The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

Capital City, Xiaoqi Camp.

Before, Jiang Yuan asked a friend in Beijing to find a distant relative of his family. This relative was sent to be an official in Linzhou.

Although the official position is not big, it is in Linzhou Prefecture.

It didn't take long for this person to inquire about the news, because Jiang Ziyan lived in Fucheng, and because of the expansion of the paper mill, the people in the west of the city were full of praise, it was hard not to be noticed.

It's just that Linzhou is far away from the capital, and the news spread slowly.

It was already a month later when Jiang Yuan received the news.

This friend rushed to the Xiaoqi camp and told him the news he had found.

The friend said: "My distant cousin did find a person very similar to what you said according to your request. This person is also surnamed Jiang, but his name is not Jiang Yu, but Jiang Ziyan."

"Jiang Ziyan?"

"People who have heard of him say that his appearance is very similar to the portrait you gave, and even his age is similar. However, he is not as stubborn as you said, but young and promising."

Jiang Yuan frowned when he heard this, and asked, "How do you say that?"

"He opened a paper mill in the west of the city of Linzhou Prefecture, and because of this paper mill, the lives of the people in the west of the city are much better. Anyone who mentions him is full of praise. Are you sure this is your son? ?"

Jiang Yuan said: "Whether it is or not, we will meet. Where is he now? Is he still in Linzhou Prefecture? Then I will set off immediately to find him."

"Don't worry, I heard that he is leaving Linzhou for the capital. He didn't come alone. He seems to have a younger brother who is very knowledgeable. Last year's Qiuwei was Jieyuan. He will have an exam at the end of February. It should be They came together. Counting the days, they are almost here, you might as well wait in the capital directly."

Jiang Yuan was overjoyed, "Are you serious? Are they coming to the capital?"

"Yes, that's what my uncle Wu Yuanfang wrote in his letter, but I don't know if that person is your Jiang Yu."

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about the rest, thank you!"

Jiang Yuan got the news and started to inquire about the news in the capital, especially those students who came to Beijing to rush for the exam, they were all his key investigation targets.

But what he didn't expect was that when Jiang Ziyan came to Beijing with his family, he didn't live in the inn or small courtyard rented by those students at all.

They had three carriages and two mule carts. Because there were old people and children in the carts, they walked very slowly on the road.It took more than a month to get to the capital.

They arrived in the morning, Jiang Ziyan took them to a restaurant for a meal first, let them rest here for a while, he took Lin Zhao and Feng Ke directly to the tooth shop.

The tooth store in the capital is much bigger than the one in Linzhou, and they are used to looking at the dishes.

Jiang Ziyan and the others rushed over all the way, and came to look at the house non-stop, without having time to tidy themselves up.

The people in the dental shop saw that they were wearing shabby clothes, so they said in a non-enthusiastic tone: "Hello, what do you need?"

Regardless of his attitude, Jiang Ziyan went straight to the point and said, "I want to buy a house, and I want a bigger one. Can you recommend me some houses."

Yaren didn't expect the other party to speak so loudly that he wanted to buy a house. This is the capital city, and the land price in the capital city is very expensive. If you buy a house if you want to buy a house, then you must be a person who is not short of money.

Yaren changed his attitude in an instant, and said enthusiastically: "Guest officer, can you explain your request in detail, and I will help you to screen it first."

Jiang Ziyan had experience buying a house once, so he didn't go around in circles with him, and directly stated his request.Yaren was very quick in handling things, and recommended three houses to him.

When they came, they vacated a carriage and came directly in the carriage, just thinking that they could save some time when going to see the house.

Yaren led the way to show them the house. The first yard was a bit desolate, with overgrown weeds around the well. The original view of the yard should be pretty good, but now it is very dilapidated.

Although there are not many people they want to live in, but there are old people and children, it is best to buy ready-made ones that can be moved in directly without repairs.

After looking at the house for an afternoon, Jiang Ziyan asked Lin Zhao and Feng Ke for their opinions when they finished looking at the second house. They all thought it was a good place, so Jiang Ziyan made a decision.

This house used to be an official residence, and the house was ransacked because of a crime, and the house was left vacant.It has not been sold for a long time.

Firstly, it is unlucky for people to leave the house idle, and secondly, the price of this house is indeed much higher.

After all, the location is good, the market is not far away from the house, and the house is quite big, with a courtyard with three entrances and a verandah. Needless to say, there is a row of inverted houses in front, and there are two rows of east and west rooms. It was very similar to the house they lived in Linzhou.

Jiang Ziyan asked the price, asking for 1 taels.

This price is indeed expensive. At the beginning, buying a house in Linzhou was only about 1000 taels. When the house was in the capital, it was ten times more expensive.

