My wife is number one in the world

Liu Zhi'an glared at the eldest son: "Do you think I'm joking? I'll do what I say, and I won't be able to pass the exam. If you don't die, you will lose your skin. You can try."

"Gudu." Liu Mingzhi swallowed and spit: "That's not right, didn't you say that the children of merchants are not allowed to take the imperial examination?"

"After the founding of the country, Taizu attacked the grasslands from the north to harass the alliance of various ethnic groups in our border areas. However, due to the constant war, the treasury became increasingly empty, and the food and grass to supply the army gradually became insufficient. Therefore, Taizu was besieged in Yingzhou City on the frontier. Later, the prime minister at that time So I wrote a letter to Emperor Taizu, so that I can collect food and grass from the surrounding gentry and rich merchants."

"What happened later? What does this have to do with the sons of merchants taking the imperial examination?"

"Taizu was born in a poor family. He cared about governing the people. He naturally understood the truth that water can carry a boat or overturn it. He couldn't collect food and grass for an army from gentry and rich merchants for no reason. So Taizu ordered that anyone who donates a certain amount of silver taels to the imperial court can allow his descendants to take part in the imperial examinations and gain fame.”

"Old man, how much did you donate?"

Liu Zhi'an said nonchalantly, "5 taels."

Liu Mingzhi's eyes turned into coins: "How much is that?"

"So, you also know that it's a lot of money. This time I failed my 5 taels. I... I'm afraid when I go crazy. You should weigh it carefully for me."

"Gudu." Liu Mingzhi asked cautiously: "Old man, what is my name in the exam? We have nothing in our family."

"Of course, the purpose of taking the exam is to become an official."

"Then what's the point of being an official?"

"Being an official is of course for the purpose of restraining... umm...face...the face is bright, and the ancestors are honored."

"Really think so?"

"Of course not. Of course, being an official is to serve the court, be good at shepherding the people, create peace in the world for the court, and keep the peace for the saint."

"Then I don't go to study. I eat delicious food, have endless money to spend, and endless wine to drink. Why do I have to take the exam to get fame? I don't want to go to such a thankless thing."

"Nizi, are you really not going?"

Liu Mingzhi nodded resolutely, and said resolutely: "I won't go, I won't say anything. As a descendant of the Liu family, I, Liu Mingzhi, was born with a strong body and will never submit to power. Even if you put a knife on my neck I won’t go there, and I won’t go even if I’m beaten to death.”

Liu Zhian stood up and said to Liu Yuan, the housekeeper beside him, "Liu Yuan, please give me a training stick."

"Wait a minute, Uncle Liu leads the horse."

Chapter 5 The family is poor, so farewell

"Master, are we going directly to Dangyang Academy? Liu Song, a book boy who has been with Liu Mingzhi since he was a child, carried a small book basket on his back and asked Liu Mingzhi with an interesting face.

Liu Mingzhi looked left and right, but ignored his bookboy, who the hell is so excited to read while sick, whether his brain is flooded or his brain is shrinking.

The streets of Jinling City were full of cars and horses, and crowds came one after another.The land in the south of the Yangtze River has always been known as the land of fish and rice, and Jinling is the best place in the south of the Yangtze River. Compared with the land of the capital, the bustling and prosperous place lacks a royal palace and the Ninth Five-Year King who commands the world, and the rest can be compared with it Shoulder to shoulder one or two.

In name, it was the first time for Liu Mingzhi to really see Jinling in another world. The cries of peddlers on the street were so pleasant, and it was so novel to see all kinds of small stalls along the street. With all kinds of strange toys.

"This young master, come and have a look, these things are all precious jewelry that was trafficked from the capital, even the concubines and princesses in the palace like it very much, young master buy one, buy one for the lady, the hawker boasted laboriously with his own goods."

Liu Mingzhi took a hosta in his hand and looked at it. The hosta was obviously made of inferior jade, and it had no smooth and transparent texture. Liu Mingzhi laughed: "If the concubines of the palace really use them, With jewelry of this quality, the royal family is not worthy of the title of royal family."

"Young master, buy one, buy one for your wife." The hawker looked at Liu Mingzhi's agitated appearance, and whispered.

Liu Mingzhi became interested: "Oh? Buy one and get one for your wife? Seriously?"

The hawker was startled, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he thought that the rich boy in front of him didn't play cards according to the routine.

"This young master, don't make a joke about the villain. The villain means to buy a hairpin for his wife."

