Chapter 177: Meet cotton before the exam

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had never been to the capital, only knowing that they were big. Only when they saw the road that could run more than a dozen carriages side by side, did they know how big it was.

"It's beautiful and elegant. It's indeed the capital of a country. I turned around and made the place between the two newly bought villages into a road like this, and I won't farm." Zhang Xiaobao looked at the road in front of him, and the trees planted on both sides of the road, muttering there.

Wang Juan didn't say anything, and kept looking at the capital that left many stories and legends. The crowded streets were more lively than Sanshui County Wharf. They were all kinds of clothes. From time to time, you could see a person from obviously a foreign country swaying over.

Li Xun was not surprised by this place. He watched Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan standing around and watching, and said, "I'm here, you two go to the palace with me to have fun, or go to your restaurant?"

Zhang Xiaobao and the others looked at each other, and at the same time shook their heads, "Don't go to the palace."

"I don't know where my father is. I won't meet my father today. I'll finish the exam tomorrow." Zhang Xiaobao didn't want to disturb his father now and asked the people around him to inquire. He and Wang Juan were walking slowly on the street.

Li Xun didn't force himself and left with his guards. He found a place himself, but he would not enter the palace.

It didn't take long to find Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.

"Young master, little lady, the master is resting in the top scholar building now. Are you two going to the top scholar building or...?"

The in charge of the business stood respectfully in front of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan and asked.

"Then let's go to Deyiju. Don't let my father know about what we are coming here. Okay, go to Deyiju." Zhang Xiaobao ordered, then pulled Wang Juan up and prepared to go there.

The manager hurriedly found a car and invited the two of them in. From here to Deyiju, there was nothing to go.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan sat in the car, lifted the curtains and looked out. At this time, there were houses on both sides. When they saw that the houses were arranged there, there were special ditches on the houses and roads, as well as elm and locust trees planted next to them.

"Xiaobao, this place is really good. Perhaps it is precisely this that makes future generations remember this dynasty and regard it as a spiritual symbol. Unfortunately, when they tolerated many people, they did not expect to keep some technology secrets and let others learn it."

Wang Juan thought of something and said to Zhang Xiaobao.

Zhang Xiaobao nodded, then shook his head, "In fact, these people may be thinking that future descendants will have a future. It is a kind of confidence, confidence in themselves and confidence in their descendants. Unfortunately, success is Xuanzong and failure is Xuanzong.

He pushed Kaiyuan to a historical high and made Tianbao a harbinger of the demise of the Tang Dynasty. The advantages and disadvantages of the imperial system were perfectly reflected in him. When it was time to delegate power, he had to delegate power. He could not treat the affairs of the entire country as a game."

"Then should we do something? We can't watch a powerful dynasty disappear, right?" Wang Juan asked a little unwillingly.

"Don't worry, we haven't reached the top of the prosperous era yet. We have time, and we will come little by little. Tomorrow's exams will depend on my father. As long as we can do what we should do, other things will be easier. If you are a public official, you may stay in the capital and fight with others all day long."

"Well, there should be no problem. Your father has learned it well, so he went here to experience it in advance. And during these days, he has practiced poetry from time to time." Wang Juan knew that Zhang Xiaobao was a little nervous and persuaded softly.

The two of them were talking and following the car, looking along the way, and they had to feel the momentum here. As the car walked, they arrived at the western market. At this time, they could see shops standing on both sides, and there were even some foreign merchants hawking there.

"Xiaobao, look at the variety of things they sell, and there are quite a few. Wait until your father finishes the exam tomorrow, let's go shopping here and buy some small things back. You can't come out and bring anything without bringing it." Wang Juan said excitedly as he looked at the hawker and the bargaining people there.

"Well, I should buy some, and I can also use them as prizes for children who are good at studying. Look there, some sell flowers, some bloom, and some are just bare branches, especially that one, there is no flowering at all, that thing... parking."

Zhang Xiaobao also said, pointing to a place where flowers are sold in pottery pots, and shouted as he spoke.

The car stopped immediately.

"Xiaobao, what are you seeing? You're so anxious." Wang Juan asked when Zhang Xiaobao pulled out of the car and let it go.

"Good flowers, cotton, I finally found them. After taking them, I actually put the cotton in the flower pot. The bedding we covered was stuffed with cotton. How could it be better than cotton?"

Zhang Xiaobao said happily that it is easy to do with cotton, and there will be more things to do in the future, and the convenience of life comes from this.

