brother Zhou is so free, instead of going to the examination to announce the rankings, he came to the township examination venue to watch the excitement?" Gu Mingzhou was surprised, "If you fail the examination, don't you want to regret that you didn't study hard?"

"Hmph, I'm a Jinshi in high school, so I'm naturally different from you." Zhou Feng said proudly.

He was followed by a few scumbags, who kept praising him as a literary star descended from the sky, and Zhou Feng was even more proud.

Just then, the gong rang!

The brass gong was struck violently by the bright red mallet, the sound was deep and loud, and every heart trembled.

Scholars swarmed up like a tide, pushing and shoving each other to read the rankings, some were ecstatically happy, some collapsed and cried, and it was very lively for a while.

There are also some homes that are far away, and the county government will send people to report the news, but the impact is not as exciting as seeing the list with your own eyes.

Wu Jiaxing also squeezed in to watch, while Gu Mingzhou was still sitting on the mound, planning to wait for the crowd to disperse before watching.

Seeing this, Zhou Feng was sure that he was giving up on himself, and was about to taunt, when he suddenly heard a scream coming from far and near, and Wu Jiaxing rushed over.

"Ah! Gu Mingzhou!!!"

Gu Mingzhou quickly supported him: "What's wrong?"

"Do you still need to ask? It must have failed the exam." Zhou Feng snorted.

A trace of sympathy flashed in his eyes, and Gu Mingzhou comforted him: "Forget it, there will be more opportunities in the future, and I don't care about this once or twice."

Wu Jiaxing shook his head violently, but he was running too fast, he couldn't breathe well, and couldn't say a word.

"Haha, this trash even gave up the scientific examination!" Zhou Feng laughed loudly, "What else can such a powerless scholar do if he doesn't study?"

"I, I won!" Wu Jiaxing cried and laughed with tears in his eyes, "38 in the provincial examination, I am a scholar!"

"He actually won the prize?" Zhou Feng murmured in disbelief, and said in a bad mood, "There are only 38 people, what's there to be happy about, I'm afraid I won't even be able to touch the edge of Jinshi in the future!"

"Gu Mingzhou, you, you...you are No.1, Jie Yuan!"

Wu Jiaxing really cast his eyes on him - he failed many times, but Gu Mingzhou only took the exam once and became the top student in high school. The gap is too big!

Zhou Feng laughed straight away: "Wu Jiaxing, you are too honest, since you have spent all your time bragging, why don't you brag something reliable? Can Gu Mingzhou win the prize?"

"He spends his days in the academy all day, and it's God's favor to be on the emperor's list, so he's going to pay back his money!"

Wu Jiaxing was unhappy: "I didn't lie."

Gu Mingzhou smiled faintly, and raised his head: "What if I am really Jie Yuan?"

Seeing his expression, Zhou Feng began to murmur in his heart, does this kid really have this ability?

But no matter how I think about it, it feels wrong. Gu Mingzhou hangs around outside all day, and I haven't seen him read a few books carefully. It's a ghost if he can pass the exam!

Zhou Feng raised his chest and said contemptuously: "If you are really Jie Yuan, I will take off my clothes and run around Yangzhou City three times!"