At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 143: No need to spend money to teach, Xu Fan writes the answer in advance

After a brief exchange, these pavilion chiefs were taken into an examination room, which was the military camp outside Chen County.

They were brought to a desk, and each person was given two papers. One paper asked them to write a 400-word article with no limit on the topic. The second paper had dozens of math questions, all of which were Questions asking them to calculate the area of ​​a field.

Wu Jun wrote the article first. He racked his brains and spent half an hour to write a 400-word article. Then he breathed a sigh of relief. For a person who had only been reading and literacy for less than two years, he could write a 400-word article. Extremely difficult.

Then they started to do math problems. These were not difficult. Xu Fan had taught them before. In addition, these were related to fields and were things they had come into contact with every day. Even for some more difficult questions, Wu Jun had forgotten the formulas, but Wu Jun can also rely on his experience and intuition in the countryside to write out the answer.

Of course, it was difficult to compare. There were many scratching candidates around Wu Jun. They didn’t know what the content on the paper meant separately, but they didn’t know what it meant when they were put together. When writing an article, there is even more space. After writing a few words, I don’t know how to continue writing.

The military advisor who invigilated the exam kept shouting: "Don't look around. If you want to read other people's papers, you will be kicked out of the exam room immediately."

After all, it was the first imperial examination and it was extremely irregular. The military commander did not want to ruin the future of his comrades, and only warned those who went too far.

"Dong dong dong!" The war drum sounded.

"Everyone stops writing and leaves the examination room!" Army Sima shouted.

Then groups of soldiers entered the examination room, driving away the candidates who had not stopped writing and taking back the examination papers.

Outside the examination room, Wu Jun and the others all came out.

"How did you do in the exam?" Wu Jun asked when he saw the partner he was referring to.

Shu smiled bitterly and said: "I only wrote more than two hundred words in the article. I no longer know what to write. There are also several arithmetic questions that I haven't solved yet. I still had some ideas. The sound of the war drum knocked all my ideas away. Interrupted, I came out confused like this."

Tu Gen said indifferently: "I only wrote more than a hundred words, so I missed half of it, but the sound of the war drum was indeed a bit too loud. It scared me and I thought the enemy was coming."

Shitou said: "I've written it all down, but I don't know if it's right or not."

Wu Jun was surprised and said: "The question above has been told to us by the king. Although it is a bit difficult, it is not so empty."

In Wu Jun's opinion, although the calculation is a bit difficult, it is not half empty.

Tugenheshu said a little ashamedly: "I forgot."

The tree sighed: "Even if the king gives us a chance, we will not have this fate after all!"

Tugen also patted Wu Jun and Shitou on the shoulders and said: "You two must work hard and help us repay the king. We have failed the king's expectations."

In Tugen's view, there was no hope for him and Shu, but Shitou and Wu Jun still had great hope. He could only entrust his desire to repay Xu Fan to Shitou and Wu Jun.

But Wu Jun encouraged: "It's not too late for you to work hard now. Since there is this imperial examination, there will definitely be another one. Your Majesty takes such good care of us rebel soldiers and will not leave you alone."

Shitou also said: "Brother Tugen, Brother Shu, you are not very old, you still have a chance."

Shu and Tugen looked at each other and smiled: "We can't compare to your ambition. Our current life is already very good for us."

Shu and Tugen feel that their current lives are already very good, and they don't want to change their current lives. Of course, this has something to do with the fact that they really can't read books.

The next half day is the time for marking the results. The chiefs of the pavilions close to Chen County can go home, but the chiefs of the pavilions far away like Wu Jun and others decided to stay in Chen County for one night and wait for the results to be released the next day.

Several friends gathered together to visit Chen County. Wu Jun looked at the endless flow of people and sighed: "Chen County now has more than ten times more pedestrians than when we first captured Chen County."

