The next day, when Wang Gang went to class with Zhuang Xuexue, Gu Tingye and Qi Heng both told him that their family had agreed to cooperate.
Gu Tingye even planned to use the channels of his grandfather's Bai family to help Wang Gang sell glass bottles and toilet water.
The Bai family was a well-known salt merchant in the south of the Yangtze River. Their family was extremely wealthy. After Mr. Bai passed away, he gave all the family property to Gu Tingye.
That was not only the cash in Tianpu, but also the sales channels and connections of the Bai family selling salt.
After Wang Gang learned about it, he was very happy. The deeper his involvement with Gu Tingye, the deeper his involvement with the Yongning Hou Mansion.
Sooner or later, Gu Tingye will inherit the title of Marquis of Yongning.
Although he has an elder brother above him and a younger brother below him, the elder brother is weak and cannot give birth to a son, and the younger brother is too young.
Moreover, the most beloved son of the old Marquis Gu Yankai was actually Gu Tingye, which was related to Gu Tingye's mother.
Before Marquis Yongning married Gu Tingye's mother, he had a first wife named Da Qin.
After the Da Qin family gave birth to Gu Yankai's eldest son, her health has been poor.
Later, the Hou Mansion encountered a crisis and needed a large sum of money to tide over the difficulties. Gu Yankai intended to marry the Bai family, who was Gu Tingye's mother.
As a result, when the Da Qin family found out, they were so angry that they couldn't bear to fall ill, and completely moved their position to the Bai family.
After Mrs. Bai came to the house, she brought hundreds of thousands of taels of dowry to help the Hou Mansion tide over the difficulties. Gu Yankai was grateful to Mrs. Bai.
Later, the Bai family heard about the Da Qin family and knew that she was being used. She became so emotional that it caused dystocia. Although she gave birth to Gu Tingye, she did not survive it.
Gu Yankai felt very guilty about Bai's death. He had been strict with Gu Tingye since he was a child, hoping that he would become a talented person.
Gu Yankai was not good at expressing his feelings. He hid all his love for Gu Tingye in his heart, causing a rift between father and son.
Gu Tingye thought his father favored his eldest brother, and Gu Yankai was angry with his son for his dissolute behavior, so the father and son always quarreled when they met.
Did you know that Gu Tingye's ups and downs in the first half of his life were mostly related to the discord between his father and his son?
Wang Gang thought that by helping him like this, Gu Tingye would have the opportunity to reconcile father and son and resolve their misunderstanding.
After class, good news came from the old lady. She took the initiative to contact Yongyi Houfu and the Sheng Family House to provide help for Wang Gang's business.
Now that there are two marquis mansions and a duke's mansion, plus the support of the Sheng family, Wang Gang can finally do business with peace of mind, without worrying about others worrying about his money.
Wang Gang has already written to Lin Sushuang about the process of producing glass bottles and toilet water. From now on, she will be responsible for the production. The Bai family and the Sheng family will be responsible for the sales. Two princes and a government will protect them. No one dares to force it anymore.
Secret recipe.
Sheng Hong went to Wang Gang once and advised him to hand over his business to his servants and study with peace of mind instead of picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelons.
At the same time, Sheng Hong also expressed his gratitude to his son, because after the Sheng family had beneficial relationships with two princes' houses and one of the prince's houses, Sheng Hong obviously felt that he was getting more and more smooth in the officialdom.
Mother is more precious than son. The more outstanding Wang Gang became, the more favored Lin Sushuang became. Sheng Hong spent more and more time staying in Lin Qige.
Mrs. Wang couldn't stand it at first, but she didn't have the ability to keep a man. Finally, she listened to her maid's advice and even gave Sheng Hong a few concubines.
Sheng Hong was already lustful, and he would not refuse any woman who came to his door. Lin Sushuang was jealous for several days.
In the end, Wang Gang came forward and persuaded Lin Sushuang not to show jealousy, but to be more generous and live in peace with those concubines.
As long as the business is on track and brings a steady stream of benefits to the Sheng family, Lin Sushuang will never fall out of favor.
Lin Sushuang listened to Wang Gang's words and focused on business. The first batch of glass bottles and toilet water had already appeared in Bianjing City.
There was no glass manufacturing technology in this era. As soon as Wang Gang's glass bottle came out, it was immediately popular, but toilet water became a by-product.
Things are rare and expensive, so Wang Gang prices glass bottles and toilet water extremely high. The monthly output is very small, but the supply exceeds demand.
There are too many rich and powerful people in Bianjing, so who wouldn't want to get a rare treasure to show off.
Soon Wang Gang was making so much money that he was a little scared.
At the end of the year, the accounts were calculated and the profits of all parties were deducted. Wang Gang earned 300,000 taels of silver just from selling glass bottles.
During this period, no one had the idea of Liu Li Ping, but they were blocked by the two princes' mansions and the Duke's mansion.
Three families alone may not mean much, but when the three of them join forces, even the emperor has to give them some face.
The two princes' mansions and the Duke's mansion were also willing to help Wang Gang fend off some people because of the annual income of at least 50,000 taels.
Later, as the market for glass bottles opened in the south, the annual accounts of the Marquis's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion were more than 100,000 taels.
Faced with this huge sum of money, the Marquis's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion were not willing to have any more powerful people come in to share the accounts.
