Su Jin didn't care about the public opinion from the outside world. Although everyone knew him as Su Jieyuan when he walked on the street, Su Jin was too entangled in many affairs to enjoy this moment of fame.
This year's examination will be followed by the Provincial Examination of the Ministry of Rites more than a month ago. After the list of winners of the examination from various places is announced, the candidates will rush to the capital from all over the Song Dynasty. There is only more than a month in between.
The high school candidates didn't even have time to celebrate, so they had to rack their brains for the provincial examination; passing the middle school entrance examination was only the first step, and the provincial examination and high school of the Ministry of Rites was the beginning of their career. No one should take it lightly at this time.
For Su Jin, this process was more difficult. Fortunately, he was a little smart and figured out the rules for setting questions. However, he passed the test. Will the questions for the provincial test still follow the rules? Su Jin was not sure, so he took out the question.
Time to study is essential.
The marriage to Yan Biyun was finally finalized after Mrs. Wang arrived in the capital, and the time was set on May 18th, the first auspicious day after the provincial examination; time was really rushed, and the key was that the child in Yan Biyun's belly could not wait, and there was no need to wait.
There is not much time to fully prepare.
The infrastructure construction of the bank is basically completed, and Su Jin still needs to seize the time to train the recruited personnel. Although he is not proficient in this, there is no one else who can take on this responsibility except himself. b Time Travel Novel
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Others thought that Duke Jie Yuang must have lived a comfortable life of poetry, wine, and romance, but Su Jin was running around as busy as a mangy dog, buying a new house, purchasing new appliances, preparing for the wedding, and opening Su Ji's first ready-made clothing store in the capital.
, and had to study and prepare for the exam... All kinds of affairs were entangled together, making Su Jin breathless.
Fortunately, there is a lot of good news. Wang Anshi and Wei Songhe, who took the exam at the same time, also passed smoothly. Wang Anshi even got the second place in the general exam, and Wei Songhe ranked 63rd on the list. Not surprisingly, Wu Hengxin did not
He could win, but this kid had been mentally prepared for it, and it didn't look like he was that unhappy. He had been fighting fiercely with the four major foodies recently, and he was obsessed with learning boxing. He actually made Ma Han his teacher, which made Su Jin dumbfounded.
The biggest happy thing is that Rou Niang has become conscious under the careful care of everyone. One day in mid-April, when Su Jin went to talk to her ear as usual, Rou Niang slowly opened her eyes.
Although the eyes are still too weak to speak, it is enough to make the whole Su family rejoice; Su Jin knows that once the vegetative state wakes up, it will be announced that recovery is in sight; if this continues, as long as it is slowly nursed back to health, it will surely recover.
Apart from being happy, Su Jin also has hidden worries. Xia Song seems to have not found fault with him in the recent period, but Su Jin understands that he will never give up. Xia Song has never suffered such a big loss, his nephew was killed.
, Yuzhang Tower was bloodbathed, and although his methods were thunderous, he concluded that it was a joke that Xia Song did not dare to fight with him, and he would never give up.
Su Jin could conclude that there must be many prying eyes around him, and Xia Song would not hesitate to take revenge if he had the chance. The scary thing about this person is that he uses ruthless methods in the dark, and does it openly.
Although he won't do anything on the surface, he will definitely do something secretly; the grudge between himself and Xia Song will not come to the surface for the time being, because both of them have done some shady things, so it naturally evolved into a secret war.
Su Jin had no choice but to strengthen his guard. Fortunately, he now had enough manpower. As long as he took strict precautions, Xia Song would not do anything in broad daylight; and after he and Yan Biyun got engaged, Xia Song also had to weigh his own weight.
His identity was different. He was both the new Duke of Xie Yuang and the new son-in-law of the Yan family. If he was completely sure, Xia Song would never act rashly.
There was still one thing in Su Jin's heart that he couldn't rest assured. He had not heard from Xia Siling since that night at Yuzhang Tower. Although he sent people to secretly follow and inquire, it was certain that Xia Siling was never at the Xia family's old house in Sock Lane.
and Chunyi Bridge's other courtyard, which made Su Jin feel depressed.
Xia Siling used her heartbeat to win a big position in Su Jin's heart. In the past, Su Jin's feeling towards Xia Siling was more like a lust for beautiful women. She was very happy just to tease and tease her.
But after seeing the room full of his portraits and the furniture and objects used in Yingtian Mansion in Junyiqiao House, Su Jin could no longer look at this relationship simply; not to mention what happened that night in Junyiqiao Villa
To save her with death, Yuzhang Tower would rather kill the servant woman to keep himself safe. If Xia Siling hadn't helped her, Rou Niang's innocence would not have been guaranteed, and her life would have been at stake. All these feelings of friendship made Su Jin unable to abandon Xia Siling.
Regardless, it's a pity that fate has its way with people, and Su Jin has no idea how this matter will end.