Jiang Ziyan asked if it could be cheaper, and Yaren smiled and explained: "Guest officer, this price is not expensive anymore. You may have just arrived in the capital, so you don't know yet. This location is very sought-after, and it is only a few steps away from the imperial palace." Three or four streets away, it’s quite a bustling area.”

Jiang Ziyan also knew in his heart that the location of this house was really good. If it were put into the central city of his previous life, it would probably be a house within the second ring road.

"You can give me a real price! It's not easy for everyone, so you can earn something, and I can also get benefits."

The tooth man smiled, and quietly made an eight. Jiang Ziyan didn't dare to think about 8000 taels, but the tooth man meant nine thousand,800 taels.

200 taels cheaper is already a lot. If you only look at silver taels, you still feel that the discount is a lot, but if you compare it with 1 taels, it is indeed not much.

Jiang Ziyan bargained with him again, and finally the price of 700 taels was settled.

This house is indeed very good, with elegant scenery, pavilions and ponds in the courtyard, and neat blue bricks and black tiles, so there is no need to repair it at all.The furniture in the house is basically new, and you can live in it with a little cleaning.

In addition, Jiang Ziyan bought three servants, and Han Yuxiu brought the child to take care of Mrs. Cen, so he specially bought a nurse for them.

Wang Daqiao is also responsible for cleaning the front yard and managing the stables.In addition, I bought a woman to do the sweeping and sweeping, and a cook who was busy in the kitchen.

After deciding on the place, Jiang Ziyan asked Feng Ke to take a carriage back to the inn to pick him up.

He and Lin Zhao led the newly purchased servants to stay and clean the room first. After all, they were going to live tonight, so they had to clean out the room they lived in first.

Cleaning utensils are all available, and there is a well in the yard, which can be used directly to fetch water.It's just that it's a little cold, and my hands are very cold when cleaning.

The newly bought mother-in-law works very hard, so she is called Mrs. Zhang.She fetched water and went directly to the stove. Next to the stove was the firewood room. There was still some firewood in the firewood room. She lit the fire and boiled some hot water. Wiping the table with hot water would keep her hands from getting so cold.

When Mr. Cen and the others come over later in the evening, they can also soak their hands and feet in hot water to warm up their bodies.

The nanny's surname is Li, and she is called Mother Li.The cook's surname is Cui, and she is called Mama Cui.After Mrs. Zhang finished boiling hot water, Mama Li and Mama Cui entered the room with rags and cleaning tools and began to clean.

About half an hour later, Feng Ke picked him up.

The whole family settled down in this small courtyard. After driving for more than a month, it was very hard. They ate a simple meal in the evening, and took a rest early after eating.

Now it is late January, and the end of February is Chunwei. After settling down in the capital, Lin Zhao has entered the state of concentrating on studying again.

Considering the elderly and children, they must have walked slowly along the way, so they set off from Linzhou early.

Chen Mian and Yang Su set off later than them, but because they walked fast on the road, they arrived a few days earlier than them.

Chen Mian did not come alone. His family members were worried, so they sent him a woman and a servant to take care of him.

Yang Su is not alone, he is accompanied by a woman to take care of him.

Before the three came again, they agreed to leave a letter at the most famous restaurant in the capital, and meet there when they arrived.

Chen Mian asked the boy to go to the restaurant to watch every day to see if there was any letter from Lin Zhao, and Yang Su and the others had already met.

After Lin Zhao came, the three met smoothly.Lin Zhao invited them to live with them at home like last time, but they all refused.

Chen Mian refused because his family gave him enough money to let him live in a hotel here.He also took a servant and a woman with him, so it was not easy to bring them all to live in Lin Zhao's house.

There is nothing wrong with this reason, Lin Zhao looked at Yang Su, his elder brother was always very quick in his work and speech, but this time he hesitated.

The two good brothers looked at him, and Yang Su also knew that he should not hide it, so he told the truth.

Yang Su said: "To be honest, Luo Niang came with me this time."

Chen Mian's eyes flickered with gossip signals, "Who is Luo Niang? Big brother, could it be the sister-in-law Feng from the south you found for us?"

"Luo Niang is indeed my unmarried wife."

Hearing this, Chen Mian was even more surprised. Shouldn't a wife who has never married should avoid suspicion?Why did you come to the capital with him instead?

Seeing the doubts on Chen Mian's face, Yang Su said embarrassingly: "Niang Luo is three years older than me, and she is my child bride. Our family's conditions are not good, and my mother has to pay for my education. The money in the family is basically I spent all my time on my studies.

My mother was worried that I would not be able to marry a daughter-in-law in the future, so she found me a child bride-in-law early on.This time I went to Beijing to rush for the exam, my mother was worried, so she asked Luo Niang to follow me to take care of me.Sorry, I haven't been able to tell you guys. "

Yang Su felt very ashamed. In the Great Wei Dynasty, whoever raised a child bride was raised because his family was poor and could not afford a daughter-in-law. He was always afraid that his classmates would look down on him if they found out.

