Lu Xu: "Don't, you take Lu Zhou with you, I see you guys are having a good time." ”

Yan Junqi's identity as a Longxing Xie Yuan is still very useful, except for the private book party held by the dignitaries in Beijing, they can't insert it, no matter whether it is a high-end or low-grade party, Xie Yuan participates, and no one else will refuse, and there are always people who will take the initiative to talk to him and discuss.

Those genres, interpretations, annotations, etc., which Lu Xu is particularly not interested in, Yan Junqi is quite interested.

Lu Xu: "No one talks to you about this at home, just let you keep accounts." ”

Yan Junqi: "I'm also very happy to help you keep accounts." ”

Lu Xu smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, his heart was like honey, and he said crookedly: "Which one, we finally arrived in the capital, we can't come in vain, let's go play, let's play, you go to the party, I will also go shopping around to see if I can collect some things that Guanyang doesn't have." ”

Yan Junqi responded.

Lu Xu handed them clothes, "Remember to find a sheltered place to sit, don't take off your coat if it's cold." I'll make you something to eat in the evening. ”

Yan Junqi and Lu Zhou remembered that the last time Lu Xu sat by the window, he was blown into a ball and shivered, and couldn't help laughing.

The three of them went out together in the morning, solved lunch outside at noon, and Lu Xu went home to cook in the evening, listening to Lu Zhou's summary of the condensed version of the day's experience while eating.

Lu Xu encouraged him to write small articles about the interesting things he hears every day, and he can write a diary without writing articles, and he can go home in the future to sort out and sort out interesting things, and he can tell his younger brothers and sisters.

Yan Junqi sewed a few more small notebooks, and Lu Xu found charcoal from the shop selling paints outside.

This is what someone else uses to make a draft when they draw.

Lu Xu bought a large handful, came back and revised it himself, rolled it up with paper, imitated a pencil, and asked Yan Junqi to sew a small pocket on the small notebook, so that he could insert the pen into it and pull it out when he used it.

"If you have this to memorize whatever you want, you don't need to grind ink."

Lu Xu was very satisfied, and recorded in a small book every day which street had something delicious, which shop had cost-effective things, where to buy the goods, and so on.

In mid-March, Yan Junqi had to concentrate on preparing for the exam and would no longer go out.

Lu Xu asked Lu Zhou to play by himself, and the test was getting closer and closer, and those who were still busy with the party at this time were either really talented and not uncommon, or they were particularly confident, and the rest were to study in Beijing or be scholars in Beijing.

They are generally younger, more vigorous, and the topics they talk about are more daring, the content is not limited to academic knowledge, and they often gossip about some scandals in the court, such as which civil official has joined the general again, who dozed off when he went to the court, and the prince heard the snoring, who fought in the early dynasty, who stayed in the Qinglou at night and was caught by the imperial history who also stayed overnight, which family wanted to marry which family, and the other party looked down on his family.

Lu Xu asked Lu Zhou to remember carefully, and every day he had to listen to gossip and jokes.

On this day, Lu Zhou sat in the corner with a small notebook, while listening to others loudly criticize yesterday's early dynasty's proposal to sell officials in the imperial court for silver to enrich the treasury officials, and at the same time wrote a drawing record in the small notebook.

Suddenly, a strange boy approached him and asked curiously, "What are you remembering?" ”

Lu Zhou was stunned with the jerky in his mouth.

The fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, dressed in a brocade robe, watched with great curiosity as he had painted half of the eaves.

"So you didn't remember what they said!"

The author has something to say:

Lu Xu: What can we talk about at the scholars' gathering? Bored.

Lu Zhou: I heard that yesterday the two ministers had a fight in the early dynasty.

Lu Xu: Let's talk about it carefully!

Chapter 197: New Friends

Lu Zhou subconsciously said: "I remembered." ”

As he spoke, he swallowed the jerky and flipped the notebook to the front to show the other party.

The boy took a closer look, and he really remembered.

The quarrel in the distance was just those few sentences, Lu Zhou listened to it for a long time, and he had memorized everything he should have memorized, and they couldn't make any fresh noise, and the more he listened, the more boring he became, so he started to paint.

The boy looked at his little notebook with interest, and then turned his gaze to the small bag on his lap.

Seeing this, Lu Zhou lifted the snack bag and asked him if he wanted to taste it.

The boy's eyes sparkled in, there were dried meat, preserved fruits, raisins, and a few pieces of sugar through the oiled paper.

A little greedy.

Seeing this, Lu Zhou asked him to choose.

Boy: "Then you're welcome." ”

The servant behind him hurriedly stopped, "Childe, you are not allowed to eat outside at home." ”

Boy: "It's all right, we met by chance, and he doesn't recognize me." ”

Another middle-aged man behind him said, "Why don't I try it first." ”

The young man looked at Lu Zhou, and Lu Zhou heard it inexplicably, but these days he has also met a lot of children of high-ranking officials and nobles, knowing that they have all kinds of exquisiteness, and he doesn't mind, so he said generously: "Please." ”

The middle-aged man smiled at him and took out a piece of jerky from the bag, "Beef? ”

Lu Zhou nodded happily, "Yes!" ”

There aren't many people who can tell that it's beef at once.

The young man was also curious, "Uncle, I'll try it!" ”

The middle-aged man handed him a piece.

The boy bit down, didn't bite off, grinded and grinded, didn't bite off, but the piece he took was quite long, he was embarrassed to hold half a piece of beef and gnaw it in public, and stuffed the whole piece into his mouth, his cheeks were bulging.

