Jiang Hao has always been cautious in his work. He wanted to test the Hu family's background, but he did not go there as soon as possible. He decided to spend a few days preparing and draw more talismans to deal with it in case of a situation.

At five o'clock in the morning, it was still dark outside. Jiang Hao put away his knees and meditated, got up and came to the yard, and practiced the Vajra Indestructible Art.

"The dead tree plucks the roots, the moon is caught at the sea, the arhat raises the cauldron, the Vajra's eyes are angry, the moon is held in the arms, the crane meets the wings, the heaven and earth meet..."

After practicing one set of movements, I felt that my muscles and bones were connected and my spiritual power was used. A layer of golden light suddenly rose on my body, and the thickness was already two inches.

In the world of "Swordsman" and obtained the Vajra Body Protection Magical Art, only one inch of golden light was released. After practicing in several worlds, the protection power has now doubled.

A ray of purple sun in the east penetrated the mist of the mountains and shone in the Jiang family's small garden. Jiang Hao absorbed this purple air from the east towards the morning glow, and felt that his dantian was warm.

As the sky was bright, Jiang Hao ate some food and asked Zhu Guang to take care of his house. He walked on the small road to Qingxi Town. Today is the day to register in the county town. He had already made a reservation with Cui Sheng two days ago and gathered at the intersection where he left the town in the morning.

When they walked to the entrance of the town, Jiang Hao saw that Cui Sheng and Zhao Licheng were waiting there. Both sides bowed and greeted each other. It was not long, and Han Yi and Li He also came.

"Have you brought all the registration documents and certificates?" Cui Sheng asked.

"Take it, bring it all."

After getting ready, the five of them walked to the county town together.

Qingxi Town is eighteen miles away from Lanxi County, not far. They can arrive in one hour and can come back in the evening after signing up, so there is no need to bring any travel supplies.

Several people chatted on the way, and Zhao Licheng said: "Last year, the candidates next to me were all boys of thirteen, fourteen or fifteen years old, and they were not a few years older than my Dalang. I was very embarrassed to sit there, I don't know how this year."

Among the few people, Zhao Licheng was the largest.

Li He smiled, "Don't worry, we will only become more and more embarrassed."

The county examination is the first pass of the imperial examination for the long march. The imperial court stipulates that one can take the exam at the age of twelve. Many boys will take the exam every year from this time.

There are also those who are still taking the exam until they are 30 or 40 years old, so there will be situations in the examination room where the 12 or 30 or 40 are exams, and there may even be situations in the father and son taking the exams in the same exams.

Zhao Licheng sighed, "I'm already twenty-six years old this year, but I can't even pass the county exam. I'll make my last try next year. If there is no hope, I'll be a clerk in a shop in the second half of the year. Seeing that my two children have grown up and are at the age of primary school, my father cannot always spend the family's money, and I have to prepare for them."

Cui Sheng looked at Jiang Hao, "Brother Jiang, your three-year mourning period has expired. Have you reviewed your books well during this period? Are you sure about the county examination?"

After hearing Cui Cheng's question, Jiang Hao smiled and replied, "I haven't let go of it in the past few years, and I have already memorized the Four Books and Five Classics."

Han Yi next to him suddenly said, "It's useless to memorize it. We only know how to study stupidly and study hard. I have heard people say that who can pass the county examination every year? The county magistrate and the instructor have already decided that we have no money, and we will never pass the life of our lives."

Zhao Licheng was silent for a moment and sighed: "I have heard people say this, but I feel that there is no hope for the imperial examination, so I gave up and continued the exam."

"In our Lanxi County, according to the population ratio, there are 32 people who can pass the county examination every year. I listened to the rumors secretly. Each of the last twenty-two people costs 100 taels, and each of the top nine people costs 200 taels of silver. As for the first place, the first place requires one thousand taels of silver."

Jiang Hao passed the imperial examination and understood why the case must be worth 1,000 taels of silver. According to the court's regulations, if there is no major accident, there is no need to take the exam all the way to the college entrance examination, and go to school as usual to obtain the fame of scholars.

In other words, the county case head is equivalent to a direct offer, and a scholar can be bought directly for one thousand taels.

As for the top ten, there are also benefits. The top ten is the "Top Ten in the County" and is an honor. When you arrive at the government exam, you need to take the hall number, that is, you can arrange a good seat so that you can not sit next to the toilet.

Li He's eyes widened and shouted: "One thousand taels of silver, my god, if I have one thousand taels and build a large house, wouldn't it be good to buy sixty or seventy acres of land?"

Han Yi shook his head gently, "If I had one thousand taels, I would definitely be willing to spend money to buy a case. Unfortunately, one thousand taels are a huge sum of money that is beyond my reach for the poor people."

"All these places are sold, so the county magistrate can receive 5,000 taels of silver? No wonder our county magistrate is so fat and big. It seems that he is really full of food." Li Hedao.

Cui Sheng was a little angry when he heard this, "Why did the world become so dark? Isn't there a way out for poor scholars to come and study? There is no good official in the court, will he come out to take care of it?"

"As a official for thousands of miles, it's just for money. This is the way of the world. Brother Cui should not be angry, it's useless." Han Yi said.

Several people have been familiar with each other for many years, so they dare to talk about these topics. There is no taboo. If they are with strangers, who dares to say these words, they are afraid that they will be heard and they will be sent to prison in minutes.

Jiang Hao didn't say anything. He listened to them chatting, but frowned slightly. If Jiang Hao was not afraid of taking the exam with his real skills, he would have the ability to remember everything he saw. He had passed the Juren before, but was still afraid of a small county exam.

But now it seems that it is not a matter of knowledge at all. The county government is facing south, so don’t come in if you don’t have money. The county magistrate clearly states the price of the county test quota. If you have money, you can pass it. If you don’t have money, you will have to stop talking about anything.

