Chapter 40: The Eve
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After staying in Yiyang County for one night, the three of them boarded the carriage early the next morning and headed towards Yangzhou City again. Two days later, in the morning, I finally came to the outskirts of Yangzhou City, twenty miles away.
In the past two days, Li Sirui has not fully recovered from the fright of the day before, and his grandson Chu is silent, so in the car, the three of them are not as enthusiastic as they were when they set off on the first day.
Zhang Xuan was also happy and quiet, what made Zhang Xuan happy was that although he did not kill the female corpse that night, he also had a hundred merits in the account, no matter how small the mosquito was, it was still meat, plus the remaining two hundred merits, and now Zhang Xuan has three hundred merits. However, it is still too little to do much work, so it is still preserved in case of emergency.
Now, when I heard that the driver Guo San said that Yangzhou City was about to arrive, everyone was a little excited. After all, the fatigue of traveling is a hard work in modern times, let alone ancient times.
Moreover, it is not easy to go out, everyone wants to take a good look at this big city in different regions, although Sun and Li have been to Yangzhou City in the previous scientific examinations, but after three years, everything is still quite fresh, not to mention Zhang Xuan, who went out for the first time!
So everyone lifted the curtain, looked outside with great interest, and discussed a few words from time to time, and even the expression on Li Sirui's face was much better.
I saw that there were constant pedestrians on the official road, including vegetable farmers carrying vegetables, woodcutters carrying firewood, hunters carrying prey, ox carts pulling charcoal, and caravans passing by from time to time.
Although it is only an official road outside the city and is not crowded, from the continuous flow of people, you can still get a preliminary glimpse of the prosperity of Yangzhou City.
After entering the city and paying the coachman, Li Sirui took Zhang Xuan and the others to an inn where he stayed during the previous exam, which was a medium-sized inn called the Wuhu Inn. The price is affordable, the service attitude is good, and the most important thing is that the inn is very clean.
Putting down their luggage, the three of them first settled the expenses on the road and then shared them. Everyone is not rich, so don't ruin the friendship of fellow villagers because of some money.
After four days of running, everyone rested for a while, drank a pot of tea, and then opened an upper room and went to rest first.
The inn in Yangzhou City is very expensive, and the upper room is not cheap, it costs 100 yuan a day, which is still because Li Sirui is very familiar with this inn and gives a discount, only according to the usual price.
Zhang Xuan and the three of them came early, and now the house price of the inn in the city has only risen by one percent, and in a few days, it will have to rise by at least three percent. Also, you don't always get a room!
But the triennial imperial examination, you can't lose yourself, if you affect the scientific examination because of bad rest, then you can't die unjustly, so now is not the time to be thrifty.
At noon, the refreshed three people ate casually at the inn, and then made an appointment to go to the registration location.
The registration for the college examination is from 15 days before the test to 3 days before the test, a total of 12 days. And the reason why the three of them set off more than half a month in advance is that one is to sign up, and the other is the experience of Sun and Li, if they come late, they may not even be able to find a place to live.
When they came to the registration office, the three of them each reported their place of origin, name and other information, and showed the relevant information documents of their county and government examinations, and finally paid one or two silver for food and other expenses, and received the identity plate of the exam and a copy of the rules of the examination room, which was considered to have completed the registration.
In the next few days, the three of them stayed in their rooms to review, occasionally have a meal together, or get together to exchange their experiences. Although it was a little inconvenient, Zhang Xuan, who could do the cultivation indoors, did not stop, after all, this is the foundation of his real life.
Perhaps, some people will ask, isn't this Nine Turns Xuangong not as long as there is enough time, there is no need to work hard, just wait for the time to come, and it will be promoted naturally?
Yes, that's right, but that doesn't mean that the Nine Turns Xuangong doesn't usually need to be cultivated. As the strongest exercise above the Nine Heavens, how could the Nine Transformations Xuangong be so simple?
The long time between each promotion is not entirely wasted for you.
First, through the cultivation of the Nine Transformations of Xuangong, people can use mana as a medium to enable people to enter a realm similar to the unity of heaven and man, comprehend heaven and earth, and improve their cultivation. Mana is the source of the monk's strength, and cultivation is the monk's perception of heaven and earth!
If there is no mana in the void and there is no corresponding cultivation realm, then the amount of mana that can be used will be greatly reduced, and it may be less than fifty percent! This is the same as the brain of an ordinary person, the human brain is very magical and powerful, but if there is no special method of excitation, it can only use seven or eight percent of all of it.
And once the cultivation realm keeps up, it can exert ten percent of its power, and if the realm is higher than itself, it can reach a utilization rate of twelve points!
Therefore, in the cultivation world, when a certain monk is generally described as very powerful, he will say, "So-and-so's mana is profound, and his cultivation is powerful!"
Second, cultivating the Nine Transformations Xuangong can also continuously refine mana and strengthen the physical body and divine soul. Therefore, the power of the Nine Turns Xuangong will be so powerful, invincible at the same level, and kill people at the next level!
Third, with such a long period of cultivation, you can cultivate some powerful supernatural powers to protect your path during this interval of cultivation.