"Then what are your plans for the future?"

"I finally passed the Juren exam this time. I must work harder to get a Jinshi and marry Luo Niang."

Lin Zhao and Chen Mian did not laugh at him, but said: "Brother, you are right. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and a gentleman does not abandon his wife who is a mess. Bring my sister-in-law to us when you have time."

Chen Mian also said: "Yes, brother, we haven't seen what my sister-in-law looks like yet!"

Although the three of them do not live together, Chen Mian and Yang Su often come to Lin Zhao to discuss knowledge during the day.Both of them admired Mr. Cen's knowledge very much, and the three of them reviewed with Mr. Cen, and the time passed day by day.

Ten days before Chunwei, the Tongwen Hall in the capital suddenly held a poetry competition. The name was to relieve the boredom of the students who were about to take the exam and relax their minds.

Nowadays, students from all over the world gather in the capital, and there are a lot of people who come to the Tongwen Hall to participate in the competition, and there are many unicorn talents among them.

Jie Yuan from all over the world has also come here, and now the real talents from all over the world gather together to see the real chapter in the poetry competition of Tongwen Museum.

Jiang Ziyan has been wandering around the capital for the past few days since he came here. He is choosing a suitable place and plans to open Jiang Ji Tea House in the capital.

There are many wives and ladies in the capital city, so opening a store in the capital city will definitely be a success.

He also heard about the poetry competition held in the Tongwen Hall. After returning from the outside, he went to find Lin Zhao, and wanted to tell them about it, so that the three of them could also attend it, so as to relax.

When he arrived at Lin Zhao's room, Mr. Cen was analyzing with the three of them the implementation of the New Deal announced by the Holy Majesty at the beginning of this year.

Mr. Cen heard Jiang Ziyan's intention to come, so he let the three of them go with him.Jiang Ziyan had never seen the poetry competition in Tongwenguan before, so he also went to join in the fun.

Tongwen Hall is two streets away from Jiang Ziyan's home, not very far, and it took about half an hour for the three of them to arrive in a carriage.

After I inquired about it later, I found out that it was already customary to hold a poetry competition in Tongwenguan before this spring.Moreover, not all those who come to the poetry competition are candidates who have entered Beijing to catch up for the exam this year, as long as they are scholars, they can come.Moreover, the judges who were invited to be the referees were several doctors from the Imperial College.

If he can come out on top in this tournament, he will definitely be famous and the whole capital will know that there is such a person.Even if you fail the exam this time, you can still gain a good reputation.

In addition, the top three in the poetry competition will all be rewarded. I heard that No. 1 will reward a warm jade the size of a jade pendant, and an extra 100 taels of silver.

Such things as warm jade are rare, and they have always been collected by the court.The piece of warm jade that Lin Zhao got from the little fat man was bought by the little fat man's father from the Nanman merchant.

Today's poetry competition is still very important, Jiang Ziyan suggested that all three of them try it.There is no harm in losing, but in case of winning, it will be a matter of fame and fortune.

The poetry competition will start in the afternoon, and Jiang Ziyan and the others are going to find a table to sit down first.Although the place inside is very large, there are still many people. They came earlier, but most of the tables inside are already full.

Looking around, there was a table with more vacant seats at that time, Jiang Ziyan and the others walked over and asked, "Is there anyone here?"

The man had a bit of arrogance on his face and said, "Not yet."

"Do you mind if we all sit together?"

The man looked at Jiang Zichang's handsome Zhong Ling, with an outstanding temperament, and said, "I don't mind, please."

After sitting down, after some introductions, Jiang Ziyan found out that this person's surname was Tang, his name was Tang Shizhi, and he was a well-known talent in the south of the Yangtze River.

Since ancient times, there have been many talented scholars in Jiangnan Shilin, and the champions of the previous two sessions were all from Jiangnan.Most of the Jinshi who passed the examination in the past two years were also from Jiangnan, so the talented scholars in Jiangnan somewhat looked down on scholars from other places.

Less than half an hour before the poetry competition started, Jiang Ziyan took a look. There were a lot of people coming to Tongwenguan today, and all the literati in Beijing gathered together.All literati, big and small, came, and Jiang Ziyan saw some elderly literati also coming.

There is a row of seats behind the stage of the Poetry Competition, which should be reserved for several doctors from the Imperial College.It's just that there are still a few empty seats on the side of this row of seats, and I don't know who they are for.

As time passed, Jiang Ziyan got a little bored waiting, chatting with Lin Zhao while eating melon seeds.

Lin Zhao watched him kowtow for a while, poured him a glass of water and handed it over, and then began to peel the melon seeds for him.

Jiang Ziyan said: "The three of you will also try in a while, in case you will get the ranking."

Chen Mian said: "The two of them can try it, but I'll forget it. My poetry is not good, and it's just for watching the fun."

