Yang Cong finished the report, and there were only about 20 days left before the county exam, so he simply took a leave of absence from Mr. Yan, hid in his yard, and seriously "reviewed" his homework.

His revision method is very simple, that is, he grabbed the "Four Books and Five Classics" and flipped through it, turned to that page, and then found a random sentence to do the title, and then wrote it according to the requirements of the Baguwen.

The so-called can make perfect, he wants to make his eight-strand essay faster in this way, and strive to reach one article in two hours, so that he has more time to polish and make the article go to the next level.

Moreover, this will also help to improve efficiency, you must know that the township test and the meeting test are to do nine articles, at that time, the speed of writing is particularly important, it can be said that the faster the speed, the greater the advantage.

He is going to practice for a while, raise the speed to the extreme, and then consider the problems of the township test and the meeting test.

However, he had only been working on articles for a day, so he had to stop because his grandfather Yang Rong was back.

He hasn't told his grandfather about signing up for the imperial examination yet, so he must have to inform him now.

As for surprises or something, he didn't dare to play with his grandfather, old and serious people generally like to have everything under control, and playing surprises in front of this kind of person is likely to backfire.

Early this morning, before it was too late, Yang Cong got up.

In this era, the yamen was named in the morning and then began to work, commonly known as "Dianmao".

His grandfather Yang Rong also learned the rules of the yamen, came to a "point Mao", every morning, the Yang family's shopkeeper in charge of various businesses would rush to his grandfather Yang Rong's yard on time, report, report work, and then start working, if you are late, the consequences are quite serious.

Yang Cong wanted to make a good impression on his grandfather, so he planned to go to order a meal today, and by the way, report to his grandfather about the imperial examination.

It was early summer at this time, and the dawn was still relatively early, and before the time came, the entire Yang Mansion was already bathed in a morning light.

Yang Cong walked on the wide road, looking at the dense courtyards on both sides, and his heart was still a little shocked.

This Yang Mansion is really big, the Yong Road in the house is three or four zhang wide, and it extends in all directions, long and scary, he has crossed over for more than ten days, and he has not turned around the entire Yang Mansion.

Of course, he was not in the mansion for most of the time after he crossed over, and even if he came back, he didn't have time to go around, strictly speaking, this was the first time he had wandered around the Yang Mansion.

He still has an impression of where his grandfather Yang Rong's yard is, after turning a few lanes, there is a vermilion lacquer gate in front, and there are two courtyards standing straight at the door, this is his grandfather, Yang Rong's yard of the head of the Yang family.

It's almost time at this time, and the shopkeeper who should have come should have gone in early, so there was no one at the door, and when Yang Cong walked over, the two nursing homes were obviously stunned.

This eldest young master has never ordered Mao, why did he come here today?

Of course, these two nurses didn't dare to stop him, but he was the eldest son and grandson of the Yang family, and he didn't need to pass it on when he came to see his grandfather, but now he would dare to stop him.

Not only did the two guards not dare to stop him, but they also bowed their hands in unison and said, "See the eldest young master." ”

Yang Cong nodded slightly, and then Shi Shiran walked inside.

This is also a three-entry courtyard, but it is larger than the courtyard where he lives, and the front yard is also a personal nursing home, and there is no one at this time, until he enters the middle courtyard, he hears his grandfather's loud voice.

Oh, listening to that tone, it seemed that the order was about to start, and Yang Cong hurriedly raised his feet and walked into the lobby of the main mansion.

Yang Rong didn't expect this baby grandson to come to something, he was talking, the door suddenly darkened, and he was ready to go crazy, but as soon as he saw that it was Yang Cong who came in, his straight face was instantly stopped, and he didn't know why, he actually patted the lord on the right and said majestically: "Cong'er, come, sit here." ”

This position is generally sat by Yang Cong's father, Yang Feng, representing the successor of the next generation of the Yang family, and Yang Cong can barely sit on it if he wants to say that he is qualified.

However, he is really a little too young at this age, and in the pile of shopkeepers below, there are not only his own uncles, but also his cousins, cousins, and even his uncles and grandparents.

There are more than a few shopkeepers of their Yang family, and there are no less than twenty of them just to order Mao, but there are only eight guest seats below the main seat, and many of his cousins and uncles are standing behind the guest seats.

This, let his uncle and uncle stand below, but he sat on the main seat, this pressure is really a bit big!

Yang Cong was stunned for a moment, then he walked up respectfully, sat down carefully, and sat down carefully.

Yang Rong didn't ask him what he was here for, and said directly: "Okay, everyone is here, let's start." ”

This?

What do you mean?

It's as if he came over to order something arranged by his grandfather Yang Rong!

Yang Cong was a little confused at this moment, but he didn't know what the specific process was this morning, and what to say, so he could only sit there honestly and listen carefully.

This point doesn't seem to be a report, just report a few words, many shopkeepers have account books in their hands, they can report in detail, all income and expenditure are accurate to a few cents, sometimes Yang Rong will even pick up the account book on the coffee table of the main seat to check with people.

Yang Cong didn't care about this income and expenditure at this time, but the scale of the Yang family's business made him more and more shocked the more he listened, the Yang family's business was really big!

These shopkeepers report basically the timber business, but there are many customers involved, including shipbuilding, building buildings, cultivating Taoist temples, repairing temples, making furniture, making all kinds of tools, and even repairing palaces by royal relatives!

He didn't understand why the Yang family could earn so much money in a timber business, but now he finally understands that in these years, the use of wood is really extensive, and it is used in almost all walks of life.

Maybe it's because Yang Rong has been out for a long time, and there are more things that have fallen, and more than 20 shopkeepers have reported for nearly an hour, and this point is over, until all the shopkeepers have left the lobby of the main house, Yang Rong asked meaningfully: "How is it, how much do you understand?" ”

This one!

Grandpa, is this taking the school test himself?

Yang Cong thought about it carefully, and then said nervously: "There are too many categories involved in this timber business, and my grandson doesn't know much about it, and my grandson only vaguely hears a little, this shipbuilding, building buildings, cultivating Taoist temples, repairing temples, and repairing palaces requires a lot of wood, and the price of wood needed to make furniture and tools is relatively high." ”

When Yang Rong heard this, he nodded lightly and said: "Well, it's good to know these things after listening to them once, there are some things that grandpa hasn't mentioned to you because you are young, so I'll probably tell you today." ”

Damn, what is this for?

I just want to tell you that I want to take the imperial examination!

Yang Cong didn't dare to interject indiscriminately, so he could only pretend to be a good baby and listen carefully.

Yang Rong then said solemnly: "Our Yang family's main business is the timber business, and now, our Yang family has more than 100 forest farms in Quanzhou Mansion, Zhangzhou Mansion, Yanping Mansion, Qiongzhou Mansion and other places, and the timber hoarded in these places is worth more than 10,000 taels at least and more than 100,000 taels, with a total value of about 1.5 million taels. In addition, our Yang family has more than 50 large and small stores in Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili, which are worth 500,000 or 600,000 taels when converted into silver. There is also the salt business that your father is doing, which we have only won in recent years, and now the salt trade in Tuntian and Huguang in the border towns is still slowly accumulating, and the value has not been uniformly estimated, and the approximate income is less than 200,000 taels a year. Let's not talk about other bits and pieces for the time being, how many industries does our Yang family have, do you roughly understand? ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, hungry and hungry, the Yang family's assets were so terrifying!