marquis of jingan

Chapter 110 The Highest City in the World
The two of them came too early, and the caravan had to prepare for a while before they could leave.

When the caravan was preparing, Shen Ling and his wife also came to the west gate to see Shen Yi off. Mrs. Shen bought a lot of Jiangdu's special products, and there was a big bag full of them, so the Shen family's servants carried Shen Yi into the carriage.

After the sky was bright, the caravan was finally ready. After Shen Yi bid farewell to his three brothers and three sisters-in-law, he got into the carriage and waved goodbye to Shen Ling and his wife.

Shen Sanlang also waved at Shen Yi, and said loudly: "Lao Qi has a good exam, come back earlier, third brother treats you to a drink!"

Shen Yi in the carriage also smiled.

"Don't worry, third brother, I will definitely come back to eat your wine!"

The carriage started slowly and left Jiangdu.

Because there was half a load of goods in the carriage, Shen Yi and Xu Fu were a bit cramped when they sat, but fortunately, both of them were a little thin, but they could barely stretch out.

Shen Yi looked at Xu Fu who was sitting opposite him, and asked with a smile, "Is this the first time you have left Jiangdu? How do you feel now?"

Xu Fu was silent for a while, then looked up at Shen Yi, shook his head slightly and said, "My lord, I'm not from Jiangdu."

Hearing his words, Shen Yi was a little surprised.

"You speak very authentically in Jiangdu, I thought you were a native of Jiangdu."

"I learned from the people on the street and a few younger brothers and sisters. They are all from Jiangdu."

Shen Yi nodded, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked, "It's convenient to ask, how did you end up in Jiangdu?"

"The family is doing business."

Xu Fu was silent for a while, then bowed his head and said: "When I was seven or eight years old, my family took me out to run a business. Later, I met bandits, and the adults disappeared. I was small at that time, and I hid in the mountains for several days. , just hid there, and then ran out of dry food, tired and hungry, and fled to Jiangdu."

When Xu Fu was speaking, Shen Yi kept looking at his expression.

Xu Fu's expression didn't seem to be lying, but sometimes his words flickered, probably he was hiding something and didn't want Shen Yi to know.

Shen Yi didn't ask too much.

He looked at Xu Fu, and asked in a low voice, "Is there any lawsuit with you?"

Because the carriage has handlebars, it is not good to speak too loudly about such a sensitive topic.

Xu Fu started wandering at the age of seven or eight. After wandering in Jiangdu for a few years, he even became the leader of a small group. He is not like a child from an ordinary family. The family suffered a lawsuit.

Xu Fu looked up at Shen Yi, and shook his head resolutely: "My lord, I don't have any lawsuits."

"Ah."

Shen Yi nodded, smiled and said, "I believe in you."

His voice is still not loud.

"After arriving in Jiankang, you will say that you are my school boy to the outside world. This will make it easier to act, but we are not masters and servants."

He looked at Xu Fu, thought for a while, and said, "I don't know anyone in Jiankang, otherwise I can register you with the government, so that it will be more convenient for you to do things in the future."

"It's fine."

Xu Fu lowered his head slightly, and said, "I'll just follow you, Young Master."

While the two of them were talking, the carriage had arrived at Shili Pavilion outside Jiangdu City, and the ten-mile journey had been completed in a blink of an eye.

Shen Yi opened the lunch box that the third sister-in-law prepared for him, took out two pieces of pastries from the lunch box, handed them to Xu Fu, and said, "You got up so early, you are probably hungry, eat a little bit first, and then lean on... "

Shen Yi looked back at the cargo on the cart, it should be something like cloth.

"Sleep on these cloths for a while."

Xu Fu took the pastry with both hands, thanked him, then lowered his head and took a bite.

"How long will the young master stay in Jiankang?"

Shen Yi smiled at him: "If it goes well, we will stay until autumn or winter. If it doesn't go well, we can go back in summer."

When Shen Yi said smooth, he meant that the college examination went well, and if he went well in the college exam, he would get the honor of a scholar, and the sixth year of Hongde this year is the year of Xin Zi.

