Ning Xiu returned to the mansion to write a letter with Qi Ling'er, handed the letter to a trustworthy servant along with the telescope, and asked him to go to Jingshi immediately to deliver the things to Qi Shaobao's mansion by hand.

This matter was properly arranged, and Ning Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

The next step is to prepare for going to Nanjing.

Since you want to visit Grandpa Xu, you can't go empty-handed. Ning Xiu simply brought some soap and wine, and I believe that the nobles of the Wei Mansion will definitely like it.

After saying goodbye to his parents, Shichiro, and Shiro, Ning Xiu came to the dock.

Also accompanied by Liu Weining and Sun Wufan.

The former was in high spirits just now, so he naturally didn't want to nest in Jiangling, and when he heard that Ning Xiu was going to Nanjing, he immediately came over.

As for Sun Wufan, needless to say, he has a good relationship with Grandpa Xu, and Grandpa Xu also added him by the way when Grandpa Xu invited Ning Xiu to Nanjing.

Now that Ning Xiu is going to Nanjing, why should he not go?

August is a hot day, and the weather is getting cooler. Ning Xiu and the others changed into slightly thicker robes, counted their bags and boarded the ship and set off.

For convenience, they chartered a flat-bottomed small sand boat.

This is the most common ship sailing on the Yangtze River, and it can generally accommodate thirty or fifty people.

Now there are only ten people with the boatmen, but it is very spacious.

Ning Xiu and Sun Liu came to the inner cabin and sat down around the table.

The boatman had already prepared the food and drink, and the three of them only needed to eat and drink heartily.

That's the benefit of chartering a boat.

If it is a boat, there are many people, not to mention, and there is not much food and drink. The most important thing is that there are too many docks along the way, and there are countless people getting on and off the boat, which affects the mood too much.

The chartered boat eliminates these troubles, and the boat family only pulls the three passengers on one trip, but the corresponding cost of taking the boat has also increased a lot.

However, this bit of silver is really nothing to Ning Xiu, who is already full of money.

"Hahaha, this is my first time going to Nanjing. I think that Jinling is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and the place where gold dust gathers. The banks of the Qinhuai River are even more prosperous, and Liu must experience it this time! ”

Hearing Liu Weining's words, the wine in Ning Xiu's mouth almost squirted out.

"Ahem, Brother Liu, what is there to go to in this Qinhuai River? Why don't you go to Confucius Temple, Yanziji to see, and then climb the Purple Mountain. ”

Ning Xiu didn't want to go to Jinling and go to the Qinglou with Liu Weining.

If this is spread out, it will be too indecent for Xinke Xie Yuan and the same year to raise people to visit the kiln together.

Sun Wufan squeezed his eyes and said, "Hehe, I think Friend Liu has a vision." Qinhuai River is the most prosperous place in the whole Jinling, it is the Confucius Temple, and Wuyi Lane can't compare with it. Haven't you heard a sentence from Brother Ning Xian, if you don't go to Qin Huai, you are not a good man..."

Ning Xiu stared at Sun Wufan suspiciously: "What if there really is such a sentence?" ”

"Yes, yes."

Sun Wufan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said eloquently: "Brother Ning Xian, you don't know, the girls in Qinhuaihe are all like immortals, and compared to them, the Oiran of Jiangling City are all village girls." ”

Ning Xiu saw the dead fat man with a lewd smile on his face, so he kicked him and scolded with a smile: "Brother Sun is almost done, you have all flowed down." ”

Sun Wufan hurriedly wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth and smiled awkwardly.

"Haha, when the time comes, I'll lead Brother Ning Xian and Friend Liu, I'm familiar with Nanjing."

Ning Xiu agrees with this.

Because of business, Sun Wufan must have gone to Nanjing, and he must be very familiar with Nanjing.

Although Ning Xiu had also been to Nanjing in his previous life, after hundreds of years, many things were different, and those memories were naturally of little use.

"Then Brother Sun will have to work hard."

Liu Weining took over the conversation.

"I think that Jinling has countless delicacies, and this time I can also feast on it."

In this regard, Sun Wufan pursed his lips and said: "I used to think like Friend Liu, but since I tasted the dishes of Ning Ji Restaurant, I can't eat other people's dishes anymore." ”

With that, he swallowed and foamed, closed his eyes and began to fantasize about food.

"Alas, it would be great if Brother Ning Xian could open a branch in Jinling, and let those buns see what real delicacies are!"

As soon as he opened his eyes, Sun Wufan began to pry Ning Xiu, and patted his chest as a guarantee: "I promise, as long as Brother Ning Xian opens a branch in Jinling, he will definitely make a lot of money, and the loss will be mine!" ”

Ning Xiu saw that Sun Wufan had said that the people of Jinling were dirt buns, and he laughed out loud.

"I'm afraid that in the eyes of the people of Jinling, we are the buns."

