Ning Zhiyuan, who came out of the room, greeted Li Ting, and set off, in a bit of a hurry, taking the Li family's merchant ship and sailing directly to Beizhili.

In addition to the Li family's men on the boat, it was Ning Zhiyuan's personal soldiers and Li Ran, the girl seemed to be haunted, and she was still thinking about feeding him medicine again on the boat.

This kind of thing, in the past life and this life, he sat less, at the moment it was bumpy, but he didn't faint, he was a little disappointed, but he hoped that he could faint, although he was not afraid of other people's criticism, but no one likes to lose face.

Walking all the way, occasionally looking at the prosperous scene along the coast through his sight, he would be a little sad, how long later, because of natural disasters, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, these no longer exist. And the waterway is indeed much faster than the land route, and when you wake up, it is a luxurious dock.

The wharf may not be suitable for luxury description, but Ning Zhiyuan's mood is enough to express it, the general wharf is a single port, and the port of Jinling is different, which can accommodate two merchant ships back and forth at the same time, and at this time, there are indeed eight avenues.

He had never been to the capital before, so at this moment, Ning Zhiyuan really couldn't figure out why Daming would go bankrupt and bankrupt with such a developed port.

Walking down the wharf is a lively street market, Ning Daguan who got off the boat was followed by more than a dozen soldiers wearing civilian clothes, and the crowd was also hidden a lot, in this part of the capital, he believed that in addition to himself, only Chongzhen had this situation when he traveled, although he didn't want to do this, but the many assassinations made him a little wary of it, and every time it was so unexpected.

Everything is expensive, but not as expensive as life.

Following a person who led the way, Ning Zhiyuan secretly thought that Li Dingfang also had a heart, but he was afraid that someone would be watching at the dock all day long, waiting for him to come.

The prosperous phenomenon of the three-year meeting is indeed very spectacular, not to mention, you can see the grand scene of stalls in the streets and alleys full of people everywhere, but I am afraid that it will directly continue the style of the Chinese New Year's Eve Shangyuan Festival.

The prosperity of the capital is indeed beyond imagination, it is said that after Li Zicheng broke through the capital at that time, he won 70 million taels of silver for the first time, before he did not believe it, if the capital is so rich, Chongzhen will take the annual income of two million silver from the treasury to die in the country?

In this regard, he can only explain now that Chongzhen is a special person, so ruthless that he has the heart to kill so many officials, but he is not willing to rob money, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has exhausted the rule of Wenjing for many years, and he has not forcibly borrowed money from rich merchants, and finally became famous all over the world, and the army is in hand, who dares to resist?

To a certain extent, at this time, Chongzhen is the family and the country.

And the people who were busy dressing up as scholars in several shops he saw, Ning Zhiyuan also remembered that since he won the township test to solve the Yuan, he had never taken the court's money about lifting people once, which can also explain why he tried to be a mouth, these scholars are still running around for a living.

If everything in his life in Jinling goes on like this, how difficult it is for him to live by raising people, shaking his head, Chongzhen is afraid that he is used to seeing these prosperous and rich scenes in his previous life, and he doesn't know what the life of the people in the world has become, right?

In this life, he has been to Ningxia and passed through the northwest, is it considered a warning to him?

At this point in time, there are still five or six days before the examination, and there is no inn at this time, and even the houses that can be used to rent in ordinary people's homes have all been rented out.

I have to say that Li Dingfang still knows some routines, since he made a lot of silver last year, he bought a mansion in Beijing, two thousand taels of silver, located in the middle of Yongding Gate and the Bell and Drum Tower, it can be said that this is the richest place in the capital at present.

It's just the richest on the surface, but in fact, the merchants in the capital are far less rich than the officials in the capital.

Except for more than ten people who followed Ning Zhiyuan into the courtyard, the rest of the guards did not know how many guards were hidden everywhere.

This mansion is a hexadecimal house, the door is open to the drum tower, but it is backward but I don't know where it extends, the area is very large, Li Dingfang walked out of a courtyard on the right, the reason why it is the right side, because this is the location chosen by Li Dingfang.

Li Dingfang probably knew Ning Chaiyuan's character a little, and he didn't seem to care about this imperial examination, but he couldn't do it himself, which was equivalent to completely collapsing his belief in studying for so many years, so he still wanted to take the exam, but he was not very urgent about the result.

It was noon, Ning Zhiyuan looked at the sky and went to Xu Guangqi's house, he could live here, but it was too attractive, and he didn't know if Xu Guangqi was among the examiners of the imperial examination this time.

Everything did not make any waves, and the life was peaceful.

The number of people who will take the examination is naturally less than that of the township examination, but the township examination is a provincial examination, and the general examination is equivalent to the national examination, and in the case of the same number of people, the examiner has become twice as large.

Wen Tiren was a little disappointed at this time, he broke away from the courtiers' team and stood on Chongzhen many times at critical times, and he was rejected by everyone, and the reason why he can still stand in the court now is only because Chongzhen misses his love, otherwise he would have been played with a thousand holes by the same and full of tricks, but this time the chief examiner is still Zhou Yanru, which makes him a little shocked.

