Zhen Fei rises up in the Red Chamber

It is impossible for the person Zhen Fei sent to know about the relationship between the steward and the old Orion, and it is impossible to know the inner world of the old Orion, but he still got the news he wanted. At any rate, the steward is indeed a trustworthy person. He didn't help the wrong person, which made him feel a lot more comfortable, just like his tangled contradictions. Even though he has become a member of the landlord class, his soul still bears the imprint of the poor peasant class, which is always born I am full of closeness to that class, I can see the class around me, who has the same status as Qian, and I can have the unique simplicity of this class, instead of the annoying appearance that I don’t know what is good or bad in the story of Master Zhen. , I feel somewhat relieved.

Perhaps this kind of emotion is somewhat inexplicable, even unreasonably complicated, but unknowingly, he seems to have been greatly affected. Thinking of a superior person, he is complacent and proud, but at the same time, he can't help but want to get close to the shadow of the past and make up for the vacancy in his heart.Of course, the good thing is that Zhen Fei is not an idiot. He also has his own bottom line. The so-called intimacy is also based on the fact that these people are worthy of intimacy. If he meets those scoundrels, he will definitely not be interested.

Now that he has let go of these classes, after class issues, what he is most interested in now is the news that he just got wild game in his own forest.

He really didn't know that there is such a word as stocking in this world at this time, and it is so similar to the modern stocking.It is also something that prevents prey from leaving on the periphery of a mountain forest, and then allows them to grow freely. The only different estimate is that those modern large breeders generally use anti-theft nets or something, and most of them are raised inside. It is the same species, it is a large-scale intensive breeding, but here, it is in a forest, keeping all the original species, it belongs to mixed breeding, and it is more in line with the standard of the biological chain. From this perspective, Perhaps, the world is more advanced?After all, the more varieties there are, the more difficult it is to breed them. At least one disease prevention is even more difficult.

Zhen Fei really doesn't know what the actual situation is like, how the breeding is done, his family has never done such a job before, and he has never learned it.Of course, at the same time, in this world, he doesn't need to know that he is the owner, the uncle, and the future head of the family. As long as he is responsible for finding the right manager and putting him in the right position, that is the most suitable thing he can do. He's not a technician, he's not a technician, so there's no need to know so much about breeding methods.

At the same time, he has nothing to think about, and he doesn't think that people at this time can understand so much, so-called healthy farming, so-called green farming, there is no such slogan these days, look at the mountains and forests their family is looking for You will know what the situation of the managers is, they are all hunters, and there are no technicians.

That is to say, in this year, it is impossible to say that there is really no such thing as preventing epidemics. As long as you are familiar with the living habits of prey, can control the quantity, and provide game for the master on time, then you are a qualified manager. .

Zhen Fei was very happy. He felt that if he said that, wouldn't it mean that many things in modern times are actually superfluous?As long as the quantity is controlled and the habits of the animals are clarified, in fact, one can be a good breeder without knowing any skills?If that's the case, should he feel that modern people make simple things complicated, or should he give a thumbs up and boast that people today simplify complicated things?

Anyway, this time, Zhen Fei just sent someone to go around because he cared about the lives of the people at the bottom. At any rate, he had a new insight into his own industry and knew the so-called What is the use of the mountains and forests of rich families?

Firewood, charcoal, wood, mountain delicacies, game, these things are actually produced by a small forest, which is really surprising. If it is calculated in this way, there are many things in their family that do not need to spend Isn't it very economical to buy with silver money?Don't forget, their family still has a lot of land, that is to say, there is no need to spend money on rice and grain at home, so in this way, the family has paid wages, monthly bills, buying fabrics, seeing doctors and taking medicine, and what else?

Zhen Fei, who tends to be obsessed with money, couldn't help but do some calculations for his family. He kept counting his family's annual income and expenses, and finally came to the conclusion that money begets money is king in this world. Even if the family only saves 500 taels of silver every year, and then uses it to buy land, it will definitely double their family business in less than ten years.

