This is the first time Sun Dan has visited a provincial capital city after traveling to the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, as the capital of Jinan Prefecture and the location of Shandong Provincial Administration, there are a series of messy administrative agencies in Jinan City: Jinan Prefecture, General Administration Office, Dewang Mansion, Hedao Mansion, Admiral Education Office... More than ten government offices and noble mansions filled half of Jinan City.

Mr. Li Meiting introduced that the entire Jinan Prefecture has a population of 230,000 households, including the population of each county. In addition to the citizens and agricultural population of each county under its jurisdiction, in the case of a city in Jinan, there are only 50,000 households and 200,000 people, which is the size of an ordinary county town in later generations.

But considering that there are no high-rise buildings these days, residents live in square meters, and the whole city is spread out like big cakes, which is amazingly large.

Being able to visit Jinan is a rare opportunity for the Sun family, a group of school children aged 14 or 15. In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and many people never left the house in their lives. Now, when they come to Jinan for the exam, the Sun family will bear the food and drink along the way, which immediately makes the children loudly and loudly, and there is no trace of the pressure before the exam on their faces.

Zouping is more than 200 miles away from Jinan. If you are in modern times, you will take a bus, which is only four hours. However, in the Ming Dynasty, where transportation is inconvenient, it was a very difficult task. From Zouping to Jinan, you need to take a boat. Although you are sailing along the waterway, you have been walking for more than ten hours for these two hundred miles of waterways, making Sun Dan and the others difficult enough.

Sun Dan and the others got on the boat at 6 am Beijing time, and they didn't see the south gate of the Ming Dynasty in Jinan until 5 pm. The sky was not very good, and the spring rain was endless. In the rain, by the lake, the towering building of the Jinan Fuxue Temple came to their faces. There was a tall bluestone archway at the door, with the four big words "Haidai Wenshu" written on it. The four words were full and powerful, and vaguely gave people an invisible pressure. In conjunction with the vast momentum of the Shangfuxue Building Complex in the light rain, it can be seen that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty.

There are also one yard on the left and right in front of the Confucian Temple, with the yards being "De to Heaven and Earth" and "Tao Captures Ancient and Modern Times".

Li Meiting said that the four big characters "Haidai Wenshu" were written by Cai Sheng, the prefect of Jinan in the tenth year of Chenghua. If nothing unexpected happens, the Sun family's children will take the mansion examination here on the 25th day.

Mr. Li pointed to the building and said, "When you go in, then come out with your head raised, you will be a real scholar. This is the examination room for the college entrance examination. Try to take a scholar to show me."

After the boat landed, the students bumped all day long, their feet stuck to the ground, and they were so dizzy that they were already lying on the shore and vomiting in a mess. Sun Dan also felt a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, he was used to riding cars in modern times. He had eaten meat every day these days and had good health, so he would not make a fool of himself. As for Sun Hao, this guy was in great health. He shouted and was full of energy as soon as he got ashore, which made people envious.

There were thirteen schoolchildren from the Sun family who came to Jinan this time, all of whom passed the county examination last time. The family attached great importance to this government examination and the courtyard examination a month later. Not only did each give 50 pennies, but they also allocated a courtyard near the Dewang Mansion of the Sun family in Jinan City to this group of people to live temporarily.

When he arrived at the yard of the Sun family's Jinan City, Sun Dan was shocked. It was so big.

There are thirteen gardens in the Jinan courtyard of the Sun family. In the middle of the mansion is a small lake like a jade belt. I heard that this small lake has a river channel connected to the pearl springs in the Dewang Mansion. It is spring, and there are many lotus leaves on the lake surface. From a distance, it looks tender green and the scenery is amazing.

The courtyard of Sun Mansion was built in Tianshun year, and there were two stone arches in front of the door, with the entries titled "Huangge Dianyuan" and "Tianxiang Commendation", which were written by Sun Jizong, the chief minister of the cabinet.

At the beginning, he saw a beautiful spring here and the terrain was spacious, so he bought these hundreds of acres of land and built a house as a place to escape the summer heat. He named the house "Tongleyuan", which means "all people are happy together".

In addition, the family allocates a sum of money to maintain every year. Compared to the hometown of Zouping, the buildings here look very new. There are no people living in the Sun Mansion, and only more than 30 slaves guard the house.

Speaking of which, the house here is useless, that is, when two masters from the capital go back to their hometown to visit relatives, they will make a transfer here. Several wives in Zouping just come here to cool off every summer to see the lotus flowers. In a year, it only takes one or two months to live.

Now thirteen school children moved in at once, and it became lively.

Strictly speaking, the Sun Mansion courtyard in Jinan City is larger and newer than the one in Zouping’s hometown. As for the courtyard in Beijing, it is larger. However, the ladies and young men in each house still had to live in the countryside of Zouping, which made Sun Dan a little difficult to understand. If it were himself, he would rather live in a big city like Beijing and Jinan. Not only is the information smooth, but there are also many daily entertainment activities. Compared to the closed life in a small county town, it is simply heaven and earth.

Of course, the word "Heaven and Earth" is prohibited in modern times, so you must be careful to be harmonious.