"Pack it up."

When Liu Mingzhi saw the hawker's appearance, he didn't bother to joke with him. An ordinary hairpin was not worth much.

The hawker showed a smile: "Young master is happy, the villain must find the best jewelry box to wrap it for you, master, wait."

"Wait a minute." Liu Mingzhi's expression was fixed on a wooden hairpin at one of the booths. The wooden hairpin was nothing special, and it could be said that it was ordinary and unremarkable.

Liu Mingzhi came back to his senses and pointed to the wooden hairpin in the corner: "Boss, don't want that hosta, replace it with the wooden one."

The hawker looked at the two hairpins in embarrassment. No matter how bad the quality of the jade hairpin was, there was a word of jade on it. It was worth a few dollars. The wooden hairpin was worth ten cents. Knowing how big the profit gap in the middle is, I was reluctant to hear that Liu Mingzhi wanted to exchange for the goods.

"The wooden hairpin is calculated at the price of the hosta, so wrap it up."

"Young master is really kind-hearted. Compared to that eldest son of Liu Papi Liu, you are really the most conscientious young master in the world."

"Bold, you actually call my young master Liu Papi in private. I think you don't want to mess around in Jinling." Liu Song suddenly became furious and pointed at the hawker to get angry.

Liu Mingzhi frowned slightly and looked at Liu Song with some unpleasantness. He didn't understand how Liu Song suddenly became such a arrogant villain: "Xiao Song, what are you doing? Why don't you quickly apologize to the boss."

Liu Song looked aggrievedly at his own young master who was angry with him: "Master, the Liu Papi that this guy said is you, the young master, Xiao Song is angry for you, the young master!"

Liu Mingzhi pointed at himself incredulously, and then stared at the hawker closely: "Me? Liu Papi?"

The hawker also looked at Liu Mingzhi in amazement: "Master, are you the eldest son of Liu Yuanwai's family, Liu Mingzhi?"

"If there is no second eldest son outside Liu Yuan, I think I will be that Liu Mingzhi." Liu Mingzhi said sadly.

The peddler trembled and knelt on the ground with a plop: "Liu Gongzi is kind, it's all bullshit, please forgive Liu Gongzi, the villain begs you."

Liu Mingzhi stared at the peddler kneeling on the ground in astonishment, then frowned, raised his hand and pulled the wooden hairpin from the peddler's hand: "Xiao Song, give the money and leave."

Liu Song looked at Liu Mingzhi in disbelief: "Master, this fellow has ruined your reputation in private, so you let him go so easily?"

"Otherwise, what can we do? Take him to see the official? Give the money and leave, and just settle the money and the goods."

Liu Song glared unwillingly at the peddler kneeling on the ground, then took out a piece of broken silver and threw it on the ground, following Liu Mingzhi who had gone away.

After the robbery, Yu Sheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and then dreamily looked at the broken silver in his hand, as if it was something rare.

"Komatsu."

"Master?"

Hearing those street vendors cursing him, Liu Mingzhi pointed at the crowd and couldn't help asking: "Master, did he molested good women, beat and scolded the elderly, and robbed children of snacks as they said? , kicked the widow's gate?"

"Master, don't you know what you look like?" Liu Song wondered why his master would ask such a strange question.

"It's been so long that I can't remember clearly, so help the young master to review it."

"Master, in fact, you are not a playboy at all. They say that you don't know if you beat and scold the old man. It is the old man who is disrespectful. If you stop the young master, you forcibly extort your money from the young master. You grab the children's snacks because you saw The children's snacks are stained with dirty things. I want to help the child throw them away to prevent them from eating bad stomachs. Relying on the status of the richest man in Jiangnan It will be spread as falsehood.”

"What's the matter with molesting a good family woman and kicking the widow's door?"

"Master, you came back from a parade in Bingzhou a year ago. You saw a woman on the outskirts of the city planning to commit suicide, so you kicked open the door of her house and rescued this woman. But this woman is a widow whose husband died. As the saying goes, widows There is a lot of gossip in front of the door, young master, when you kicked the door, a passing scholar saw you, and spread the word.

As for flirting with women from a good family, it is even more baseless. Every time you go to the famous brothels such as Yanyu Pavilion, those beautiful brothel women will come around like flies, and the young master can't get rid of them even if he wants to.Young Master, you are nineteen and have yet to get married, so many women flock to meet you. Anyway, what they said is completely irrelevant to you, Young Master.