Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

The development of education in Qiongzhou Prefecture is not good. The former county magistrate tried his best to catch up with the official to grab two juren as lecturers. When Tan Qian took office, he not only reduced the education expenditure, but also taught the two juren The anger left, and finally hired two scholars to take office.

The academic officials were originally appointed by the imperial court, but Qiongzhou Prefecture is too remote. In the past, they could only be assigned to the lowest-ranked candidates, or well-connected scholars as instructors. The situation has obviously improved during the term of the last county magistrate, but Tan Qian let everything go. Back to square one again, not even as good as before.

Therefore, the number of scholars in Qiongzhou Prefecture has been greatly reduced. There are only seven scholars in the county, six of which were accumulated in the past, and only one was admitted two years ago.

In other words, it has been two years since anyone in Qiongzhou Prefecture passed the examination.

In this kind of educational environment, scholars in Qiongzhou Prefecture can only hold together in private. Anyone who wants to study for the imperial examination, everyone has heard of it even if they have never met, even if they have not heard their name, they will definitely know the other party’s teacher. .

Because there are only seven scholars in Qiongzhou Mansion, but the four ministers who were invited had never seen or heard of Gu Jingyun. After asking his teachers and apprentices again, they learned that he went to school with his uncle, and his uncle's name I haven't heard of it either.

The four of them couldn't help but look at each other, some were not very happy to make friends with Gu Jingyun.

It's also because of their bad luck, they agreed that the partner they agreed to bond with had something to do, or they were delayed, so they settled down. It was so easy to find four people who didn't bond with each other, but there was still one missing. .

But they don't know Gu Jingyun, and they don't know each other's character, so how can they dare to easily get along with each other?

Gu Jingyun is a smart person, and he can tell their concerns with just a glance, and said: "The most important thing in the county test is the Four Books and Five Classics. Several seniors should have done the questions, why don't you come up with a question to test me, if I How about pairing up?"

The four of them looked at each other, the county exam was not deep, mainly filled in the blanks and analysis, but the scope was very wide, four books, five classics, poems, fu, rites, zi, anthology, who knows where the topics come from?

Therefore, the county test is easy to test, but it is also difficult to test. It depends on the breadth and depth of reading and memory of each person.

If this person can answer all the random questions they asked correctly, then he has real skills, and people with real skills will naturally not cheat, so what are they afraid of?

The four of them cheered up, and they turned around and took out books from their book bags to find the topic.

Gu Jingyun couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth. Shouldn't these books be memorized backwards?

Li Baolu glanced at Gu Jingyun, thinking that everyone is as evil as you?

Sure enough, this is a normal person, and she is considered a top student among normal people. After all, she has memorized all the books that several teenagers took out.

Gu Jingyun is rushing to be the number one scholar. Qin Xinfang said two years ago that he has nothing to teach, and only let Gu Jingyun read the book and explain the meaning. Naturally, the four teenagers' questions are even more difficult for him. It seems that he doesn't need to think. He was able to solve the answer when he came out, which stunned the four teenagers.

One person couldn't help asking: "Gu Xuedi's uncle is also in Qiongzhou? I wonder if he still accepts students?"

The other three cheered up and looked at him with piercing eyes.

Gu Jingyun smiled and said: "My uncle is weak and doesn't accept apprentices, but if you have any questions, you can come to visit me."

"I don't know where Xuedi Gu's uncle lives?"

Gu Jingyun lifted his chin slightly and said: "Sin Village is a village, you can find out as soon as you enter the area of ​​Sin Village that your uncle's surname is Qin."

The four of them paused for a while before asking, "Why did Mr. Qin live in Sin Village?"

Gu Jingyun said indifferently: "If you are framed and exiled in a village, you will naturally live in a village."

The four of them are silent, they are criminals, they are scholars, how can they associate with criminals?

But his uncle looks very powerful, Gu Jingyun has such knowledge at such a young age, if they can also ask for a lesson...

Regardless of what they were thinking, Gu Jingyun directly took out the mutual knot document, nodded and said: "Are the seniors willing to make mutual knot with Gu?"

Several people looked at each other, although the other party had an uncle who was a criminal, but if they missed him, they might not be able to find a mutual scholar again, and the registration will be closed the day after tomorrow.

A few people gritted their teeth, took the document, signed their names, and put their fingerprints on it. There were five copies, one for everyone.

Li Baolu breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid that several people would not want to get along with each other because of Qin Xinfang's identity.

Gu Jingyun collected the documents, bowed to the four people and said goodbye.

Li Baolu hurriedly followed behind him, "Why did you mention uncle on purpose?"

If Gu Jingyun didn't want to expose Qin Xinfang's identity, he must have a way to hide it, let alone those four immature teenagers?

"Uncle will be lonely after we leave, so find some children for him to play with." Gu Jingyun climbed into the donkey cart he had hired early in the morning without hesitation, and said, "Let's go, let's go to the janitor and ask for a security certificate."