He was about to be angry at this indecent eating, but saw that Lu Zhou didn't look at him at all, but held a snack and asked the servants behind him if they ate it.

The servant hurriedly thanked him.

The middle-aged man asked Lu Zhou's book to look through it, and asked casually: "What do you think about selling officials?" ”

"Uh......" Lu Zhou's first reaction was that when he told his brother last night, his brother opened his mouth and complained-

"This kind of fool can also be an official?"

And, of course, his brother's subsequent addition-

"Then it seems that Daqi's reliable official is still very capable, and when he is a teammate with this kind of fool, Daqi can be well organized."

Of course, Lu Zhou would never say this to strangers, he shook his head, "I don't know the truth of this matter, I can't talk nonsense." ”

The young man on the side said vaguely: "Really! It's true! ”

He also added more exciting details - yesterday morning, the Ministry of War asked for money to pay salaries, the Ministry of Industry asked for money to repair embankments, and the Ministry of Household routinely cried poor, His Majesty was so noisy that he had a headache, angrily reprimanded the courtiers for their incompetence, and scolded the Ministry of Household for a bloody squirt.

The court was in mourning, some people proposed to increase taxes, but they were vetoed by the prince and several scholars, Daqi had just ended the war for many years, and now the people need most is to recuperate, not only can not increase taxes, but also reduce taxes.

Then there was another debate, where should the money come from, this one just put forward an idea, the other immediately vetoed, quarreled and quarreled, and could not be moved anywhere, but the military pay could no longer be in arrears, and the embankments and bridges that should be repaired could not be delayed.

The floods in late autumn last year were caused by the fact that the levees had fallen into disrepair for many years.

The early dynasty quarreled, His Majesty was furious, and asked which Aiqing had a way to make money, and the person who proposed to sell his official position to make money was said at this time, with an extraordinary method to solve the urgent need.

"Your Majesty was so angry, so he said, then Aiqing said how my officials in Daqi should be valued, how your crown should be valued, and how my dragon chair should be valued."

Lu Zhou: "......"

Boy: "And then you dismissed him!" ”

Lu Zhou wondered, "How do you know this?" ”

How can it be more detailed than what came out yesterday?

The boy was stunned, "My father is at the scene." ”

"Oh." Looking at his dress, he also looks like an official eunuch.

If what he said was true, Lu Zhou couldn't help frowning and said, "Then the imperial court has no money for disaster relief?" I see that there is no shortage of money in Beijing, so why can't we divert money from Beijing to disaster relief? ”

As he spoke, he looked at the boy.

The young man's clothes, if folded into silver, were enough for an ordinary family of ten to eat for a year.

Since the treasury has no money, why are the children of the eunuchs so good and new.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has asked your subordinates to go to the private treasury to take treasures and sell them, and first relieve the refugees affected by the flood." I'm ...... I've long since shrunk my clothes and eaten at home, but I can't dress too badly, and this is what I used to do. ”

Lu Zhou said apologetically: "I didn't mean you. I was just...... Just thought of Jialin City......"

Immediately, he told the story of the flood that he encountered in Jialin on the way, and Lu Zhou said sadly: "It was late autumn when we left, and the houses that collapsed didn't know how to survive the winter. ”

The two-and-a-half-year-old teenagers were silent for a while, and they couldn't even eat the jerky.

The young man said gloomily: "But Your Majesty has already opened a private treasury, and the queen and the crown princess have also taken the lead in reducing the consumption, and the prince doesn't even eat meat......"

As he spoke, he looked at the scholars who were still talking in the distance, and suddenly asked, "Are you also here to participate in the examination?" ”

Lu Zhou was stunned, "No, I'm not, I'm here with my brother, I'm ...... I haven't even been admitted to the school as a child. ”

The boy was surprised: "Is it difficult for children to take the test?" ”

Lu Zhou thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Some people are difficult, some people are not difficult, I heard that Taishi He was admitted at the age of five, and he is a well-deserved prodigy in my dynasty, but my qualifications are mediocre, so it is difficult." ”

When the young man heard this, he comforted: "Then you have to work hard, I see that you are much better than those scholars who can only talk about it, if you can be admitted, you will definitely be a good official in the future." ”

Lu Zhou smiled: "Thank you." ”

The boy looked into the crowd: "Which is your brother?" ”

Lu Zhou: "My brother is preparing for the exam at home and is not here. ”

The boy asked, "What's your brother's name?" ”

Lu Zhou: "Yan Junqi." ”

The middle-aged man who had been listening to their chat suddenly asked, "Your surname is Yan?" ”

Lu Zhou was stunned, "No, my surname is Lu, and it is my neighbor's brother who wants to take the exam, and my brother and I will accompany him to the exam." ”

The middle-aged man nodded, thinking to himself, he said, this accent, this appearance, coupled with the familiar pamphlet and beef jerky from the barbarian in his hand, must not be wrong.

It's just that I didn't expect my brother to be so lively and able to speak, but my younger brother is so quiet and honest.

The young man asked curiously, "Brother next door?" Why did you send your neighbor's brother to Beijing for the exam? ”

"That's the ......" Lu Zhou briefly described the relationship between the two families, how the two generations of the two families helped each other, and how his brother and Junqi's brother supported each other after losing their father.

also sincerely praised Yan Junqi for his intelligence and studiousness, and his brother's affection and righteousness.