The Palace of Peach and Plum

Chapter 38:

The content of the examinations in the township examination and the hospital examination is not quite the same, but the same as the general examination.

There are three examinations in the township examinations, each for three days.

The first test is about the Scriptures and the essays with the Scriptures as the theme. It is probably the first fill-in-the-blank question and the latter a composition with more than 500 words;

The second test is a propositional seven-character rhyme poem, a five-character rhyme poem, and one poem of any ci-pai;

The third test is a propositional composition, combining classics and facts, and focusing on facts;

The number of questions is a bit more for the first exam, and the difficulty of the other two exams is not in the amount of questions.

And the beginning of the first game happened to be what Ling Wei was best at.

Although the examiner who made the test felt that the content of the test might be enough and biased, in the eyes of Ling Wei, who has never forgotten, the difficulty is probably a matter of the number of words.

After reading the test paper, Ling Wei decided to fill in the blanks first, and then write the outline of the scriptures. After lunch, he wrote the draft in the afternoon, went to bed early, and revised the transcription the next day…and then there was one day left. What about half the time? talk later.

Or maybe it can only be revised the next day and copied on the third day?

Anyway, there is plenty of time anyway.

Some invigilators don’t believe in evil, and think that Ling Wei will be more powerful, but after all, the hospital exam is different from the rural exam. Shouldn’t the rural exam be so good?

Then he pinched a bit at noon and saw that Ling Wei was drinking chicken soup, and the filling in the blanks had been completed, and the outline of the article was also written on the draft paper. The invigilator smelled the fragrant taste of stewed chicken with mushrooms, remembered the “work meal” he had brought, and swallowed a mouthful of water, and went away angrily.

After the first day of exams, Ling Wei finally ran into some small troubles.

The accommodation conditions in this examination room are not very good. Although I brought a quilt, I still feel uncomfortable to sleep in.

Forget it, although the wooden board at the door is sloppy, and the autumn night is not too cold, the key is not to soundproof.

There are so many people in this examination room, there are always one or two people snoring, and there are always one or two people sighing all night when the exam is not going well. Coupled with the sound of **** and dog barking, Ling Wei didn’t sleep well all night.

In addition, in the early morning of the next day, the examination room had to ring the bell to wake up the candidates, and Ling Wei’s spirit was even worse.

When the invigilator came to see Ling Wei again and saw the dark circles on his face, he left with a refreshing smile on his face and contentment.

Well, this way, I look like an examinee.

And Ling Wei also made up his mind that in the next two exams, he must write the article on the first day, so as not to affect his subsequent performance.

Like this time, he wrote the draft on the first day, but his head was blank the next day, and there was no way to revise it again.

Ling Wei took advantage of being sleepy, so he simply ate a cage of hot milk-flavored steamed buns dipped in jam, and then went to sleep.

The potential of this person is endless, and the examination room during the day is actually much quieter than at night, and Ling Wei soon fell asleep. It was just after noon when Ling Wei was awakened by the invigilator’s dry cough.

I slept very comfortably. Ling Wei made himself a braised beef with bamboo shoots and diced rice. After a delicious meal, his spirit came back and his head was sober, and he was able to polish his article. .

The invigilator left again heartbroken. Why does this guy have such a good psychological quality? Although almost all the candidates didn’t sleep well at night, they didn’t complete the papers and the essays. They were anxious, and it was impossible to get back to sleep until they had enough energy to continue writing. So is it because Ling Wei is too confident about himself?

However, the invigilator thought again that Ling Wei had already filled in the Scriptures on the first day, and even the draft of the article had been finished. Only polishing and copying were left. It was natural to be so calm.

The invigilator sighed, reluctantly looked back at the polished bowl that had been eaten, and turned away.

Because he was worried that the condition would be worse on the third day, Ling Wei took the essay seriously and really copied it onto the test paper after finishing the article.

