The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

Li Jizheng is one of the ordinary people in the west of the city. His parents had escaped from disaster before, and they settled down here after arriving in Linzhou.It's not bad to live by the handicraft of a single-handed mason.

Later, after marrying his mother and having him again, life became much tighter all of a sudden.There are many masons these days, and this craft is easy to learn. Gradually, more people do it, and now the business is not as good as before.

His father and his mother lived frugally and provided for him to study all the time.

Li Ji was also considered to be up-to-date, passed the examination of scholar, and went to Bailu Academy to study.This made his parents so happy that they set up several tables to invite relatives and friends to dinner.

His father participated in the project of expanding the paper making workshop this time. This is a big job, and there is still a lot of wages regardless of food every day.

When he came back from the agricultural holiday this time, he found that the house at home had been renovated.

His father told him that it was because the owner was generous this time, paid a lot of wages, and usually took care of the meals, so he saved some money and renovated the house.

Li Ji knew that this paper mill was run by Lin Zhao's elder brother who lived in the same college, but he didn't expect his family to be so kind.He had helped Shi Maocai speak in the academy before, and he was quite ashamed when he thought about it.

In any case, Jiang Ziyan's move to expand the paper workshop has improved the lives of many people.

The first is the masons. They are the people who build these houses. They take care of food and wages every day, and they take it for several months.That is to say, there is no need to find other jobs to do in these few months.

The second is the newly recruited workers in the paper mill. These people have also been screened layer by layer, coming in batch by batch for easy management.

As a result, the lives of many families in the west of the city are gradually improving.The appearance of the whole street is completely different, and it looks completely new.

When Jiang Ziyan asked people to build a house, he didn't forget to mention Cui Chang's name.After all, the Master Zhizhou gave him a lot of convenience, so he asked someone to praise him in the crowd.So that when Cui Chang went to the west of the city to inspect the people, many people gave him food, thanked him for his kindness and kindness, and praised him as a good official.

For officials, fame and fortune are the most important words.For someone like Cui Chang who wanted to make a career in the court, reputation far outweighed benefits.

He didn't expect to do Jiang Ziyan a favor, and he even helped him spread his reputation, which made his impression of him even better.

The agricultural holiday was long, and Lin Zhao also came back from the academy.However, he spent most of his time studying with Mr. Cen, while Jiang Ziyan was even busier, and the two rarely saw each other.

The several acres of land that Jiang Ziyan bought in Qingping Town before was also in the harvest season. He took the time to go back and take a look. Liu Futian managed Zhuangzi very well, and Jiang Ziyan had almost planted all the dry fields in these acres of land. Tea leaves, the rest is naturally grown wheat.

He can buy grain to eat, but the tenants who are farming the land do not feel at ease if they have no grain.So he reserved some land for wheat cultivation.

As for the two acres of Shatian, he had someone plant watermelons this year.The watermelons here are small in appearance and have many seeds, but Jiang Ziyan doesn't grow watermelons specially for eating, but for supplying them to the tea house for making watermelon juice.

When I came back, I stopped by to see the business of Xiayan Jiangnan. The shopkeeper Xu is very good at managing, but mainly because of the good recipes given by Jiang Ziyan, a large number of guests come here to eat every day.

The private rooms upstairs also come in handy, and young masters and ladies from rich families often come to eat in the county town.

In addition, Yan Jiangnan also contracted out banquets. Whoever has a happy event likes to come here to book a table to treat guests, and the business is very prosperous.

But the most important thing is the paper mill, which was put into use not long after the expansion was completed.

Each of the large number of workers recruited signed and signed the contract. They are regarded as formal contract workers, and their monthly wages are paid on time.

Nowadays, people in the west of the city are proud of being able to work in Jiangji Paper Mill. If someone visits and talks about who works there, others will be very envious.

