I have a fortune book

Chapter 78
At the official road crossing in Hongni Township, Zhou Bai bid farewell to everyone who came to see him off. This time he will be away for a long time.

Even if he wins the exam, he may continue to study abroad and will not come back for the time being.

"Sir, I'll leave the camp hall to you. If there is any change in the plan, you can make a decision at your own discretion."

"Zhou Yuan, we are not the main force for the remaining Twelve Villages in Cangshan Mountain. Don't bother to suppress the bandits and train soldiers, the generals will also train. The position of the deputy head of the Martial Arts Hall is not just for you. I will bring the one who has learned the art of war You can cultivate any number of talents."

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In the end, Zhou Bai bid farewell to the old patriarch Zhou Mingxuan alone, and everyone else dispersed.

"In the capture of Mihun Village, the clan can get [-]% because of the clan soldiers. You don't want the clansmen to intervene in the rest. I will make arrangements for the inner palace."

"Well, I hope you can always choose the right path for the family."

"Old patriarch, don't worry, as long as the schedule of the Qunshitang is supervised by you, there will be harvest in the future." Zhou Bai smiled and said very confidently.

Zhou Mingxuan looked complicated, and nodded helplessly: "Forget it, it's really the first time in a century to develop Cangshan..."

Seeing the old man's promise, Zhou Bai handed Zhou Mingxuan a bag of things wrapped in black cloth, got on his horse and cupped his hands and said, "Then old patriarch, take care, the family will ask you to take care of it for a while."

"Bon voyage, my unicorn son will surely honor our family!" Zhou Mingxuan propped up his old and feeble right hand, shouting blessings with great effort.

At this time, he must be sincere, because as long as Zhou Bai wins the election this time, the Zhou family will be able to become the county's richest man.

Da Da Da~
When the sound of horseshoes gradually faded away, Zhou Mingxuan opened the black cloth with some doubts, and inside was a letter from the imperial court's Ministry of Rites.

Since the Son of Heaven had bestowed him with a title, Zhou Bai naturally wanted to write a letter to thank him, and at the same time use up the privilege of the title as usual.

Captain Yunqi's privilege is to write the name of the person who wants to be protected on the thank you letter, and he chose Zhou Mingxuan to solve the worries for the old patriarch who has dedicated most of his life to the family.

Now what Zhou Mingxuan has in his hands is the seal of the Ministry of Rites and the imperial edict of Yinyou blessed by the imperial court's luck, with Zhou Mingxuan's name impressively written on the first line.

Even if Zhou Mingxuan is about to die of illness, he doesn't have to worry about becoming a lonely ghost or going to suffer in the Netherland. The Yinyou Imperial Book will increase the number of places on the basis of the upper limit of the family's spiritual domain.

He never expected that Zhou Bai would not leave it to his parents.

This is with the determination to win the exam, because only when the family is promoted, there will be two more ancestor positions.

There can be one to three ancestor spirits of the village clan, and three to five county lords. This is a fixed number limited by family status.

Otherwise, there will only be a special decree from the imperial court to protect him, just like Zhou Bai's title privilege.

There will be more counties, and the Huangzhai Lingyu can accommodate more than a dozen ancestor spirits, but that's all.

There are so many people in a prefect family, and the latecomers see that there is no place for him. In despair, there is no motivation to lead the family forward.

Most of the fifth-rank officials are desperately loyal to the imperial court, dedicating all their luck to fight for a chance to enter the Dragon Court.

Only the aristocratic family is different, they can inherit for thousands of years, spanning several dynasties, because the aristocratic family has the blessed land of the yin world.

No matter how small the blessed land is, it is not a problem to accommodate hundreds of souls.

Fortunately, the subsequent disciples of the aristocratic family will be busy contributing to the family, forming a good competitive atmosphere.

They can see hope, as long as they do better than their peers, the chances are much greater.

