Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 233
Su Liang sighed, "If I had known earlier, I should have put all my money on it. I am afraid that my family will not give me any more money when I study in the future."

Li Dashou persuaded from the side: "It doesn't work, we can help you. Besides, you don't need money for board and lodging, and you still have a monthly subsidy of a few dollars. What are you worried about?"

"Don't worry at all!"

Fan Ning sneered and said, "He is now a Jinshi in the Tongzi Division. Will his family be willing to throw away this Jinshi? It's too embarrassing. You can ask his mother to give him a sum of money from time to time under the pretext of caring for her son."

Su Liang and Li Dashou looked at each other, and they had to admit that Fan Ning really saw things more deeply and thoroughly than they did.

Fan Ning was too lazy to bother about Su Liang, he took a sip of wine and asked Li Dashou, "How are they?"

"I heard that Dong Kun and Lin Hong went to study in Bashu, and Duan Yu studied hard at home. Lu Youwei seems to be in a bad situation."

"What's up with him?"

"He is very pessimistic about the future, and he doesn't want to take the imperial examination again. Not long ago, he heard that he was engaged."

"Lu Youwei is actually engaged?"

Fan Ning was a little surprised, Lu Youwei is only 15 years old this year!Being engaged so early, doesn't it mean that he really doesn't want to take the imperial examination? His father is a professor of Fuxue!
Su Liang and Lu Youwei have a very good relationship. He knows Lu Youwei better than Fan Ning. He shook his head and said, "I think it's normal for Lu Youwei to make such a decision. His grades are better than his, and he also failed in the test, so he has no confidence."

Fan Ning didn't buy Su Liang's statement. Who said Lu Youwei was cowardly?

In the kendo class, when Yang Du, the nephew of Yang Xiancheng, provoked dozens of students of Luming Academy with a sword, only Lu Youwei stood up.

The cowardice on the surface can't conceal the bravery in his heart. Maybe he doesn't have confidence, but even Li Dashou can pass the test, why can't he.

Fan Ning snorted heavily and said, "It's fine if you can't do this. I'll go to him and let him continue to study for me."

Li Dashou got up and said, "Lu Youwei's home is not far from here, I'll go find him."

"Go quickly, let's drink slowly and wait."

Li Dashou went downstairs and hurried away. Taking advantage of this time, Fan Ning asked Su Liang in a low voice, "Tell me the truth, how good is your relationship with Miss Cheng?"

Su Liang actually wanted to break up with his family because of Cheng Yuanyuan, which was a bit beyond Fanning's expectation.

Fan Ning knew that Su Liang had been studying and studying under the pressure of his grandfather since he was a child. He was very afraid of his grandfather. Now that he had the courage to fight against his grandfather for a woman, Fan Ning had every reason to suspect that on the way back, Does Su Liang have a "horizontal" relationship with Cheng Yuanyuan?

Of course, Cheng Yuanyuan is not such a woman who gives so easily. The key is that there is Cheng Ze in the middle, this bastard does things unscrupulously, maybe under his planning and arrangement, Su Liang fell into a trap and did something out of line.

Su Liang blushed, how could such a thing be said, he could only vaguely say: "I made a vow with her on the Yangtze River, we will live up to each other."

Fan Ning observed Su Liang's face flushed red and his demeanor faltering, so he knew that his guess was close to ten, so he didn't ask any more questions.

"If you have already made up your mind, then you should leave early. When you pass by Yangzhou, go to her home to meet her parents, tell them your family's firm opposition, and let them make a decision."

"That's not good!"

Su Liang hesitated and said, "If I tell them my family's attitude, will it make them feel embarrassed?"

"Silly boy, you don't understand. You are a Jinshi now. Although you are a boy, you can be an official after three years. You don't need to take another exam. You are worth at least [-] yuan. Your family objected because they thought the Cheng family was not worthy of it." Your worth depends on how the Cheng family behaves, if they can come up with a generous dowry that is worthy of your worth, then your family will still give in."

"Do you think the Cheng family can afford one hundred thousand dowry?" Su Liang asked suspiciously.

"I reckon that [-] taels can be spent. The key depends on whether the Cheng family has the heart. If they still have the mentality of a small peasant, they are reluctant to invest in you and want to send you a few thousand taels of silver. I think your marriage is not good enough."

Su Liang shook his head and said, "I guess they won't make a decision immediately."

"Then delay it. After three years you have accepted the official rank and they haven't expressed their attitude, then you can consider other powerful and powerful families."