This August is Qiuwei, which is the annual rural examination of the Great Wei Dynasty.Originally, the imperial examinations in the Great Wei Dynasty were held every three years, but because the previous two emperors valued martial arts and despised literature, there were few civil officials in the court, and the country was in dire straits.

So after this emperor took office, he opened Enke and changed the imperial examination to once a year. When it will be restored to once every three years depends on the situation in the court.

Therefore, it is a good time for students to catch up with the imperial examinations in recent years, and they can have more opportunities to take the exams.

Lin Zhao, Chen Mian and Yang Su, who were in the same dormitory, did not end up participating. After all, they only studied in the academy for a year, and they all wanted to consolidate and take the exam next year.

Fortunately, the prefecture city of Linzhou where they are located is the test center for the rural examination, so they don't have to spend a month or two on the road just to catch up with the test like outsiders.At that time, you can go directly to Fucheng for the exam.

The goal of the three people is very clear, that is to wait until this time next year before taking the exam, and strive to win in one fell swoop.

The three of them didn't pass the exam, but almost all the students of their class in the academy passed the exam. Later, Lin Zhao heard Chen Mian mention it, saying that Shi Maocai also went to take the exam, but everyone was surprised , he actually failed.

Lin Zhao didn't care whether Shi Maocai passed the exam or not, he will be out next year, irrelevant people are not worthy of his wasting energy to pay attention to.

Although it is a vacation time, you can't relax in your studies. If you study hard for ten years, if you don't succeed at one time, you will spend an extra year preparing for it. Not everyone can afford it.

Lin Zhao devotes almost all of his body and mind to reading. He usually gets up very early to read and study, and sometimes lights up the lamp to read at night, which is very hard.

Yang Su's family still has some thin fields, and he has to go home to work when he comes home from the farm holidays. As a big man, he can't do nothing and leave everything to his parents and brothers.

And Chen Mian's family opened a medicine shop, his family had a large property, and he was the youngest of the family, so he was most favored by his grandfather.Although he is playful at ordinary times, he also knows how to study hard at this time.

Jiang Ziyan has been very busy this year, the business of the paper mill is getting better and better, and the cooperation with Zhu Bingliang is also very smooth.

Relying on the paper provided by Jiangji Paper Mill, Zhu's book shop and paper shop quickly occupied a large market in the south of the Yangtze River, making considerable profits.

The reputation of plain paper and flower paper has also spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River, especially flower paper. There are many scholars in Jiangnan, not to mention there are many romantic talents.

Time flies, and it is the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

This year was very lively, not only shopkeeper Xu came to give him New Year greetings, and handed over the profit of Yan Jiangnan Restaurant for this year, Qingshan also brought him the account book of the supermarket shop to give him New Year greetings.

Jiang Ziyan personally set up a banquet in a well-known restaurant in the city, and the whole family had a meal together.

After the meal, Jiang Ziyan gave everyone a big red envelope, saying it was the year-end bonus they deserved.Even Zhang Qiu and Feng Ke have them.

Shopkeeper Xu quietly opened the red envelope and took a look. There was actually a 100 tael silver note inside, and he was immediately elated.I didn't expect to report to the owner at the end of the year and get such a large sum of money.

After they came, they stayed for one night. After all, it was Chinese New Year, and there were still people waiting at home, so they hurried back.

So it's time for year-end accounting.

This year, the expansion of the paper mill cost a lot of money. All the money he had saved before was invested in it, and it was only in the second half of the year that he could barely recoup the cost. The net profit was only about 3000 taels.

What Qingshan brought over was the money earned by the supermarket, as well as the rent paid by the tenants, and the profit made by the paper mill in the town was also included in the supermarket, which was about 5000 taels.

The rest is the Yanjiang Jiangnan Restaurant. The account of the restaurant is separate from the account of the milk tea shop called Chahuafang.The profit of the restaurant in this year was very considerable, as high as 3 taels.

