Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 458
The reason why Qi Siyu was able to arrange for Du Zheyan's father to go to the county to be the chief bookkeeper was naturally not only Qi Yuandao as a backer and his father who was far away in the capital.The Qi family has lived here for generations, and the intricate network of relationships formed due to marriages and apprenticeships is their reliance and foundation.In the mansion, not only Xiao Xu, but also some low-ranking officials have in-laws of the Qi family.

So Qi Siyu went to the yamen, and in less than a cup of tea, he found out the name of the owner of the teahouse: Du Chenshi.

"Isn't it Du Jinning?" Qi Siyu came here in high spirits, but he couldn't help being disappointed when he saw such a name.but……

"Wait, this Du Chen family is also surnamed Du?" Qi Siyu said to the clerk in charge of household registration, "Check who this is."

The petty official did not dare to neglect the orders of his superiors, picked up the file and flipped through it, and said, "The original name of this teahouse was Du Jinning, but it was recently changed to Du Chen's name. They are mother and son, from Lishui County..."

"I knew it." Du Zheyan patted the table lightly, "I knew it was Du Jinning."

Qi Siyu frowned, and looked at the little official; "When did the teahouse change to Du Chen's name?"

The little official flipped through it again and told Qi Siyu, "Three months ago."

"How long has this teahouse been open?"

"It opened two years ago."

"What property does this Du Jinning or the Du Chen family have?" Qi Siyu asked again.

"Du Jinning still owns a large house in Hulu Lane, and two small courtyards near Gongyuan Street and Fuxue, and nothing else. Apart from a few Boyue Teahouses under Du Chen's name, there are also a few in Fucheng. Several bookstores." The clerk said honestly.

Qi Siyu frowned even tighter.

He raised his head and glanced at Du Zheyan.

Du Zheyan understood, and felt that he had nothing more to ask, so he left with Qi Siyu.

After going out, the two simply went to Du Zheyan's newly opened teahouse and sat down. Qi Siyu asked, "What are you going to do?"

In his opinion, not to mention that Du Jinning put several shops under his mother's name very cunningly, even if Du Jinning's own name was written, they would not be able to make a fuss with this.

After all, the Song Dynasty is not the Ming and Qing Dynasties.This era does not emphasize agriculture and suppress business, but both agriculture and business.Therefore, merchants were not restricted and despised like the Ming and Qing Dynasties.The system that the sons of merchants are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination does not exist in this fictional era.So even if those teahouses and bookstores are under Du Jinning's name, and he pays less taxes in agriculture than in commerce, and is classified as a merchant, it will not have much impact on his future.

So he couldn't figure out what Du Zheyan wanted to do.

"Do you know why the business of Boyue Teahouse and Bookstore is so good?" Du Zheyan asked.

"I don't know." Qi Siyu was really impatient with his riddle-like behavior, "Don't be tricky, just tell me what you think."

Du Zheyan hurriedly said: "The reason why their business is so good is because of the scripts of "The Condor Heroes" and "Dragon Babu"."

Qi Siyu was surprised this time: "I know these words. Could it be that these words were originally published by their books?"

Du Zheyan nodded: "Yes."

Qi Siyu was silent.

Qi Yuandao controlled him very strictly, he was not allowed to hang out with dudes outside, he was not allowed to go shopping in Goulan tiles, and he was not even allowed to go shopping and eating with Du Zheyan and the others for too long.So Qi Siyu didn't have the time to go to the teahouse to listen to the books.As for the script, Qi Yuandao didn't allow him to read it either.Du Zheyan was worried about being punished by Qi Yuandao, even if he read the script himself, he didn't dare to show it to Qi Siyu.

The reason why Qi Siyu knew these scripts was from his classmates in the school.Some students are fans of these scripts, and they will have a heated discussion every time a new book is released. Qi Siyu has heard more or less of these scripts, and knows the content and popularity of these scripts.

But it was the first time he knew that these scripts came from Du Jinning's shop.

"Do you know who wrote it?" Qi Siyu asked.

If Du Zheyan didn't mention this, he would definitely not think about it; but when Du Jinning said that it was from Du Jinning's shop, he couldn't help but wonder if Du Jinning wrote it himself.

After all, this person is very strange, he is very talented and learned at a young age, I heard from Du Zheyan that he also built a garden, the scenery inside is so beautiful that even the magistrate praised him.If he produced a few scripts, Qi Siyu felt that he could accept it.

He didn't realize it at this time, but he already had the cognition of "Du Jinning is very powerful" in his mind, but he didn't realize it yet.

"Oh, senior brother, you are so powerful, you got the point as soon as you asked." Du Zheyan looked admiring.

"Why am I so good?" Even though the flattery was patted comfortably, Qi Siyu was still baffled.

"That's what I want to say." Du Zheyan smiled meaningfully, not daring to make a fool of himself, "We don't care who wrote this story, let's put this shit on him and say he wrote it .Anyway, the teahouse and bookstore belong to his family, this is an indisputable fact."

Qi Siyu thought for a while, and his eyes lit up: "Good idea."

In this era, the writers of story books are all down-and-out scholars. Unknowingly, when everyone hears someone writing a story book, they will have a kind of contempt for him.So once this news spread, it would definitely have a bad influence on Du Jinning's reputation.

Isn't he awesome?Didn't you get the small three yuan for the court case?Didn't he take away his title of talented scholar at the poetry meeting?Qi Siyu felt that letting Du Jinning suffer a little injury and live in a dormitory with poor conditions, or losing some money, would not be enough to relieve his hatred; only Du Jinning's reputation would be damaged, and he would change from a respected genius to a human being. Only those who are despised by others can feel at ease.

Thinking of this, he patted Du Zheyan's shoulder very appreciatively: "It's your brains that come up with such a good idea. All right, you go ahead and do it. As long as Du Jinning's reputation is ruined, I won't treat you badly." of."

Hearing this, Du Zheyan was overjoyed, stood up and bowed deeply to Qi Siyu: "Thank you, Senior Brother Qi."

He was the one who helped Qi Siyu come up with an idea last time, after fixing someone he didn't like, Qi Siyu found an official position for his father.Now if this matter is done well, will his father be promoted?
Thinking about it this way, Du Zheyan was full of energy, and made some arrangements when he went back.

Not to mention, this kid really deserves to be from the Du family, and his brain is quite good.The last time their family carried Du Jinning head-on, and even brought out Zeng Tongpan's Buddha, Du Jinning was not at a disadvantage. This time he dared not carry it head-on.The Du family was powerless, and this time they didn't take advantage of it. If the Qi family or the Liang family couldn't see it, they could kill them with a little finger.

In order to vent Qi Siyu's anger, it's not worth risking the Du family.

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