The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

Lin Zhao got No.2 in the hospital examination. Although he was not the top of the case, No.2 is already a very good result.Others think that his study time is short. If he has enough time to consolidate and settle down, and then take the exam, the effect will definitely be different.

However, Mr. Cen had checked Lin Zhao's homework before the exam and knew how good he was. He got second this time, so he more or less guessed the examiner's intentions.

In fact, Lin Zhao’s answers to the test questions this time were very good, but the chief examiner knew a few of the invigilators from the last government test, and knew that Lin Zhao won the first place in both the county test and the government test, but his study days were very short, so I’m afraid The thing that hurt Zhongyong happened again.

This is a good seedling for studying. He has a heart of love for talents. He doesn't want him to end up in the end, so he has the heart to suppress him. I hope he can calm down and study hard without arrogance or impetuosity, so as to win the imperial examination in the future. Can come out on top in the exam.

Mr. Cen also has high hopes for him, but if a tree is more beautiful than a forest, the wind will destroy it.Passing the Xiucai exam is equivalent to getting the admission letter from the government school, and you can go to the school to study.The school has a three-year system, and you can take two exams. Master Cen wants him to hone his knowledge in these three years.

Linzhou's prefectural school is a bit special. It is different from other places. The jurisdiction of Linzhou is located in a remote area, and the prefectural school's teacher education is not very good.However, Linzhou is not too far from Bailu Mountain in Tongzhou. The two states border. On Bailu Mountain, there is Bailu Academy, which is the last of the four major academies in the world.The state capitals of the two prefectures discussed it, and regarded Bailu Academy as half of the prefectural school, and no longer set up a prefectural school in the prefectural city.

Bailu Academy can also directly recruit a large number of outstanding students through the threshold of scholars, so the two parties have reached a cooperation.The state government is responsible for providing money for its turnover, and the academies are responsible for teaching and educating people.

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These few days are rare for leisure, Lin Zhao followed Jiang Ziyan in and out every day, busy with the paper mill.

He not only needs to buy a big yard, but also finds craftsmen to build a lime kiln, and buys hemp materials, etc. All of them need manpower. Zhang Qiu and Feng Ke are busy these days without touching the ground.The few of them had a clear division of labor, Jiang Ziyan was in charge of buying the yard and choosing a location, Zhang Qiu was in charge of purchasing hemp materials and going to Nanshi to find craftsmen who could make lime kilns.

This time Jiang Ziyan is going to try adding bamboo to further improve the papermaking method to see if he can make better paper.

Jiang Ziyan still went to the dental shop to buy a yard, but this time the requirements have changed. After all, it is used to open a paper mill. First, it is better for the location to be remote, and second, the yard must be large and have many rooms.

Yaren saw that it was this cheerful customer, and introduced it to Jiang Ziyan enthusiastically, "Mr. Lang, there are a total of eight houses that meet your general requirements. If it is convenient for you, I will take you to have a look."

Jiang Ziyan was a little surprised: "So many places?" When he bought the yard before, there were only three suitable places to choose from.

As if knowing why he was surprised, Yaren explained: "After all, your request this time meets many conditions, and there are many yards in the west of the city." And the west of the city is where ordinary people and poor people live. Messy and messy, big things can cause trouble.

"It's okay, the west of the city is fine too. Let's go and have a look."

Jiang Ziyan thought that with a large population in the west of the city, it would be easier for him to recruit workers, and he could provide jobs for some people and improve their lives, which is equivalent to helping the poor in disguise.

He directly ignored a house in the city and went straight to the west of the city.

The east of the city and the west of the city are clearly separated. From the east to the west of the city, it is like the bustling center of a big city to the old dilapidated tile-roofed houses.Even the streets are obviously crowded, most of them are hawkers who set up stalls, trying to earn money to support their families.

Jiang Ziyan couldn't help feeling that the gap between the rich and the poor was so obvious no matter what era it was.

When we arrived in the west of the city, we entered an alley after seven turns and eight turns. There were about a dozen families in the alley.

Yaren led him from one end of the alley to the other, and he took a general look. Most of the shopkeepers in this alley sell food, such as buns, pancakes, steamed buns, noodles, and vinegar.

