Far away in the county town, the official's men found out who made the windmill. When they went to find him, they found that the person had already left, so they had to go back to reply.
"Subordinate, I'll go look for you now."
The official raised his hand, "Forget it, do you have the drawings?"
"Yes, the old carpenter said that the man left the drawings and his subordinate bought them back."
The official took it and looked at it. He was very satisfied and said, "Take it back."
"Yes, Master, we should go back. It is really dangerous to stay here."
"Well, let's leave today."
The official thought to himself, what kind of talented person could draw such a drawing? If he could make more of them, it would be of great benefit to agriculture.
It's just that he can't stay here for too long. This time he concealed his identity and came here, and there was danger everywhere. Last time he had unbearable abdominal pain, and he thought he had been drugged.
Unexpectedly, the female doctor said that it was blocked by a stone. She was a powerful doctor.
If I can bring back two capable people from this trip, it will be worth the trip.
The old carpenter felt sorry for the drawing, and his son said, "Dad, we got two hundred taels of silver, why aren't you happy?"
"Oh, what do you know? I have never seen such a tool. With this, farmers can work more easily. With so much wasteland, maybe there is still energy to plant more."
The son said, "Even if they sell grain, they won't give it to us."
"But with more arable land, the people are getting better and better, and the national treasury can be filled. Now that the war continues, I don't know how long it can last."
The son curled his lips and said, "You just work hard as a carpenter. The above matters have nothing to do with us. Even if we hand over this drawing to the government, the officials will not take it seriously. To them, it is just a piece of waste paper.
It’s not as practical as a few copper coins.”
The old carpenter sighed and wanted to refute his son, but felt that what he said was right. But that's not the case nowadays.
The world is getting more and more chaotic, and officials are getting more and more stupid. Everyone is thinking about how to get more money into their own pockets, but few people are seriously thinking about how to change the country's predicament.
As a little carpenter, why should he worry about such big things? He might as well knead the two hundred taels of silver.
"Is it possible that we are really going to lose the battle?"
The son said, "In my opinion, defeat is not a bad thing. You can live the same life as another emperor, so don't worry so much."
The old man learned the carpentry trade in the capital when he was young and lived there for more than ten years. He still felt a little uncomfortable when he thought about the change of dynasty and the place being occupied by the current enemies.
"Hey, how could it become like this?"
The son snorted, "We are not living a good life now. Officials bully the people, and the court only cares about fighting. How can anyone really make decisions for the people? I heard that taxes are going to increase again."
The old carpenter was surprised, "Is it still going up?"
The son nodded, "I also heard what my buddy said. He is engaged in business and travels all over the country. He knows a lot of things. It is probably true."
The old carpenter felt even more uncomfortable, "How are you going to live like that?"
The war has been going on for more than twenty years. From the beginning, it had the upper hand, but now it is gradually at a disadvantage. The superiors are in a dilemma, but the common people can only worry about whether there is rice in their own granaries.
When the court is in chaos, the local government will also be in chaos. If officials do not make decisions for the people, the world will become more and more chaotic.
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The results were released on the 10th, and Lin Joy kept this in mind. She took her two children out early to watch the results before sending Xiaoyu to school.
There are already crowds of people in front of the wall where the list is posted, but the list has not been posted yet. It will be sent by the county government official, and it will probably take a while.
Chen Zhongqian stood behind, as if he was not interested. Lin Yuxi said, "Why aren't you anxious? You don't want to know how you did in the exam?"
"If you know what's going on, you won't be in a hurry."
Lin Yuxi knew that he was going to make a fuss again, but she just wanted to deliberately anger him, "Do you think you failed the test and don't want to take it? Don't worry, you are our family, and my child and I will never dislike you."
After hearing this, Xiaoyu and Xiaoduo really thought that Chen Zhongqian had failed the exam, and hurriedly said, "Dad is not sad. Even if he comes last in the exam, he is still a good dad to us."
Chen Zhongqian wished he could rub the back of his head. These are really his good children.
"Don't worry, daddy won't come last in the exam, daddy will take the exam first."
Lin Yuxi held the hands of the two children, "You can't learn from dad. This is too arrogant. Do you know that you are first in the exam before the results come out?"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone came from the Yamen. The people gathered in front of him quickly moved aside. When the official posted the notice, everyone gathered around him again.
"What's your rank? Did you see it? What rank did Zhongda get in the exam?"
Before Lin Xixi could look, she heard Wu's voice again. She turned her head and saw that Chen Mingyi and Wu were indeed beside her.
Chen Mingyi didn't even notice Lin Yuxi, he was focused on looking for Chen Zhongda's name. As long as he was named on the list, he could take the government examination, have a chance to become a scholar, and participate in the Qiu Wei in August.
"Zhongda, that's Zhongda's name, he passed the exam." Chen Mingyi was so excited that his hands were shaking.
Lin Xixi looked at the list and saw that Chen Zhongqian was in the first place again. She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
To be honest, she didn't actually take Chen Zhongqian's words to heart. He was very powerful, but he was not the only one who was great. He couldn't be the first every time, right? This was a county examination, and all the students in the county had to refer to it.
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Then the fact is that Chen Zhongqian is really that good and he is number one.
Lin Joy glanced through the list again. Chen Zhongda and Liu Zhaofei were both on the list, which meant that they could all participate in the government examination. The first step was to take the step.
Chen Mingyi and Wu were very happy. They pointed to Chen Zhongda's name and said, "This is my grandson, my grandson's name. My grandson has passed the exam."
There was someone nearby whose son didn't make the exam, and he was a little unhappy when he heard this, "I just passed the county examination, how can I get fame? You don't even understand this."
Wu curled her lips, "Then let your son take one exam. It's useless to be a mother, and it's useless to teach a son, huh."
The woman gritted her teeth, turned and left.
Wu was even more proud. When she heard someone mention Chen Zhongqian's name next to her, she pricked up her ears and said, "Isn't that Chen Zhongqian? He is number one again. This is amazing."
"Chen Zhongqian?"
"Oh, it was the one who got the first place in Yueshan Academy's admissions exam. Later, he was questioned and even staged a challenge in public. As a result, he won more than a thousand taels of silver. Don't you remember?"
"Oh, I remembered, he was first again, he was also first in the county exam?"
Everyone walked towards the top position one after another. Chen Mingyi naturally heard what they said and looked at the red list in disbelief. Unexpectedly, he caught Lin Hexi's eyes.
Lin Xixi smiled harmlessly, "Grandpa, Zhong Qian is the top one, is grandpa happy?"