The two had a hangover for one night and slept on their feet.

When he woke up the next day, Xu Guangqi rubbed his head, only to feel a splitting headache.

"Alas, drinking is wrong." Xu Guangqi smiled and sighed.

Then he moved his gaze to Du Ling, who was still asleep, covered him with the quilt, and quickly got up.

Xu Guangqi stretched his waist, and then went to the water room to wash up.

"Ahh Du Ling groaned and slowly opened his eyes.

"When you're awake, get up and wash your face." Xu Guangqi said with a smile.

Du Ling washed up, and asked the store to bring food, and ate it in a hurry.

Only then did I feel like my body was back to normal.

"Brother Zixian, should we go out for a walk?"

Seeing that Xu Guangqi was still a little hesitant, Du Ling continued: "Anyway, now that the exam has been completed, let's go to Nanjing, we have to take a turn." ”

"Okay then." Xu Guangqi nodded helplessly.

"Hahaha... Let's go. ”

Seeing that Xu Guangqi agreed, Du Ling took Xu Guangqi and went to the scenic spots in Nanjing City.

At this time, the streets of Nanjing City were full of students who participated in the township examination, and they walked around Nanjing City in twos and threes.

Du Ling and Xu Guangqi walked through the bustling streets and went straight to the foot of a mountain, which was their first stop today, Jiming Temple.

Founded in the first year of Yongkang in the Western Jin Dynasty (300 years), it has a history of more than 1,400 years and is the oldest royal temple in Nanjing.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and then began to walk towards the temple.

After climbing a slightly rugged mountain road, the two finally saw the deity of Jiming Temple.

Clusters of buildings, towering pagodas soaring into the sky, and temples filled with incense and students who came to make their wishes.

It took a lot of effort for the two to squeeze into the main hall of the temple.

"The two donors are here to ask for a wish." As soon as he entered, a monk in a robe walked up with a smile.

The two returned the favor and then gave some incense money.

To bring two pillars of incense, the two knelt on the soft collapse and worshiped the Buddha devoutly.

After a while, the two slowly raised their heads, got up and put the incense in place, and slowly retreated to the side.

"Two sons, I think the two heavenly courts are full, and they will definitely be able to go to high school this time." After seeing that the two of them were finished, the monk stepped forward and said good things.

Du Ling smiled secretly in his heart: "I believe you are a ghost. ”

Still, surface work still needs to be done.

"Then thank you Master for his good words." The two laughed.

The monk waved at the two of them, and then smiled and said, "You two might as well go to the temple and have some fasting food." ”

"No, no, thank you master, we really can't get used to those things."

Du Ling hurriedly pulled Xu Guangqi and ran.

He had heard rumors about the slaughter of customers in this temple, and if he went down this bite, he would not have to eat all the travel expenses.

The two of them ran all the way to a pavilion and stopped.

"Huhuhu......" the two gasped.

Then, looking at the embarrassed appearance of the other party, I couldn't help laughing.

"Rustling ......" suddenly the sky darkened, followed by a light rain.

Suddenly, the entire Jiming Temple was shrouded in smoke and rain.

"There are four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties, and how many buildings are in the smoke and rain." Seeing this scene, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.

Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, admired Buddhism and built many temples during his reign.

As a result, many temple landlords were born, who were like parasites, absorbing the wealth of ordinary people.

Xiao Yan donated himself to the temple three times, and in the end, the minister paid for him to redeem him.

The people of Southern Liang also carried a huge burden because of this, and later experienced the Hou Jing Rebellion, and Southern Liang completely declined.

Although the Southern Liang perished, most of these temples have been preserved and have become a beautiful scenery in the city of Nanjing.

"In this smoke and rain, how many people are fat and ointment." Du Ling replied in a deep voice.

Gradually, the rain became much lighter, and the two of them no longer had the joy they had when they first went up the mountain, and when the rain stopped, they went down the mountain with a heavy heart.

When they returned to the inn, it was getting late, and the two hurriedly ate dinner and washed up, and then went back to their rooms and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, the two got up early and visited some famous scenic spots in Nanjing, so happy.

In the days of waiting for the release of the township test list, several people went out early and returned late every day, and visited the entire city of Nanjing.

Soon, the time came to the day before the release of the list.

After a day of playing, the two dragged their tired bodies back to the inn.

The two of them also tacitly agreed, and each went back to his room without speaking.

At this time, it was extremely torturous for Xu Guangqi, the kind of torture waiting for the day before the results were released, which made people go crazy.

He dreamed more than once that his name was lost to Sun Shan, and every time he dreamed of it, he would be shocked into a cold sweat.

Time passed minute by minute, Xu Guangqi lay on the bed, but it was difficult to sleep.

The room was terriblely quiet, and a needle drop could be heard.

The knock on the door woke Xu Guangqi from his trance......

Xu Guangqi got up with a smile and opened the door: "I knew you couldn't sleep." ”

The person who came was Du Ling, and at this time he couldn't sleep all night, so he came to knock on Xu Guangqi's door with a pillow.

Du Ling smiled: "I finally understand now." ”

"Poetry of the cold mountains outside the city of Gusu, the bell rings in the middle of the night to the passenger ship."

