Zheng Lang thought about it like this, and seemed to regret it again, if he wanted to become a test point, it would be better to be Hangzhou and Suzhou, but he smiled. Even if I add a few young people, I have wisdom, but when I go to a big state like Suzhou and Hangzhou, I have to do something.

So he said: "It's best to ...... on the Yangtze River."

"Why the Yangtze River?"

"There is more to be done on the Yangtze River." The reason is not to be said, this is the advantage of natural conditions, the overall seaside is better than the riverside, the riverside is better than the plain, the plain is better than the mountain, and the mountain is better than the plateau desert. There is no absolute, if the local parents have the ability, even in the desert area, they can also make it bloom a flower. If they only care about greedy cuttlefish meat, it is Suzhou and Hangzhou, and they can also make them miserable.

In this way, in fact, the positioning is only in a few states, with the later Dangtu as the center plus Wuhu's Taipingzhou, Jiangpu [***] range of Zhenzhou, and the county with mountains and mountains, Wuwei Army of Wuwei, and Chizhou. At present, these states are not big, the folk customs are also simple, the economic foundation is not very poor, and they are all middle and upper states.

In fact, it was said to Lu Yijian, and after Lu Gongzhu went back, some would not tell his father, and some would say it to his father, especially this one. Then Lu Yijian will definitely help, this is also a tacit understanding, Lu Yijian will know his intention to say it in front of Lu Gong, but anyway, it is a state, and now few people know how much difference there can be between the riverside and the inland state capital, why not support it?

Several children were very excited, and they worked together to govern them, and they were all smiling and eager to try.

Finally ended, after a series of ceremonies were held in the market in early April, Zheng Lang went back with the two children, Yan Rong and Lu Gongzhu still stayed in the capital, just to go back to prepare for the wedding, and after the end, they had to return to Beijing and listen to the arrangements of the officials.

Zhengzhou City is once again in front of you.

Si'er said reluctantly: "Da Lang, we will rarely be able to go home in the future." ”

"It's me, not you, if you want to come back and have a look in the future, it's still okay."

Si'er tilted his head and thought for a while and said, "Da Lang, do you want to?" ”

"Think, why don't you want to, but you have to lose something." However, I thought of one more thing, in the past, Wang Zeng was even in the middle of the three yuan, and Zhizhou was ready to meet the etiquette, but Wang Zeng came to a clever dress up and sneaked back home, Zhizhou blamed him, Wang Zeng said: "The kid was lucky to be in high school, how dare he be loved by his father and fellow villagers, and he dare not bear it." ”

Do you want to do this yourself?

I thought about it for a while, let it be, too lazy to fake.

…… The Xu family is also preparing in Zhang Luo at home, and the two sons are also coming back, one Jinshi, one Tongjinshi, plus a granddaughter of the prime minister, busy up and down, and then ran to Cui Youjie and said: "Official, do you say that my family is going to start developing?" ”

"Where's that?"

"Two Jinshi, and a champion son-in-law, who in the world can match?"

"The developed one is the Zheng family, how much do you expect our two sons to be able to make in the future?" Cui Youjie said in a deep voice.

His little son-in-law is very talented, and his surname is a little soft, and sometimes, it happens that his daughter will make up for his surname, and his wisdom can be used as an internal staff officer, and there are two students who attack the strong surname to maintain at any time, and the only defect in the son-in-law immediately became an iron wall, and it is difficult to think about underdevelopment. However, his two sons know that they will be honest officials in the future and be able to do this to their own point, and the Cui family's ancestral grave will begin to smoke.

"Son-in-law......" Xu didn't speak, this son-in-law didn't have a good impression of him.

"He cultivates virtue, as long as you don't become a philistine, he won't avoid you." Cui Youjie said angrily, almost letting his wife mess up this good family business.

"He wasn't like that when he was a kid......"

"When you are a child, who is going to compare with a ten-year-old child, are you an adult, or a child!"

"Why hasn't his family proposed marriage yet?"

"Soon, don't bother me." Cui Youjie sent someone to inquire once, and since his son-in-law won the top prize, the Zheng family has been preparing, and even the cave room has been decorated. But how to propose, several women had no idea. The eldest lady called her brother to discuss. Uncle Zhang's family is also scratching his head, if it is an ordinary jinshi, he can send a matchmaker to discuss his relatives, but his nephew is a champion in high school, or a big three, and Uncle Zhang doesn't know what to do.