Go to the end of the alley and turn right, there is a yard on the left, the man stopped here and said: "Lang Jun, this is it."

Pushing open the door and going in, the yard is full of weeds, the courtyard is secluded, with luxuriant grass, a dilapidated scene.

Feng Ke came with Jiang Ziyan today. Lin Zhao was going to report at the academy, so Feng Ke came with him.

Seeing such a dilapidated state, Feng Ke said in a rare way: "Mr. Lang, why don't you look elsewhere."

Hearing this, the Yaren said very cleverly: "Your Majesty, I don't know. Although the courtyard is a little bit broken, it occupies a very large area. There are two rows of east and west wing rooms and the main room. There is an inverted room in the front row. There is another big yard around the side of the house, which is equivalent to two big yards."

When Jiang Ziyan heard that there were two large courtyards, he thought they were all here, so why not go in and have a look.Then I went into the courtyard and looked, and sure enough, as the toothman said, there are two large courtyards in the front and back. Although there is an inverted house in front, this is not a serious courtyard with three entrances, but it seems to be specially used for What is it used for, otherwise the two yards would not occupy such a large area.

He roughly estimated that the house covers an area of ​​at least six or seven hundred square meters, and there are wing rooms on both sides of the back yard, which is equivalent to combining two large farm yards.

"What was this house used for before? Why is the yard so big and it's still been abandoned?" Jiang Ziyan asked Yaren. Judging by the weeds in the yard, it must have been abandoned for a long time.

Yaren whispered: "Your Majesty, I don't know that this courtyard is originally located in the west of the city, in a remote place, and the previous owner opened a secret/prostitution shop here for officials to have sex with prostitutes. Yes. Later, this man was arrested and executed, and the house was also sealed off, and it fell into the hands of our dentist.”

There was a law in the Great Wei Dynasty that prohibited officials from having sex with prostitutes.I thought it would be unobtrusive in such a remote place in the west of the city, but I didn't expect it to be found out.

Yaren kept his bottom pockets clean. Even if he didn't talk about these things, he could still find out about them if he inquired around them a little bit. It's better for him to leave a good impression on people.

"After all, this yard has done that kind of thing before, and the owner who bought the house later thought it was unlucky, so it has been put on hold."

After explaining the inadequacies, the tooth man quickly added two good points, "Although this yard looks dilapidated, these houses are still in good condition, and they can be lived in with a little tidying up. Moreover, the walls of these houses are made of special materials. Good sound insulation."

Jiang Ziyan looked around, and he also noticed the wall, which was indeed mixed with some other miscellaneous materials, so the idiot probably didn't lie to him.

"Are there any other exit doors in this yard?"

"Yes, yes, you come with me."

Yaren led Jiang Ziyan to a door at the corner of the back yard, opened it and said, "This is the back door of the yard. Go out from this door and turn right to the city gate. It's very convenient to go out of the city."

In other words, it is far from the city center.

However, this is exactly in line with Jiang Ziyan's wishes. It will be much more convenient to buy things and bring goods into the city when it is closer to the south of the city.And the sound insulation is good, so it doesn't disturb the people.There are residents on the left side of the alley, but not on the right side, only this single courtyard.

The only thing is that it is a bit dilapidated, and the furniture in the house has to be bought again.

Jiang Ziyan had a rough idea after looking over it carefully, so he told Yaren to go and see the next few courtyards.

Yaren recommended eight places, but Jiang Ziyan only looked at four places in one day. This time, because these places were close, he rushed over without stopping, without resting in between.

At the end of the day, Jiang Ziyan found that the first house he looked at was the one he wanted the most. It was large and eccentric, and it was convenient to transport materials in and out through the back door.The other three courtyard houses are not so broke, but either the place is too small or the location is not suitable.

The next day, Jiang Ziyan didn't ask Yaren to take him to see the remaining four houses, but asked him to take him to the first house he saw yesterday.

This time Jiang Ziyan looked more carefully. He was surprised to find that the side door in the front yard was the courtyard wall of the neighbor's house next door.However, the courtyard next door was very quiet and deserted yesterday, and it is the same today.

He couldn't help asking: "Who lives in the courtyard next door?"

