As soon as the first month came out, Jiang Saburo took the children to the county seat for the exam.

Candidates first went to Wucheng Temple to worship the statue of Taigong, and then examined the rhetoric and strategy, and then tested target shooting, riding archery, foot shooting, warping, weight-bearing, etc., and then reviewed the height, appearance, speech and demeanor.

A score of five for each item is considered good.

The exam is divided into two age groups, twelve to sixteen and sixteen to twenty.

Jiang Wu is young, and his size is obviously not as good as his age, so he suffers a little.

But he was very brave, and his strength was greater than that of other children, let alone riding and shooting, and he soon won the first place in the competition.

Huzi and Little Demon are not far behind, winning the second and third places in their age group respectively.

Zhang Min and Wei Zhan also dominate the 16-20 age group.

What they didn't know was that the chief examiner of the martial arts examination in Qinchuan County was Xu Kun, who had not been seen for several years, and the good brother of martial arts master Zhang Meng.

He touched his chin with relief and ticked the names of the children.

This time, the new emperor specially asked him to come to Qinchuan County to recruit martial arts students, and he was also preparing to cultivate a group of credible people.

Now at the beginning of the new dynasty, the imperial court lacks available talents, especially the Zhichong Mansion that guards the imperial city and various places, and must be the new emperor's own henchmen.

A new imperial court, if there is no strong force to deter, those nobles will inevitably rise to the moth, so the new emperor attaches great importance to this martial arts examination, and also granted Qinchuan County twenty martial arts places, ten more than other counties.

Xu Kun didn't understand what the new emperor meant, so he directly sent an enrollment notice to the entrance of Dongchen Village.

As a result, those children came, and they all behaved well.

A few days later, the martial arts examination ended, and Jiang Saburo took the children to stay in the county seat for a few days, waiting for the release of the list.

Ying Bao also came to the county seat with his father, and his younger brother went to the exam and went to the shop to inspect it himself.

The sister-in-law and the brother in the lobby are busy in the shop, and they also hire two maids to take care of the children.

My aunt still lives here and sells breakfast at a stall every morning.

Now that Hongxiao is fourteen years old, she is very beautiful, and she no longer goes to school to study, but helps her mother set up a stall to sell food every day.

Sakura Bao stood on the side and observed their business, and found that there were still so many diners, and they could earn up to three or four hundred wen a day, and a dozen yuan a month.

In fact, it is not a small amount for my aunt to earn so much, but she still has to provide for Xiaolang to study, and she also has to prepare the bride price for Yuying to marry a wife, and the daily expenses of the family also have to spend a little, so the income is a bit insufficient.

Cousin Yuying is seventeen this year, and he is currently helping Brother Lobby run errands and deliver deliveries, occasionally taking care of the shop, Brother Lobby gives him fifteen taels a month, and employs him temporarily, so as not to run around and learn from others.

Ying Bao walked back to the shop and said to the lobby brother: "I see that the space on our right is good, why don't you buy it and build a few shops." ”

Jiang Cheng was surprised: "Where is there a place on the right?" "In the past few years, houses have been built on both sides of their shop, some have built houses to live in, and some have opened small shops, and there is no vacant land anyway.

"It's the pond next to our shop, I want to buy it, fill it in and build a house on it." There is a pond on the right hand of the specialty shop, the water is not deep, it is filled with some garbage, messy, and it smells in summer, Sakura Bao has long wanted to fill it in, but he is afraid that after he fills it in, he will make wedding clothes for others.

Jiang Cheng: "That pond? Okay, too. ”

was reminded by his little cousin, Jiang Chengru was empowered.

The pond is not small, if it is filled in to build a house, it is enough to build a large yard with two entrances.

"You can go to the tooth shop and ask later, if it is ownerless, buy it directly." Yingbao is not short of money now, but his younger brother will be an official in the future, and there are many places to spend money.

Not to mention going to Jiankang to buy a house and buy land, even in the future, officialdom colleagues will also need to pay frequent courtesy.

If someone else gives a gift, you have to return the same value as the gift in the past, which is called a human relationship.

And after becoming an official, the official family will allocate a certain number of servants and maidservants, and you have to take money to support them.

Alas, these are burdens.

"Okay, I'll take a look." Jiang Cheng explained to his wife and went out.

An hour later, Jiang Cheng came back with the tooth man and went to the pond to measure the size.

In the end, it only cost one hundred and eighty taels of silver, and he bought all the large pieces.

Jiang Cheng registered the title deed in the name of the third uncle, and then handed it over to the little cousin for safekeeping.

Sakura took the title deed, and asked Brother Lobby to hire some people to carry the soil over and fill the entire pond with compaction.

This project is a bit big, it can't be built overnight, Sakura Bao doesn't pay attention to it for the time being, and it's good to be handled by Brother Lobby.

Anyway, his golden ears and snow ears are all handed over to the lobby brother for sale, even if he builds ten or eight rooms, it is enough.

A few days later, the martial arts test was finally released, and Jiang Wuwen and Wushu ranked first in his age group.

Tiger is second, and the little demon is third.

Zhang Min and Wei Zhan ranked second and third in his group, respectively.

The first is a very strong young man, with a physique that is similar to that of a bear.

Everyone was so happy, especially Wei Zhan, he just came to the test with the attitude of trying it out, and the result was really successful.

The martial arts examination is different from the literary examination, once the martial arts examination is passed, you can directly enter Beijing, and the emperor will personally select and train intensively, and then be awarded an official position.

Sakura is also happy for his younger brother, but he is also worried, because once he becomes a military attaché, it is inevitable that he will go out to fight.

When the time comes, will the emperor let them attack the Little Zhou Dynasty?

When Jiang Saburo returned to his hometown with the children, the entire Dongchen Village was a sensation.

Many people who didn't let their children refer to it regretted it.

I also heard Jiang Saburo say that these children will go to Beijing with the examiner to meet the emperor in a few days, and the emperor will confer the officials in person, and several people regret and want to pound the wall.

Once they are conferred, they will be proper officials, and it is estimated that at worst they will be awarded the nine-rank official position of county lieutenant.

Among them, the most regretful is the second daughter-in-law of the Chen patriarch's family.

"It's all you! What is said that the martial arts examination is conscription, this is good, that little lady raised... I was also hit, and I won't be allowed to on our necks in the future. ”

Han Miaoniang slapped her husband Chen Jiazhen a few times, and said angrily: "I said earlier that I would let our family Bokang go, he is just sixteen this year, and he has studied with Zhang Meng for a while, so he won't fail the exam anyway, but if you say that, don't give him to sign up." ”

Chen Jiazhen avoided his wife and said, "I didn't catch up this time, let's report it next year, what a big deal." ”

"What if there are more people taking the exam next year? Berkanta..." Before Han Miaoniang finished speaking, she saw a person rushing out of the house and ran out quickly.

"Berkang! You're back..." Han Miaoniang saw her son running out of the door angrily, and hurriedly chased after her, but her son ran away without a trace.

Han Miaoniang stood at the door for a while, then turned around and pointed at her husband and scolded: "You old thing! Don't go get Berkang back yet! In case he can't think about it..."

Chen Jiazhen also panicked when she heard this, and hurriedly went out to find her son.