There is it in the book of rites, but after all, it is the champion of the princess. Therefore, he said to the eldest mother: "Eldest sister, don't worry, anyway, in the next few days, Lang'er will come back, and we will discuss it together." At least one governor should be invited to officiate at the wedding. But my face is not so big, so I'll wait for Lang'er to come back. ”

The eldest lady nodded.

She was in a hurry and couldn't wait to hug her grandson right away, but after so many years, she didn't care about these dozens of days. So the matter cooled down temporarily, but the Zheng family was already making some arrangements for the marriage.

Don't hear about it, but Cui Youjie has also been tormented by this matter for several years, so after finishing speaking, he stared at the north and kept his eyes motionless. muttered: "About he is going back to Zhengzhou." ”

…… Zheng Lang returned to Zhengzhou and came to congratulate him.

After talking to Jiang Zhizhou in Xinzhizhou for a while, he bowed to the people again, and then went home.

When they arrived at the village, the villagers also started setting off firecrackers.

Because of the inaccuracy of the gunpowder formula, the firecracker is not very powerful and belongs to the safety firecracker.

Listening to the sound of firecrackers, Zheng Lang suddenly frowned. His strength is not here, but he knows the gunpowder formula on the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts". Poison smoke balls, 30 taels of flame nitrate, 15 taels of sulfur, 5 taels of charcoal, plus croton, arsenic, wolf poison, grass aconitum, yellow wax, bamboo ru, hemp ru, small oil, tung oil, asphalt. There is also a recipe for Tribulus Fireball and Artillery. It sounds terrible to hear these recipes, and the proportion of nitrate is also increasing compared to the Tang Dynasty.

However, because the ratio of nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal was not standard, its power was not very large, so in the later defense of Tokyo, black powder did not exert its power well.

Even if it is an accurate formula, the power of black powder is not very large, it is gunpowder, and it cannot be regarded as a standard explosive. And now the technology of refining the purity of nitrate and sulfur is also very backward, which has reduced its power.

However, it can play a role to a greater or lesser extent.

Why hadn't this been thought of before?

Thoughts swirled in his mind, and his mouth kept greeting the villagers.

When he arrived at the door of his house, many carts were parked, including donkey carts and ox carts, and the squires had to congratulate him again, but there were only seven widows in the house, so they had to stand outside the door and talk to dozens of uncles while waiting for him to return. Seeing his carriage coming, they rushed up excitedly.

Let go of all the thoughts in his heart, at least the Song Dynasty was relatively safe in his life. If he is happy, it is not impossible to be a happy scholar. Jumped out of the carriage and chatted with everyone again. Suddenly, a relatively strange middle-aged man walked over, pulled him aside, and said in a low voice: "I am Qian Hui, the second son of Qian Xianggong." ”

"It turned out to be a money ......"

"Needless to say, my father doesn't need to shy away from it, but if you say it, it will hinder your career in the future." Qian Hui whispered again.

"I don't know ......"

"I'll leave after I finish speaking, my father asked me to bring a message to you, he heard that the court intends to release you, if the champion wants to have political achievements, please go to the southeast to ......"

"Southeast ......" Zheng Lang suddenly understood that Qian Weiyan was the son of Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue. Wu Yue owns Suzhou, Hangzhou, Taiwan, Chu, Qu and other state capitals. After the Northern Song Dynasty became strong, Qian Yu came to vote for the whole country, and it seems that this person also died inexplicably. However, the Qian family is in the southeast, and they are very influential and influential. This cannot be ignored, just like Wang Quanbin's endangerment of Sichuan, it is also one of the reasons for Wang Xiaobo's rebellion, because the Sichuan people have no good impression of the Northern Song Dynasty regime!

Decades have passed, and the influence of the Qian family in the east and west has gradually disappeared, but there is still one point. If the Qian father and son help each other and go to the southeast by themselves, it will reduce a lot of trouble.

