Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

It has been a week since he traveled to the Ming Dynasty. With Su Mu's further understanding of this society, he probably has some ideas about his future plans to make a fortune.

It is not easy to learn from several business cases of later generations, except for the lack of capital.It doesn't need too much, with only ten taels of silver, he is confident that it will increase a hundred times in the next year.

But where can I get these ten taels of silver?

Twelve taels of silver may not be a big deal in the ancient costume TV series of the later generations. Those heroes who eat and pick up girls in the Caijiulou Inn pay thousands of taels, and the tips to the buddies are less than 100 taels. They are ashamed to report their names. .

It was not until the Ming Dynasty that he realized that the purchasing power of one tael of silver was so astonishing. For example, in the Beijing market, five or six taels of silver were enough to buy a high-quality maid.Not to mention the picturesque eyebrows at eighteen Fangling, you have to go to the hall and go to the kitchen.

Ordinary people only have a few taels of silver in savings in a year.

With a net worth of 30 taels, he is at least a middle-lower family in Baoding.

Converted into the RMB of later generations, one tael of silver can be worth a thousand fast money.Now that South American silver has not been imported into China in large quantities, the value may be even higher.

He was in distress, and before he could figure out how to raise the start-up funds, a sudden cold put him on the ground.

The weather in February was warm and cold, Su Mu's body was already weak, and he caught the cold accidentally.

He was not seriously ill. After taking a dose of decoction and lying on the bed for two days, he finally fully recovered.

Of course, this has a lot to do with Xiaodie's careful care. The little girl has lost weight obviously in the past two days.

Today is the day when the county test releases the rankings. Su Mu originally planned to go to see it, but Xiaodie gave him a glare and said, how can the young master get out now that he is so ill, let me go and see it for you.

Su Mu smiled and asked, "Are you literate?"

"Can't you ask if you can't read?"

Su Mu's body was still a little cold, after thinking about it, he had already won the prize anyway, he just didn't know the ranking.He was not very interested in the imperial examination, so after thinking about it, he agreed.

The sun is good today, and the sun is warm.

Su Mu simply approved his clothes and went shopping in Su's house. He was really told that the Su family's scholarly family, the old house was well built, large and elegant, which made Su Mu feel like visiting a park.

Of course, the family members still showed disgust towards him, and Su Mu didn't bother to pay attention.

After shopping around the yard, Xiaodie came back excitedly: "I got it, the young master got it."

"kindness?"

"No. 1, it's No. 1. Let me tell you, our young master is the material for studying, and we might be able to win a grand master in the future!" Xiaodie was so happy that her little face turned red: "Just now the county government has closed The list was posted, and next to it were the papers of the scholars in the pilot test. Hundreds of people surrounded me, and I squeezed in to see the list, which was so strange, it was full of names, in a circle shape."

"That's called a round list."

"That's right, that's the name. But I couldn't read, so I had to ask a scholar to tell you the young master's name, and asked if he got it right, and what number was it. I didn't expect that the scholar would immediately ouch when he heard your name, It turns out that your young master is Su Mu, Su Ziqiao, who is the head of the test in Jinke County, I have admired him for a long time."

Xiaodie was high-spirited, her face was full of pride: "Master, you didn't see that scene, when I announced your name, the people around applauded loudly, saying that they have read your article, it really is true!" Sophisticated and appropriate, it stands out from the crowd in the papers of this exam. Young master, you are famous now!"

But Su Mu didn't feel any excitement, it was just a county exam, in comparison, it was only equivalent to the senior high school entrance examination for later generations, it was nothing to get the first place.I have never entered any kind of examination room in my previous life, and the examination experience in this era can be described as extremely rich.

Although I am still not very comfortable in writing classical Chinese, but the format and the general idea of ​​the article make it impossible to find any mistakes. Even if the examiner wants to deduct points, there is no way to do so.

It is not surprising that such a low-level exam that can be passed without making mistakes is not surprising, but failing is a problem.

Su Mu: "It's just the first place in an exam. It's not surprising that someone takes the first place in the county exam every three years."

Xiaodie was a little confused with excitement: "Master, think about it, you used to be a well-known stupid person in our county, and you have never taken the imperial examination. This is the first time you entered the examination room, and you won the first place easily. One The idiot compares more than 50 scholars, how many classmates and family members of more than 50 candidates, and in front of so many people today, your name has not been spread widely?"

Su Mu felt depressed, the reputation of the idiot he used to be might not disappear just because he won the first name, but it would become more and more famous.

Thinking of this, he didn't even bother to visit the garden to enjoy the scenery, and he was about to go back to his small courtyard with a dull head.

As soon as I walked to the gate of the Su family's old house, I suddenly heard a voice shouting: "Oh, isn't this the idiot Su who won the first name? I saw you in the county school the other day, but I didn't look up there. Think, it turned out to be you!"

The voice was loud and abrupt.

Su Mu now hates others to call him an idiot Su, and feels unhappy, but when he looked up, he was surprised.

It turned out that the person who spoke turned out to be the big soldier he had seen in the county school that day.