What surprised Jiang Ziyan the most was this milk tea shop. It sells hot drinks in winter and cold drinks in summer, all year round. The net profit of this year is actually 1 taels, which can catch up with one-third of the restaurant.

Calculated in this way, he earned about 8000 taels this year.Now that the paper mill has paid back its capital, and will start to earn more next year, he can use the money to invest in other things.

Jiang Ziyan brought a lot of good things to Master Cen's house, thanking him for teaching Lin Zhao all the time.He also pulled a few new bolts of cloth to Han Yuxiu, saying that it was convenient for him to make clothes for the children.

The child's skin is delicate, the fabric is too poor, and the outer skin is not good if it is worn too much, so the fabrics he chooses are very smooth and soft. It's expensive at first glance.When she left, she specially distributed lucky money to her son.

Although Master Cen didn't say anything, he was still very happy in his heart. Jiang Ziyan did everything, and it was hard not to win the favor of others.

Both Jiang Ziyan and Lin Zhao didn't have any relatives to visit. Just like last year, the whole family had a lively and lively New Year.

The days after the new year are fast, and it is August in the blink of an eye, and it is the annual autumn.

The weather in August was very hot, similar to the previous government exam, but the exam time was staggered, and Qiu Wei would be a few days after the government exam results were released.

Chen Mian's family is not in Fucheng, and it takes about four or five days to come here from their county. He didn't find an inn in Fucheng in advance, because there are a lot of students coming from other places to take the exam this time, and the inn was almost fully booked two months ago. .

Yang Su is also in the same situation. His family is not from the county seat. It takes about half a month to travel from their village to the prefectural city. There may be no better places to live during the exam.

Seeing this situation, Lin Zhao specially invited them to live at home. Now that Zhang Qiu is not living in Jiang's house, there is still room in the East Wing. The three of them live in the same place, so it is convenient for them to discuss the test questions.

Both Chen Mian and Yang Su agreed, and they will come directly when the time comes, and they will stay at Lin Zhao's house during the exam.

When Chen Mian's family heard that he had these plans, they were relieved a lot.When he went out, he specially prepared 100 taels of silver for him, saying that although he lived in someone else's house, he could not let him pay for any places that needed money.

During the words, he reminded him to interact more with these two classmates. After all, they are not bad in knowledge. If they all pass the exam in the future, it will also be a help in the officialdom.

Chen Mian naturally understands this too. They have been classmates for two years, and the three of them have never had any conflicts, and their friendship is still very deep.

The two arrived in Fucheng in mid-August. According to the address given by Lin Zhao, they searched all the way there, and found Calabash Lane very smoothly.

After entering the alley, he casually asked an aunt who was enjoying the cool air outside, and then he knew where Lin Zhao lived.

Coincidentally, Chen Mian and Yang Su arrived at the same time. Although Chen Mian was closer to the capital city than Yang Su, he did not leave earlier than Yang Su.

Afraid of being delayed on the road, Yang Su set off several days early, and happened to arrive at Calabash Lane at noon on the same day as Chen Mian.

Jiang Ziyan knew that Lin Zhao had two good classmates who were going to live here, so he specially asked Mama Sun to clean up the room in advance. The room was decorated elegantly and uniquely, and there was a bunch of fresh hanging flowers on the table. The oncoming fragrance made people feel happy comfortable.

There are also pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the desks in the room, which are well prepared.

After Chen Mian and Yang Su arrived, Jiang Ziyan entertained them very warmly.Considering that they were exhausted, he asked Lin Zhao to take them back to the room to rest after dinner.

When the two of them arrived at the room, they felt very comfortable seeing the elegant and unique layout of the room.

While boasting how nice the room is, Chen Mian said enviously: "Third brother, your brother is really nice too! The decoration is so thoughtful, even the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are prepared for us.