Shu smiled and said: "Of course. When we attacked Chen County, the people were too scared to go out. But now Chen County is the capital of our Han Dynasty. All rebels come to our Chen County to buy weapons and equipment. A large number of The gathering of merchants will naturally lead to more people."

Tu Gen said: "Also, the autumn harvest has just been completed, and the entire Chen County has a bumper harvest. This year, everyone has a surplus of food, so naturally they want to buy some things for their own use. I am going to take the exam this time, and I want to help everyone." Buy the goods and go back.”

"The same goes for me. Some people ask me to buy plowshares and sickles. Some people hear that the price of yarn in Chenjun is greatly reduced and want to buy yarn to make clothes. I just plan to buy an ox cart so that I can take these things back. ." Shu smiled and took out a piece of white paper. What was recorded on it was what the villagers among them asked him to bring. There were a lot of dense records.

There are many words that trees cannot write, so they can be directly represented by drawing graphics, which can be regarded as a shopping list with pictures and texts. However, it can also be seen from this that the villagers really have some spare money in their hands, and their spending power has been released.

The bumper harvest in Chen County, coupled with the reasonable tax policy and land equalization system, has allowed the people of Chen County to generally have thousands of money in their hands. With accumulation in their hands, their lives are better, and their lives are promising. The villagers are naturally willing to After consumption, if you want to buy cattle, you may not have enough money to build a house.

However, villagers are still able and willing to buy some living and production tools such as cloth, salt, farm tools, and even plows to improve their lives and increase productivity.

Spending money is something that all fools know how to do, and there is no need to teach them. The people in Chen County didn't spend money before just because they didn't have money in their hands.

Xu Fan reduced the burden on the people and found a source of income for them, so they naturally had money to spend. Now Xu Fan has given the answer more than 2000 years in advance. He can't copy the answers, which shows that this is a plan. Made intentionally wrong.

Shitou also took out a piece of white paper and said: "Me too, I brought a lot of things. Everyone has money and life is much easier. There is an Agui bamboo craftsman in the village who wants me to marry him." He really dares to spend thousands of dollars to help buy a piece of silk, he is really not a person who knows how to live."

Don't look at the fact that Shitou is less than 20 years old, but because his parents died, he has struggled to survive since he was a child and has a strong sense of worry. Now that he has money, he will also buy salt, cloth and other supplies to stockpile, and he also bought a pair of Armor and spear, and also spent 5000 yuan to buy a fifty-refined sword.

Although these are expensive, in Shitou's view they are a guarantee of survival and are money that should be spent. After getting these weapons, Shitou also practiced very diligently. If the Qin army dared to kill Chen County, he could immediately put on the armor and pick up his own The spears fought against the Qin army, and luxuries like buying silk were too wasteful for Shitou.

Shu was surprised and said: "How dare he buy silk? How did he get so much money?"

Although silk is woven bit by bit by the common people, those who are covered with silk are not silkworm farmers. The only time Shu and the others wore silk clothes was during the Rebel Army. At that time, Xu Fan spent a lot of money and effort to make silk inner armor in order to improve the survival probability of soldiers. At first, it could only guarantee that all standing armies would have silk inner armor. In the past two years, All Chenjun's silk was purchased by Xu Fan, but the army expanded too fast, and the production of silk inner armor could not keep up with the army's expansion. Now Xu Fan can only barely reach the Shiwu level despite his hard work. Even the soldiers who are equipped with silk inner armor are only the soldiers who joined the army in the early days.

It is because silk inner armor is so precious that even if retired soldiers like Shu and others wear silk inner armor, they must hand it back when they retire.

Although everyone has money in their hands this year, they only earn a few thousand after a year of hard work. The villagers have come from hard times and live frugally. It is impossible to buy such luxury goods, let alone spend thousands of dollars to buy one. A piece of silk.

Shitou smiled bitterly and said: "He is a craftsman who knows how to weave rattan baskets and bamboo utensils. After our rebel army captured Chen County, we began to collect and weave bamboo armor and rattan armor in large quantities. Agui can now sell each set of rattan armor and bamboo armor for 500 yuan. Now he is the richest man in our village.