As a veteran who has been in the officialdom for so many years, he is really puzzled this time.

The examiner was personally appointed by Chongzhen, and such an opportunity to recruit disciples was given to Zhou Yanru, it seems that Chongzhen still values Zhou Yanru very much.

Although Wen Tiren himself was promoted by Zhou Yanru, he just had no status, so he was eager to bring him down, and this time, among the candidates, there was such a special person as Ning Zhiyuan, this was an opportunity.

A hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, hoping that this time Zhou Yanru could fulfill everyone's wishes and make things difficult for Ning Zhiyuan

Zhou Yanru's house at this time had just sent away a large number of people, with various purposes, but in general, it was still his identity as the main examiner this time, asking for the way for some candidates and seeking death for some candidates.

Because of Ning Zhiyuan, everyone, including Zhou Yanru, has a lot less land in Beijing, and the most of their ancestral property is still in their hometown, there are not many places in the capital, and the land here represents face.

They have all kinds of reasons to hate Ning Zhiyuan, and Zhou Yanru is too, but he can't make any moves himself, he is not a fool.

He can step down Qian Longxi with Wen Tiren, which is enough to prove his unscrupulous means, and Wen Tiren is not on the same line with him anymore, if he is so blind again, Chongzhen will let him change himself at any time, and his life will be in vain.

put away Wu Weiye's nomination and sighed deeply, it is also difficult to be an official, but who made this his hobby?

And after Ning Daguan visited Xu Guangqi, he went straight back to his house, and the after-effects of the day's boat finally appeared, and he fell asleep in a dizzy state, not knowing that because of him, the two biggest traitors in the dynasty were trying their best for him.

And in his own eyes, he really felt that he was just going through the motions.

The capital is prosperous, and when he first arrived, Chongzhen learned the news and learned that he had brought many guards, and he became confused

For a long time in the future, the capital will be so lively, more than three will try to more than April palace test, and then to the new champion gold list after the title of the joy I believe can make the merchants in the capital make a lot of money

The swallow tower on Gulou Street is the most famous green building in the capital, but because it is in the capital, it is a little more mixed.

Chongzhen is not a lustful person, but he is in urgent need of money, this swallow building does not know that it was opened by Chongzhen, but maybe it is just those related households who are stained with the clothes of the powerful, but Ning Zhiyuan does not like to come here.

This is just the emotion he felt after coming here, before being called by Li Ying, Ning Daguan was still a little curious, the Qinglou he had been to was the three or four by the Qinhuai River, if not counting the ones he opened in Ningxia.

In his heart, the Qinglou by the Qinhuai River, although he didn't like it, he didn't dislike it, but when he arrived here, there was only disappointment left in his eyes, and the medicine he had just drunk in his stomach was also churning, and he couldn't calm down.

Li Ying didn't seem to be comfortable either, and he didn't seem to have been to the Qinglou in the capital, and finally knew that the local officials and the Beijing officials played differently, but they didn't have much disgust.

These women's looks are very attractive, but their eyes are really difficult to get into the play, if the prostitutes in Jinling Qinglou have that kind of sorrow and charm in their eyes, this swallow building is probably charming and charming, and they look like they are picking up their clothes, which makes Ning Zhiyuan not interested at all.

In the past few days, he has been drinking those medicines and training continuously, which has made him even think about Li Ran several times, sometimes during the day, which makes the scene a little embarrassing.

But in this green building, it suppressed his fire, and it was really a little embarrassing.

For most of this group of scholars, Qinhuaihe and Yanzilou may have different styles, but the result is the same, there are very few scholars who can be favored by famous prostitutes among thousands of scholars, and there are very few of them who are still running for the future.

Some people play conquest, others like comfort.

Doing business is an art, knowing which markets are the best to grasp, and Swallow House is doing very well.

Zhang Pu is not lacking in charm, his fame is very big in Shilin, and there are already several concubines and a wife in the family, but he came here at this time to meet the appointment.

He knows very well how his fame came about, and he has done a few things that the children of the poor family want to do, but they don't have the courage to do it, otherwise with his identity as an official concubine, he will only be drowned in one of the many scholars, so he must properly cater to the minds of many people while maintaining his high profile and arrogance.

The last time he was in the courtyard, it was the last footprint he planned to leave in Jinling before he went back, but he was nakedly slapped in the face, and the pain on his face was light, but the pain in his heart was the most fatal.

But the last incident was not without benefits, he knew that he was just a vassal under the Donglin Party, at least temporarily, some of the current scholars of the Fushe were just from humble backgrounds, and there were almost no official positions, so this kind of transformation had to start from this examination.

Many children of the poor family will enter the house under his operation and embark on a career in office, and the strength of the Restoration Society at that time cannot be said at the same time.