Take a look at the pile of plain paper and flower paper on the table, that is, your family opened a paper workshop, otherwise, no one else would be so grand, and took out so much good paper for us to use all at once. "

Yang Su didn't talk much at first, but now he was grateful in his heart. He cupped his fists and said, "Thank you brother for us, and he will take care of you."

Lin Zhao patted them on the shoulder and said, "You're welcome, just tell the servants at home if you need anything."

In fact, Jiang Ziyan and Chen Mian's family think the same way. Lin Zhao usually has a cold temper and doesn't talk much. If he can invite a classmate who lives with him at home, the relationship must not be comparable to that of ordinary classmates. He must spend a lot of money. Some thoughtful entertaining.

In the future, Lin Zhao passed the exam and entered the officialdom. These are very important benefits for him.

Since they all lived in Lin Zhao's house, the board and lodging were all free of charge. Even if they were willing to pay, Lin Zhao would definitely not want it.

Therefore, Chen Mian and Yang Su were no longer constrained by this little money, but instead focused on reviewing, striving for the three of them to pass the exam, and to be officials in the same dynasty in the future, and to be able to take care of each other.

Knowing that they have to study hard, Jiang Ziyan asked Sun's mother to cook very rich meals every day.Reading takes a lot of energy, and eating well is the only way to get enough nutrition.

There were more than ten days before the exam, and the three of them ate together, not with other people.

Their daily lives are only eating and chatting about learning.Sometimes we often start chatting after eating. For example, one of them once read a question and thought it was very classic. If he might pass the test, he would talk about it and discuss it together.

At the end, the three people began to endorse each other's dictation and conduct spot checks on articles, which can be regarded as consolidating basic knowledge.After all, there are quite a lot of things that need to be memorized in these Four Books and Five Classics. These are almost all sub-questions, and you must not lose a point.

During this review period, sometimes Mr. Cen would come over to give them random questions and answer them on the spot.Chen Mian and Yang Su didn't know Mr. Cen, but when Lin Zhao introduced him, he only said that he was his teacher who had been teaching him since he was a student.

With Mr. Cen on the side to help them check for omissions and fill in vacancies, and give them simulated topic predictions, the three of them are more motivated to study.

The review time of more than ten days passed quickly, and before they realized it, it was time for the formal exam.

Although I have experienced the county examination and the government examination before, this rural examination is the first examination of the imperial examination, and all the examiners are personally appointed by the imperial court.

The rural examination is conducted in the local state capital, and most of the examiners are also the local magistrates or magistrates. Only some individual courts will appoint other candidates to be in charge.

The annual imperial examination thus kicked off.

Before their exams, Jiang Ziyan specially cooked a table of delicious food to relieve their pressure before the exams.

The imperial examinations took several days in a row, and Jiang Ziyan was also busy with the business of the paper mill while the three of them were taking the exams.

Now the paper produced by their paper factory has become popular all over the south of the Yangtze River. Recently, several businesses have come to discuss business with him, and they want to take paper from him to sell in their businesses.

These people are different from Zhu Bingliang, they all want to spend the least cost to get the most benefit, so they have been struggling with Jiang Ziyan for a long time, but they have never reached an agreement.

But there was movement in the row of houses in the west of the city.

Since the completion of that row of private houses, only a few houses have been rented out, and some of them are used for paving business.There are very few who want to buy it. After all, the people in the west of the city are poor. Even if the house price is not expensive, it is still a lot of money for them.

Most people think that the house they live in can still be lived in, and there is no need to spend that money to buy a new house.

However, Jiang Ziyan is not worried. It is only temporary that they cannot be sold now. When the west of the city develops better and better in the future, the location will become more and more expensive. By then, the prices of those private houses will not be the same as they are now.

Today Han Yu came over and told him that someone wanted to buy a private house in the west of the city, and he wanted three houses at the first opening.

Jiang Ziyan was worried about letting others go and talk, so he planned to meet in person.

It was a little different from what he had imagined. Originally, he thought that the person who wanted to buy three private houses at once should be a rich man.