After a while, Su Liang muttered, "Isn't this too snobbish?"

Fan Ning shook his head lightly, "After three years, your worth will be at least 20 guan. If the Cheng family can't afford the dowry of [-] guan, that's fine. They obviously can afford it and don't want to take it, so the sacrifice you made It's too big."

After a pause, Fan Ning said again: "You may not understand what I mean by sacrifice, because you don't understand the hardships and dangers of the officialdom, and if you don't have enough background or money, you won't get the opportunity to show your achievements at all. , Without political achievements, it is almost impossible for you to be re-elected from an alternate to a Beijing official.

You almost risked your own future for the Cheng family's daughter, but the Cheng family didn't make any compensation. How could you make your grandfather and parents think about it?As a good friend, I will say nothing here, you should think about it yourself! "

Su Liang fell into deep thought, while Fan Ning continued to enjoy the delicacies of his hometown, attacking a freshly served steamed white fish with his chopsticks.

At this time, the sound of stairs sounded, and the burly and tall Li Dashou led a thin boy upstairs.

The thin young man is exactly Lu Youwei. He has also grown taller, but his body is still relatively thin, like a soybean sprout. In addition, he is a little afraid to face Fan Ning, which fully reflects his weak aura. He He didn't even dare to sit down in front of Fanning.

"sit down!"

Fanning pointed to a chair next to him, asked the waiter to serve another set of tableware, and ordered a few more dishes.

Lu Youwei sat down on the edge of the chair, and asked with a guilty smile, "When did senior come back?"

"You are ready to give up the imperial examination, so you still have the nerve to call me Senior Brother?" Fan Ning glared at him with a straight face.

Lu Youwei's face suddenly swelled into a pig's liver color, and after a while he whispered: "Is there really a problem?"

"What's the problem? I'll give you money if you don't know how to study. I'll help you. If your father thinks you're useless and asks you to give up the imperial examination, I'll talk to him. Tell me now. What's the problem?"

Fan Ning's forceful questioning made Lu Youwei speechless. He lowered his head, tears gradually appeared in his eyes, and after a while he choked up and said, "It's mainly my clan and relatives who say that I'm not suitable for studying. I took part in the solution test and actually wrote off the question, saying that I even made this kind of mistake, it was just too stupid, they said every day, my father and I couldn't bear it, so..."

Fanning stared at him for a moment and asked, "When did you make an appointment to get married?"

"I don't have any plans yet, hurry up next year, if next year is in a hurry, a few years will do."

Fan Ning nodded, "Go back and tell your father that next month you will go to Beijing to study, and I will arrange for you to study in Kaifeng Prefecture. You will not have to pay for all the board and lodging expenses. After two years, you will return to Pingjiang Prefecture to investigate the civil society. Suffering, and ready to participate in the solution test."

Lu Youwei finally sobbed and cried, "Thank you, brother!"

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That night, Fan Ning lived in the county seat, and he rushed home early the next morning.

He barely slept last night, considering the arrangement of his juniors, Lu Youwei, Li Dashou and Duan Yu are going to study in Beijing with him, it is best to call Dong Kun and Lin Hong along.

He wanted to arrange for them to study in Kaifeng government schools or in private cram schools run by Mingru.

In this way, it is best for him to have a house in the capital, which will serve as a foothold for everyone in the capital.

Fan Ning naturally began to think about buying a house in the capital.

Although the houses in the capital are expensive, they just started to rise during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty. The housing prices in the capital continued to rise until the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, especially in the era of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. A ten-acre house costs 30 yuan, and even the richest in the inner city cannot buy a large house.

It's not very expensive now, at least Fan Ning knows that the Cheng brothers and sisters bought a five-acre house in the Hongqiao area outside the city, and in the end it only cost more than 1 taels of silver, while in the city it only cost more than [-] taels of silver.

Fan Ning didn't plan to use the money from the Kistler Museum. He now has 5000 taels of silver and 3000 taels of imperial examination rewards. He plans to get another 5000 taels of silver from his mother to buy a five-acre house in the outer city.

The mother has the bonus money for shochu in her hand, which is almost [-] pennies, and basically she has not moved it.

Their family has their father's medical practice income and rental income, which is enough to maintain the life of a large family. What's more, he has also received a reward of [-] mu of land. The [-] mu of land is handed over to his parents, and the annual rent is also a fortune. small income.

After thinking about it all night, Fan Ning finally made a decision. He didn't even care about the Pingjiang Mansion temporarily, so he hurried home to discuss the matter with his parents.

(End of this chapter)