Zhenguan Wenzong System

Chapter 10

It was unexpected that Zhou Jin was able to win the exam, but it made sense after careful consideration.

For a long time, Zhou Jin gave people the impression that he was very bold and unrestrained, like a sergeant who had been in the army for many years.But this is easy to understand. After all, his father is a general. According to what Zhou Jin said, although his father sent him to the state school, he has never slackened in supervising his exercise since he was a child.It's also thanks to Zhou Jin who has a good brain, otherwise how could he still be able to study in the state under such harsh conditions.

Luo Yan didn't know it at first, and thought that Zhou Jin entered the state school purely by virtue of his family relationship.

Now he couldn't help but start to take a serious look at this bold and unrestrained man.

As far as Luo Yan knew, Zhou Jin's Lao Tzu's network basically didn't go out of Luzhou, and the farthest was in the area of ​​Jiangnan Road that will be divided in the future, so Zhou Jin's success in the election was entirely due to his strength.As I said before, there is no such thing as ranking in the list at this time, so Zhou Jin is not the best among the twenty or so people, but he is not the worst either.

All the students from Luzhou were also stunned. Luo Yan didn't know it was because he didn't absorb the memories of his predecessor, but they were different.Luo Yan was able to be sent to enter the Jinshi Department, so his ability is not a problem.But it's not to say that literati are inferior to each other. Compared with Luo Yan, who has recently gained a reputation, Zhou Jin is completely unobtrusive.

Zhou Jin, who shocked everyone, was the most surprised here.He didn't even think of it himself, but in the end he actually got hit.Thinking of the letters brought from home a few days ago, Zhou Jin murmured to himself: "Damn old man, how dare you say that I will go back and be your leader."

Thinking of winning a particularly important round in front of his old man.Zhou Jin shouted happily: "Today, I invite everyone to drink, drink Xinfeng wine."

Xinfeng wine is one of the best folk wines at this time. Compared with those turbid wines whose lees are still swimming in the wine water, the quality of higher-grade Xinfeng wine is naturally better.The most important point is that this wine has a higher alcohol content. Although in Luo Yan's opinion, it is not as good as the taste of sake in later generations, but at least it has the feeling of wine instead of pure water.

To talk about the best drink, I have to mention Changlefang.This square city located in the northeast corner of Chang'an City basically gathers half of the fine wines and restaurants in Chang'an City.

There is a long distance between the official department and Changle Square, but in the joy of Luo Yan and Zhou Jin being elected, a group of people chatted and laughed and arrived soon.

The application time had just passed, and the people in Chang'an City hadn't finished their normal work yet, so even in places like Changle Square where entertainment venues gathered, there weren't too many people.

What Zhou Jin prefers is a restaurant called "Zuixianlou", which is located in the middle of Changlefang.At this time, many scholars had already arrived here, so Luo Yan and his party met a lot of scholars who came to say hello after entering Changle Square for a short distance of more than a hundred meters.

Just now at the gate of the Ministry of Officials, because Luzhou came out with two Jinshi all of a sudden, many people were impressed by them.

Luo Yan felt as if he had walked more than a hundred meters for a long time, and finally walked into the Zuixian Tower while he kept returning gifts.

The shopkeeper of Zuixian Tower heard that two Jinshi came all of a sudden, so he politely invited Luo Yan and others to the third floor.

The saying that there is no private room on the third floor means that eight round tables are simply set up, and each table is next to a window.Looking out of the window, you can see the bustling market, as well as the looming palace walls of Taiji Palace. If Changle Square itself is not located in a corner, it would be a good place to overlook Chang'an City.

There were very few people on the third floor at this time, and only three of the eight tables were filled.Among them, there were two tables that knew Luo Yan and the others.After being polite, Luo Yan declined the invitation from the two tables, and Luo Yan and the others sat at a separate table.

Zhou Jin was already very happy today, but now that he has received special care from the shopkeeper, his mood is even better.After ordering a full table of dishes, I ordered four jars of wine with great pride.

This made Luo Yan's case envious.The price of Xinfeng wine is very high. A jar of wine weighs about ten catties, but it costs one tael of silver, and only silver is accepted.

Although Wude money at this time can be regarded as hard currency, there is still a big difference between copper coins and silver in essence.Although it is officially stipulated that one tael of silver should be used as the price of one thousand coins, in fact, this ratio is too low.During Wude's reign, a bucket of rice cost twenty Wen. According to this ratio, this jar of wine cost five shi of rice.It's insanely expensive.

Luo Yan recalled his expenses after coming from Luzhou to Chang'an, and it seemed to be about 10 taels of silver.After Zhou Jin's table, it is likely to be comparable to his living expenses in the past few months.Really, having a good father is indeed very important, Luo Yan can only think so.

The restaurant's work efficiency is very high, and Zhou Jin's order is quickly served. The waiter who serves the dishes is very clever, and will report the name of each dish every time he serves it.Golden milk pastry, crystal dragon and phoenix cake, gold and silver interlaced flower cut, longevity porridge, Jianfengxiao, expensive pink, Royal Yellow Queen Mother Rice, Yulu Tuan... Hearing that Luo Yan felt very tall.But when I saw the real dishes, I was a little disappointed. Isn't it just a common dessert in later generations, and at most it is more delicate.

