The grandeur of the royal family and the buildings that have never been seen before are certainly pleasing to the eye.
But in the past few days, the candidates in Qiandu City seemed to have isolated Li Long as if they had agreed.
Moreover, when Li Long was walking, he could always hear the "whispering" of some people. Unknowingly, the hat of being the shame of the capital was placed on his head.
Whenever he encountered such comments, Li Long felt helpless and could only laugh them off.
There is a good saying in Enfu: when you are bitten by a dog, you cannot bite it back again.
During the nine days in the palace, specialized personnel were responsible for daily living and food, mostly eunuchs. Only a few lucky ones could be assigned one or two palace maids.
The maids and eunuchs are meant to serve people in the palace. With their service, the nine days and six nights of this palace examination are much more comfortable than the nine days and six nights of the general examination.
In the nine days, only the third day and the evening of the sixth day had some free time.
However, although they are candidates, they are not allowed to enter or exit the palace's forbidden areas at will.
So I had to stay in the room and rest well to prepare for the exam the next day.
Just like that, nine days passed by in a blink of an eye.
The palace examination ended soon, and Li Long and the others were sent out of the palace along the same route.
Although this imperial examination is more complicated, the importance of truth theory is not as important as that of the general examination.
Therefore, the time for marking and grading is not as long as the test.
The results will be announced in about ten days.
In the past ten days, the others had seen everything. But Li Long didn't care to a certain extent.
I ran to Xishan twice a day. It seemed that there was something more precious than Jinshi hidden in the land of Xishan.
And in fact, it is indeed the case.
Because the first generation of new seeds studied by Li Long are about to mature!
Generally speaking, rice is planted in March and matures in June.
Either plant in June and mature in September.
But Li Long was afraid that he would not have enough time, so he had no choice but to plant it in February.
Unexpectedly, after these few months, the growth is still okay, and the maturity has not been delayed at all.
Probably because he took good care of it.
And this rice is the foundation of Li Long's life, or in other words, the foundation of the whole Dagan people!
If the yield can be an extra 100 kilograms per acre, then I really don’t know how many people can be fed.
These things cannot be measured by simple fame.
If I have to say it, there is only one word to describe it: merit!
Li Changkong also valued the seeds this time. He was usually pampered and pampered, but these days, he had almost the same routine as Li Long.
We arrived at Xishan before dawn and returned to Wulinghou Mansion after dark.
But the main reason is that Li Long is busy. He has been farming for several months, and coupled with his family background, he has become a real farmer.
Li Changkong could only make some judgments based on his previous experience with hybrid rice.
After all, hybrid rice was eaten by everyone in previous generations, but very little is known about how it is cultivated, how it matures, and how it grows to meet the standards.
At least Li Changkong, an archeology dog, definitely didn't know, so he didn't know exactly what this first generation of new seeds could be cultivated into.
But looking at Li Long's vow, he felt a little unsure.
After all, people have family education. It is understandable that they cannot grow hybrid rice, but it is still unclear whether the yield can be high.
So after confirming the growth trend, Li Changkong relaxed his mind, left everything to Li Long, and went back to sleep with peace of mind.
After all, this body is the most important.
Staying up late these past few days has caused him to break out in acne.
Finally, in the early morning of the tenth day, Li Long pushed open the door to his room as the sun was already rising, and shouted excitedly to Li Changkong on the bed: "Enfu! It's cooked!"
"The rice is all ripe! It's time to harvest!"
In the past few days, Li Long almost ate, drank, pooped, and slept in the fields.
It wasn't until this morning that it was finally confirmed that basically all the rice has grown to the point where it can be harvested.
So he rushed over excitedly to tell En Fu, who was still sleeping.
Li Changkong had always been angry when getting up, and when he was made such a fuss, he was originally furious and opened his mouth to curse.
But when I saw Li Long's ragged clothes and his feet that were not wearing shoes but were covered in mud, I felt moved and most of his anger was gone.
He could only say: "When you are familiar with it, you are already familiar with it. How can you behave in a hurry?"
"Teacher, why can I become General Anbei, the fifth rank of the imperial court at this age?"
"It's because His Majesty has always taught me that I should have calmness in my chest, so that my face will not change even if the mountains collapse in front of me."
"If you can develop this calmness, many things will happen naturally."
After Li Long heard this, he restrained his rashness, bowed his hands, and said sincerely: "Students will be taught."
"Well, since it's ripe, it's not too late. Let's go to the streets and hire someone to cut the ears of rice."
"If you finish the inventory earlier, I can ask for your merits in front of the Holy One earlier."
"I'm afraid you've been holding back some anger in your heart these past few days, right?"
When Li Long heard this, he stretched out his hand to scratch his head and smiled.
No matter how calm he pretends to be on the outside, he is still a young man in his twenties and thirties, and he is always feeling embarrassed in his heart.
This arrogance cannot be dissipated in front of others, but there is no need to pretend in front of Enfu.
However, just as the two were about to go out, the sound of gongs and drums suddenly came from outside the gate of Wulinghou Mansion.
Immediately afterwards, Butler Yang hurriedly walked in.
He said: "Young Master, Mr. Li, the father-in-law from the palace is here. He said that he wants to invite Mr. Li into the palace for a roll call in the Zhengde Hall."
Zhengde Hall was the place where Emperor Jingxing held court meetings on weekdays. Different from Ganlu Hall, it was a symbol of the entire Daqian and power structure.
According to the past practice of Daqian, those who are awarded Jinshi must be called by officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs in front of the Zhengde Hall.
Not for anything else, just for a moral.
When Li Long heard this, he immediately became anxious and said, "Can you allow me to change my clothes? If I look like this, if I enter the palace, wouldn't it bring shame to En Mansion? How unbecoming it is!"
When Butler Yang saw this, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Father-in-laws who come out of the palace to announce decrees are also called angels. Since ancient times, only others have waited for angels. How can there be any reason for angels to wait for others?
If the angel gets impatient and makes some stumbling blocks in the dark, I'm afraid the gain will outweigh the loss.
For a moment, both of them looked at Li Changkong, waiting for him to make up his mind.
When Li Changkong saw this, he smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, just go like this. I will go with you. If you have anything to do, I will take care of it. In addition, I can also take the opportunity to mention this new rice matter to Your Majesty."
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When Li Long saw this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his head and said thanks: "Thank you so much, master."