The imperial court holds a rural examination every three years, which is in the year of Zimao Wuyou, which means that this year is the year of the rural examination. In September, Jiankang will hold the triennial rural examination.

Now that he has been selected as a scholar and has come all the way, no matter whether he can be admitted to Juren or not, he must give it a try.

Of course, if Shen Yi failed the college exam, Shen Yi would not be able to take the township exam, so he still had to go back to his hometown in Jiangdu to continue his studies.

Xu Fu nodded, lowered his head to eat his snacks, and did not continue talking.

Shen Yi glanced at him, and seemed to understand the young man's mind.

"I stayed in Jiankang for more than half a year, but you don't have to stay with me all the time. If you are worried about your guys, you can go back to Jiangdu in advance to have a look."

"Need not…"

Xu Fu shook his head slightly.

"I follow the son..."

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The carriages of the caravan, because they were full of goods, did not travel very fast. They could only travel forty or fifty miles a day, and Jiangdu was nearly two hundred miles away from Jiankang, so it was not until the fourth day, which is the first day of the new year. In the morning of ten, the caravan arrived at the outskirts of Jiankang.

The handlebar style of driving the car has become familiar with Shen Yi in the past few days. Seeing the health city in sight, he said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, Jiankang is here."

Shen Qilang, who had just had breakfast, poked his head out of the carriage when he heard the words, and then reached out to pat Xu Fu who was sitting opposite him, with a slight excitement in his tone.

"Xiao Xu, look, Jiankang City is here!"

Xu Fu lifted the curtain of the car and looked up.

A big city appeared in front of them.

This is a big city with extremely high walls.

Jiangdu is also a big city, but the city wall of Jiangdu is only two or three feet high, that is, seven or eight meters high, and the Jiankang city in front of us, although it is not in sight, at a glance, the city wall is at least four feet high!

Shen Yi sized up the city wall and shook his head.

"The city wall is much higher than Jiangdu."

The handlebar type of the driver obviously has been to Jiankang many times, and said with a smile: "The city wall of our capital is the tallest in the world, with a height of four feet. Emperor Sejong repaired it for more than ten years, and His Majesty followed suit. It took more than ten years, nearly 30 years before it was completed."

Hearing these words, Shen Yi couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, "It's really rich."

When he was ill, he traveled to many places and saw many historical sites in order to relax.

The walls of the Forbidden City are generally no more than ten meters.

The Nanjing Ming City Wall in another world, the highest point is only 12 meters, and the Nanjing Ming City Wall has been built for nearly 20 years.

And even the Nanjing Ming City Wall is only 12 meters at the highest point, and some places are only [-] meters and [-] meters long.

But the capital city in front of me, at a glance, seems to be a city wall of four feet!
Such a tall city wall is very spectacular at a glance.

After a few words of emotion, Shen Yi couldn't help but secretly said in his heart.

Mostly because people were scared, they built such a high wall to surround themselves...

You know, the capital of Datang is only two feet high!

Of course, such words that poke the backbone of the imperial court cannot be uttered. If someone listens to it and sues the government, Shen may be arrested by the government officials of Jiankang Mansion if he fails to succeed. .

While talking with the handlebars, the head of the caravan had already arrived at the gate of the city, and the soldiers guarding the city began to search the car one by one. When they found Shen Yi's car, a clerk in his thirties glanced up and down at Shen Yi. , with a low voice: "What are you doing in Beijing? Is there a way to guide you?"

Hearing the word "Jing", Shen Yi sighed slightly in his heart, but did not speak.

He took out the examination card issued by Jiangdu Mansion from his pocket, handed it to the soldier, and said, "Brother Cha, I am a boy student from Jiangdu Mansion, and I came to Jiankang Examination Institute to take the test."

With that said, Shen Yi pointed to Xu Fu who was beside him.

"This is my book boy."

The soldier checked the test card carefully, and after confirming his identity, he returned the test card with a "huh" and went to see the next carriage.

Shen Yi put away his test card, then waved his whip like a handlebar, and the carriage slowly drove into Jiankang City.

When the carriage passed the tall city gate, Shen Yi smiled at Xu Fu who was beside him.

"Xiao Xu, let's go to Jiankang."

(End of this chapter)