And Zhang Xuan used cheating methods such as prophecy to break the cultivation curse of the Nine Turns Xuangong, and cultivated into the Nine Turns Xuangong, as long as he had enough merit, Zhang Xuan could continue to improve his mana realm.
At that time, the mana will be strong, but it will suffer because the realm perception and the means of protecting the path cannot keep up, wouldn't it be very sad?
Now, Zhang Xuan has no other means to cultivate except for swordsmanship, and his merits are also insufficient, naturally, improving his realm and refining his body has become Zhang Xuan's primary goal!
Although due to various reasons, Zhang Xuan has decided to set foot in this red world, but after all, cultivation is his foundation, so as long as he has free time, Zhang Xuan will calm down and practice the Nine Transformations Xuangong.
With the operation of the exercises, Zhang Xuan slowly entered a realm similar to the unity of heaven and man, the divine consciousness expanded, the whole world became clear and abnormal, the principle of the birth of all things, the way of cause and effect reincarnation, all emerged one by one, although because Zhang Xuan's realm was too low, it was only fleeting, but it still benefited Zhang Xuan a lot!
In this way, the wheel of time rolls by, and tomorrow, we will enter the market!
On the eve of the hospital exam, all three of them couldn't sleep, or were excited or nervous. So the three of them found a restaurant, asked for a location near the window on the second floor, ordered a few side dishes, a pot of wine, and drank it to relieve their boredom.
Today, the business of the restaurant can be described as hot, it is simply full, Zhang Xuan and the three of them sat down for a while, and there were no more vacant seats, looking around, most of them were young scholars like Zhang Xuan who came to catch the exam, and the oldest would not be more than thirty years old. It seems that the exam is approaching, and Zhang Xuan is not the only one who is irritable, and I am not alone.
However, those who are older have not seen it, these people are either experienced and have been able to control their emotions, rest early, and recuperate enough to prepare for the exam, or they are still struggling to revise in the hope of being able to go to high school in this subject.
"Zichu, Wenbo, although among the three of us, I am the oldest and have participated in the most imperial examinations, but in the past few days of communication, I found that I am the worst. Not to mention Zichu, even compared with Wenbo, it is also a step worse. To tell the truth, my brother is a little bottomless in his heart!
After more than ten days of getting along day and night, plus they are all fellow villagers, the relationship between several people has made rapid progress, and they can all say words to each other. After a few glasses of wine, Li Sirui did not hide his thoughts, but he was not very confident in this hospital test, and vented it with the strength of wine.
"Brother Li, why bother to be presumptuous? In terms of experience, you are the most, I am a newcomer, and Brother Zi Chu has only taken one exam; Brother Zi Chu can be said to be the top three candidates in this rush, in contrast, how can the two of us be ranked in the top 50! What do you say, Brother Zi Chu?" Zhang Xuan said comfortingly.
"The literature is indeed good, but in terms of luck, alas!" Although he persuaded on his lips, in his heart, Zhang Xuan had another idea.
When Sun Tzu Chu heard this, he first waved his hand modestly, then took a sip of wine, and said proudly and confidently: "That's right, with the literary brilliance of the three of us, as long as there are no accidents, there is no problem with a place for a gifted student." ”
For each college examination, there are a total of 60 places for endowments, 10 for the first grade, 20 for the second grade, and 30 for the third grade. As for hyperplasia and epiphysia, Sun Tzu Chu didn't mention it, for these poor students, these two places are equal to nothing.
Guy costs money for both kinds of places, 20 more births, and the top 100 people in the hospital examination can donate 500 taels of silver, that is, 40 people compete for 20 places: 20 epistudents, and the top 200 people in the hospital examination can donate 1,000 taels of silver.
These people are also talented, and they are also recognized by the government, but they are far inferior to the endowment in terms of welfare benefits, and they have to pay for entering the official school, unlike the endowment, food, accommodation, and school, all of which are free of charge, and the status is also somewhat inferior to the person who was born by the endowment. Of course, in the eyes of outsiders and the qualifications for the imperial examination, there is no difference between the two, so many people grab these two kinds of places every time.
In Zhang Xuan's view, this is a compromise between the Dayong royal family and the big families in this world, and at the same time, it can also recover some of the expenses for supporting the living! It's just that the royal family really doesn't want waste, so there are rules for ranking.
Seeing what Li Sirui wanted to say, Zhang Xuan stood up, raised his wine glass, and said: "Okay, Brother Li, Brother Chu, anyway, the exam is going to be tomorrow, and it's useless to say more!
Sun Tzu Chu shouted: "Okay, it's good to have wine today and get drunk today, tomorrow will be sad tomorrow! Brother Wenbo is talented, come, drink! Tomorrow's business will be talked about tomorrow!"
When the diners at the neighboring tables heard this, they also raised their glasses (four times) and drank them all in one go, and finally the entire second floor fell into a frenzied atmosphere.
Affected by this, Li Sirui no longer expressed his feelings, and sat down with Zhang Xuan and listened to the discussion of other guests while drinking.
"Come, Brother Wen, little brother toasts you and thank you for your help. If you hadn't helped my little brother book a room in advance, my little brother might have to sleep on the streets, and I won't tell you that those fellow villagers who came with my little brother are now either living in a teahouse or a wine shop.
Hearing this, Zhang Xuan and the three of them looked at each other and smiled.
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