"That's not going to work. How is it important to make money in your studies? Yuan Xiuzhu shook his head again and again, "Besides, the road is far away, and I am afraid that it will take a month to go back and forth and make tea; It's not safe on the road. If something happens, how can I tell your mother? ”

Du Jinning then remembered that this was ancient times, but not the modern times with convenient transportation, a plane or high-speed rail, a few hours away. The current carriage has not yet been shocked, and the road is a dirt road paved with stone and dirt, not to mention the sour and refreshing bumps of the carriage. It's even worse if it's muddy.

Although it is now peaceful and prosperous, there are still road bandits. What happens when you travel depends on luck.

She didn't insist anymore, and said, "Then what should I do?" ”

"I heard that there are people growing tea in Wei County, so I'll ask someone to investigate, and I'll talk about it when the time comes." Yuan Xiuzhu said, "The climate here is warmer than that in the north, and the tea leaves are also early. It's too late to go there after learning here. ”

That's all there is to it.

When the matter was discussed, they dispersed.

On the second day, Qi Bokun sent someone to hand over the silver ticket of 700 taels of silver to Du Jinning. The subordinate also relayed a sentence: "The old lady of our family said that when the time comes, Young Master Du, you will teach the Yuan family tea workers, and even our Yuan family will teach them together." ”

"Okay." Qi Bokun wanted to go to Huizhou with Yuan Xiuzhu to buy a tea garden, so naturally he had to train the tea workers well, and Du Jinning had already prepared for this.

Yuan Xiuzhu and Qi Bokun were resolute in their work, and on the second day, they sent the steward to Huizhou, and don't send someone to Weixian, and two days later, Yuan Xiuzhu came to the academy to ask for leave for Du Jinning.

He also discussed Du Jinning's studies with Guan Lehe: "Where did that kid learn anything in Class B?" If it weren't for the fact that he ran to the library all day long, and read a lot of books in addition to completing his schoolwork, I couldn't help but tell you that you would take him out and teach him alone. ”

Guan Lehe nodded: "When he wanted to enter Class B, he planned to precipitate himself. With his qualifications, it is not difficult to go straight to the imperial examination, but what about the future? If this kid wants to go far, he can't rush for quick success. Class A is not a place where he can meditate on his studies because he has to take a scientific examination, so I allowed him to stay in Class B for a year and read all the books in the library cabinet. And I looked at the little half a year coldly, this child is not an impetuous person, and he knows very well what he wants. He proposed to participate in the scientific expedition next year, and I agreed to him. When Class B was promoted to the exam, he went to Class A. ”

Yuan Xiuzhu was relieved: "In his case, it's okay to take ten days off, right?" ”

"No problem. It is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, and let him go out to see and learn. Guan Lehe did not object to Du Jinning's long trip.

What's more, this involves the interests of Yuan Xiuzhu and Qi Bokun, and he can't stop it.

So Du Jinning went to Wei County with Yuan Xiuzhu and Qi Bokun and the clever and reliable subordinates they selected.

When she came back from Wei County, she asked someone to help Chen plant all the seedlings in the fifteen acres of fields, and planted more than a dozen strawberry seedlings that Yuan Xiuzhu gave her, and then cut and sowed the flowers, trees, branches or seeds she got from Yuan Xiuzhu.

Guan Jiaze, Qi Muyuan and Xu Chengyuan all came back from the government examination and successfully obtained the status of a child.

Qi Muyuan won the first case in the government examination.

The hospital examination is two examinations in three years, and the township examination will be held this fall, and the hospital examination will be avoided until next year.

"And what are your plans for the year?" Du Jinning asked a few people, but his eyes fell on Qi Muyuan.

She didn't forget what Qi Bokun said at the beginning that she wanted Qi Muyuan to worship Mr. Qi as a teacher and enter the house to study. Now that Qi Muyuan is just a child and not a showman, he shouldn't go to school so soon, right?

Guan Jiaze said: "We won't sit in the church all day to listen to the lectures, the mountain chief, Mr. Yuan, Mr. Yan and others will take turns to take the time to guide us." ”

The college teaches students in the same way.

Students who have achieved the fame of being a child and a talented student, because the content of the scientific examination is different from that of the students in Class A, there will be Jinshi or gentlemen from a high background to provide individual counseling for their shortcomings.

Qi Muyuan nodded.

Du Jinning's heart was relieved, and the corners of his mouth curled.

Guan Jiaze patted Du Jinning on the shoulder: "You hurry up to take the children's examination next year, and then join us in the hospital examination." ”

Du Jinning smiled: "Okay." ”

"So, you're going to enter Class A?" Guan Jiaze was worried about Du Jinning's abandonment of entering Class A and choosing Class B. The little friend didn't choose to play with them in the academy, which made him very sad.

"Yes." Du Jinning raised his eyebrows and looked at Guan Jiaze.

Seeing her expression, Guan Jiaze was suddenly deflated, and patted her shoulder again: "Okay, you try to catch up with us." ”

On the second day, the upgrade exam was held, in order to prevent the Yan family from grabbing Guan Lehe's handle again, Du Jinning did not hide his clumsiness, and directly took the first place.

Zhang Hongwen was then admitted to Class A. In addition to the two of them, there are eight students in Class B who have been promoted to Class A together.

In order to prevent huddles and promote each other, the students of the old class A and the students of the newly promoted class B sit cross. Du Jinning sat down in the position designated by Mr., only to find that it was no one else sitting next to him, it was Liang Xiankuan, who he hadn't seen for a long time.

Seeing Du Jinning looking over, Liang Xiankuan smiled, leaned over and asked in a low voice: "When will your "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Tianlong Babu" be released?" ”

For the sake of word of mouth, Du Jinning used the hunger marketing method for these two books. According to market calculations, she only prints 800 copies per book, and publishes a new volume every six months. The rest of the multi-printed ones were kept in his hands and sent to Fucheng - in March, Yao Shuqi had rented a shop in Fucheng and opened a teahouse; The bookstore opened in April. Now the fame of these two books in Fucheng has also begun, and the 1,500 copies of the extra printed books will be sold in Fucheng.

Because of the large number of copies printed, the cost of printing and paper was reduced to only 100 texts, while the price was 600 texts. Although the number of copies sold is not like that of later books, which can easily be tens of thousands of copies, the profits are also very rich.

Yao Shuqi saw that the situation was very good, and this month he went to two big counties to open teahouses and bookstores.

"It's in print, and it'll be available in a few days." Du Jinning answered Liang Xiankuan's question, and asked curiously, "Why haven't I seen you for so long, I thought you would participate in the scientific examination." ”

Liang Xiankuan can compete with Guan Jiaze in Class A, and his results are no worse than Guan Jiaze. With his strength, if he goes to participate in the scientific examination, he will definitely be able to get a child back, and the ranking is not low.

Liang Xiankuan is also fourteen or fifteen years old, and it is impossible for him to be an elder in the family because he is young and deliberately presses him not to allow the scientific examination.