The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

As soon as May is over, they will be preparing to leave for Qu'an Mansion at this time.

Before going, Li Wen was discussing with his father who would send him to take the exam. Now that the family is busy and his father can't leave, he just wanted his father not to accompany him.But the family must be worried that he only took Li Tong, a little book boy, out, even though this time he went there with Shen Zijing, Su Yuan and the others.

In the past, he sent his son to study and take the exam. This time, his son was going to Fucheng for the exam. Li Shanshan wanted to accompany his son. He said, "I will accompany Sanbao to Fucheng for the exam first. Leave it to the second brother to help watch, and let the village head manage the affairs of the village. If there is anything to do, I will deal with it when I come back.

For Li Shanshan, nothing is as important as his son's affairs.

When Mr. Li heard that his elder brother entrusted him with the affairs of the family, instead of being happy, he looked worried and said, "Brother, you leave the shop to me. I am not familiar with these things. I am afraid that I will It's not good."

"Brother, why don't I accompany Sanbao to Fucheng for the exam, you are at home. Don't worry, I will take care of Sanbao."

Li Dahua was secretly anxious in her heart, let you take care of it and you can take care of it!Things that others can't ask for, but you still shirk when it falls on you.

"Yeah, Dad, why don't you let my second uncle go with me? Who cares about the family affairs after you leave. We don't come back after going for three or five days. It takes a month to go away." Come back, now that you are gone, if something happens at home, who will they turn to to deal with it?" Li Wen felt that there was no need to ask his father to accompany him, because the affairs of the village cannot be separated from his father. Besides, there is a bakery in their family that needs someone to take care of it.

The new workshop in their village is just in its infancy, and his father is now a leader. His father left before this started. Who will take the lead?The village chief certainly didn't understand and understand these things as well as his father did.

Li Wen’s suggestion to his father before was that they could try to make daily chemical products. He spent a few days explaining to his father what daily chemical products are. Simply put, daily chemical products are daily life products. As small as soap, it is body wash and shampoo. Later, they can also produce various skin care products and rouge powder.

Compared with making food, these things are easier to transport and have high profit margins. Whether they make them themselves, merchants are more willing to buy from them and sell them, so they don’t have to worry about not being able to sell them.One of their current starting points is to try to make soaps, from ordinary laundry soaps to facial soaps and soaps for bathing, adding various spices to them can make all kinds of soaps.

Modern people are no strangers to handmade soap. Li Wen used to make handmade soap with his classmates. Making a piece of soap is actually very simple. The first thing to make soap is the ingredients, which are not difficult.

A piece of handmade soap is made by boiling ingredients, poured into a mold, and then released from the mold after solidification, then cut into pieces, dried in the sun, packed, and a handmade soap comes out.

He has already given his mother the distribution and method of making soap. His mother is now able to make handmade soap, so at the workshop, his mother is leading the people below to make handmade soap.

The soap soaps they use now are actually very similar to modern soaps, but there are still some differences in the raw materials, and the shape and color of the soap soaps are not good-looking.

They had made moon cakes before, and Boss Huang still had a group of carpenters. As long as he drew the molds here, the craftsmen over there could make them for them.With experience in making moon cake molds, it is very simple for them to make a batch of soap molds.These things in the village are just in their infancy, and Li Shanshan is in charge. At this time, he has to walk away and there are a lot of things that no one can take care of.

"Father, I'll come back after taking a test. What can I do?" It took Li Wen some time to convince his father to stay and let his second uncle go with him. He went with him. And his little book boy Li Tong.

Li Shanshan also understood in his heart that when he heard his son's words, he finally nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, you can go with your second uncle, and Dad will stay at home and wait for you to come back."

Knowing that he could accompany the young master to Fucheng, Li Tong was still very happy.

The mother at home packed his bags for him, and in mid-May, they set off for Fucheng to take the exam.

Last time, four of them went to Fucheng to take the exam together, this time only the three of them came.I don't know if Lu Zhishu took the exam in Nanyang this time, or he will come to Fucheng to take the exam. It is still a long way for Lu Zhishu to come to Qu'an from Nanyang, maybe he will take the exam in Nanyang Mansion.

On the way, the three of them sat in a carriage and mentioned this matter.

The last time they played poker with four people, this time there were only three of them, and the three of them could just fight the landlord. Li Wen taught Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to fight the landlord. When they were bored on the road, the three of them would fight together. Landlord, relax and pass the time.

The carriage drove for four or five days before they arrived at Fucheng.

"My bones are about to be shaken apart." Getting off the carriage, Shen Zijing felt that his legs were still floating.Li Wen stretched out his hand to support the man, and said helplessly, "Stand firm."