On April 18, after intensive preparations, Su Kee's two stores in Beijing were opened at the same time. One was Su Kee's clothing store on Xijiaolou Street, east of Kaifeng Fu Yamen, and the other was on Bianshui River.
Huitong Bank on the street.
Also opening at the same time was the branch of Huitong Bank in Yingtian Mansion. Yan Biyun had already rushed to Yingtian in advance to assist Yang Xiaosi in organizing the business, and brought a personal letter from Su Jin to Bao Zheng, asking Bao Zheng for assistance.
The opening of a ready-made clothing store is just like the dozens of new stores opened every day in the capital. People are accustomed to it. It is just one more ready-made clothing store. The only thing that arouses people's interest is that this store is fully functional inside and out.
It is run by more than a dozen beautiful young ladies. This is exactly what Su Jin arranged for Bai Mudan and others. After a period of training, Bai Mudan and the other ladies also knew a little bit about business, and Su Jin arranged for them.
He hired two old men from a former Luzhou garment shop as his assistants, so there was no chance of anything going wrong.
The opening of Suji Huitong Bank caused a sensation throughout the capital.
First of all, what made everyone stunned was that the emperor actually gave a plaque with a personal handwriting of "Huitong Tianxia", and sent the horse army guards in the palace to beat gongs and drums to deliver it to the shop and hang it ceremoniously; this was the first time that the emperor gave a plaque to a merchant.
Once upon a time, the emperor usually gave plaques to loyal ministers' families, and he treated ink as gold as gold. If it was a big meritorious service or a heroic act, it would be unthinkable to ask for a plaque from the emperor. For Xie Yuangong to have such a great reputation, everyone looked at him in astonishment.
Furthermore, the merchants in Bianliang City could not help but feel envious and jealous.
But this was not over yet. After the listing, a large number of red-topped sedans and luxurious carriages came swarming in, and all the important officials of the imperial court came to congratulate them. Those who were interested in identifying them one by one, and the results they got were even more jaw-dropping.
"That purple carriage belongs to Mr. Yan Shu, the Third Chief of Staff. My dear, how embarrassing is this?" someone sighed.
"Tch! What's the point? Su Jieyuan is the future son-in-law of the Yan family, so his father-in-law will naturally come to support him." Another person sneered.
"You know nothing. The Yan family opened its own business and didn't even see Yan Sansi show up. What nonsense can you say to a kid like you who doesn't know anything."
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"Did you see that? That's Ouyang Xiu, the imperial censor Zhongcheng... That's Mr. Chen, the deputy privy envoy... That's Mr. Huang, the minister of rites... Those two are Wen Yanbo, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Mr. Fu Bi, the scholar of Jixian Palace...
Which one is Zhang Fangping, a great scholar of the time...which one is..."
"How do you know them all? Are you familiar with them all?" The people watching had gradually become numb to the high-ranking officials arriving one after another, but they became interested in this eloquent middle-aged scribe.
"Haha, very familiar." The scribe chuckled.
"Tch...I guess you lie outside the palace gate every day and watch the officials go to court. You are familiar with them. Are they familiar with you?"
The scribe didn't take it seriously and said: "Everyone is also involved in national affairs. It may not be a bad thing for me to know them. Maybe one day I will be indifferent to these high-ranking officials when I see them in Jinbang High School."
"Oh? I don't see that you are still a scholar. May I ask where you got in the exam this year?"
"This... just don't say it."
"Tch...it's estimated that there will be at least 7,000 people."
"Why are you talking nonsense? I am ranked 6999th, and there are more than a thousand people ranked behind me."
"..." Everyone rolled their eyes and were fascinated by it.
Su Jin smiled brightly and stood under the golden signboard of "Huitong Tianxia" to greet the congratulatory officials. Even Su Jin was surprised to see so many important officials from the court.
I thought that just some officials I had made friends with, or the Sansi Yamen, Yushitai, and my colleagues from the History Museum who were posted on temporary posts would come to congratulate me, but I didn't expect that waves of unrelated people also came.
In fact, Su Jin knew very well that these people came not for his own face, but for the golden sign given by the emperor. Everyone praised the emperor for his appearance, not how big his face was; and
Some people must not understand what this bank is for, and there are many people who come to join in the fun and laugh.
What surprised Su Jin even more was that in addition to Yan Shu, Du Yan, Lu Yijian, Xia Song, Zhang Dexiang and other unlucky people also sent congratulatory messages. Su Jin had to sigh that humans are such animals.
It's too complicated. He always does contradictory things against his will. He doesn't know how to scheming behind his back, but on the outside he is still a harmonious person.
The majority of people in Bianliang City have deep doubts. What is the purpose of Yinzhuang? Is it a shop selling things, or a snack bar making cakes? It makes people scratch their heads and puzzle them.
So after the officials congratulated and left, the people rushed in and squeezed in to see what was going on. As soon as they entered the gate of the silver village, everyone was dumbfounded.