This is Qian Weiyan thanking his students for speaking for him in front of the royal car. Fan Wei was simply crazy, Zhang Shixun let him get off the stage, and then attacked Qian Weiyan again to become a big guy in order to become famous. In fact, many ministers have a clear mind in their hearts, assassination? Don't get me wrong, this is not the Tang Dynasty, it's the Song Dynasty. Does Qian Weiyan have the guts? However, Qian Wei's acting made some direct ministers unhappy, and he fell out of favor, so after Fan Wei said this absurd remark, no one was upset for him. It is conceivable how happy Qian Weiyan was after hearing the two small words!

In the past, Luoyang and his party formed a good relationship with him.

So this elegant Qian Gong heard that he wanted to go to Jiangnan, and wanted to help secretly and repay him.

"Thank you, Gong Qian, I may go in the future, but not now."

Qian Hui didn't persuade again, and said goodbye.

Everyone didn't know who this person was, but Zheng Lang's status today was no longer something they could ask curiously, and they watched suspiciously as Qian Yan got into the ox cart and left Zhengjiazhuang. Zheng Lang watched him leave, but he was a little happy in his heart, and faintly felt that it was also an opportunity. But the future is too far away for him to imagine. After staying for a while, he and Uncle Zhang and several other uncles welcomed everyone into the house.

The feast was ready.

A few ladies greeted her, happy and speechless. Liuniang and Qiniang, who were surnamed Ge Cheerful, pounced over early, rubbing Zheng Lang's hair happily, and Wuniang said coldly: "Sixth sister, seventh sister, now Lang'er is the champion." ”

Liuniang and Qiniang put away their hands, and then froze and muttered prayers.

Zheng Lang laughed and said: "Wu Niang, don't scare Liu Niang and Qi Niang, I am your child, you brought me up, touch your head, why not?"

There are also seven good brothers, all of whom are married. Fame is no longer expected, but under the influence of Zheng Lang, the surname is gradually corrected and accepted by the township, which has made their parents overjoyed.

In the past twenty days, it has almost been like this, which has made Zheng Lang very unaccustomed to it, and even the joy of being cold and noisy with his former friends has been diluted.

At the beginning of the flowing water banquet, guests arrived one after another, and even Jiang Zhizhou led the Zhengzhou officials to arrive to congratulate.

Zheng Lang gave the junior salute and welcomed the officials to the chief seat.

The officials didn't dare to take it seriously, they were Sanyuan Gong, and the first one was Zhizhou, at least at the same level as Jiang Zhizhou, and the future future was not something they dared to estimate.

The eldest lady called Zheng Lang into the inner room and asked, "Lang'er, now that you have a reputation, you want to discuss family affairs with the Cui family." ”

"Hmm."

"That little lady of the Cui family is very good."

"Well," Zheng Lang said in his heart, auntie, if she wants to make a good impression on you, it's too simple. But it's not very bad for Cui Xian, her appearance adds points, wisdom and talent, this Zheng Lang may not take it seriously, Si'er is confused all day long, and he doesn't like it? Moral character is not easy to say in the investigation. may not be as philistine as her mother-in-law, but she is very utilitarian, including her lesson to Gao Yanei. However, if you change your family, you will definitely marry a satisfactory wife? It's so hard to get to know a person.

So he said: "Originally, the marriage contract has been fulfilled, you can prepare in advance at home, and the child still has to go to work, and the time is very tight." ”

"That's okay, you're in the capital, not far from Zhengzhou."

Several mothers didn't know about this matter, Zheng Lang replied: "No, auntie, the child wants to go to Jiangnan." ”

"Jiangnan?" The eldest lady froze, how far is Jiangnan.

Zheng Lang explained the reason again, and said: "It's not that I want to go to Jiangnan, the name and grace are poor and the young are shallow, it's not a blessing, and going to Jiangnan is also to avoid it, just stay in Jiangnan for a few years, grow up, make some political achievements, and return to Beijing in the future, I can be safer." ”

"But Jiangnan is far away ......"

"Jiangnan is far away, but it is not in the sky, hire a boat, go straight down the water along Cai Shui, and you can get to Jiangnan. Although it is far away from home, if the child settles down in the place, he will send someone to take a few mothers to Jiangnan to take a look. Over the years, none of the ladies have been to Jiangnan. Several mothers have worked hard for their children all their lives, and it is time to walk around and take a look. ”

The eldest lady was reluctant and relieved, and wanted to touch Zheng Lang's head, but when she thought that her son was no longer "not a son", but a champion, her hand retracted again.

