The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

End of summer, mid-July.Place, stop, the heat stops here.

After the end of summer, the temperature in various places is obviously dropping, and the tail of summer is gradually leaving. The temperature difference between day and night is large, and it is the hottest at noon. up.

The crops in most parts of the south are about to mature. There is an agricultural proverb that goes, “every family builds granaries during the summer season.” At this time of the year, every household starts to organize granaries and prepare for harvesting grain.However, due to the climate in the north and the south, the crops in the north will mature a little later, but most of them are harvested at this time of July and August.This year, the weather is pretty good everywhere, no major disasters have been encountered, and the grain in the fields is growing well. At this time, we must prevent pests. Grain harvests everywhere should not be a problem.

On a village far away in Nanyang, a large piece of cotton was planted in the field, and the cotton was vomited, and it was almost time to pick the cotton.The millet in the field was bent over by the fruit, and it was golden, and there were figures bent over and busy in the field. The millet planted earlier was already ripe and could be harvested at this time.

The original one weaving workshop on Zhuangzi has expanded to three workshops, and there are hundreds of weavers in the workshop, and thousands of people work here.Nowadays, the blue cloth produced in Nanyang is sold throughout Dacheng, and is widely loved by ordinary people because of its low price and good quality.

In the past two years, a large number of refugees went to Nanyang, and the refugees who made a lot of money on Zhuangzi are now arranged to work on Zhuangzi.For these refugees, as long as they can have a mouthful of food to eat, they are willing to do any work, not to mention that the owner of Zhuangzi is kind, not only to give them food and houses, but also to go to the workshop Working, not to mention the monthly salary, and extra rewards for doing well, these are things that I dare not even dream of.

Therefore, in the entire Zhuangzi, there are not many lazy people. Everyone is working hard, and the output of Zhuangzi is naturally getting better and better.

All the old farmers in Zhuangzi remembered the young master who rode a little donkey to the Zhuangzi, and the young master brought out a group of people who knew farming.Now the young master is going to be an official in the capital, but the old farmers brought out by the young master are still here. With the guidance of these experienced old farmers, the output of the land on Zhuangzi is getting better every year.

Although the young master has gone to the capital, the old farmers in the village still remember the young master, and someone will mention it from time to time, and now they mention it again, and they call "Master Li".

"Master, there is a letter from the capital."

The steward took a letter from the capital, hurried into the inner courtyard, and presented the letter in front of their master, "It's a letter from the young master."

In the past, the young master lived in the mansion, and the housekeeper and servants all treated that young master as a young master.Since the young master went to the capital to become an official, the capital has written letters back.As soon as he saw the letter from the capital, the housekeeper knew that it was the young master who sent someone to deliver the letter.

"A letter from the capital? Give it to me." Fu Yihan took the letter, and when he saw the handwriting on it, he knew it was from his little apprentice. Thinking of how many things that kid would do when he just went to the capital to become an official , is really audacious.

There are also newspapers from the capital here in Nanyang, but it has been ten days and a half months since the newspapers arrived in Nanyang.Fu Yihan would read the daily newspapers from the capital to get some news about the court and the capital.He also knew that this newspaper was compiled by his daring apprentice. Now here in Nanyang, the Kyoto Daily is also very famous.

The two masters and apprentices have always exchanged frequent letters, basically replying to letters from the capital every month. Most of the letters are about some affairs in the government and some thoughts and plans of the young apprentice.When encountering confusion, his young disciples would also ask him, the teacher, for advice and inquiries in letters.Fu Yihan didn't plan to go to the capital in a short period of time, and the two masters and apprentices communicated in this way, which was also a kind of fun between teachers and students.

The letter of exhibition was the apprentice's greetings to his teacher, and then he mentioned the Ministry of Commerce and the upcoming business conference and other things. The letter was more detailed than what he had read in the newspapers outside.

Fu Yihan knew about this from the newspapers from the capital, and knew that it was something his little apprentice made.On this point, Fu Yihan has a different point of view from other celebrities. He does not think that business is a low-end business, and businessmen are an indispensable part of the people. If the imperial court can guide this part of people, he thinks it is feasible.So he agreed with the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce.

The letter also mentioned the emperor's recent physical weakness...

After reading the letter, Fu Yihan put the letter on the table, and the man sitting opposite him picked up the letter and read it after getting his nod.

Fu Yihan got up, stood by the door and looked outside, and said, "I'm afraid there is not much time left for the emperor." Get confused, "There are also barbarians on the west side, I'm afraid they will take the opportunity to start a war."

The Hu people on the grassland are divided into several tribes. The Hu people are nomadic people. Most of them live in groups of tribes and raise cattle and sheep along the waters of the river. This is why the Hu people on the grassland did not establish a country.However, there is one thing that cannot be underestimated among the Hu people. They are a nation that grew up on horseback, and their riding and archery skills are far better than those of Dacheng's people.Every time he fights with the barbarians and wants to defeat the barbarians' soldiers, Dacheng will inevitably lose his troops and lose his generals

In the past few years, there have been floods or droughts in various places. Fu Yihan also knows what the situation of the court is like.Once there is a war, it is the people who suffer, and he really does not want to see the people displaced.If something happens to the emperor at this time, what must be done in the capital is to control the situation well and not give the barbarians any chance.

With all kinds of worries and worries in his heart, Fu Yihan asked someone to bring him a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the man grinded ink for him.

Holding the pen in his hand, after a little thought, the tip of the pen fell on the paper, and Fu Yihan wrote back to the students far away in the capital.After the letter was finished, he gave the letter to the butler of the house, and asked the butler to send someone to the capital.