By the third day, as expected by Ling Wei, his mental state was worse. Even if I sleep in the morning, I still feel a little trance in the afternoon. In this state, let alone writing, it is easy to make mistakes in writing. Ling Wei was fortunate that he had the foresight and had already answered all the test papers the day before

good.

Because he was afraid that he would have slept through the time of handing over the paper, Ling Wei deliberately gave himself a hot and sour jellyfish. This jellyfish silk is still a tribute, and Li Yin deliberately took a lot of it back and stored it to eat. Well, it’s stored in Ling Wei’s kitchen. Now the two of them eat almost together, and they share all the ingredients.

As soon as the hot and sour energy came up, Ling Wei immediately became sober, and finally reached the time to hand in the paper.

Compared with the other candidates whose footsteps were vain and dark, and whose eyes were so dark that half of their lives were almost gone, Ling Wei’s spirit was particularly eye-catching, and the examiner who collected the paper looked at him several times.

But after going back, Ling Wei took a bath comfortably and had a good meal (for him, eating in the examination room is really not good, only one meal, one meal at most, and at most a cold dish or something. It’s too bitter), and then slept beautifully until the next day, three poles a day. In the afternoon, Li Ying, who asked for leave to accompany the exams, was instructed to practice riding and shooting for a while, stretched his muscles and bones, and went to bed early after taking another bath in the evening.

When going for the exam in the early morning of the third day, Ling Wei was full of energy again. Candidates who provoke the exam together and have not made up for the energy they used up in the previous three days have a grieving look in their eyes.

This person is really maddening than others. With this spirit, other examinees feel that it is completely useless to compete with Ling Wei for Xie Yuan or something.

This is a fight with a tired person and an energetic person. When the strength of the two is similar, it is easy to see who wins and who loses.

Moreover, Ling Wei’s own strength is not necessarily on the same level as them.

Ling Wei was much easier in the second exam. As for the poems, I’m finished writing. Ling Wei calmly wrote three poems on the test paper with the attitude of treating calligraphy works. He blew the ink, um, he was quite satisfied with the word.

Then two and a half days of dermabrasion and itching… This time is too abundant, and it is difficult.

Ling Wei was so boring and bored, so he had to make dim sum and pasta to pass the time. He made a bunch and couldn’t finish it, so he could only take it home and feed it to Li Yin.

When Li Ying received Ling Wei at the entrance of the examination room with better energy than the previous examination, he also received a basket of fragrant and hot animal-shaped small steamed buns.

“For me?” Li Ying showed a rare look of embarrassment.

Ling Wei yawned: “Yes, the examination room is boring, I have done too much.”

Li Yin silently stuffed a bunny bean paste into his mouth: “Red bean paste? You didn’t bring the bean paste in, did you?”

Ling Wei yawned again: “I have brought beans, I made them now.”

Li Yin silently ate the little rabbit bean paste and stopped talking.

He said he had nothing to say.

Because he had too much rest in the second exam, his spirit in the third exam was better than that in the second exam.

Invigilator: “…”

Candidate: “…”

I really want to beat him, how can I break it?

Under the glare of everyone, Ling Wei walked into the examination room confused. Looking at the title, I was happy. Isn’t this written some time ago? It can be used after a change. No need to worry about the exam today, let’s worry about what to eat.

How about barbecue? Is it too arrogant? After Ling Wei finished writing the policy theory, revised and transcribed it, he began to worry.

Forget it, don’t be too arrogant, just eat a bit of chicken legs, chicken wings and chicken feet. Anyway, the spices are all available, so it’s no problem to boil the brine. Although the fresh brine may not be as fragrant as the old brine, it is enough for rice.

So for the past three days, the strong scent of brine was wafting in the examination room, and even the invigilator couldn’t eat.

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When Li Ying received Ling Wei again at the entrance of the examination room, he harvested another basket of stewed vegetables.

Ling Wei: “Too much…”

Li Ying took a bite of the dried tofu cut into small pieces: “What’s the taste of this? It smells good.”

