In front of the city gate is a large, flat open space, large enough to hold hundreds of thousands of troops.
After leaving the open space, you will be surrounded by mountains, and official roads one by one are interspersed among these mountains.
The road to Rongxi Village was different from the village they were going to. According to Xing Yatou, the road they were taking was separated from the road to Rongxi Village by two official roads.
The road leading out of Yong'an City is rather like starting from a large open space.
This time, Qi Baoer did not ride on Yinzi, but sat in a carriage with several men. As a precaution, old man Qi stuffed Yinzi into a large carriage, and Qi Kangfu was responsible for driving the carriage.
After all, you are not familiar with this place, so it is better to be careful.
At this moment, Qi Bao'er and San Lang were fighting against each other against the car window, one with a wooden face and the other with a confused look. Not far outside their carriage, they were riding horses side by side, talking more and more eagerly.
Qi Laotou and Xing Yatou.
San Lang said in a breathy voice: "Bao, Ye and the Yatou, they probably just met today, right?"
From the initial discussion over dinner, to the materials for building a house, to what should be planted in the fields, the two of them have been talking non-stop along the way, and now they are talking about the fourth uncle's scientific examination.
Qilin State said that the imperial examination is held every three years, but to put it another way, it can also be said that the examination is held every year.
The imperial examination is divided into four levels: college examination - rural examination - general examination - palace examination.
The college examination, the provincial examination, and the general examination are all subject examinations every three years. However, the three-year examination is not the same as the three examinations separated by three years. Instead, it is the college examination this year, the provincial examination next year, and the general examination the year after that.
Way.
Only the palace examination and the general examination are in the same year.
To put it simply, those who pass the examination can become officials. The emperor will personally test the top fifty candidates among the junior high school candidates. The top ten candidates who pass the examination will generally have more generous official positions and will have opportunities for promotion in the future.
A relatively large place.
From another perspective, it can also be said that the emperor is choosing his future confidants.
The dates for the scientific examination in Qilin State are fixed in November and December. Normally, the examination starts on the first day of December, but occasionally there are special circumstances where it will be moved forward a month. For example, three years ago, something happened in the capital, and the imperial examination was moved forward.
The exams will start on the first day of November.
Therefore, the scientific research here is not called Qiu Wei as Qi Baoer is familiar with, but is called Dong Wei.
It seems that they settled down at the right time. They left their hometown in April. It took nearly three months to escape Yingzhou and nearly fifty days at sea. Now there are still nine days left before September.
I still don’t know what the condition of my new home will be like, but I guess the house will have to be rebuilt, but the climate for building a house at this time is not too hot or too cold.
Qi Kangtai also needed some time to prepare, and had to submit paperwork and other trivial matters. Fortunately, Qi Kangtai was able to catch up with this year's scientific examination.
If you can't make it this year, you'll have to wait another three years.
Although Qi Kangtai is only fifteen this year, he will only be eighteen in three years. An eighteen-year-old scholar can also be called a young talent. After all, the word genius is not so easy to afford.
But who can guarantee that Qi Kangtai will pass the next provincial examination?
And who can guarantee that nothing will hinder Qi Kangtai’s path to school in the past three years?
No one can guarantee it isn't.
Take the exam as early as possible, even if you fail, you will gain experience.
This is what Old Man Qi thinks. He is happy that Qi Kangtai can barely catch up with the provincial examination this year, but he doesn't have high hopes.
Maybe my mentality has changed along the way.
In the past, in addition to being a good boy, the most important thing for him was that his family would have a descendant wearing official robes who would honor his ancestors.
Now, all he wants is that his family is in order.
It's one thing to think about something in his mind. The tone of his conversation with Xing Yatou still conveyed great expectations for Qi Kangtai.
Coincidentally, Xing Yatou's brother-in-law is also going to take the provincial examination this year. He really knows a lot of things to pay attention to.
For example, the provincial examination is not allowed to come out for three days after entering the venue, so you have to prepare all the things that the candidates need for eating and drinking during these three days, especially eating and drinking. There must be no problems. In previous years, candidates often suffered from stomach upset due to eating.
And had to withdraw from the exam.
Also, what kind of pen should I use and what kind of ink should I prepare? If it is too bad, it will easily stain the test paper. There is only one copy of the test paper, and once it is stained, you will be withdrawn from the exam.
Etc., etc.
There are quite a few things to pay attention to.
Both Qi Baoer and San Lang looked at their fourth uncle with sympathy.
It's rare to truly relax. Qi Kangtai can do nothing without thinking about anything, and he can read hard with a book in his arms.
I really managed to turn my back on what was going on outside the window.
The two scumbag siblings looked at each other, then looked out the window again with stony expressions on their faces.
The world of academic masters is not something that common people like us can understand. Farewell.
Along the way, the villagers chattered without any silence, but all of them spoke with the joy of finally running towards a new hope.
One said he wanted to build a house, the other said what he wanted to plant next year, he said who he wanted to be a neighbor, and she said she wanted to choose a house closer to the river.
It’s all about praying for a better future.
how to say?
They fled all the way, just like a group of wandering and helpless prodigal sons.
Where is the root, I don't know.
I don't know where I can settle down.
I don't even know how many days I can live.
Now that the imperial court has finally arranged a place for them, and even their household registration is in their pockets, it feels like...
What do you say?
It's hard to describe, but they just want to laugh. Even if they just see the ordinary weeds blowing in the wind on the roadside, they can still giggle and have fun for a long time.
This is the simplest happiness for a group of villagers who can't even write their own names.
Hearing the laughter and laughter, the two government officials who were following behind them unconsciously smiled on their originally serious faces.
only···
"Oh, it's not easy."
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Xing Yatou didn't panic, Yuan Qi Village was not far from Yong'an City.
The carriages rattled for about a quarter of an hour, and everyone felt that they had not said a few words. With the sounds of "YU~YU~" outside, the carriages slowly stopped one after another.
Old man Qi was riding in the front, and he was the one who could see it most clearly.
He sighed lightly, okay okay, the scene in front of him was not as bad as he imagined.
He was still thinking that when villages were abandoned, the houses were probably dilapidated and dilapidated. Some of the houses might even have no trace of their original appearance, and the fields were overgrown with weeds, making it impossible to tell that they had once been fields.
Although he was chatting with the Xing Yatou all the way, he was worried about this all the time.
How can there be free food in the world? Yong'an City has given them such great conveniences, not to mention looking at the Wu family's face. The imperial court does not belong to the Wu family.
Fortunately, the reality in front of him told him that at least God has not eliminated them that much.
You can basically still see the original appearance of the village. The village is not big, with only twenty or thirty households. Anyway, there are only twenty or thirty houses in the past.
However, the space available for building houses is very large. This may be the reason why the original people in Abandoned Village did not build their houses very close to each other.
The two closest ones are in the center and are also the two most conspicuous houses. The others are all adobe houses. Several houses on the edge are only made of wood and thatched roofs. Only those two houses are made of blue bricks.
Big tile house.
But the two closest houses are about ten meters apart.
They are not separated by the courtyard. The distance is the distance outside the courtyards of both parties.
Just looking at the "strangeness" among the houses, I always felt that something was wrong in this abandoned village.
