"Ladies and gentlemen, old and young masters, good news, good news, ask for a word reward, ask for a word reward. Our boss Wu asked for a piece of writing today, and those who can write can come and try it, as long as it is recognized by our owner and the local teacher Liao Fuzi, and take it, he will be rewarded with four taels of silver! Wu Youzi, the big guy in Wu Shien's shop, sang loudly in a clearing on the edge of the city wall.

Such a good thing? Can you get a reward of four taels of silver for writing a word?

Everyone thought they had heard it wrong, and the first thought that came to most people's hearts was to hate that they couldn't write, otherwise, they must give it a try!

Immediately attracted a large group of onlookers, four taels of silver, in this disaster year, enough for a family to live, this attraction is steel drops.

"Boss, you didn't say yes, did you, come here and make a show for everyone?" Someone asked.

"How so? For the sake of fairness, our boss specially invited a well-known local private school teacher, Mr. Liao, and you can all be present to supervise the whole process of asking for words! Our lord is mainly worried that in this cold day, the students will neglect their studies, and we hope to awaken the students' enthusiasm for reading with a personal generosity. "Wu Youzi's mouth can produce flowers.

Everyone turned their heads one after another, and some people even gave a thumbs up to praise Boss Wu, Boss Wu twisted his beard proudly, and looked around secretly, but he didn't find Wei Bao for a while.

There is a street and a bunch of people between Wei Bao and Boss Wu, where is it so easy to find?

Wei Bao heard it clearly at this end, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and secretly said that Wu Shien would come to do something, and he arranged it very thoughtfully, and he actually found a teacher to come over to support the table, so as not to say that others were internally determined, which was unfair, which he himself did not expect in advance.

Wei Bao knew that the teacher was Mr. Private School, and he was generally a showman, or the kind of old showman who had failed the exam for a long time, so he became a private school teacher in order to make a living.

The imperial examination is highly technically difficult, and the level of Xiucai alone has to brush off nine-tenths of the scholars.

If you want to take the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination in this era, and become a child, you can get the fame of showing talent.

The scope of the exam is the state and county, and the person who passes the exam is "Xiucai", and Xiucai is not easy to test, otherwise Liu Chunshi would not be almost thirty years old, and he is still just an old boy.

There are six grades in the Xiucai examination, and only in this examination, those who get the higher level can get the title of Xiucai, and those who get the first and second class can be qualified to participate in the higher level of the examination, which is called "Recording Subjects".

After passing the Xiucai examination, you are eligible to participate in the township examination held in the province and become a lifter, and then there will be the meeting examination and the palace examination.

In the ancient imperial examination system, children participated in the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination, and those who ranked first were called the head of the case. One person gets three in a row, and the first case is a small three yuan.

The same provincial and township examination solution yuan, the national examination meeting yuan, and the palace examination champion are collectively called the big three yuan, and the big three yuan is the highest achievement of scholars under the ancient imperial examination system.

In the vast history of the ancient imperial examinations, there were only a few Wenchen of the Great Sanyuan and the First Emperor.

These six upgrade processes can be described as difficult as heaven. If you win the Jinshi, you can be an official in a righteous manner, and the officials of the whole country can come in through the Jinshi in such a righteous manner, but there are only three or four thousand people, most of whom are informal channels, so the two Jinshi were born, and in the officialdom of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they are all golden signboards, which are very glorious.

"Shall we go and have a look?" Fan said with a big head.

Zheng Zhongfei laughed, "It makes sense for me to go, do you know how to write?" What to watch? ”

"Can't read if you can't write?" Fan muttered in a deep voice.

The illiteracy rate in this era is as high as more than 95 percent, but it does not mean that the illiterate are illiterate, such as Fan Datou, Wei Bao, Wang Qiuya, Fan Xiaolin, although they can all be classified as illiterate, but they all know some words, as long as there are literate people in the neighborhood, they will more or less teach their playmates some words.

Wei Bao and they knew a few words, and most of them learned from Liu Chunshi, but they didn't have much experience in writing.

Wei Bao said to Fan's head: "Go and see!" ”

Fan nodded and said to Fan Laobu, "Dad, Wei Bao and I will go and have a look." ”

"Go ahead, come back early, it looks like we're going to pull this firewood back today." Fan Lao pimple looked disappointed and sighed deeply.

"Dad, then Qiu Ya and I will also go over and have a look." Fan Xiaolin pulled Wang Qiuya and said to Fan Lao.

Fan Lao Pimple nodded in agreement, and continued to squat in place with Wang Qiuya and her father Wang Zhihui.

Everyone went, but it was Zheng Zhongfei, who had shown his knowledge just now, who followed him in the end.

Zheng Zhongfei's bit of ink, that is, fooling people who have not gone to school in the township, and people who can't even pass the exam as a child, naturally don't dare to make a fool of themselves in a big place like Shanhaiwei.