After the business was on track, Wang Gang focused mainly on books.
Zhuang Xuexue was indeed a great scholar in the world. Under his guidance, the children of the Sheng family made rapid progress in their knowledge. However, the one who made the fastest progress was not the Sheng family, but Gu Tingye.
Although Gu Tingye was a wild man and wandered around in romantic places all year round, he was really smart and his articles were very beautiful.
Zhuang Xuexue said more than once that if Gu Tingye could concentrate on books, it would be no problem to get the top prize.
In contrast, Qi Heng is much worse. His qualifications are not as high as Gu Tingye's, but he is better because of his hard work.
It's just that since Wang Gang introduced Sheng Minglan and Qi Heng to each other, the young man's mind was not on books, and he sent some small gifts to Minglan all day long.
Minglan knew her identity and kept in mind Wei Xiaoniang's last words. She had always kept a low profile in the Sheng Mansion. When faced with Qi Heng's love, she refused many times and gave all the small gifts she received to her sisters Ru Lan and Mo Lan.
Qi Heng has wanted wind and rain since he was a child, but how could he stand it? The more Minglan rejected him, the more proactive he became. Sometimes Wang Gang felt that he was just a licker.
As for Sheng Changbai's work, it can only be described as stable, making progress while making progress, and catching up from behind.
Sheng Changbai is indeed the person who is most like Mrs. Wang. He is not only upright, but also studies very hard. Unlike Gu Tingye and Qi Heng, Sheng Changbai's concentration is amazing, and even Wang Gang cannot compare with it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As for Wang Gang himself, due to his distraction in learning martial arts, he is a little worse than Gu Tingye in the textbook, but better than Sheng Changbai and Qi Heng.
I dare not say that I will be the top scholar in the examination, but it should not be a problem to pass the Jinshi examination.
As for winning three yuan in a row, Wang Gang no longer dares to think about it!
Because it is so difficult, in Gu Tingye's words, it is simply not something that humans can accomplish.
The imperial examination is called the provincial examination and the joint examination, and the first place in the palace examination is called Jieyuan, Huiyuan, and Zhuangyuan, which are collectively called "Three Yuan".
Winning the first place in the provincial examination, the joint examination, and the palace examination one after another is called three yuan and the third place, also known as three yuan in a row.
In other words, you must first get first place in the provincial examination, and then get first place in the national examination.
The final palace examination is the emperor's personal assessment. In addition to testing talent and learning, it also depends on the emperor's eye. Only when he likes you can you get the first place, that is, the number one scholar.
In this way, those who win the Three Elements in a row must not only have the best talent and learning in the world, but also have a pleasing appearance.
It doesn't matter whether you are good-looking or too ugly. If you are too ugly, you will be disliked by the emperor. If you are too handsome, you may make the emperor jealous.
Therefore, Lienzhong Sanyuan has been rare since ancient times, and there are only five people since the founding of the Song Dynasty.
Wang Gang used to talk big words and wanted to win three yuan in a row. Later, when he found out more about it, he realized how big his big words were, so he no longer had extravagant hopes.
The imperial examinations were held in autumn, also known as Qiuwei.
There are three examinations before the township examination, namely the county examination, the prefectural examination and the hospital examination.
Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai passed the county examination and prefecture examination in Yangzhou and obtained the qualifications of childbirth.
Later, he passed the academic examination in Bianjing and became a scholar.
Nowadays, as long as you pass the provincial examination again, you will be a great candidate.
Fan Jin won the exam, and the person who won the exam was the one who won the exam.
Juren are qualified to be officials, but they can only be minor officials below the seventh rank, and the limit is the county magistrate of the seventh rank.
Don't think that the county magistrate is small. In fact, the seventh-grade county magistrate has to manage more than 100,000 people in a county. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a local emperor.
After the Sheng family moved to Bianjing, the rural examination naturally had to be taken in Bianjing, and Gu Tingye and Qi Heng took part together.
This exam lasted for three consecutive days. Wang Gang was assigned to a separate small room, which was only one meter wide and had only one chair and partition.
The partition serves as both a desk and a bed, and eating, drinking, and sleeping are all in the cubicle.
Lin Sushuang originally wanted to prepare some cakes for her son to bring into the examination room, but during the physical examination at the front door, they were all confiscated, leaving only some dry food to bring into the examination room.
Others are treated similarly.
Don't even think about cheating in the imperial examination, and it's even more impossible to pretend to be someone else.
When Wang Gang finished the exam in three days, he felt that his whole body was about to fall apart, but he couldn't hand in the paper in advance.
Sheng Hong and Zhuang Xuexue have warned that submitting papers for the imperial examination in advance can easily arouse the examiner's resentment and think that you are not serious about the examination. This is a points deduction and must not be done.
At this time, the advantages of official families are reflected. They have the experience and guidance of their parents. Compared with ordinary candidates, they have an advantage.
Not to mention that Sheng Hong had inquired about the temperament of the examiner early in the morning, so that when his son wrote the article, he would cater to the style of the examiner and have a greater chance of winning.
Three days after the marking was the day when the results were released, firecrackers went off in front of the Sheng family early in the morning, and there was an endless stream of people congratulating them.
"Congratulations to Mr. Sheng for graduating from high school!"