Gu Jingyun just handed in the gift and took out the five taels of thank you silver that he had prepared earlier in the morning. The other party asked him his place of origin and signed the guarantee document for him without hesitation.

Gu Jingyun took his things and went to the county ceremonial room to register. Zhang Yiyan had already arranged for him. The clerk in the ceremonial room took a look at Gu Jingyun and registered him. He also asked: "The county office will announce the seat and exam time in five days. , remember to come and see."

Gu Jingyun got his "examination admission ticket" and left happily.

Li Baolu was kicking stones at the gate of the county government office bored, when she saw Gu Jingyun coming out, she jumped up to meet him, "How is it, is it done?"

Gu Jingyun nodded with a smile, "The next thing is to wait for the exam. Tomorrow, just ask Zhang Yiyan to follow me. You go to the port to find a boat, and we will leave as soon as we get the results."

Li Baolu nodded happily, she also wanted to see the world outside Qiongzhou.

Gu Jingyun is expected to be away for three years, and he has to make arrangements for Qiongzhou before leaving.

After all, Zhang Yiyan is a criminal. Life and death are in the hands of others. Many things are inconvenient to do, but his mother, uncles, aunts, and all the relatives he cares about stay here. Feel free to leave?

So he has to make some arrangements, and Li Baolu doesn't need to know about these.

Li Baolu didn't know what Gu Jingyun was going to do, but since he didn't want her to get involved, she would do what she could.

Early the next morning, she ran to Qiongzhou Wharf to find a boat.

Qiongzhou Prefecture is an isolated island, separated from the mainland by a strait. This strait is like a moat, and the only way to get there is by boat. Except for the fishermen's boats and the traffic boats specially opened by the boatmen, only merchant ships can carry people.

After seeing the fishermen's and boatmen's traffic boats, Li Baolu thought about Gu Jingyun's small body, and decided to go to the merchant boats. It would be better if he could go directly to Guangzhou, lest they have to go overland.

The car is also very bumpy!

Merchant ships range from large to small, and Li Baolu only asks for medium and above ships.

The steward saw that Li Baolu was a little careless at such a young age, and asked, "This ship is going to Guangzhou, but we have a lot of cargo on board, and the passengers have to disembark halfway."

Li Baolu asked humbly: "Where is halfway?"

"Guanghaiwei, we are going to replenish food and water here halfway, you have to sit on the boat, one tael of silver per person."

This is much more expensive than the three hundred Wen that Zhang Yiyan said. Moreover, Guanghaiwei is not close to Guangzhou Mansion. Li Baolu calculated the time and felt that it would be dangerous to arrive in Guangzhou Mansion before April to take the test, so she discussed: "Can you send me all the way to Guangzhou Mansion?" , there are only two of us, and we don’t weigh much, so it won’t delay your delivery, and we can pay more for the boat.”

The steward twitched his lips. Was he afraid that the two of them would be less likely to deliver the goods? Idiot, he was afraid that this would be a bad thing to explain to the owner, okay?

Cargo ships do not transport people, and the income of the passengers is shared by the whole ship. The owner may not know it, but knowing is different from acting in front of the owner.

The steward glanced at Li Baolu like an idiot, then waved his hand and said, "If you want to go directly to Guangzhou, you should go find a transportation ship."

"The draft of the traffic boat is too shallow, and it is easy to be bumpy. My little man can't sit on it..." This boat is the largest and most luxurious so far, and its safety is also more secure, so Li Baolu is reluctant to give up. She continues to beg: Why don't we double the salary?"

That's two for one person. Considering Qiongzhou's living standard, this is almost a year's expenses for a family of five. With this money, you can hire a special boat. The steward asked her curiously, "What do you guys do?" Why are you going to Guangzhou?"

"My little man is going to take part in the government test in April. He is not in good health. I'm afraid he'll get seasick. Your ship is the largest, most luxurious, and safest in Qiongzhou Prefecture..." The good words were thrown like no money. , and finally said with a smile: "So please be accommodating and take us directly to Guangzhou Mansion."

The manager proudly puffed up his chest, pondered for a moment and said: "If it's for the government test, you can give it a try. Our master loves scholars the most. Just wait, I will go and find our big shopkeeper."

Great Chu has a strict hierarchy, merchants cannot take imperial examinations, but businessmen cannot avoid dealing with officials, so merchants love to support scholars.

This is even more so for the Baolai. When shopkeeper He heard that there was a scholar who wanted to take their ship to Guangzhou to take part in the government examination, he left the things in hand and came out without even thinking about it.

Seeing the little girl standing on the shore, Shopkeeper He couldn't help being startled. Who has such a big heart, and asked a little maid to discuss such a big matter of sending her to the exam?

Having seen the world after all, Shopkeeper He greeted Li Baolu in a daze, looked at Li Baolu with a smile and asked, "Little lady, is your master going to Guangzhou for the exam?"

Li Baolu nodded repeatedly, looked at shopkeeper He with bright eyes and asked, "I wonder if I can take your ship to Guangzhou directly?"