Chapter 13 Wandering
"I don't dare to agree to this, the key is that there is no money, if I want money to go to the South Wind Pavilion, I guess my father will have to split me." Chen Fan weighed the pros and cons in his heart, but decided to refuse.
"We're all still young, we'll talk about it in two years." Chen Fan snorted and used a procrastination trick.
"We're not small, we're going to treat ourselves as adults!" Seeing that Chen Fan did not refuse to die, Gong Qing felt that there was a drama and continued to increase the offensive.
"Do you think our parents will approve of us going?" Chen Fan decided to use his parents as a shield.
"Your eldest brother has been there, and your father has not treated your eldest brother well." Feng Can's deep voice sounded.
Chen Fan immediately raised this little black fat man to the height of not only black skin but also black belly, and felt that he was seriously blind, and underestimated this little fat man who didn't talk much. At the same time, he was secretly surprised, how could the fat man know about such a confidential matter. However, due to his serious memory loss, he didn't want to ask directly, but swept his eyes towards Gong Qing, and saw that Gong Qing also showed an interested look.
"Okay, Feng Can, how do you know?" Gong Qing landed on the black fat man with a punch and asked.
"When his eldest brother went, he called out to my second brother, my second brother invited a guest. When my father cleaned up my second brother, my second brother said it. Feng Can explained honestly under the gaze of the two.
"Look, what I'm talking about, even if we go, we have to steal it, but do you think we can hide it from people in this small county?" Chen Fan showed that he was really like this. In fact, I slandered in my heart, no wonder Xiao Hei didn't invite guests, he was afraid of being cleaned up by his father, it seems that this shadow is quite heavy.
"What about Gusu? It's a county town, and people come and go, so who will pay attention to us. Gong Qing came to the spirit for a while.
"We'll talk about that later." Chen Fan decided not to let go now, otherwise if he couldn't do it, he would be embarrassed.
"Okay, let's talk about it later, and don't forget it then." Gong Qing estimated that he would not get the answer he wanted for a while and a half, and decided not to bother anymore, and Xiao Hei did not squeak.
"It's still early, let's take a walk around the city." Chen Fan proposed, it is estimated that the chess game is not over yet, and his father will not go home so early, since it has come out, it is good to have a chance to see more.
"What is there to visit, it is less than two miles before and after, and I have long been tired of shopping." Gong Qing was not interested, and it was estimated that he would not go to the Nanfeng Pavilion this time, and he would not be interested in anything.
"Isn't this just after eating, just take a walk." Chen Fan agitated.
"There's nothing to do when you go back, so you might as well go outside." Xiao Hei finally said a decent word.
So the three of them began to wander aimlessly, the county town is really not big, it is a square siege made of green bricks, it is estimated that there are two miles before and after, the city wall is four or five meters wide, six or seven meters high, and there are arrow towers on the four city gates.
The facilities in the small town are also complete, in addition to the restaurants and Nanfeng Pavilions mentioned above, there are also cloth shops, rice shops, bun shops, butcher shops and other shops that are complete, Feng Can's family is engaged in fabrics and clothing, and Gong Qing's family is engaged in rice, flour, grain and oil. Also, in this city, if you don't make a living by running shops, you have to be a guy who runs a hall, or a local tyrant, who lives by collecting rent. However, from the conversation, Chen Fan found that the Gong and Feng families have Zhuangzi and farmland outside the city, and they are also well-off, but the status of the two in the family is different, Gong Qing is an only son, and he is the head of the house, the baby is not good, Feng Can is the same as Chen Fasheng, there are two brothers in the family, and the treatment is relatively poor, as for whether Feng Can is a descendant, it is not clear.
Chen Fan was impressed by the small river in the city, there were traces of artificial excavation at a glance, on both sides of the riverbank, there were also green bricks in some places, the river water was clear, flowing slowly, the river surface was four or five meters wide, and there were women washing and fetching water by the river. What makes Chen Fan feel a pity is that the river passes through both ends of the city wall, and there is no water gate, but it is sealed by an iron fence, making it impossible for boats to pass. Chen Fan felt that it was imperative to find a way to make money.
After walking around, what surprised Chen Fan was that he didn't see Tianshui Academy, could it be that it was so far away from Gusu?
Chen Fan didn't directly ask if you knew where Tianshui Academy was, but said that he was going to learn the Taoist scriptures.
"There are more than twenty days to start, do you still plan to go to Tianshui Academy?" Chen Fan asked.
"Of course, you're not going to go, are you?" Gong Qing asked with a little confusion.
"Possibly, my father is going to let me study the Tao Sutra." Chen Fan said in an uncertain tone.
"You're going to study the Tao Sutra? Didn't your father interfere with you before? Why did you change your mind? Gong Qing asked in surprise.
"Do you know anything about souls?" Chen Fan decided to throw out a profound question first.
"I've heard that it's a soul, and it is said that people have three souls and seven spirits, and I don't know if it's true or not." Feng Can replied.