Originally, I planned to recommend him to Chen County and let him join our Han Army, which would make more money. However, he was afraid that our Han Army would be defeated and implicated in him, so he did not dare to join the Han Army at all and just stayed in the village to do things.

He is skilled in his craftsmanship and makes more and more money. Now he has built a new tile-roofed house and bought cattle, becoming the leading capable man in the village. Matchmakers also come to help him find a wife, but he is in his 30s. I have a beautiful little daughter-in-law, but the treasure is too precious, so I have to buy silk as a betrothal gift. "

Shu said with a bit of contempt: "This Agui is short-sighted. His good life now depends on our Han army. If the Qin army comes over, he will become a bachelor again."

Tugen looked away and said: "This kind of person is just bullied a lot. He is timid, but not bad. He is now helping us Han by weaving bamboo and rattan armor. He does not necessarily have to join our Han army, and our The king is victorious in every battle, how can the Qin army defeat him?"

Wu Jun was a little embarrassed because no villager asked him to buy anything. He was worried that it would disturb him from taking the imperial examination, so he stopped the villagers.

After coming down, the four of them went to the cattle and horse market first, and first helped Shu buy a farm cow. They, the pavilion chiefs, were rewarded during the war, and received allowances when they retired. In addition, they also had job fields, and their annual income could reach tens of thousands of dollars. Cattle are still not a problem. If all the war horses are not purchased by the Han army, Shu actually wants to buy war horses.

The group went to the cart and horse shop to buy a simple ox cart. After having the vehicle, they went to the market selling farm tools. Wu Jun and the four of them were directly exposed to the surging crowds in the market. If they were not careful, they might even be dispersed. There were 10 times more people here than outside. Wu Jun and the others had experienced the sorrow of crowds two thousand years in advance.

"How come there are so many people?" Shitou said in surprise.

Wu Jun said helplessly: "This also shows that everyone has money. Although they can't afford big animals like cattle and horses, they can still afford some iron tools."

Xu Fan occupied Chen County for two years before reaching the current situation. During this period, the war never entered Chen County. Xu Fan also equalized the land and reduced taxes. In addition, Chen County received an unprecedented bumper harvest, which allowed such a scene to occur.

This year, people in Chen County generally have money in their hands, and they have accumulated enough food to last for two years. Only then did the people in Chen County burst out with enthusiasm for consumption.

Calculated based on this year's autumn harvest income, each household has about 3000 yuan in hand, and there are 20 households in Chen County. This is a huge amount of wealth equivalent to 60 billion.

Although it is impossible for the people to spend all this wealth, they only spend 30 to 40% of it, which is a capital flow of several billions. Such a huge flow of wealth naturally brings unprecedented prosperity. Many businesses come to Chen County. Originally, Want to buy weapons, cloth and food to sell elsewhere.

As a result, we found that the business here in Chen County is extremely booming. In addition to grain and cloth, almost everything shipped to Chen County can be sold very well, and the profit is also very high. Faced with such business opportunities, merchants naturally sell goods from other places. Specialties were brought over, and specialty products from various places came to Chen County, which further promoted local prosperity.

Chenjun already has the advantage of being a commercial center. A gap connects almost the entire Central Plains, and all fleets from the entire Central Plains can reach Chenjun. Now Chenjun also has grain, cloth, iron weapons and equipment and other specialties, making it the commercial center of the world. It's not a strange thing anymore.

Now merchant ships from all over the Chenjun wharf have been covered, so that soldiers have to be dispatched to dispatch the ships to prevent them from colliding.

At this time, the biggest business opportunities in Chen County are brought by villagers who want to improve their lives. They need daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, and salt, and agricultural production items such as sickles, axes, and plowshares. These are the main consumption output of the people in Chen County. .

