"Wu Jin, why did you say that Zhang Xianling wanted to withdraw from the dispute between the head of Hucao?" Wei Ming stared at the white paper on the table, his eyes thoughtful.

Wu Jin was a little absent-minded, he was still thinking about what kind of person the eldest brother should be.

"Hmmm! Maybe he will be affected by the Huang family! ”

"Nope! No, I don't think it's that simple. ”

Wei Ming shook his head, all his thoughts were focused on this delicate relationship, but he didn't realize that he was completely different from usual.

"If I guessed correctly, this is related to the high-level struggle of the imperial court, this time the imperial uncle was dismissed, which had a great impact, I estimate that Zhang Xiangguo will have to stand back and wait and see the situation, so let his son not participate in this power struggle in Donghai County, you know, Donghai County is actually a microcosm of the imperial court, and the retreat of Zhang County's order is actually his father's retreat."

Wei Ming felt that his brother was silent at all, he raised his head and asked suspiciously: "Wu Jin.... What happened to you? ”

"Nothing?"

Wu Jin smiled bitterly, he suddenly understood the eldest brother, the eldest brother is a nerd on the surface, but he is actually a hidden person, last time he proposed to return the inventory to Huangfu Qu, it was a very wise decision, and last time Luo Luo was broken his finger, he was so forbearing, he thought that the eldest brother was cowardly.

"What, do you have any other ideas?" Wei Ming looked at Wu Jin, and he felt that Wu Jin seemed to have something to say.

Wu Jin has returned to normal, in fact, the eldest brother is a little deeper, it is not necessarily a bad thing, this will add a greater advantage to his career, the eldest brother is twenty-seven years old after all, if he is really a nerd, it would be terrible, think about this, Wu Jin's heart suddenly brightened.

"I don't think the eldest brother should fight for this household Cao, this little sesame official is not interesting, the eldest brother should enter Beijing to participate in the imperial examination, since the eldest brother can take the first place in the state examination, it is also very likely to be admitted to the Jinshi, why not directly enter the office?"

"I also wanted to go to the capital to participate in the imperial examination, but now my mind has changed."

"Why?" Wu Jin wanted to know what caused the eldest brother to change his mind.

"No why!"

Wei Ming smiled, "Maybe I think it will be more promising to be the head of the household for a period of time, forget it, let's not talk about this, let's discuss the candidacy of the chief of the household for a while, I have a gut feeling that someone will do something." ”

There are some things that are not good to say to his brother, the reason why he wants to strive for this household Cao is because of Su Hanzhen, he hopes to become Su Hanzhen's confidant, and Su Hanzhen is the prince's first confidant, with this relationship, after a year or two, he will enter Beijing to take the Jinshi examination, and at that time he will naturally climb into the relationship with the prince.

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Huang Jiajing room, Huang Shilang and his two sons sat opposite each other, since losing the gamble with Wu Jin, Huang Shilang suddenly became silent, and he was also very low-key, the defeat of the gambling hit him hard, he suddenly realized that he was old and was no longer the opponent of these young people.

Contrary to his father's low profile, the eldest son Huang Jun is becoming more and more sharp, and he represented his father this afternoon to negotiate with the Huangfu County Duke before the official election, bringing back the latest news.

"This time, the withdrawal of the Wang family has a great impact, in the afternoon, Su Tingshi and Xu Changshi re-agreed on the selection plan, the Guan family took a big advantage, and Guan Xianju will directly enter the second round."

"Isn't the Guan family recommended by Xu Changshi?" The second son, Huang Feng, interjected.

"Yes!"

Huang Jun glanced at his younger brother unhappily, and at this time he still mentioned this kind of mentally retarded problem, but he had something to ask his brother to help, so it was not good to reprimand.

Huang Jun also drew a matchup on a blank piece of paper, the specific five matchups are, the Guan family has a bye, the Huangfu family plays the Chen family, the Huang family plays the Ma family, and the second round is the three matchups, to see who wins in the end.

Huang Jun was a little regretful, "The luck of the Huangfu family is also very good, Chen Shaojia, the son of the Chen family, is just a showman, the weakest of all the families, the first round of elimination is inevitable, my luck is not good, I met Ma Jixiang, he and I used to be the same imperial examination, but at that time he was in the top ten, I was not as good as him in terms of talent." ”

"Jun'er, don't be too arrogant."

Huang Shilang, who had been silent, finally spoke, "Although he has a higher ranking than you, it doesn't mean that his knowledge is better than yours, it's all on the spot, I think your level is almost the same, five or five points!" ”

Huang Jun shook his head, "Father, if you think like this, it makes no sense for us to run for the head of Hucao, it is better to spend money directly to buy an official, since we have spent so much money, we want to ensure an absolute victory, and the county prince also means this, instead of competing honestly, it is better to surprise the soldiers." ”

"Big brother, what is a strange soldier?" Huang Feng asked at the top of his voice.

This time, Huang Jun was not angry with his brother, he patted his brother's shoulder with a smile, "What Qibing means is that for example, if something suddenly happens to Ma Jixiang and he can't come to participate in tomorrow's decision, then I will win directly, do you understand what the eldest brother means?" ”

"This Huangfu County Duke has collected so much money from us, but he has such a bad idea!" Huang Shilang was a little angry.

