Chapter 139: The capital is still majestic

Zhang's father left home, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan originally wanted to accompany them, but they were held in Zhang Wang's arms.

Zhang Wang's family originally prepared a pomegranate and another maid for Zhang's father to take care of his life, but Zhang's father refused and picked a few clever manservants to take with him.

Zhang Xiaobao also sent Er Niu and Huzi out, one was responsible for doing some trivial things, the other was protected, four cars, fourteen people, plus Zhang's father was nineteen people.

Seeing that there were not many people and the team was not large, but he brought thirty horses to transfer, only one of the four cars was sat by Zhang's father, and the remaining three were loaded with various things.

Zhang's father prepared it simply, only the four treasures of the study, and Zhang Wang's prepared some changes of clothes and other things that were easy to carry and eat.

The rest are all Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan Zhang Luo, now the weather is still cold, that also pulls ice in the car, which is full of venison, beef and other things that are not easy to preserve, and also specially transferred a cook from the water cloud, and then there are green vegetables, and now there are still no green vegetables, even when the green and yellow are not available.

In addition to the cucumber occupies a little space, the others can be gathered together, the dish is not picked and brought, it is connected with the roots and soil, a car is specially loaded with cucumber seedlings, the selected seedlings are dug, and the outside of the car is also wrapped with some cold-proof things.

Zhang Xiaobao told the people who followed him that he had to take it out to dry every day, remember to light a brazier when he was drying, don't freeze to death, and Xiao Miao, and wait until the capital is estimated to eat it all the time, then it will be filled with some charcoal.

These are not counted, the special doctor followed the team, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan taught the doctor several methods of massage to relieve fatigue, and there are some medicines, pots and pans are not lacking, and the food they carry is all the kind that can be used as seeds, and the grains are full, and the steamed rice is fragrant.

Li Xun took out a few letters when Zhang's father traveled, and asked him to vote the letter in his name when he arrived in the state, and Zhang Xiaobao had already smashed in more than 40,000 taels of silver, just for the first place in the township, plus the cooperative relationship with Li Xun, as well as Zhangjia Zhuangzi's method of planting vegetables in winter, and the auspicious rui in the state.

Zhang's father's own level is not bad, in the whole state, Zhang Xiaobao uses money to open the way, all the restaurants and inns, there are poems written by Zhang's father, and the capital and the surrounding places have basically penetrated into it.

Zhang's father drove for half a month, and finally came to the state, and was originally going to vote for posts according to what Li Xun said, but Li Xun's father went directly to him, set up a banquet, and those who were supposed to vote for posts also went.

This saved trouble, the emperor's brother didn't say much to Zhang's father, but just asked about the matter of Zhuangzi, and asked Li Xun how he got up and retired over there, and naturally there were other people in the mansion to accompany him.

Don't look at this short period of chat, Zhang's father's identity is the same all of a sudden, thousands of people in the state who want to take the township tribute exam have no chance to be the first, no matter who judges the paper during the exam, Zhang's father is the first, Zhang Xiaobao's money has been given in place, and anyone who may be in charge of this matter will give money.

In addition to the money, the fungus and white fungus are also sent, and if there are children at home, the little rooster is dyed and colored, plus other toys, and sent in batches.

This exam took three subjects, and it took three days in a row, and after Zhang's father answered them one by one, he began to rest in his own restaurant in the state, and so on.

Today is the day of the list, and other anxious people are waiting over there to see, and Zhang's father is sitting in the restaurant room that is facing the place where the list is released, and someone is in charge of watching the place in the window, as long as it is the first on the list, the word is the largest, and you can see it from here.

Zhang's father sat at the table, looking at the dishes in front of him, as well as the wine poured by Erniu, and looking at the crowded situation below, he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, all of this was arranged by Zhang Xiaobao.

With my son's arrangement, I don't have to worry about it, everything is taken care of, and I just need to take the exam with peace of mind.

"Master, you drink, we are not in a hurry, the master must be the first, that is, when you get to the capital, the lord has to work harder, let's go in advance, the lord has to participate in a lot of poetry meetings and drinking parties, and the small ones are all remembered."

Erniu sent the food to Zhang's father, took out a small book from his arms, opened it and looked at it, which recorded each step, who he would probably meet, how to deal with it, where the place was suitable for a drinking party, what kind of things should be eaten with the change of weather, what kind of wine should be used, what kind of clothes to wear, all of which were recorded in the small book.

Father Zhang looked at the book of what his son and daughter-in-law had summed up, and knew that this was only a part, Erniu was responsible for these, and there were still people in charge of the other part when he arrived in the capital.

