Chapter 38 Going to the Examination

The boat runs on the crystal clear Qinhuai River, across the majestic Jinling South Jubaomen, is the famous Qinhuai River with a ten-mile bead curtain that moves the world. There are the holy place "Jiangnan Gongyuan" in the minds of the scholars of the whole world, the "Confucius Temple", one of the four major Confucian temples, the "Zhan Garden", which is called one of the four famous gardens in the south of the Yangtze River by later generations, the "Wuyi Lane" where Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people in the old days, and the countless green buildings and flower shops where the six dynasties smoke and moon and the place where gold powder gathers.

The boat swayed leisurely on the calm river, and from time to time there were small and delicate lanterns flowing down the river, and I didn't know that the small lanterns carried the girl's good wishes.

Every Lantern Festival, the Qinhuai River will be lit tens of thousands of lanterns of the ocean, all kinds of painted boats and lantern boats compete for beauty, since the Ming Dynasty in Jinling Dingdu, the Beijing Lantern Festival Lantern Festival gradually enjoys the reputation of "the world of lanterns", and the lanterns on the Qinhuai River have also begun to be famous all over the world.

Xu Hao remembered the scene when he entered Beijing with Lao Taijun during the Lantern Festival this year, although it was only a short day, it also made him remember it deeply.

At that time, I accompanied the eldest sister and the younger sister to put five lanterns in a row, but unfortunately it was in the Xufu Garden, and the elders were worried that the chaos outside would be lost, so no one was allowed to go out to watch the sea of lights.

He only stood in the attic at the highest point of the Xufu Garden to enjoy the brilliant Qinhuai night view, he did not know that the Zhan Garden, a national cultural relics and monuments in later generations, was actually the Xufu Mansion, he only knew that the entire capital in addition to the palace Neiwan, the Xufu Garden can be called one of the most beautiful gardens, and the location is near the Qinhuai River, which was built by Zhu Yuanzhang in order to thank the hero Xu Da.

Of course, the current Wei Guogong Xu's Mansion is not Zhan Garden, not the Zhongshan Palace, which was named after Xu Da's death, and it has to be repeatedly repaired and expanded by the descendants of the Xu family before finally forming a perfect Jiangnan garden.

Xu Hao is very yearning for the beauties on the ten miles of Qinhuai, but he is not too interested. First, he is not a genius, second, he has no money, third, he respects Qin Huai Bayan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and fourth, the so-called fame that has been exaggerated and touted by literati and inkmen, isn't it just a red-light district that spends money to buy laughter?

Of course, the Qinhuai River is a stylish and elegant place, not an "old courtyard" near Qinhuai that spends money to buy pleasure, and those many prostitutes are lined up, which can be compared with the kilns where they live in houses, because literati are born with cheap bones, and the more they are packaged into all kinds of cultural rules, the more they flock to it.

It's a pity that Xu Dagongzi's style is not high, he can't understand the most popular southern song of Qinhuaihe, he is not interested in competing with a group of cultured hooligans to play elegance, and he has no time to entangle with talented famous prostitutes.

The economic and livelihood benefits of the Qinhuai River are obvious, the most famous of which is the Pearl Market, where a large number of jewellery is bought by high-rollers every day, just to spend a lot of money and a smile.

Xu Hao's father, Xu Qingtang, opened a silk shop hidden in the pearl market, and the trade is naturally prosperous, after all, there are too many women here.

Xu Qingtang's original name was Xu Yuntang, and their generation changed their names in order to avoid Zhu Yunwen's Yun character.

Xu Hao still doesn't know much about the details of his own business, he has always wanted to open a high-end shop according to the characteristics of the wealthy families in the capital, but now it is only in his thoughts. In fact, it would be nice to be able to transform the corner of the garden of Xufu into a commercial street, just sitting at home and collecting rent, there will be a lot of money.

It seems that ministers are beheaded and their homes are raided at every turn, and it is not clear whether their houses will be nationalized or sold at a low price? It should be both, the ancient law on private property is very perfect, you can buy a house or several houses near the Qinhuai River, and then carry out real estate development.

This idea can be tried, and it must be before Zhu Yuanzhang hangs up, because the ministers in this period are precarious, otherwise when the benevolent and righteous Emperor Jianwen comes to power, the ministers will have security, and within a few years, there will be wars and turmoil, which will affect the general environment for making money. Wait until Zhu Di enters Beijing? At that time, the cucumber vegetables were all cold.

As for the huge amount of money needed, Xu Hao blinked innocently, as a glorious and great secret agent, the organization would definitely support a lot of funds.

is reaching out to ask for money and thinking about other people's Miss Mu, her moral character is really inferior, but Xu Hao doesn't care at all.