In the center of the open space, there is a long table, which is also moved by Wu Shien, Wu Shien and the old teacher Liao Fuzi are sitting in the back drinking tea and smoking dry tobacco, and there are already a few men who have learned to write and make ink.

Wu Shien didn't know what level Wei Bao was, so he asked Liao Fuzi to make a simple poem about Shanhaiguan - "Out of Yuguan". I'm afraid of getting too many words and increasing the difficulty.

Wei Bao stood in the crowd and read the poem, there was no problem, he recognized the words and wrote them down.

Because there are many people, the people who go up are one after another, and the speed is relatively fast.

Liao Fuzi put aside the words that were a little eye-catching, and put the words that really didn't work on the other side, because he knew Wu Shien's plan in advance, and the 'main master' had not arrived, so the selection seemed to be particularly harsh, and after more than a dozen people, only one word was placed on the alternative side alone, and the others were hopeless, causing everyone to sigh again and again.

Fan Toutou, Fan Xiaolin, Wang Qiuya, and Zheng Zhongfei were all silently watching from the side, Zheng Zhongfei didn't dare to write, and the other three naturally wouldn't go up.

Time passed little by little, Zheng Zhongfei did not resist the temptation of four taels of silver after all, he still went up, the handwriting was crooked, and there were alterations, after scribbling a few words, it was clear that there was no hope of winning the first place, so he actually put down the brush, crumpled the paper on which he was writing, and threw it away.

Zheng Zhongfei's move won Wei Bao's favor, although Zheng Zhongfei is annoying, he is not a brainless person, at least he is not a kind of person who is blindly arrogant and can't distinguish between good and bad.

Wei Bao secretly thought, when they don't want to see Fan's head and want to leave, I will go up again to 'pretend to be forced', this big force, I pretend to be determined! Hey.

So I'm not in a hurry to go out immediately to 'show off'.

Wu Shien had already seen Wei Bao, and for this show that could be done without spending extra money, Wu Shien had a pure helping attitude, glanced at Wei Bao, and smiled at Liao Fuzi.

As soon as Wei Bao and Wu Shien's eyes touched like this, they knew what Wu Shien meant, which meant that it was almost over, let him hurry up and finish singing.

That's when it happened.

"Can women participate?" A girl of the same age as Wang Qiuya and Fan Xiaolin asked Wu Shien and Liao Fuzi, who were sitting in the middle.

"Yes." Wu Shien saw that she was a beautiful girl, and she was immediately impressed, and smiled, anyway, she was not missing one more person to accompany the prince to study.

Everyone looked at the girl in unison, it was very strange, there were very few people who could read and write, and those who had the courage to participate in the competition were naturally very confident in their own words.

finally came one, which naturally aroused everyone's curiosity.

Wei Bao saw that the girl had a beautiful appearance, fair skin, and natural beauty, wearing a floral blue and white Luo skirt, covered with a small green jacket with edelweiss, like an arrogant plum blooming in the cold wind, and when she passed by Wei Bao, her long hair spread out to her forehead, dancing lightly with the wind, adding countless styles. There is also a delicate little girl by her side.

Wei Bao secretly praised, what a big beauty, there are so many beauties in the Ming Dynasty?

makes Wei Bao feel this way because Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya are both good-looking, especially Wang Qiuya, who was privately rated as the top three beauties in the entire Yongping Mansion by Luo San and Fan Datou, who are singles from ten miles and eight towns, and suddenly there is a beauty who can suppress Wang Qiuya, which will naturally make Wei Bao feel such feelings.

"It's Zhao Jinfeng, the daughter of the chief!" Fan's head muttered softly beside Wei Bao.

Wei Bao realized that it was her!

For Zhao Jinfeng, Wei Bao has heard of it for a long time, but the original Wei Bao has not seen it, because this Zhao Jinfeng does not live in Jinshanli, Zhao Lizheng's family also has a house in Shanhaiwei, plus the original Wei Bao is introverted, there are not many people who know him, let alone the beautiful daughter of the Li Zheng family.

"Jin Feng." Zheng Zhongfei obviously recognized Zhao Jinfeng, pinched his throat and called, the voice was disgusting and made people's scalps swell, flattering like a eunuch talking.

The onlookers who were close to Zheng Zhongfei all looked sideways at the same time and glanced at Zheng Zhongfei.

Zhao Jinfeng glanced at Zheng Zhongfei and ignored him, obviously recognizing Zheng Zhongfei and having a bad impression of Zheng Zhongfei.

Fan's head was not called Zhao Jinfeng, Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya called Miss to Zhao Jinfeng, which was regarded as a greeting, although Shanhaiwei was not far from Jinshanli, but when they left Jinshanli, everyone was considered to know each other.

