At Liu Jin's house, Liu Jin was counting the fields he had bought during this period.
Liu Jin was in the study room. A map of the area around the capital was spread out on the table. A large area in the south of the capital was marked in red, and a larger area was marked in black. There were two types of maps.
The colored area almost covers the entire southern area of the capital.
The red area is the land bought by Liu Jin, and the black area is the area bought by Zhu Houzhao.
The prince Zhu Houzhao wanted to buy land at a fair price. After hearing the news, people who owned land in the capital also sold their fields to Zhu Houzhao one after another in order to please the prince.
Zhu Houzhao was also very wealthy and would not refuse anyone who came. He would buy as long as he was willing to sell. In less than half a month, Zhu Houzhao bought tens of thousands of land, which was more land than Liu Jin bought.
"We can't continue like this. The land price has been raised by Zhu Houzhao. It's too expensive but not cost-effective. It's almost enough to have a few thousand pounds of land in hand."
Thinking of the recent rising land prices, Liu Jin couldn't help but frown.
Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao were two very wealthy people, and they teamed up to buy a large amount of land. Each of them spent millions of taels of silver, so that the price of land in the entire capital began to rise rapidly.
The two of them spent much more money than when they bought the land in Tianjin. Most of the land in Tianjin is coastal wasteland, which is very cheap. In many cases, a few taels of silver can buy a large piece of wasteland.
But there is fertile farmland around the capital, so the price is naturally much more expensive.
However, Liu Jin is still confident that he can make a lot of money from these lands. These lands are very close to the capital and have great potential for future appreciation. After all, the capital is only such a big place, and sooner or later it will not be able to accommodate the growing population. Now the capital is
There are hundreds of thousands living outside the capital, and there will be more in the future.
"Teacher~"
While Liu Jin was silently calculating the land in his hands, Huang Jinquan and Tong Yuan walked in, came to Liu Jin's side, and said very respectfully.
Back then, the three talents at Wangyue Tower voluntarily lost to Liu Jin in a bet, leaving Liu Jin to pick up three cheap apprentices in vain. Huang Jinquan was the best writer and the most talented among the three, while Tong Yuan was the best at mathematics.
The good one has always been with Liu Jin and helped manage Liu Jin's many industries.
As for Lin Shuhong, who likes astronomy, geography, and sightseeing, he followed the fleet to Huanghuangzhou.
If we were to accept Liu Jin as our teacher at the beginning because we accepted defeat and called him mentor, but we were not convinced in our hearts, but now, all three of them will be respectful to Liu Jin because they have learned a lot from Liu Jin.
, I recognized Liu Jin as a teacher from the bottom of my heart.
"Here, sit down~"
Liu Jin put down what he was doing and signaled to the two of them that there was no need to be polite.
"There are only ten days left until Qiuwei, how are you preparing?"
Liu Jin asked his two students to come over, so naturally there was something going on.
Qiuwei is about to start. I have a cheat called Golden Finger, so I don’t have to worry about the exam. But my two cheap students are following me, so I have to find a way to let them take the exam too.
Up.
After all, they were shouted at by their teachers and mentors every day, and they couldn't let their shouting go in vain.
"this…"
Tong Yuan looked at Huang Jinquan and said helplessly: "Teacher, I'm afraid I will embarrass my mentor this time."
He was not as good as Huang Jinquan in terms of knowledge. He did not have much confidence or hope in the Qiu Wei Examination. In addition, he had been busy with Liu Jin. He had learned a lot and his abilities had also increased a lot. However, it was not as good as the imperial examination.
It doesn't have anything to do with it. On the contrary, it made me forget some of the Four Books and Five Classics that I originally had in my stomach.
So for this Qiu Wei, he really has no confidence that he can pass.
"And you?"
Liu Jin looked at Tong Yuan, and his situation could not be clearer. Then he turned to Huang Jinquan and asked.
"Teacher, I'm afraid I don't have much hope either."
Huang Jinquan smiled and shook his head and said, This is not modesty, but the imperial examination in this era is very difficult. There are too many requirements, which is very abnormal. Thirty young Jinshi and fifty old Mingjing, which shows how difficult the imperial examination is.
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The two of them are only in their twenties. It is already extremely difficult to be admitted as a scholar. It is even more difficult to be admitted as a scholar. You must know that in the imperial examinations of this era, the number of admissions is fixed for each time.
