As for the production of the printing machine, Zhao Ruxi had already handed over to Xiao Lingyan to go to the south to conceal production, and these ups and downs in the capital had nothing to do with her.

In addition to continuing to teach painting to officials in various places, the rest of her energy is focused on books. Occasionally, I will go to Zhuangzi for a walk.

Last year, taking advantage of the winter farming, the people in Zhuangzi not only built neat and spacious houses for themselves, made a lot of vermicelli, opened a rice noodle shop, but also carried out some infrastructure construction according to Zhao Ruxi's instructions.

Originally, the chickens, ducks, geese, sheep, sheep, pigs and cattle raised by the Zhuangzi for the main family were all organized by the head of the Zhuangzi to enclose five areas at the foot of the mountain and send special people to raise them.

After all, the servants have their own narrow houses, and they don't have a front and back yards, so they can't eat enough, where is there any surplus grain to feed the livestock? These domestic animals for the master's family are all raised from the rice bran that was husked by the Zhuangzi when he was cooking grain for the master's family, mixed with vegetable leaves and wild vegetables.

Zhao Ruxi felt that there were two disadvantages of doing so. One is the plague, there have been several chicken plagues in Zhuangzi, and many chickens have died. The other is that special people need to be allocated to take care of it, which is a waste of labor.

She simply adopted the method of voluntary adoption, which household servants were willing to raise these domestic animals would take some back, and the male and female were properly proportioned, and when the time came, they kept one-quarter of the chickens, ducks and eggs raised, and handed over three-quarters. Of course, all the chickens and ducks raised are dead, and that is to be compensated according to the book. If you raise it well, you can also get rewards, and a standard is set for this.

As soon as this method was announced, the servants rushed to adopt the livestock.

Poultry like chickens don't need to be bothered at all, they can be fed every day by mixing some rice bran and chopped vegetable leaves, and they usually lay eggs and get one of their own families when they lay four. Take a few chicks to grow up in half a year, and at least one of them will belong to you by then.

Ducks and geese have to be rushed to the pond to graze a little trouble, and pigs, cattle and sheep have to take some work, but the elderly and children in the family can do these things, and it takes a little effort to be diligent and fast, but the profit is not small.

However, Qian Duoduo still advised them according to their abilities. Chickens, ducks, pigs are fine, cattle and sheep are not something that anyone can raise.

Seeing that everyone's enthusiasm was so high, Zhao Ruxi also proposed the method of raising earthworms and raising chickens, ducks and pigs.

She had never done farm work in her life, nor had she raised chickens and ducks, and she had only seen this method in books and books.

To be on the safe side, she designated one as a pilot, and they didn't have to bear the consequences if they failed. If successful, they will be scaled up.

The livestock problem was solved, fruit trees were planted in the mountains in winter, and fish fry were placed in the ponds and contracted by fish farmers who were good at farming.

Zhao Ruxi wants to change rice into cash crops, but these fields are all good paddy fields, and it would be a pity to plant other fields.

The grain of the Great Jin Dynasty was still in a state of insufficient food, and the imperial court attached great importance to the matter of growing grain in the farmland. Those who have paddy fields also have an obligation to grow food to alleviate the food crisis. Seeing that the servants could live a good life by relying on other things, Zhao Ruxi did not mention the matter of planting cash crops.

She gave the servants a few ways to accumulate fertilizer, so that they could raise the soil well and plant a crop of winter wheat in winter.

She didn't know much about agriculture, and she didn't dare to command the insiders indiscriminately, so she only did it first.

Before you know it, the time for the county exam has come.

Zhao Ruxi has experienced a hundred battles in his previous life, and he is not nervous about the exam at all.

But Mrs. Cui was nervous.

She privately found the eldest princess of Shangde and said to her: "Princess, I am worried that Concubine Jin or the county lord of Pingyang will make a stumbling block for Zhiwei in the county examination. Zhiwei was the first in the annual exam, but he couldn't even pass the county exam, and he was ridiculed by the Beijing Women's Academy somehow. ”

"I thought about that too. I'll go to the emperor and ask him to pay attention to it when he sends someone to supervise the exam. ”

As she spoke, the eldest princess stood up and hurried into the palace.

Women take the imperial examinations, unlike men. After all, the number of people is small and the identity is also special, so they will not be arranged in the examination room with the male candidates, but will find a courtyard next to the examination room, and the imperial court will assign two officials to invigilate the examination.

It is important who these two officials are.

If it is a concubine, if you want to make a stumbling block for Zhao Ruxi, there is a way.

"Brother Huang, you also saw it in the last painting competition, some people just don't know that Wei is good, and they want to make a stumbling block for Wei Wei. This time she participated in the imperial examination, and I am worried that someone will also embarrass her. Can you appoint an upright person to be the examiner for female candidates? I don't want him to take care of Zhiwei, I just want justice. ”

"Done." Xiao Yu agreed.

Even if the eldest princess of Shangde didn't mention it, he would do it.

Zhao Ruxi's paintings can be regarded as national players, and for such a person, the imperial court must take protective measures.

The last time she participated in a drawing competition, something happened; If something happens again after taking the imperial examination, Xiao Qi will not be able to explain to the world. Uncle Cousin may not know what to do with him when the time comes.

There are several county exams, and the level is not high, and the officials of the imperial court have something to do, so they can only send people who are idle to supervise the exam.

Xiao Qi already had a candidate in his heart, but according to the rules, he couldn't tell the eldest princess Shangde, and the eldest princess didn't ask again.

On the day of the county exam, Zhao Ruxi only arrived at the examination room with one meal in advance.

When she arrived at the examination room, she saw that there were only four people in the room besides her. Three of them were obviously acquaintances, and were muttering together in a circle; The other sat uneasily on the other side.

The three people who were talking saw Zhao Ruxi coming in, looked at her, and one of them asked, "You are Zhao Ruxi?" ”

Zhao Ruxi nodded: "Exactly." ”

"We are all from the Beijing Women's Academy." The man said again.

Her tone was calm, and her gaze at Zhao Ruxi was just curious, but there was no domineering or disdainful expression.

This is also the effect of Zhao Ruxi's participation in the painting competition to become famous in one fell swoop.

Her achievements in painting are the existence that these women can only look up to all their lives; Not to mention that she took the first place in the annual exam and stabilized these women.

So no matter how noble these women are, they can't be proud in front of the really talented Zhao Ruxi. Otherwise, it will be known and the reputation will not be good.

When the woman sitting alone heard Zhao Ruxi's name, she also raised her head and looked at Zhao Ruxi curiously and admiringly.

Zhao Ruxi said "Luckily" and ignored them, lowering his head to discharge the four treasures of his study.

Due to the small number of candidates, there are two officials and two auxiliary examiners who supervise the examination, and no one dares to cheat under the watchful eye. Therefore, female candidates are missing the body search; Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone do not need to be checked.

Seeing that she didn't mean to talk, the three people from the Beijing Women's Academy were also a little arrogant, so they stopped talking, and the room was quiet.

The first two assistant examiners were relieved.