Chapter 118 Lin'an Mansion
If it weren't for Han Xiucai going to Lin'an Mansion to participate in the Autumn Festival, Han Beiqing wouldn't have had the opportunity to see this famous Lin'an Mansion.
On both sides of the Bianhe River, there are densely populated merchant ships. The houses in the center of the city are tall and orderly. The streets are bustling with traffic. There are all kinds of stores, and the full range of functions is almost the same as that of later generations.
looked at his daughter sitting in the carriage and couldn't take his eyes off the downtown outside. Han Xiucai's face was gentle: "Look stupid, right? Daddy's first time here, it's the same as your expression at this time."
"It's so nice here...... "The economy is really developed, and the faces of the people who come and go are peaceful. This is the manifestation of the high degree of economic freedom, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
Han Beiqing thought about the scene he saw all the way from Qishan County to Lin'an Mansion. To say that it is not moving, that is false. Caoyun Fortress is bound to be an economically developed place.
She thought that she had been a grassroots cadre for so many years, and she had long been familiar with the word poverty, and she was numb to the exposed human nature under poverty. It is a bold belief that relying on his previous experience, he will be able to break out of the world according to his past experience.
Now it seems that she is really superficial.....
"Tongfu Inn?" Dalong parked the carriage in front of an inn.
"It's a nice name, we've all stayed at the Tongfu Inn all the way. I don't know if they're a boss or not." Dalong turned around and looked at Han Xiucai's father and daughter in the carriage behind him.
"How can it be a boss, I think it's a good name, everyone likes to call it." Saying that, Han Xiucai bowed down and got out of the carriage, turned around and stretched out his hand to help the daughter behind him.
"Little Er, feed my horses some good forage." Dalong took out a few copper plates from his body and handed them to the shopkeeper at random.
"Alright, guest officer. Rest assured, the little one will take care of this horse." Xiao Er got the reward and happily shouted inside, "One horse, feed the grass!"
Immediately, a junior apprentice led the carriage to the backyard, and the shopkeeper in charge of hospitality at the door took the luggage that Dalong had moved.
Looking at the bookcase that Da Long was carrying, the shopkeeper immediately rushed to Han Xiucai to make his luggage: "I've seen Xiucai Langjun."
Han Beiqing and the others have long been accustomed to the flattery of this group of shopkeepers, because this group of people is really good at observing words and feelings.
As usual, I asked for two suites next to each other, one for Han Xiucai and Da Long, and one for Han Beiqing.
Because it is the autumn season, there will be many candidates in Lin'an Mansion. For fear of not being able to find a good place to live, the Han family decided to leave earlier. Fortunately, Qishan County is not far from Lin'an Mansion, and they arrived five days before the official exam.
"Wasted five days of store money, it really shouldn't be." At dinnertime, Han Xiucai and the three of them were eating in the room.
Looking at the six dishes and one soup that Han Beiqing wanted, Han Xiucai felt that it was too extravagant: "The three of us can't finish eating so many dishes, it's a waste of money to ask for so much."
"Daddy, do you know why you didn't pass the exam in the first few autumn exams?" Han Beiqing didn't explain, but filled a bowl of soup and gently put it in front of Han Xiucai.
"Is it because Daddy doesn't know enough?" Han Beiqing looked gentle: "Of course not, it's because the family is too poor."
"Poor?" Han Xiucai shook his head: "Although my family is poor, they don't treat me badly."
"Wrong! You have wronged yourself. The first few times you entered Lin'an Mansion with a bookcase on your back and your legs, right? Tired and sunny, stay overnight in the wild. How can your body and bones withstand this wind and sleep? So you're always in a bad state in the exam room because you're so tired."
Later, after learning from experience, Han Xiucai decided to take a car to Lin'an Mansion. But renting a carriage is too expensive, so several people can share one. Seven or eight people were crammed into a carriage, and under the scorching heat, you can imagine how uncomfortable the road was.
I don't eat well, I don't sleep well, and some people don't adapt to the soil.
So before the exam started, someone fell ill. Even if you go straight into the examination room, it will be more than lucky.
"This time, let's take enough entanglements, set off early, and familiarize ourselves with the surrounding environment of the exam room first. After recuperation, we entered the exam with high spirits
field." Han Beiqing cheered up his old father and encouraged him to be able to pass the exam this time.
In fact, after resting in the inn for two days, Han Xiucai recuperated his tired body on the road.
The local eating habits of Lin'an Mansion are similar to those of Qishan County, and because of the past six months, Han Beiqing has been improving his food in a variety of ways. Now even if Han Xiucai eats some greasy food, he won't have diarrhea.
Two days before the autumn festival, Xiucai from all over the country came to Lin'an Mansion one after another. Almost all of them came together from the same county, and Tongfu Inn also had candidates from Qishan County.
However, Han Xiucai did not greet those fellow villagers, because he was studying in his room behind closed doors. Someone heard that Xiucai, who lives in Qishan County, also knocked on the door and wanted to talk. was all driven away by Han Beiqing, and did not let these useless socializations disturb the old father.
The test venue is in the Gongyuan of Lin'an Province, and the exam is divided into three sessions, each of which lasts for three days. The date was set for the 8th, 11th, and 14th days of the first month, that is, to stay in the tribute courtyard for nine days and seven nights.
Han Beiqing had never seen what it looked like in the Gongyuan in her life, but she had seen it in her previous life. The examination booth is one by one, the inside is very narrow, there are only two wooden planks up and down, the upper board is used as a table for writing the answer sheet, and the lower board is used as a chair, and the two boards are put together as a bed when sleeping at night. During the three days of the exam, eating, drinking, and Lazar were all in it.
This is also why Han Beiqing took Han Xiucai into Lin'an Mansion in advance. With his physique, all his strength was exhausted on the way. In the nine days of the examination shed, it is strange that he can stand up.
As soon as nine days passed, Han Xiucai walked out of the tribute courtyard in a sloppy manner.
Dalong had already received Han Beiqing's instructions, and neither of them asked how the test was. Back at the Tongfu Inn, let Han Xiucai take a hot bath first, and then have a full meal.
The tired Han Xiu slept for a day and a night, and then he had some energy.
The day of the township trial list will be at least half a month later. There are many candidates in Lin'an Prefecture, and the government has notified the release date of September 17.
In the next half month, Han Beiqing took Han Xiucai to walk around this Lin'an Mansion.
Han Beiqing was thinking of investigation, and carefully walked around this Lin'an Mansion.
"Girl, girl, look, there are so many people in that carriage." The dragon pointed to the strangely shaped carriage on the street and exclaimed.
"There's something strange about this carriage, and there's two little people beating drums on it." The carriage stopped, the drums stopped, and someone stood up and took out the copper plate and handed it to the driver.
"It was a drum cart, and every time the carriage turned, the drum sounded, and the drum sounded for a mile. Whoever walks a few miles will be given as much as he wants." The hawker's explanation shocked Dalong.
is also shocking, as well as Han Beiqing. She didn't expect that there was already a concept of buses in this era. This drum cart is much cheaper than renting a donkey. qδ
Han Beiqing had an idea in his mind, her carriage could also be used as a bus.