Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 295 The Imperial Examination
In the early morning of the next day, Chai Lin led more than a dozen entourages to Lijiazhuang. Both sides of the road in Lijiazhuang were cleaned, the potholes on the road were covered with loess, and the road was sprinkled with water to reduce dust.This is a routine operation in Chaijiazhuang, but it is a very high etiquette in Lijiazhuang, and the magistrate will not be treated like this when he comes.

Li Ying and Du Xing greeted them at the entrance of the village.

Li Yingdao: "Welcome Brother Yun Cong to visit, please hurry up."

Chai Lin smiled and said, "Master Li, don't be so polite next time, or I'd be too embarrassed to come."

Everyone entered Li's Village together, Dian Zhengnan said: "I heard the pigs croaking, Master Li is going to kill pigs to entertain guests."

Li Yingdao: "Brother Zhengnan's ears are really good, hahaha, there are no delicacies in the village, let's cook a pig dish at noon."

Chai Lin said: "That's right, just eat whatever you want, it doesn't need to be so troublesome, and I will come back often in the future."

The group drank tea in the living room for a while, Chai Lin clasped his fists and said, "Li Zhuang, first of all, I would like to thank you for your kindness in coming here this time. The owner of Li Zhuang has bet on his wealth and life for helping me this time. Thank you, I will remember this love."

Dong Ping wanted to rob Chai Lin's Dongping Zhifang, which was Dong Ping's home game, and Chai Lin didn't have much chance of winning.Hu's family village helped out because Chai Lin and Hu Sanniang were about to get married, and this was a husband and wife relationship.But with Lijiazhuang, they were not so determined. Li Ying and Du Xing brought people over to help, and Chai Lin was very moved.

Li Ying shook his head and said, "I'm ashamed, ashamed, I just waited for soy sauce, I didn't do anything, and I even got some rewards."

After exchanging pleasantries, Chai Lin asked: "Master Li should have been notified, this time Chaijiazhuang has a new product on sale, and it will start soon, don't forget to send someone there."

Li Ying said with a smile: "Brother Yuncong's products must be high-quality products. I have already sent my cousin to lead the caravan. It has been two days."

"That's good, that's good, the product this time is the same as the four-wheeled carriage, and it is destined to become a hot-selling product." Chailin said.

Du Xing suggested: "Master Chai, the seedlings you planned in spring are growing vigorously now, let's go to the field to see how they are growing."

Chai Lin said, "That's exactly what I mean, let's go right away."

In spring, Chaijiazhuang ordered a large number of saplings from Lijiazhuang, including 100 million mulberry seedlings, 100 Taishan red pomegranate seedlings, and [-] million pineapple saplings.Xu Liang, the nursery director of Chaijiazhuang, has also cultivated a large number of seedlings, but after all, he has limited energy, and there are not so many experts who are proficient in planting seedlings near Chaijiazhuang, so he needs to hire outsiders.

The huge land in the south of the village covers hundreds of acres full of saplings, which grow vigorously and are already thick. The mulberry seedlings are already waist-high. Farmers are weeding in the nursery.

Du Xing said: "Mulberry seedlings and pomegranate seedlings are all cuttings, so they grow very high and quickly. Only the 100 million pineapple trees are relatively troublesome, and they are grafted by nearby pear farmers. Last year's seedlings were grafted in spring, and they are still growing well. But Chai Zhuang mainly pays attention. The climate in Cangzhou is quite different from that in Lijiazhuang. Pomegranates are likely to be frozen easily. The loss is relatively large.”

"Thank you, Brother Du, for reminding me that these red pomegranates were planted in a few villages north of my paper mill in Dongping City. Although those villages are not far from the city, they are all hilly and mountainous, and the people's life is difficult. I plan to support them , give them some pomegranate seedlings, they will have a good harvest in a few years, and sell them through commercial banks, and they can also earn multiple incomes." Chailin said.

"So that's the case, what about the mulberry seedlings and pear seedlings, where can they be planted?" Du Xing asked.

