It's not that Liu Chunshi and Fan's big head mouths are so good at training, but that they are confident.

When people have money and solve the problem of food and clothing, they naturally have some confidence, and they no longer have to live like before, depending on the face of the Zheng family.

"I'm not interested in going to a small place in the township, my family bought a house in Shanhaiguan, if you come to Shanhaiguan to play in the future, you can go to me." Zheng Zhongfei said proudly.

Liu Chunshi and Fan didn't have a big head.

Wei Bao smiled: "Where is the house you bought in Shanhaiguan?" Is it so big as the Heaven and Earth Firm and the Maritime Chamber of Commerce? Liu Chunshi and Fan are the stewards of our firm, and there are hundreds of people under them, and if the place is not good enough, they may not be used to it. ”

Compared with sour words, Zheng Zhongfei has really found the right home, modern people are the norm to quarrel, and they are more roundabout and bloody than those of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Zhongfei was really defeated, knowing that he was now one underground and one in the sky with Wei Bao, and there was no comparison, and there were many mistakes.

The other students from the small rich family are enthusiastic.

"Wei Gongzi, I heard that your business can bet? Can you still bet now? ”

"Wei Gongzi, I only have two or three taels of silver, can I bet on it?"

Wei Bao smiled: "Yes, as long as it is before the exam, you can do it." The minimum bet is one or two pieces of silver, and scattered silver taels are not accepted. ”

"Wei Gongzi, are you sure about the Xiucai exam?" One student asked, "If you're not sure, how dare you bet so much?" How many people have placed bets now? ”

"It's hard to say, but since it's a reference, there's some hope." Wei Bao had an indifferent expression.

A group of students from the Xiaofu family nodded their heads and discussed softly.

Wei Bao doesn't care about these people, the real big heads should have already bet, these people, you give a few taels of silver, he gives a few taels of silver, it is estimated that together, it is only one thousand eight hundred taels.

Sure enough, as Wei Bao guessed, after discussing it, these people decided to take advantage of the exam to hurry up to Wei Bao's Tiandi business to place another bet, afraid that it would be too late to wait.

The main thing is Wei Bao's appearance, he really looks like a stunned young man who doesn't know the height of the sky, he is too stupid, and everyone feels that it is a crime not to slaughter this unjust boss.

"By the way, Zheng Gongzi, you should also bet, right?" Wei Bao suddenly remembered something and asked Zheng Zhongfei with a smile.

Zheng Zhongfei immediately showed a smug expression, tilted his head and said: "I didn't have much to do, I put down 800 taels of silver, and I bet that Gongzi Wei would not be able to pass the exam!" Although 800 taels of silver can only win 160 taels of silver, it is also very good, I hope that Wei Gongzi's family will have a great cause, and he will not lose the silver when the time comes. ”

"Don't worry, whoever doesn't pay for the silver will be the first to pay you Zheng Gongzi." When Wei Bao heard this, he was extremely satisfied, knowing that although Zheng Zhongfei's family conditions were good, 800 taels of silver was estimated to account for at least one-third of his family's property, and it was estimated that he and his father didn't know how long they had discussed before they dared to make such a big bet.

Zheng Zhongfei snorted softly, secretly thinking that you don't want to be complacent, when the list is released, there will be a time for you to cry.

"Childe, with your friendship with the prefect, we don't have to wait outside, right?" Wang Qiuya stood a little upset and asked Wei Bao softly.

"What? Are you tired? If you're tired, go to the teahouse next to you and sit down, it's such a trivial matter that you don't need to find someone. Wei Bao smiled slightly, in fact, it was very easy for him to enter the mansion in advance, and he didn't need to go to the prefect Zu Guangyao at all, just go directly to the master Zu Chuncai, or other people who were familiar with the Yongping Mansion Governor's Yamen.

Wang Qiuya said: "I'm not tired, I'm afraid that my son will be irritable and affect the exam." ”

"What's so bothering about that? If you don't have this patience, what else can you do? Wei Bao smiled indifferently.

Wei Bao doesn't like to trouble people, and because of this, the candidates who came one after another and the relatives and friends of the candidates also thought that Wei Bao had no connections.

This makes everyone feel that Wei Bao has made money, that is, he is lucky, but in fact, he can be stupid, Liaoxi and Liaodong have not shown their talents for more than ten years, how dare they bet so much? Isn't it looking for death?

When Liao Fuzi came with a group of students from Shanhai Academy, to Wei Bao's surprise, Wu Xiang actually came for today's scientific expedition.

I saw Wu Xiang and Liao Fuzi walking together, chatting cordially, it turned out that the two of them had gone to school together at the beginning, and they could be regarded as classmates, which Wei Bao didn't know.

Wu Xiang didn't put on a big show, he only brought a dozen or so personal entourage, and they were all family members at first glance, otherwise an official of Wu Xiang's level could travel with escorts.

However, even if Wu Xiang came out in civilian clothes, many people knew him, and there were people who greeted him along the way.

Wu Sanfu, Wu Xuexia, Wu Sangui, and a group of rich boys from the academy walked behind Wu Xiang and Liao Fuzi, and then followed by a large group of children who had studied in Shanhai Academy, or were still studying in Shanhai Academy.

