Zhao Yan heard this sentence as he wished, but he remembered Li Zhizhou's stern face, and couldn't help but hesitate for a moment before saying, "It should be okay." ”

Zhao Xin saw that his face was full of hesitation and decided that he had not done well in the exam, so he comforted: "There is a saying that is good, if you don't make a sound for three years, you will be a blockbuster." Although I don't know what allusions there are, I think it's quite suitable for Xiaolang. Li Fuzi has such a big knowledge, you only need to follow him for a few years and then take the exam, and you will definitely be able to make a splash. ”

Zhao Yan didn't expect that Cheap Daddy didn't know a few words, and he even knew the idiom that he didn't make a splash for three years, and then listened to his words to comfort himself, knowing that he was not optimistic about himself, but he didn't think it was a pestle.

Before the person arrived, Xiao Er's clear voice had already come: "Two guest officers, the dish is here...... The first course is 'dominant', and the two guests are invited to taste it. ”

This name is quite loud, Zhao Yan looked at the ugly 'Wang Ba' on the plate, and asked Xiao Er: "This is a real turtle?" ”

The little second smiled and introduced him: "Fei Ye, this is a dish that our master of Shiyunlou occasionally learned, it is carved with steamed winter melon, and then poured with a secret sauce, so it looks quite like a soft-shelled turtle." This dish is delicious and inexpensive, and it has always been the signature dish of our Shiyun Building. ”

The father and son devoured it, and ate a full stomach in the Shiyun Building, and after eating, they settled the bill, totaling one tael and fifty wen, and the shopkeeper directly erased the fraction and received Zhao Xin's whole one or two silver.

The old shopkeeper took the silver and weighed it with a scale before entering it into the account, Zhao Yan couldn't help but move when he saw it, it seems that there is no other paper currency in this era except for the Daming treasure banknote, right? At least I haven't heard of it, and I don't know if I have a chance in the future, how about letting a cheap dad open a money bank to print money.

This idea turned around in Zhao Yan's mind and was denied by him, not to mention whether the imperial court would intervene after the issuance of banknotes or silver bills, but to say that it would not be easy to establish the credit of a money bank.

Zhao Yan doesn't know much about modern finance, but he also knows that if he wants to issue banknotes, he needs to have reserves, and the ratio of banknotes to reserves at this time in the Ming Dynasty is at least two to one to initially guarantee the operation of the bank.

In addition to credit, it is also necessary to establish a wide range of contacts to ensure that the money bank will not be unreasonably run, which is too whimsical for Zhao Yan at this time, even if he pulls Wang Dahu, it is estimated that it is enough.

The county examination is the nominally lowest level of the Ming Dynasty's examination, the first of the three is the main field, and the case will be issued two days after the examination, that is, the results of the first examination will be announced.

At that time, a big red 'medium' character will be written in the middle of the list, and the top 50 seat numbers will be arranged in circles around the 'medium' character, which is called the 'inner circle'. The seat numbers of the rest of the candidates are centered on the 'inner circle', and after leaving obvious blanks, they are also distributed around the 'inner circle' in a circle, which is called the 'outer circle' or 'out of the circle' or 'out of the circle'.

The circular case is arranged counterclockwise, and the seat number in the inner circle, which is directly above the red 'medium', is the first place in the exam.

The second test will be conducted on the second day after the main event, which is called the repetition, and the results will be announced again two days after the repetition, and the announcement method will be the same as that of the main field, and then the third test will be conducted on the other day, which is called the repetition.

After the third re-examination is completed, the results of the first two exams are summarized, and the final case is started, which is called the long case, and the first place is called the 'case head'.

The top ten in the county examination is an honor, and if there is no accident at the head of the case, it is generally regarded as a designated student, and the subsequent government examination and hospital examination are just appropriate for the situation.

It has also been stated in the previous proclamation that the second examination examines one argument and five judgments, and the edict, edict, and internal department are selected as one. The third exam is a poem about something designated by Li Zhizhou during the exam.

The second and third scenes are not important, they are all routines, but Zhao Yan, just in case, hid at home and reviewed them during the two days of waiting for the main scene to be reported.

The day of the case has come in the blink of an eye, as long as the first game can be selected, Zhao Yan is confident that he can pass the county exam. It's just that although he received a lot of praise after showing the four books and five scriptures he made in the first scene to Li Fuzi, he still had no confidence in the 'fickle' Li Zhizhou, so he was quite apprehensive in his heart.

Early in the morning, the gate of the state school was full of people, Zhao Yan looked at the crowded crowd and was quite worried, with his small body, he couldn't squeeze in no matter what, it seemed that he could only wait.

"Brother Zhao Xiaoxian, ...... here"

Zhao Yan heard the voice a little familiar, looked around, and finally saw Liu Jing's figure among the scholars not far away.

After squeezing through with great effort, there was a lot of noise around him, Zhao Yan looked at Liu Jing who was standing in the middle of the crowd and asked loudly, "Brother Liu, what are you doing here?" ”

Liu Jing waved his hand and asked the family to bring Zhao Yan in from the periphery, then hugged Zhao Yan's shoulder, smiled and said in his ear: "Brother Zhao Xiaoxian, if you are idle, why don't you come and gamble?" ”

Zhao Yan saw it clearly, and he didn't know where this Liu Gongzi got a table case, which was covered with a white cloth, and the two big characters 'case head' were written in the middle of the cloth, and dozens of people's names were written on the left and right, and the odds were written under the people's names.