Originally, this kind of operation was extremely difficult, after all, he was just a lifter, so he thought about stumbling Ning Zhiyuan and increasing his chips, although the matter failed, his chips were also saved.

"Brother Zhou, drink and drink." Zhang Pu smiled and toasted at a bloated-faced man, although his reputation had been damaged, he believed that those scholars who had received his favor would be more grateful to him.

The person in front of him who is not good-looking is Zhou Yanru's grandson Zhou Kan, who has all the characteristics of being a gentleman, and even, Zhang Pu thinks that this is even more unbearable than an ordinary gentleman.

"Over there is the popular candidate for this Huiyuan, Jiang Zuo Wu Weiye, next to Wang Gong" Zhang Pu introduced at the right time, a smile appeared in his heart, these are all members of his Restoration Society, with his horse head as a star, his face turned around, and suddenly his smile froze.

"Brother Zhang, why don't you continue." Zhou Kan enjoyed this feeling very much, and the abrupt end at this time made him very uncomfortable, although he didn't think too much of Zhang Pu, but this kind of famous people in the world are faintly giving themselves as subordinates, and it's good to be called by themselves, they are all born well, because of their grandfather who is the first assistant.

"Oh," a hint of gloom flashed on Zhang Pu's face, and he quickly calmed down, his first reaction was that he wanted to leave, because he was worthless in the confrontation with this Ning Jieyuan, and if the two of them bumped into each other again, everyone would unconsciously remember that they had been taught a hard lesson by him.

This matter was rumored to be rumored, but when he caught a glimpse of the Zhou Kan beside him, he suddenly had an idea in his heart.

"Brother Zhou, that is the prefect of Ningxia who is now in the limelight, and he is also the trial solution of Jinling Township, but it's amazing." Zhang Pu smiled and said, for a moment, he felt that his heart had become much stronger again.

"Ning Zhiyuan?" Zhou Kan said and nodded, "It's really amazing." "At least in Zhou Kan's heart, Ning Zhiyuan is much more powerful than Zhang Pu and others, they are really fighting tough battles, and their literary style is better than them, and they are both civil and military.

Zhang Pu nodded, a little unhappy in his heart, listening to Zhou Kan's sincere tone, he was very uncomfortable, but it was not so superficial.

"It's a bit remarkable." Zhang Pu kept his original tone and said, and he despised Zhou Kan even more, praising a person who had a violent conflict with him in front of him, to what extent did he think about it?

Zhou Kan glanced at Zhang Pu unabashedly in surprise, Ning Zhiyuan and his conflict have spread for so long, but almost all people who read the book know it.

Zhang Pu was a little uncomfortable by Zhou Kan's eyes, and then said, "So this is also the reason why Ning Jieyuan can provoke so many Qinglou women, and the entire Jinling Qinglou is like he opened it himself." ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Zhou Kan and found that he didn't have any expression, if the yearning on his face didn't count, Zhang Pu also had a grudge against the homecoming, the last time he was in the homecoming, there was such a big movement, and the old bustard who returned to the homeyard did not show up from beginning to end, which made him wonder, otherwise things might not have developed so embarrassingly.

Zhang Pu was a little helpless at this time, feeling that Zhou Kan still didn't seem to understand what he meant, so he stopped talking and waited for the development of things.

"Later, if Miss Yokoba comes out again, things will be clear." Zhang Pu thought at this time, half-bowing his head, not wanting Ning Zhiyuan to see his face clearly.

However, he was only deluding himself.

There are almost no people in the capital who know Ning Daguan, and they only know those scholars who have seen him from Jinling to take the exam, so he seems very quiet at the moment.

He naturally saw Zhang Pu, and it was not that he saw it by accident, but that Zhang Pu was too conspicuous.

Sitting at the middle table in a high profile, it was not that someone toasted him, but he seemed to find himself when he looked like that, otherwise he would not dare to face his side, and he couldn't help but feel a little funny.

He won't be able to go to Zhang Pu for trouble, the last incident was also provoked by the other party first, and it was also a very interesting thing to see the other party pretending to be the spiritual leader of this group of people in fear.

It seems that all the green buildings are a routine, after a few rounds of wine and a few songs, the atmosphere begins to be really lively, and the men and women also begin to get lost.

He didn't hear his own tunes, maybe Yanzilou didn't imitate this item at all, maybe those songs didn't fit the artistic conception at this time, and he didn't know how many of them were scholars who were about to take the exam, but more he thought it should be the rich children who came to visit the kiln in a hurry.

The title of the gold list is for glory and wealth, but they don't need it.

The crowd began to fall silent, and down from the downstairs was a figure dressed in crimson, who had been targeted by many tonight.

At this moment, Zhang Pu raised his head, his breathing became a little short, even though he had seen this woman many times.

Zhou Kan's eyes began to shine, his mouth grew bigger, and Li Ying also stopped the movement of his hand to a woman and looked at the woman in a daze.

Only a deep pant remained in the entire building, and a strong scent of osmanthus reverberated in the building. (To be continued.) )