Thinking that his son and daughter-in-law were waiting at home, as well as Qiao'er and his parents, Zhang's father settled down and no longer thought about whether he could get the first place this time, he decided, even if he was not the first, he would go to Beijing to take the test, and take a Jinshi out.

With the sound of the gong over there, the person with the list in his hand walked out, and the students who were waiting to see the results hula and surrounded him, and the officials shouted from time to time as if they were facing a great enemy, let people stand up, don't squeeze blindly.

As the list was posted, the people guarding by the window saw Zhang's father's name at a glance, and shouted happily: "Master, you are the first, master, you are the first." ”

"Well, okay, then let's go to the capital tomorrow." Zhang's father is also very happy in his heart, but he is not like other students who are crazy as long as they are on the list, it seems that all this is logical, I don't know whether to complain that there is no such excitement, or to sigh at his son's awesomeness, saying that the first is the first, and the second is not the second.

The next day, Zhang's father and his entourage took a boat directly here, and the boat was also their own home, so they put it on the river, did nothing, just waited to send Zhang's father and these people to the capital, take Weishui, and enter the tributary not too far from the capital, and enter the canal from the tributary, without getting off the boat.

At this time, spring is coming, and the river is almost watered, but it is a little cool.

Even the carriage and so on, all got on the boat, the boatman shouted, the boat began to move slowly, faster and faster, and the boat was also equipped with a small boat, and a life jacket made of bamboo, which could be put on as long as there was danger.

Because of the relationship with the water. The speed of the boat is very fast, it only took seven days to get to Caoqu, in order to prevent seasickness, Zhang Xiaobao also prepared some ginger slices, mint, and dandelion roots, but Zhang's father is not seasick, and his health is fine.

When the boat reached the water, it had traveled some distance in the water, and began to dock at the pier.

There are always a lot of people here at the dock, some waiting to pick up the goods, and some are picking up people.

A group of people may have received the news in advance, they have been waiting here for three days, and they have not seen a human figure, and they seem a little impatient, but they dare not leave casually, and their eyes are fixed on the boats that are coming.

"Steward Wang, are you sure it's been these days?" There were about twenty people at the dock, and two cars were waiting, and one of them asked an older woman.

This Wang steward is the one who came back from the Zhang family in a hurry, and when he came back, he sent the things of big dates and small dates to people, and the Wang family also took this into account, it was nothing to send two maids to his daughter, not to mention that there was a person with a noble status to support him.

"Say yes it's just these few days, wait, don't weaken the momentum of my Wang family, let him see what the Wang family is like this time, he actually drove me back, and when he arrived in the capital, he didn't take refuge in the Wang family, is he still going to go to the guest house? Now the good inns are full, and the places reserved are not available to people like him. ”

Steward Wang said to the questioner, and said faintly there, she has always looked down on Zhang Zhong, she looked down on her before, and it is the same now, this time he is going to enter Beijing to take the exam, he has never been to the Wang family, but he has a chance, let him see it.

Don't think how it is in Sanshui County, when you get here, he won't be able to, hum! He also dared to order me not to go to the New Year, and I was whipped a few times when I came back.

Steward Wang thought so, looking forward to Zhang Zhong coming over early, she was so angry that she went to the Wang's mansion to let him know his weight.

Thinking of this, Steward Wang was in a much better mood, and was about to return to a car to rest for a while, when a sharp eye pointed to a boat coming from the river and shouted: "Look, here it is, good fellow, such a big boat, yes, there is a flag like a rice seedling on it." ”

Waiting to get closer, Steward Wang and the others also saw it, but they didn't welcome the place where they got off the boat, ready to see the embarrassment of Zhang Zhong not being able to hire a car.

They didn't go over, but some people passed, only to hear someone shouting in a luxurious convoy of twelve carriages next to them: "The master's boat is coming, it is a boat with a rice seedling flag on it, follow me." ”

The crowd numbered more than a hundred and ten, and twelve two-horse carriages, and marched mightily toward the place where they had disembarked, some of them carrying rolled up carpets, and some of them carrying large umbrellas.

The steward was stunned, he didn't know where these people came from, could it be that they were also picking up people? It may be that Zhang Zhong took someone else's boat and hung one of his own flags, so that people could recognize him, she wanted to see who was coming, such a big battle, and with a greeting, the two cars also followed.

While waiting, the boat slowly docked, as soon as it stopped, someone set up a gangplank on it, brushed it, and laid out a carpet from above, extending directly to the dock, as soon as the carpet over there was finished, the carpet carried by those people here was also spread out, just matching that side, and this end arrived at the door of a carriage.

Father Zhang, under the escort of a group of people, came to the head of the springboard, and as soon as he appeared, more than 100 people on the shore saluted and shouted at the same time: "Welcome to the master to enter Beijing to take the exam." ”