Du Jinning's baby is no longer as relaxed as when Huaiqi was born, she has morning sickness very badly, she has had morning sickness reaction since she was more than a month pregnant, and the reaction is quite powerful, she can't eat at all, and she wants to vomit when she sees what she eats.

Chen and Qi Muyuan looked at her like this, and they were distressed.

"I told you not to have any more children, you want to have children, now you know it's uncomfortable, right?" Chen reproached.

Du Jinning smiled.

If Huaiqi was so uncomfortable when she was self-conscious, she would definitely not look for abuse, and she would still want to have children.

"Jinning, look at how you eat this." Qi Muyuan came in from outside, holding a plate of washed grapes in his hand.

This grape is different from the usual food, I think it is a good variety from Dawan, the skin is green, but crystal clear, and the taste is a bit like the grapes of later generations.

Seeing that Du Jinning didn't want to vomit after eating a few, Chen was satisfied, and praised his son-in-law: "It's hard for you, go around to change good things for Jinning." ”

Qi Muyuan looked at Du Jinning, her eyes were full of love, and her voice was low: "She is also suffering like this for me and for Brother Qi'er." ”

Du Jinning raised his head and smiled at Qi Muyuan.

Qi Muyuan wanted to say that he asked someone to hunt some pheasants, and asked the kitchen to make pheasant porridge for Du Jinning for a while, but remembered that she felt uncomfortable when she heard this, so he shut up and didn't talk about it, for fear that Du Jinning wouldn't even be able to eat grapes.

When Chen saw his son-in-law coming, he was about to get up, when he heard a maid come in from outside the door, and said: "Princess, concubine, wife, there is a scholar outside the door, saying that it is the princess and the old horse attached to the horse, named Zhang Hongwen, who has come to visit the princess and the concubine. ”

"Zhang Hongwen?" Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan glanced at each other, and said busily, "Please, take him to the hall outside to sit down for a while, and serve good tea and snacks." ”

Chen was very surprised: "Zhang Hongwen? Is it the son of Peach Blossom Village? Why did he come to the capital? ”

"Something might be wrong." Du Jinning was also puzzled.

When she first came to the capital, she and Zhang Hongwen passed several letters one after another. However, in ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and a letter had to travel on the road for a month or two, which took a long time, and the postage was very expensive. Zhang Hongwen could not bear the postage, and Du Jinning was very busy, and the connection between the two was completely broken after Du Jinning went to Runzhou. They hadn't been in touch for years.

She only knew that Zhang Hongwen had been admitted to Xiucai for several years, and before losing contact with her, he had not been admitted to the Juren.

"Didn't he get into the Juren exam and take the exam in Beijing?" Du Jinning slapped his head and stood up, "I'll go change my clothes." ”

"Ouch, my little ancestor, you light, don't forget that there is a child in your belly." Chen was taken aback by Du Jinning's tiger movements.

Du Jinning looked at Qi Muyuan, who was also full of nervousness, stuck out his tongue, and was helped into the room by Chunhe.

Chen and Qi Muyuan glanced at each other, their faces full of helplessness.

And Zhang Hongwen, who was led into the hall by the slave, was looking at Yao Shuqi in a daze, his face full of shock.

In ancient times, there was neither television nor telephone, except for the official newspaper and the "Shengshimin Daily" published in the capital, there was no newspaper with national circulation, and the news was very closed. Moreover, Zhang Hongwen has not only buried himself in studying all these years, but also has to make money to support his family, and he has no time to take care of anything else. So he didn't know anything about what happened in Beijing.

At this time, I heard Yao Shuqi say that Du Jinning was a woman, who had been named the eldest princess and married Qi Muyuan, Zhang Hongwen was like being struck by lightning, and he didn't believe it was true at all.

Yao Shuqi can understand his mood very well. I think that's how he reacted at the beginning.

"You'll know when the princess and the pony come out." Yao Shuqi said, and released another thunder, "By the way, the high-yield rice that is being promoted across the country is the research of our eldest princess Ning." She is now the chief farmer of the court, and some time ago she went to the south to direct the construction of Xingning Water Conservancy. ”

"High-yield rice, is Du Jinning researched? There is also Xingning Water Conservancy, which was also repaired by Du Jinning? Zhang Hongwen's face was sluggish, and he was numb to the news he heard.