The Yaman replied: "If you want to tell me, the courtyard next door is empty now, and no one lives there. If you want to see it, you can. It just so happens that I have the keys to all the vacant houses around here."

Jiang Ziyan nodded and said, "Go and see."

The courtyard next door is a relatively regular secondary courtyard, which is much smaller than the previous courtyard, but there is a cellar behind this courtyard, and there is a well in the courtyard, which is very convenient.

Jiang Ziyan had an idea in his mind, if he bought the two houses together, he would open up the courtyard wall connecting the gate...

"How much does it cost to buy this yard?"

The yard with two entrances is cheaper than the yard with three entrances he lives in now. Yaren didn't expect that Mr. Jun, who was looking at the house, would fall in love with this small courtyard. It doesn't matter, anyway, if he can sell a house, he will make money.

Yaren saw that he had quoted a normal price on the face of being a customer, so he didn't want to exaggerate, "If you want this yard, it's 600 taels."

"Then what about the big one next to it?" Jiang Ziyan was referring to the six or seven hundred square meter house.

"This one costs 200 taels."

After quoting the price, he was afraid that Jiang Ziyan would think the price was too high, so Yaren hurriedly explained: "Mr., this price is already low. Although the house is dilapidated, it occupies a lot of land. If you buy it, you can overturn it and rebuild it." , and sell it at a high price at that time, I will definitely make a lot of money."

But Jiang Ziyan didn't buy it for refurbishment, he bought it for the purpose of opening a paper mill.

"I want all the houses in these two places. If you think it's cheaper, give me a price."

As soon as the words came out, shock was written all over his face, this is no longer a big customer, this is simply his reborn parents!

After a quick thought, 200 taels plus 600 taels made a total of 800 taels. He carefully quoted the price, "Mr., how about a total of 760 taels?"

It was a total of 40 taels cheaper, and Jiang Ziyan bargained with him again, "Although this house occupies a large area, it is so dilapidated that it will cost me a lot of money to renovate it."

In the end, the two agreed on a price of 740 taels, which was 20 taels cheaper than the price quoted by Yaren.

After the yard was bought, Jiang Ziyan asked Zhang Qiu to find some masons and carpenters in Nanshi, made some new furniture, and repaired the eaves again.

Some old tables, chairs and benches in the furniture can still be used after cleaning, but considering the large number of people living there, Jiang Ziyan drew a few pictures of wooden beds with bunk beds, and asked the carpenter to print a lot according to the pictures and put them in the room.These were intended to be dormitories for workers who went to work.

Here Jiang Ziyan is busy with the preparations for the paper mill every day, while Lin Zhao is busy with the academy.

This time Lin Zhao entered the prefectural school, which is Bailu Academy, with No.2 grades.

The threshold for entering the academy is to obtain the fame of a scholar, if you can't even pass the exam as a scholar, then you will definitely not be able to enter this academy.

The Great Wei Dynasty emphasized literature over martial arts, and always paid attention to the affairs of scholars. If you fail the examination of scholar, even if you spend money, you will not be able to enter Bailu Academy.

Originally, Mr. Cen taught him, so he didn't need to go to the academy to study, but Mr. Cen said that he needed a systematic study.There are many courses offered in the academy, besides reading, there are also the Six Arts of Gentlemen, so he can study more comprehensively after he goes there.

Every year, the Academy will have two holidays, one is the agricultural holiday from the beginning of July to the end of August, and the other is the annual holiday at the end of the year.When you come back from the academy, you can follow the master to carry out targeted learning reinforcement.

Bailu Academy is located in Bailu Mountain. Although it is close to Linzhou, it will take a day to get there by carriage.

On the first day when Lin Zhao went to report, Jiang Ziyan originally wanted to go with him, but he had a lot of things to do, so Lin Zhao said that he had grown up and could go by himself.Jiang Ziyan didn't go with him.

The carriage can only be parked at the foot of Bailu Mountain, and Bailu Academy on the mountain needs to be walked up step by step by oneself.

Lin Zhao came the night before, seeing that it was too late and the academy was closed, so he rested at the inn at the foot of the mountain for one night, and came over the next morning.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, looking up, Bailu Academy is built halfway up the mountain, not at the top of the mountain, and the steps go up to the academy.

