prosperous age

Chapter 92
From Jiujiang to Nanchang, it is also possible to go purely by water.

From Jiujiang to the mouth of the lake, you can enter Poyang Lake, and then sail to the mouth of the Ganjiang River and go up the Ganjiang River to reach Nanchang Fucheng.

The water surface of Poyang Lake is wide. Although it is an inland lake, there are occasional times when the wind is high and the waves are rough, so the sand boats are sent out for insurance.

However, Wei Guangde and his party went very smoothly this time, and they arrived at the mouth of the Ganjiang River in a few days.

I don’t know when Ganjiang was named, but at this time, Ganjiang was still called Zhangjiang, and Nanchang Mansion was once called Zhangjiang City.

Going up the river, we arrived at Nanchang Fucheng within a few days.

After getting off the boat at the pier, Wu Dong gave a small piece of silver to the ship's officer as a tip, that is, an official position of the general flag, not too big, but he was taken care of along the way, so it is inevitable to give some small favors.

Although Jiujiangwei is located in Jiangxi, it is not under the jurisdiction of the Jiangxi Metropolitan Commander Si Yamen, but directly under the former military governor's mansion, so there are not many contacts here.

The people were sent to Nanchang Mansion, and the boat was about to go back.

When he came here, he took the water route, and when he went back, Wei Guangde wanted to travel all the way back to the mountains and rivers.

Nanchang Gongyuan is located in the east of Nanchangfu City, not far from the East Lake.

To the north of the Gongyuan, there was a large peach forest, which was used by the scholars who took the exam to watch and rest, and to the west of the peach forest, there were piles for candidates to tie their horses. This is the origin of the place name "horse tie".

It was the first time for Wei Guangde and Zeng Yuanrui to visit Nanchang Fucheng after leaving the pier, so naturally everything they saw was new.

However, Zeng Yuanshu and Wu Dong have been here before, especially Zeng Yuanshu, and this is already the second time.

He failed the two entrance examinations. Although Zeng Yuanshu was cheerful and relaxed all the way, Wei Guangde guessed that if he continued to fail this year, Brother Zeng would be left with a psychological shadow. It will be even more difficult. It is not known if I can only wear the hat of "children" for the rest of my life.

Wei Guangde was thinking, if Zeng Yuanshu failed the exam this time, it would be better to let their family bleed, bribe the Jiujiang magistrate, make an addendum, and go directly to the Jiangxi Township Examination, try your luck, and if you don't know, you will win. ?

In the ancient imperial examinations, chance, that is, luck was really important.

Tang Bohu, the guy Wei Guangde is familiar with, doesn’t seem to be a scholar, but it’s just that the rumor is that he was forced to brush him off because the school officials hated him for visiting brothels. down, who knows?

The people who participated in this matter are all dead, so everyone can only spread rumors.

As for Brother Tang who won the Nanzhili Township Examination Xie Yuan, this does not mean that he will be able to pass the hospital examination. The chance still exists. Maybe the examiner does not like his essays and insists that he pass the test.

But this memory also reminded Wei Guangde, at least before the results of the imperial examinations are released, you must never go to a brothel, who knows which little lady you snatched will be favored by the chief examiner, and you will be dismissed with a grudge.

In fact, scholars in the Ming Dynasty still liked to visit the places of love and moon, and Wei Guangde also wanted to see and see, but he always suffered from the lack of opportunities and small money.

After walking in the city for a long time, I walked through the streets and alleys to a prosperous place, and there was a lake in the distance.

"The bridge in front is called Zhuangyuan Bridge. I don't know if there are any champions passing by, but every time the college and township exams, the candidates have to walk there to get a good prize. Behind is the Gongyuan Street. Take the test there."

Arriving here, Zeng Yuanshu stopped, pointed to the front and introduced Wei Guangde and Zeng Yuanrui.

"Yuan Shu, did you settle the bill with them last year at the inn we stayed in? I even paid the rent in advance."

At this time, Wu Dong suddenly said.

"There is no knot, but the shopkeeper's little book also remembers that you gave the rent for three days at the beginning. According to what we said at the beginning, it is reserved before the hospital examination. If you don't arrive the day before, you can rent it out. You There should be two days left of the rent for those three days."

Zeng Yuanshu laughed.

"If you pass this exam, you have to reserve the room fee for the rural exam, otherwise you won't be able to find a nearby inn for you to rest."

Wu Dong said, after finishing speaking, he led the way, and according to his memory, he brought Wei Guangde and the others to an inn before stopping.

"This is it."

Wu Dong smiled and asked Zeng Yuanshu that he hadn't been here for two years, and there were many inns in the market. Although Wu Dong had a little impression, he was afraid of going to the wrong door.

"Good memory."

Zeng Yuanshu smiled and cupped his hands.

When he entered the inn, the waiter came to greet him.

"Young masters, how many rooms do you want? Now that the court examination is coming, there are only two rooms in the small shop for you to live in."

Hearing what Xiao Er said, it was obvious that there were a lot of them in the group, and he was afraid that there would be no guest room for them to live in, so he said this.

"Hehe, are the guest rooms reserved last year counted?"

Hearing that there were still two guest rooms, Wu Dong asked with a smile.

"Reserved? Your surname, son, I will check the account book."

Hearing that the guest room is reserved, Xiaoer knows that the regular customer is here.

In Nanchang Prefecture, no matter whether it is the hospital examination or the rural examination, candidates are not afraid of finding a room. After all, this is the capital of Jiangxi, so it is impossible to solve the problem of accommodation for candidates.

However, if you want to live nearby, it depends on who arrives first. Those who arrive first have a room, and those who arrive later can only live farther away.

Soon the shopkeeper came over. He still had some impressions of Zeng Yuanshu, but his impression of Wu Dong faded a lot.

Similar to what Zeng Yuan said, Wu Dong's room rate reserved earlier was really recorded, but instead of two days, it was only one day.

It doesn't matter if there is one more day or one day less. Four rooms are enough.

Originally, Zeng Yuanshu had reserved one room, but Wu Dong’s was still a few days away from the hospital exam, but after calculation, several merchants in the store had to check out within two days, so there were still three rooms left, just squeeze them first. up.

Ask the shopkeeper to set up a table of food and wine, and a few people start eating at the edge of the lobby.

"In this way, you and Guangde share a room, and I will share a room with Yuan Rui for a few days, and I will move out when the store has a room."

Once the guest room issue is resolved, we will naturally make arrangements to see how to stay.

The four of them moved their luggage into a guest room first, but it was just temporarily put away, and they haven't decided how to live in it yet.

"Okay, let's stay here for a few days."

Zeng Yuanshu didn't care about these things. He came to Nanchang City for the first time to participate in the hospital examination, and he came late, and he didn't greet the store in advance like he is now, so he couldn't find a suitable room after walking two streets here.

In the end, there was still a vacant room in this house, and two people squeezed into one room, and then both fell out.

"After dinner, we will move the luggage into the room, and we will take them out for a walk, and take the Zhuangyuan Bridge by the way."

Zeng Yuanshu continued.

(End of this chapter)