When Ma Xianglan heard this, she also stopped at the door, wanting to see how Zhao Hao answered her.

Zhao Hao dealt with Qiaoqiao, but he was not as restrained as he was to Ma Xianglan, he stood up with a funny face, spread his hands and said to Qiaoqiao: "What are you kidding?" A group of people brought people into Beijing, and they only brought scholars and servants, who brought female dependents? What's more, I have an escort for the exam, and I can't bring it. ”

Qiaoqiao's face turned even redder when she heard this, and she glanced at Zhao Hao weakly and said, "Who is your daughter, I am at most a cook, and I have to bring a cook with me, right?" ”

But Zhao Hao smiled faintly: "I don't treat you as a cook." ”

After hearing this, Qiaoqiao only felt that her cheeks were hot, and the whole person was like soaking in boiling water, she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Zhao Hao, how could she still have the heart to argue with him?

Seeing her like this, Zhao Hao knew that he had said something he shouldn't have said again. I can't help but secretly complain, why I pretend to be forced with a man, and I have never been disadvantaged. When you meet a woman, you always walk absurdly?

Without caring about reviewing his mistakes, he took advantage of Qiaoqiao's shame to be speechless, turned her around, pushed her out of the door and said: "In short, no is no good, I won't take any of you with me." ”

Ma Xianglan was stunned when she heard this, and when she saw Zhao Hao nodding heavily, she couldn't help crying and laughing, and said in her heart that she wouldn't have seen the excitement if she had known it earlier.

It's good that the fish in the pond have been affected.

But she is not so easy to fool, so she wants to open her lips lightly and save the country with a curve.

But I heard Zhao Hao say first: "Because there is something, I need you to help me keep an eye on Nanjing." ”

"Childe, please."

This trick of 'entrusting a heavy task' is really good, and Ma Xianglan immediately stopped mentioning entering Beijing.

"Well, I wrote a few books in the last few months, and the proofreading was almost completed in a few days. I was going to find a bookstore to print and publish, but I was very unhappy when I heard what Xue Lang said during the day, so I decided to open my own bookstore! ”

"This ......" Ma Xianglan was a little stunned when she heard this: "Childe wants me to help you open a bookstore?" This is something that Xianglan has never done. ”

"Who told you to go to the bookstore?" Zhao Hao shook his head and smiled: "I will say hello to Tang Youde and ask him to help directly acquire a bookstore." ”

"What does that boy want me to do?" Ma Xianglan asked puzzled.

"There's a lot to do." Zhao Hao smiled: "First of all, you need to transcribe my manuscript according to the needs of plate making. Then, you have to keep an eye on them every step of the way, from stereotype to printing, to binding into a book, and you can't let them give me a sloppy look, let alone make a mistake or miss a print. Especially when it is stereotyped, it must be even the picture with the words, the score is exactly the same, and if there is the slightest fallacy, it must be destroyed and re-engraved. ”

Seeing that Zhao Hao was not joking, Ma Xianglang's expression was serious, and he nodded silently and wrote it down.

At this time, Qiaoqiao came back to his senses and asked blankly, "What about me?" ”

"Your father is going to run at both ends this winter, and the taste is enough for you to be busy." Zhao Hao said with a serious face: "If you are still free, just help Sister Ma, she is a girl's family, how can she do without a companion?" ”

"Oh." Qiaoqiao nodded and stopped pestering.

Zhao Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, compared to Ma Xianglan, who was a beautiful and innocent girl, the delicate and innocent Qiaoqiao girl was still easy to deal with.

~~

The trio spent the night outside the city and returned the next day.

After returning home, Zhao Shouzheng told Zhao Hao that he had sailed with Wu Ji and was scheduled to go north on October 20, which would be five or six days.

"It seems that my father has to take care of everything, and he is ready to go to Beijing to take the exam." When Zhao Hao heard this, he habitually nagged.

Zhao Shouzheng spread his hands and said with a look of underbeating: "There is nothing to prepare, Beijing City has everything, just take the Wanyuan ticket." ”

"Uh, okay......" Zhao Hao rolled his eyes when he heard this, and he couldn't refute it.

