The provincial examination held in August of the second year of Tianshun was nothing to Fengzhou.
It was no different from the Tongzi test, just like worshiping at the Confucian Temple and enjoying the test of Wenqu Xingjun.
As for the various furnishings in the Gongyuan, they were all grieving, but to Feng Zhou, they were not worth mentioning at all.
Sure enough, a few days later, when the sweet-scented osmanthus was fragrant and the autumn list was released, he became a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty and was qualified to take the exam in Beijing next year.
The ranking is a few places below Jieyuan, which is not eye-catching, but it is enough.
Next, he returned to Dingxing County, dealt with real estate, said goodbye to friends, and killed anyone at random. Du Liangsheng and his gambling team had done so many evil things and committed so many crimes, it was time to go to Xitian to report.
At the same time, you can buy a good horse as a transportation tool.
It's not that he didn't buy it before, but before he killed Du Liangcai again, he heard the news that a caravan of mules and horses came from the grassland, bringing very good horses, which were better than the local horses sold due to the imperial horse policy.
Several times higher.
Because the trade north of the capital was already saturated, in order to gain greater profits and open up a broader market, the caravan came to Dingxing.
In the afternoon of that day, Feng Zhou strolled to the mule and horse market, found the courtyard where the mule and horse caravans lived, and stepped in.
Because this was the first time I came to a place where horse administration was implemented, this caravan brought all good horses, and they were very clean, and the prices were very reasonable.
For example, the horse in front of Feng Zhou is as shiny as black satin. Only the four hooves are as white as snow. The back is long and the waist is short and straight. The joints and tendons of the limbs are well developed. Such a horse has a
The first lecture is called "Stepping on the Clouds and Wuzui".
In general, this horse is a rare good horse in the Central Plains. It is a romance buried in a man's bones. Its price is naturally very reasonable and above five hundred taels of silver.
"Hey dad, can I buy this one?"
A young man who had just grown a light green beard on his lips excitedly walked around "Taiyun Wuzui", turned his head and asked his father.
Before his father, who was dressed in silk and satin, could speak, a middle-aged man who looked like a butler hunched over and said: "Master, the master and the old lady said before that if it is an ordinary good horse, it will be handled by our servants, but a good horse like this
The horse needs to be taken care of by the young master himself so that the Zhao family will not fall into the ancestral style."
As the saying goes, a gentleman will die after five generations, so many families are very strict in the cultivation of their children in order to continue the family.
Studying to know etiquette and obtaining fame are only part of it. Participating in practice, managing things up and down, and not being fooled by others are the basic requirements for the prosperity of the family.
But no matter how well a young man manages the family business, he cannot handle and serve a horse himself.
But in fact, for the Zhao family, spending five hundred taels of silver to buy a horse will only attract the covetousness of other wealthy families.
Although the Zhao family is powerful, it must not become a target of public criticism.
This is the principle of family affairs.
After hearing the butler's words, Zhao Detian's face fell, he sighed, and moved his palm away from the horse glumly, as if he was still attached to the silky touch just now.
The horse sales manager standing aside naturally understood, still wearing a professional smile. He had already seen that this family did not want to buy this horse, but at least they could buy one or two other good horses.
In the golden autumn of September, a horse-selling commission worth ten taels of silver can make this guy's life much easier. Of course, the prerequisite is that the business is completed...
"Excuse me, can you introduce me to the cars here?"
Feng Zhou interrupted the horse seller's thinking and said gently: "I want to know more."
The horse salesman turned around, and with just a quick glance, he guessed the upper limit of Feng Zhou's purchasing power based on his ordinary clothes, ordinary demeanor, and young age.
Another poor scholar who has no money yet comes to see the world.
The horse sales clerk felt unhappy. He was staring at the father and son just now, but he had no time to greet a poor scholar.
Just when he was about to tell a casual lie to send Feng Zhou away, the young man just now suddenly said: "Uh...Brother Feng?"
"Brother Zhao?" Feng Zhou was a little surprised. At the same time, the influential figures in Yuelai Academy had conflicts again last year. They all took the provincial examination in August, so they were naturally very familiar with each other. Although Zhao Detian was only familiar with this examination.
one time.
Zhao Detian smiled. He always had an ulterior sense of superiority towards this classmate who was good at both civil and martial arts. What's the use of having a good brain? What's the use of having great martial arts skills?
Suppose you pass the Jinshi examination and become an official candidate, do you think you can become an official?
I heard that he even went to a gambling house to earn money, but he was indeed a person who couldn't stand up to the public eye.
He smiled slightly, trying his best not to reveal his subtle sense of superiority, and said politely: "Hey, Brother Zhao, are you here to see the horses too?"
Feng Zhou nodded and replied: "Well, I just took a look around."
"Ha, then I wish you good luck. After all, for scholars like us who often travel far away, it is a pity not to have a good horse to travel with us."
Zhao Detian grinned at Feng Zhou, then turned around and left. Before leaving, he said, "I'll take a step first. If we are free, we can go horseback riding outside the city together."
The horse-selling clerk rolled his eyes, and while leading Zhao Detian's family elsewhere, he said to a sad-looking clerk in the corner of the dealership hall: "Li Xiaogang, brother, can you come over and greet this gentleman for me? I can't leave right now.
open."
The clerk named Li Xiaogang shuffled over, took over the responsibility of greeting Feng Zhou, and said feebly: "Sir, do you plan to know about this horse?"
"This one is fine."
Li Xiaogang closed his eyes and recited the situation of the black horse riding on the snow, "Sir, this horse comes from Tumut River. It is three years old this year and is a local noble..."
Feng Zhou interrupted the other party and asked directly: "Is there anyone who is five years old?"
"Huh?" Li Xiaogang didn't react for a moment, and Feng Zhou had to repeat his question: "Is there a five-year-old? If there is, I will buy it."
"..." Li Xiaogang opened his mouth and stared at Feng Zhou, who was wearing ordinary clothes. He couldn't hold in a fart for a long time. After a long time, he nodded as if he had just woken up from a dream, "Yes.
, some are just five-year-old Tayun Wuzui, worth six hundred taels of silver..."
Six hundred taels of silver is not a small amount of money. It is worth fifty years of hard work for a horse seller.
"No problem," Feng Zhou calmly took out a few banknotes from his pocket and said in the eyes of the waiter Li Xiaogang who had seen a ghost: "I can pay at any time. The money is paid in full. Where can I settle the bill?"
After three sticks of incense, Zhao Detian finally persuaded his father after communicating with him and bought a bay-red horse for one hundred taels of silver.
Just as he was triumphantly leading the bay-red horse out of the yard and preparing to gallop, the extremely beautiful black-coloured horse that walked on the clouds slowly ran out and stopped in front of him.
On the horseback, Feng Zhou sat on it with a smile on his face, "Brother Zhao."
"...Brother Feng."
"I'm going to take a step first. If you go out of town for an outing, you can say hello to me. I'm free these days..."
"……OK."
Zhao Detian replied absently.
An unprecedented sense of frustration arose in my heart.
I'm really arrogant, why did I provoke him just now!