At this moment, the hall suddenly became lively. Jiang Ziyan looked up and saw that several doctors from the Imperial College had arrived.

However, I heard from the literati next to me that a few great Confucians at that time also came this time, and the students in the audience tried their best to admire the demeanor of the great Confucians.

If they get lucky this time and are picked up by the great Confucianism and taken under their sect, there will only be benefits and no disadvantages in the future.

After the doctors and a few great Confucians were seated, the people in the Tongwen Hall began to distribute pens, inks, papers and inkstones to each table for later writing poems.

However, not every student can come to this kind of place, because a seat in Tongwen Hall costs ten taels of silver.Those very poor students who came to rush for the exam must have no money to come in.So there are barely enough seats in the Wenguan.

Apart from the seats in the hall, there are also private rooms upstairs, which are usually filled with powerful spectators.

Jiang Ziyan accidentally found several familiar faces, one of which was Li Zhiyuan, the minister's son who was said to be framed by Jiang Yu and fell off a horse and broke his leg.

Jiang Ziyan saw that he could move freely now, presumably the broken leg had been reattached now.But he could see clearly from Jiang Yu's memory that the horse he was riding was not Yuan's initiative at all.He must investigate this matter later.

It's better to focus on Sai Shihui now.

He thought so, but Li Zhiyuan didn't think so.Li Zhiyuan was very surprised when he saw Jiang Ziyan. After all, after her broken leg, he heard that the Hou Mansion had sent Jiang Yu to the countryside.But this country was not given away, on the contrary, people were given away.

He was still a little surprised to see Jiang Ziyan's face here now.Although it had been a year or two, the resentment in his heart was still boiling fiercely the moment he saw Jiang Ziyan.

He walked over to Jiang Ziyan's side and taunted him, "Yo, you still have the face to come back? How come all cats and dogs can enter the Tongwenguan now, and an ignorant dude like you dare to come here ?”

As soon as these words came out, others could tell that they were old acquaintances, and there were probably some old grievances in them, and no one dared to intervene.

Lin Zhao on the side looked at Li Zhiyuan with a cold face, his eyes were full of sharpness, and he clenched a fist with one hand as if he was about to swing it on his face in the next second.

Jiang Ziyan noticed his actions, and quickly held his fist to comfort him, and Lin Zhao slowly relaxed.

Jiang Ziyan said: "Do you know why the monks in Lingyin Temple outside the city live so long?"

"Because he minds his own business."

Li Zhiyuan was so angry that he couldn't speak, "You, you!"

"What me? The poetry competition will start soon, and you are still going to stand here and let everyone pay attention to you?"

Li Zhiyuan blushed with anger, he looked at the people around him, as if everyone was indeed looking at him.

He became even more angry: "Go and participate if you have the ability! Don't you dare? You are so cowardly, every time you know how to embarrass yourself and go home and cry to your old man!"

After speaking, he returned to his seat.

There were many students from the capital present, and others also recognized Jiang Ziyan.The original owner, Jiang Yu, had a very bad reputation in the capital. At this time, another voice suddenly came, "It turns out that the troublemaker from the Hou family has returned. Are you still used to knocking melon seeds? Is there no such thing in the countryside? Hahahaha!"

The voice was harsh and mean, and there was a strong disdain in the words, Jiang Ziyan recognized that this was Zhao Qian, the son of the Dali Temple Qing family who often hang out with Li Zhiyuan.

Jiang Ziyan ignored him, and signaled Lin Zhao and the others to keep silent.Chen Mian and the three of them were very surprised. It turned out that Lin Zhao, the elder brother, was from the Houfu of the capital.

Seeing that Jiang Ziyan was ignoring people, Zhao Qian seemed to have punched cotton. He was a little annoyed, and said, "Why don't you come and compete with me later to see if you have made any progress in the countryside? What, are you afraid? ?”

Jiang Ziyan looked at the people around him, all looked at him with contempt or ridicule.

So he clearly knew that this was an inferior aggressive method, but he couldn't help but said, "How do you know that I dare not participate?"

He has memorized so many ancient poems from elementary school to high school, if he really had to compete, would he be afraid of losing?Both of them come to provoke him, is it because he is sure that he is an idiot who knows nothing?Let him make jokes on the spot and be ridiculed?

At first he didn't intend to participate, he just didn't want to bully other scholars with plagiarized knowledge.

If he refuses this time, they will definitely say something worse in the future, saying that he is as cowardly as a mouse, and that he is cowardly.If he agrees, there are so many unicorn talents who come to the poetry competition this time, if it is the original owner Jiang Yu, it is impossible for him to win out of it.

No matter how you choose, it will not end well.

But now he wants Li Zhiyuan and Zhao Qian to see if Jiang Ziyan, no, Jiang Yu, is a coward.