Lu Ming

Chapter 66 Before Sailing ([-])

Huang Xiucai, who got up early and sat on the number plate, at this moment, silently smiled in the candlelight, his mouth became wider and wider, and even his back molars were exposed.

He first thought about it for a while, and then carefully selected twelve draft rolls out of the 24 answer sheets he brought. His name, date of year, place of origin, names of three generations, and the scriptures are not only stamped on the seam, but also the name of the scroll official is printed in a long strip at the end of the scroll, with [-] originals and [-] drafts each.

Syndicate crime has this advantage: the places that are prone to mistakes are thought of.At this time, Huang Zhicheng was not in a hurry to copy the eight-part essay that he had already memorized into the main volume, but according to the plan that had been planned in advance, he wrote and drew on the grass scroll, and made a look like he was thinking hard, choosing words and making sentences. .Now for his copywriter, there is still time, so he must be calm. Calm down.
Days passed, and in a blink of an eye it was August [-]th, and Huang Ping and Huang Xiucai's journey to the township examination in the seventh year of Tianqi came to an end.The Transcendents who had received the news as early as the first exam had already celebrated in advance.

The hard work over the past few months has finally paid off. The idea of ​​being a bit of a joke at the beginning has now succeeded. The transcendental forces have actually created a "real fake". This grandma has a great sense of accomplishment!

Huang Zhicheng himself is also very emotional. Fortunately, there are still some days before the announcement, so he still has time to prepare, um, prepare to be a master.

Taking advantage of the fact that he is still a little transparent talent that no one cares about, he hastened to make a few trips to Tangzhuang in the past few days, mainly to confirm his future contact person, contact information, and logistical issues. By the way, I accompanied him. His "servant" for a long time was returned to the company.

You know, according to the plan, after he is elected, he can no longer come to Tangzhuang publicly.In the future, unless there is an emergency, he can only communicate with the company through contacts or devices.

However, the contact person has not yet been determined - there are quite a lot of people who want to be the head of the spy. Five or six spy war emperors are busy on the stage in the company these days, and the stage is downvotes; Huang Zhicheng went After two trips, he found that this group of people was tearing up in full swing. He had no choice but to go back to the city with a bag of silver.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were still a few days before the announcement, he went out to look for a human tooth. He first hired a rough couple in his small courtyard to do some chores temporarily—luxury items such as the housekeeper and maid of the mansion would have to wait until he was officially listed. Besides, he is still an ordinary scholar at the moment, so naturally he can't be too public.

The couple are natives of Hangzhou. The woman cooks and sweeps, while the man does some clumsy work.Huang Zhicheng now hires people, all of them are local people with solid foundation, which is also in line with the style of officials and eunuchs.

Take out the silver to the servant, tell him to exchange some good copper coins, and buy some wine and fruit on the way to prepare.After a few more days of anxiety, he has been waiting at home as planned. Those who have ghosts in their hearts should not join in the fun of catching their son-in-law.I waited until the morning of the third day of September when I heard the noise of blowing and beating at the intersection.

"Great report of your family's master Huang Yuping High School No. 30 No. [-] in the Zhejiang Provincial Examination, and the Beijing News has won the yellow first!"

Even if he was already mentally prepared, at this moment, when Huang Zhicheng was standing at the gate of the small courtyard, listening to the roll call of the newspaper, and watching the neighbors talking in front of the door, he was still dizzy for a while, and he held the wall slightly. Shaking his head, he woke up.

He rewarded the newspaper coins, rewarded the wine, and then took out the fruit and distributed it to the neighbors who came to the congratulations. Go, until this time, he has no time to recall his own ranking.

According to the information brought by later generations, the scholar surnamed Han who was replaced by him would have been selected as No. It is also a bit difficult to show up for entertainment in the future, and the position of 30th place is just right.

However, the final result was that Huang Zhicheng won the 33rd place. Now he calmed down and thought about it carefully, and he probably found out the reason: calligraphy can only be calligraphy.

Before crossing, he did fake paintings, and he dabbled in several fonts.This time he used the Taiwanese-style answer sheet for the township exam. Since the answers were already prepared, he had plenty of time to write beautifully.Now it seems that it is this little difference that has made him two places higher than the historical Han surname candidates.

After he figured out the joints, he happily went to rest.In the next few days, Mr. Huang was very busy: dancing with everyone at the Luming Banquet, making friends at the same annual meeting, and all the teachers present and the teacher sent gifts that were slightly above the market price. , not for anything else, just ask the two of you to firmly remember the little fresh meat
Officially busy like this, privately it's the same: begging the whole family to be a slave, begging to donate the land, begging to recognize the godfather, giving gifts, protecting the media, begging for the daughter.
Mr. Huang still takes time out of his busy schedule to pick housekeepers, mansions, and maids. Fortunately, this is the Ming Dynasty, and the crime of unknown origin of huge amounts of property has not been invented yet. Otherwise, someone would have to launder money first. It's really dying.

Flowers with brocade, fire cooking oil.Even in the city of Hangzhou, where scholars are inferior to dogs and crowded with people, Huang Ping and Huang Xiaolian, who have successfully squeezed into the ruling class with an admission probability that is not inferior to the civil service examination of later generations, as one of the [-] heroes who stood out from the tens of thousands of students. In recent times, it has also been the highlight of life.

How Xinjuren is arrogant and extravagant and ignore him, let us rewind the time a few days, on October 1627, 10, the third day of the ninth lunar month, on the same day as Mr. Huang's lifting, there is another one that is enough to affect the history of this plane. The big event of the process is going on quietly.

The autumn wind was blowing, dark gray clouds filled the sky, and the morning light was full of bleakness.A few days after the cold dew passed, there were cold thoughts in and out of Hangzhou, much earlier than in previous years.The abnormal climate of the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty has become more and more obvious in this land.

The swearing-in ceremony, which should have been majestic and full of voices, became a little deserted and silent in such an early morning.

In the newly built Qingtiao Shihe Wharf in front of Tangzhuang Gate, there are several sand boats docked in the blink of an eye.The two largest ships are now full of people, who are either whispering or slapping each other's arms, saying, "Take care!"

(End of this chapter)