But he saw the big man and the short soldier standing at the door holding a servant of the Su family for questioning, and the three of them pointed at Su Mu.

Su Mu knew that the big man was a rough man, so he was no longer angry, and smiled and cupped his hands: "So it's you two, nice to meet you!"

The short soldier hurriedly replied: "So it's Mr. Su, I offended you so much, I hope you don't take it to heart."

The big man looked at Su Mu with wide eyes, as if he was looking at a rare object: "So you are Su Mu, and you won the first place. No wonder, no wonder my Baihu master has taken a fancy to you and wants you to..."

The short soldier was shocked: "Big man, don't talk nonsense!"

The big man hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands.

Su Mu was very surprised, there was something in this big man's words, what exactly did he mean, this look is very strange, why do I have a bad feeling?

Just as he was about to ask, a servant came out from inside: "Second military masters, the third master has an invitation."

It was not easy for Su Mu to drag them to ask further.

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"What, Su Mu actually got the title of the head of the county test, impossible, absolutely impossible!" In the hall of the Su family, the third master Su was sitting with Su Ruitang and Su Ruisheng's two sons.After Su Ruisheng heard the news, he stood up suddenly with a look of disbelief.

Third Master Su stroked his beard with a puzzled look on his face.He also got the news just now, and felt that this matter was a little unclear, so he asked his two sons to discuss it.

Originally, he had high expectations for his youngest son and wanted to hear his opinion.But I didn't want Su Ruisheng to just curse loudly to vent, and couldn't say a reason at all.

He was a little disappointed with this son who was quite talented and learned, so he cast his eyes on the boss's face: "Ruitang, what do you think, could it be that this idiot suddenly became enlightened?"

If so, it must be guarded against.

Since the third master Su became the head of the clan, he has used many means over the years to collect the property from the public house into the private ownership of the third house.

The Su family was originally a big family, according to the rules of etiquette, after a hundred years, the position of the patriarch would definitely be returned to Da Fang.If Su Mu's dementia recovers and he becomes the head of the clan in the future, after checking, the third party will inevitably have a lot of trouble.

Of course, even if Su Mu is still stupid, the position of patriarch will not be his turn in the future.

"How could he be enlightened, a fool, an idiot, an idiot!" Su Ruisheng began to scold again.

Su Ruitang's eyes flashed an unknown color, and he replied respectfully: "Father, my son thinks that Su Mu's illness may not be healed yet, so there may be a reason for him to take the first place this time."

"Oh, so, tell me."

Seeing his father's encouraging eyes, Su Ruitang was even more excited, and analyzed: "My lord father forgot, but Su Mu sent the [-] mu of land under his name to the name of the county school. After getting his benefits, Mr. Shao will naturally reciprocate Well, the county test is not formal, and the test is sloppy. It is possible to release the questions in advance, or simply prepare the papers for him in advance. Besides, Su Mu is now a student in name of Mr. Shao. Reputation has to be compromised."

Su Ruisheng also exclaimed happily: "It must be so, brother is right."

Only then did Master Su let out a long breath: "So that's the case, this is good, this is good!"

Su Rui yelled a few times, then yelled again: "Idiot cheating in the examination room, once we report it, we are afraid that we will be thrown into prison immediately, father, should we go to the government... no, to Beizhili The government office reported it?"

Su Ruitang glanced at his younger brother with a crazy look, and laughed in his heart: You keep calling Su Mu a fool, I think you are so stupid.The county examination and the government examination are just a formality. This is already an unspoken rule in the officialdom. If you have to report it, not only will you not harm Su Mu, but you will offend Shaotai and the county magistrate to death.The magistrate who broke the family magistrate county and destroyed the family, not only you, but our Su family will also suffer bad luck. Fortunately, my father is not an old fool, so he won't let you mess around.

Sure enough, Master Su San had a serious face and said angrily: "Report, who do you report, do you want to sue Zhao Zhi County for cheating? If you really do such a bastard thing, I will immediately expel you from the house, so as not to implicate your family, get out of here !"

Su Ruisheng's face was pale by his father's scolding, he gave his elder brother a vicious look, and retreated angrily.

At this time, someone came to report that Hu Baihu's family had sent someone again.

The third master Su took a look at Su Ruitang, and laughed: "This Hu Baihu is also a powerful person. We wanted to push Su Mu through the door before, and he thought he was a fool. He heard that he was the first, but he begged to come to the door. Wait a minute." We have to deal with them and win back this face."

Su Ruitang was very proud of showing off in front of his father today, so he immediately smiled and said: "Father should take care of the Hu family, but this son heard that Hu Baihu is an extravagant figure, I'm afraid he won't be so easy to bow his head. To make something famous."

Master Su San thought for a while: "My father also dealt with Hu Baihu a few times. He is a rough soldier and has the cunning of a villain. Maybe he will be like this."

"Aren't we in a hurry to send Su Mu out of the house, so we don't have to turn against the Hu family."

Master Su San nodded, and asked someone to invite the members of the Hu family in.

Sure enough, just as Su Ruitang said, the Hu family really came up with new tricks.