Zhang Shi'an's hands kept shaking.

But the people present did not underestimate him because of this, but looked at him with envy, or rather, at the thick book in his hand.

Earlier, everyone had already seen Shen Yun's handwriting.

Many people are thinking about how amazing it would be to have such a book, full of that kind of handwriting. Now, they see it.

Liu Qingming, who was sitting next to Zhang Shi'an, couldn't bear it anymore, and no matter how rude he was in front of Shangguan, he stretched his neck and leaned around Zhang Shi'an, listening to Zhang Shi'an muttering incessantly.

"The dragon chapter and the phoenix seal, it is simply the dragon chapter and the phoenix seal. With both the style of writing and the elegance of the heart, a person who can write this kind of handwriting must be a well-educated person. ”

But if there is some interest, it is good to look at people with words. At this time, Zhang Shi'an was itchy and couldn't help but comment on the person who wrote these words.

Liu Qingming was no exception, and at this time, he actually had no awe of Shangguan, and immediately retorted: "Otherwise, this ink fragrance is not like a precious thing, and most of the people who have the interest to copy this thing are a poor scholar." ”

"If you are a well-educated person, how can you be so downcast as a business of copying books for others. I think it must be a hopeless idle cloud and wild crane in the scientific expedition. ”

For the scientific examination, Liu Qingming attaches great importance to it.

Although he is now the county magistrate of Chengji County at the age of thirty-five, he is a man of the hour in the field. Three years ago, this was the seventh in the second class, and he was the first.

In comparison, Zhang Shi'an, who is in his forties, is more than 40 from three families and is from a Jinshi. If it weren't for the longer time he had been an official, where would Liu Qingming have a great future.

The young man smiled and said nothing, just watched the two argue because of this, and finally came to no conclusion, and found his head: "Fan Gongzi, tell me, what is the identity of the owner of this handwriting?" ”

While Zhang Shi'an and Liu Qingming were arguing, the rest of the people took the two books, and three or five people got together and began to evaluate them.

As for the young man, he smiled at this time: "The two of you are a little restless, it is really a coincidence, the owner of this handwriting is really under the rule of the two." ”

The two were surprised.

Especially Zhang Shi'an, in the past few years in Qinzhou, not to mention his hard work, he also attaches great importance to the local education. If there are outstanding scholars in the people, there are many rewards for their plainness.

I never thought that there were still lost pearls in the wilderness, but it was cheaper for people to pick them up.

"Shall I rule? Isn't it a native of Chengji County? Liu Qingming, you have to give me an explanation, this kind of talent, even if he fails the scientific examination, he can still be recommended to be a staff member or the like. ”

Zhang Shi'an was already unhappy in his heart, Liu Qingming was fighting for the ranking of the imperial examination, and he didn't underestimate himself as a superior. I'm afraid that today's person is also not famous because of Liu Qingming's arrogance.

When he said this, Liu Qingming was a little unhappy.

"Don't want to defile me plainly, you must know that although this Chengji County is the capital of Qinzhou, Pingsu Prefecture and County School are only talking about hundreds of people. As soon as I was in charge of the county, I was in office for two years, and in which year did the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Merit not give me the best in terms of education. ”

The two of them blushed and had thick necks arguing over this trivial matter, which really made the scribes present dumbfounded.

However, the matter of literati, it is better to steal than to steal, and it is better to quarrel than to fight.

The argument was like this, but in the end, there was still no reason for it, and the young man's face was a little embarrassed. Don't sell it at the moment: "The two are angry, but it's not a mistake for edification." However, because of this, people are young and poor, and their knowledge is insufficient, so they are not famous. ”

Liu Qingming understood.

Now I really have the upper hand. However, Zhang Shi'an was also comforted by the young man in due course: "Zhang Fuzun read the "Jinshi Collection" before, this person copied it within five days, and he has the ability to never forget. ”

"Doesn't that mean that if you give him a room full of books, he will be able to read them in a few years and then memorize them like a stream?" Zhang Shi'an came to be interested.

The humble scholar himself has the same background as him, coupled with outstanding talent, if he can make a name for himself in his own hands, wouldn't it be a wonderful thing?

The young man nodded: "That's true, and the words are quite insightful, Xu is a great task from heaven, and this scientific expedition has never even been released." If three years later, all the way to the top, it is not known. ”

The young man's family history can be so praised by him, and the scribes present are curious.

"I don't know who can be so appreciated by Fan Gongzi?"

"But it's a native of Niu Saddle Fort, called Shen Yun, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. I didn't even have a private seal that day, but I made up one later, and when I brought it over, I took his words and went to eat and drink outside the city with the princes. ”

Speaking of which, this is also an elegant matter, and they keep missing each other, but the young people appreciate Shen Yun more and more.

