Riding a chopping horse and stepping into the world

Chapter 44 Ayutthaya Canal
On the first floor of the "High School" inn, before Zhang Tiehua could finish speaking, Luo Long interrupted him.

"Brother Zhang! Keep your voice down."

Zhang Tie nodded quickly, and said in a low voice: "The princess was assassinated, and the assassin almost succeeded. I said Brother Luo, this matter can't be joked."

Luo Long said seriously: "I don't dare to joke about this matter. It was my brother from the battalion who told me, and he was still there at the time."

"Let me tell you"

The matter was told by Luo Long during the meal, and it was similar to what Zhang Tie had experienced. The only thing that happened was that Zhang Jin, the leader of the cavalry, killed a man, which Zhang Tie didn't know about.

Zhang Tie thought to himself: "If I had known this, I should have shot and killed a few more people. It's already difficult to kill the last person this time. It's time to use up the skill points."

After everyone finished eating, a group of 8 people came out of the "High School" Inn under the leadership of Luo Long, and came to the street. At this time, some policemen or city guards could be seen on the street from time to time, patrolling the street. The assassination incident brought the entire North City into a special period.

First of all, everyone naturally wants to visit the examination room first, remember the route, and then go to visit other places.

In the suburbs of the city where the township examination room in Beicheng is placed, you have to go straight north from the street, and then walk a few hundred meters to the left when you reach the inner city. Some could see Janissaries in armor walking the streets.

Along the way, everyone talked less and looked less, and there were not a few scholars in long gowns on the road, and they arrived at the entrance of the examination room after a while. There were more scholars at the door, and there were not a few people who wanted to fight.

The township examination room is definitely inaccessible. There are soldiers holding hands at the entrance of the examination room every day to prevent irrelevant people from entering and not allowing people to come out, because the person who issued the test paper is brought inside. Examination room only.

Although it is not allowed to enter the examination room, the drawings and introductions of the examination room style are posted on a bulletin board outside the door for people to watch. After the results of the township examination are released, they are also posted on it.

The examination room looks like a super large courtyard, which is divided into many small courtyards arranged in an orderly manner. Each row of small courtyards is divided into examination rooms with a depth of 4 feet and a width of 3 feet, which are called "number houses". candidates.There are as many as 20644 tribute courtyard houses in the northern city of Yanzhou, which means that 20644 candidates can take the exam at the same time.
There is a door in each row of houses, and a pink plaque is hung on the forehead, and the name is written on it.The characters used for the font size come from the characters in "Thousand Characters", but the names of saints such as "Tian", "Xuan", "Emperor" and "Huang" are taboo, and the numerals and evil characters such as "Huang" and "Diao" are also used. Need not.

The dormitory is not only a place to answer questions for the exam, but also a place for candidates to stay at night.Each house has two wooden boards with a length of 4 feet. There are brick brackets on both sides of the walls of the house, and there are two upper and lower ones.

During the exam during the day, two wooden boards are placed on the upper and lower brackets separately to form a simple table and stool; at night, the upper board is removed, and the lower board is flattened to form a simple bed.

Because the space is too small, candidates have to lie down with their knees bent at night, which is called "pigeon cage" in folk opera.During the exam, the candidates spent time in this kind of pigeon cage, eating and drinking in the meantime.The examination room does not have hygienic conditions. At the end of the alleyway in the No. [-] house, a feces bucket is placed for candidates to defecate.

Under the high temperature, the stench is unpleasant, and mosquitoes and flies are flying around. The candidates in the nearby dormitory are like jail, not to mention the exam, even the smell is enough for the candidates.

The house near the manure bucket is called "stinky house", and the house near the cooking place is called "fire house", both of which are not welcomed by candidates.In the Jiangnan Gongyuan Township Examination that year, a candidate with excellent grades sat in the "smelly hall" for the exam and was so smelled that he performed abnormally. Not only did he fail the exam, he also fell seriously ill after returning home.

Therefore, candidates all hope to choose a dormitory near the middle, if it is near the dung bucket, it will be miserable.Therefore, when you look at the examination room, you must "grab the number" to grab a good number room and feel comfortable in the exam.

As soon as the dragon gate of the examination room opens, candidates who have prepared early will rush in quickly, and put the empty test basket used to occupy the seat on the table in the dormitory, which belongs to their own test room.

The eight people carefully checked and played with the blueprints. The examination room is quite large, and thousands of people can take the examination at the same time. The only disadvantage is probably the hygiene. Fortunately, it is not very hot recently, otherwise it would be true. Playing snake snake.

After reading the introduction, Liu Yi shook his head and said with emotion: "No wonder seniors often say that luck is also a part of strength. This statement is true!"

Everyone else nodded in agreement. Zhang Tie rubbed his chin and glanced at Zhang Shun. He couldn't imagine what kind of scene it would be if Zhang Shun was in the "Smelly" number. Just thinking about taking the exam in the "smelly" number feels a little awkward.

Zhang Tiehuan looked at the crowd, and said to Luo Long: "Since we've finished reading this place, let's go to other places. What do you think, Brother Luo, I'll return it later and lead the way."

Everyone has no opinion. They have already seen what should be seen. If you can’t see it, you can’t see it now. The four of Liu Yi have already said on the road that they want to visit the capital of Yan State with Zhang Ties and have a good experience. Great views of the North City.

The most famous place in Beicheng is the Dacheng Canal, which was dug artificially by the Yan Dynasty. The Dacheng Canal should be the longest canal in the world.Starting from Hangzhou (the land of Zhao State) in the south and ending in Beicheng in the north, it flows through Qingzhou, Pingzhou, Tongzhou, Qingzhou and Suzhou, connecting the three major water systems of Haihe River, Huaihe River and Yellow River, with a total length of 997 kilometers.

The former dynasty of Yan State used artificial coolies unrestrainedly and recklessly dug up the big city canal, causing many people to lose their young labor at home, and the elderly could not grow too much food at home, which eventually led to a vicious circle, and the people were miserable. Word.

At that time, it was a good idea to use this river. One was to dredge the waterways, but to form a river that could develop the economy. Unexpectedly, the country fell within a few years, and the Dacheng Canal became someone else's wedding dress.

Now the daily economy of the Dacheng Canal is still sky-high, and it also breeds other things, water thieves, since there are water thieves, then naturally they need escort escorts—water darts.

Different from Zhang Tie's escort agency, these water darts are directly on the water, and all of them are proficient in water. A big city canal has given many people jobs and directly promoted the development of the entire Yan Kingdom.

The pier of the North City is connected to the moat, but there are too many large ships to get through, so they can only be passed by small boats. There is a specially built official road beside the pier, which leads all the way to the south gate of the North City.

There are merchant ships coming and going at the wharf in Beicheng every day, and a small street has been built on both sides of the official road, all of which sell food and drink, all for the guests on the ship and the coolies at the wharf.

That's where Zhang Tie and the others are going now, to see the big ship and increase their knowledge.

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