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This money is really not easy to earn.
By the way, are scholars so rich?
In my memory, scholars are all very poor.
How can the scholars of Yunshan Academy be so rich?
Ning Chen couldn't figure this out for the moment.
Ning Chen just regretted that he should have said 30,000 taels.
I ran over to get Ning Chen a pen and paper, and asked Ning Chen to leave the first couplet.
Ning Chen's calligraphy is quite good.
After all, it was once used as a reserved performance for various elders during the Chinese New Year.
Ning Chen imitated all the Yan style, Liu style and Wang Xizhi's running script.
So Ning Chen’s handwriting is really good.
Not to say that it is a school of its own, but at least it can make people's eyes brighter.
At this moment, the people running around and the boss all had their eyes lit up.
I saw Ning Chen writing on the paper in willow script:
Smoke locks pond willow, these five words.
"I have never seen my brother's font before. The font is balanced, thin and hard, the stippling is sharp and graceful, the bones are strong and the structure is tight. The only problem is that it lacks a little bit of rhyme, as if it is imitating what is written."
"But I have never seen this font before, so it shouldn't be an imitation."
Ning Chen took a look at this Li Ziqiu and found that this guy was really talented.
However, it is absolutely impossible for a time traveler to admit to plagiarism.
"I have a good eye for it. It is true that my calligraphy has not yet been fully developed and is still in the stage of cultivating its rhyme." Ning Chen unceremoniously turned Liu Ti into his own creation.
Are you a time traveler? When you should be shameless, be shameless.
After listening to Ning Chen's words, Li Ziqiu had no doubt about it: "If the word "xiongtai" is perfect, this word alone can easily enter the realm of "nurturing".
"Even if you are in the realm of raising literature, it is no longer a problem."
"Xiongtai's font is quite suitable for carving inscriptions. It will definitely be passed down through the ages."
…
Li Ziqiu kept talking for a long time, but Ning Chen just looked at him with a smile.
Suddenly he felt embarrassed: "Brother, what do you mean by looking at me like this?"
Ning Chen said: "Are you giving cash or banknotes?"
It was exposed like this, without even the slightest precaution.
This made Li Ziqiu's face turn red.
Li Ziqiu coughed twice in embarrassment: "Brother, this couplet is indeed absolute. The five words not only describe the artistic conception of the poem, but also include the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Xiongtai is a great talent, Ziqiu.
Not as good as."
Looking at Li Ziqiu who was bowing to the end, Ning Chen said very directly: "Take the money."
Li Ziqiu bowed again: "Zi Qiu greatly admires my brother's talent."
Ning Chen nodded: "Give me money."
Li Ziqiu once again stretched out his body to worship, but Ning Chen stopped him directly: "No money?"
Li Ziqiu coughed twice: "Not that much."
"How many?"
Li Ziqiu stretched out two fingers.
"Two thousand taels, just two thousand taels, I'll take it as a loss."
Li Ziqiu quickly shook his head: "Not that much."
"Two hundred taels?"
Ning Chen gritted his teeth and said: "Two hundred taels are enough, just consider it as my family donation."
Li Ziqiu still shook his head: "Not that much."
"Twenty taels!"
Ning Chen never expected that Li Ziqiu would dare to make a bet of three thousand taels with him because he only had twenty taels.
Who gave him the courage?
Liang Jingru doesn’t even have such courage.
And this indirectly answered one of Ning Chen's previous doubts.
That is how could Li Ziqiu be so rich?
The answer is, no money.
"Is Liang Jingru that talented woman?" Li Ziqiu asked.
"This is not important." Ning Chen ignored Li Ziqiu.
After a pause, Ning Chen said to Li Ziqiu: "Okay, you have some sense. At least you still have twenty taels in your hand."
When Li Ziqiu heard this, he felt even more guilty: "Actually, the twenty taels are not on Ziqiu's body. I have given them to the vegetable vendor and the wine vendor, and he has already gone to purchase ingredients and drinks for Ziqiu.
