Jiangning County, in the southeast, is a large county, Jiangning water is vigorous, the water system extends in all directions, compared with Pinghu, the water network coverage rate is ten percentage points higher. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Another advantage is that Jiangning is built near the sea and has developed commerce and trade, and many merchants from the east have to supplement grain and grass in Jiangning County before going north or west.

The water here is full of moisture, the air is humid, and the wind blows warm on people.

At the same time, eastern Zhejiang is a large province with the imperial examination system, and the number of people who are sent to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination from here every year is the largest, and there are more champions in the world than in eastern Zhejiang.

Ten days later, a township examination will be held in Jiangning County, and a large number of outstanding talents will be selected to become the fresh blood of the imperial court bureaucracy.

Sun Qi, the natural ambition lies in this, a commoner, if he wants to improve his social status as soon as possible, the fastest way is to take the imperial examination, and climb step by step along the big tree of the imperial examination.

But this is also the slowest method, as the saying goes, "Thirty old Ming Jing, fifty old Jinshi." ”

Some people, in their entire lives, have not been able to pass the Jinshi examination, glorifying their ancestors.

Lu Ji, who Sun Qi is talking about, is such a genius, fifty years old, middle-aged proud.

Of course, there was to be an investigation before entering the city gate, and the two guards saw that although Wu Qiuyue was dressed in men's clothes, they looked at her chest slightly bulging, and thought that they had hidden the murder weapon, and they were about to step forward to touch Wu Qiuyue's body and search her body.

Sun Qi Huo Ran showed the red divine order given to him by the old man with a mask.

The two guards were immediately respectful, and no longer intended to interrogate Sun Qi and his party.

After entering the city, Sun Qi first found a place to store his horses and luggage in an inn, and then went out to the streets.

"It is said that this Jiangning County has a population of hundreds of thousands, and now when I see it, it is really extraordinary."

Sun Qi and the three of them slowly wandered the streets, the main street of Jiangning County, almost enough to accommodate thirty horses to run rampant, and their wealth can be imagined.

"Brother Qi, I asked, Mr. Lu has not been in the house recently, he has something to do in Beijing, only his son is staying at home, you see, should we go?"

Blacksmith Wang panted, he inquired for a long time, and lingered in front of the Lu Mansion for a long time, and was almost regarded as a misdemeanor, and almost reported to the government.

Go, of course. But Sun Qi couldn't help but regret in his heart, he finally came to Jiangning once, and Master Lu was not there, which was really sad.

"Qiuyue, wait a few words, so as not to be seen that you are a girl."

Sun Qi kindly reminded him, and Qiu Yue nodded sensibly.

Sun Qi came to the Lu family's compound with a feeling of uneasiness.

"Who? That black man, who has been wandering here just now, does he have any opinion of the Lu family? ”

One of the guards said in a disapproving tone. Of course, the black man was referring to the king blacksmith, who was walking around at the door of people's houses just now, and was almost regarded as a thief.

"Xiaosheng Sun Qi, a distant disciple of Master Lu, took advantage of the convenience of the imperial examination today to come to visit the honored master."

"Oh, it turned out to be the master's disciple, the master is not in the house, you just came at the wrong time, if you come three days earlier, Mr. Xing will see you."

Hum! The master has more disciples outside, you are the oldest, I really don't know where the disciples came out again, there were several so-called disciples a few days ago, pretending to be just to eat, and finally let me make something new to show my identity, and I was frightened.

These people, who look like they're from the countryside, shouldn't they also come to get some light!

The doorman thought so, so he acted very exclusively.

"Xiaosheng prepared a thin gift and wanted to ask someone to transfer it to Mr. Lu."

"Just give me something, I'll hand it over to Mr. Lu, and I won't bother you to go in!"

The doorman spoke unceremoniously, and the eviction order was confident.

Sun Qi stepped forward quickly and handed the doorman a delicate box containing a pocket watch and an instruction manual for it.

The meeting gift for the old gentleman should be magnificent enough, after all, the pocket watch that was first released in the world in a limited edition, and the material is gold-plated.

The doorman snatched Sun Qi's gift and turned to enter the door.

"Okay, you can go, I'll transfer it to Master Lu, by the way, what's your name?"

"Sun Qi, strange Qi!"

Sun Qi repeated it again, and the doorman closed the gate of the Lu Mansion tightly, leaving only Sun Qi and the three of them looking at each other awkwardly outside the Lu Mansion Gate.

This janitor of the Lu family is really like a fairy, coming and going without a shadow.

Leaving the gate of the Lu Mansion, Sun Qi wandered the streets aimlessly again, and he found that the streets and alleys were full of shops that bought and sold food, goods, gold, silver and groceries, and there was very little book industry.

Although the entanglement brought by Sun Qi is enough, he is not satisfied with sitting on the mountain and eating empty, it is better to find a job, he eats and plays for nothing all day long, wasting his youth, which really makes him embarrassed.

"The progress of industrialization is inseparable from the spread of civilization, and many advanced knowledge must be disseminated by bookstores."

Sun Qi walked on the road and slowly explained to Wu Qiuyue, who also thoughtfully agreed.

"But the book manufacturing industry in Jiangning County is very backward, although the business is developed, Childe, you see, there is a rare bird and beast shop opened by a merchant from Dongying, which is full of beasts that my Han does not have..."

After all, Wu Qiuyue has a child's heart and a lot of playfulness, so she quickly threw herself into playing.

The distribution of Jiangning County is very huge, and if it can combine papermaking and printing technology to create an unprecedented book printing business, the development prospects are enough to imagine.

Looking at the low building in front of him and the signboard hanging diagonally on the door, Sun Qi couldn't believe his eyes.

"This is Jiangning Bookstore!"

The tone couldn't hide the surprise, after all, the bookstore is a place where a country promotes culture, who would have thought that it would be so simple and dilapidated, like a rotten slum, I really can't imagine how this bookstore usually works.

"Are they all manuscripts?"

"Probably! After all, printing is too high-end, and our Han Dynasty has not yet developed to that realm! ”

Wu Qiuyue was surprised, so many people in the county town, the bookstore was all hand-copied, how troublesome it should be, and he strode into it at the moment.

The scene inside really made Sun Qi cry and laugh, the inside of the bookstore was not big, but it looked chaotic and heavy, poorly lit, smoky, dozens of dilapidated wooden tables and chairs, each with a kerosene lamp on it, and then there were many people sitting, writing it, and the paper was piled up, yes, it was copying books.

"Really, how long will it take to finish copying a book like this?"

Wu Qiuyue explained. It was the first time she had seen someone copy a book so engrossively, which was not at all what she had seen in her new textbook.

"Well, probably dozens of hours! After all, it is not easy to complete the task of copying as quickly as possible, and at the same time maintain the fairness of the handwriting. ”

At this time, it seemed that the person in charge of this bookstore, with a high hat and purple robe, saw that Sun Qi and his gang were standing and did not leave, and thought that they were looking for a job.

"Hey, a few of you, copy a copy of "Zizhi Tongjian", complete it in ten days, can you do it for one or two silver?"