Wu Sangui came, mainly because he wanted to know whether Wei Bao had a talent in the first place, so he had been staying in the best inn of the Wu family in Yongping Mansion.

Wu Sangongzi is here, Wu Xuexia is naturally there, and Wu Xuexia also wants to know the final result of Wei Bao's examination of Xiucai for the first time, which has become a recent major event in Liaoxi and Liaodong, and even more eye-catching than the Jiannu who is about to move outside Shanhaiguan.

Wu Xiang, Liao Fuzi, and the students of the academy, outside of them, Wei Bao seems to have found a lot of people, most of them are neatly dressed rich people, secretly thinking, these people should be the people who bet on their own Xiucai exams, right?

"Lord Wu." Wei Bao hurriedly went up to meet Wu Xiang with a group of candidates who were waiting outside the mansion to enter.

Wu Xiang noticed Wei Bao in the crowd, Wei Bao was not conspicuous in the crowd, and Wu Xiang searched around with his eyes before he saw Wei Bao.

This time, Wu Xiang came specifically to see the results of Wei Bao's scientific expedition! Wu Xiang didn't know about Wu Sangui's bet with Wei Bao, because it was a small matter, but Wu Xiang made a bet by himself, and the bet amount was 50,000 taels of silver!

Of the more than 200,000 taels that Wei Bao currently collects, and the total amount of more than 300,000 taels of silver, one-sixth is under Wu Xiang.

After Wu Xiang got the news that Wei Bao was sitting in the village, he sent someone to ask Zu Guangyao quickly, did Wei Bao buy him? Are there any opportunities to cheat in this expedition?

Zu Guangyao hurriedly recruited Zu Chuncai and a group of government officials to inquire, especially the most important thing is to ask the government to study.

If you want to cheat in the college exam, you have no chance at all! And show the detailed process of this hospital examination to Zu Guangyao.

Zu Guangyao didn't bother to look at it, and directly asked someone to bring these things back to Wu Xiang.

After combining Zu Guangyao's reply, Wu Xiang asked Wu Sanfu about Wei Bao's knowledge. Wu Sanfu said that Wei Bao is also at the level of ordinary children, and even ordinary children are not as good as ordinary children, and there is a big luck factor in passing the government examination, and Wei Bao only got very bad things in the government examination.

At this moment, Wu Xiang had the bottom in his heart, so he asked people to go to the world firm of Weibao in Shanhaiguan to bet 50,000 taels of silver at one time!

This is still a consideration of weighing whether Wei Bao can take it or not, and Wei Bao's property in Shanhaiguan is not worth so much silver, so he decided to bet the amount of bets, otherwise, Wu Xiang originally planned to bet more than 100,000 taels of silver.

Wu Xiang bet so much, and it also drove a large number of wealthy businessmen and gentry in western Liaoning to bet.

Everyone knows that everyone is a one-sided bet that Wei Bao will not be able to show talent, which is equivalent to Wei Bao betting against all the people, it can be said that they are united! That's why so many people came.

In this way, the total amount of bets collected by Wei Bao's Heaven and Earth firm can reach such an astonishing number, otherwise just a few sons and brothers, at most one hundred or twenty thousand taels of silver can come out.

After Wu Xiang glanced at Wei Bao, he did not talk to Wei Bao alone, but directly led everyone into the mansion.

Wei Bao looked up, only to see Wu Xuexia looking at himself while walking, it was difficult for him to describe Wu Xuexia's expression at this time, he couldn't say indifference, nor could he say schadenfreude, it seemed to be a little sorry for himself, a little worried about himself, a very complicated expression.

This made Wei Bao feel a little warmth in his heart.

After Wu Xiang and the others entered the mansion, the people outside the mansion returned to a state of waiting and chatting.

The more people gathered, the more they gathered.

"I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of people here today, right? It's so lively. Liu Chunshi said: "In previous years, there were usually only thirty or forty candidates for the college examination, and there were at most a hundred people outside the palace, and today there are more people than the temple fair during the New Year." ”

Wei Bao smiled slightly, naturally knowing that it was because of the bet, many people did not come for the scientific examination, but to see the results of his scientific examination, the same as the government examination, the hospital examination is also on the basis of fairness and transparency, and the results will be opened on the spot, and there is no need to wait long.

The imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty was so good, open, fair, just, and transparent! It's really hard to cut corners.

"So why is that? Why are so many people coming this time? Fan asked curiously.

Wang Qiuya looked at the two of them, knowing that the two of them didn't know about Gongzi sitting in the village, and looked at Gongzi again, she wanted to say it, but she was afraid that Gongzi wouldn't let her say it.

Wei Bao understood what Wang Qiuya meant, nodded and said, "This is not a secret, it is already something that the entire Liaoxi and Liaodong know!" Go ahead. ”

Wang Qiuya snorted, and then briefly said the matter of Wei Gongzi sitting in the village.

After hearing this, Fan Datou and Liu Chunshi were stunned in surprise, especially Liu Chunshi, how many times Liu Chunshi has taken the exam, he is still an old boy, naturally he knows better than anyone how difficult it is to take the Xiucai exam in Liaoxi!

