Jinyi champion

Chapter 269 Zhu Hao's Spring

In a blink of an eye, it is the end of the first month.

The examination period was finally confirmed. The first county examination was scheduled for the sixth day of February.

With the help of the palace, Zhu Hao's recognizance was handled properly. Yuan Rulin, as a candidate who took the same exam as Zhu Hao, became a recognizance with Zhu Hao, which is tantamount to guaranteeing each other.

"The county test is not too difficult. With Fan Xuezheng as your tutor, you have a great chance of success."

Tang Yin was very optimistic about Zhu Hao's exam.

Zhu Hao's knowledge is there. He was afraid of being targeted because of his young age, but his predecessor Honzhou Xuezheng is now a teacher in the palace. The relationship network is very strong, what else do you need to worry about being targeted?
Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that the more this is the case, the more criticisms you will encounter afterwards, and you will be targeted in the government examination!"

Tang Yin was still chatting there, saying some words of encouragement. Hearing this, he suddenly realized that his comforting words might be okay for others to hear, but for Zhu Hao...he didn't turn around and educate me. Not bad, am I making fun of myself?

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Since the end of the first lunar month, Zhu San has rarely appeared in class.

He usually comes once every two or three days. Zhu Si's explanation is that his sister has been too busy recently, learning a lot of things that the princess must learn, such as women's studies, or court etiquette, and knitting women's red, etc.

Originally, outsiders thought that the honorable little princess didn't need to learn those things. After all, there was a maid to take care of her, so she didn't need to do it herself, but it was not the case at all.

Zhu Hao doesn't know what other palaces are like, but judging from the education in the Xingwang Palace, Zhu San and Zhu Si are really raised as children of ordinary families, and no special treatment is given.

King Xing hopes that his son will become a dragon, and he also hopes that his daughter will become a phoenix.

Now only Zhu Si, Lu Bing, and Jing Hong are left in the class, while Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin are taken out by Tang Yin to do separate pre-examination training to prepare for the upcoming county examination.

Zhu Hao never thought of writing too many contemporary essays.

In his previous life, when he was studying for a Ph.D. in literature, he almost thoroughly studied the imperial examination articles, published dozens of papers for this purpose, almost dismantled stereotyped articles, and wrote corresponding articles according to the taste of different examiners.

Stereotyped essays are easy to get stuck if you write too much, understand the basic routines, know how to make propositions and topics, and the rest is to read more.

Confucianism is extremely complicated, and different people have different interpretations of the same content of the Four Books and Five Classics, and the writing of books and biography is not the kind that is easy to understand. Reading such academic articles is not interesting at all.

As for the Zhu family.

Suddenly it stopped, as if he didn't want to pursue the matter of being cheated of two hundred and fifty taels of silver at all.

"Little boss, it's strange to say that the steward of Zhu's family didn't even come to the ferry recently, and he didn't say that he would make a big deal and return the money, so... let the matter be settled? Jin Yiwei... I heard There are so many means, do we need to be more careful?"

The horse shopkeeper felt that it was too quiet.

After the Zhu family suffered from being dumb, they actually became dumb?This is not like the Zhu family's style. It seems that a storm is brewing, but they don't know when it will break out.

Zhu Hao narrowed his eyes and said, "The shopkeeper thinks that the Zhu family is targeting me, or the business, or Su Dongzhu, or you?"

Shopkeeper Ma shook his head: "It's hard for me to say that."

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "I'm not sure whether they are going to attack, let alone the direction of their attack, so we can only take precautions first, as long as we don't interfere with our business and start a normal war. Recently, we also pay attention to whether there are strange faces coming to us Wandering around the warehouse...

"Didn't I tell you to open a mansion shop in Jingshan County before? Shipping the goods that are not needed here to Jingshan County, not to mention sharing the pressure, can also make a profit."

"The little boss is saying that the Zhu family may be detrimental to our warehouse?" Shopkeeper Ma said with a thoughtful expression.

If the Zhu family finds someone to set fire to, or steal, or do the murder...

It's scary to think about!
Zhu Hao said: "It shouldn't be! For more than two hundred taels of silver, you will die or live. The structure of Zhu's family is too small. By the way, how is the situation at Ouyang's family?"

Shopkeeper Ma didn't expect Zhu Hao to be so interested in the affairs of Ouyang's family.

"Little boss, as far as I know, the Ouyang family's business is becoming more and more unsustainable, and their cargo ships are all mortgaged, and they will have to pay off their debts after the year, even if you saved them hundreds of taels of silver... But They still couldn't pay their debts, and in the end..."

Shopkeeper Ma probably meant that you were helping Ouyang Nu recover part of her losses, but the problem is that the hole in Ouyang's family cannot be made up for with that little money.

Zhu Hao nodded: "Ouyang's cargo ship has been mortgaged? Do you have the ship contract? If you want to buy their ship..."

Shopkeeper Ma said in surprise: "We really want to buy a boat? Even if we buy it, we can buy someone else's. This kind of boat is easy to cause some lawsuits, which is very troublesome."

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Cheapness is the most important thing. Our business is going to be bigger and stronger, and we urgently need transportation tools... The collapsed house business is only a part of our business. If we get a few ships back, we don't have to be caught on the Han River to transport any goods in the future." Those boat owners threaten to make more money in the long run."