As a person preparing for the exam, he should be concerned about national affairs, because it is likely to be related to the questions of the examination.

High-yielding rice was popularized throughout the country last year, and after one season of planting, the output came out, and the people of the whole country were going crazy. Even if when buying rice seeds, they went for high yields, but when such a high yield of rice was really planted, all the barns were full of rice and there were still many rice piled aside, and I don't know how many people wept bitterly, knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously in the direction of the capital, thanking the emperor and the eldest princess of Ningguo. Someone also set up an immortal card for the eldest princess of Ning Guo.

Zhang Hongwen was influenced by Du Jinning, and did not become a scholar who relied on his family to tighten his belt, but while studying, he was trying to make money. He now has a small family property, and he has planted high-yielding rice in his fields last year, and when the rice is harvested, he is also a member of this grateful zero.

And Xingning water conservancy is a major event in the Great Song Dynasty this year. Cash-for-work has allowed many victims to survive. After the large reservoir and irrigation system were repaired, not only did they irrigate a large area of farmland and allow many dry lands in Xingzhou to be improved into paddy fields, but they also had a great effect on flood discharge. I also heard that the money for the construction of water conservancy was still the income from the sale of rice seeds planted by Du Jinning, and the people of Xingzhou were grateful to her. When giving a name to the water conservancy, be sure to add the word "Ning" of the eldest princess of Ningguo.

The eldest princess of Ning Guo is about to be praised as Guanyin Bodhisattva. It's just because the woman's name is inconvenient for outsiders to know, so the world only knows the eldest princess of Ning Guo, but does not know the name of the eldest princess of Ning Guo.

But at this time, Yao Shuqi told him that the eldest princess of Ning Guo praised by the people was Du Jinning, and Zhang Hongwen was stunned.

"How, how is that possible?" He muttered.

He was admitted to the lifting of people last year, and he was still a little fluttering. After all, it is rare to raise people in their twenties. He felt that although he was not as talented as Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan, he was also powerful compared to the local readers.

He also thought that he was just a few years later than Du Jinning and them. When he was admitted to the Jinshi, he would still stand on the same level as them.

But now he found out that he was too far away from Du Jinning and others.

"What about Qi Muyuan? What position is he now? He asked.

"The horse is now the right Shaoqing of Dali Temple." Yao Shuqi said.

The right Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the fourth official, and then go up to Dali Temple, with Qi Muyuan's age, he can be promoted to this official position in such a short period of time, and he is also a very powerful person.

However, Yao Shuqi, as the housekeeper of the princess's mansion, faintly knows a secret that others don't know: Qi Muyuan is not only the right Shaoqing of Dali Temple, he should still have a position in secret, and this position is even more powerful than that of Dali Temple, and it is an existence that not many people in the court dare to provoke.

But this position still shocked Zhang Hongwen, and he was speechless for a while.

"How did Young Master Zhang find the mansion?" Yao Shuqi asked curiously.

Zhang Hongwen came back to his senses and said, "I live in the Guild Provincial Hall and asked the people in the guild hall. After saying that, his expression was very complicated.

At that time, the people in the hall learned that he was Du Jinning's classmate and friend, and he was still from the same village, and their attitude towards him suddenly became very enthusiastic. He also thought that Du Jinning was the champion in the Gui Provincial Examination, and now it is estimated that she has also achieved the position of a five-grade official, and the people in the guild hall will know about her. Now that I think about it, people are completely because of Du Jinning's current status and extraordinary achievements.

"Here comes the princess and the colt." Yao Shuqi suddenly stood up and greeted the door.

Zhang Hongwen subconsciously stood up, and saw two people coming up from the bottom of the steps.

One is a handsome and upright man with a golden crown and jade belt. Although he hadn't seen him for a few years, his momentum and appearance had changed, but he could still recognize this person as Qi Muyuan from his eyebrows.

And the other person is a woman, with picturesque eyebrows and eyes, and a dusty temperament, because her appearance and temperament are so outstanding, that people only notice her at first sight, and ignore her dress.