"I told you that some time ago I fell ill inexplicably and took a break for a while. I was really sick, and you didn't care about me, at that time, Lang Zhong diagnosed that I might have been injured in the soul, and my father invited a Taoist priest from Gusu to treat me, and he was a mage, but before he came, I was cured of my illness, and I don't know if it was a matter of the soul, but after the mage came, he thought that my qualifications were acceptable, so he accepted me as an apprentice. My father decided to let me study the Taoist scriptures, saying that it would strengthen my soul, and whether or not to go in the end was still undecided. In order not to arouse the disgust of his two classmates and friends for not going to Tianshui Academy, Chen Fan tried his best to blame the matter of learning the Tao on objective coincidence.
"I didn't expect you to have the potential to cultivate the Tao, you won't learn from that Xiao Langjun in your family, he went to learn the Tao, you said before that learning the Tao is not good, why don't you object to this?" Gong Qing asked sourly.
"It's not that I don't object, it's looking at chance, if I can really cultivate the Tao and become an immortal, then it's nothing to learn the Tao. Besides, I'm not listening to you? Chen Fan argued.
"Now I haven't heard that through cultivating the Dao Sutra, you can become an immortal, but I have heard that there were people in the era of the Five Emperors." Feng Can broke out a piece of news that was extremely exciting for Chen Fan.
Since Chen Fan came to this world, he has always doubted that this world can cultivate immortals, whether it is the pages of the Heavenly Book, the Spirit Source Bead, and the feeling of "spiritual power" flowing in his body, Chen Fan feels that there may be immortals in this world, at least there are immortals.
Through the broken void that Xiao Qing said before, to today, Feng Can said that there were immortals in the era of the Five Emperors, Chen Fan felt that it was likely that for some reason, such as the loss of spiritual power in this world, this world could not produce true immortals at present, but the method of cultivating immortals must exist.
In the era of the Five Emperors, Chen Fan remembered that he put a book on his book case to introduce the era of the Five Emperors, which was a historical record, and he had not had time to study it carefully, so it seemed necessary to read it, maybe there was really a record of cultivating immortals.
"You know quite a bit." Chen Fan praised Feng Can, and then said: "Can you cultivate to become an immortal, let's not discuss it for the time being, if I want to continue to go to Tianshui Academy, what can you do?" "I can't go to the Taoist temple, Chen Fan still tends to go to Tianshui Academy, and it's always good to file multiple times first.
"This is mainly your father, the key is that you have to move your father to support you to go to Tianshui Academy." Feng Can replied.
"Isn't this nonsense, the key is how to say that you have a father." Gong Qing carried forward his usual style of scolding people and scolded Feng Can.
"Then have you said any ways to move my father, such as what are the benefits of going to Tianshui Academy?" Chen Fan asked inspiringly.
"Go! Tianshui Academy has a chess department, you won this hand talk, it means that you have a talent for Go, if you enter the first product, it is also possible to enter the innate and enter the Tao with chess, and become a chess saint, then you can also soar. Gong Qing said excitedly.
"It is estimated that Gong Qing's own brain supplement, and he can soar when he plays chess, but I haven't heard of it. However, if you tell them about the possibility of going to learn the Tao, they won't be too surprised. Chen Fan thought secretly.
"It's easy to be an official in Tianshui Academy, and now the dean of Tianshui Academy, Wang Boming, once worked as a third-grade official and served as a waiter, and then Ding You went home, and now the filial piety period has expired, and it is likely to be reinstated at any time, if you are favored by the dean and recommend you to be an official, you will be developed." Feng Can said.
For Ding Wei, Chen Fan understands that in ancient China, when parents died, children had to mourn for three years, during which they were not allowed to get married, and those who were officials had to put down all their duties and go home to mourn. But what makes Chen Fan feel strange is that being an official doesn't need an exam, can he rely on recommendations?
"Can the dean recommend someone to be an official?" Chen Fan asked suspiciously.
"Of course, the dean is a recommendation officer, although Ding You is at home now, but the recommender is still okay." Feng Can said affirmatively.
Referral officer? Could it be that the implementation of the "nine-product zhongzheng system"? Chen Fan suddenly remembered that during the Northern and Southern Dynasties in China, the system of selecting officials was implemented in the "Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System", which referred to the prestigious recommendation officials, usually served by officials of the third rank or above, and selected talents according to their family background, morality, and talent, and recommended as officials.
In any case, Chen Fan saw that the purpose of informing them that they might go to learn the Tao had been achieved today, so he decided not to dwell on the issue of how to try to get to Tianshui Academy, and opened the topic and said: "Let's wait for this chess game to come later, you can also help me think about whether there are any other good excuses for the past two days, let's go back today, and tomorrow in the Go match, will you still come?" ”
"I'm not going, I'm going to cheer you up at home." Feng Can said, it is estimated that he experienced the pain of waiting for others today and decisively refused.
"I'm not going either, let's get together the day after tomorrow to see how your game goes, and I hope you can win." Gong Qing probably thought it was boring for him to go alone, and decided to wait for the results of the game to come out before getting together.
"Okay, then we'll see you the day after tomorrow." Chen Fan didn't plan to let them come over tomorrow to cheer him on, anyway, the arena was opposite his home, which was very convenient, and playing chess was not a big deal, so he didn't need to work hard.
For Chen Fan, the key at present is, how to start the money-making model?