This is the first time Sun Dan has traveled to a provincial capital city after traveling to the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, as the capital of Jinan Prefecture and the seat of the Shandong Political Envoy, Jinan City has a series of chaotic administrative institutions: Jinan Mansion, Cloth Administration Yamen, Dewang Mansion, River Yamen, Admiral Xuezheng Yamen...... More than a dozen official offices and noble residences crowded half of Jinan City.

According to Mr. Li Meiting, there are 230,000 households in Jinan Prefecture, including the population of various counties. Excluding the citizens and agricultural population of the counties under its jurisdiction, as far as the city of Jinan is concerned, it is only 50,000 households and 200,000 people, that is, the scale of an ordinary county town in later generations.

Considering that there are no high-rise buildings in these years, the residents live in square meters, and the whole city spreads out like a big pie, which is also amazingly big.

Being able to visit Jinan is a rare eye-opening opportunity for the Sun family, a group of fourteen or fifteen-year-old schoolchildren. In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and many people never went out in their lives. Now, when they came to Jinan for the exam, the Sun family paid for the food and drink along the way, and suddenly the group of children were so happy that they made a loud noise, and they couldn't see the pressure before the big exam on their faces.

Zouping is more than 200 miles away from Jinan, if you are in modern times, take a car, that is, four hours. But in the Ming Dynasty, where the transportation was inconvenient, it was a big thing. To get from Zouping to Jinan, you need to take a boat. Although it was a boat ride along the river, the two hundred miles of waterway had walked for more than ten hours, tossing Sun Dan and them enough.

Sun Dan and the others got on the boat at six o'clock in the morning Beijing time, and it was not until five o'clock in the afternoon that they saw the south gate of Jinan Daming Lake. The weather is not too good, and the spring rain continues. In the rain curtain, by the lake, the towering buildings of Jinan Fuxue Confucian Temple came to the face. There is a tall bluestone archway at the door, and there are four big characters of "Haidai Wenshu" on it. Those four words are full and powerful, vaguely giving people an invisible pressure. Coupled with the momentum of the Shangfuxue building complex in the light rain, it can be seen that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is a spot.

In front of the Confucian Temple, there is a left and right matching workshop, and the amount of the square is respectively "virtue with the world" and "Daoguan ancient and modern".

Listening to Li Meiting, the four big characters of "Haidai Wenshu" were written by Cai Sheng, the prefect of Jinan in the tenth year of Chenghua, if nothing else, the children of the Sun family will participate in the government examination here on the 25th day.

Mr. Li pointed to the building and said, "When you go in and come out, you will be regarded as real scholars." This is the examination room for the college exam, and I will show it if I try to take the exam. ”

After the boat docked, a group of schoolchildren had been jolting all day, their feet sticking to the ground, they were all dizzy, and those who were not in good health had already lay on the shore and vomited all kinds of meat. Sun Dan also felt a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, he is also used to sitting in a car in modern times, eating meat every day these days, and his body is well recuperated, so he will not be ugly. As for Sun Hao, this guy is in great health, as soon as he lands ashore, he shouts and screams, he is full of energy, and he is envious of people.

The Sun family came to Jinan this time to have thirteen schoolchildren, all of whom were the top ones who passed the county examination last time, and the family attached great importance to this government examination and the hospital examination a month later.

When he arrived at the courtyard of the Sun family's Jinan City, Sun Dan was taken aback, it was really too big.

There are a total of thirteen gardens in the Jinan compound of the Sun family, and there is a small lake like a jade belt in the middle of the house. It is said that this small lake has a river that connects with the pearl spring in the palace of the king of De. It is spring, there are many lotus leaves germinating on the lake, looking from a distance, a piece of tender green, the scenery is amazing.

The courtyard of the Sun Mansion is built in one year by Tianshun, and there are also two stone arches built in front of the door, the square amount is entitled respectively "Huangge Tune Yuan" and "Heavenly Grace Commendation", it is the handwriting of Sun Jizong, the first assistant of the cabinet at the beginning.

At the beginning, he saw that there was a good spring in this place and the terrain was spacious, so he bought these hundreds of acres of land and built a house as a summer retreat. And the name of this house is "Tongrakuin", which means "all the people enjoy together".

In addition, every year the family will allocate a sum of money for maintenance, compared to Zouping's hometown, the building here seems very new. Sun Mansion usually does not live inhabited, only more than 30 slaves guard the house.

Speaking of which, the house here is of little use, that is, when the two big men in the capital return to their hometowns and provinces, they will take a turn here. A few of Zou Ping's wives only come here every summer to enjoy the cool and see the lotus flowers, and the real time for living in a year is only one or two months.

Now thirteen schoolchildren have moved in at once, and it is suddenly lively.

Strictly speaking, the courtyard of Sunfu in Jinan City is larger and newer than that in Zouping's hometown. As for the courtyard in Beijing, it is even larger. However, the ladies and young masters of each room still had to live in the countryside of Zouping, which made Sun Dan a little difficult to understand. If it were for me, I would prefer to live in big cities like Beijing and Jinan. Not to mention the smooth flow of information, there are also many daily entertainment activities. Compared with the closed life in a small county town, it is simply heaven and earth.

Of course, the word heaven and earth is forbidden in modern times, and it must be carefully harmonized.

