If they enter the Li family, these really well-off families will definitely be willing.

However, they definitely don't want to go to other people's homes in Sanliu Village.

The other families in Sanliu Village are not relatives with Li Qiao, but they are just from the same village, so they will not bring the young master who was carefully raised by their family to the farm family for the sake of a relationship with the same village.

Moreover, even if these people are willing to do it, whose young master is willing to join it?

These little young masters have a good family background, and they are in the second stage of secondary school, let them go to the farmer's house, and they will only agree when they are crazy.

So Tao Zhu picked and picked, and finally picked a young man who he liked and was not bad, but his family was not good and he was younger than him.

The situation of the manor is better than that of Tao Zhu, Tao Zhu is a little brother, and the world is very harsh on the age of women and little brothers, but the manor does not have this trouble, so he is not in a hurry at all.

Moreover, the dealer is a small landlord, the father of the manor, Zhuang Wen, is still a showman, and the dealer is also good friends with Li Qiao, so the girl and little brother that the matchmaker told him are many of the good families.

There are so many good girls and little brothers, it is normal for the manor to pick flowers, and getting married is a major event in a lifetime, so you should pick more.

"He's purely not thinking about this, he's nineteen years old, and he's either following his second uncle to tinker with carpentry or following his grandfather to deal with all kinds of things in the village, so he hasn't seen any girl or little brother he has seen more."

Zhou Yun continued to sigh.

"That is, fate has not arrived, if you get married, you have to like it yourself."

Tao Zhu comforted her: "Don't worry, when Brother Wen wins the promotion, the range of options he can choose from will definitely be much larger." ”

There is a big gap between Xiucai and lifting people, and if you win the promotion, you will have the qualifications to be an official, and at that time, it is not only the daughters and little brothers of rich businessmen and landlords who will give the manor a kiss, but there will definitely be daughters and little brothers of official families.

"Then I'll borrow your good words."

When it comes to her father-in-law's township test, although Zhou Yun thinks it is unlikely, she must not say this on her lips.

Unlucky.

In the evening, Tao Zhu and Li Qiao were lying on the bed after washing, and Tao Zhu told Li Qiao about what he encountered today.

The biggest thing he encountered today was the family affairs of the manor, and he told Li Qiao about Zhou Yun's troubles, and Li Qiao smiled after hearing it.

"As the sister-in-law of the manor, she is even more anxious than Brother Wen, she is really a good sister-in-law."

"However, the people in the manor are good, and they don't have to worry about not being able to marry a husband or daughter-in-law."

The manor is only nineteen, and he was still a college student in his last life, and this age is the time to be curious about the world, and there are often new things in Sanliu Village, and it is too normal for the manor not to want to get married.

Moreover, the head of the manor is sunny and handsome, and he has no fancy intestines, and his family is still a small landlord, this kind of young man is very sought-after no matter what time and space he is, and he doesn't have to worry about family affairs at all.

"Then do you think Brother Wen can be admitted to the lifting of people this time?" Tao Zhu asked.

"It depends on what the Holy Shrine has to do this time."

With only basic skills, Zhuang Wenzi is not afraid of anyone.

But the saint's irregular questions even he couldn't resist.

He finally summed up the rules, but he couldn't use it in the hospital test, and I don't know if it can be used in this township test.

In Li Qiao's hard work day and night, the township test finally came.

The location of the township examination is in the Gongyuan, which is different from the Tongsheng examination, which lasts for nine days and is tested every three days, that is, after entering the Gongyuan, the candidates can only come out in the evening of the third day.

During these three days, the imperial court only issued test papers, charcoal basins, candles, and hot water, and the rest of the food and pen and ink inkstones had to be brought by the candidates.

So, in the middle of the night, Tao Zhu got up to make breakfast and steamed steamed buns, this time the steamed buns had to be eaten for three days, and in terms of Li Qiao's meal, he had to steam more.

It's hot now, but if you only leave it for three days, the steamed buns won't go rancid.

After breakfast, I put on two test baskets - one of the test baskets was dedicated to steamed buns, and then Li Qiao Taozhu took Li Ershan, Li Xia, Li Chunsheng, and the Zhuang family to set off to the Gongyuan together.

The township test is a provincial-level examination, and the number of examinees is much more than that of the government examination and the hospital examination, plus the accompanying examination brought by these candidates.

Before dawn, I could only see the figures that were not very clear, and I could hear the buzzing of speech.

Li Qiao has seen a big scene and is very calm about it.

But Tao Zhu and the others saw the scene of 10,000 people for the first time, and their mouths opened wide in shock, there were so many people!

There were so many people, Li Qiao couldn't find Meng Yue, Xu Ying and the others at all, so he simply stood in the corner and waited.

However, he pricked up his ears and quietly listened to the conversation of the scholars around him.

No one dared to make a loud noise at the gate of the Gongyuan, and these people didn't speak loudly, but Li Qiao had good hearing, and he could basically hear the sound within a radius of thirty meters.

As a celebrity, some scholars are talking about him.

But more of a discussion is about the examiner this time.

The chief and deputy examiners of the township examinations in each province are all from the Shengshangqin faction, and each of them is a high-ranking official from Jinshi, not only an invigilator, but also a marker.