Thinking about it, this is actually forgivable. Stir-frying is not the most mainstream cooking method at this time, and some particularly good dishes in later generations lack a very important ingredient, that is, chili.Although perilla can be used instead, the effect is still a little worse.

But since it's someone's treat, I can't be too picky.And I have been eating rough food for several months, I think it's better to get used to it.

Eating at this time is to pad your stomach for drinking, but you still have to slowly enter the atmosphere before drinking, so several people chat while eating.

The topic of the chat was nothing more than the matter of the current Zhongju, so Luo Yan and Zhou Jin also accepted the toast from the few people present, in the name of congratulating them.After drinking this glass of wine, they immediately chatted about their plans for the future.

Luo Yan, who is a first-class Jinshi, will be awarded official positions from the ninth rank according to the usual practice. Official positions such as Feng Li Lang, assistant teacher of law, school secretary, secretary of the Great History Bureau, and assistant teacher of the Imperial Medical Office are the most likely As for the real shortages of the chiefs of the three provinces, the director of the palace garden, and the county lieutenant of Shangzhong, they are basically full of carrots and holes, and even if there are shortages, they will not be awarded to Luo Yan immediately. Scholars in the Jinshi Division.

As for Zhou Jin, he was basically as competent as Luo Yan for the official position of the ninth rank, so after guessing Luo Yan's official position, Zhou Jin's is not far behind.

As for the few people who did not win the exam, the plan is also very clear, go back and study for a year before taking the exam.Although the mood may be a bit lost when it comes to this, everyone is not particularly discouraged. There are many ways out, and the obsession with the momentary success or failure will be inferior.So more words were melted into the wine, and a few people followed the drinking order and began to drink formally.

Really different from the kind of turbid wine I drank before, Xinfeng wine deserves its damn expensive price.Luo Yan drank a few sips, and since there was no cloudy lees mixed in, he found it very refreshing.

Having been tempered by a high level of alcohol, Luo Yan finally showed his power at this moment.Although the drinking order is really not good, but the alcohol capacity is good.Originally Zhou Jin and Luo Yan were the ones to be taken care of, but now Zhou Jin has been defeated, but Luo Yan has been very strong.

Being targeted would naturally be very miserable, so even though Luo Yan had an amazing drinking capacity, but he couldn't hold back his bloated stomach, he couldn't stand it now.

Seeing that the two being taken care of got a little drunk, the drinking process slowed down and they started chatting again.

Because Luo Yan suffered a lot from drinking before, the topic naturally turned to Luo Yan's mismatched poetic talent and drinking order.Originally young people like to be lively, but now there is wine but no poetry, as literati, they naturally cannot bear it.So Zhou Jin, who was a little drunk, took the lead to speak: "A few days ago, I heard Brother Luo's sentence that people don't see the moon in ancient times. It's a pity that there were poems but no wine that night. Now I have good wine, but no good poems. What's more It's depressing."

Several people nearby responded with smiles.

Looking at the posture of the crowd, Luo Yan obviously wanted to motivate himself to compose poems.If it was the usual Luo Yan, he might consider keeping a low profile.But now that he was drunk and high-spirited, he couldn't stand the crowd's agitation, so he simply let go.

"Since there is good wine today, I will use this wine as a poem to cheer you up." Luo Yan got up, picked up the wine glass on the table, took a sip, and opened his mouth and said: "

Ten Thousands of Xinfeng Wines,
How many years have you been a Ranger in Xianyang?
Meet loyalty and drink for the king,

Beside the horses and tall buildings and weeping willows. "

Everyone here is full of youthful spirit, after listening to Luo Yan's poems, they exclaimed wonderfully.The few people who originally wanted to pour wine for Luo Yan, now picked up the wine glasses and drank by themselves.

It seems that Luo Yan's movement of standing up and reciting poems was too obvious, and the tables next to him also heard Luo Yan's poems. When Luo Yan finished reading, several scholars here were full of praise.Soon, regardless of whether he was being rude, he walked over with a wine glass and toasted Luo Yan.

Soon the third floor changed from several tables to one table. After everyone introduced each other, a new round of drinking began.

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However, no matter how excited they were, everyone still drank in moderation. After Zhou Jin had finished the four jars of wine he had called and the drinks for the other tables, he didn't drink any more.Instead, sit and chat a few words, and sober up by the way.

Seeing that it was almost dark, the business of Zuixianlou became more and more prosperous.The third floor, which was originally deserted, was now full of guests.So almost everyone planned to go back to rest.

When paying the bill, the shopkeeper didn't want Zhou Jin's money, but only hoped that Luo Yan could write down the poem just now.

The restaurant has a special wall for guests to leave words, and pens and inks are also waiting for them at any time.

Seeing Zhou Jin's troubled expression, Luo Yan thought for a while, and agreed to the shopkeeper's request.While drunk, Luo Yan picked up his pen and left a few lines of elegant running script on the wall.Looking at the last inscription "Luzhou Luo Yan", Luo Yan smiled and put down his pen so that they could walk out of the restaurant together.

　Basically decided to sign a contract, so it must not enter the palace, and Xiaodao also ensured at least two changes every day.Please feel free to collect it, please recommend, hehe.

　　


(End of this chapter)