After the students stayed and the arrangements were made, Li Meiting went to Jinan Mansion to visit the officials of the government, and according to him, he was one of the same years in Jinan Mansion, and there were several officials with whom he had dealt with him when he was a student and politician before. It's good to talk to them, first, you can contact your classmates and colleagues, and secondly, you can see if you can get some style of conversation from their mouths, which is also convenient for questions.

I heard that the housekeeper's second room, Aunt Liu, that is, Sun Yue's wife, allocated three hundred taels of silver from the public to Mr. Li.

Of course, this kind of thing that does not see the light will not be put on the table, and it is not something that a small person like Sun Dan can know.

As soon as Mr. Li left, Sun Hao couldn't sit still. He is a monkey-like character, plus the young man is golden, how to hold on to it when he arrives in the flowery world of Jinan. quietly pulled down Sun Dan's sleeve: "Brother Dan, let's go out for a walk." ”

"What are you going out for, it's not early, it's going to be dinner later, if you wait for Mr. Li to come back and find that we are here, I'm afraid it's not okay?" Sun Dan also wanted to go out to see the scenery of the ancient metropolis, but he was still a little hesitant: "Besides, we are not familiar with Jinan, so we go out for a walk, but I am afraid that we will not find the way." ”

Sun Hao smiled: "It's not cool, it's not cool." You and I are worth fifty or sixty taels of silver, and I have money in hand, and I am afraid that I will not find a place to eat. Besides, when Mr. went to visit the schoolboy, it is estimated that he will be left for dinner, and he will not be able to come back for a while. As for Jinan, I'm familiar with it, I have to accompany my mother here for a month or two every summer, and I can't get lost if I go with me. ”

Sun Dan was a little moved: "That's fine, let's find a place to eat something good." However, as soon as it gets dark, there is nothing to do, so it is better to wait until tomorrow daylight to go out. ”

"Why is there nowhere to play?" Sun Hao smiled weirdly: "There is not only a Confucian Temple by Daming Lake, but also a painting boat, and when it goes into the night, the lights are brilliant, and Qin Huai is not allowed to do so." ”

"Ahh Sun Gui, who was eavesdropping with his head stretched out next to him, proudly grabbed Sun Hao, sneered and said, "It turns out that you are going to prostitutes, aren't you afraid that people will know?" ”

Sun Hao glanced at him disdainfully: "What if you go, is it possible that you still go to tell my mother." Useless things, all fourteen years old, still a child boy. In the courtyard, Cheng Ri only knows how to entangle the rough maid. But even the lowliest girl, people won't let you take a beat. This woman in Jinan is moistened by hundreds of springs in the city, and they all look like flowers and moons, and they are so beautiful that they are incomprehensible. If you want to kiss Fangze, you can't count more than ten taels of silver, which is not comparable to the girl in the family. That's it, brother went out to be happy this time, don't say I don't care about you. If you want to go, you should pay for your brother. If you don't go, don't mess around behind you, be careful that I know that I have shed your skin. ”

"Ten...... Two pieces of silver at a time. Sun Gui stuttered, he only had one or two months of money a month, and ten taels was his pocket money for a year. Moreover, his biological mother, Aunt Jing, deducted Sun Gui's monthly money every time. Speaking of which, Sun Gui is also very poor, and he is even more embarrassed than the girls and boys in the courtyard. It costs ten taels to go to a prostitute once, which he can't imagine.

"Less nonsense, do you want to go?" Sun Hao became impatient.

"I ...... I...... I ......" Sun Gui was willing in his heart, but he couldn't open his mouth no matter what.

"I'm not going, you can go play by yourself." Sun smiled lightly and said secretly: These two boys are now in the period of sexual turmoil in adolescence, and it is understandable that they have a natural yearning for women.

However, Sun Dan is bent on gaining fame and fame, and now if he goes out with Sun Hao to Hutian Haiti, it will be detrimental to his reputation, and this kind of thing cannot be done.

"Brother Tan, go, go, don't spoil the fun." Sun Hao couldn't stop persuading Sun Dan.

Sun Dan had a good relationship with Sun Hao, and he didn't want to read moral articles in front of him, so he only smiled and said that he was used to being poor and didn't want to waste money on this kind of thing.

Sun Hao: "I'll pay for you, Brother Dan, you are also a person with a small net worth, why are you so stingy, brother, I look down on you." ”

Sun Dan was talking again, but saw Mr. Li coming back angrily, after entering the hall, he was silent for a long time, flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "The court takes scholars, the wheel of talent ceremony, doing this, it's like child's play, Wang Yuanzheng is doing this is just foolish." If the old man has an official position now, he will definitely be impeached! After saying that, he turned around and went back to the house to sleep, but left the schoolchildren in the hall and looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Sun Hao stretched out his hands: "Brother Dan, you just grinded, we can't go out." Let's talk about it later. ”

Sun Gui, who had been stuttering beside him and couldn't speak, returned to normal and glared at Sun Dan angrily: "It's all your fault, what kind of hypocrite to pretend!" ”

Sun Dan could only smile bitterly, it seemed that Sun Hao's suggestion to go out to prostitute had deeply moved Sun Gui. This kid is a person who must take advantage of it, just now Sun Hao promised to help Sun Gui out the ten taels of silver, Sun Gui naturally couldn't help it.

But Sun Dan's resignation just now delayed time, and when Mr. Li came back, they naturally couldn't get out.

Thinking of the ten taels of silver, and thinking of the beautiful girl on Daming Lake, Sun Gui's heart kept dripping blood.