"That's the truth, but there's really no need for the owner to bother about Ouyang's family, and they may not appreciate it."

From Ma's point of view, Ouyang's family failed Su Xigui's good intentions and eagerly went to Anlu to steal the mirror business. He never wanted to be cheated by Zhu's family to lose everything. It was purely their own fault.

Zhu Hao said: "Lao Ma, do you think I'm doing charity? If it's not desperate, do you think they will sell the boat to us? Do you think it's that easy to take over their business channel? Next I have to give them Add fire, I don't want the Zhu family to earn that money, and it will all fall into my hands in the end!"

Shopkeeper Horse: "..."

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The day is approaching the end of the month.

Because her son is going to take the imperial examination soon, Zhu Niang has no intention of doing business recently, and she is a bit distracted. She likes to go to the deceased husband's coffin to mutter when she has nothing to do, and seems to hope that her deceased husband can bless her son and let Zhu Hao pass the county examination smoothly.

As for business matters...

As an "accountant", she is only responsible for calculating whether there are deviations in the accounts. As long as she can make plans, she is basically fine.

Ma Yan is the one who manages the business and is busy before and after running, and Zhu Hao is the one who advises and makes decisions. On the contrary, Zhu Niang is only the head of the family in name, enjoying the benefits brought by her son.

"Xiaohao, you said you want to buy a boat. A big boat of [-] materials, even if it has been launched for five years, will cost at least [-] taels of silver, and the shipping fee is only a few taels of silver. Should you think about it?"

Zhu Niang wanted to save money, but felt that her son's proposal was right.

Now she will discuss with Zhu Hao about anything.

Zhu Haodao: "If you buy a debt-paying boat, you can get it for seven or eighty taels of silver. We buy five of them at a time. With the money we earn from the collapsed house business, we should be able to pay all the expenses."

Aunt Li next to her said happily: "This business has only been in business for three months, and you can earn five big boats. Who will believe it? If you say that Master Hao can do business, the shopkeeper is also a capable person, and Su The proprietor's network is really wide, so he can be so happy."

Investing the money you earn sounds fine.

"Mom, I know what you are worried about. You want me to use the money I earned to prepare for the imperial examination in the future, but I can't spend much money on the imperial examination... If I really have a chance to pass the imperial examination, or even a Jinshi, I’m about to go to another place to become an official, and it’s useless to buy too many properties in Anlu at that time.”

Zhu Hao smiled and looked forward to Zhu Niang's future life.

Zhu Niang gave her son a white look: "How can it be as easy as you said?"

Aunt Li said: "I think Master Hao has the ability, maybe he will be able to do it in the future? With a famous teacher to teach, and the support of the palace, do children from ordinary families have such a hard relationship?"

Zhu Niang looked at Aunt Li curiously, and seemed to feel that the attitude of the sisters in the boudoir today was abnormal, and they were all speaking for Zhu Hao.

"Xiaohao, there is one more thing I want to confirm with you one last time. Is it really okay for you to take the imperial examination without the permission of the Zhu family?"

Zhu Niang expressed her last worry.

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "No problem, I have completed all the procedures for taking the imperial examination, and I just wait for the day when the examination starts."

Zhu Niang seemed to let go of the boulder hanging in her heart, with a somewhat resolute expression on her face: "Then you can rest assured as a mother."

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The county exam is approaching.

While Zhu Hao was preparing for the exam, it did not affect his management of the business under his name.

The theater troupe was operating normally. Since returning to Anlu in the first year, the operation of the theater alone had brought Zhu Hao about [-] taels of profit.

However, the local market has basically been squeezed dry, and bottlenecks have emerged.

Zhu Hao's pursuit of the theater business is not high. Let the theater troupe people practice Taiwanese skills well, and when they go back to a bigger city, they can also set up a stall to start some entertainment industry.

Gongyeling's contract expired a few years ago.

She didn't renew her contract here, but she didn't leave either. The troupe is full of good shows at the moment, and the local opera troupe's business is comparable to that of the provincial capital. Moreover, there is no local troupe that can compete with them. In addition, the owner is generous and pays high dividends... ...Whoever walks is a fool!
But people in the troupe began to have opinions.

You, Gongye Ling, signed a sales contract to be the leading actor in the theater troupe, but now that the contract has expired, you still occupy the leading role and refuse to let it out, earning a lot of money, why do you have it?
The troupe's staff has grown from a dozen people at the beginning to more than [-] people now, and it's just that money is easy to do.

Just female actors, now there are eight of them who can stand alone on the stage, and everyone covets the position of Gongye Ling's female lead.

Gong Yeling could only express that during this period of time after the year, Zhu Hao would leave the troupe after he settled down, and would only come to perform a few performances as a special guest in the future.

Especially the new actresses, everyone wants to be on top.

And the right to make the decision rests with Zhu Hao alone.

So every time Zhu Hao appeared in the troupe's resident or backstage, all the beautiful actresses would wink, making Zhu Hao feel that spring was coming...

Vibrant!

But the problem is...

My spring is still a few years away.

(End of this chapter)