Du Zhongxiao looked at him coldly and didn't say anything.

After a few months, Du Zhongxiao had not fully adapted to this era and felt that this kind of thing was absurd. The Han family and "Qixiangju" were just a business cooperation relationship. When these two people came, they acted like a blessing, which made people feel disgusted.

Times are different. The rich and powerful families enjoy a variety of ways, but the poor people's lives are hard to change much. The Han family has a foot shop, and outsiders also look like a well-off family, but when they come to a wealthy family like the Wu family, they are like slaves.

In fact, Wu Kejiu saw Han Lian as his slave. When he saw him pushing and hindering, he refused to let Yue Niang come out to drink with him. At first, he was surprised that this old man was so unexpected. After a long time, he became impatient.

After drinking a glass of wine, Wu Kejiu suddenly put the wine bowl on the table, pointed at Han Lian and said, "You old man, it seems that you are definitely unwilling to let your daughter come out to drink with you? Don't regret it!"

Han Lian bowed repeatedly: "Don't blame me for being a little clumsy! The little woman is really not able to do such a thing."

"Hmph!" Wu Kejiu sneered. "Don't blame me! I know that I see that your little lady is quite beautiful and makes me feel. If it's better, I will accept her as a concubine. It's delicious and delicious, and you will benefit from it. I didn't expect you to be here to stop me. Well, there's a little maid around me, so let Yue Niang come. Tomorrow I will arrange a tooth, write a body contract, and let her serve her in my mansion!"

Han Lian looked embarrassed and said, "The little girl has never done such a thing since she was a child--"

"Then learn! Can't you serve others?" Wu Kejiu said sternly. "I tell you, if you don't follow me, our family will chase the capital here. By then, you will lose your livelihood. I think you will follow me or not!"

Du Zhongxiao could no longer watch it, so he stepped forward and said, "The world is clear and bright, and someone is here to buy a girl from a young age in broad daylight. Is there any other way to the king?"

Wu Kejiu glanced at Zheng Zhongxiao with a squinted look and said disdainfully: "What are you?"

Han Lian hurriedly said: "This is a small official who is a tribute scholar Du Juren from the county and township. He is very helpful to our store--"

Hearing this, Wu Kejiu slapped the table with a "snap" and slapped the table. "It turns out that it is the Du family's misfortune! Your old man failed the exam in the capital, and he didn't know whether he was alive or not. You little thief still had time to deal with other people's affairs!"

Du Zhongxiao was shocked. Judging from this, Wu Kejiu still has a grudge against his family?

Seeing Du Zhongxiao's face full of confusion, Cao Jucheng smiled and said, "This kid is still pretending to be confused! Only two people in Linying County have issued an explanation. It was Du Xun's thief who took the quota from him that delayed his cousin for a few more years. Unexpectedly, it was another bad thing. He failed the provincial examination in Kaifeng Prefecture, and it was just a shameful person!"

It turns out that this is the case, Du Zhongxiao understood it. Scholars took the examination in the state and obtained the qualification to go to Beijing to take the examination. The amount of the solution is allocated by the state and the amount is fixed. In some places, they will be assigned to the county. The number of people participating in the examination every year is fixed. This was a practice that was followed by the rule of the number of people participating in the examination in Zhenzong. Now it is no longer proportional and has been changed to a fixed amount of the quota. The quota limit is not significant.

Wu Kejiu originally wanted to participate in the trial, because he was involved in the case of hurting people with his servants a few years ago. It was a big deal at that time and it was not done in the end. Originally, this matter had nothing to do with the Du family, but he recorded the accounts on the Du family because Du Xun passed the trial, and always believed that Du Xun was making trouble and going against him.

It would be fine if Du Xun entered Beijing and was awarded the title of the Golden List. But he was not good at it and failed the provincial examination. He failed the exam early. Wu Kejiu could not swallow this. He fell into Pingyang and did not bully the Du family at this time, and when would he go?

Du Zhongxiao came to this world for several months. Even though his father was a juren, he had not yet fully understood what the imperial examination system was going on at this time. There were fixed numbers of people in the prefectures, and the county had a number of people participating in the escort examination. How to allocate them was a confusing account. The numbers were related to population, economy, and education level. At the same time, they were influenced by how many Jinshi had been issued in the past, which was accumulated over the decades of the founding of the Song Dynasty.

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao didn't say anything, Wu Kejiu said, "Your old ghost doesn't know whether you live or not. I heard that you got sick in the capital and struggled to return to your hometown. Now you are mostly dead on the road. If you don't go to pick up the bones, you have the time to care about my idle business here!"

Cao Jucheng shook his head and said, "Du Juren must die, but he doesn't know where he died, and it's unknown whether he can get the bones back. Such poor families also learn from others to take the exam and take the Jinshi exam. They still have to make up everything. Where can they still have the face to return home if they fail? Alas, it's enough for the poor to pass the Jinshi and become an official, so how can they take it seriously? It's not counting that they die by themselves, but they also make their families poor to eat slaughter."

