If you think so, then I will take back this couplet, and you don’t have to give me the money.

If I find that my couplet appears in your store, I will make it known to the public that you plagiarized it."

"Brother, I bought this couplet for three thousand taels." Li Ziqiu became anxious when he heard that Ning Chen wanted to take back the couplet.

Ning Chen's couplet is definitely worthy of being eternal.

Li Ziqiu can be sure that if this couplet is hung up, his shop will be full of guests.

By then, Li Ziqiu will definitely be able to gather many like-minded people with real talents and knowledge.

At the same time, his talent and reputation, Li Ziqiu, will inevitably increase further. If he is chosen by that great scholar to be his disciple, he, Li Ziqiu, will be able to stand out.

"Three thousand taels is fine, but what about the money?" Ning Chen stretched out his hand and asked.

"this……"

Looking at Li Ziqiu who looked anxious and uneasy, Ning Chen said coaxingly: "Looking at you, you should be very interested in this couplet of mine. I can probably guess a little bit about what you want to do.

So the problem is very simple, you want the name and I want the money, the two of us have a cooperative relationship.

At that time, you only need to say that I am pursuing your talent and feel that your place is more suitable for this eternal life.

So I leave this couplet with you.

When the time comes, no one will say that you are amassing money. At most, they will say that I am greedy for money.

You have nothing to lose, I have gained money, and everyone is happy."

Li Ziqiu was really moved after hearing Ning Chen's words.

"Since my brother values ​​Ziqiu's talent so much, Ziqiu will bear this infamy for my brother." Li Ziqiu finally made up his mind to cooperate with Ning Chen.

Ning Chen didn't bother to ridicule Li Ziqiu's hypocrisy, since his purpose was to get money anyway.

"Go and hang up my couplet, and bring all the dishes I ordered. You can figure out how to promote the rest." Ning Chen said to Li Ziqiu.

Li Ziqiu immediately ordered the waiter to take off the couplet he had before and replace it with Ning Chen's. At the same time, he covered it with a piece of cloth, making it quite ceremonial.

Then I made another sign and placed it in a conspicuous place at the door.

The location of Li Ziqiu's store is still good, and now it has such a high-profile sign.

It immediately attracted many people to watch.

Li Ziqiu is quite famous in this street, so many people came into the store to see this eternal treasure.

Soon the shop was filled with people.

There are sixteen tables here for Li Ziqiu. He sat at one alone, and there were fifteen more tables.

This is three hundred taels of silver.

Ning Chen suddenly realized that it was quite easy to make money from a scholar. As long as you were talented, he could give you his money.

After the fifteen tables of guests were seated, Li Ziqiu made a quick run and served the set menu first.

After the meal was ready, Li Ziqiu unhurriedly pulled away the red cloth on the couplet.

After the red cloth was pulled away, the restaurant was quiet for about five minutes.

Then the restaurant became lively.

"Brother Yu, look at this font. I have never seen it before. Has Brother Yu ever seen it?"

The man called Brother Yu immediately shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before, but this font is really beautiful."

"Yes, this handwriting is really amazing. Anyone who can write such good handwriting must be at a very high level."

"Yes, good words, good words."

"I really think I should copy it."

Ning Chen listened for a while and found that everyone was just praising himself.

As for the couplets, almost no one discusses them.

As for the reason, I'm afraid it's too embarrassing.

"Everyone should know the rules of this essay, so I won't tell you more. If anyone thinks of the second couplet, just come and tell me." After Li Ziqiu hung up the red cloth again,

He said to the people in the room.

No one was talking in the room, and most of them were eating with their heads down.

Soon the first person finished eating, came to Li Ziqiu's side, whispered a few words in Li Ziqiu's ear, then left the twenty taels of silver and left.

Ning Chen could tell from Li Ziqiu's expression that it would not be a good thing.

After all, if you are a scholar, you can still get good results by scolding others.

Soon the first wave of fifteen tables left. In addition to gaining another three hundred taels of silver, Li Ziqiu also received a wave of infamy.

Ning Chen was almost done eating, so he walked up to Li Ziqiu, collected all the money, and patted Li Ziqiu on the shoulder: "Do you know why they scolded you?"

Li Ziqiu immediately asked: "Why?"

"Because you didn't introduce me, I left this couplet with you." Ning Chen reminded Li Ziqiu.

When Li Ziqiu heard this, he slapped his thigh continuously.

yes.

I was so busy showing off the couplet just now that I forgot to mention this.

"Save up slowly. Come and find me if you have enough 2,700 taels."

After saying that, Ning Chen reported his temporary residence to Li Ziqiu.

Li Ziqiu was a little surprised to hear that Ning Chen lived in the teacher's dormitory.

Li Ziqiu has met all the teachers in the academy.

But he is definitely not as young as Ning Chen.

Seeing that Ning Chen had left, Li Ziqiu had no choice but to suppress his doubts in his heart.

Ning Chen touched his belly while carrying the silver, and walked towards the place where he lived with satisfaction.

After Ning Chen returned to the dormitory assigned to him, he opened the door and walked in. He saw four other people gathered around the table, eating steamed buns and vegetables.

Seeing Ning Chen come back, Chuanlu, who ranked fourth in the imperial examination, said to Ning Chen: "Ning Zhuangyuan, would you like to eat something together? It's quite difficult to eat outside."

As soon as Ning Chen heard this, he knew that these four old scumbags all knew the rules outside.

It's just that they didn't tell themselves, because they were young and felt that they didn't understand the rules.

I want to see myself make a fool of myself.

"No wonder everyone looked like they were watching the excitement when they pushed the door open and went out."

"If you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."

Ning Chen deliberately threw a bag of silver on his bed, and while rubbing his shoulders, he said: "You guys can eat these rotten vegetable leaves and rotten vegetable sticks. I can't stand it anymore."

I just went out for a walk, had a free meal, and came back with a win of three hundred taels.

If I really can’t eat or drink this, I really want to win another thousand taels from it.”

Seeing Ning Chen spilling money all over the bed, the four people's eyes lit up.

They are still Hanlin and have not been officially assigned yet.

Therefore, including lumi, etc., the total is about fifty taels of silver per year.

In a prosperous place like Fengjing, fifty taels is not a question of whether it is enough to spend, but whether it is enough to survive.

If it weren't for living and eating in official residences, it would be really difficult to survive in Fengjing with fifty taels.

Three hundred taels is equivalent to their six years of income.

It can definitely greatly improve their lives.

Seeing Ning Chen lying on the bed, rubbing his belly full of alcohol, the four of them looked at each other, put down their chopsticks, and turned around to go out.

They no longer believed that Ning Chen could easily win three hundred taels back.

Although the four of them are not number one, together they are still inferior to Ning Chen.

Moreover, the four of them have always believed that Ning Chen, the number one scholar, is all lucky.

Ning Chen is a twenty-year-old boy who has read several books by sages.

It's just luck to be the top pick.

In other words, this itself is the epitome of Emperor Shun's mediocrity.

Therefore, they were very unconvinced with Ning Chen.

Seeing the four people going out, Ning Chen smiled slightly and started to close his eyes and rest.

About an hour later, four dejected Hanlin came back from outside.

"It looks like you're quite full." Ning Chen looked at his four colleagues and said with a smile.
To be continued...