Gone."
After speaking, Li Ziqiu said quickly: "If brother wants it, Ziqiu will have someone go and recover it now."
Ning Chen laughed angrily at Li Ziqiu: "Why do you think you are so righteous? Tell me what you think. How can you be so confident when talking about three thousand taels when you don't even have a tael of silver in your hand?"
Woolen cloth."
Li Ziqiu said frankly: "In Ziqiu's opinion, whether it is three hundred taels or three thousand taels, they are numbers that Ziqiu cannot come up with. It is better to be more generous."
After hearing this, what else could Ning Chen say.
There are only three words "Jue Jue Zi", which are given to Li Ziqiu.
I don’t have any money, so I’m being generous with myself here.
"What does Xiongtai Juezi mean?" Li Ziqiu asked Ning Chen very studiously.
"You don't need to know, let's discuss how you plan to give these three thousand taels." Ning Chen doesn't have time to be a teacher now, so Ning Chen only cares about his own three thousand taels.
If Li Ziqiu hadn't said three thousand taels before, Ning Chen wouldn't feel so uncomfortable.
Now that Li Ziqiu had said it, but the result could not be produced, Ning Chen felt really uncomfortable.
"Zi Qiu can write an IOU to Xiongtai, and when Zhiqiu has money, he can return it to Xiongtai," Li Ziqiu said.
"When is the coming date?" Ning Chen asked Li Ziqiu.
"As long as Ziqiu doesn't die, one day he will be able to pay off his debt." Li Ziqiu said firmly.
You won't die, but I don't know when I will die.
When the debt is settled after the death, Ning Chen will not take advantage of Li Ziqiu.
"I think you can't come up with so much money in a short time. Let me give you a trick."
"Brother, please give me some advice." Li Ziqiu asked humbly.
Ning Chen said to Li Ziqiu: "Wait a minute, hang a sign outside and offer a twenty-tael set menu for the dishes I just ordered.
Then let me explain that anyone who matches this second line will be given a thousand taels of silver as a gift. Those who can't match it will only need to spend twenty taels to buy this twenty-tael package.
In this case, you only need one hundred and fifty people, and you can make up the three thousand taels."
After hearing Ning Chen's words, Li Ziqiu immediately objected: "This is a matter of knowledge, how can it be tainted by those yellow and white things. Besides, the few dishes that brother ordered plus drinks only cost half a tael.
That's enough."
Ning Chen was really angry at Li Ziqiu and laughed: "You still know that this is worth half a tael of silver. Then what did you think when you asked for three hundred taels?"
"Zi Qiu thought, asking for one hundred taels is a high price, and asking for three hundred taels is also a high price. It is better to ask for a higher price, and no one will pay for it anyway." Li Ziqiu used his own logic to explain.
This is really a talent.
Resisting the urge to beat Li Ziqiu, Ning Chen said to Li Ziqiu: "You think twenty taels is polite.
Then you lied to me, three thousand taels? And you still insist that I don't pay back three thousand taels? Is this what a scholar should do?
If you sell it for twenty taels, at least the other person gets something. What do I get here? Do you think that is worse?"
"Zi Qiu will find a way to repay the three thousand taels, but Zi Qiu will not do such deceptive things." Li Zi Qiu said firmly.
Ning Chen sneered: "You think cheating me is not a cheat, but cheating many people is a cheat.
If you think so, then I will take back this couplet, and you don’t have to give me the money.
If I find that my couplet appears in your store, I will make it known to the public that you plagiarized it."
"Brother, I bought this couplet for three thousand taels." Li Ziqiu became anxious when he heard that Ning Chen wanted to take back the couplet.
Ning Chen's couplet is definitely worthy of being eternal.
Li Ziqiu can be sure that if this couplet is hung up, his shop will be full of guests.
By then, Li Ziqiu will definitely be able to gather many like-minded people with real talents and knowledge.
At the same time, his talent and reputation, Li Ziqiu, will inevitably increase further. If he is chosen by that great scholar to be his disciple, he, Li Ziqiu, will be able to stand out.