After the students settled down and made arrangements, Li Meiting went to Jinan Prefecture School to visit the officials of the government office. According to him, he was one of the officials in the same year in Jinan Prefecture, and several of them had dealt with him when he was studying in politics. It would be better to go and talk to them. First, we can contact our classmates and colleagues, and second, we can see if we can take some words from them, which is convenient for the questions.

The Sun family is bound to win this mansion exam. I heard that the butler's second wife, Aunt Liu, who is Sun Yue's mother, allocated 300 taels of silver from the officialdom to Mr. Li for activities.

Of course, such a lack of light will not be placed on the table, and it is not something a small person like Sun Dan can know.

As soon as Mr. Li left, Sun Hao couldn't sit still. He was a Sun Monkey-like figure, and with the rich young man, how could he hold back when he arrived in Jinan's flower world? He quietly pulled Sun Dan's sleeve: "Brother Dan, let's go out for a walk."

"What are you going out to do? It's getting late, and it's going to start dinner later. If Mr. Li comes back and finds us here, I'm afraid it's not good?" Sun Dan also wanted to go out to see the ancient metropolis scenery, but he was still a little hesitant: "Besides, we are not familiar with Jinan, so we go out and wander around, and I'm afraid we won't be able to find the way."

Sun Hao smiled and said, "It's not good, it's not good. You and I are worth fifty or sixty taels of silver now. We have money on hand, and we are afraid that we can't find a place to eat. Besides, when the teacher visits the school official, he will probably be left to eat and will not be able to come back for a while. As for Jinan, I am familiar with it. Every summer, I have to stay here with my mother for a month or two. I will definitely be confused when I walk with me."

Sun Dan was a little moved: "That's good, let's find a place to eat. However, when it's dark, there's nothing to do. Why not wait until tomorrow and go out again."

"Why are there no place to play?" Sun Hao smiled strangely: "There is not only a Confucian Temple by the Daming Lake, but also a pleasure boat. As soon as the night comes, the lights are bright and the Qinhuai will not be allowed to be."

"Ah!" Sun Gui, who was stretching his head to eavesdropping, proudly grabbed Sun Hao, and sneered, "So you are going to visit prostitutes, aren't you afraid of people knowing?"

Sun Hao looked at him disdainfully: "So what if you go? Could it be that you still go to report to my mother. The useless things are fourteen years old and are still a boy. In the yard, I only know how to mess with the maids. But even the lowest-level girl, people will not let you get beaten. This girl in Jinan is nourished by hundreds of springs in the city, each of whom is beautiful and beautiful. If you want to have a love affair, you will be insignificant. You must have more than ten taels of silver, which is not comparable to the girls in the family. For nothing, my brother is going out for fun this time, don't say I don't care about you. If you want to go, you will bear the expenses for you. If you don't go, don't make trouble behind me. Be careful that I will know that you will peel your skin."

"Ten...two silvers are available at a time." Sun Gui stuttered. He only spent one or two months a month, and ten taels were his pocket money for a year. Moreover, his biological mother, Aunt Jing, deducted Sun Gui's monthly money every time. Speaking of which, Sun Gui was also very poor, and was even more embarrassed than the girls and boys in the yard. It would cost ten taels to go to a prostitute once, which made him unimaginable.

"Stop talking nonsense, will you go?" Sun Hao became impatient.

"I...I...I..." Sun Gui had a hundred thousand willingness in his heart, but he couldn't speak anyway.

"I won't go, you guys go and play by yourself." Sun smiled and said intimately: These two boys are now in a period of sexual turmoil during adolescence, and it is understandable that they have a natural yearning for women.

However, Sun Dan was determined to pass the exam and become an official. If he followed Sun Hao to Hu Tianhai, it would be unfavorable to his reputation, and such a thing would not be possible.

"Brother Dan, go, go, don't let go." Sun Hao couldn't help but persuade Sun Dan.

Sun Dan and Sun Hao have a good relationship and don’t want to read moral articles in front of him. They just smiled and said that they are used to being poor and don’t want to waste money on such things.

Sun Hao: "I'll pay for you. Brother Dan, you are also a small wealthy person. Why are you so stingy? I look down on you brothers."

Sun Dan was talking again, but saw Mr. Li coming back angrily. After entering the hall, he was silent for a long time. He shook his sleeves and said angrily: "The imperial court has taken the ranks of scholars. This is like a joke. Wang Yuanzheng did this like this. If I have an official position now, I will definitely submit a memorial to impeach memorial!" After that, he turned around and went back to the room to sleep, leaving the school children in the hall and looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

Sun Hao spread his hands: "Brother Dan, we can't leave the door after you've been procrastinating just now. So let's talk about it later."

Sun Gui, who had been stuttering around, returned to normal only after he was stuttering, glaring at Sun Dan: "It's all your fault, you're pretending to be a hypocrite!"

Sun Dan could only smile bitterly. It seemed that Sun Hao's suggestion to go out for a prostitute had deeply touched Sun Gui. This kid is a person who has to take advantage. Just now, Sun Hao agreed to help Sun Gui pay the ten taels of silver, so Sun Gui naturally couldn't do it.

But Sun Dan's refusal just now wasted time. When Mr. Li came back, they naturally couldn't get out.

When he thought of the ten taels of silver and the beautiful lady on Daming Lake, Sun Gui's heart kept bleeding.
Chapter completed!