Yan Cen at this time is really different from the brilliance when he was in the academy. Although he was still wearing the same blue muslin robe he wore in the academy, he didn't know whether he was often rolling on the ground or where he went, not only did the color of his clothes look very old, but he was stained with a lot of mud at this time, and there were several holes, plus he himself was thin and tall with only a handful of bones left, and at first glance he looked not much different from the beggar on the street.

At this time, his eyes did not look at Du Jinning, but at a few students who came out of the county school, his face full of regret and loneliness.

Du Jinning didn't look too much, and he didn't want to meet Yan Cen again, so he went directly from the alley next to him.

She can understand Yan Cen's mood at the moment.

Each county can only have a quota of 20 students. These 20 people can not only receive six buckets of rice every month, but also distribute four taels of silver at the end of the year every year. In addition, because the students can make a statement for the candidates in the Child's Examination to ensure that they are free from fraud such as unclear wealth and impersonation, every Child's Examination is a great opportunity for them to make money.

Du Jinning didn't know how much the outside fee was, but she knew that the students of Boyue Academy guaranteed the candidates of the college, and a person always had to pay one or two silver for the hard cost of the guarantee, which was an unwritten rule.

Although Guan Lehe does not approve of this practice, he is a gentleman who is cold and stops people for money like killing his parents, so he turns a blind eye to this phenomenon.

In Lishui County, five or six hundred people take the test every time they take the exam, but there are only 20 students in the school. Of course, the five candidates can also guarantee each other, but this comes at a risk. Unfamiliar people would rather spend money to let the food student as a guarantee, rather than go to mutual insurance with others. It is conceivable how much money a child can make after a child test.

At the beginning, Guan Lehe and the county order and the county school deprived Yan Cen of his qualifications as a student and drove him out of the academy, and the punishment for him was not insignificant.

It's no wonder that Yan Cen saw other people making a windfall today, and he was sad when he hid in the corner alone.

"I told you to go to the bookstore to get books, why did you come here? Come back with me. A woman appeared next to Yan Cen at some point, twisted his ears and walked back.

"Ouch, lady, don't screw it, can't I go by myself?" When Yan Cen saw this woman, his expression changed greatly, and he didn't dare to resist at all, so he honestly followed him back and went home.

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The county examination lasted for four days, and taking advantage of the college holiday, Du Jinning went to send them into the examination room early every morning, and took the opportunity to busy himself with his own affairs.

Guan Lehe of the tea garden has already been bought, and the title deed was handed over to Du Jinning along with the remaining more than 100 taels of silver from the tea garden. On the day he got the title deed, Du Jinning immediately hired a mule cart and followed Qin Lao Liu to see it.

The tea plantation is outside the city, about ten miles away from the city, and is the southern foot of a small hill. The altitude of that mountain is not high, but it is more than 300 meters, the slope is not very steep, and the land is fertile, slightly acidic soil, which is very suitable for tea plantations.

However, this small hillside was originally a wasteland, and it was full of trees and weeds, and it was quite a lot of work to make it into a tea plantation.

Fortunately, there is a small mountain village not far from this hillside, with about 100 families. Du Jinning went over with Qin Laoliu, found Li Zheng, and told him about hiring people, and Li Zheng naturally agreed.

Although Qin Lao Liu is an idler, he also has some ability to really do things. What he does best is dealing with people. It's just a few meals of wine, so that Li Zheng treats him as if he is his own brother, and even a few thorns in the village are very obedient to him, not only do not make trouble, but also sincerely help to manage others.

Seeing this, Du Jinning was completely relieved, and told Qin Laoliu how to trim the hillside, and bought a lot of sheep manure and other fertilizers from the villagers, so that Qin Laoliu would be buried in the ground to make bottom fertilizer after digging the ridges, and called Zhang Gou'er to come over and run errands for Qin Laoliu. In addition to buying a batch of labor tools, she gave ten taels of silver to Qin Lao Liu for daily expenses, so she left it alone, and only waited for the ten days to come over and settle the wages to the villagers.

Before leaving, she told Qin Lao Liu: "When they are working, you watch carefully, and you carefully write down which ones are honest and willing to do it." Our tea garden is to hire people for daily management, and after the tea garden is sorted out, you will pick five people to come out all year round and pay wages monthly. ”

Looking at the respectful and stammering eyes of those villagers, Qin Lao Liu felt a kind of happiness that he had never felt before. When I heard that I had the right to pick people from the villagers and change the fate of others, this feeling became even stronger.

He patted his chest and said, "Young Master Du, don't worry, I will definitely do my job well and don't worry about you." ”

Since that time he drank wine, he changed Brother Du to Young Master Du again, which can be regarded as recognizing Du Jinning as the master. Du Jinning didn't ask him to change it again.

In the workplace, there is always respect and humility.

The tea garden was arranged, and the county test was over, just waiting for the county order to change the volume, and the list would be released in three or four days.

"I see you didn't search your body much when you went in. Aren't you afraid that someone will cheat in the exam room? On the evening of the second day, when comforting Guan Jiaze, Qi Muyuan, and Xu Chengyuan in the tavern, Du Jinning took the opportunity to ask the doubts in his heart.

"This county government even small officials and servants, a total of more than 30 people, plus more than 10 people from the county school, followed the county lord to patrol back and forth in the examination room, and saw that the cheating was directly caught, depending on whether the circumstances were serious or not, or deprived of the qualification to participate in several sessions, or never to take the exam, or the descendants were not allowed to take the exam, and the punishment was extremely strict. If you think about it, if you can't even pass the exam, wouldn't it be a disaster to your children and grandchildren? If you fail the test once, you will take the test again next time, and it is not worth taking such a big risk. ”

"Are there any officials who cheat with the candidates?" Du Jinning asked again.

In the history of big foodie countries, there have been many cases of fraud in the examination room.

Guan Jiaze threw her a contemptuous look: "Didn't you see that today's invigilator was the county order of Linxian County?" The deputy invigilator is also the prefectural teacher and instructor of another county. Moreover, who invigilated which county was only notified by the provincial government on the first day. You don't even know who the invigilator is, and the invigilator and the deputy invigilator supervise each other, where is there an opportunity for collusion to cheat? ”

He took a bite of the dish, and then continued to give Du Jinning popular science: "And the officials cheat together, and the punishment is only worse than that of the candidates." Candidates are only forbidden to take the exam, the officials are full of slaughter, and the clansmen are exiled and banned from the exam for several generations. If the invigilator cheats, the deputy invigilator will be punished if he does not find out; Vice versa. None of the servants or servants below were spared. Who would dare to take such a risk? For money? Isn't that stupid? Who would dare to bribe an entire provincial official with such a big hand? ”