Because although greedy for money and lustful is a derogatory term, it is also the most haode talisman to some extent, in the eyes of the big guys, subordinates with shortcomings are better controlled than those without shortcomings. is like the second grandfather Xu Da, who spent countless gold and silver to repair the garden, and raised dozens of singers at home, enjoying himself at home with peace of mind.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Hu Weiyong claims to be honest and honest, and his henchmen almost touted him as a saint who is no less famous than the ancients. Such a person is equivalent to a careerist, Zhu Yuanzhang will never tolerate it, and as a result, he became a ghost under the knife.

In addition, there is Li Shanchang, who is side by side with Xu Da, who is greedy for money and lustful, which originally reassured Zhu Yuanzhang, even if he was involved with Hu Weiyong, he was not investigated.

But Li Shanchang is greedy but reluctant to spend money, Hu Weiyong has been dead for ten years, he saw Xu Da repairing the garden, and also learned to increase his homestead, in order to save money, he went to find the Duchy of Xin Tang and borrowed three hundred soldiers to work on a voluntary basis, Tang He was afraid and told the emperor, what do you say you are doing with so much money? Do you want to rebel?

That's not all, Xu Da has been closed for ten years and doesn't care about anything. This Li Shanchang is not old-hearted, and when his relatives have an accident, he came forward to find someone to intercede, which is the most disgusting thing for Zhu Yuanzhang, and as a result, let's calculate the new and old accounts together, according to the previous Hu Weiyong and Yu Party charges, the whole family of more than 70 people went to Huangquan hand in hand.

The cranky Xu Hao sat on the bow of the boat, and secretly said Second Grandpa, you are a time bomb. Maybe one day, I'll be beheaded

Li Shanchang's eldest son was saved from death because he was a horse, and he didn't know if the county lord's horse could save his life? What about the puppet county lord's horse? I just ran to the beach to be a pirate, and went to the Japanese country to burn and loot, no, I was seasick, oops, my head was confused.

"Young master, we're here."

Noble put an end to someone's misery, and Xu Hao saw that this was a manor next to the river, and there seemed to be several small villages around, and the towering walls could be faintly seen in the distance.

There are more than a dozen boats moored on the wharf, and the gate of the compound is full of young people wearing scribe shirts or Taoist robes.

If I marry Ning Xue, I don't want a penny from the Mu family, Xu Hao is very ambitious and automatically divides himself and the other scum into two kinds of people, good people and bad people.

Xu Hao, who is not greedy for money, gave Noble a look, Noble lowered his head and disappeared in a hurry, Xu Hao smiled leisurely, sat on the bow of the boat and waited to see the excitement.

After a while, he came out of the Baoda Manor and said expressionlessly: "One or two silvers and one exam question, I am willing to buy and sell, and I will not explain!" Quantities are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Hula, Noble was surrounded by a group of young people, scrambling to dig out the silver. To Xu Hao's surprise, no one asked whether the exam questions were true or false, how did he know that it was the norm for the Jiangnan Gongyuan to buy and sell test questions since ancient times, and there were more unbelievable things than this, just a tael of silver, whether he was true or not, buy it back first and take a look.

In less than half a cup of tea, Noble ran away with more than 30 taels of silver, at this time Xu Hao coughed lightly, and Shi Shiran got off the boat.

When passing by two young people, I heard them scolding: "A group of scum who are indiscriminate, even if they are lucky enough to get into the Mu family, don't they have to be exposed after a long time?" ”

"Don't pay attention to those villains, hurry up and study the poems, the county lord likes this, we have to do what he likes."

Xu Hao sneered, and said in his heart Don't dream, the dignified county lord, the innocent daughter's family, how can you ask questions to test you wild men? Is it because I have read too many film and television novels, or is your imagination too rich?

That is, our relatives are qualified to meet and speak in accordance with the etiquette and law, and I still have other people's handwritten poems, so I won't tell you.

Xu Haomei's footsteps are windy, speaking of which, even if I meet a princess, I don't have to retreat, right?

There is a way that the road is narrow, Xu Hao suddenly saw the eldest prince Cao who was mixed in the crowd, and the eldest prince Cao changed the brocade clothes and jade fur of the prince of Jingchuan Marquis, wearing an ordinary white Taoist robe, and plain socks and shoes on his feet.

The enemies were very red when they saw each other, and the eldest prince Cao also saw Xu Hao at a glance, and immediately pointed at him and shouted: "Brothers, it's him, the big guy will go up together and beat him." ”