Zheng Lang said: "Auntie, no matter what the identity of the child is, it is always your son. ”

"The ancestors of the Zheng family...... "The eldest mother wanted to cry, and Zheng Lang said again: "Auntie, today is a day of great joy." ”

"Yes, I'll discuss something with you." The eldest lady wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

"Auntie, please speak."

"My mother has discussed with your uncle, and everything in the house is ready, but the amount of people who propose marriage is insufficient, your uncle means that he wants to ask Jiang Zhizhou to protect the media, what do you think?"

"Jiang Zhizhou Media ......"

"His identity is a good match, but your uncle is just a move, he boldly brought it up, I am afraid that others will be unhappy, you are the champion, ask Jiang Zhizhou, he will definitely agree."

What's the difference? At this time, the stage in the eyes of the people is still very clear, and Zheng Lang is helpless about it, and said: "That's okay, the child goes and asks." ”

Coming to the front hall again, a small official asked, "Zheng Zhuangyuan, can I ask you something." ”

"Excuse me."

The little official made a letter of invitation uncomfortable, and asked respectfully and curiously: "I heard that on the day of the release of the list, the weather was abnormal, and there was no cloud, and then when it was time for the roll call, all the magpies surrounded the champion, can there be such a thing?" ”

This matter is also spreading in the capital, and it has also been spread to Zhengzhou, and the officials were discussing this matter just now, so the little officials asked. Zheng Lang said helplessly: "The weather was good that day, if it was a rainy day, the imperial court would not release the list." But the clouds are still there, but they are few. When the late students entered the hall for roll call, all the people were excited, but they did not speak, and the frightened magpies flew down from the trees. It was the Chongzheng Palace, and the magpies left behind were all auspicious birds. If it was a crow or something, the Yellow Gate would have been driven away, and a flock of magpies would have built a nest. Don't be surprised. ”

The officials are happy, which is one of the reasons, but it is not the only reason, this thing is strange!

What happened to Zheng Lang?

Don't you let others talk about it?

He glanced at Jiang Zhizhou again, Jiang Zhizhou understood, left the seat, and came outside, Zheng Lang said: "Jiang Zhizhou, there is something to ask for in the late life." ”

"Zheng Zhuangyuan, please tell me if you have something, don't be polite."

"My father used to make a family affair with the Cui family, and when he was debauched and unruly, Cui Zhizhou put forward a condition for his late life in order to restrain him. Now I am taking the provincial entrance examination, and it is time to discuss my relatives. Wansheng wanted to ask Jiang Zhizhou to vouch for the matchmaker. ”

"Cui Zhizhou is also rude!" Jiang Zhizhou said politely. What kind of condition is this, the seventeen-year-old middle school exam, the twenty-year-old provincial exam, how many scholars under the age of twenty are there in each scientific examination?

This is exactly where Cui Youjie's heart is weak. At that time, this condition was actually regretting marriage, but due to the friendship and reputation in the past, it was inconvenient to bring it up directly. Later, I heard that Zheng Lang gradually corrected it, and also made some remedies. At that time, Zheng Lang's situation was very bad, and the Cui family did not do too much, and it was very good to give a thin noodle. However, the times are different from the situation, and now Zheng Lang is in the middle of the three yuan, how many people will think like this?

Jiang Zhizhou was exactly like this, and waved his sleeves again and said: "Zheng Zhuangyuan, if there is anything else, I will definitely serve Zhuangyuan, this matter, I can't agree." ”

What kind of family are they! People are in trouble, they put forward harsh conditions to make it difficult, and when they are developed, they immediately flattered them, and they all flattered Wang De. I'm not an official, but I don't bother to deal with such people. Under the governance of the old lady and Zhao Zhen for more than ten years, the upper-level officialdom is not very dark, and it is exaggerated to say that the temperament is a little exaggerated, but many officials will take the initiative to restrain their morality. Therefore, Cui Youjie said that he was married to Wang De's family, and his career was like this, and he wanted to be a Beijing official again.

Therefore, Jiang Zhizhou actually refused!