Because the imperial examination is the most important article, it is necessary for every candidate to figure out the preferences of the examiner.

The chief examiner of the township examination in Yuanhe Province is Zhao Youzhi, a waiter of the Ministry of Industry, and the official residence is the third grade.

Zhao Youzhi is the first time to serve as the chief examiner, what preferences he has, these talents in Yuanhe Province really don't know.

Lord Zhao's identity is too high, and the identity of these talents is too low to reach at all.

Li Qiao listened to it for a while, but he didn't get any useful information, but the one who could be sent by the Holy Lord to invigilate and mark the papers must be the celebrities in front of the Holy Lord.

Dasheng is different from the previous dynasty, and the imperial examination papers of the previous dynasty, except for the questions of the palace examination, the other questions were all written by the cabinet scholars.

But Dasheng is different.

In Dasheng's imperial examination, even the small county examination was personally written by the saint.

The Holy Lord attached so much importance to the imperial examination that the chief examiners he specially sent to various places must be people he trusted.

Therefore, this Lord Zhao must be the same as Jiang Zhixian and Mingzhi Mansion, and he will prefer whatever the saint prefers.

Moreover, Xing Xuezheng also revealed to him early the focus of the examiner's marking, so he didn't have to worry about Lord Zhao's preferences.

He only needs to worry about the topic of the policy.

Soon, the officials of the government came.

However, in addition to the officials, there were also three search officers.

Unlike the children's examination, all the procedures of the township examination are very strict, and there are special officials in charge.

These officials are roughly divided into two categories, the invigilator who has been staying with the candidates in the Gongyuan is called the inner curtain officer, and the outer curtain officer is responsible for all the affairs outside the examination room.

For example, the step of body search is the responsibility of the search inspector inside the outer curtain officer.

was about to line up to enter the tribute courtyard, and Li Qiao asked Tao Zhu and a few people to go back.

He has been in for three days this time, and Tao Zhu can't wait outside all the time.

"You eat and drink well by yourself, and when I come out, don't let me find out that you have lost weight, otherwise, I will definitely have to worry about the next two exams."

Holding Tao Zhu's hand, he told seriously.

Since he and Tao Zhu got married, he has not been separated from Tao Zhu for so long.

Three days.

In the past three days, he only needs to concentrate on answering the questions, but Tao Zhu will definitely think that he will shed tears.

Tao Zhu was indeed a little uncomfortable at this time.

Three days apart, it's terrible.

But this man is going to do business, and he can't distract him.

So he nodded heavily: "Okay." I must eat and drink well, and I won't lose a pound of meat. ”

"Then let's talk about it, when I get out of the exam room, I'll pick you up and check." Li Qiao said again, with reluctance in his voice, and his slender fingers were also entangled with Tao Zhu's ten fingers.

Tao Zhu smiled when he heard this: "Okay." ”

In his voice, Jun's face was also full of reluctance.

Seeing this, Li Qiao resisted the urge to hug him, but just clenched his hand again.

Alas.

Without his own embrace, Brother Zhu must not have slept well tonight.

Waving goodbye to Tao Zhu, Li Qiao went to line up with the exam basket.

Tao Zhu is a little brother after all, and he can only go to a battlefield like the imperial examination.

The strictness of the township test is exaggerated, and when the child is examined, the official who searches the body only needs to touch the candidate from head to toe, but the candidate has to take off his clothes and let the official check when he searches the township test.

For this kind of body search, Li Qiao can only sigh again that it is not easy for candidates in ancient times.

Stripped naked in front of everyone, terrible!

When it was Li Qiao's turn, whether it was the inspector or a few officials, or the candidates behind him, the gaze of staring at him suddenly became hot.

With so many eyes staring at him, he almost cut out a Sanliu Village on the spot.

Being a celebrity is not only stressful, but also embarrassing!

Finally survived the body search, and the next step was to draw lots to draw his house.

After drawing lots, he took the steamed bun basket and another ordinary basket and stepped into the Gongyuan.

Chapter 95 Township Test It's so hard to write, it's mediocre

The place where the body was searched was between the gate of the Gongyuan and the second gate, after Li Qiao entered the second gate, he passed through a dragon gate, and then walked through the Mingyuan Tower, which was the real entry into the Gongyuan.

Mingyuan Building is the dividing line between the inner curtain and the outer curtain, after Mingyuan Building, only candidates and officials accompanying the exam, and errand officers can be in this area, and the rest of the idle people can not approach this place.

The number building is in the east and west of the Mingyuan Building, each with 60 rows, and each row has 60 rooms, all of which are sorted according to the "Thousand Character Text".

Li Qiao drew the Dongwen Field, the eighteenth number of the Tianzi row, and he went to the east to look for his number house.

There is no need for all the candidates to salute the examiner in a neat row like the Tongsheng test, there are too many candidates, and the place is too narrow, so this step is omitted, and the candidates can directly find their own number after entering the Gongyuan.

The number house is very small, like a pigeon cage, without a door, densely and neatly arranged together, and the distance between the rows is only more than one meter, Li Qiao who looked at it frowned secretly.

It's so depressing.

In addition to the fact that the buildings are too dense, these buildings are also a little dilapidated, even if they have been repaired by someone before the exam, but the corners of the walls, brick joints and other places reveal traces of time and wind and rain.