“Lucai, I’m so boring, I remember it temporarily.” Ling Wei has never cooked Lucai before, “I will improve the Lucai when I go home, I think

It’s not fragrant enough. Alas, if only there was rock candy. I will try to see if I can make rock candy. ”

“It’s delicious already.” Li Yin narrowed his eyes when he ate, “I want to take it to the barracks.”

Ling Wei was instantly captured by Li’s cuteness with squinting eyes, and said hurriedly: “Brings and belts, I will make you more kinds of them, and bring them as you like!”

“Yeah.” Li Yin licked the marinade on his lips, it smelled good.

Ling Wei watched Li Yin licking his lips, it must be delicious.

Damn it, if you don’t make it, you will become an idiot if you continue to make up for it, stop and stop! Quickly change the subject!

Ling Wei turned his mind hard and said dryly: “Also do something to send to the little princes in the palace.”

Li Yin raised his head and stared, his eyes full of dissatisfaction.

Ling Wei felt a fatal blow to his heart: “Ahem, you will give it away if you are tired of it!”

Li Yin lowered his head and continued to squint while chewing on the dried tofu.

Ling Wei held his heart in defeat. Lord! Do you remember that you are a general! Is it really good to sell cute for this kind of food! But it’s really cute and cute, whether it’s smiling, dissatisfied, or aggrieved! The big watery eyes are still double eyelids! The pink lips have a thin smile and small dimples! The small fleshy earlobe will be red if you are shy! It happens that the facial features grow like this, and together they are still heroic, which makes people humbly answer.

Not to mention that the prince also has a perfect inverted triangle figure that can be displayed even in a robe, as well as long legs and a small waist!

Thin waist and long legs, where is not ecstasy (nosebleeding…)

“Jintang, what’s the matter?” Li Ying put his chopsticks into the basket and covered Ling Wei’s nose with a handkerchief. “Is it angry?”

Ling Wei blocked the two holes of his nose with a handkerchief, with a look of lovelessness: “The autumn is dry and I haven’t rested well…”

Ling Wei, you are not saved, you are not saved! You all have a nosebleed in YY, you just recognize it!

Don’t dare to recognize…that’s the prince… or the prince who is trusted by the emperor to control the military power…

Li Yin urged the coachman to speed up, and comforted: “After I go back, apply cold water to it. I’ll call the imperial physician.”

“No need, no, it must be because I didn’t rest well in the examination room, and I ate less fruits and vegetables.” Ling Wei said embarrassedly.

Li Ying said: “Lie down first, so that the bleeding stops faster.”

Ling Wei looked at Li Yin’s thigh in a little horror. Is this making him sleep on his thigh? This, this… not so good, right?

Although he wants to lie down and try…

“Why should Jintang and I be so cautious?”

Ling Wei looked at Li Ying’s peaceful expression, suddenly wondering if he was thinking too badly. This continued nosebleed is really not a problem, and the nosebleed does stop faster when lying down.

Ling Wei lay down faintly, with his thighs resting on the back of his head. He felt the temperature of Li Ying coming from his neck, and he felt even more dizzy.

Li Yin stretched out his hand to cover Ling Wei’s eyes: “Sleep for a while, I’ll be home soon.”

The temperature of Li Ying’s palm was applied to Ling Wei’s eyes, which was very comfortable. Ling Wei, who was dizzy, really ignored the discomfort of his nose and fell asleep.

Li Yin picked up the handkerchief and wiped Ling Wei’s nose, seeing that the blood had stopped, and he was relieved. It seems that I really didn’t sleep. I heard that some scholars were seriously injured because of Qiuwei and Chunwei. They were seriously ill or even died suddenly. After he knew it, he was worried for a while, so he spent so long with the emperor’s holiday to accompany the exam. Originally, he wanted to bring the imperial doctor to the carriage, but Ling Wei said that the imperial doctor had all the records on his visits. It was too high-profile to wait specifically for him. Not to mention the diagnosis, it doesn’t matter if you play for a while early.

