The township examination is a local examination held by the north and south and the political envoys of each country. The location is in the south, Beijing Mansion, and the residence of the political envoy. Once every three years, it is held every child, Mao, noon, and unitary year, and is also called Xiangfu. The place where the examination is held is called Gongin. Because the examination period is in autumn and August, it is also called autumn.

All students and supervisors of the provincial imperial examination can take the examination. There were two chief examiners, four people in the same examiner, one person who was promoted, and several other officials who presided over the township examination. The examination will be held in three sessions on August 9, 12 and 15. The person who is called in the township examination is commonly known as filial piety, and the first name is Xie Yuan.

At the end of July, Zhou Zhi and Fan Jinche, Lang Lu Xingchuan and Yue Shuzhen embarked on the trip together. Arrived in Beijing on the first day of August.

It stands to reason that the township test location of Beizhili should be in the capital, but over the years, the examination of Beizhili has been arranged in Tongzhou, Shuntianfu.

Tongzhou is only one hundred and eighty miles away from the capital, and eight people rested in the capital for a day, and left for Tongzhou on the third day of the eighth month. The journey of one hundred and eighty miles can be reached in one day. But who would have thought that they originally wanted to hire two carriages, but there were especially many talents who participated in the township test this year, so when they hired the carriages, there was no way to hire any carriages in the huge capital, Lao Fan Jin and Lu Xingchuan ran a few streets in the capital before hiring three donkey carts.

Hehe! Without a horse-drawn cart, the donkey cart would have to make do with it.

But the donkey traveled much slower, and it was only a distance of more than 50 miles in a day. On the way from the capital to Tongzhou, eight people and a few scholars rested for the night, so that they finally arrived in Tongzhou at noon on August 5.

Tongzhou at this time in the Ming Dynasty obviously did not have the prosperity of Tongzhou in later generations. In later generations, Tongzhou was touched by the light of the capital, and the development speed was very fast. Now Tongzhou is obviously a little lonely, Zhou Zhi and others stood in Tongzhou City, just a few simple glances, that is, I feel that this place is not as prosperous as Baoding Mansion.

Prosperity or depression. In short, there were nearly 4,000 people in the entire Beizhili who signed up for the township test, and soon the small Tongzhou was very lively.

By this time, the inn should be in high demand. Maybe it will be a little later, and you won't even be able to find an inn. After three days of exams, is it possible to sleep on the streets during the daily break? This is not fun, so they are not in the mood to enjoy the scenery of Tongzhou City, in fact, there is no scenery to enjoy. Under the guidance of Fan Jin, he hurriedly looked for an inn.

The examination room is in the southwest of Tongzhou, and it is best to find an inn close to the examination room. Anyway, those families have long been overcrowded. There was no way, so I had to find an inn called "Yuelongmen" almost seven or eight miles away from the examination room.

This inn is far away from the examination room, but it is very large and has a lot of rooms. The main thing is that the name is also very good. When the man from the inn saw them and his group, he smiled and said, "It's really time for a few guest officers to come, we don't have many good rooms here."

As soon as I saw a few masters, I was a well-educated person, and when I entered our Yuelongmen Inn, you just waited for high school. In this year's township examination, there are almost 4,000 Xiucai who have signed up for the examination alone. The villain heard that there were only more than 300 people who were admitted. But all the candidates who entered our Yuelongmen Inn have never heard of a failure in the exam.

Ladies and gentlemen, please go upstairs! ”

This guy can be described as sharp-toothed, and everyone who says it is very happy in their hearts. Especially Yue Shuzhen, said with a smile, "Leaping Dragon Gate, okay, in a few days, let me wait for the fish to leap over the Dragon Gate!" ”

Zhou Zhixin smiled secretly.

Zhou Zhi saw clearly, this inn could fill four or five hundred people, to say the least. In other words, there can be a place for four or five hundred candidates. But if this year's township examination Beizhili only admits more than 300 people, what will happen to the rest? Obviously, you can't get in the exam.

Isn't this guy's words inconsistent?

However, such words can only be thought about in my heart, and Zhou Zhi must not disturb everyone's hearts at this time. Besides, the talents of the eight of them are very good, and the hope of each of them in the examination is still very great.

The people followed the man up to the second floor of a building.

Actually, some of what you said is quite right. The inn is spacious, bright, and clean. The most important thing is that the air in the corridor seems to be very fresh. There are almost no buildings around this building, and standing in the porch, you can see far away, which makes people feel that their minds are instantly open-minded and relaxed.

"Here are ten good rooms, take your pick!" The guy said with a smile.

"We've rented all 10 rooms here." Che Lang said.

Che Lang's family is well-off, and expenses such as staying in a hotel, in his opinion, are very simple things, and they can't cost a few dollars. Besides, among these eight people, any family can get by, and it is natural that such things as paying for the house will not be cared about.

By the way, in the past, Zhou Zhi should have been the poorest among them. But now the Zhou family, hehe! That's the richest of the eight.

"Okay! Seeing that a few masters are rich people, with the atmosphere of a few masters, if you don't take one hundred and eighty taels of silver seriously, you will definitely be able to pass the exam.

Waiting for high school, what is one hundred and eighty taels of silver! The guy immediately said happily.

Everyone was stunned, one hundred and eighty taels of silver? Ten rooms are counted in this way, and one should be ten taels of silver. The days they rent are only about half a month, and half a month is ten taels of silver, which is too expensive.

It's no wonder that this Yuelongmen Inn has four or five hundred rooms, and Tongzhou is not a prosperous place, so there are many guests in normal times. They may just be waiting for this triennial township test to slaughter customers. The so-called once earned, you can guarantee it for three years!

Rip off the customer, just kill the customer! People are at such a price, and everyone was really stunned for a moment, and then began to choose a house.

Eight people are going to take the township test, so naturally each person has a room. This also makes it easier for everyone not to disturb each other. The remaining two rooms were crowded together by the scholars.

Zhou Zhi occupied a guest room, he did not let Qi Yanwu go to squeeze with other scholars, but beckoned Qi Yanwu to come, and Zhou Zhi and Qi Yanwu shared a guest room.

In fact, Zhou Zhi will not be able to arrange it like this. Before leaving, Han'er repeatedly told Qi Yanwu to take a moment to disadvantage Zhou Zhi. Of course, after Zhou Zhi entered the examination room, it was a different matter.

Zhou Zhi knew very well that Han'er's arrangement was naturally reassuring to herself.

I don't know why, Han'er is more and more concerned about herself, and her heart is becoming more and more inseparable from herself.

Maybe this is a husband and wife, a couple who have been together for a long time!

Xiao Wu arranged Zhou Zhi's luggage, as well as the four treasures of the study, books and other things he used, and made a pot of tea for Zhou Zhi very carefully. After a tiring journey, Zhou Zhi rested for a while, shared lunch with Fan Jin, Lu Xingchuan and others, and several people invited each other downstairs.

Although today is the fifth day of the eighth month, and there are still three or two days before the exam, the exam room still needs to be familiar with it a little in advance.

A few people had just gone downstairs and walked out of the Yuelongmen Inn, and before they had gone far, they were greeted by two people in Tsing Yi and Confucian shirts. The first person saw Zhou Zhi, greeted him busily, and said, "Oh, Brother Zhou Zhixian, I can be regarded as seeing you!" In this year's township exam, my brother is waiting for you to be at the top of the high school list! ”