Zhao Jinfeng nodded to the two women, glanced at Wei Bao beside them, Wei Bao also followed the example of Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya and called Miss, although it was the first time to see Wei Bao, Zhao Jinfeng was not rude because Wei Bao looked like a weak-crowned young man, he hummed politely, and walked straight towards the long table.

Zhao Jinfeng's maid Xiaocui obviously knew Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya, Zhao Jinfeng used to write, she didn't squeeze forward, but stood next to Fan Xiaolin, Fan Xiaolin immediately went to Xiaocui to talk in a whisper, Fan Xiaolin seemed to be able to talk to anyone.

The onlookers saw that a big beauty suddenly came to participate in the competition, and the enthusiasm of the onlookers increased, and they all took the opportunity to hug forward, as if they could get a little closer to Zhao Jinfeng, and it was good to smell the ethereal fragrance on the beauty.

Zhao Jinfeng's handwriting is good, she can beat more than half of the talented readers, no wonder she has this self-confidence, when she closed the pen, she attracted many students to praise, and even some good people applauded, applauding again and again.

Wei Bao's head swept over the black line, and it wasn't a singing competition, so what were you clapping for? Do you think you're listening to an old play?

Zhao Jinfeng himself also felt that he had played well, and after writing, he read it with satisfaction, and then turned around and stood here with Xiaocui, Fan Xiaolin, and Wang Qiuya, with a slight smug on his face.

"Jin Feng, it's so well written, you must take that name!" Zheng Zhongfei's face was full of joy and he gave a thumbs up.

"Don't say that, there are a lot of well-educated people in Shanhaiwei, and I know what my words are. It's just that I appreciate the owner's encouragement of students to make progress, so I came to participate. Zhao Jinfeng didn't accept Zheng Zhongfei's sycophancy.

"Hey, hey." Zheng Zhongfei didn't care, and said with a shy face: "You are like this, you are beautiful and modest." ”

Zhao Jinfeng is a little vain, although she is the daughter of a rich family, but four taels of silver is still very attractive, and if she can win, it is also a thing to be proud of, but she is all due to supporting Wu Shien's actions.

At this time, girls could not participate in the imperial examination, and after learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, they were only lonely at home.

"Do you have any friends who want to write? The purpose of this calligraphy competition is to enable learned people to study in the year of the catastrophe. There are a lot of things going on in the owner's house, so if you have any friends who want to participate, please hurry up. Wu Shien's big buddy Wu Youzi's eloquence is 666 is not good, "Don't miss the opportunity and don't come again!" ”

Wei Bao knew that this was Wu Shien urging himself, counting Zhao Jinfeng's words, there were already two words that could be taken out for evaluation!

Wei Bao strutted out of the crowd.

Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya exclaimed softly at the same time, and Wang Qiuya even covered her mouth, attracting everyone's sideways.

It seems that Wei Bao's appearance is something terrifying.

The two women didn't stop Wei Bao, but they were all surprised, including Fan Datou and Zheng Zhongfei, Wei Bao can write? What are you going up there for?

Wei Bao didn't recognize Zhao Jinfeng, and Zhao Jinfeng naturally didn't recognize Wei Bao either, and asked Xiaocui beside him, "Who is this?" ”

"I don't recognize it." Xiao Cui hadn't seen Wei Bao either.

Fan Xiaolin replied: "It's the son of the Wei family next to my house." ”

Zhao Jinfeng snorted, she didn't know Wei Dakang, hearing Fan Xiaolin say this, she knew that it was Fan Xiaolin's neighbor, so she didn't ask again, but she was secretly curious, can a poor child really be able to calligraphy?

"I don't know what he went up to do, he knows a few words, and he doesn't necessarily know much more than me, he learned from that Liu Chunshi, and usually writes on the ground with a wooden stick at most." Fan Xiaolin continued.

……

After listening to Fan Xiaolin, Zhao Jinfeng felt a little funny, did he dare to write on such an occasion at this level?

Those who can go up today to show their hands, except for a few people who don't know the height of the sky, or are extremely hungry, want to try their luck, most of the people's words, at least they are above the level of children, and they are all passable.

Therefore, Zhao Jinfeng is even more interested in Wei Bao, a poor child who has never entered the school, I don't know if it is because he is hungry, but his courage is commendable.

"It's not easy to have this courage." Wang Qiuya said softly.

At this time.

"He can't even afford to go to school, he has mud legs, what is it to be embarrassed when he goes out?" Zheng Zhongfei shouted!

Zheng Zhongfei saw Wei Bao go out, and there was already a suspicion before, especially Wang Qiuya's words, which seemed to prick Zheng Zhongfei's nerves, so at this time, he took the opportunity to loudly lift Wei Bao's old bottom!