Sun Wufan rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not angry." Besides, Brother Ning Xian, the dishes you made have never tasted before, and they can definitely cause a sensation. ”

"Well." Ning Xiu paused for a moment and said with a faint smile: "It's not in a hurry." ”

The reason why he was able to open a restaurant in Gangneung was successful was due to a certain element of luck. In addition to luck, the most important thing is that he has a good relationship with the Zhang family. In addition, after the Lu family set an example for the chickens and monkeys, no one dared to beat the idea of Ning Ji Restaurant.

But in Nanjing, it's completely different.

Nanjing is one of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, and there are countless eunuchs and nobles in the city, and none of them is offended by Ning Xiu.

Besides, Ning Xiu is not a native of Nanjing, and he has no foundation in Nanjing. He, an outsider, suddenly came to Nanjing to open a restaurant, and he was not suppressed by the local snakes.

Ning Xiu is not unconfident in the dishes of Ning Kee Restaurant. On the contrary, he was too confident that he was unwilling to push Ning Kee Restaurant into the whirlpool.

Peers are enemies, diners and customers are attracted away, those Nanjing restaurants that were originally in hot business are bound to not give up, and although it is unlikely to make the Ning family hurt their muscles and bones, they can indeed be disgusted to death.

Opening a branch is by no means a matter of money, and it has to be able to stand on its feet.

Ning Xiu decided to slow down for a while, even if he really wanted to open it, he had to say hello to Young Master Xu first and ask him to take care of it. With the care of Grandpa Xu, then no drunkard or snake god dares to come forward.

It was the eunuch Gao Yang who was guarding Nanjing that offended the Wei State Mansion, isn't it also the same disgrace, Ning Xiu heard that Gao Sheng, the adopted son of the eunuch Gao, had already been convicted of colluding with the White Lotus Sect, and was imprisoned by the Nanjing Criminal Department waiting for the autumn queen to be beheaded.

Although Gao Yang was not implicated too much because he was "unaware", Grandpa Xu's knock on the mountain and the tiger also made him dare not have any more thoughts.

In the final analysis, the eunuch of Nanjing Town is also a eunuch, but he is a domestic slave of the Son of Heaven. How could a house slave compete with the generations of ministers and the great Ming lord Wei Guogong who was resting with the country?

Therefore, if Ning Xiu really wants to open a restaurant branch in Nanjing, the Wei Guogong Mansion must say hello.

However, these will have to wait until he goes to the Wei State Mansion in Nanjing.

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After some food and drinks were served in the cabin, the three of them were a little bored, so they went out of the cabin and went out to the deck.

The area on the deck of the flat-bottomed small sand boat that Ning Xiu and the others were riding on was still very large, and Ning Xiu felt that it could be done by setting up a dozen tables on it to hold a banquet. But as soon as I thought of Jiang Fengsao, this thought disappeared.

"Brother Sun, how do you feel now?"

The river breeze came to his face, and Ning Xiu was full of pride.

Su Dongpo probably had such a pride when he chanted "The Great River Goes East, the Waves Are Exhausted, and the Romantic Characters of the Ages".

Ning Xiu thought of the sentence of Yang Shen, the great genius of the Ming Dynasty, "The Yangtze River is rolling east, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes." Compared with Su Dongpo's words, Yang Shen's words are heroic and pathos.

This is the pathos of the twilight of the hero!

Since ancient times, heroes have been in the twilight, and beauties and whiteheads have been the most painful things.

"Hehe, what can you feel, this Yangtze River is like this, twisting and turning."

Sun Wufan did not respond to Ning Xiu's pride, which made Ning Xiu's teeth itch.

But if you think about it carefully, what Sun Wufan said is not unreasonable.

He is bound to take a lot of boats on the Yangtze River when he is out on business, and the more times he sees something, he loses the amazing feeling he felt when he first saw it.

The same is naturally true of the Yangtze River.

What's more, the pride of the Yangtze River is more given by the literati, and Sun Wufan is just a businessman, so it is naturally understandable that there is no such pride.

Liu Weining, who was on the side, said with emotion: "No, no, I don't know how many living beings have been raised by a Yangtze River, and we in Jingzhou have also gained the convenience of the Yangtze River passing around the city." ”

Seeing that he had a compassionate feeling, Ning Xiu quipped: "It would be good if Brother Liu was awarded a river water conservancy officer in the future." ”

"Ahem." Liu Weining was bitter: "That's not necessary." That's what I said for my brother, but I don't know anything about river transportation and water conservancy. ”

Ning Xiu smiled and said: "As an official, you don't need to know everything, you have the little officials below to do errands, and they naturally understand." ”

The official rule of the Ming Dynasty was more of a way for rulers to express their authority and declare legitimacy, and they were neither professional and technical personnel, nor did they have the possibility of developing into professional and technical personnel. In other words, they are just bureaucrats, just politicians.

