Time is flowing like water in the palm of his hand, and Ning Zhiyuan knows what rebellion is happening in the outside world. chaos, and he can't do anything now, and he won't think about saving this dynasty that is rotten to the extreme. The relief grain allocated from the imperial court to the local government is not one out of ten, which can be seen in general.

What he has to do now is just to accumulate his strength, and take care of this lovely girl around him.

Ning Zhiyuan felt that Xing Yuanyuan, a little girl, might be able to know music, in his opinion, most of the girls who were literate in ancient times knew music, so he wanted to have a piano so that she wouldn't be so bored at home alone.

But after looking at it on the street, Ning Zhiyuan still decided not to buy it.

Because I couldn't afford it, I had to make it myself.

During the month of rural study, Du Cheng would always ask some questions for Ning Zhiyuan to answer, and as a graduate student of the Chinese Department with deep literary skills, this is very simple, these are only about literature, not politics, perhaps in the eyes of most people, the Ming Dynasty, now there is no danger of losing the country.

But that's not the case.

From this month's conversation, Ning Zhiyuan has learned a little about Li Dingguo's brothers, the two of them fled from Shaanxi to Yingtianfu, their parents have died of famine, and they escaped very early in order to avoid the risk of war, this is Li Dingfang's idea, Ning Zhiyuan has to admit that this is a very outstanding teenager, I just don't know why he didn't leave his mark in history, looking not very well, it won't be an early death, right?

Ning Zhiyuan only remembered that Li Dingguo in history was also from Shaanxi, and he didn't know anything else, and the rough boy he met, maybe it was, maybe not, it didn't matter, he didn't respect the so-called famous generals very much, in his eyes, this was all the situation practice, and he might be able to do it.

They built a thatched hut in the suburbs, and Xiucai, who was originally the same as Ning Zhiyuan, still had a good fortune, but in recent years, because of wars in various places, there is no more, perhaps in Chongzhen's opinion, the military salary is not paid, and money is given to Xiucai, which is a joke. So he just relied on Li Dingguo, who was born with the strength to make a hand, to barely make a living by carrying bags at the dock.

In addition to reading and exercising, Ning Zhiyuan is making his piano, which is a technical job, and the tone is always inaccurate, but he has patience.

Such a peaceful day will never last long.

The original owner of this body was a very diligent person, although it was a bit pedantic, but this was the characteristic of the scholars of this era, and the four books and five classics that he memorized skillfully in his mind were the best evidence.

The three people who participated in the township examination were Ning Zhiyuan, Li Dingfang and another teenager named Huang Yi, after Du Cheng's influence for a month, everyone expected Ning Zhiyuan, and the other two people were recognized as talents by this group of poor scholars.

Du Cheng is full of confidence in this township examination, none of his students in the previous township examination have produced any decent talents, and this year's three, he has great expectations, if someone can come out on top, then he has a great chance of delegating to a good place, this is still an old official fan.

Learning to become a literary and martial artist and selling it to the emperor's family is a deep-rooted thought of people.

The township test was held in a very empty house, which could accommodate more than 1,000 candidates, and there were sixteen people in official uniforms watching.

Ning Zhiyuan's position was in the middle, and he spent two hours writing a policy on the theme of 'people, officials'.

This is a very old-fashioned and novel topic, it can be seen that the difficulty of the township test is not low, there is reason and evidence, the article is smooth is nothing, the key is to have thoughts, with literary style.

In a month's time, Ning Zhiyuan felt that he had almost integrated his original memory, the foundation was there, not to mention his own opinion, there should be no problem with the middle lift, right?

Approaching the answer sheet, he was a little uneasy, Ning Zhiyuan sighed a little self-deprecatingly, the theme is clear, the point of view is novel, and the writing style should be good, this is a requirement.

After thinking for a moment, Ning Zhiyuan put pen to paper.

"The people are sufficient, but they are not enough: the people are rich from below, and the king is rich from above."

"The wealth of the king is hidden from the people, and the people are rich, how can the king have the gift of being poor?"

"Hide in a small building to become a unity, bow your head and be willing to be a son of a cow"

"Huh, the foundation of the law is thought to be for the people, and the country is sufficient, because of this, why bother to ask for rich officials?"

The article of more than 300 words, the title is taken from the Analects, and the middle four strands also require duality, although he is very satisfied with his article, but this so-called eight-strand scholar, I don't know how many scholars have been achieved, and of course, I don't know how many scholars have suffered.

Only half an hour has passed, and it has only taken a small half time, and according to modern views, four hours to write an article of three or four hundred words is enough.