"That hesitation."

Xu Guangqi quipped: "In the world, you are not a good brother, and you can't say it now." ”

"Me? If I smoke from my ancestral grave, I might be able to lift someone. Du Ling laughed at himself.

Then Du Ling smiled: "Aren't you also unable to sleep?" How? Are you still afraid that you will fall off the list? ”

"If you all fall off the list, who in the entire Ying Tianfu scholars dare to say that they are on the list?"

Xu Guangqi heard his praise, and said modestly: "There are people outside the world, there are heavens outside the sky, my shallow knowledge, I don't dare to be the hero in Huating, how dare I despise the scholars of Ying Tianfu." ”

"You're just too modest."

Afterwards, Du Ling didn't talk nonsense, picked up the pillow and put it next to Xu Guangqi's bed.

The two of them lay down and began to imagine the future.

"Brother Zixian, if you are lucky enough to dominate the world, what is the best plan?"

Xu Guangqi laughed at himself: "Dominating the world? What does this have to do with me. ”

Then he said: I have taken so many exams, if I am lucky enough to stand in front of the emperor, I will naturally have to do something. ”

"The first thing I want to do is to make the people rich."

"Hahaha....." Du Ling laughed after hearing this.

"Why is Brother Zimei laughing?"

Du Ling adjusted for a long time, and then slowly spoke: "Since ancient times, which dynasty has the people become rich? ”

"The people are just toys for the powerful, and most of the money will only become more and more concentrated in the hands of a few."

"You can't control this, and you can't control it."

Xu Guangqi said coldly: "Then I will let a small number of people bleed." ”

"It's useless, it's useless." Du Ling shook his head.

Then he said: "The magnates always have loopholes to exploit, and it will be the people who will suffer at that time." ”

"And, are you sure you can withstand the resistance?"

After Xu Guangqi heard this, he was silent.

After a long time, he slowly spoke: "What about you?" What are your plans? ”

Du Ling said with a smile: "The dilemma of the Ming Dynasty naturally has to be solved from the sea. ”

"Now, with the order of the imperial court to open the sea, we can continue to plunder wealth from overseas."

"Now that Qingdao's commerce and trade have developed, I believe that the dilemma of Daming will definitely be solved."

"Since ancient times, they have been based on agriculture, and merchants have been lowly since ancient times." Xu Guangqi retorted.

Du Ling shook his head: "Since ancient times, there have been any lowly merchants, I think the lowly will always be poor, and the rich businessmen have become squires." ”

Xu Guangqi was still about to argue with him, but Du Ling stopped: "Brother Zimei doesn't need to persuade me, I have decided to take my family's fleet to Qingdao no matter what the result of this time is." ”

"Alas, that's fine, then I'll wish Brother Zimei a good future." Xu Guangqi said helplessly.

Du Ling smiled and nodded. Then the two of them had their own thoughts and fell asleep.

Nothing was said all night.

In the early morning of the next day, the two woke up early and waited for the official who came to deliver the good news.

"Dangdangdang..... There was a sudden sound of gongs and drums in the distance, and then an official came over.

"Congratulations to Zhao Wen in Wuxi Jingli, Master Zhao, who ranked 20th in the Tianfu Township Test."

"I'm in, I'm in!"

"Hahaha......"

As soon as the official had finished speaking, a young man laughed and laughed, looking like he was crazy.

"Hurry up, give the reward." Zhao Wen hurriedly instructed the scholar.

Xu Guangqi looked at Zhao Wen's appearance with envy.

"It's okay, maybe you're ahead of him." Du Ling comforted.

Then there was an official messenger to send joy, and Du Ling watched the official messenger walk into the store and was overjoyed.

"Congratulations, Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, Master Duling, the 80th place in the Tianfu Examination, congratulations to Master Du."

After hearing this, Du Ling was stunned.

"Brother Zimei, you're in, you're in."

It wasn't until Xu Guangqi reminded him that he came back from his stunned state.

He handed the bounty to the official, and then he believed that this was the reality.

"Did I really get it?" Du Ling muttered to himself.

"You're really hit!"

However, Xu Guangqi's words were a little lonely.

"I can win, you can win, maybe the official is slow." Du Ling hurriedly said with relief.

"I hope so."

Another team of officials walked in, and the students in the store sorted out their clothes one after another, as if this person was himself.

"Congratulations to Songjiang Mansion, Xu Guangqi of Huating County, Master Xu, high school should be tested in Tianfu Township (second place)."

"Hahaha... I'll just say you've got it. Du Ling saw that Xu Guangqi had obtained the Central Asian Yuan, and shook his body wildly.

"Hit, hit." Xu Guangqi muttered in a low voice.

The official was waiting for a reward.

Du Ling was also generous, and directly took out the silver taels from his arms and handed them to the official.

The official said a few kind words, then turned and left.

The surrounding students saw Xu Guangqi and Du Ling in the middle, and they couldn't wait to crush their teeth.

In particular, Xu Guangqi is still Yayuan, which makes them even more crazy.

"Let's go out at night."

Under the murderous gaze of everyone, Du Ling pulled Xu Guangqi and went straight to the Qinhuai River.