Therefore, Li Yin invited a famous doctor in Beijing to wait in the mansion, and Ling Wei had a pulse as soon as he went back.

In the first two times, the doctors said that Ling Wei was in good health. Except for a little fatigue, there was no major problem. He didn’t even need to take medicine. Just eat well and rest well.

Li Ying was a little relieved.

But now it seems that you are still too tired, right?

Li Yin considered whether he should spend a few more days off with Brother Huang, and wait until Ling Wei recovers before going back.

Anyway, I have already invited for half a month, and then please leave the remaining half a month. It’s okay, right? (Li Li: It does matter! Are you taking paternity leave!)

When Ling Wei woke up, he was already lying on his bed, and the doctor was checking the pulse.

“Doctor, how is Jintang’s body?” Li Ying said anxiously.

“It’s just a little tired and getting angry. But it’s cold in autumn, and you don’t need to drink the fire-lowering medicine. You just need a good rest.” The doctor stroked his gray beard and laughed. It’s the first case that Master Ling is in such a good physical condition. Other scholars, even if their health is not serious, must be depressed and anxious. Master Ling is worthy of his talent, not arrogant or impatient, and has a good mentality.”

Ling Wei, whose mentality was praised by the doctor, was embarrassed and said, “The doctor is absurd. I have troubled the doctor during this period of time.”

“No trouble, no trouble. The prince gave the young man so much consultation fee, but the young man didn’t help, and he was ashamed.” The doctor laughed, “Well, the young man writes a few autumn nourishments. The medicated diet prescription for Ling Daren’s body tonic, also worked out its strength.”

“Doctor Xie.” Ling Wei thanked.

“Take a good rest, I’ll let people watch the list.” Li Ying reached the head of the bed and tucked Ling Wei’s quilt, “Don’t worry.”

Ling Wei thought about falling asleep with Li Ying’s thigh before, and said with embarrassment, “I have also troubled Eagle Flying during this time.”

“We don’t need to say thank you.” Li Ying said.

Ling Wei fell asleep again. Before going to bed, he suddenly remembered that he had fallen asleep in the carriage before, but now he woke up in bed, then who brought him out of the carriage…

Haha, it shouldn’t be Li Ying…

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After Qiuwei, Ling Wei ate and sleep well at home, and grew mushrooms in his spare time. Before the list was released, he was not good at wandering around, so as not to be questioned. After much deliberation, he simply thought about the method of making rock candy.

Chinese medicine believes that rock sugar has the effects of moisturizing the lungs, relieving cough, clearing phlegm, and removing fire. It is also an auxiliary material for making medicinal wine and stewing supplements. So most dishes, especially stewed and braised dishes, tend to put rock sugar instead of white sugar.

It is also in the halogen material.

There is icing in Liying’s mansion, which is the finest white sugar. With white granulated sugar, it is easy to make rock sugar.

It’s just that white granulated sugar is now a luxury item, and it’s still coming from Tianzhu. Although Li Li intends to send people to Tianzhu to learn the technique of making sugar, the merchants in Tianzhu also know the importance of technical secrecy. If Yan Chao learns to make soup, their sugar will not be able to sell high prices. So Li Li sent

Those who asked Tianzhu merchants for advice did not receive much result. He has decided to send craftsmen to study directly in Tianzhu after the war in the southeast is settled down.

Ling Wei had long thought of making money by making sugar, but he just took half of the tea plantation from Li Yan some time ago, and the tea making and tea sales got on the right track, which wasted some of his energy. Later, I was busy preparing for the imperial examination, and I even left the matter behind. Now it suddenly occurred to him, and he was thinking about when to try it out, to test out the method of boiling sugar.

In fact, what he wanted to try most was the method of drying salt.

In all ancient texts, drying salt is a must.