But I have never seen any government, state, or county that paralyzed the people's livelihood.

This is thanks to the Ming bureaucratic system.

There are two kinds of officials, one is the official who is making the staff, and the other is the temporary worker who is not making the staff.

Officials are compound talents with professional technology and professional knowledge, as long as the officials and men nod, there will naturally be small officials to help you break your legs.

Therefore, Fang Cai Ning Xiu laughed and said that Liu Weining did not need to understand river transportation and water conservancy at all, which made sense.

Liu Weining's face turned red, and he waved his hand and said, "That's not possible, this is not the right way for officials." ”

Ning Xiu sneered.

"Brother Liu still admits it, he wants to take the road of going out to compete for political achievements."

was broken by Ning Xiu, and Liu Weining simply let go.

"Alas, I have been studying hard for all these years, and of course I want to take the road of going out for my brother. After a few years of exile and enough qualifications, I will have the opportunity to transfer back to Beijing, and if I can get a job as a principal in the Sixth Division, I will be satisfied. ”

Don't look at the official character of the director is not high, but he has a lot of real power, Liu Weining set the goal of being the head of the six departments, and his ambition is not small!

"Actually, Brother Liu may not have the opportunity to stay in Jingshi directly."

"Stay in Beijing directly? Inexistent. ”

Liu Weining shook his head again and again when he heard this.

"Brother Ning Xian can know that Jingshi is a land of every inch of land, six yamen, the capital procuratorate, and the nine temples are a radish and a pit. If the old radish is not pulled, how can the new radish be planted? ”

"It's man-made."

Ning Xiu indifferently spit out four words.

"It's a bit early to say that these are not tested in the general examination and the palace examination yet, but if Brother Liu can get the second grade or above, he will have a great advantage when observing politics."

Ning Xiu didn't say this to comfort Liu Weining, but it was the case.

Under the Ming official system, the new science and technology jinshi had to go to the Beijing Yamen to observe the government after entering the department, that is, to intern.

Only after observing the government can the officials be conferred, that is, the work can be assigned.

Generally, it is very promising to enter the department at a young age, but unless you pass the top three in the first class, which is commonly known as the champion, the top eye, and the tanhua, you can immediately be awarded the positions of Hanlin revision, Hanlin editor, etc., and most of the rest have to work hard for qualifications.

Even the Shujishi, who is regarded as a reserve cadre, also has to study in the Hanlin Academy for three years, and can only be conferred after three years of disbanding.

The other young people who are directly awarded officials are mostly county orders, so let's go slowly.

However, a Mesozoic talent like Liu Weining, who is in his thirties, may be particularly valued and directly appointed as a Beijing official.

There are two main reasons, one is that the older ones have enough experience and will not be careless in doing things, so it is more suitable to serve as a Beijing official.

The second is that if you are older, you will have no career prospects, and there is still hope to climb up from the Beijing official.

The Ministry of Literature and Literature will also consider this aspect. Of course, the premise of everything is that you mention it, if you take the top three with the jinshi, you don't have to trouble others, hurry up and prepare to go out.

It is a consensus that the local officials in Daming are cheap, and if anyone has the opportunity to be transferred to the Beijing official, even if it is a level transfer or even a slight demotion, he will cry excitedly.

If Liu Weining really has the opportunity to stay as an official in Beijing directly, the starting point will be much higher, and there may not be no possibility of serving as an official of the six departments in the future.

"I borrowed the words of Brother Ning Xian."

Liu Weining arched his hand.

At this moment, the boat boss came over and said with a smile: "Young Master Ning, I'm afraid the dock in front of me will have to stop." ”

Ning Xiu frowned and said, "Why is this?" ”

He chartered this ship because he was afraid that the ship would dock and delay the time, and since the boss of the ship had received the money from the chartered ship, he should sail directly to Nanjing, and he had to dock at the dock again.

You don't want to pick up another boatman, do you?

The boat boss seemed to see what Ning Xiu was thinking, and hurriedly explained: "It's that the food and fresh water I put on are running out, and I didn't have time to make up for it when I set off." ”

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Ning Xiuzhi had a black line on his face.

Nima, what kind of boat is he on? The boss of the ship probably set sail as soon as he heard that someone had chartered the ship, but the sand boat sailed out of the Jingzhou wharf only to find that there were not many supplies, but it was impossible to turn around and go back, so he thought about docking at the nearest wharf in front.

That's it, since he has already boarded the "thief ship", and now he can't get off, so I agreed to his request.

"Then you should be faster, I still want to get to Nanjing as soon as possible."

Ning Xiu said unhappily.

"Definitely, definitely!"

The boat boss hurriedly laughed.

"Brother Sun, Brother Liu, it seems that we have to go ashore."

"It's good to go ashore, people are going to faint when they stay on the boat."

Sun Wufan grinned.

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