"Brother Liu, this is not good. openly playing in front of the state school, in case it is seen by the school or several instructors inside, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate. Zhao Yan glanced at it and knew what this Liu Gongzi was doing, obviously in the name of predicting the head of the case, to guide the dozens of scholars around him to gamble openly.

Liu Jing smiled indifferently: "What are you afraid of, I have put away the silver, and the list of bets has been recorded in the book, even if it is seen by it, what does it matter." Brother Xian, let's take a look, Brother Li of the Mu family, who is married to you and me, only has one to one, and this son is one to two. According to the brother, if it is a good brother to bet, it is best to bet here. ”

Zhao Yan followed Liu Jing's pointing and saw the words 'Zhang Wenyuan of Zaoke Village' written on the cloth at the end of his finger, and the odds under it were five to one.

Liu Jing retracted his finger and leaned into Zhao Yan's ear to explain: "This only son of the Zhang family is unknown, but he knows it as a brother. This person has been smart since he was a child, and he has the ability to never forget, he can write poetry at the age of six, and he can write at the age of seven, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a prodigy, but his family education is very strict, and he is low-key, so his reputation is not obvious, and he only knows it by chance for his brother. With his literary talent, if you want to take the head of the case, it is promising, and the virtuous brother should not miss this good opportunity to make a fortune. ”

Zhao Yan was speechless for a moment, it seems that this is you Liu Jing Liu, the eldest son, will you be so kind to guide me to bet to win your money?

I really can't resist Liu Jing's 'bitter heart', Zhao Yan looked at the cloth for a while, and suddenly saw that his name was also on it, and the odds were written as one to ten, it seemed that even Liu Jing, who had finalized the odds, was not optimistic about him.

Zhao Yan took out a tael of silver from his arms, handed it to Liu Jing and said, "In this case, the junior brother will take a hand for himself, and Brother Liu will take it." ”

Liu Jing laughed, in his opinion, Zhao Yan was obviously giving him silver flowers. After taking the silver and throwing it to the family behind him, Liu Jing said to him: "Write it down, Zhao Yan of Taocun is one or two, and Zhao Yan of Botao Village is the head of the case. ”

"The case has been reported, the case has been ......"

Liu Jing was happy to collect the cashier, and saw that the door of the state school was wide open, and a scribe was directing several officials to post the list, and as the list slowly unfolded, the eye-catching red word 'Zhong' in the middle first jumped into everyone's eyes.

Most of these people before the state school are scholars and their relatives and servants, and since the case has been reported at this time, they naturally want to see their rankings at the first time, so people are rushing forward, and it is inevitable that there will be some things that are not very 'harmonious'.

"Which is the number one seat in the main field?" Don't squeeze, let me watch first, and then squeeze me to scold. "This benevolent brother is quite sane.

"Spine! Which cheap took this son's jade Jue away? This son is more sad, and it is understandable to scold him.

"The thief dog is holding the straw little girl, the thief shot by the donkey and the cow is dead, squeeze a ball." This brother ...... Are you sure you're a reader?

"Smash your mother's intestines, crooked birds, I'll let you squeeze and hammer you to death." ……

From time to time, there were all kinds of swearing slang and swear words in the crowd, and the richness of his words was definitely not inferior to that of later generations, and Zhao Yan, who only listened, opened his ears and broke out in a cold sweat.

Zhao Yan and Liu Jing were protected by their family, and they couldn't squeeze in front of them, so they had to slowly retreat against the crowd.

At this time, seeing that there was a tendency to get out of control, the officials on the periphery stood up to maintain order, and after a long period of noise, they finally suppressed the hot atmosphere of the scene.

Liu Jing, as the eldest grandson of Liu Zhongfu, the head of the household department of the dynasty, naturally has too many high hopes from his family on weekdays, although he looks cynical and hangs in front of people, but in fact, he is quite concerned about whether he can be admitted to the middle school.

This first exam accounted for a large proportion of the county exam, and he naturally knew that otherwise he would not have brought people to wait for the case to be reported early in the morning. It's just that Liu Jingxi was in the limelight and couldn't be idle, so he opened the market and started a game, and he didn't look down on such a little money in his heart, just to have fun.

At this time, seeing that the order of the scene had been restored, Liu Jing ordered Jiading to open the way, and he walked in behind Jiading, Zhao Yan followed behind him, but he did not feel crowded.

Before coming to the list, Zhao Yanli raised his eyes on Liu Jing's side and looked at the list, according to logic, most people look at the test results from the first place and look down, and Zhao Yan is no exception.

The seat number of the first place is Bingchen, uh, so coincidentally, it seems that his seat number is Bingchen. First place? Li Zhizhou is really amazing.

Zhao Yan really didn't have confidence in the articles he made, he simply thought that Li Zhizhou had engaged in a black-box operation, and his perception of this Li Zhizhou in his heart suddenly became better than ever.

Since he has already seen what he wants to see, Zhao Yan does not want to stay for a long time, in case he is found to be the first place in the first county test, it is a young boy who has just passed the age of fifteen, and he may be 'besieged'.

Since ancient times, keeping a low profile has been the king, Zhao Yan said hello to Liu Jing, who looked up at the list, and then turned his head and left.