Tea and sugar only improve people’s lives and generate income for themselves. And drying salt is the big thing that benefits the country and the people.

Because it is a major event, many interests are involved. Ling Wei dare not say now.

He is not afraid that this method of drying salt will not be promoted, he is afraid that he will become cannon fodder every minute.

The pace of development is unstoppable, especially since the current atmosphere is open, King Shengming.

But he himself is too small.

Sun salt always offends people, but it is not a small wave. After those people could not resist the salt exposure, salt no longer became a source of huge profits. To cut off people’s wealth is tantamount to killing people. Ling Wei has killed so many people. Can his little life be saved?

Sun salt is definitely to be promoted. But when this method is used, how to promote it after it is taken out, and how to get out of this whirlpool are all issues worthy of consideration.

To put it bluntly, Ling Wei is still very selfish. Although he is very patriotic, he hopes that China will close the gap between us and overseas in minutes. But the premise is that he has to save his own life, and it is best not only to save his life, but also to live comfortably.

So, at least wait for him to finish the imperial examination and have an official position. It’s best to talk about it after he gets a promotion.

When Ling Wei was experimenting with sugar-boiling techniques at home, Qiu Wei was also on the list.

The Annunciation ran all the way to the gate of Ling Mansion and ran away one of his shoes.

“Master! Excited! Excited! High school!”

“Master of course can be high school!” Feng Ning reprimanded with a smile, “What ranking is it?”

“Jie Yuan! Of course it is Jie Yuan!” the Announcer said cheerfully, “Now no one says that the master’s talent is not worthy of the name!”

“The person who should be sour is still sour.” Ling Wei smiled, “Everyone in the whole government rewards two ounces of money.

“Thank you, master!”

The Annunciation went down happily.

“Master, the guild list is out, and the next is Lu Mingyan. Master can make a new dress? There are still many silk cloths in Curry, which have not been used.” Ren Sheng laughed, “Let the people in the house catch up. As soon as he rushes, Lu Ming will be able to rush out a new set of clothes before the feast.”

“I think my clothes are still good, they don’t need new ones.” Ling Wei didn’t care about clothes or anything.

“Ren Sheng is right. Master, you’d better make a new one. Master, your clothes are mostly plain, so Lu Mingyan should be festive.” Feng Ning also persuaded.

Ren Sheng nodded: “The little one remembers that there is a crimson cloth in the storeroom, which was rewarded by the empress, the size of which is just right to make a set of clothes.”

“Crimson?” Ling Wei shook his head quickly. The crimson red here is not the crimson that later generations will call it, but the positive red, which is the Chinese red, “No way, it’s too gorgeous.”

Although this red is often worn by people, it is not necessarily worn on festive days. But Ling Wei always felt awkward.

“Jintang, congratulations!” Li Ying walked out of the small door, holding a piece of fabric in his hand, “Your clothes are too veggie, so you should make them again. This kind of scarlet silk cloth offers few offerings. , I only got two horses, one has already been dressed, and there is just one left. Don’t dislike it.”

“How can I dislike it? This is too expensive.” Ling Wei quickly took over the cloth. With the emperor’s favor for Li Yin, Li Yin only has two horses, and the other people outside the palace must have none of them. Then I used this cloth to make clothes. Isn’t it a couple with Li Bin… Bah, guys, I’m a little excited when I think about it.

“It’s just a piece of cloth, which is used to make clothes.” Seeing that Ling Wei likes it, Li Ying is also happy, “I can’t make two sets of the same clothes.”

Feng Ning and Ren Sheng looked at each other, and they were speechless.

Who does not make a few sets of clothes in the same color? Why can’t we make two sets of clothes of the same color? Isn’t it possible to do different styles?

And, sir, who just said that the crimson red is too gorgeous? Why don’t you say this now?

Forget it, let’s just shut up. The two lords, the love is just a matter of time, and the people only need to be obedient and work hard.

Well, it’s just a rant at best.