Under Xu Fan's governance, Chen County has become the largest handicraft base in the world. It has the most advanced iron-making center, textile center, woodware center, a large number of low-priced steel products, and low-priced cloth, which also ignites the consumer desire of farmers. main engine.

The people now have some money in their hands. Things that they did not dare to buy before are suddenly greatly reduced, and the lowest price is even reduced to half of the previous price. If you buy it, you will make a profit. How can the villagers endure this?

Therefore, Wu Jun and others felt the upsurge of Spring Festival consumption in later generations 2000 years in advance.

Wu Jun and the others came to a shop that sold farm tools. It was a very large shop. At this time, there was a huge crowd of people inside. The queues lined up on the street. Everywhere there were tattered farmers shouting angrily: " How much does a sickle cost?”

The man who came to please the farmer smiled and said: "This is my big man's latest craft, the tempered sickle. It is made entirely of wrought iron and is extremely tough. It will not break or break in two when it hits a stone. Take a look. This white blade is made of pig iron and is extremely strong, making cutting straw as easy as paddling water."

The boy actually found a bundle of straw and used a sickle to cut the straw into two pieces. The process was extremely smooth and there was no pause.

After having this effect, the waiter smiled and said: "The price is not expensive, only 20 yuan a stick."

During this time, there are too many farmers wearing rags to buy farm tools, and the clerks dare not look down on them. Who knows how much money is hidden under these tattered clothes?

It is said that in the nearby cattle and horse market, a farmer wearing tattered clothes was looking at the cattle, but the clerk looked down on him and drove him away. However, he did not expect that the farmer directly took out 5000 yuan to buy a cattle. The money filled a whole bamboo basket, which shocked the entire cattle and horse market. .

I have never seen such an arrogant farmer. The boss led his workers to apologize to the farmer on the spot. Because of the legendary nature of this story, it quickly spread throughout Chen County, so the clerks in other stores now dare not look down on those farmers in ragged clothes. He does not want to become a part of the legendary story.

Hearing this price, the farmer was also very surprised. He took the sickle and tried it carefully. He found that it was indeed very sharp and used more materials than in previous years. In previous years, the material used for the sickle was only two kilograms, but this sickle definitely exceeded 3 pounds. Jin, but the price of sickles in previous years was more than 40 yuan. With the addition of materials and the reduced price, it cost only one sickle to buy three sickles in previous years.

Which farmer can withstand such a huge temptation, and which farmer doesn't want to use a sharp and easy-to-use sickle. The farmer immediately said proudly: "Give me three such sickles, which plow will cost?

The clerk laughed and said: "500 yuan, the iron material used is twice that of the previous straight plow. It is solid and not easy to break. It only requires one ox, and farming is easier. With the curved shaft plow, one ox can push two oxen. No one can do it without oxen." La, this is an artifact invented by the old man King of Han to open up wasteland. It is easy to use for pulling ripe fields, but it is even better for clearing up wasteland."

The farmer was overjoyed and said, "Wrap this for me too."

He had heard the name of the curved plow before, and had seen other farmers using the curved plow to plow their fields. The effect was much better than the straight plow, which made him envious. However, he had never had the money to buy it. When he saw the real thing today, he immediately Buy one and hold it in your arms.

After saying that, the old farmer took off his belt and handed a bunch of copper coins to the boy. The boy wrapped three sickles with straw and gave the farmer a curved shaft plow.

This kind of dialogue is too common in agricultural tool shops. The price of agricultural tools is too cheap. Even if farmers have money, they will not save money on these farm tools, not to mention that these farm tools are expensive from materials to prices. It was so cheap that all the farmers in Chen County felt like they were about to see Pin Xixi for the first time and couldn't help their desire to consume.

"The low price is too exaggerated!" Tu Gen couldn't believe it. You must know that it is a time of war, and anything related to iron is considered ordnance. It would be fine if the price does not increase, but it will actually fall. Half of it, this is simply shocking.

