"I didn't expect there to be so many shops outside Shaanzhou City?"

Looking at the abound shops in front of him, there were at least a dozen of them, which made Du Xunhe a little surprised.

In his impression, Shaanzhou is not so prosperous, but what he saw in front of him made him a little surprised.

"This Lang Jun hasn't been to Shaanzhou for many years!"

Listening to Du Xunhe's obvious Jiangnan accent, the shopkeeper asked with a smile, and put the wine and food on the plate one by one on the table.

"It's been some years." Du Xunhe nodded slightly.

"No wonder." The shopkeeper put away the dish and explained, "This Shaanzhou is close to the Yellow River, and on the other side of the river is the salt pond in the river. To the west of Shaanzhou, except for the two imperial merchants, private individuals were not allowed to sell salt.

But the place east of Shaanzhou is different, and many merchants come here every day to buy salt in the salt pond on the north bank, and there are many merchants who come and go.

And this is the only way for the Central Plains to go to Chang'an, looking at Lang Jun's dress, it should be to enter Beijing to participate in the imperial examination next year, right? In this shop, there are many people like Xiang Langjun.

The villain is envious of a scholar like Lang Jun, not to mention the glory of the ancestors, you can also go to see Chang'an. ”

"Chang'an is not as good as you think, this is no longer Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, it has been damaged several times, and it has long been in tatters." Du Xunhe smiled and shook his head.

Before Huangchao conquered Chang'an, the streets of Chang'an were full of hungry people. After Huang Chao, Li Keyong, Zhu Mei and others caused trouble in Chang'an, it is said that even the three major buildings were damaged, how good can ordinary buildings be?

"It seems that Lang Jun really hasn't been to Chang'an for a long time." The shopkeeper said with a smile, "Although the villain is far away in Shaanzhou, he was fortunate to follow Ah Lang to Chang'an on the night of Shangyuan last year. Although there are still some city walls damaged by the war of the Huangchao thieves before, Chang'an is very lively, but it is not as dilapidated as Lang Jun said. ”

"The kid is joking!" was refuted, and Du Xunhe's face was also a little unhappy.

"This gentleman, this shopkeeper is not joking, today's Chang'an is more lively and prosperous than before Huangchao was a disaster.

Although the disaster of Huangchao has displaced the people of Chang'an, the current Shengshang has entered Chang'an until he ascended the throne to the present, and a large number of people have migrated from Shu to fill the population of Chang'an.

Coupled with the fact that today's saints have opened up their mouths, reformed the imperial examinations, abolished curfews, and opened up trade routes, Chang'an is very lively today. Although it is not as prosperous as the Tang Dynasty, it is also the most prosperous in the past two decades. ”

At this moment, a middle-aged man next to him bowed to Du Xunhe and explained.

was slapped in the face one after another, which made Du Xunhe's face a little unbearable, and said in a deep voice, "Dare to ask who Your Excellency is?" ”

"In the lower willow."

The middle-aged man was quite complacent, and the companion next to him said, "This is Young Master Liu's grandson." ”

"Young Master Liu?" Hearing this name, Du Xunhe was a little surprised, and immediately got up and saluted, "It turned out to be the grandson of Young Master Liu, but Du was clumsy." In the lower Du Xunhe, a native of Chizhou. ”

Young Master Liu is Liu Gongquan, because he served as the young master of the crown prince, so he is called 'Young Master Liu'. Liu Gongquan has only been dead for more than 20 years, and most of his sons and nephews have served in the court, even if Liu Can is only the grandson of Liu Gongquan, but he is not Du Xunhe, who was born in the concubine and couldn't even enter the Du family tree because his mother remarried.

"It turned out to be from Jiuhua Mountain!"

After Liu Can heard Du Xunhe's introduction, he was also a little surprised. Du Xunhe is not an unknown person, and his poems are also well-known among the reading groups in Chang'an.

As for the fact that Du Xunhe was in his forties and had not yet been admitted to the Jinshi, Liu Can did not feel unusual, at this time in the territory of Shannan West Road, there was a person who was no less talented than Du Xunhe but was nearly sixty years old and was still on the way to Chang'an to participate in the scientific examination.

"Brother Du, are you planning to enter Beijing to participate in next year's imperial examination?"

"It's a joke for the virtuous brother, I haven't been able to get into the Jinshi for so many years."

The two chatted with different purposes, and soon they got into a heated fight, and they didn't know that they thought they were friends they hadn't seen for many years.

Brother Du laughed, Jinshi's difficult test is famous. Although the imperial court has now opened the Ming Classics, Ming Law and other subjects, can that follow up with Shibi? Passing the Jinshi examination is the lifelong dream of our scholars. Liu Can said with a smile.

"Brother Xian is right. Brother Xian went to Chang'an to participate in the scientific expedition? Du Xunhe asked.

"Exactly, now the imperial court is in need of employing people, if you can be admitted to the Jinshi, it is possible to shine on the lintel and make steady progress, I have waited for many years to study, isn't this for this?

Only after passing the Jinshi examination can we display our ambitions and support the community. Speaking of this, Liu Can glanced at Du Xunhe, "Why didn't Brother Du go to Chang'an from Shangzhou, but from this Shaanxi to Chang'an?" ”

Du Xunhe smiled, "I borrowed the road from Bianzhou for my brother, and I visited His Royal Highness King Liang by the way." ”

"King Liang?"

Liu Can underestimated Du Xunhe a little before, but he didn't expect the other party to have this ability.

He had heard that many people wanted to see Zhu Wen, but they were unsuccessful, could it be that this Du Xunhe in front of him was one of the few people who succeeded?

Just when Liu Can was in a daze, there was a lively cheer in the shop.

Du Xunhe was a little puzzled, "What's going on with these people?" ”

"Brother Du doesn't know?" It was Liu Can's turn to be surprised, maybe he saw that Du Xunhe really didn't know, so he explained, "Speaking of which, this matter has something to do with Brother Du, and the initiator of this matter is Brother Du's fellow villager." ”

"Oh? What the hell is going on? Du Xunhe was a little puzzled.

"Zhou Xuan, who is a philosopher of Xiantong, must have heard of it."

"Naturally, that's a celebrity in our Chizhou, and I know him well, but after he was admitted to the Jinshi, he joined the official and worked as an official outside, is he not in this Shaanxi now?" Du Xunhe asked.

"Exactly. Now he is the governor of Shaanxi, and he is the second highest status in Shaanzhou to the history of assassination. ”

After listening to Liu Can's explanation, Du Xunhe knew why these scholars like him were like this.

It turned out that Zhou Miao remembered that it was not easy for many scholars to get into the Jinshi, so he held a banquet in the largest restaurant in the city, nominally to meet friends with Wen, but before the banquet was over, Zhou Miao would share his experience in taking the Jinshi examination, so that these scholars could be fully prepared.

In addition to really wanting to learn about the experience of the imperial examination, more people want to make friends and expand their network.

After all, among these scholars, there are many who can be promoted next year, and if they can make friends with one or two, it is not a bad thing.

However, thinking that Zhou Xuan, who was only a few years older than him, was not only admitted to the Jinshi more than ten years earlier than himself, but now he was already a governor of Zhengliupin, Du Xunhe also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

But Du Xunhe finally followed Liu Can and his party to attend the banquet held by Zhou Xuan, no matter what, he is also Zhou Xuan's fellow villager, which is incomparable to most of the people present.

In addition to this banquet, there is another thing that also attracts the curiosity of these readers, that is, there will be a polo match in Shaanzhou City tomorrow.