The Shen family rented a small yard here in Fucheng in advance, and Li Wen lived with Shen Zijing and Su Yuan, so that they would go to the exam together when the exam came.

When they arrived in Fucheng, many candidates had already arrived here, and the restaurants and inns in the city were already full of people a month in advance.Fortunately, the Shen family had already rented a yard here, otherwise they would not be able to rent such a good yard if they came here at this time.

Three people can learn from each other and supervise each other when they live together, just like when they were studying in the academy."

None of them were particularly nervous before the exam. Li Wen and Shen Zijing liked to joke around together, and Su Yuan would giggle aside.

Su Yuan and Shen Zijing have been inseparable for so many years.

"We will perform as usual this time, and we will definitely pass the exam." They usually study together, and they probably know each other's level.Shen Zijing has worked hard to study this year, so Li Wen can see that he has made great progress.

Su Yuan usually doesn't show his talents, but when it comes to exams, he always ranks at the top, sometimes even better than Shen Zijing.Shen Zijing's grades were not bad either. He performed unstable when he came to the exam. When he was good, he was very good.

"That is, it is necessary." Young Master Shen has such confidence.

As soon as May is over, June [-]th is the time for the entrance examination.

Only candidates who have passed the county and government examinations are eligible to participate in the subsequent courtyard examinations.

The college examination is hosted by Xuezheng.

On June [-]th, they got up early and prepared to go out. After checking each other's things in the test basket, they went to the test room together.

This time, there were no fewer people taking the exam. There were already a lot of people queuing up in front of them, and they lined up at the back of the line.Candidates who take the college examination are all above the age

Standing in front of them was a scholar who looked at least in his thirties. When he saw them, the three of them stood here and gave them another look.

Among the three of them, Li Wen was the youngest, Su Yuan was two years older than him, but Su Yuan was even smaller than him.Shen Zijing was three or four years older than him, and also under the age of 15, so as soon as they stood in the line, someone's eyes fell on them.

With the experience of the previous two exams, this is the third exam, and they are already familiar with the process.

"Orbital--',

Hearing the beating of the gong in front, the officials shouted loudly, "Line up, line up..."

"Start checking admission, line up...''

Uncle Li became nervous when he heard this voice, "Sambo, start checking."

"Well, I know, Second Uncle, I will go in for the exam in a while, and you go back with Uncle Yuan and the others. We won't be able to come out until the afternoon." Li Wen said to his Second Uncle.

"Oh." The second brother Li found out that he accompanied his nephew to the exam, and he really came to accompany him. He found that he could not help his nephew with anything. The nephew had done everything well, so there was no need for him as the second uncle. help.

After a long while, Li Lao Er held back his words, "Three Treasures take the exam well, don't be nervous."

"Second Uncle, I know, I'm not nervous... Li Wen couldn't help laughing when he saw that his Second Uncle was more nervous than him

The rules of the examination room of the college examination were stricter than those of the previous two examinations. Candidates entering the examination room carried a test basket containing pens, ink and food.The inspectors inspected very carefully. In order to prevent the candidates from carrying things, a strict search and inspection was carried out. Candidates had to untie their hair, take off their clothes, and even their shoes and socks for inspection. They were not allowed to bring any paper into the venue.

After the previous round of examinations, all the candidates had their hair disheveled, and they were busy putting their hair back together and arranging their clothes.

Before candidates enter the venue, Xuezheng needs to personally roll call and confirm. Xuezheng confirms that there is no difference in the age, place of origin, height and appearance of the candidates, and issues a sign to the candidates to allow them to enter the examination room.

Once it is found that someone has taken the exam or replaced it, it must be dealt with strictly. In addition, even the candidates who are guarantees and mutual guarantees must be punished.

After they lined up to check one by one, they went to Master Xuezheng to confirm.

The people in front passed one by one, and after waiting for about half an hour, it was their turn to step forward. Shen Zijing and Su Yuan were in front of him, and Li Wen was behind them.

"Li Wen, from Qingping County. He is nine years old. He has a good appearance and no white beard." Xuezheng has no problem with the candidates. Seeing such a young candidate this year makes Xuezheng feel a little bit surprise.

"It's the students." Li Wen said.

After confirming that the candidate's information was correct, Xuezheng issued a sign for people to enter. Li Wen took the sign, saluted Xuezheng, and went inside.

They have already passed two exams before, and this is the third time he has entered the examination room. Li Wen is already familiar with the inside. He found the exam room calmly by looking at the sign, and when he came in, he just cleaned up the room. Sit down on the stool and prepare for the exam.

Candidates can't turn their heads around once they enter, otherwise they will be punished as cheating.

After the trial of the hospital is completed, after entering the examination room, the door of the examination room will be closed and no one will be allowed to enter or leave.

The doors of the examination room will not be opened until the examination is over.