Zhou Bai didn't care about Zhou Mingxuan's complicated feelings, and rode out alone with his sword for a long distance.

It wasn't until Cangshan could hardly be seen behind him that he slowed down a few steps.

He glanced at the bushes on the side of the road vaguely, and shouted: "Don't send it away, protect the family for me, and practice the soul method I taught you."

There was no reply, Zhou Bai shook his head slightly, and continued to drive straight along the official road.

After a long time, a beautiful figure just jumped out, stomped her feet and hummed a few words.

However, Zhou Bai's extraordinary and keen insight also made her feel at ease. This is clearly a fake mortal talent.

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Passing by the county town, Zhou Bai didn't go in, but just changed the horses at the post station by the road.

There is no difference between an ordinary yellow-maned horse and a thousand-mile horse on a road that is too far away, because the thousand-mile horse also stops to rest, and the rest lasts for most of the day.

Except for Jiaoma, the stamina is enough, and the recovery power is also enough.

Zhou Bai chooses ordinary horses, just to make it easier to transfer at the stations along the way.

Although he is not an official on official business, he can obtain this small power no matter whether he is a scholar who is going to take the exam or is a captain of Yunqi.

Even if the horses at the post station are sometimes better, you only need to pay more for trimming.

All the way south, if there is a post station, live in the post station, if not, just eat and sleep in the open.

Seven days later, Zhou Bai officially stepped out of Bei'an County.

There was no strong person in the middle, but there were several teams of inspectors. They kindly reminded Zhou Bai to pay attention to safety and not to go on the road alone.

The south of Bei'an County is Ruinan County, and the main road of Dingzhou Dajiang and Ningjiang ends at Ruinan County.

After the Canglan River dried up and was blocked, Bei'an County didn't even have a decent tributary of the Ningjiang River. The people of Bei'an simply couldn't understand what it means to have abundant water resources and what it means to have developed water transportation.

Shuiyang County, this is the first county in Ruinan County after leaving Bei'an, and it is also the place where Zhou Bai can take a boat.

He will go down the river from here to the center of Dingzhou, passing through three counties and thirteen cities along the way for more than 1000 miles.

Shuiyang Ferry, even if he came here in his previous life, Zhou Bai stayed on the plains of Bei'an County for a long time, and now he still has a striking feeling.

Thousands of miles away, flags cover the sky, and foreigners who first arrive in Ningjiang will be shocked by its prosperous scene.

Even though this describes warships and battle flags, the bustling scene on the river at the ferry crossing is still half the same.

Experienced boatmen greeted and sent them off one by one. The wupeng boats they drove were like ants on the wide river in an orderly manner. They sent the guests lined up on the bank to the big boats in the river one by one.

It is not easy for big boats to dock, because they are too big, and once they get too close, they will be shallow, and thousands of trackers have to work hard at the same time to move.

Zhou Bai sold the horse to a nearby merchant who bought it cheaply, and then boarded a black-covered boat with ease.

In fact, you can take the horse on the boat, and the horse can be well taken care of, but the price is not as good as waiting for the place to buy it.

The black-covered boat is light and flexible, and can be steered by a boatman, but there are only three or four people who can sit on it.

Traveling with Zhou Bai on this boat is a pair of young brothers, who seem to have come from the north, and they should be planning to go to the south.

"Boater, is that big boat famous? If it capsized, wouldn't there be no way out?" One of them pointed to the target boat in the river and asked.

This is a typical landlubber. I have never seen such a boat in the northwestern states and counties, but from the eyes of the two brothers, we can also see excitement mixed with anxiety.

"It's called a dragon boat. Even if the little dragons in the Ningjiang River make waves, they can carry them over. How can they overturn."

"More than 100 meters is not so small. I heard that there is a large dragon boat with a length of one thousand meters on the Tianjiang River. There are immortals sitting on it. Even the dragon gods dare not offend."

"Young students, don't believe me..."

(End of this chapter)