"Father, you didn't really think it through."

Huang Jun stared into his father's eyes and said lightly: "The role of the Huangfu County Duke is that if we do something out of the ordinary, he will carry it for us." ”

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In the afternoon, Wu Jin leisurely came to the North City, the North City is like the Yiwu Small Commodities Wholesale Market in the later generations, businessmen from all over the country gather here, here is also the second largest market in the Daning Dynasty, second only to the West Market of the capital, there are thousands of shops, hundreds of thousands of merchants from the south and north of the world gather here, the annual import and export value of tens of millions.

Beishi mainly to overseas goods, as well as Donghai County's special silk, tea, porcelain-based, its Donghai County's silk production accounted for sixty percent of the country, especially Pingjiang County's Su embroidery and Wu Aya is famous all over the world, Pingjiang County everywhere smell of spinning machines, half of them are weavers, it can be seen that the silk weaving industry is prosperous.

Weiyang County is not only the center of overseas trade of the Daning Dynasty, but also the jewelry of Weiyang County itself is also very famous, using the gold, precious stones, jade, pearls, tortoiseshell, coral and other precious things brought by overseas trade, the skilled craftsmen of Weiyang County carry out deep processing, and turn them into pieces of ingenious jewelry, the price has increased more than tenfold.

But today he came to Beishi not to buy seafood, he walked to the southeast corner of Beishi, here is the rice shop, composed of dozens of rice shops, the grain of the rice shop is sold to overseas merchants, especially merchants in Nanyang and other places, such as merchants in the country of Fallen Podeng, Lion Country and Pi Country, they brought spices, jewelry and other valuables, but to buy back silk, grain, porcelain and other goods, so the rice shops in Beishi are basically doing business with overseas merchants.

Wu Jin was looking for a Tianxiang rice shop, and he saw it at a glance, an old and old shop, as if it had a history of a hundred years, and a sign with paint peeling on the door of the store was written, with the word 'Tianxiang' written on it.

The black rice he was looking for was right in front of the store, with a swarthy upper body, and he was bargaining with an equally dark-skinned Nanyang merchant.

"Your rice... Too expensive, someone else .... Cheaper than you. ”

Most of the foreign merchants who came to do business in the Daning Dynasty spoke a few words of Chinese, and although they stammered, everyone understood the meaning.

"Whoever said it, who dares to be cheaper than me, you take me to see it!"

"They're cheaper than you." The Nanyang merchant pointed to the two rice shops next door.

Heimi swept his eyes angrily, and the two shops next door immediately quietly changed their brands, and the Nanyang merchant was stunned, and said for a long time, "They are... Dishonest, or you are honest, just.... Buy yours. ”

Heimi smiled, and with a gesture of his hand, the shopkeeper in the store hurriedly came forward to greet the guests, and the two sides went to discuss the details of payment and delivery.

Wu Jin stepped forward and greeted with a smile, "Heimi, it's been a long time." ”

"It's the emperor's son!"

Heimi scratched the back of his head and smiled, "It's not been a long time!" It's been less than an hour since we parted. ”

"Almost, I woke up from sleep and felt that I hadn't seen you in a long time, so I came to see you."

Heimi suddenly reacted, "Childe is asking me for help!" ”

Wu Jin smiled, "There is a small matter, it is more urgent, the time is in the early morning of tomorrow, I am short of manpower, so I want to ask you, the head snake, to help." ”

"No problem, Childe, please sit in the house, and we'll talk about it in detail."

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The two walked to the warehouse and sat down, Wu Jin looked at the warehouse full of grain, and was a little surprised, "I didn't expect Brother Mi to still do legitimate business?" ”

Heimi poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "This is my eldest brother's shop, he went to Yuhang County to buy new rice, let me help him look at the shop, how can I do serious business like this, busy!" ”

After a pause, Heimi asked again: "Childe has something to ask me to help with, just say it directly." ”

"That's right!"

Wu Jin thought about it and asked him, "Does Brother Mi know Ma Jixiang?" ”

Heimi groaned, "It seems to be the eldest son of the Ma family in Huating County!" ”

"That's right, it's this person, does Brother Mi know him?"

"Hmmm! I've seen it a few times, and I've heard that I'm learning well, and I was admitted to the lifting of people last year, what's the matter, Childe wants to trouble him? ”

"Not exactly, he is in Huating County now, and he will come to Weiyang County early tomorrow morning, and he will ...... then."

Wu Jin leaned in and whispered a few words in his ear, and Heimi laughed, "No problem, this little thing is wrapped up in me, hehe!" I can't imagine that Childe is quite to my taste! ”

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(ps: Although it's only been a month until the 20th, but because Lao Gao's number of words in each chapter is too much, it's now 170,000 words, according to the regulations, 200,000 words will be on the new book list, which means that this week is the last time Lao Gao hit the list, it's a pity, the last week.)

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On January 1, it was officially put on the shelves, and on the first day of the shelves, Lao Gao promised to break out no less than ten chapters. )