Jicheng!

Thousands of people poured in, those children of the family, to participate in the imperial examination, each with at least one maid and scholar by his side, and some with guards.

The children of the 700 families brought a population of 5,000.

On the other hand, those children of poor families are all alone, and at most they travel with people from their hometowns.

It is in stark contrast to the people of the family.

For these poor children, Xu Shu prepared a place for them to stay.

The conditions are not good, eight people in a room, and the disciples of those families naturally disdain to live in such a place.

The children of these families all live in first-class inns.

One room for one person, well equipped. Plus the maid and scholar guards or something, at least three rooms have to be booked.

The entire inn in Jicheng was all occupied by the children of these families.

The shopkeeper of the inn smiled so much that his mouth couldn't close it.

In recent years, Jicheng has been much more prosperous than it was at the beginning.

There are more and more business travelers coming to Jicheng.

But usually, the occupancy rate of their inn is really less than 50%.

Although I can still make money, how can I have the coolness of these days.

The inn was full, and the income of one day was equal to the sum of the previous three or four days.

Although all the people who live in are children of the family, all of them are rich and powerful.

But the innkeeper wasn't worried that they would cause trouble.

In the past few years, they have full confidence and trust in Jicheng and Zhao Hui.

They don't need to worry that they will be forced and oppressed by others.

As long as they are doing business and are not defrauding customers, they are protected by the law.

Even if there are children of the family who don't give money in time, these innkeepers are not worried at all.

No matter who you are or what kind of identity you have, as long as you don't give money, it's impossible to leave Jicheng.

Even if you are lucky enough to leave Jicheng, you will be arrested.

The arrival of these children of the family has brought a wave of development to the economy of Jicheng.

Not only did the innkeeper make money, but the small traders also earned a lot of money from the hands of these children of the family.

There are still a few days left before the first imperial examination.

The children of the family are very relaxed every day, just playing around the city, drinking and having fun with friends.

A lot of people think they're just going through the motions.

Whoever is at the front and who is behind thinks they can guess.

As for the children of the poor family, they have been completely excluded by them.

The head of their family is worried that the children of the poor family will affect the status of the family.

But these young children of the family have no poor children in their eyes.

There are even some people who bet with each other that how many poor people can be hired in this imperial examination.

In three days, he will participate in the imperial examination.

When the children of the family were playing and having fun, the children of the poor family were still studying hard, without any slackness, and they were eager to memorize all the knowledge in the books.

This is their opportunity, to be able to come all the way to Jicheng, the three hundred children of the Han Sect all have expectations in their hearts.

The children of the family can regard this imperial examination as a recreation.

But they can't.

The cost of the road alone puts them under a lot of pressure.

All this money was earned by the family members who saved money and even smashed pots and sold iron.

For these poor children, it is almost a battle against the water.

If they fail, they don't know how to go back and face their families.

The first imperial examination still had many shortcomings.

Let these children of the poor family come all the way to Jicheng directly.

They don't know their level.

They have no confidence in whether they will be able to pass or not.

But they want to spell it once.

They want to change their fate.

Compared with those poor people who did not come, these three hundred people who have come to Jicheng are more courageous.

They all have the mentality that if you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent.

Wang Qiang, a son of the poor family.

If he has been a family member since he was a child, in the eyes of outsiders, he is silent. From childhood to adulthood, it belongs to being bullied.

But he was such an honest man, after learning that Youzhou was going to implement the imperial examination and anyone could participate, he made his first request to his parents in more than ten years.

He knelt in front of his parents and was whipped three times by his father.

Everyone thinks he is too stupid, even if there is a imperial examination, it is impossible for him to get the top 100, it is impossible for him to be hired, and in this life, it is impossible for him to become an official.

Being an honest farmer is his best choice.

But even after three lashes, he did not get up.

His father's whip never fell again.

Even though the family was in great difficulty, he finally managed to scrape together a thousand dollars.

With this thousand dollars, Wang Qiang walked more than 500 miles and finally came to Jicheng.

Along the way, he rarely used the money on his body, either digging wild vegetables to eat, or begging.

Otherwise, the thousand dollars will be used up before they reach Jicheng.

For Zhao Huidianwei, there is really not much difference between having money and not having money.

Even if he is penniless, Zhao Huidianwei can travel thousands of miles.

But for ordinary people, it is really difficult to move an inch without money.

When he came to Jicheng, although the government arranged a place to live, Wang Qiang only ate the cheapest bread every day.

It's dry, hard, and very hard to swallow.

However, Wang Qiang has long been used to it, with a night of water, while reading a book, he eats slowly.

Because he had no money to buy books, he read very few books when he was at home.

He had only bought one himself, and he didn't know how many times he had flipped through it.

The rest of the books were all borrowed from others.

But almost all the people around him are poor, and even if they borrow, they can't borrow a few books.

Originally, with his conditions, it would be impossible for him to read the words in the book in this life.

But when he was eight years old, an old man came to the village.

While playing with other children, Wang Qiang was stopped by the old man, who asked him to help collect some firewood.

Wang Qiang saw that the old man was helpless, so he nodded and agreed.

When Wang Qiang delivered the firewood to the old man's home, the old man taught him how to write his name.

After that, every day Wang Qiang would send firewood to the old man.

And the old man would teach Wang Qiang to recognize a few words every time.

Wang Qiang looks wooden, but his memory is very good, and he can remember the words taught to him by the old man every day.

And the old man also likes Wang Qiang more and more.

Later, he not only taught Wang Qiang to recognize words, but also taught Wang Qiang other knowledge.

Two years ago, the old man passed away, and he did not tell Wang Qiang his identity, but only hoped that Wang Qiang would achieve something in the future.

This is also Wang Qiang, after learning that Youzhou implemented the imperial examination, knelt in front of his parents, even if he was beaten, he must come.

For the elderly, Wang Qiang is very respectful.

After coming to Jicheng, Wang Qiang can finally see more books.

The three hundred children of the poor family, although they don't have any money, everyone has one or two books in their hands.

Wang Qiang used his own book to read with them.

In the past few days, I have been fascinated.

In just a few days, Wang Qiang's name spread among the children of the poor family.

(End of chapter)