"Three thousand taels is fine, but what about the money?" Ning Chen stretched out his hand and asked.
"this……"
Looking at Li Ziqiu who looked anxious and uneasy, Ning Chen said coaxingly: "Looking at you, you should be very interested in this couplet of mine. I can probably guess a little bit about what you want to do.
So the problem is very simple, you want the name and I want the money, the two of us have a cooperative relationship.
At that time, you only need to say that I am pursuing your talent and feel that your place is more suitable for this eternal life.
So I leave this couplet with you.
When the time comes, no one will say that you are amassing money. At most, they will say that I am greedy for money.
You have nothing to lose, I have gained money, and everyone is happy."
Li Ziqiu was really moved after hearing Ning Chen's words.
"Since my brother values Ziqiu's talent so much, Ziqiu will bear this infamy for my brother." Li Ziqiu finally made up his mind to cooperate with Ning Chen.
Ning Chen didn't bother to ridicule Li Ziqiu's hypocrisy, since his purpose was to get money anyway.
"Go and hang up my couplet, and bring all the dishes I ordered. You can figure out how to promote the rest." Ning Chen said to Li Ziqiu.
Li Ziqiu immediately ordered the waiter to take off the couplet he had before and replace it with Ning Chen's. At the same time, he covered it with a piece of cloth, making it quite ceremonial.
Then I made another sign and placed it in a conspicuous place at the door.
The location of Li Ziqiu's store is still good, and now it has such a high-profile sign.
It immediately attracted many people to watch.
Li Ziqiu is quite famous in this street, so many people came into the store to see this eternal treasure.
Soon the shop was filled with people.
There are sixteen tables here for Li Ziqiu. He sat at one alone, and there were fifteen more tables.
This is three hundred taels of silver.
Ning Chen suddenly realized that it was quite easy to make money from a scholar. As long as you were talented, he could give you his money.
After the fifteen tables of guests were seated, Li Ziqiu made a quick run and served the set menu first.
After the meal was ready, Li Ziqiu unhurriedly pulled away the red cloth on the couplet.
After the red cloth was pulled away, the restaurant was quiet for about five minutes.
Then the restaurant became lively.
"Brother Yu, look at this font. I have never seen it before. Has Brother Yu ever seen it?"
The man called Brother Yu immediately shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before, but this font is really beautiful."
"Yes, this handwriting is really amazing. Anyone who can write such good handwriting must be at a very high level."
"Yes, good words, good words."
"I really think I should copy it."
Ning Chen listened for a while and found that everyone was just praising himself.
As for the couplets, almost no one discusses them.
As for the reason, I'm afraid it's too embarrassing.
"Everyone should know the rules of this essay, so I won't tell you more. If anyone thinks of the second couplet, just come and tell me." After Li Ziqiu hung up the red cloth again,
He said to the people in the room.
No one was talking in the room, and most of them were eating with their heads down.
Soon the first person finished eating, came to Li Ziqiu's side, whispered a few words in Li Ziqiu's ear, then left the twenty taels of silver and left.
Ning Chen could tell from Li Ziqiu's expression that it would not be a good thing.
After all, if you are a scholar, you can still get good results by scolding others.
Soon the first wave of fifteen tables left. In addition to gaining another three hundred taels of silver, Li Ziqiu also received a wave of infamy.
Ning Chen was almost done eating, so he walked up to Li Ziqiu, collected all the money, and patted Li Ziqiu on the shoulder: "Do you know why they scolded you?"
Li Ziqiu immediately asked: "Why?"
"Because you didn't introduce me, I left this couplet with you." Ning Chen reminded Li Ziqiu.
When Li Ziqiu heard this, he slapped his thigh continuously.
yes.
I was so busy showing off the couplet just now that I forgot to mention this.
"Save up slowly. Come and find me if you have enough 2,700 taels."
After saying that, Ning Chen reported his temporary residence to Li Ziqiu.