Du Zhongxiao was surprised. How did Cao Jucheng know the situation at home?

But he didn't know that Cao Jucheng came from Fujian Road, where the imperial examinations were prosperous, and there were many people studying there and he solved his difficulties. Cao Jucheng thought of a trick and ran to his uncle's house.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains have suffered from war and sparse population, and the same is true for Xuzhou. After more than 60 years of establishment of the Song Dynasty, although it has tried its best to develop the Central Plains, Xuzhou has only recovered a little bit of vitality. The population is small and the economy cannot develop, so few people are studying. However, Xuzhou is not far from Kaifeng Prefecture, and there are many places to send out the quota, which is much smaller than that of Fujian Road.

At this time, the easiest place to send out the answer is Kaifeng Prefecture. It is the best place, with many scholars. In addition, many Jinshi failed to attend the imperial examinations in the past years and stayed in the capital. Every year, there are hundreds of students in one prefecture, dozens of times more than other prefecture troops. The second is the Western Beijing Luoyang, with only fewer than Kaifeng Prefecture. To be honest, the easiest place to send out the answer is the three borders along Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi. There are sparse populations and almost every year there are equal numbers, that is, the number of people participating in the trial is not as good as the quota given by the court, and everyone has a share.

However, it is easy for Kaifeng Prefecture and the border prefecture army to issue a dismissal, and the court investigated it strictly, so there were restrictions on the qualifications for dismissal. For example, Kaifeng Prefecture stipulated that only if there is an industry in the local area and has lived for more than seven years, they can only participate in the dismissal test there, otherwise they can only return to their original homeland. The same is true for the border prefecture army, and the household registration is more strictly investigated. After all, there is also the significance of preventing spies.

In the words of Du Zhongxiao in his previous life, these solutions to other places are immigration to the college entrance examination.

The Central Plains Army of Xuzhou is not as good as the top and the bottom, so the investigation is not so strict. In this way, as long as there is a land industry in the state, you can transfer your household registration and participate in the Issuance Examination here.

Cao Jucheng's family is rich, so buying some land and property in Xuzhou is nothing. He bought dozens of acres of land in the countryside of Linying County. He had just completed his household registration and was preparing to participate in the Implementation Examination in Xuzhou in two years.

People who came out of a fiercely competitive place like Fujian are different from locals. They were tortured by the test and were guarded against every competitor. Du Xun had successfully passed the test, and he would probably have to participate in the next time he lost all his money, and there was a great opportunity. There were too many wolves and few meats, so Cao Jucheng certainly wished that he had already died on the side of the road.

How could Du Zhongxiao know this? Seeing that Cao Jucheng knew the situation at home, he couldn't help but be surprised.

After seeing Du Zhongxiao's expression, Cao Jucheng laughed and sat down again to drink. In his heart, the most important thing was that the next imperial examination was not interested in anything else.

Taking a breath, Du Zhongxiao said, "My father is just unwell. I want to come to treat a hospital in the road and will not be allowed to return home for a while. No matter what, my father is also a Jinshi in the village and a decent person. How can you curse him like this!"

Wu Kejiu laughed loudly after hearing this: "A decent person, let your father get an official first! What's so great about the Jinshi in the Township? It's not a Jinshi on the list. I told you that my father still has an official position!"

In this era, officials could be donated, so Wu Kejiu's father spent money to donate a small official. However, this small official could only be used as a show-off, and the treatment of the official household was not as good as Du Xun's hometown tribute Jinshi. However, does the Du family have money? With money, the identity of the town tribute Jinshi can be supported, otherwise it will be useless.

Only when you have money can you walk with scholars and officials in the prefectures and counties, or even participate in various elegant gatherings, and you can have various opportunities. If your family has no money, you can't even afford to have a meal. What's the use of being a tribute Jinshi in this town? You can only recruit a few village children to teach and you can charge others more tuition fees.

Thinking of this, Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but feel irritated. The knowledge I learned in my previous life was so great that I had fame and fame in ancient times. Even a scholar was respected. Unexpectedly, it was his turn, and his father was useless even as a juren.

Seeing Du Zhongxiao being defeated, Wu Kejiu laughed: "Little thief, you are still too busy to take care of others' business? Listen to my advice and go back the corpse of your old ghost, so as not to be accused of being unfilial!"

After saying that, he said to Han Lian, who had been standing next to him: "You sell my wine on credit, why are you so inappropriate! People like this are so pickled, so how can you let them enter the store! Hurry up and let your daughter come and have a drink with me!"

Han Lian sighed in his heart and bowed: "Don't blame me for being a little clerk. If you open a small shop, you can naturally come to any customer. How can you keep people away? Besides, Du Xiaoguan's family is well-bred and she has attracted a lot of business for the store--"

"Oh, it turns out that this sheep hooves are braised from his house! No wonder, no wonder, I taste a bit strange! Old man, if you put this kind of thing in the store, it will ruin my reputation as "Qixiangju" for no reason!"
Chapter completed!