When Gan Qi came in, Bao Zheng had already walked out of the public house and was walking around the courtyard. Bao Zheng is now old, and he is no longer as healthy as when he was young, and every time he works for an hour or two, he has to get up and move, otherwise his whole body is sore and uncomfortable.

At this moment Gan Qi walked in and stepped forward to salute.

Bao Zheng looked at Gan Qi, smiled a little, and asked, "How about going around the back office with this mansion?" ”

"Thank you, Longtu." Gan Qi replied with a smile.

Bao Zheng nodded, already walking in front of his head, along the corridor, he moved his hands and feet from time to time, and said to himself: "Old and old, people don't use their muscles and bones as their ability, and they feel powerless to do anything." ”

Gan Qi said politely: "Bao Longtu is not old. ”

Bao Zheng shook his head and did not answer. Bao Zheng, in a way, has never been an enthusiastic person, or even a person who rarely has a smiling face. This is also the origin of his "black face".

Bao Zheng didn't speak, Gan Qi was naturally a little embarrassed, so he had to follow Bao Zheng and walk slowly.

Bao Zheng almost didn't say a word of greeting, and waited for a long time before he spoke: "Since you are studying, you must enter the school, and it will not be long before the school will open for admission, you must not go." ”

Bao Zheng's seriousness is reflected here, he doesn't ask anything else, he doesn't talk and laugh, and he teaches when he opens his mouth. Like an extremely strict elder, some people are born with such a character.

"Students are going to apply for the exam." Ganchi replied.

"Well, excellent." Bao Zheng nodded and replied, and said: "Poetry and articles are arts, and sages are the way." The Tao is the foundation of the art, and it must be hard work, and the teaching and learning in the school are all famous and gentle, and the house will often go to teach, and the matter of studying must not be neglected. ”

Bao Zheng doesn't seem to doubt that Gan Qi can be admitted to the official school, but he is worried that Gan Qi thinks very highly of himself and doesn't need to study hard. The Great Song Dynasty attached great importance to education, and education was also a very important point in the performance evaluation of officials. In each road and state capital, there are school palaces and official schools.

This is also like the later generations, where there are key middle schools and universities. The imperial examination of the imperial court is also like a civil service examination, and most of the time it is necessary to have a "diploma" to take the examination, and the imperial examination mainly relies on local official schools.

"Students should remember the teachings of Longtu." Gan Qi replied that he was not here to run a relationship today. Gan Qi also knows that people like Bao Zheng can't run away from the relationship, and giving money and gifts to flatter and flatter will only make Bao Zheng look down on him.

Gan Qi came today just to show his face in front of Bao Zheng, if Bao Zheng can value Gan Qi a little, it would be a good thing. Bao Zheng can take Gan Qi to chat in the back office, that is the best thing.

Because Gan Qi has already seen all the officials in the government, and when he sees Bao Zheng, he will come forward to salute, although Bao Zheng will not introduce Gan Qi around him, but Gan Qi follows Bao Zheng, which is enough.

After turning around, Bao Zheng moved his neck, and said: "You go back and prepare for the exam, this mansion is also going to the public house, and you can stay in the official school in the future, and then come to the house to see you, don't come to the mansion in the future, this is not a place to meet guests." ”

Gan Qi arched his hand: "I'm bothering Longtu, the student is leaving." ”

Bao Zheng nodded, didn't send each other, and went directly to the public house.

Gan Qi also went out, and Zhou Tong saw Gan Qi come out, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Big brother, what does Bao Longtu say?" ”

Gan Qi and the gatekeeper gestured a few times before replying: "Bao Longtu didn't say anything, just told him to study hard." ”

Zhou Tong asked, "Didn't the eldest brother play clearly with Bao Long?" ”

Zhou Tong knew that Gan Qi was here to solve the matter of patrolling and arresting He Hai, but listening to Gan Qi's answer, it seemed that he had not solved this matter.

Gan Qi asked, "What is the play?" ”

When Zhou Tong heard this, he said with a disappointed face: "How can the eldest brother not play with Bao Longtu?" Aren't we here for nothing? ”

Gan Qi smiled: "It's not in vain, I've gained a lot here." ”

Zhou Tong shook his head and sighed, knowing that Gan Qi didn't say anything, and he Hai, who was the head of the inspection and arrest, would come again tomorrow, and he was afraid that he would be helpless.

Gan Qi was in a good mood, humming a minor tune and returning to the outside of the city, and suddenly felt that this Bianjing City was really beautiful. Especially in the inner city, there are high-rise mansions everywhere, birds singing and flowers, red apricots on the walls, and peaches and plums on the courtyard walls.

The development of the Song Dynasty gardens is the most 5,000 years in China, whether in terms of design or aesthetics, the Song Dynasty gardens are the most developed. Even the later Suzhou gardens are far from the gardens of the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was also the first time in history that the garden was truly developed as a professional art, and it was also because of the rise of literati in the Great Song Dynasty and the prosperous economy of the Great Song Dynasty.

For the garden, from the Taihu Lake stone in the south of the Yangtze River to the evergreen trees in the north, rare birds and beasts all over the country, and even rare birds and beasts all over the world, no matter how much it costs, the literati are eager to it.

It is said that when Sima Guang later lost power in the court and lived in seclusion in Luoyang to write "Zizhi Tongjian", Sima Guang was a standard Qingliu and decent in this era, eating frugally, and using simple things, but he also lived in a garden mansion covering an area of more than 20 acres, pavilions, green water and flowers. However, this 20-acre garden mansion, in this era, is still a humble house, and it is praised.

In the era of Huizong of the Song Dynasty, for the sake of the garden, it could even provoke a civil uprising. The famous "Flower Stone Gang" is the origin of this.

It can also be seen that in Bianliang City in this era, the garden mansions of these large families are so luxurious.

In the inner city, there is no smelly ditch, no smell, and even incense everywhere, the infrastructure is also extremely developed, the broad streets of blue bricks and bluestones, under the red walls and green tiles, the sewers are also built extremely scientifically.

But from the inner city to the outer city, it's different, the important commercial streets and main roads are good, once you get out of the main road, it's a different scene.

Ancient city life is unimaginable to modern people. Every morning, city dwellers wait at the door with toilets, waiting for the car to collect the excrement, and go door to door to collect the excrement, of course, for money.

After the feces were taken away, the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law had to wait at the door, waiting for the water truck to arrive and buy the domestic water to be used today. If any family drills a well with water by itself, it also represents a different kind of wealth. If there is a communal well in any of the squares, the queue will inevitably line up every day, and the supply will exceed the demand.

In addition to these, there is also firewood for cooking, which must be bought at the door, if you can't buy it at the door, you have to go out to buy it, otherwise you won't be able to eat a hot meal without firewood. If winter is coming, charcoal for heating is in short supply, and it may not be possible to buy it everywhere with money. I don't know how much forest needs to be cut down to produce the firewood and charcoal that supplies millions of people to feed and heat.

In this era, there are more difficulties in maintaining a city of one million people. It can be seen that the ancient Chinese society was developed.