Li Ziqiu was a little surprised to hear that Ning Chen lived in the teacher's dormitory.
Li Ziqiu has met all the teachers in the academy.
But he is definitely not as young as Ning Chen.
Seeing that Ning Chen had left, Li Ziqiu had no choice but to suppress his doubts in his heart.
Ning Chen touched his belly while carrying the silver, and walked towards the place where he lived with satisfaction.
After Ning Chen returned to the dormitory assigned to him, he opened the door and walked in. He saw four other people gathered around the table, eating steamed buns and vegetables.
Seeing Ning Chen come back, Chuanlu, who ranked fourth in the imperial examination, said to Ning Chen: "Ning Zhuangyuan, would you like to eat something together? It's quite difficult to eat outside."
As soon as Ning Chen heard this, he knew that these four old scumbags all knew the rules outside.
It's just that they didn't tell themselves, because they were young and felt that they didn't understand the rules.
I want to see myself make a fool of myself.
"No wonder everyone looked like they were watching the excitement when they pushed the door open and went out."
"If you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."
Ning Chen deliberately threw a bag of silver on his bed, and while rubbing his shoulders, he said: "You guys can eat these rotten vegetable leaves and rotten vegetable sticks. I can't stand it anymore."
I just went out for a walk, had a free meal, and came back with a win of three hundred taels.
If I really can’t eat or drink this, I really want to win another thousand taels from it.”
Seeing Ning Chen spilling money all over the bed, the four people's eyes lit up.
They are still Hanlin and have not been officially assigned yet.
Therefore, including lumi, etc., the total is about fifty taels of silver per year.
In a prosperous place like Fengjing, fifty taels is not a question of whether it is enough to spend, but whether it is enough to survive.
If it weren't for living and eating in official residences, it would be really difficult to survive in Fengjing with fifty taels.
Three hundred taels is equivalent to their six years of income.
It can definitely greatly improve their lives.
Seeing Ning Chen lying on the bed, rubbing his belly full of alcohol, the four of them looked at each other, put down their chopsticks, and turned around to go out.
They no longer believed that Ning Chen could easily win three hundred taels back.
Although the four of them are not number one, together they are still inferior to Ning Chen.
Moreover, the four of them have always believed that Ning Chen, the number one scholar, is all lucky.
Ning Chen is a twenty-year-old boy who has read several books by sages.
It's just luck to be the top pick.
In other words, this itself is the epitome of Emperor Shun's mediocrity.
Therefore, they were very unconvinced with Ning Chen.
Seeing the four people going out, Ning Chen smiled slightly and started to close his eyes and rest.
About an hour later, four dejected Hanlin came back from outside.
"It looks like you're quite full." Ning Chen looked at his four colleagues and said with a smile.
"Ning Chen, we are all colleagues, how could you deceive me like this!" Chuan Lu couldn't hold back in the end and vented his anger directly to Ning Chen.
"What did I lie to you about? You have to make this clear." Ning Chen looked at the man and said.
"You told us that you not only had a free meal, but also won three hundred taels back? But when we went, it was obviously an eternity. How could we win money? It hurt each of us, and we got it for nothing.
Half a year's salary." Chuanren told Ning Chen with resentment in his heart.
"The four of you are greedy enough if you each occupy a table. I thought it would be enough for the four of you to sit at the same table together."
Ning Chen really didn't expect that the four of them would have one table each.
But Ning Chen can't really blame him for this.
Who allowed them to be greedy?
"Ning Chen, please don't change the subject. What are we asking you? Why are you trying to lie to us!"
Ning Chen smiled slightly and said, "I have to clarify something. I didn't lie to you at all.
Indeed, I not only had a good meal, but also won three thousand taels. The three hundred taels just now can be regarded as a deposit.
Someone will give me the remaining two thousand seven hundred taels later."
"Ning Chen, you are too shameless. We already know the truth, and you are still telling lies.
The store only offered a reward of one thousand taels of silver.
Even if you really match the lower line, you can only get a thousand taels of silver at most.