However, he didn't know until he arrived that the other party was just a young couple from outside.They eloped because their family members did not support it.Came from out of town and wanted to make a living.

After looking at several places and calculating the money in their hands, they planned to buy these few private houses.

One is used as a bedroom, one is used as a storefront, and the other is used as a meeting or dining area.

This young couple knows an ancestral craft called simmering soup in crock pots.As long as there is craftsmanship, they will not starve to death.

The private houses here are not just because of the cheap price. They have observed that there is a lot of traffic here.In particular, there is a large paper mill nearby, and there are many people working in it.

Usually, if some people don't want to eat a big pot of rice, they will choose to have a good meal. These are their potential customers, and the store here is not afraid of losing business.

It has to be said that the young couple had very unique visions, and after negotiating the price, the two parties happily reached an agreement.

There are also some people who have been waiting and watching. After all, few people have bought the newly built houses. It is inevitable that some people suspect that there is something unclean in the house.

Now seeing that someone bought three rooms in one go, some people couldn't help but also bought them.

As a result, some of these dozens of private houses were sold.However, Jiang Ziyan didn't plan to sell the area where some of them were located. He only planned to rent out these private houses, and they were renting them out as shops.

He has seen that if all the shops in the city are rented out in that area, it can be turned into a street of shops in the future, which will have a huge economic impact on driving the west of the city.

Coupled with the fact that the paper mill supports so many people every day, I believe that the lives of ordinary people in the west of the city will improve a lot in a short time.

In addition to this side, the supply of plain paper and flower paper required by Zhu Bingliang is getting bigger and bigger.

The response of these two kinds of paper in Jiangnan area was particularly strong, and it became a trend all of a sudden.Nowadays, scholars in the south of the Yangtze River are proud of being able to use flower paper.

Jiang Ziyan can only ask the paper mill to increase production, giving priority to supplying to Jiangnan every time.

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The township examination ended day by day under the scorching sun. Lin Zhao and the others finally finished the examination, and the next thing was to wait for the results to be announced.

It will take about half a month to release the rankings directly, and half a month later, the academy just starts.

If all three of them pass the exam, they won't have to study in the academy for the rest of the time.But these all depend on personal choice. If you don’t think you need to study in the academy, you can review at home, but most people still choose to study in the academy for half a year.

There are official messengers to announce the announcement of the rankings in this township examination, so there is no need to worry about watching the rankings.

A few days after the provincial examination, Chen Mian and Yang Su returned to the academy.But Lin Zhao didn't go, he planned to study with Mr. Cen for the remaining half a year.

After studying in the academy for a year and a half, he has learned the basics very solidly. He is no longer suitable to stay in the academy, and what Mr. Cen taught is more useful to him.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

The gongs and drums were beating outside very lively yesterday morning. Jiang Ziyan listened to the sound after getting up early, and felt that the sound was getting closer.

A few half-grown children outside ran to the door of Jiang's house first and shouted: "I got hit! Lin Xiucai, the government has sent someone to announce the good news!"

These half-grown children are the first to announce the happy news, and the host usually rewards them with some food or a few coins to make them feel happy, no matter how hard they try, they will not save money in this regard.

When Jiang Ziyan heard that Lin Zhao had passed the exam, he hurriedly let Mama Sun into the house and brought some copper coins for the children to make them happy.

The noise was so loud that the neighbors around could also hear it.

What? !

That Lin Xiucai in the alley passed the exam?

"Oh my god, this is really incredible. From now on, Lin Xiucai will be the master of Juren!"

"The Lin family is really blessed. I heard that they used to be poor and poor, but now there is a master Juren. This is smoke from the ancestral grave!"

"When it comes back to the holidays, I have to talk to our family member and ask him to go to the old man's grave to put two more sticks of incense, and bless and bless my son to be able to come back from the exam in the future."