This woman met on the street, and if others wanted to say that she was Du Jinning, he would not believe it at all. But now that Yao Shuqi directly pointed out that she was Du Jinning, Zhang Hongwen had to try his best to connect her with the Du Jinning he once knew. With such a pair of seals, he suddenly found that this was really Du Jinning!

"Brother Hongwen." When Du Jinning saw Zhang Hongwen, he raised his hand and arched it, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to come to Beijing." Why didn't you write to tell him earlier? I'll send someone to fetch you. ”

Qi Muyuan smiled at Zhang Hongwen and nodded.

Zhang Hongwen used to play with them, all because of Du Jinning. His own talent, family background and personality are not outstanding, and Qi Muyuan and Guan Jiaze's friendship with him is only general.

So when Zhang Hongwen arrived in the capital, the first thing he wanted to find was Du Jinning.

Zhang Hongwen woke up like a dream and saluted in return, but he stammered when he spoke: "I, I'm here for the exam." Thinking that we will meet when we arrive in the capital, no, I don't have to write a letter in advance. ”

Du Jinning pretended not to see his discomfort, asked him how he was doing, and greeted his family, and then asked: "Brother Hongwen just said that he came to take the exam, I don't know which subject you are going to take?" ”

Du Jinning asked this because the current imperial examination is very different from before.

At the beginning, Lu Jiuyuan's Ministry of Education wanted to promote the two primers "Physics" and "Chemistry" written by Du Jinning, and Du Jinning told them that the upper line would be the lower effect. As long as the content of the imperial examination involves these two subjects, the scholars will take the initiative to study. And they don't have to train teachers for all levels of college, as long as they announce the news, there will naturally be teachers.

At that time, Lu Jiuyuan and others were still suspicious. However, Du Jinning never spoke with white teeth, and what she said was very reliable. The Ministry of Education hurriedly asked Zhao Yu to announce that these two subjects would be tested in the government last year, and the "Physics" and "Chemistry" printed by Du Jinning's printing workshop at that time were immediately sold out, and the academies also invited teachers to teach these two subjects.

Although these two courses were not offered in the Great Song Dynasty before, there have been people who naturally like to study this kind of knowledge since ancient times, which in the past, it was collectively called Gewuxue. It's just that there is no systematic theory in these disciplines, these people are all from wild roads, and some people have never even gone to school.

It doesn't matter if you have no school, it doesn't matter if you haven't gone to school, isn't this the court going to take these two subjects? If you don't understand the students or the gentlemen of the academy, you need to ask for advice when you know that there are these people. After asking for advice, if you understand it, then this person will naturally become a teacher of this kind of subject.

But since Du Jinning showed Zhao Yu steam power, Zhao Yu couldn't stand this kind of slowly cultivating talents - it would take at least ten years to cultivate from scratch and finally be able to use it, and Zhao Yu really couldn't wait. So Du Jinning gave him an idea to directly open an Enke to recruit talents in this area.

In last year's government examination, those who received "excellent" results in "Physics" and "Chemistry" can come to the capital this year to take the Enke examination, and the court will admit the corresponding number according to their needs.

Take "excellent", at least 80 points in the 100-point system.

This news is a blessing from heaven for some candidates.

There are differences in learning talent between people. Under the examination system of the ancient imperial examination, everyone did not know much about this. But Du Jinning, who has experienced the division of arts and sciences, knows nothing better.

In modern times, there are many students who fail the Chinese, history, and geography exams, but are eager to get full marks in physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

And if these people were born in ancient times, it was really called being born at the wrong time, and if you were the reincarnation of Edison, you might not be able to be admitted to Xiucai.

Du Jinning's idea is simply to save this kind of person.

Now that Zhang Hongwen has appeared in the capital, it must be "Physics" and "Chemistry" that he has learned very well in the exam. Du Jinning was very happy for him.

After all, this is a partial door, and it is not as good as the orthodox people who are promoted by the meeting test and the palace test. When Du Jinning asked, Zhang Hongwen was a little embarrassed: "I want to take the "Physics" exam, I think this subject is very interesting. ”