"Mulberry seedlings are planted in Cangzhou. Cangzhou develops sericulture and silk weaving, so there is a big gap for mulberry seedlings. As for pineapple, it will be planted in the western mountainous area of ​​Fei County, so that people can get rid of poverty and become rich by planting fruit trees. .” Chailin said.

Li Ying admired him very much, and said: "Villager Chai has done a great job. There are millions of pear trees, and there are only a few dozen seedlings in one mu of land. Doesn't that mean he needs to plant a lot of land?"

"No, the kind of tree that Zhuangzhu Li said is a natural growth. It will take many years to produce a high yield and sell for money. I use a dense planting method, planting more than 200 trees per mu, and a trunk in the middle. The fruit is early, and the harvest will be high in three years. Of course, due to the high planting density, the fruit is early, and the tree ages quickly." Chailin said.

Li Ying was very curious. Although he had never seen it, he probably understood it.Just like the current densely planted mulberry garden.In the past, only dozens of mulberry trees were planted per mu, but now more than 200 trees are planted per mu. Agricultural technology is also developing, and it has not remained the same.

Just when Chailin started to deploy in the mountainous area of ​​Feixian County, Xiaoxiaosheng was writing hard in the imperial examination room. Although he was old-fashioned, he was still very nervous when taking the exam. After two days of exams, he was exhausted.

It was already west in the afternoon when we left the examination room, and the scout Wang Damao was waiting at the door. He was the bodyguard and bookboy arranged by Chai Lin for Xiao Xiaosheng.

"Master Chen, I'm here." Wang Damao shouted.

Xiaoxiaosheng's real name is Chen Jia, Xiaoxiaosheng is just his pen name for writing books, but his pen name is catchy, and people who know him like to call it.

"I've kept you waiting for a long time, but I've finally finished the exam. I'm dizzy from doing the questions." Xiao Xiaosheng said.

"Give me the bag, let's go back to the inn for dinner." Wang Damao said.

Xiaoxiaosheng's family is poor, although he said that after joining Chai Lin, the family is not short of money, but he still can't change the problem of frugality.

Although there were many restaurants near the examination room, the Cangzhou Guild Hall they stayed in was an inn opened by the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce. In the past two days, all candidates in Cangzhou ate for free and did not need to pay a penny.

Xiao Xiaosheng said: "Big Mao, we won't go back to the hall for dinner today, we can just find a food stall at random, the candidates are yelling, it's too noisy."

Wang Damao said: "I think you are not in a good mood today. Did you do well in the exam? Don't worry, the owner never does anything he is not sure about."

"No, I'm just a little homesick. It's hard work for my wife to take care of two children alone at home." Xiao Xiaosheng said.

Wang Damao curled his lips and said, "You've made a lot of money writing books, why don't you hire a maid to help look after the children, a maid doesn't even cost two hundred Wen."

Xiao Xiaosheng sighed and said, "Don't talk about two hundred Wen, even twenty Wen, my mother-in-law is not willing to ask. Her family is a tenant in a nearby village. Her father was caught by the county government because of the drought and could not pay taxes. They were arrested and put in cages, where they were exposed to the sun to death. The tax they had to pay was only 120 cash, and this 120 cash would cost their lives, hey.”

Wang Damao said: "You scholars are just sentimental. Don't compare yourself to misery, you can't compare with me. There are five brothers in my family, only three survived, and the other two starved to death. My father and mother have nothing to do. Working at night to barely maintain enough food and clothing. The three of us started doing farm work with our parents when we were very young. We didn’t have enough food and clothing. If we wanted meat, it was impossible to buy it. I went chasing pheasants. Because I found that the physical strength of the pheasant is weak, and it is easy to be caught after catching up a few times."

The two were having a miserable match there, when suddenly a kick flew towards Xiao Xiaosheng's face.

Xiao Xiaosheng was startled, suddenly Wang Damao jumped up and caught the ball.

Wang Damao was very angry, this is the street near Xiangguo Temple, people are coming and going, it is so dangerous who is playing football.

"Who kicked the ball, who kicked the ball." Wang Damao asked loudly.

I just heard someone say in a standard Tokyo tone: "I'm fucking you, what are you yelling for?"

　Delivered in the third shift, asking for a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket

　　
　
(End of this chapter)