"I will definitely summon him another day to test his knowledge. If the knowledge is acceptable, if he is allowed to enter the county school, he will also support him more, and he will not miss the talent. ”

Liu Qingming is also a clever person, and he took advantage of this gap to tell his plans, which really won the favor of many people here.

Who would have thought that Liu Qingming's change of day would be delayed again and again, and it would be useless in the end.

Farmers are prolific and idlers, after all, the work is intensive in spring and autumn. However, storing the grain in the warehouse does not mean that you can sit back and relax.

Early in the morning, Shen Yun's third uncle, Shen Mei, came to Shi Shiran.

Shen Mei is also a villager of Niu'anbao, but she is not near Shen Yun's house, but has moved to the westernmost part of the village. Although he and Shen Shan generally have only one son, Shen Mei's son Shen Yan is much better than Shen Yun.

As early as two years ago, he was admitted to the state school, and he became a student this year. Every month, there will be money and food from the state school awards, although it is not much each time, but over time, it has pushed Shen Mei's family background to the third among the brothers.

I came to the door today, but it was for the next thing to build a ditch.

The cultivated land of the six families is irrigated by the Wei water that is brought in. The partial ditches were all dug and then made of stone inlay ditches. Over time, stones will naturally be washed away, and the ground below will gradually wash away to form gaps.

A ditch is destined to be the lifeline of these ordinary people.

Every year, the people of the village will repair the ditch on their own initiative, each responsible for the section on the edge of the land, and there are even public messengers, and each family will repair some on the main ditch.

There are six Shen Shan brothers, and now the land is all in one place, and the project that can't be repaired is definitely not small. In the morning, Shen Mei heard the village elder mention it, so she discussed how several families should prepare early.

"Big brother, the canal will be repaired in a few days, you and Shen Yun should prepare earlier, and grab more stones this morning."

The stones are not square rocks that come from the mountains, but pebbles that form naturally in the river beach. Every stone about the size of a person's head, but if it has some square or round meaning, it can be used as a material for repairing canals.

However, this kind of thing, after all, will become the target of the villagers' crazy robbery when it is used.

Shen Shan is an acute child.

When Shen Mei left the house, she hurriedly dragged Shen Yun on, pulled the dilapidated mule cart at home, and walked towards the river beach.

It seems to be a joke that people pull mule carts. However, in this northwest land, it is the most common thing. Five or six families only have one ploughing ox, and even fewer mules and horses, which can only be bought for a dozen taels of silver.

The Shen family originally had cattle and horses, but later, in order to let the fifth and sixth children find messengers in the county, they all changed the silver and made some points.

There are a lot of pebbles in the river beach. After being washed away by the rain for a year, I can't help but have a clean surface, and even the roots have been washed out. It saved the two of them a lot of effort.

Don't look at the small mule cart, Shen Yun expected that this thing would also get one-fifth of a square stone. How did he know that in Shen Shan's hands, every gap was tightly squeezed, and a hill-like top was piled up on top.

Looking at it this way, it is definitely more than half a square stone.

The weight can be imagined.

If you don't be a mule or a horse, you don't know the hardships of mules and horses. Now that he is a mule and horse, Shen Yun's thin body is on the car, and Shen Shan is constantly pushing behind him. The uneven loess road slid stones from the car from time to time, but they were quickly picked up by Shen Shan and put on the car.

The father and son picked up the stones for only half an hour, but it took a whole hour to push and shove them to the ground. Shen Yun's heart was broken.

Just like that, a layer of skin was pulled up on his shoulders. And in front of him, there are still hundreds of acres of land, not to mention twenty carts of stones. Looking at Shen Shan's meaning, he simply asked the two of them to pull all the stones needed by the six families.

However, the most difficult thing to do is to get the pebbles to the ground. Holding a stone to fill the edge of the canal with soil is the most easy and simple.

Shen Yun really wanted to know, after his family had done this, what would he do with the others? Is it just to sit on the ground and watch, or is it just to push the matter of repairing the canal on yourself?

Shen Shan didn't have words in the end, and Shen Yun didn't say the resentment in his heart.

Father and son seem to have turned into stuffy gourds at this time, and they only acted as oxen and horses, and rode back and forth between the river beach and the fields in mule carts.

A day passed, Kankan had pulled enough five carts of stones, and Shen Yun was already sore and weak, and his whole body seemed to fall apart. The shoulders of the two partial-born people hurt hotly, and when they opened their clothes, there were several blood marks.

After dinner, I thought the family would sleep soundly.

Who knew that Shen Shan at this time stubbornly wore a leather jacket and walked alone to the field outside the village. Shen Mu understood what he meant, that is, she was afraid that others would steal the stone and go to the ground to guard it.

Shen Yun was anxious and stopped at the moment.

The night in Niu'an Fort is not very peaceful, not to mention the robbers who walk at night, and the jackals that come and go from time to time are enough to make people fearful. It took a lot of words to persuade Shen Shan to return to the house.