, that is to say, only those at the top can be considered qualified, not based on scores, as long as they meet the scores.
Although Huang Jinquan is the most learned among the three, he is just a taller one among the short ones. Speaking of itself, the candidates still need to hone their skills, and with some luck, they may still have a chance.
The probability of passing the Qiuwei exam this time is still too low.
"Hmm~"
Liu Jin nodded after hearing this, then thought for a while and said, "The imperial examination is indeed difficult, but you are all my students. If you pass the imperial examination, I will still have confidence as a teacher."
Hearing Liu Jin's words, Huang Jinquan and Tong Yuan both opened their eyes in disbelief and said in unison: "Really?"
It's not that they don't believe it, but after contacting Liu Jin, they found that although Liu Jin was really talented, they were worse than them in the Four Books and Five Classics, and they didn't know many things.
They have no doubts about leading them to make money and make a fortune, but they really don't believe it when leading them to take the imperial examinations and gain fame.
"When did my teacher lie to you?"
Liu Jin glared at them slightly and said.
"Forehead…"
They both shook their heads at the same time.
"Starting from tomorrow, you will come to me every day. I will give you extra lessons and make sure that you all can pass the examination."
Liu Jin nodded with satisfaction and then said to the two of them.
"Yes, thank you, master."
They both stood up and thanked Liu Jin at the same time. This teacher really did not acknowledge him in vain.
The two of them have learned a lot from Liu Jin during this period. Liu Jin also did not treat them badly. He gave them senior management salaries, divided them into houses in Tianjin, and also bought a house in Beijing, and they received it every month.
He had hundreds of taels of silver, and also led them to invest in a fishing boat, and the monthly dividends were very considerable.
But after all, they are all scholars, and they are all young people. They all have high aspirations and great ambitions. What they are thinking about is to be a farmhouse minister in the morning, to ascend to the emperor's hall in the evening, to become famous and to make achievements.
When they heard that Liu Jin was able to help them all pass the examination, the two of them were extremely excited and expressed their gratitude from the bottom of their hearts.
Once you are admitted to the Juren Examination, you will have many privileges. You will be considered to have entered the privileged class, and you will also have the opportunity to be an official. More importantly, you will have the opportunity to be added to the Spring Festival next year. You will have the opportunity to be named on the gold list, become the disciple of the emperor, and achieve great success in the future.
Just around the corner.
"Well, you go back first and finish all the things you need to do. From tomorrow onwards, you will study in seclusion and prepare for the exam."
Liu Jin nodded with satisfaction and ordered.
"Yes, students are resigning~"
The two of them nodded quickly and left Liu Jin's house.
"Isn't it just the imperial examination? With the golden finger in hand, I can know the test questions in advance. Now that I know the test questions in advance and come up with the method of clearing questions for future college entrance examinations, I don't believe there is no way for you two to pass this.
Imperial Examination."
After the two left, Liu Jin also thought.
The difficulty of the imperial examination is that it is impossible to know or guess the questions. The questions come from the Four Books and Five Classics and are based on the personal preferences of the examiner.
Moreover, the questions often involve excerpting a certain passage from the Four Books and Five Classics, and then cutting off the beginning and the end. You can imagine how difficult it is.
This not only requires a thorough familiarity with the Four Books and Five Classics, but also requires memorizing and memorizing all the annotations of famous writers of all ages before being able to write a good eight-legged essay.
It can be said that the basis of the Eight-part essay test is one's talent. Many times it relies on memory, and the test is luck. If you have a good memory, you just got the content you remembered. Congratulations, you only succeeded half of it, and the remaining half is still there.
It depends on whether the eight-part essay you wrote is in line with the examiner's preferences and the level of other candidates.
Liu Jin had a golden finger to know the exam questions in advance. He could lead his students to conduct specialized training and practice on this topic in advance, find out various famous experts' annotations, and then discuss and write them with each other.
Regarding the pros and cons of eight-legged essay, Liu Jin believes that passing this exam should not be a problem.
Liu Jin, who came to later generations, knew very well the importance of brushing up on some questions. If you brush up on some things a few times, you can answer the same type of questions at once. Before the college entrance examination, basically everyone brushed off a few and
Papers that are as tall as myself.
"How to brush up questions~"
"Well, I still need to think about it carefully and mix in the questions from this autumn exam and add some more questions. That'll be fine."
When Liu Jin thought of this, he couldn't help but laugh happily. It would be great to have a golden finger.