Lin Zhao only carried a book cage, which contained some books, some pens, inks, papers and inkstones, as well as a change of clothes.

After standing here for a while, many people gathered at the foot of the mountain, all of whom came to send the scholars from their families to enroll here.Several of them took their families with them, and their wives and children all came to see the husband off.

However, it is not uncommon for a person like Lin Zhao to come, after all, there are many children from poor families.

Lin Zhao raised his feet and was about to go up, when a person appeared out of nowhere, dressed as a scholar like him, and he should also be a scholar of this year.

He seemed to be acquainted, and patted Lin Zhao on the shoulder and said, "Hey, hello, my name is Chen Mian, and I am this year's scholar. Are you also this year's scholar?"

Lin Zhao was not very used to the other party's familiarity with him, so he nodded and said, "Yeah."

However, the other party didn't seem to feel his indifference, but became more enthusiastic, "That's great, we can report together. By the way, what's your name?"

"Lin Zhao."

"Lin Zhao? So you're No.2 on the list? You're amazing, but I'm okay, I'm number ten. Where are you from? Linzhou or Tongzhou, my family is..."

The steps on the mountain were not steep, and Lin Zhao was sweating a little when he walked all the way to the mountain gate, while Chen Mian was already panting from exhaustion.Along the way, Chen Mian hardly stopped talking, most of the time he was talking, Lin Zhao listened and occasionally answered a few words.

When he arrived at the mountain gate, Lin Zhao skillfully took out the water in the book cage, opened it and handed it over, "Drink it."

"Azhao, you are so kind to me!" Chen Mian was very moved, and Lin Zhao became Azhao as soon as he passed a water.

Lin Zhao: "...You're welcome." I just want you to stop talking for a while.

A stone tablet was erected in front of the mountain gate. On the tablet was engraved a few big characters of Bailu Academy, and a few small characters were engraved beside it. It seemed to be the motto of the academy, which was equivalent to the school motto of the previous life.

Next to the stele are two lush pines and cypresses, symbolizing the strength of character of literati, elegant guests and scholars.

After entering, there is a row of houses in the middle, a row of houses on each side, and a row of houses behind.The front room is used for teaching students, and the back room is used for students to live, eat, bathe and so on.Turning left from the side, there is a large grass field, which should be the place where riding and archery lessons are taught.

Lin Zhao and Chen Mian were not in a hurry to visit the academy, but first asked where the deacon was, and registered for the report information first.

"Student Lin Zhao, a native of Qingping Village, Qingping County, Linzhou, a scholar in the 23rd year of the Wei Dynasty, a Lin student, ranked second on the list."

"Student Chen Mian, a native of Qinghe County, Linzhou, a scholar in the 23rd year of the Great Wei Dynasty, a Lin student, ranked tenth on the list."

The two checked the information, and after registering, Mr. Deacon gave each of them a wooden sign to represent their own status symbols. In the future, the door to enter the academy must rely on the wooden sign.

In addition, the assistant next to him also talked about some arrangements for the college's classes, such as starting morning classes at Chenshi in the morning, and having lunch after class at noon, and so on.

Lin Zhao is a granary student, with a monthly subsidy of three buckets of rice, about [-] catties, stored here in the academy, free cooking and side dishes.In addition, there is a monthly subsidy of four taels of silver, which are government subsidies.

So Lin Zhao is equivalent to eating the college cafeteria for free, and these are the benefits only for the top three.For example, Chen Mian needs to pay a small amount of money to eat in the cafeteria, and there are some meal subsidies to some extent.

I also received two sets of clothes from Mr. Deacon. The college requires them to wear uniform styles, one set of spring and summer single clothes and autumn and winter quilted clothes.There was also four taels of silver from Linsheng, and Gu Zhao signed it after confirming that it was correct.

Chen Mian and Lin Zhao went to the dormitory after completing the admission procedures.The dormitory is a three-person room, with three big beds next to each other.The room is a bit small, except for the bed, three small cabinets and three tables and chairs are all the furniture.

The dormitory has already been allocated, and there are wooden signs with names on the door. After searching one by one, Chen Mian was surprised to find that he and Lin Zhao lived in the same dormitory.