But Zhao Shouzheng was actually just joking, he was busy these days, and he had to go to Yingtianfu first to get the road guide certificate and ten taels of silver.

I also have to go to the Southern Military Department to get the 'fire card'.

With this 'fire card', the exam-takers can exchange for a carriage at any post station, and the carriage will also be inserted with a yellow flag of 'Rite Department Examination', which is the so-called bus into Beijing.

Zhao Shouzheng and they have a lot of money, although they don't provide carriages at the post station, but the yellow flag of the 'Ministry of Rites will try' must be obtained. At that time, more than a dozen small yellow flags were planted on the boat, not to mention the bandits and road blockers, and even the government and tax cards did not dare to block their way.

I also had to buy a lot of expensive gifts, so that when I entered Beijing, I could make more friends with some court officials under the recommendation of my old nephew. The person already has the qualifications to be an official, no matter whether he can be promoted to the rank of scholar in the next step, this step is indispensable.

As for the food and drink on the road, when he arrived in Beijing, he didn't have to worry about it, and his eldest brother Zhao Shouye did it properly.

As for Zhao Hao, he didn't dare to go out recently.

Since the publication of Na Lao Shizi's "First Sight Collection", I don't know how many invitations to the female history of Qin Huai have been sent to the house every day......

This is still polite, and there are many people who are directly blocking his door, waiting for Xiao Zhao Gongzi to come out to meet, sign a name, and evaluate his poems.

Zhao Hao didn't expect that he would be unknown after 400 years, and he would become a little star when he ran to Daming. But the stars of later generations can make money, what are the benefits of the stars of the Ming Dynasty? At least for now, there is nothing that tempts him.

I had to stay at home every day, hoping that the heat would pass quickly and return to a normal life.

~~

On the 17th, Wang Wuyang and Hua Shuyang returned to Jinling.

The three masters and apprentices haven't seen each other for a while, so they are naturally very happy to meet.

Zhao Hao was talking cordially with Eryang under the corridor, and suddenly saw their subordinates carrying boxes of gifts into the courtyard, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "What is this for?" ”

"The family prepared a thank-you gift, and my father and father-in-law heard that the master had moved to a new house, so they prepared another congratulatory gift." Hua Shuyang looked at Zhao Hao with some anxiety and said: "I'm afraid that the master doesn't like Ah Duwu, it is prepared by two families, and they are all carefully selected ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, as well as cultural ornaments. ”

"My uncle is the most angry, he obviously hides so many celebrity calligraphy and paintings, I only picked two boxes and he was anxious with me." Wang Wuyang took out the gift slip with an angry face and presented it to the master.

Zhao Hao knew that Wang Shizhen was one of the top three collectors of the Ming generation, and what came out of his hands was definitely not ordinary.

Ordinary products can't get into Wang Yizhou's eyes at all.

He took the list with anticipation and looked at it, only to see that there were thirty or forty famous calligraphy and paintings densely listed on it. Among them, there are three of the four Yuan families, and each of the four sons of Wu Zhong has more than two, Wen Zhengming's paintings are still complete, and there are also works by Wei Su, Qiu Ying, and Shen Zhou......

Among them, the most precious are two authentic paintings of Zhao Mengfu, a "Thousand Rivers Entering the City" and a "Quehua Autumn Color Map"!

Any of these pieces will have a starting price of eight figures when they are put into auction in later generations, and many of them can be sold to nine figures.

Even at this time, the so-called Shengshixing collection, Jiangnan collection is at its peak, and these celebrity calligraphy and paintings that have been tasted by Wang Shizhen are also extremely valuable.

As for Hua Taishi's side, the richest man in Wuxi is naturally much more generous than the lord of the Wang League. In addition to more celebrity calligraphy and paintings, there are five boxes of rare books, two boxes of four treasures in the study, two boxes of jade ornaments, one box of official kiln porcelain, one box of Boshan incense burner, and one box of coral ornaments......

Looking at the gift list that was longer than himself, Zhao Hao couldn't help but secretly speak, and said in his heart that I actually felt that I was a rich man with 350,000 taels. It turns out that compared to the real rich people, I am still poor......

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