Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 23

The test is approaching, and Feng Yibo is the latest batch to arrive.

The Duzhong Inn has long been overcrowded, and most of the rented houses have been rented out.

Most of the rest are located in remote places, and the asking price is extremely high.

In short, it's a place to sharpen your knives.

Feng Yibo is not afraid of the high price, the main reason is that he doesn't like it.

The three masters and servants temporarily found an inn outside the city to stay.

The next day, I hired a carriage to go to Duzhong to look at the house.

Although the goods for suppressing the Japanese have not been dealt with, he can be regarded as rich and powerful.

Now there is no purchase limit.

Who can resist the temptation to be a Draconian?

It's just that if you have money in your hand, you will inevitably be picky when looking at the house.

He doesn't like the ones that are too biased, and he thinks they are too small if they are in a good position.

The tooth shop accompanied him for a whole day, and finally found a place that fit his heart.

It is a three-entry mansion located in Yangzhou Hutong of Mingshifang.

Most of the facilities in the courtyard are in good condition, and you can tell at a glance that there are daily maintenance.

Especially in the three main rooms, the furniture is all new.

In addition to carrying bags to move in, there is another thing that Feng Yibo likes the most.

That is, it is very close to the Gongyuan where the examination is held.

There is no need to take a car when you go out of the main gate, you only need a cup of tea, and you will arrive at the Gongyuan by walking.

On the whole, although it is much worse than the old houses in Jinling, it can definitely be regarded as a middle-level one in the capital.

And speaking of it, this house has something to do with Feng Yibo.

The Japanese pirates robbed the south of the Yangtze River for several months, and although he finally wiped them out, the impact did not end.

The Japanese pirates have reached Nanjing!
When such a thing spread to the capital, the government and the public were naturally shocked.

Today's sage, Longyan, was furious and ordered to discuss a severe punishment.

And this house is exactly the mansion of Yang Siming, the official secretary of the arsenal of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, in the capital.

Now the Ministry of War in Nanjing, as well as the various state capitals robbed by Japanese pirates, as long as there are some backers, they send people to move around in the capital.

If this is not the case, the disposal may have come down long ago.

This Yang Siming has also had people running for him, and has even begun to sell the property in Duzhong.

Just to protect myself in this uproar.

Otherwise, a house in this location would be difficult to buy with money alone.

Feng Yibo spent a total of 2000 taels of silver to take it down.

Although the other party is anxious, there is still a big premium.

This is also impossible.

When the manager of the other party heard that he was just a juror, the lion immediately opened his mouth.

Buy it if you want to buy it, and forget it if you don’t want to buy it.

But anyone who can talk about this matter, I'm afraid it will be half sold and half free, and it will cost a hundred and eighty taels.

In this way, even if it is found out in the future, it will not be regarded as bribery.

After all, many houses in the vicinity are about the same price.

Of course, ordinary people can't buy it.

This is the gap between the ancient classes, and a hundred times the money may not necessarily make up for it.

It is also a coincidence.

The day after Feng Yibo bought the house, the unresolved disposal came down.

Zhang Dongsha, Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War, and Chen Yishui, Minister of the Ministry of War, were dismissed from office and returned to their hometowns.

The governors of the state capitals along the way of the Japanese pirates also dealt with them one by one according to their merits and demerits.

In the end, one Minister of the Ministry of War and one Minister of the Ministry of War were punished.

There are three prefects, one for the general judge, one for the prefect, and one for the prefect.

There are three magistrates and one magistrate.

There are more than forty generals in the army.

A total of 58 civil and military officials were punished.

This shocked the entire Jiangnan officialdom, and it can be seen that the court was furious about it.

At the same time, it was just as Feng Yibo and Liu Zhao had guessed.

For some it is a disaster, for others it is a great opportunity.

With so many positions vacated at once, there was an undercurrent of turmoil in the ruling and opposition parties.

The most eye-catching test in the past, not many people paid attention to it for a while.

These things haven't affected Feng Yibo yet.

After he settled down, he began to prepare for the exam.

I got a lot of advice from Jia Yucun along the way, and I still need to digest it.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was the eighth day of February.

This is the time for the first admission test.

Feng Yibo has been in this world for 18 years, and he has never stopped studying hard.

Now is the time to test the results.

Because I live close by, I'm not in a hurry.

Feng Yibo spent most of the day recharging his energy at home, and only went out leisurely in the afternoon.

In front of the gate of the Gongyuan, there were already hundreds of Juren lords queuing up.

After queuing for an hour, it was his turn.

Then there is inspection of items, body search and release.

The whole time is long, but there are no surprises.

Taking a deep breath, Feng Yibo strode into the tribute courtyard.

The interior of the Gongyuan is a small cubicle, called the examination number.

Feng Yibo followed the number plate to his number room.

There is no bias here, neither good nor bad.

Will be spending the next few days here.

He first took out a thick curtain from the salute.

Find another mace.

There is no door to the test number, if there is no curtain to keep out the wind and rain, then you will suffer.

Although it is spring, the north has only just thawed.

The temperature is about 5-15 degrees, which is still very cold.

If the weather is worse, sub-zero is also common.

After nailing the curtain, Feng Yibo took out two small iron stoves.

There were actually some for sale in Duzhong, but he still found two specially made by a blacksmith.

One is a heater with a smoke exhaust pipe, which can prevent smoke poisoning.

Of course, here is mainly to avoid the smog, which will affect the test status.

There is also a rocket stove, which is used to make fire for cooking and boil water for tea.

These must be prepared by yourself.

Assemble the stove skillfully and put it in the examination number.

Then take out the charcoal and fire sickle.

After a while, light smoke was discharged along the iron pipe.

He also assembled the rocket stove and put it at the door.

Feng Yibo went to the well to fetch water, and when he came back, he took out the kettle and started to boil the water.

All the people around were doing the same thing.

But Feng Yibo is superior in the end, at least there is not a trace of smoke in his examination number.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Feng Yibo took out the pastries he had prepared.

Just steaming in the pot, and drinking tea can be regarded as a solution for dinner.

Before it was dark, he wanted to set up the examination hall.

There are two card slots on the walls on both sides of the examination number, one high and one low.

There are also two boards, one for a table and one for a stool.

It can also be placed at the same height to be used as a bed.

Feng Yibo himself brought two examination boards.

Remove the old board and insert the new board.

Take out the bedding and put it on the upper one.

It was completely dark.

Feng Yibo didn't waste any candles, he filled some charcoal and lay down with his clothes on.

The underground heater was scorching hot, and I fell asleep after a while.

The next day is the day of the official exam.

It was a bit noisy outside early in the morning.

Feng Yibo opened his eyes, and it took him a while to get up.
He came out and moved his body.

It was found that many of them had already woken up and were preparing breakfast.

He fetched water and washed his face first.

Then, just like yesterday, I lit a fire to boil water and steamed all kinds of pastries.

Just drinking tea can be regarded as a solution for breakfast.

The bedding is rolled up, and the test boards are readjusted.

Feng Yibo began to check the examination tools, which were nothing more than pens, inks, papers, inkstones, hanging knives and the like.

Soon after, I heard the sound of "Dang".

The gentlemen in the examination room began to hand out the papers.

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(End of this chapter)