"Brother Lin, we are really destined to live in the same dormitory. I will think of Brother Lin if there is any good thing in the future!" Chen Mian winked when he said this, and always felt that the good things he said were not good things.

There are two days to report and register, today is the second day, and classes will officially start tomorrow.Three people lived in one room, and the third person didn't come until the afternoon.Chen Mian wondered if the other party would not come, but Lin Zhao didn't care.

In the evening, Lin Zhao and Chen Mian were surprised to find that there was one more person in the dormitory when they came back from the cafeteria.The other party was silent the whole time, and his apathy was even worse than that of Lin Zhao, so Chen Mian didn't dare to talk to him at all.

No one said a word until I went to class the next day.

This year is the 23rd year of the Great Wei Dynasty, and a total of 10 scholars from Linzhou were selected, and they were divided into six classes according to their rankings.As No.[-], Chen Mian happened to be assigned to Class A with Lin Zhao.There are two classes of students in each class, about twenty people.On the first day of class, Chen Mian noticed with sharp eyes that his other roommate was sitting behind him and Lin Zhao.

The students from the previous class were already familiar with each other, and the newcomers in this class will recruit newcomers to accompany them.After half a day of class, Lin Zhao found out that his other roommate, that is, the scholar sitting behind him was the leader of their class, named Yang Su.

Of the ten new students in their class, six are married, which is enough to show how difficult it is for children from poor families to pass the exam.

After all, it is a dormitory, so Chen Mian called Yang Su during the meal.I thought that others were aloof and didn't bother to sit and eat with them, but I didn't expect him to get up and go with them.

At the dining table in the cafeteria, Yang Su took the initiative to introduce himself, "I'm Yang Su, a native of Yangjia Village, Ping County, Linzhou."

"Isn't it a coincidence that the three of us are from Linzhou?" Chen Mian said.

"I'm sixteen this year, how about you?"

Yang Su: "I'm seventeen."

Lin Zhao: "Fifteen."

"Then let's line up, Yang Su, you are the eldest brother, I am the second brother, and Ah Zhao, you are the younger brother!"

Lin Zhao: ...

What the hell is little brother?

Among the three, only Chen Mian has the liveliest personality.His family opened the largest medicine hall in Qinghe County. The family has practiced medicine for three generations, and their living conditions are much better than those of Yang Su and Lin Zhao.

"Why do you think this academy was built on the mountain? You can't even go down there in normal times."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Yang Su, and then turned his attention to Lin Zhao, "Third brother, can you accompany me down the mountain for a stroll when we are resting? Let's go to the bookstore together, what do you want then?" I'll give you the storybook!"

"Don't go."

"Why? Don't you find it uncomfortable to hold back on your body every day?"

"It's not hard."

Hearing that Lin Zhaoyi rejected him with righteous words, Chen Mian was very sad, so why not just give away the storybook?

Hearing that Lin Zhao rejected Chen Mian, Yang Su admired his serious attitude, students should have the attitude of students, how can they waste time on chatting books.

Seeing that Lin Zhao was unmoved, let alone Yang Su, Chen Mian had no choice but to find other people in the class to go down the mountain together.

The morning class is usually an explanation of the Four Books and Five Classics. The next day there will be a special section on poetry and poetry and a section on policy theory. In the afternoon, the six arts are basically arranged.

After a day's class, after dinner is the time for free activities. The academy does not arrange any evening self-study, and those who want to study have to do it on their own initiative.

The academy distributed quilts to each room, and at night Chen Mian fell asleep on the bed, but Yang Su read until late at night by the academy's oil lamp.

When eating at noon the next day, Lin Zhao took the finished bowls to the bucket to wash them. The bowls and chopsticks were brought with him, so he had to wash them by himself after eating.

He was bending over to wash the dishes when suddenly a strong bump hit him from behind, almost hitting him.He was protecting the bowl in his hand, otherwise it would have almost broken.

Looking back, the person who bumped into him looked somewhat familiar. He was a scholar in the same class, named Shi Maocai.

The other party bumped into him, but he didn't know how to restrain himself, and said tauntingly: "Hey, isn't this a great talent in our Qingping Town? I heard that he is the one who wants to get a small three yuan. Why is the little three yuan cut off? Hahaha... ..."