Jiang Hao thought that if he wanted to pass, he might have to think of some other solutions.

After chatting, we soon arrived at the county town. Lanxi County Town is located by the Lanjiang River, connecting Jinhua River and Qujiang River. In ancient times, the waterway was the Golden and Silver Road, so Lanxi is a prosperous and prosperous place. The county town is very lively, with rice shops, restaurants and tea shops lined up.

The five people did not dare to delay and went directly to the yamen office. Two servants stood at the yamen. Cui Sheng stepped forward and bowed, "Two brothers, let's come and register."

The two servants looked at the poor scholars, all wearing coarse cloth blue robes, all of which were washed white, and they sneered in their hearts, "Don't you know the rules of our master. If you don't have money and want to take the imperial examination, you may not even think about passing the county exam in your whole life."

One of the officers waved his hand disdainfully, "Register the registration point in the second room to the south, go in."

The five people came to the office room. There were already many scholars filling out the form in front of them. They could only wait. After half an hour, it was finally their turn. Several people filled in their names, age, hometown, physique, and appearance characteristics.

At the same time, fill in the history of the great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents for three generations of their survival and death. Those who adopt the adoptive parents must write about their biological parents for three generations.

Then he took out the mutual documents and handed them over to the minor official. A minor official took Jiang Hao's resume and document certificates and carefully checked it. He then checked Jiang Hao's appearance and asked, "Your resume was lost three years ago. The mourning period was really over. You must not conceal it. Otherwise, it would be a serious crime. If you find out, you will be sent to prison for exile?"

"It's been more than half a year." Jiang Hao said.

The little official nodded and handed it to Jiang Hao, "Okay, leave, remember the day of the exam, February 12th, don't delay the time."

Jiang Hao thanked the minor official, took the exam form and looked at it, put it in his sleeve, and the other people had already signed up, and the few people walked out of the yamen together.

"Do you want to go around?" Han Yi suggested.

"It's better to go to the teahouse to have a cup of tea. It is said that the storyteller in the teahouse is telling the story of the East, which is a legend of the gods." Li Hedao.

Zhao Licheng shook his head, "I want to go to my uncle's house in the city. My uncle is a second shopkeeper in the Hu family's shop. I have mentioned to me before that if I fail this exam, I will recommend me to be a clerk. I want to ask more about the situation in advance."

"Why, Brother Zhao has now decided that he failed the exam?" Cui Shengdao.

"Oh, if you don't have money, it won't work after all." Zhao Licheng sighed and bowed his hands and left.

The others were silent and separated. Jiang Hao did not join these guys. He was ready to make a good visit to Lanxi City. He always had to be familiar with the local situation when he arrived in the place. Jiang Hao had been staying at home all day long and had a very limited knowledge of the outside world. If he wanted to truly understand the world, he still needed Jiang Hao to do it himself.

Walking in the center of the street and looking at the shops on both sides, Jiang Hao frowned slightly.

Hu Ji Medical Center, well, Jiang Hao has some impression of him. He was here to see a doctor, and next to it was Hu Ji Medical Store.

Immediately afterwards, there were Hu Ji Blacksmith Shop, Hu Ji Silk and Satin Shop, Hu Ji Powder Shop, Hu Ji Money Shop, and his loan loan was borrowed from this money house.

The Hu family has a lot of business in Lanxi County, and I think it must be quite powerful.

When he walked into the blacksmith shop, the guy looked at Jiang Hao's clothes. He looked at his clothes and had no money. He knew that he should not be a customer. He didn't come forward to pay attention to him and let Jiang Hao wander around the shelves alone.

Jiang Hao wanted to buy a sword. As a swordsman, how could he not have a sword in his hand?

"Man, how much does this sword cost?" Jiang Hao said, pointing to a sword.

This sword is made of pine wood as the sheath. Half of the sword is released, you can see patterns on the sword, which are traces of folding and forging. Jiang Hao has forged the sword himself. It can be seen that this sword should be made of twenty-forged steel, and it is the best product in this shop.

"Two hundred and sixty taels."

The guy looked at Jiang Hao and said something indifferently.

Expensive enough.

Confirm that I can't afford it.

In fact, even this sword, Jiang Hao didn't even see it. Some of the swords he once had were forged with meteorite iron, and some were made of super alloy, which was much worse than this sword. This sword was far inferior to that of this sword.

After earning a few laps in the city, I understood the situation here clearly. In the evening, Jiang Hao turned around. This time he was the only one who rushed to the road. This time he did not walk on the official road, but went straight to the countryside and used his light skills to speed all the way. It took only half an hour to return to his own courtyard.

Reading a book,

Drawing talismans,

Cultivation.

A few days later, dozens of Taoist talismans had been accumulated in Jiang Hao's space, and it felt almost the same.

That morning, I found an old wooden box from my home, which was covered with dust and didn't wipe it. I put two talismans in it, found a piece of cloth to wrap it up, and ordered Zhu Guang next to me: "If I have something to do when I go out, you can take good care of the house."

"I know the young master." Zhu Guang responded respectfully.

Jiang Hao went out and walked towards Hexian Town where the Hu family was.

PS: I sent a notice before and received a lot of words of concern to readers, which is really heartwarming.

"It's poisoned in heavy rain."

"Now, I'm isolated, so I can write with peace of mind."

Thank you very much for your concern!

Let me tell you, it’s just a common cold and no fever. However, the latest updates are definitely unstable. The unit has completely cancelled the vacation. Work is much busier than usual. I am very tired when I get home. So the typing can only be determined by the situation. I don’t wait for 12 o’clock. I will post it if the code is ready. I’ll understand if I change the release time.

Finally, I wish everyone peace and health.
Chapter completed!