When Ning Zhiyuan walked out of the examination room, he still remembered the surprised eyes of an old bureaucrat who was in charge of the examination, and after he came out, he saw Li Dingguo and seemed to be waiting for Li Dingfang.

The relationship between these two brothers is surprisingly good, which is not available in rich and noble families, the so-called gains and losses, Li Dingfang is relatively big, and Li Dingguo listens to this brother very much, and he himself, go to the school and pretend to be, anyway, he doesn't charge money.

"Dingguo, why are you here?" Ning Zhiyuan asked curiously, it was afternoon, and he should be helping others carry bags at this time.

In the past month, these two people have gradually become familiar with each other, and Li Dingguo suddenly said with a bitter face, "Hey, don't mention it, the owner's goods have been robbed by robbers, and there is no work left." It is estimated that there will be no more robbers in the future. ”

Ning Zhiyuan laughed in his heart, you kid knows that you were the most powerful bandit in your last life, if you hadn't met me in this life, you would have to continue to be a bandit. Subconsciously, he already regarded this kid as the one in history. He frowned consciously and said, "Then what are you going to do now?" ”

"Brother said that it would be good if he won the township test and won the title of lifter." Li Dingguo laughed. "But I still want to continue looking for work, I have a lot of strength."

Ning Zhiyuan looked at the refugees who could be seen everywhere on the road, and knew that it was difficult to find a job, didn't he see that they were all overcrowded? As for relying on the fortune of lifting people, it seems to be reliable, and Li Dingfang seems to be quite powerful.

Nodding, Ning Zhiyuan said hello and turned around and left, it will take more than ten days to wait for the list to be released, the two brothers themselves must help, but they must choose the right time.

After working for so many days, Ning Zhiyuan's body was much stronger, and in the last afternoon, the homemade piano was also done, the strings were made of fine silk thread, which cost three taels of silver, and the piano case was also made of a tree cut by himself, a very rare sunken wood, and it really took a lot of thought.

Xing Yuan liked the piano made by Ning Zhiyuan very much, not only because he gave her a plaything, but also because it had a special meaning.

The time to wait for the release of the list is indeed very boring, although Ning Zhiyuan believes that he will achieve good results, but it is difficult to guarantee that there are no accidents, if he really does not obtain the title of lifter, it is normal, in case which bureaucrat looks at your paper unpleasantly.

The will of the examiner is crucial to some extent.

Ten days of release time is quite sufficient for Ying Tianfu, who is directly subordinate to the imperial court, and it took more than 1,000 candidates three full days to transcribe the articles, and then quietly put them in front of the four judges' boards.

The chief examiner, Li Julin, looked at the more than 1,000 articles and instructed each examiner to read them once, and then the middle and lower articles were directly excluded, and only the superior articles were taken for further evaluation

At the same time, Ning Zhiyuan felt that he was about to grow mushrooms, so he walked out of his nest. "It's rare to hope that the little girl will accompany me out for a trip, but the girl is not happy." He thought a little sneeringly, and suddenly saw Li Dingguo in front of him taking some listless steps in front.

"Eh, why didn't Dingfang come, what's wrong with him?" Ning Zhiyuan walked a few steps in a row and asked.

"Hey, he's sick, and he's lying at home." Li Dingguo's face was even more depressed and said, he still came out to find work today, but there was still no result.

And as the relationship between the three of them became more and more familiar, he also admired Ning Zhiyuan more and more, in his opinion, this was a teenager as powerful as his brother.

Ning Zhiyuan secretly thought to himself that it would not be true that Li Dingfang was very sick, if this was really Li Dingguo in history, it seemed that he joined Zhang Xianzhong's rebel army when he was a teenager, then Li Dingfang should have died early, but in any case, it is always appropriate to go and see it yourself, thinking about it, he hurriedly said, "Dingguo, go, let's go and see Dingfang." ”

"Okay then."

Li Dingguo naturally agreed, Li Dingfang is often like this, although he is worried, but he thinks that there will be no danger.

"I'll call a doctor first." Ning Zhiyuan said and pulled Li Dingguo to the pharmacy, Li Dingguo also wanted to find a doctor to see, but it became a problem to eat, where did he get the money to ask the doctor.

So he twisted and didn't speak, it was really funny for a big man to make this gesture, Ning Zhiyuan saw his thoughts at once, and said with a smile, "I have money, don't worry." It's important to see a doctor. ”

Li Dingguo smiled embarrassedly when he heard this, and the gratitude to Ning Zhiyuan in his heart was indescribable, and the sentence 'seeing a doctor is important' made him feel even more warm.