Lin Zhao looked at him coldly, not wanting to talk nonsense with such a person, and said, "Get out of the way."

However, Shi Maocai would not let him go easily, he was obviously here to find fault.

Shi Maocai walked in and stood in front of Lin Zhao, pressed his tongue against his right cheek, and said, "Listen to my cousin Lu Shaochuan, you are very prestigious in the private school?"

When Lin Zhao heard the name Lu Shaochuan, he realized that Shi Mao was his cousin. Lu Shaochuan who was in the private school was beaten up every time by the little fat guy and the others. He came here to find a place for him.

"How am I related to you?"

"That's right. Of course, you, the lone star of the evil spirit who killed the whole family, has nothing to do with me. I just don't know who you will kill next?"

"Maybe you are an unfilial son."

"How dare you scold me?"

"If you are not a human being, you should have said it earlier, why waste my time listening to dogs bark."

"You still call me a dog?"

"I can't help you to sit in the seat by yourself."

"you!"

"What do you want?" Lin Zhao went straight to the point, feeling a little impatient.This person took advantage of this time to block him here just to ridicule him?

"Next month at the Academy Poetry Competition, whoever loses will be the loser. How about it, do you dare to fight?"

Since Shi Maocai dared to propose a competition at the poetry meeting, he obviously did his homework in advance.He knew that Lin Zhao was good at writing strategies and theories, but he was weak in poetry, and poetry was his strong point, so he didn't believe that he couldn't beat him.

What he can't stand the most is his indifferent appearance every day, as if he is very aggressive.What are you talking about about the little three yuan, bah, the hospital exam was cut off!

Shi Maocai thought, if he wins against Lin Zhao, maybe Yuanniang will fall in love with him and agree to his marriage proposal.

Yuan Niang is the wife's niece of County Magistrate Wu's family, the one that Mrs. Wu came to the door to talk about her marriage to Lin Zhao.I don't know when Yuan Niang happened to meet Lin Zhao, and she always heard that he might be the little Sanyuan in the future, so she made a secret promise and secretly asked her aunt to ask.

I don't know how Shi Maocai found out about this matter. Shi Maocai has always liked Yuanniang, but Yuanniang didn't like him.He was angry for a long time after learning that Yuan Niang loved Lin Zhao, but he never took the opportunity to teach Lin Zhao a lesson.This time just happened to be a good opportunity to prove myself.

Lin Zhao only thought that he was venting his anger for Lu Shaochuan, and thought of other things, which was an unreasonable disaster.However, it is common to challenge and compete with each other in this poetry meeting, and there is nothing wrong with it. Students learn from each other, and the teacher is famous, and no one dares to say anything.

This matter was publicized by people from Shi Maocai's side, but within two days, the whole college knew about it.

As soon as he returned to the dormitory after school, Chen Mian pulled Lin Zhaoyu and said earnestly: "Why are you so reluctant to compete with Shi Maocai in poetry? He was the third scholar in our class last year, on par with you. And you Look at the past poetry classes, the master always praised him, aren't you looking for a dead end? Let's talk about it, let's talk about it, don't make fun of your future!"

The whole academy knew that whoever lost their bet would get out of the academy.

Chen Mian really regarded Lin Zhao, his roommate, as a friend, and tried to persuade him to give up, but Yang Su, a top student at the side, put down the book in his hand and said: "A man, be a man of his word. Don't be afraid, third brother, for poetry I don’t think I’m worse than Shi Maocai, if you don’t understand, just ask me.”

Lin Zhao thought that the two classmates were not bad, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know it well."

Chen Mian looked more worried than him, and said, "What do you have? Is it a lost number? I don't know what you think, but you still agreed!"

"I am the second, he is the third, you have a little confidence in me."

"But your poetry..." Chen Mian was right. In the poetry class, almost all of Shi Maocai's poems got high marks. Even the teacher said that he had a talent for poetry.But after such a long time, he also wanted to see how much he had improved.

"Shi Maocai is a bastard who only picks his own strengths, why doesn't he compete with you?" Chen Mian was still cursing.

The author has something to say:

Recently, I will add more plots to catch up with the plot, and try to write to the later part as soon as possible