Wang Juan was also happy. She had been thinking about finding watermelons and cotton before, but she didn't expect to meet them here. She said from the side: "They originally planted cotton as flowers, and it seemed that they had other uses in the Song Dynasty. It seemed that this thing was not called cotton, what did it mean?"

"Just ask, that flower seller, how do you sell this flower?" Zhang Xiaobao asked in front of cotton, which was about the same height as him.

"Young master, are you asking about the white folding chips? If you only buy flowers, you can take them for two cents and give you some mountain soil. If you buy them together, then you can only have twelve cents."

The flower seller turned his head and saw that it was two little kids. He lowered his voice to avoid scaring others.

Zhang Xiaobao looked at Wang Juan, and Wang Juan was also thinking there, and said, "Flower sellers, where did you find this white fold? We want to buy more, can you get it?"

"Yes, no matter how much you buy, I will find it for you. The price is even cheaper, but... your adults agree?" The flower seller felt that it was a big deal, but he was afraid that the two little kids would talk about it, so he couldn't afford it.

Zhang Xiaobao estimated it and said, "We will buy 10,000 plants, how much do you think?"

While talking, he gave a wink to the manager who got out of another car and walked here. The manager immediately said, "A flower seller, don't worry about money. As long as the young master and the young lady say to buy it, they will naturally give it to you a lot of money."

With his words, the flower seller felt relieved, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face. "If you have to wait for ten thousand plants, you have to wait for a few days. I can't find so many today, so I have to go to someone else to get them. A few companies may be able to join together. It's better to give them 17,000 quotas to buy these?"

"We will pay the order first for 15,000 yuan." Zhang Xiaobao paid the price. He could have lowered it, but he thought it was not easy for a flower seller, so he gave him more.

The flower seller paused a little and immediately agreed. As for how to get lucky, it was the matter of in charge.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, who found cotton and ordered 10,000 more plants, happily made a car and went to Deyiju again.

"Xiaobao, we have got the cotton. Where can we plant it? We can't plant it in the field. If someone reports it, it will be cleaned up." With the cotton, Wang Juan began to worry about the planting.

"In the land of Grandpa Bi, he didn't plant anything. It turned out to be a wasteland, and no one would say anything." Zhang Xiaobao thought of the old man's land, which was just right there.

"Okay, I'll make the bedding then, and I'll give him a set first." Wang Juan said generously.

As expected, no one told Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan that Zhang Zhong had arrived in the capital. The servants knew that if the master knew that the young master and the young lady had come, he would not be so calm, and he would be absent-minded when he was not careful in the exam.

Zhang Zhong was having a meal at this time, with simple and light dishes and a pot of warm wine. Today he was not going to meet anyone else. He saw the person he should meet a few days ago and also sent the posts he should send. I just waited for this exam to see what happened.

County Magistrate Cheng was with him opposite him, and he was telling him how to do it during the exam. County Magistrate Cheng had never taken the Jinshi exam, but he had taken other exams and knew some things about the Jinshi exam.

Zhang Zhong listened carefully to what County Magistrate Cheng said. The two of them had eaten this meal for two hours. The dishes were removed when they were cold and replaced with new ones. The wine was warm at any time.

In the afternoon, Zhang Zhong read the book for a while and then went to bed early and got up early tomorrow.

The servants began to prepare the things they would bring tomorrow, three sets of four treasures in the study, as well as food, and some things that might be used.

The next morning, countless juren came outside the tribute court prepared by the Ministry of Rites, accompanied by the servants or alone.

Zhang Zhong and a few servants saw so many people waiting in front of him. He took a deep breath, slowly vomited it out, calmed down, and walked over.

There were soldiers there maintaining order. Many people were unsure of it and were talking quietly there, while others closed their eyes.

After Zhang Zhong came to the capital, he met many people. As he walked along the way, those people greeted him, those who were taking the Mingjing subject and those who took the Jinshi subject gathered together to guess what they would take according to their own exams.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also rushed over and stood in the distance and watched. The servants around him surrounded the two of them to avoid being lost when they were crowded.

As the time for the exam came, some officials came here first, talked about things that should be paid attention to during the exam, and asked the soldiers to check what these students brought, but the matter of body search did not appear.

These people also began to go in one by one. Zhang Xiaobao clenched his fists in the distance and muttered, "Dad, don't be afraid, come on, you can do it."

"Xiaobao, why are you trembling? You are also saying that others are not afraid, it depends on you being nervous." Wang Juan said, grabbing Zhang Xiaobao's arm next to him.

"I haven't taken the exam, of course I'm nervous."
Chapter completed!