The housekeeper took the letter and hurried out again, entrusting an acquaintance to deliver the letter to the capital.

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The family received a letter from the capital saying that the child was coming back.Counting the time, the child should be able to return to Nanyang Mansion within a few days. Li Shanshan, his own father, couldn't bear it and brought someone to Nanyang to pick up the child himself.

When he came to Nanyang, Li Shanguan also inspected the shops here. Over the years, their business has grown bigger and bigger. The business has already reached Nanyang. There are several shops here in Nanyang.Because of the eldest son's relationship, their business went smoothly all the way, but Li Shanshan did not do anything out of the ordinary in the name of his son, but acted more low-key.

After waiting in Nanyang for two days, Li Shanshan saw his youngest son.

"Daddy." Seeing Daddy, Li Haopeng still couldn't hold back and threw himself into Daddy's arms, whining about missing Daddy and Auntie.Li Shanshan patted the child's head, his eyes were a little hot, nodded and said, "Grow taller, grow up, okay, okay... Your mother and grandma have been thinking about you, and they are very happy when you come back. Huixing 〇,,

"Okay, okay." The big hand patted the child's head twice, and the strong father's love was beyond words.

The child raised his head from his father's arms, wiped his red eyes, and Li Shanshan rubbed the child's head twice, with a smile on his face.

"Uncle." Li Jinwan stepped forward and called Uncle.

"Well, the four girls are back together. Your grandma and aunt know you are back, and they all miss you." Li Shangu knew that the eldest son was an official in the capital and could not come back, and the younger son came back with the younger niece. Next to the little niece was a young man and a boy who was about the same age as his son.

Bai Yu took the initiative to go forward to say hello to the adult's father. Li Jinwan confessed that she and Bai Yu were engaged, and felt a little uneasy.

Li Shanshan's eyes turned around the two of them, knowing that there was such a thing, he didn't say much,

"You are also tired on the way back. I booked a room at Kezhao, and everyone will go to the inn to freshen up and have something to eat. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it later."

"Yes, uncle."

Everyone got into the carriage and looked for the customers who had booked.

When we arrived at the inn, everyone washed and changed their clothes and went downstairs. After eating something, a group of people went up to the guest house to find a room upstairs.

Li Shanshan sat in his room and saw several juniors, two boys sat beside him, his niece and the young man stood in front of him, explained to him about their engagement, and handed over the letter written by his son to him. he.Let the youngest son tell him his beliefs, and the eldest son told him in the letter that this was a marriage he made for the two of them, so Li Shanshan didn't mean to embarrass the two juniors, "Okay, wait until we go back, this matter Just make it clear to your aunt and parents."

"Thank you, Uncle." With Uncle's words, Li Jinwan let go of her worries.

After resting in the inn for one night, they did not stop in Nanyang. Early the next morning, the group boarded a big boat passing through Qingping Town and headed back to Qingping Town.The big boat sailed for four or five days before returning to Qingping Town, and then took a carriage from the town back to the village.

Li Shanshan's family has always lived in Lijia Village these years, and has not moved to the town.

It was because of the several large workshops in Lijia Village that merchants from other places came to Qingping Town to buy goods, and there was an endless stream of boats on the wharf.Nowadays, the goods in the village are transported to the shops in the town, and the merchants can sell the goods in the shops in the town instead of entering the village.Since the wall was built in Lijia Village, outsiders were not allowed to enter Lijia Village without the villagers leading the way.

Now among the several villages below Qingping Town, Lijia Village seems to be the wealthiest village. Those who have daughters in other villages want to marry their daughters to Lijia Village, so now the unmarried boys in the village are all outsiders.

Everyone is scrambling to grab him, the hottest son-in-law.And the girls in the village don't worry about marrying, as long as they don't have a bad reputation, there are many people waiting to marry them.

The road from the town to the village is flat and spacious.

It was the first time for Bai Yu to come to the hometown of their adults. At first he thought it was just an ordinary village, but when he got on the carriage entering the village, he saw the wide road outside, with endless wheat fields on both sides of the road.Back at the familiar place, Li Haopeng was lying on the window, chattering endlessly to introduce their hometown to good friends. The two children's heads were put together, chattering, and the conversation didn't stop all the way.

When the carriage entered the village, the gatekeeper at the entrance of the village saw that the village chief had returned with the young master. He opened the village gate to let the carriage in, and a group of several carriages entered the village.

Now that people in the village see the carriage coming in, there will no longer be a large crowd of people running to watch.

But knowing that it was the village head who brought back the young master who went to study in the capital, everyone was talking about it. Since their Li family village had a number one scholar, the whole village has become different. Now they go out and talk about it. Knowing that they are from Lijia Village, people from other villages all showed envious expressions, which made many villagers feel proud.

If sometime their kid can get a champion... Not to mention a champion, they will be satisfied even if they come back from a scholar!

"Aniang, Aniang... grandma..." Li Haopeng raised his legs and ran into the house before getting out of the carriage, shouting as he ran.

Before the person entered the door, the voice came first, and the woman waiting in the room said, "Hey, this is back, it's Xiaobao who is back."

"Hurry up and pick it up." The old lady knew that her little grandson was back when she heard the voice.

"Yes, Ma'am, I'll go right away." As soon as Sun Yi went out to the door, she saw the youngest son running in and caught the youngest son running in. The mother and son hugged each other with tears in their eyes.Seeing her little grandson come back, the old lady smiled while wiping her tears. It could be seen that the whole family was very happy because of the child's return.

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