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The official messenger who announced the good news walked slowly, blowing and beating all the way, and only now arrived at the gate of Jiang's house.

Those who can work in the yamen of Fucheng are all officials. They usually walk sideways with a cold face when they go out, but this time they come here with smiles on their faces.

The sound of gongs and drums stopped, and the official said: "Lin Zhao, a native of Qingping Village, Qingping Town, Linzhou, congratulations on winning the first place in this autumn competition and getting No.1 in this rural examination. Congratulations, Lin Jieyuan."

At this time, there were more and more people onlookers. When everyone heard it, Lin Xiucai not only passed the examination of Master Juren, but also a Jieyuan.

So they all sighed in their hearts: My God, when will there be some green smoke on their ancestral graves!

Regardless of how the relationship used to be, now their eyes are full of envy.

Jiang Ziyan was overjoyed when he heard the news, No.1, that is Xie Yuan, Lin Zhao passed the exam, it's amazing!

The happy money was prepared early on, without Jiang Ziyan saying it, Wei Guanshi had already delivered the wrapped happy money bag to the official's hand with great insight.

The work of announcing the good news is what the officials love to do most, especially those who live in the prefectural city. They don't need to run too much because they are close, and they can get money.

After getting the silver money, he weighed it in his hand and found that the weight was not small, and the smiles on the faces of the officials became more sincere.

Lin Zhao received the letter of good news from the messenger on the side. It said the list of the first-class scholar in Linzhou in the autumn of the 25th year of the Wei Dynasty.

After giving the happy money, Jiang Ziyan cupped his hands and said, "You two have worked hard, let's go inside and have a cup of hot tea for a break!"

The two officials waved their hands and said, "No, no, we have to rush to announce the good news to the next family."

Seeing that the two of them were about to leave, Lin Zhao asked, "I wonder if there are any Juren who have passed the exam in Qingping County and Yangjia Village below?"

Xicha thought for a while and said, "We don't know about Qingping County, but there is indeed a Master Yang in Yangjia Village who passed the exam."

As soon as he said this, Lin Zhao knew that there was only one scholar in Yangjia Village in the past few years, brother Yang, and he must have passed the exam this time.

Originally, among the three of them, he wasn't worried about Yang Su.Yang Su has been working very hard all the time. He reads earlier in the morning than he does, and takes very detailed notes on his daily reading.

On the other hand, his second brother Chen, when he was studying in the college, his basic skills were not solid. In the second year, he studied seriously for a year, and he didn't know if he could pass the exam this time.

It was a little distance from Fucheng to Qingping County, so I had to rent a mule cart to announce the good news.

But they don't care about the money at all. After all, they are going to announce the good news, and the reward will be much more than this.

The Chen family got the good news two days later. When the messenger came with drums and gongs, the whole Chen family came out.

Chen Mian's grandfather, Mr. Chen, heard that his grandson had a stroke. He was lying on the bed, but suddenly sat up in shock, his legs and feet were quite agile.The crutches that I usually keep around are gone, and I happily got up and went to the gate to welcome the mission.

After all, the three generations of the Chen family have opened medical clinics, and they also have a large medicine shop. The family wealth accumulated from generation to generation is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Xichai got a lot more money than Jiang Ziyan gave to those two Xichai, and his face was almost wrinkled with laughter.

Although I ran a little farther, I got a lot of money, so it was worth the trip.

After Xichai left, the Chen family was overwhelmed. It goes without saying that their family is rich.There is so much money, but there is still no promising scholar.

Chen Mian's grandfather had two sons, the eldest son learned from him, and the younger son, Chen Mian's father, was sent to study by him, but he didn't even pass the exam as a scholar, so he stayed at home to manage the medicine shop up.

Later, when Chen Mian was born, Mr. Chen put the burden of studying on this grandson.

But let alone, this grandson of his is much more competitive than his two sons. Not only did he pass the examination as a scholar, but he also won the Juren!