Tu Gen even had a hint of regret. He bought a curved shaft plow last year, and the internal price was 800 yuan. It had only been a few months, but the price had dropped so much. At this time, Tu Gen felt that he had lost a fortune. Taiqu shaft plow.

Because Shangheli was close to Chen County, Wu Jun understood the reason and explained to the three of them: "This has something to do with the nearest blast furnace. Some time ago, hundreds of masters defected to our King of Han, including the Mohist giant Qin Bo. He built a three-foot-long blast furnace for the king of Han. It is said that more than 1 kilograms of iron can be smelted at one time. When the molten iron comes out of the furnace, the fire is soaring. When the molten iron flows into the mold, fine agricultural tools and weapons can be smelted. Thousands of pieces of weapons, equipment and farm tools, if you think about it, one furnace weighs 1 kilograms. With such a large output, the price of this iron will drop."

"It is said that the legendary Luban family also took refuge with the King of Han. Luban's descendants, Gongshu Qiu, built a water conservancy spinning machine. We saw that those big waterwheels were the source of power for the spinning wheels. The price of cloth fell this year It's so powerful because these big waterwheels are spinning continuously. One waterwheel can support hundreds of female workers. Look at how many waterwheels there are outside Chen County. How much work can this save and how much spinning can be done? The price of yarn and cloth has fallen this year, and the price of sisal has increased, all because of these big water trucks.”

The impact of water-powered spinning machines and twenty-spindle spinning wheels on ordinary people has been good and bad. The good side is that the price of various sisal raw materials has tripled, which has increased the income of farmers. The bad side is that farmers are spinning. The price of cloth dropped by more than half.

This era was still in the stage where men farmed and women weaved. The decline in linen cloth reduced farmers' income by a large amount. If it were not for the tax reduction on land equalization, which reduced the pressure on farmers a lot, these water conservancy spinning machines in Chen County would be enough to make the farmers more comfortable. Hundreds of thousands of people in Chen County went bankrupt.

In order to reduce his influence, Xu Fan tried to find a way to sell most of the cloth woven by Chen Jun to other places. If it were kept locally, the price of linen would be reduced, but the income of farmers would probably also be suspended.

Tu Gen couldn't help but sigh: "There are really more and more new things in Chen County. It is a completely different world from our mountains and rivers."

It had only been one day, and Tugen had seen so many new things that he couldn't adapt to it. He even felt a little scared in his heart and wanted to go back to that ordinary village in the mountains and rivers, but he didn't understand this fear either. Where did it come from.

Wu Jun said: "So I have to go out for a walk more often. I come to the county often, and I will bring some new things back when I see them. There is a small waterwheel in my Shang River. This thing is so useful. It can It can irrigate hundreds of acres of fields and grind rice, so it’s very useful.”

Although the changes in Chen County are good and bad, overall the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. The people of Chen County as a whole can also benefit from this change. Everyone is happy and enjoys this change.

Next, the three of them continued to buy goods, and it was not until evening that they pulled an ox cart of goods back to the camp to rest.

The next day, the results of the imperial examination were announced. Wu Jun and Shitou were on the list, while Tugen and Shu failed as expected.

The Prime Minister's Office issued an order to Wu Jun and Shitou. They had 5 days to go back and pack their luggage before arriving at the designated counties to take up their posts. Wu Jun was going to Xixiang, Nanyang County to serve as a roser, while Shitou was going to Jiujiang. County, Daze Township serves as the tour payer.

After the imperial examination, several brothers waved goodbye.

Wu Jun returned to his hometown and told Qu Lu the news that he had passed the exam.

Qu Lu was overjoyed and said: "This is really the blessing of our ancestors."

Wu Jun said worriedly: "The child will leave soon, but what about Xiaoyu's body?"

"A man has his ambitions in the world. I will take care of Xiaoyu for you. When the child is born and he has grown up and can withstand the journey, I will take the child to you."

Traveling in this era was extremely dangerous, and Wu Jun did not dare to let his wife go with him, so he could only accept Qu Lu's opinion.

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