Reading is not a strange thing for a modern person, and a person from the day he is born, when he reaches the age of two, he or she must enter kindergarten to learn the most basic cultural knowledge. Then there is the nine-year compulsory education, and as an ordinary citizen, even if you don't want to, you have to be forced by the law to study. Without a college degree, you will not be able to get a decent job.

But this is the Ming Dynasty, an ancient era with a large number of illiterates. Even in the years of prosperity and prosperity, China, with a population of 100 million, had a literacy rate of only 1 percent. Take Zouping County, where Sun Dan is located, for example, the entire Zouping has a total population of 30,000 and is a famous county in Shandong. But if you count it, there are only three or four hundred people who can read and write.

In a sense, these three or four hundred people are the elite class of the entire Zouping.

Speaking of education, he is also a college student, and in the illiterate Ming Dynasty, he is definitely a top person.

Previously, seeing that his family was poor like this, Sun Dan didn't think about what he was going to do. People always have to live, no matter what kind of predicament they encounter, they must not complain and be depressed.

Even crossing this unbelievable thing has happened to me, what else can knock him down?

It's not that he hasn't thought about what he's going to do in the future, and originally, doing business is a good choice. As the saying goes, no business is not rich. As long as you have money, you can completely change your life.

But there are two problems here. One, he has no experience in business. Speaking of which, his life trajectory is very simple, he has been studying in school since he was a child, and after graduating from college, he did not participate in the job and was directly admitted to the civil service. Then, I went into the agency and became an ordinary clerk. I can't imagine the shopping mall's deception, and I haven't seen it. Now, if you want to learn to do business from scratch, I'm afraid that you will have to lose your pants. Second, he has no capital, his family is already so poor that he drinks wild vegetable porridge, even if Sun Dan has the heart to set up a stall on the street, he is afraid that he will not even be able to get the money for the purchase.

Moreover, the status of merchants in ancient times was not high. The so-called Shinong industry and commerce, the merchant ranks at the end of the four people, even if you are rich and rival the country, a small county order can find an excuse to exterminate your family.

In a feudal society, doing business was not a good choice. Besides, it was not easy to travel to the Ming Dynasty, if you were just satisfied with being a rich man, earning him a full warehouse of silver, marrying his seventeen or eighteen wives, giving birth to a lot of children, and then being so fat that he would take a step and gasp. This kind of life is too boring, and it doesn't meet Sun Dan's life goals.

Then, there is only one way to be an official --- Sun Dan's appetite the most.

Sun Dan was originally a civil servant, and although he was miserable in the unit, he had also seen the majesty of the leaders. A husband can't be without power for a day, only after seeing the wonders of power can he know that the scenery there is so beautiful.

The government structure of the Ming Dynasty was simple, and there were no more than 1,000 counties in the whole of China. In other words, only a little more than a thousand people can reach the level of a county official. Take Zouping County as an example, although a magistrate is just a seven-grade petty official, in the eyes of 40,000 people, he represents the imperial court and is a high-ranking lord. Say spank you, spank you, make you kneel, you don't dare to stand. This taste of power to determine the lives of ordinary people is not something that a modern billionaire can enjoy.

Of course, Sun Dan's psychology is still dark to this extent. He just suddenly realized that although he is now extremely miserable, as long as he has fame and blends into the system, he can see officials without kneeling, and he can transform into a respected adult.

A dignified life is a happy life.

I'm also a college student and I'm literate. In the Ming Dynasty, he could be regarded as a first-class intellectual.

Exams, from childhood to adulthood, have I taken fewer exams?

Everything is inferior, but reading is high.

This sentence was more practical in the Ming Dynasty.

"Study, take the imperial examination, and go out!" Three glittering targets are ahead, seemingly distant, but within reach.

The strong impact made Sun Dan's body hot, and through Zhang Zhixian's words, he seemed to see the future of brocade clothes and jade food.

The future is so clear, just find the right path and go on firmly.

Walking out of the yamen, the citizens who had been around the yamen to watch the excitement had already dispersed, and only Zhiniang stood there alone and waited. Probably after waiting a little longer, the little girl was full of anxiety. When he saw Sun Dan come out completely, his eyes were red, and he hurriedly walked up, looked at his fiancé up and down, and whispered, "Are you okay?" ”

Sun Dan was in high spirits, but he didn't answer, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he slowly walked forward.

"Sun Lang, are you really okay?" The little girl was so anxious that tears were about to fall, she chased after her with small steps, and muttered while following behind: "This is too bad, you are pretending to be someone from the Hou family of Huichang...... If it happens, how can it be obtained? Sun Lang, no matter how hard it is, you won't come to this point! Who is the Marquis of Huichang and how to deceive them. It's over, it's over. ”

Sun Dan saw that she was really scared enough, so she stood still helplessly, and spread her hands: "I am really a side disciple of the Sun family of the Marquis of Huichang, and my Sun Dan is not a person who recognizes his ancestors indiscriminately, don't worry." ”

"You ......" Zhi Niang stomped her foot: "It's all like this, you are still talking nonsense." Isn't it just two taels of silver, at most we will beg Daddy. You can't do that either. ”

After all, she is a little girl, although she looks very strong on the surface, but in fact she is very fragile. Sun Dan couldn't bear it in his heart, although Zhi Niang was not the type he liked, although he had a strong resistance to this kind of feudal marriage in his heart. But he had to be moved by Zhi Niang's kindness to him, he sighed, comforted the little woman while walking, and asked her to calm down for a long time.

But even so, Zhi Niang still felt very uneasy, and when she got home, she said that she wanted to cook for Sun Dan, but as soon as she sat in front of the stove, she supported her chin and was fascinated by the fiery red stove.

Sun Dan didn't notice Zhi Niang's abnormality, he was in a state of excitement now, and as soon as he got home, he lay on the bed and thought about it. After a long time, he realized that the atmosphere in the house was not quite right.

The fire was burning vigorously, and the water in the pot was boiling, and the water vapor was rising, and the smoke was choking, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.

The room where Sun Dan and Zhi Niang live is very shabby, there is no separate kitchen, cooking and sleeping are done in one room, it is cramped and dirty, and it is suffocating.

"The water is boiling, it's time to get rice." Sun Dan finally couldn't help coughing and reminded Zhi Niang in a low voice.

"Ah, I forgot!" Zhi Niang woke up from her sleepwalking suddenly, she wiped her eyes, and put her hand into the rice jar, but she didn't stretch it out for a long time.

"What's wrong?"

"I didn't ...... There is no rice......" The tears in Zhi Niang's eyes finally fell: "Sun Lang...... I, I'm sorry for you, my family is poor like this. I know you haven't eaten anything since you hit your head. Luckily, I just spun a piece of cloth last night. I'm going to sell it and buy some rice to cook. The owner of the cloth shop rented my father's shop, and for my father's sake, I begged him to see if he could pay more......

Speaking of this, Zhi Niang suddenly woke up to the fact that this shop used to belong to Sun Dan. Realizing that she had said the wrong thing, Zhi Niang lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry." ”