"Childe, is it such a big bet? Do you know that no one in Liaoxi has been in Xiucai for more than ten years? Once this is ......" Liu Chunshi said half of his words, shut up, and there would be no good words to say.

Fan's head was also extremely anxious, and he hurriedly said: "No one has been in the show for more than ten years?" "Anyway, the two hands rubbed each other desperately, secretly thinking that this son is too bold, specializing in doing something that is easy to kill, no one in Liaoxi and Liaodong has been a talent for more than ten years, how can he dare to gamble like this? If you lose, don't say that the little bit of the world business will be lost, I'm afraid that the life of the son will not be guaranteed, and now it's not a bad development, why take such a risky move?

Wei Bao didn't have time to explain, and he was not in the mood to explain, and gradually entered a peaceful and semi-settled state, his heart is very clean now, and the only thing he thinks about is to wait for the upcoming college exam!

At this time, a person broke Wei Bao's state, and Zu Chun found an opportunity to come out of the mansion.

"Brother, there is another half-pillar of incense to start the exam, I have been looking for you for the past few days, but I have held back. Brother really can't figure it out, do you want a way? You must know that there is no possibility of cheating in the college exam! "Zu Chuncai thought that Wei Bao was so bear-hearted and gallant, thinking that he could still help him, where did he have such a great ability to help show off talents?" You must not count on me, it is me, such a big thing, no one in Liaoxi and Liaodong can do it, but I am afraid that the Governor of Jiliao will be present in person, and he may not be able to help. ”

What Zu Chuncai said, Wei Bao naturally knew that if he could only go through the back door after taking the test, wouldn't Wu Sanfu and his family have already won Xiucai? Wu Sanfu himself is not just a child.

"I understand the kindness of the eldest brother, you go in, and so on people will see you and me in contact, and some people think there is something boring, I do it myself, I know it in my heart, I am gambling on my life this time, to see if the will of God is towards me!" Wei Bao said indifferently.

When Zu Chuncai and a few people around Wei Bao heard this, they almost fainted, providence?

Wei Gongzi, can you say anything more mysterious?

Do you really think that you are a Wenqu star?

Fan Datou and Liu Chunshi are the most aware of Wei Bao's affairs about Wenqu Xing's descent to earth, so isn't it just that the two of them and Luo San were stunned and the three of them helped Wei Bao boast?

How can there be such a thing as a god descending from earth in this world? It's not a book for cultivating immortals.

"What is this about providence?" Zu Chuncai was angry and funny, sighed regretfully, and left. Don't say anything anymore, it's all at this time, what else can you say? I just think this Wei Bao is crazy? He was originally very optimistic about Wei Bao, thinking that such a smart person is rare in the world, especially the people in the Northeast are upright by nature, and it is difficult to find such a clever and beautiful teenager, I thought that Wei Bao could make a big difference in the local area, but now that I think about it, I only think that Wei Bao is mostly crazy and abnormal.

No wonder Wei Bao has developed so fast recently, Zu Chuncai thought to himself, only a madman dares to be like Wei Bao, who is reckless and brave in everything he does, regardless of the consequences.

At this time, the sky was already bright, the sun was rising, and the time of the exam this time was slightly later than the previous one by half an hour.

"The time for the scientific examination is approaching, and the candidates will enter in turn." An official stood in the middle of the steps of the palace gate and said in a loud voice.

When the candidates outside the government heard this, they hurriedly stopped waiting, chatted, and became slightly nervous, lined up, and entered.

When registering, everyone is given a number plate with a student number on it, which is similar to a modern exam.

So after the exam, you can only write the student number, not the name! , and someone copied it.

After the final result comes out, the part that covers the student number is removed, and through the student number, it is confirmed who the candidate is, and it is impossible for the person who corrects the paper to cheat.

Every link that can cheat is thought of by the person who designated the process.

Everyone entered in turn, and after entering the government office, a group of officials dressed in civil service came to roll call, which was much more formal than the previous county and government examinations!

At the head was a thin old man in his fifties, with a full beard, and a dozen or so officials standing beside him.

They have to check the details of each person's place of origin, age, and appearance to prevent impersonation.

After the check, the body search was also extremely strict, and he had not taken off his clothes before, and this time, he had to untie his coat and touch the person from head to toe carefully, even the mouth, hair, and backyard were not spared.

Wei Bao was uncomfortable being touched, and secretly thought that this was too human rights, right? Going to jail doesn't mean that, right?

While being touched, Wei Bao secretly observed the official who was the head of the school, guessing that this should be an official from the Ministry of Rites in the capital! Because his service seems to be a little different from the teaching of Yongping Mansion.

Wei Bao had imagined before that if Wang Tiqian wanted to help him, the most likely thing was to find a confidant! And only in this way can there be some hope.

But Wei Bao glanced at the man several times, but the thin old man with a full beard didn't look at him a few times from beginning to end, that is, when he reviewed his appearance just now, he just looked at him for a few seconds, not like a 'teammate' at all?

What about 'teammates'? The prince won't be without arrangements, right?