How can there be three thousand taels?
For Ning Chen to serve as an official in the same court as a liar like you, it is truly unfortunate among misfortunes!"
Ning Chen looked at this old Tanhua who always felt that he was not worthy of being an official in the same court with him, and said: "I have already said, if you don't want to be an official in the same court with me, you can petition. Your Highness will definitely allow you to petition."
Just when that old Tanhua wanted to fight back against Ning Chen.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door outside.
Lao Tanhua quickly shut up, and at the same time approached Chuan Lu at the door, and went over to open the door.
When he opened the door and saw the person standing at the door, Chuan Lu was also stunned.
Because the person who came was none other than the restaurant owner.
When the boss saw Ning Chen sitting on the bed, he ignored the message at all. Instead, he came to Ning Chen in a few steps and handed the three thousand taels of silver notes to Ning Chen: "Sir, I have already told you
I exchanged it for three thousand taels of silver notes, and I took the money back. It’s hard for a provincial gentleman to carry it."
"Sensible." Ning Chen praised Li Ziqiu approvingly.
The other four people in the room watched Li Ziqiu really give money to Ning Chen, and they actually gave him three thousand taels.
Everyone was extremely confused.
How could Ning Chen really not lie?
"Okay, let's clear the money. You can go and do whatever you need to do." Ning Chen counted the banknotes and returned the three hundred taels of silver to Li Ziqiu.
Ning Chen was not sarcastic. Li Ziqiu earned three hundred taels for himself.
After all, anyone who has been scolded by hundreds of people should leave three hundred taels to appease his injured heart.
"Sir, Ziqiu would like to ask sir, do you have the second line sir?" Li Ziqiu asked Ning Chen for advice.
Ning Chen said: "You said it is eternal, so of course I don't have a second line. I am only responsible for the first line, and the second line is waiting for you, right?"
After hearing Ning Chen's words, Li Ziqiu's eyes were full of pity.
In fact, Ning Chen knew a few of the lower lines, but Ning Chen felt it was too forced.
So I won’t continue to follow the dog’s tail.
The four people standing nearby understood what he was saying.
Ning Chen was able to obtain three thousand taels because Ning Chen produced this eternal couplet.
So they weren't deceived, they were tricked.
Li Ziqiu expressed to Ning Chen that he would entertain Ning Chen in the evening, and then left the room.
As for the second four, Li Ziqiu didn't even look at them.
Four old guys who don't even have Haoran's integrity are not worth seeing for Li Ziqiu.
After Li Ziqiu left, the four old guys aimed their fire at Ning Chen again.
"It's time to go out and box. Ever since I entered the eighth level of martial arts, if I don't do something for a day, my whole body will feel weak." Ning Chen said as he punched the air, punching the air.
Seeing Ning Chen pumping his fist, the four of them fell silent.
After arriving at Yunshan Academy, all I could see was the atmosphere of Confucianism.
Let them all forget that Ning Chen was a martial artist in the beginning.
They, these rookies who have not reached the Confucian level, can only be beaten in front of Ning Chen.
Just when Ning Chen stood up, moved his joints, and was about to go out, Kong Jijiu opened the door and walked in from the outside.
"Master Jijiu."
When Ning Chen and the other five saw this, they quickly saluted.
Kong Jijiu nodded, and then said to the five people: "Tonight's cultural banquet is cancelled."
Literary banquet?
What is Wenyan?
This is another new term for Ning Chen.
But the other four people clearly knew what firewood was.
"Why does the wine-making master cancel it? Doesn't it happen every year?"
"Yunshan Academy, as a Confucian and Taoist orthodox person, how can it be so deceptive?"
Hearing that the cultural banquet was cancelled, Ning Chen, who had no idea what was going on, was still in a daze.
But the other four people were as excited as if they had been given chicken blood.
Kong Jijiu lowered his hand, pointed at Ning Chen and said, "You can ask him."
Ning Chen looked confused when he saw Kong Jijiu kicking the ball to him again.