Mr. Chen opened the ancestral hall that day to pay homage to the ancestor's spiritual seat, saying repeatedly: "My ancestors bless you, my ancestors bless you!"

After the Chen family got the news, they quickly sent someone to inform Chen Mian who was still in the academy, and sent someone to Jiang's house to tell Lin Zhao the news.

He was very happy when he learned that all three people in their dormitory had passed the exam.

How difficult it is to read a book is only known to the scholar himself.Ten years of studying hard in the cold window is the joy of this moment.

Even if you fail the exam in the future, you can find a good position and have a good future with the name of Juren now.

In the next few months, Lin Zhao and the three of them will be preparing for the next test.

The examination is held in February, and because it is in spring, it is also called Chunwei.

The location of the Chunwei exam is no longer in various local and state capitals, but in the capital.At that time, students from all over the country will rush to the capital to take the scientific examination.

Linzhou is located in the southwest, and it is a long way from the capital. It may take more than two months to go back and forth.So at the latest after the Chinese New Year, you have to set off for the capital.

Lin Zhao worked hard every day to study and do the questions to prepare for the scientific examination.And Jiang Ziyan was not idle.

He thought about it, and with Lin Zhao's grades, if he performed normally in the test, there would definitely be no problem.

The capital is the home of the original owner, Jiang Yu. He hasn't been back for so long, so he doesn't know what's going on now.

He didn't have anything before, and he was worried that the people in the capital hadn't let him go, and it wouldn't be safe to go back.

However, now that he has enough money and has developed such a large industry, he can gain a foothold in the capital by himself.

If Lin Zhao goes to the capital, he plans to go there too, move his family there, and continue to develop his business in the capital.

After all, Linzhou is a bit out of the way, and the traffic and roads are not well developed.Unlike the capital, which extends in all directions, there are land and water transportation.He already has enough capital now, if the capital is used as a base, the development should be better than Linzhou.

However, this is also risky. The capital is very expensive, and it is not cost-effective to open a paper mill there. If you want to develop, you can only start from other places.

But this Jiang Ziyan was not worried. When he arrived in the capital, he bought a yard first.He has enough capital, and he can wait to make an on-site inspection after he goes there before making a decision.

As for the Hou Mansion, he does not plan to go back for the time being.When he returns to the capital, if he meets someone from the Hou Mansion, he will talk about it.

Now that he has a plan, Jiang Ziyan will take advantage of the next few months to arrange everything here.

He was going to transfer the shop in Qingping Town, and the paper mill was also going to be transferred.After all, the paper mill in this town is very small, and it can only produce hemp paper, basically there is nothing worth leaving behind.

And the few acres of land bought in the town before, everyone planned to sell it and exchange it for money.

As for the restaurants and milk tea shops in Qingping County, he does not plan to sell them. The dishes in the restaurants are all recipes selected by him personally, and the recipes of the milk tea shops are all confidential, so it is not easy for others to know.

What's more, the cooks in the restaurant and the girls in the milk tea shop were all trained by him himself. Although the income is much lower than that of the paper workshop in Fucheng, these things have very important formulas, and they cannot be let down. Outsiders know.

As for the paper mill in Fucheng, after he leaves Linzhou, he has to hand it over to a few reliable people to take care of it together, and it is enough to report the income to him in the capital every year.

Jiang Ziyan told Lin Zhao of his plan, and Lin Zhao was very happy.He was worried that Jiang Ziyan would let him go alone this time when he went to Beijing for the exam. If he stayed in the capital, would he still stay in Linzhou?

Now that all his worries were gone, he actually wanted to go to the capital with him and choose to redevelop his career in the capital. Lin Zhao didn't say anything, but was very moved in his heart.

The days passed and soon it was December.

Jiang Ziyan went back to Qingping Town. He wanted to talk to Zhao Yuanwai and ask him if he would like to take over Jingdong Supermarket.

