But he soon discovered that agriculture was not as simple as he thought.
What he knows is not as much as the "Agricultural Economics" published by Yaojia Bookstore, not to mention that others have more detailed agricultural magazines.
Yang Jinggen didn't have money to buy it, so he could only shamelessly go to other people's bookstores from time to time.
Fortunately, the Yao family's bookstore is kind. As long as you cherish their books, they won't turn them away even if you don't buy them.
Yang Jinggen thought about it over and over again, always wanting to write a better article before submitting it. If he submitted it with an article that was nothing, he would feel very sorry for others.
The article was only half written when his friend brought him two newspapers...
Yang Jinggen felt moved in his heart.
He went back and begged his brother and sister-in-law to help him one last time. If it didn't work this time, he would give up and listen to their arrangements.
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In comparison, Ren Kun is much luckier.
Guan Jinggen is a farmer's son, and his family is poor, so he has worries of one kind or another and hesitates to move forward. But Ren Kun is different. Although his family is not a wealthy family, they are still wealthy in a small town.
People call out "Master Ren".
As the only son in the family, his parents certainly hope that he will study hard, take part in the imperial examination, win the first prize, and honor his ancestors.
It's a pity that Ren Kun was not good at studying, so he was kicked out by his husband after only a few years of studying.
The family was disappointed, so he was asked to do business with his brother-in-law.
Ren Kun was not very interested. He just wanted to go to his farm and watch the farmers farming.
As soon as Ren's father saw that he was fine, he watched people farming. He had a headache: "We only have a hundred acres of land at home. Just hire someone to farm it. Why are you staring at it every day when you have nothing to do? They farm every day, and they still need you to supervise the work?"
Ren Kun looked confused.
After talking about it several times, Ren Kun still went to the fields and even bought not only agricultural books but also came back, which made Ren's father think that his son wanted to become a farmer.
Just when he didn't know what to do, he saw the "Recruitment Order" reprinted in "Natural History".
He patted his thigh and felt that his son was found.
"Where is Ren Kun? Did he go to the fields again?" Zang
"What's wrong? Is your son annoying you again? He's not like the old Wang family next door who catches stray dogs all day long. Why do you keep talking about him?"
"Then you can't just sit around and have nothing to do all day long. I'll find something for him to do."
"Why do you want him? Doing business with your third brother again? Your son is not that material, so don't force him."
"No, it's something else. Shuxiangyuan has issued a recruitment order to recruit people from all over the world who are interested in agriculture... There are both teachers and students. I see that Ren Kun has nothing to do all day long and is interested in the fields. He is thinking about it.
Send him to be an agricultural student."
Mrs. Ren was shocked: "What?! You want your son to farm?! You...what do you think? How much money can you make from farming? Even if he is useless, you won't want him to farm, right?"
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"Oh, you don't understand. This was published by "Natural History". You forgot that last year, the crazy carpenter from the old Zeng family was recruited by "Natural History" and recommended to that Ming Research Institute.
Did you become a researcher? I was wondering, could this be an opportunity?"
"But...but what kind of opportunity can farming be?"
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No matter how confused Mrs. Ren was, when her father told Ren Kun the news, Ren Kun was very happy and said that he was going to Shuxiangyuan to study.
He likes farming and has studied so many books on agriculture, so he will definitely pass the exam.
Seeing her son's happy expression, Mrs. Ren's desire to stop him faded away.
How long has it been since she saw her son so happy after being sent back by her husband?
Based on their family's conditions, this gentleman gave up the school, so they would just find another book school.
But Ren Kun was very sad, as if someone had suddenly pulled out his energy, and he had no energy to do anything.
I told him to send him to another book school, but he didn't go and stayed at home all day.
Now he suddenly wanted to study again. No matter what he studied, it was always a good thing to have motivation.
Ren's father proposed, Mrs. Ren did not object, Ren Kun himself was also happy, and the matter was soon settled.
When Third Uncle Ren heard about this, he felt that regardless of whether Ren Kun could succeed in his studies, it would be good to go out and gain experience.
When Ren Kun went out to do business with him before, his languid look was indeed worrying.
He told Ren's father and Mrs. Ren: "Ren Kun is still young now. It will be better if he stays out for a few more years and studies for a few more years to become more mature. When the time comes, he will find a daughter-in-law who can take charge of things and take care of her. I won't be afraid."
He has no whereabouts in the future."
"When the time comes, I'll have to trouble his third uncle to keep an eye on him. He hasn't liked studying since he was a child, and he's not good at business. He seems to have no energy when asked to do anything else...His father and I are in good health.
If something goes wrong between us two, he will only have relatives like you to take care of him." Third Uncle Ren is nearly ten years younger than Father Ren, and he has two sons and a daughter. It seems that he will have more children and more blessings.
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Mrs. Ren deeply felt that if her son failed in the future, she would have to rely on the help of these relatives.
Therefore, Mrs. Ren was very polite to Uncle Ren. When the children from the third room came over, she warmly received them and asked Ren Kun to play with them.
As long as cousins play together, they will be able to unite and help each other when they grow up.
Uncle Ren, a businessman, knows Mrs. Ren's thoughts.
When Ren's father was studying, Uncle Ren was still young. When he grew up, Ren's father no longer studied. But Ren's father laid the foundation for the family with his business as a scholar. Uncle Ren relied on these foundations to travel all over the world.
A family business was established.
Together with his eldest brother and his family, he saved some family property, bought land and houses, and became a rich man.
It's just that unlike Uncle Ren who became a businessman, Dad Ren has always adhered to his principles and only wanted Ren Kun to study and realize his dream of imperial examination that he failed to achieve back then.
When he was young, Third Uncle Ren used his elder brother's reputation as a scholar and relied on his elder brother's interpersonal relationships to start doing business very smoothly. It was not until he got bigger later and met someone more powerful that he suffered a loss.
Gradually understand the benefits of being a scholar and having fame.
But by then he had become a businessman and it was too late to regret it.
The next three generations could not take the imperial examination, so they could only focus on their elder brother's family, Ren Kun, trying to make him win.
Ren Kun couldn't do it, so he once again thought about letting Ren's father take a concubine and have a son. Finally, because Mrs. Ren treated him very well, he tried to persuade Ren's father once but he didn't agree, so he stopped trying again.
What Third Uncle Ren is thinking now is: Since Ren Kun can't do it, forget it. When he gets married in a few years and has more sons, he can always raise one.
He is still young and can support the family for a few more years, so he will definitely be able to wait.
By then Ren Kun will have a son who can study, and his two sons will also be older. If the third generation keeps in touch with each other more, he will soon be the fourth generation...
This time, he must leave a family motto for future generations not to engage in business unless absolutely necessary, to prevent anyone from making the same mistake as him again.
Ren Kun didn't know this. He happily returned to the house and asked the book boy to sort out all his books on agriculture. He would take them to the capital then.
"Master, will you take the slave with you then, or who else?" The book boy rolled his eyes, fearing that Ren Kun would take someone else with him.
Ren Kun's attention was not on him at all, and said: "Of course I will take you, Xiao Zhao is illiterate, why should I take him?"
"Hey! Thank you, Master." The book boy didn't mention that Xiao Zhao was already learning calligraphy and had learned a lot of things.
He was very lucky. Fortunately, he had not been so lazy back then, otherwise, he would not have been the most popular person in front of the young master.
