"Hahaha, how can the newsboy be the one who reports the military information, can you stand the fatigue of the carriage and horses with your hands?"

In the crowd, one person suddenly burst out laughing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The scholars looked at him, but it was an old farmer with a childish face, and at this time he was carrying a medicine basket on his back, laughing happily, as if he had heard a great joke.

When the scholar heard this, he immediately said angrily: "You old man, you are laughing at us? ”

The old man waved his hand, "Offended, offended, I only have a different opinion, this notice says to recruit people who can read and break words,

It does not require the fame to be there, but it means that the matter requires literacy, so it must be something similar to the reading of a notice at the gate of this city. ”

When everyone heard this, they nodded frequently, and the scholar also said, "Reasonable." ”

In the Great Chongqing Kingdom, once a notice is posted, there will be a special officer who reads the content of the notice and is responsible for reading it to the people.

"If this is the case, is it too big and overkill, we are all people who have been studying poetry and books for more than ten years." Another scholar said.

"That's right, it's too big and too much."

"This newsboy is enough, this long history can be considered."

“……”

Everyone talked about it, and the old man suddenly shook his head and sighed, these scholars are all high-eyed and low-handed, and it is precisely because of this that they can't be high, and they can't be low, and in the end, many scholars have achieved nothing and have been poor all their lives.

He is like this, and it is not until now that five out of fifty have realized this truth, but it is too late to regret it.

"If you don't go, I'll go!" The old man walked up to the notice and wrote his name in front of the officer in charge of the notice.

Changshi thinks that he is too old to have a chance, but this newsboy is just an errand to earn silver and not go in vain, it is better than going up the mountain to collect medicine.

"Hey, you're an old man, are you literate?" Someone shouted.

One of them looked at the old man carefully, and suddenly sneered: "Who did I say, it turned out to be the old scholar Fan Zeng, it is said that he participates in the imperial examination every year, and he has not yet made a name for himself." ”

"This look is at least the age of a Jiazi, it's really useless."

"Phew, you still had the face to laugh at us just now." The scholar just now took the opportunity to fight back.

Fan Zeng's ruddy face became even redder because of anger, but he finally sighed, silently picked up the medicine basket and walked home.

Back at his home in Ankangfang, Fan Zeng slammed the medicine basket to the ground, "Hmph, you wait, even if you take the exam until you are eighty years old, I will also make a name for yourself." ”

At this time, an old woman walked out, saw the medicinal herbs scattered all over the ground, and scolded: "Fuck your mother, why did this medicinal herb fall to the ground, and you still expect to exchange money to buy rice, old thing." ”

This old woman is Fan Zeng's wife, and when he heard this, he said angrily: "I'm not going to collect medicine tomorrow, I'm going to be a newsboy." ”

The old woman was even more angry, scolded a few more words in her mouth, and said, "Don't you go to collect medicine and drink the northwest wind?" What kind of thing is a newsboy, you have white heads and yellow teeth, and you don't want to pick up dung! ”

"You... Hmph, woman's opinion, though I don't know what a newsboy is? But the notice said that as long as you can read and hyphenate words, you can pay one tael of silver a month. Fan Zeng said.

"A tael of silver." The old woman's eyes lit up.

When Fan Zeng was young, he was poor and had no fame, so he could only find a well-known hot family in ten miles and eight towns to be his wife, and his personality was very weak, and he was often scolded at home.

"Yes, it's one or two." Fan Zeng said.

One tael of silver a month is enough for their family to live on food and clothing.

The old woman's eyes rolled, "Then you go, it's not in vain that you have read poetry books for so many years, but if you can't be it, you will honestly go and collect medicine." ”

Fan Zeng was still a little weak-hearted, but now he felt more and more that his physical strength could not support him to go up the mountain to collect medicine.

And the family is embarrassed, and his son is also studying to prepare for this year's imperial examination, but this is a problem to go to Chang'an.

Thinking so, he ate in a hurry in the evening, and went to the governor's palace before dawn the next day, and he was the first to arrive.

Although there were many scholars who despised the newsboy yesterday, as he thought, there are still many scholars who came today.

He is a person from the past, and he knows that these young scholars are very face-saving, and even if they think differently in front of everyone, they have to echo it, but if you think about it carefully, you can still figure it out.

After waiting for an hour, suddenly a sound of horses' hooves woke up the drowsy Fan Zeng, he raised his head, and saw a handsome young man wearing a brocade robe with a face and a jade pendant coming on horseback.

The young man was followed by two guards with fierce faces, and he looked like veterans of a hundred battles.

"His Royal Highness King Qi."

"That's right, it's His Royal Highness King Qi."

“……”

Some scholars recognized Xiao Ming and talked to each other.

Fan Zeng was stunned, and his heart was extremely nervous, this newsboy matter King Qi came in person, it seemed to be an extremely important position, and he suddenly felt that he had no hope.

Seeing that King Qi had arrived in front of him, the scholars waiting in front of the Governor's Mansion bowed excitedly and saluted in unison, "See His Royal Highness King Qi." ”

Xiao Ming got off his horse and said to the people waiting in front of the Governor's Mansion: "Everyone, if you can come today, it is your trust in this king, please come with this king." “

Xiao Ming was still very happy to see so many people coming to apply, which shows that Qingzhou still has some talents in reserve, at least they can be used urgently.

Everyone followed Xiao Ming into the Governor's Mansion, and at this time Pang Yukun also arrived, and he and Xiao Ming sat down.

At this time, Xiao Ming said: "First of all, this king and you will talk about what is a newsboy? ”

After sitting down, Xiao Ming went straight to the point, he has always disliked talking nonsense, and said bluntly: "When it comes to newsboys, you have to mention newspapers......"

In the face of more than 200 people who came to apply, Xiao Ming explained that in modern times, newsboys are children who deliver newspapers, and Xiao Ming here extends to people who deliver newspapers and read newspapers.

As he spoke, Xiao Ming took out a newspaper, which was the first newspaper printed by the Instrument Division overnight.

"This is the newspaper, you can circulate it." Xiao Ming was stunned for a moment when he put the newspaper closest to him, because this was an old man with gray hair.

The old man obviously also noticed Xiao Ming's surprised look, and immediately lowered his head, but concentrated on reading the newspaper, shaking his head and reading it.

Pang Yukun also noticed the old man at this time, but when Fan Zeng read out the words, he nodded appreciatively and said to Xiao Ming: "It's just that the words are round, but at this age, ......"

Fan Zeng heard the discussion about him and immediately pricked up his ears.

Xiao Ming smiled and said, "Jiang Taigong met King Wen at eighty, Lian is quite old, can he still eat?" The king thinks it's okay. ”

When Fan Zeng heard this, his expression was excited, and he read it more and more aloud.