Unexpectedly, Qingshan opened his mouth first, he wanted to sell the shop, but now the money is not enough, so he asked him if he could pay on credit?

Jiang Ziyan didn't expect Qingshan to have such an idea. Since he wanted to continue running the shop, Jiang Ziyan would not be short of his money for a while, so he agreed.

There is also the paper mill in the town. The paper made by this small paper mill has always been sold in this supermarket shop, which can be regarded as an integrated industry.So Qingshan wants to win over the paper mill.

Although the cost of the paper mill is not small, he will have to spend a lot of money to sell it.But this paper mill is mainly run by veterans. At the beginning, Jiang Ziyan asked each of them to take a share, so if Qingshan wants to continue, he only needs to pay Jiang Ziyan's part.

As for the few acres of land, Jiang Ziyan wanted to sell them all, but after he went to Zhuangzi for a visit, he changed his mind.

As the steward of Zhuangzi, Liu Futian has been conscientious and conscientious for the past two years.

He liked this owner so much, he was generous and talkative, and the tenants in other villages envied them very much.

But now that the owner says they want to sell the field, it means they want to change to a new owner.At that time, maybe we will go back to the old days.

After hearing the news, the tenants in Zhuangzi came out to persuade Jiang Ziyan to stay, hoping that he would not sell the field, but could always be their owner, and then they would do the work in the field more carefully.

Jiang Ziyan's heart softened, and he thought that if the field was sold, then the tea shop in the county town would have to buy the fried tea ingredients used to make milk tea.It is not as cheap and convenient as this kind of direct self-supply.

After deliberation, the supermarket was finally transferred to Qingshan, which was regarded as half-selling and half-giving. Qingshan took out his life savings and borrowed a lot of money from relatives and friends to barely scrape together part of it.

However, Jiang Ziyan was not in a hurry, and just told him to put the money on the account at the end of the year, and then hand it over to the shopkeeper Xu in Yanjiang in the county seat.

After handing over these things, he began to arrange things at home.

Then they must set off for the capital, and now, the house in Hulu Lane must be sold.The servants in the family, except Mama Sun and the others who signed the contract of living, all wanted to go with him.

Jiang Ziyan thought about it. There are two brothers Han Yu and Han Xiao. One is the steward of the paper mill, and the other works by his side. After all, they are brothers. It is not good to take one away and keep the other.

And there is no shortage of people in the paper mill, so Jiang Ziyan simply arranged for Han Yu to go there.After all, the scale of the paper mill has expanded a lot, and a manager must be too busy.

As for Wei Nan, Jiang Ziyan specifically asked for his opinion. If he was unwilling to follow him to the capital, he would return his contract of sale to him, and he would be a free body from then on.

Unexpectedly, Wei Nan chose to go to the capital with him.He said that since he was old and had no children, he had no other way out but Jiang's house, so he simply stayed with him to support the elderly.

As for Mr. Cen, this is a great Confucian, so Jiang Ziyan went to ask him for his opinion.

Mr. Cen's hopes are all pinned on Lin Zhao. If Lin Zhao goes to the capital, he will naturally go too.

And in his opinion, Lin Zhao must have no problem in the imperial examination this time.Taking this opportunity, he also wanted to let the old man know that he, Cen Yan, was back.

So after the seventh day of the new year, Jiang Ziyan and his party set off for the capital on the eighth day of the new year.

This time he rented two carriages and two mule carts.

Carriages are used for people to ride in. There is one carriage at home, and there are three in total.

He shared a carriage with Lin Zhao and Lin Xing, Master Cen and Han Yuxiu and his mother shared a carriage, Zhang Qiu, Feng Ke and Changlin Changhua shared a carriage.

Feng Ke had wanted to go to the capital for a long time. He stayed by Jiang Ziyan's side for more than two years, and now it was finally time to go to the capital.

As soon as Zhang Qiu got the news that he was going to the capital, he said he would follow.