After five days of examination, the examination finally came to an end.

The students who took the exam finally relaxed completely after the last subject.

No matter what happens next, they are finally free.

Scholars who did well in the exam were naturally cheering, while those who did poorly in the exam were lucky, maybe they could just get above the score line.

With all kinds of thoughts, whether they are top academics or poor academics, they are all looking forward to the release of test results.

The marking officers began to get busy.

The officers and soldiers were not idle either, guarding the marking area to prevent the marking officials from committing adultery and committing fraud.

As a close minister of Liu Chen, Zhao Yun naturally understood the importance Liu Chen attached to the imperial examination.

The military defense for this trial was even personally deployed by him, now the number one person in the Han army.

For this first imperial examination event, civil servants and military officers, from top to bottom, tried their best and used all their firepower to prevent the imperial examination from ending perfectly.

For officials, this is considered a political achievement.

If it succeeds, everyone will be happy, and there will be rewards.

But if it fails and there is any accident such as fraud in the imperial examination, Emperor Liu Chen of the Han Dynasty attaches great importance to the imperial examination. At the least, he will be deprived of his official position, and at the most serious, he will be exiled and executed.

Therefore, civil servants and military generals did not dare to relax.

The next period of time was filled with celebration among the candidates.

They need to wait for their results in the capital, so they cannot leave the capital for the time being.

The exams are over, so naturally I don't want to focus on reading the books of sages and ignore what's going on outside the window. I invite friends and companions to visit the capital.

Liu Chen took some care of those candidates who came from poor families. Those who took the examination could all live in the dormitories prepared for them.

Those who are rich can naturally live in luxurious inns, and those who have no money can naturally live in dormitories. Scholars will not have to sleep on the streets while waiting for their results.

Although Zhuge Liang and other Nanyang students were not extremely wealthy, they were not extremely poor due to their intelligence and ability.

Strictly speaking, many of them come from official families, some currently and some in the past, so they are considered to be descendants of poor families.

After the exam, they went sightseeing and visited the scenic spots in the capital.

Today's capital is neither Luoyang nor Chang'an, but belongs to Changshan in Jizhou. There are also many places of interest and historical sites. There are also Taihang Mountains on the side.

Of course, what really makes Zhuge Liang and others curious is the prosperity of the capital.

They came to the capital in a hurry. They needed to prepare for the national examination and had no time to play. Now I can finally focus on observing the economic level of the capital.

The streets are full of people and vehicles, with vendors' stalls lined on both sides, a dense concentration of vendors, and vehicles transporting goods.

This is just an ordinary street, not a market.

Those markets where merchants really gathered to sell their goods were even more lively, almost crowded, and some carriages could not pass at all.

This shows how prosperous the capital is now.

"Huh? It seems that the language of these people is not Chinese? Shi

Guangyuan said with some curiosity:"It doesn't sound like the local language of other places, but more like the slang of the Japanese country?""

As they were visiting and walking, they met a caravan that spoke a foreign language. It looked like they looked similar to the Han people. They all had black hair and black eyes.

But if you compare them carefully, there is still a slight difference. In fact, the difference is very large. Big, because Han people are generally tall.

In the Japanese country, men between 1.5 and 1.4 meters can be seen everywhere. Those who are 1.8 meters tall are genetic mutations.

Zhuge Liang laughed and said:

"Zhou Ping was right, these people were Japanese merchants. I heard that after Your Majesty resumed maritime trade with Japan, many Japanese merchants traveled between the two countries for business."

Everyone suddenly realized

"Fill the national treasury through trade, and at the same time, you can use economic sanctions on other countries to achieve a level of control.……"

Pang Tong waved his fan and said with a smile:"I have to say that the Silk Road spread the prestige of the Han Dynasty throughout the world, and also connected the trade of the Han Dynasty with the world. Now the event is happening again."

Everyone nodded.

There is a feeling of pride and pride in being a big man.

"However, you need to remember that weapons and food cannot be sold to other countries, especially artifacts such as sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn!"

Cui Zhouping said with some worry.

Not to mention that they are not broad-minded enough. As the saying goes, people who are not from our race must have different minds. If you sell food artifacts such as sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn, you are simply siding with the enemy.

Some Japanese pirates have appeared now, or It is said that many of the pirates were Japanese pirates.

Although they were beaten by the Han army and had no power to fight back, there were always some fish that slipped through the net and caused some harm to the people.

Zhuge Liang and other scholars were concerned about the country and the people. People like us naturally need to worry about this.

However, with their intelligence, they figured it out after a little thought. With the talent and strategy of Emperor Liu Chen of the Han Dynasty, they must have already thought of this.

At this time, several scholars Zi appeared beside them, as if he heard their conversation, and explained:

"Materials such as food, weapons, copper and iron are prohibited from foreign trade. If foreign merchants are found to be selling, they will directly confiscate their homes and exterminate their families, and we will never tolerate it!

When foreign businessmen leave, they will be heavily guarded and inspected. If any foreign businessmen are found to be smuggling embargoed materials, they will be executed without mercy!"

Zhuge Liang and others focused their attention, but Pang Tong's eyes lit up. He raised his hands and asked:"Bo Yan, Gong Ji, Xiao Ze……"

Pang Tong called over one by one, and Zhuge Liang and others suddenly understood.

They also heard about Lu Xun, Lu Ji, Gu Shao and other Jiangdong scholars.

Especially Lu Xun, this man was Jiangdong's captain and held an important position. Unexpectedly, he came to take the imperial examination and ranked among the best in the provincial examination.

It was exactly what Lu Xun said just now. With his official connections, it was normal for him to know this kind of inside story.

Immediately bow to them and bow to them

"Brother Shiyuan."

After Lu Xun and others handed over their hands, they then looked at Zhuge Liang:"Is this Brother Kong Ming?"

"Exactly"

"I have admired his name for a long time, and finally met him today. He is truly a talented person, and he lives up to his reputation!"Lu Xun was somewhat impressed.

Regarding Zhuge Liang, who ranked first in the provincial examination, the scholars in the world had not seen him yet but had already heard of him.

Zhuge Liang laughed, and the two sides greeted each other.

Next, the scholars from Nanyang in Jingzhou and the scholars from Jiangdong communicated with each other, all of which were based on experience. They had a great conversation with the talented people who helped the country.

Especially the information that Lu Xun slightly leaked also made Zhuge Liang and others understand that not only were merchants from the Japanese country coming and going for trade, there were also merchants coming and going from Linyi, Luzon, Malacca and other Southeast Asian countries in Nanyang. Trade.

However, the war in Jiaozhou during this period actually caused some interruption in trade exchanges.

Countries in Xiliang paid tribute, which was a grand event for all nations to come to Korea.

They were very dependent on the trade exchanges of the Han Dynasty. If this interrupts trade and imposes economic sanctions, It is estimated that these foreign countries will gradually collapse on their own.

Because the foreign nobles and foreign merchants who have already tasted the benefits will never allow their kings or leaders to interrupt this financial path.

The truth that wealth and silk can move people's hearts has been true at all times and in all countries.

Of course, Lu Xun was not an idiot. He would naturally not tell anyone about important military matters or military secrets.

But everyone was chatting happily, and they seemed to have become close friends.

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