Chapter 1 The Paper Maker
Shanxi, Datong Province.
Wei County, located in the territory of Datong Prefecture is a small county seat, to the east is Beijing City, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, to the west is the Datong Mansion City, one of the nine important towns, to the north is also one of the nine important towns of Xuanfu Town, although close to the border of the Great Wall, but these years are also considered to be peaceful.
"Young master, you go slower, wait for the little one."
On the street of Wei County, a man dressed as a servant was running out of breath with a large pile of things, and in front of him was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man dressed as a scholar in a moon-white Confucian robe and holding a paper fan.
"Ah Fu, I asked you to inquire if there are any new books in Lingyue's study recently, have you inquired?"
Hearing the shouts of the servants behind him, Su Hao stopped and turned his head to ask.
"Less... Young master, the little one asked, the study... The people over there say, the new book... It won't be until next month. ”
Hearing Su Hao's question, Ah Fu gasped.
"Is it next month?"
Su Hao had no choice but to tell again: "Remember to remind me when the time comes." ”
Looking at the bustling street, Su Hao's eyes were full of confusion, he crossed over, but the time period he crossed was not very good, it is now the second year of the Ming Dynasty's apocalypse, and there are still twenty years before the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
Although his identity is not too bad, the original father is quite capable, running a paper shop, from coffins to paper, incense candles, and paper money, almost monopolizing all the funeral business in Wei County and several surrounding counties, and it can be regarded as a wealthy gentleman.
However, Su Hao also knows very well that in this era at the end of the dynasty, there is not enough identity, and all money is rootless duckweed, don't look at the current scenery of the Su family, but only a small disaster is enough to knock the Su family into the bottomless abyss.
After all, the Ming Dynasty was an era when everything was inferior, only when reading was high, for those who wanted to gain status, the best shortcut was to test their fame.
However, now the imperial examination is not the same as in the early Ming Dynasty, you can read a few books, after more than 200 years of development, the road of the imperial examination is already only the king of the king of the volume can walk.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was expected to raise people after reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but now, even if you can memorize the Four Books and Five Classics upside down, you may not be expected to lift people.
If you want to be nominated for the gold list, you must at least memorize most of the classics annotated by the famous Confucians.
Thinking of this, Su Hao subconsciously looked at the upper right, and a looming panel suddenly appeared in front of him.
Host: Su Hao
Identity: Weixian paper shop less owner, Xiucai
Skill: [Four Books and Five Classics] (Integration)
Enlightenment point: 0
This is the golden finger that he crosses, a rudimentary system, which he calls the Enlightenment System.
Looking at the big duck egg behind the enlightenment point, Su Hao couldn't help but sigh, originally the enlightenment system came with a little enlightenment point, but he let him use it before.
The function of the enlightenment system is to let people enter the state of enlightenment, and the last enlightenment allowed him to thoroughly integrate the four books and five classics that he had studied for ten years in his original body, and he was admitted to Xiucai.
It's just that it's been two years since he crossed over, and he still hasn't figured out how to get enlightenment points.
Shopping all the way to buy all the way, and soon, Su Hao walked to the door of his house.
"Young master, the master is waiting for you inside."
As soon as he stepped into the house, he saw Zhu Bo, the old housekeeper of Su Mansion, waiting by the gate.
"Uncle Zhu, what's the matter with my father looking for me?"
Su Hao asked casually, and kept walking towards Su An's courtyard.
Zhu Bo replied: "The master didn't say it. ”
"Father, what's the matter with me?"
came to Su An's bedside, and Su Hao helped Su An up.
Although Su An has a good economic acumen, he has a rough life, his wife died soon after giving birth to Su Hao, and when Su An was young, because of business disputes, he was first blinded in one eye, and then broke a hand.
finally lived a good life for more than ten years, but three years ago, because of business disputes, his legs were cut off, and since then he can only use a wheelchair and a sedan chair.
It's a pity that after three years, in the past two months, Su An's body still can't hold on, and he is getting thinner and thinner, but I'm afraid that he won't last long.
Looking at Su An's skinny appearance, Su Hao couldn't help but feel a little sad, although he was no longer the original Su Hao, but Su An's kindness to him was sincere, even if he was disabled, but in order not to disturb his study, Su An still supported his body and took care of the Su family's business.
Not only did he eat and drink, but he also responded to his requests.
Cough......
Su An coughed several times, and after taking a breath, he said slowly: "Push me to the study." ”
"Okay, kid, I'll push you over."
Although he didn't know what Su An was suddenly going to the study, Su Hao obediently hugged Su An into a wheelchair and pushed Su An to the study.
Su An said weakly: "Close the door." ”
Crunch!
The door to the study was closed, and only father and son were in the room.
"Hao'er, go pick up the lampstand."
Su An pointed to the big red sour branch lampstand standing on the side: "There is a switch below, press it down." ”
"Son, go now."
After Su Hao answered, he came to the lampstand, lifted the lampstand hard, and then stepped on the floor tiles hard.
The next moment, with a bang, a downward secret passage appeared on the ground.
In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, the Tatar Altan Khan led the army commander to drive straight into the suburbs of Beijing, burned and looted for several days, and went away satisfied, the entire Wei County suffered heavy casualties, and the Mongols on the grassland often went south, so the people here have the habit of building cellars and secret rooms.
Following the secret passage, I soon came to a secret room, on both sides of the secret room were two bookshelves, on which dozens of books were placed, and in the middle was an offering table, on which were more than a dozen tablets, and on the side of the offering table were two paper figures.
If it weren't for the fact that he had recently taken over the Su family's business, he had been in contact with paper figures and paper horses, and he might not have been able to recognize them.
"Take out the cheats on the offering table."
Su Hao was still looking at the secret room, and Su An said suddenly.
"Okay."
Hearing Su An's words, Su Hao subconsciously responded.
"Yes, sir!"
As a result, before he could take a step forward, he heard an old and hoarse voice on one of the paper figures.
This sudden voice made Su Hao feel excited, and his hair stood on end in an instant!
The next moment, footsteps sounded, and the paper man walked to the offering table, opened a secret compartment, and took out a small box.
"Father... Kiss...... Kiss... Paper...... Paper Man... Live ........."
The scene in front of him frightened Su Hao's teeth and chattered, and he couldn't even finish his words.
"Hao'er, don't be afraid!"
Su An gently patted Su Hao's back with his only remaining hand and said comfortingly.
Feeling the warmth from Su An's palm, although Su Hao had not yet come back to his senses, the panic in his heart had dissipated most of it.
At this time, the paper man came to Su An's wheelchair with the box in his hand and respectfully handed over the box!
After taking the small box from the paper man's hand, Su An said with a smile: "Hao'er, this is Fu Bo, and he is the guardian of my Su family." ”
"The old slave has seen the little master!"
The paper man also showed a smile on his face, but with the peculiar gloom of the paper man, this smile might as well not be smiling!
Seeing the paper man's smile, Su Hao subconsciously took a step back.