Su Ling, who heard this, was stunned at first, she hadn't seen Lang Jun reading for several days, and now she suddenly mentioned it, she blamed herself a little.

As a wife, she should have to assist, but she didn't do her duty, not only did she not remind her family, but she even forgot to clean herself!

According to her Langjun's reading method of fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, let alone the champion, if Tong Sheng can't pass the exam this year, it must be her fault as a wife!

Thinking about her, she panicked, looked up with an apologetic face and said: "Lang Jun, it's Xiaoling who is not good, Xiaoling forgot that Tongsheng County tried it for a while......"

Zhou Qi also put down the book in his hand when he heard this, reached out and rubbed her little head, and said with a smile: "How can I blame you?" Don't worry, your family is talented, and it won't be difficult for me! ”

He is not exaggerating when he says this! ……

The pious dynasty emphasized literature over martial arts, promoted a large number of literati, and held a county examination in each county and state from time to time every year.

The children's test in the county town is much more lenient than the government test and the hospital test!

The examination room is set up in the county seat, and the chief examiner is also the local county order, and the county order of Jinfeng County is Liu Sichen's father, but the specific work is estimated to be completed by the county officials under him, such as the county officer, the main book, the ceremonial room and the like......

However, no matter who invigilated the exam in the end, this did not have much impact on Zhou Qi, and he never thought that he would have to go through the back door for the county test!

After all, most of the questions in the county exam are from the Four Books and Five Classics, and there is no miscellaneous study, as long as you memorize the content of the book on weekdays, you will basically not make mistakes!

Zhou Qi has the memory of the original owner's reading in his mind, and the original owner is a little stupid, and he can't understand the essence of the book, so it is naturally much more difficult to memorize the book!

But after changing to Zhou Qi, a scholar, then everything is different, he has no other advantages, only this has a super strong memory, he can't forget it, and he can remember it after reading it!

These days, he picks up the lights and candles again, and has a child's county test similar to a literacy class, which is not a problem at all!

However, he didn't just pursue it......

This time, he went to Xiucai, only because of the imperial examination system of the Great Qian Dynasty, he had to pass the county examination before he could obtain the qualification to participate in the Qizhou City Government Examination.

He went for this show this time!

Although he is not qualified to be an official, he can already do it without worshipping officials and not paying taxes in terms of identity!

You know, as long as you don't become an official, you can still do business, and you don't pay taxes to become a showman, so you can carry every penny of your business income in your pocket!!

He doesn't have any other ideas for the time being, as long as he doesn't pay taxes, hey, he'll be happy!

After all, now that he has learned about the tax paid, if he can't fill the treasury, he will have to be sent to the enemy country by the prime minister, he won't do this wrong!

It is estimated that Liu Sichen thinks the same thing, otherwise this county will make his son do a good job, what kind of talent will he test! ……

Just as he was thinking about this, there was a knock at the courtyard door.

Zhou Qi opened the door and saw that this product really couldn't stand the thought, and I don't know why he actually found the door!

"Brother Zhou, you are very comfortable these days, do you know that something big has happened in the city!"

Liu Sichen walked in the door, this time there was a chicken pen, and the yard was already very clean, he followed Zhou Qi into the house without any dislike, but his face was full of anxiety and sadness.

"The goods you ordered earlier in the strange goods house, the craftsman Li Fugang informed me that I have all made them, and I am preparing to distribute them today, but last night I somehow started a fire in the craftsman's new residence, and those goods were burned to the ground, fortunately, the textile machine was handed over to Su Yue yesterday, and the toothbrush has also been laid on the shop, and the rest are shipped to the counties......"

When Zhou Qi heard this, his footsteps were a pause, and he interrupted directly and asked, "Are everyone okay?" ”

"People are fine!"

Liu Sichen continued to walk and said: "But it is all made of beech wood, I have never seen it, and I have lost five thousand silver!" 5,000 silver!! ……”

Hearing that people were fine, Zhou Qi breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time his heart ached!

Five thousand silver, which is really a huge amount of money in this era, or he specially explained that the first dividend of the toothbrush shop in Liu Sichen's neighboring county was first used as the cost of manufacturing this model!

The price of beech wood is so high because they don't produce big-leaved beech trees in their area!

This timber is transported from remote areas by official roads, and it is also known as the sacred tree in the examination, and the price is second only to the rosewood on his big bed!

He originally thought that this beech wood manufacturing model was suitable, and he just happened to be able to take advantage of the imminent imperial examination to make a big profit in the city!

Now I haven't caught a penny, and I said I'd burn it!?

I'm afraid that not only will the five thousand silver be lost, but I don't know if the new site of the craftsman will be damaged, and it will be another expense to repair it!

"Can you find out the cause of the fire?"

"I have asked the craftsmen that the fire of last night was started before the craftsmen were asleep, and the craftsmen were all in one place when the fire started, and by the time they rushed over, the flames were already in one place! This must have been done by someone else, but this is all burned to ashes, where can I find out which grandson it is? ”

Liu Sichen was even more distressed, if he was not careful, he would already insult Sven.

Zhou Qi also understands that the investigation methods at this time are relatively backward, as long as the thief is not caught red-handed, you can't understand it even if you check it upside down!

Although he also wanted to find out the grandson, but the burn had already burned, and it would be useless for him to be sad, and now they didn't have much money in their hands, and it was impossible to make it again in a short time!

But fortunately, these days, there are already a bunch of dolls made by several women in the house, so I will only do the crane machine business for the time being, which is not impossible......

"Brother Liu, don't be too heartbroken, you can just earn the money back! ……”

Thinking about it, he told Liu Sichen his thoughts, and the two quickly reached an agreement.

But this crane machine has to be done by Zhou Qi in person, otherwise when it comes to this, Liu Sichen has never heard of it, how can he know that the manufacturing is right!

Zhou Qi thought that there had indeed been no movement in the village for a few days, so he decided to set off on the spot.

Soon, the two arrived in Jinfeng County with two carts of dolls.

The damage to the craftsman's new residence was not too serious, and the crane machine was placed in the corner and hidden, so Zhou Qi checked it......

His crane machine, which is different from the current crane machine, can only be called a simple version.

However, the general operation method is still the same as in the present world, throw the copper plate into the coin slot, and then you can get the number of times you catch the doll, no more, no less, two copper plates at a time.

Originally, it was only used to attract customers, but now if you want to only do the business of this doll machine, Zhou Qi thinks that these dolls and dolls alone are probably not enough!

So, I came up with another idea on the spot.

He plans to divide the crane machine into three categories, one is used to grab dolls, one is used to grab items that are loved by the rich, and the other is used to grab objects that are practical to the common people!

The goods in each type of crane machine are different, and the pricing is different, but they will be cheaper than the goods inside.

The crane machines made by the craftsmen are probably not different, but they have to build a few more so that they can be put on the shop, which is more or less money......

But just this simple one, it was already stunned that Liu Sichen, he never thought that there were such interesting objects in this world, and now he stayed in the craftsman's workshop, and he couldn't walk around the crane machine!

So much so that Zhou Qi asked him anything, but he didn't hear it.

"What? What did Brother Zhou ask? ”

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