Thinking that he was the number one heir to this ever-expanding family business, Zhen Fei only felt that even though it was winter, he could still feel the warmth of spring and the blossoming of flowers.

His good mood didn't affect his father, because his father was gathering with his friends at the moment, and incidentally talked about a very unpleasant topic - going to Beijing for an exam.

"I don't want to. It's been 12 years. How many 12 years can I have in my life? When I first won the exam, I saw all the mountains and small things. I just felt that becoming a Jinshi was just a matter of raising my hand. I don't want to die three times in a row. , even Sun Shan failed to become one, and even ended up giving up halfway. Now that he has been wasted for several years, the article has also been put down, the peak has passed, and there is no chance."

Master Zhen who said this had a lonely expression on his face, and the few friends beside him couldn't help frowning, among them, the middle-aged scribe with the surname Wang was full of disapproval:

"What are you talking about? Among the few of us, you are the best at learning. If you don't make it, we don't have a chance. What's the matter after 12 years? We are about the same age. You haven't been admitted to Jinshi for 12 years. We Well, it took so many years to pass the exam, if we are like you and give up lightly, wouldn't we have to end our lives as scholars now?"

The words were straightforward, and everyone around them nodded their heads, but this master Zhen passed the Juren exam once in the past, and he can be said to be the luckiest one among them. It took two and three times to successfully become a Juren master.

Another scribe in Tsing Yi, already dyed temples cream, stroked his well-maintained beard, and persuaded him unhurriedly:

"How many people are sitting here? I am the oldest, and I haven't given up. What are you giving up? To say a word, I didn't take the Jinshi exam to become an official. At my age, I'm in my early forties, so I passed the exam." How many more years can I work? The family is not short of food and clothing, and asks for a salary to live on. Children, the father is a Jinshi and an official. Anyway, the children will have a better life in the future. After all, we are in the south of the Yangtze River, not in those remote places where a scholar can be powerful. In this Jiangnan, if there is no one in the family Scholars, without a single official, without two or three generations, will definitely decline. At that time, the children will only be bullied. You don’t know how arrogant the four big families are in Jinling, and ordinary people will die. There is no place to sue for injustice. There is an official body to protect, at least it can make people avoid it."

What he said was even more truthful, and Qian Juren, who came from Jinling like him, immediately sighed:

"Brother Qi is right. Why is this not the case in my family? Some time ago, my cousin came to me and said that it was [-] acres of fertile land in my family. It was fine. The people who controlled the county uncle Wang's family forced them to come and buy it forcibly. Waiting for Tian's money, the old man in the family was so angry that he fell ill immediately. Fortunately, I am also a juren, and I have some friendship with the magistrate. After stuffing a lot of money, I hired someone to negotiate. Guess what? It's not the master of the house If you want to buy it, it’s the big housekeeper of the Wang family who wants to buy private property! Tell me, even the housekeeper has become so arrogant. If it weren’t for my connections, the land would have been lost. It's not for their own future, nor is it for protecting the country and the people, it's purely for self-protection."

"That's true, and it's the same with me. Last year, the eldest daughter was forced to marry by the county magistrate. Fortunately, I survived. I won the exam again here. A letter from my son's family said that the county magistrate brought someone to bring a big gift. , I didn't mention the matter of getting married, to put it bluntly, it's just that I have scruples because I have seen my future."

As soon as such a topic is opened, it is like a river embankment opening, and it can't be stopped all of a sudden. It is obviously talking about going to Beijing for an exam. Discussed.Even Mr. Zhen frowned and nodded. He has never encountered such a thing. If not everyone in Suzhou knew that he had a good relationship with the Lin family who was not a marquis. His family can be regarded as an official family. Juren, I'm afraid this so-called bullying will also come to him.

Seeing that Master Zhen was also nodding along, Master Qi turned to him and said:

"Now you have three children, and you have given birth to dragon and phoenix twins. It's not the time when you didn't care about your official career because of your poor heirs. You really don't want to work hard anymore? Let me tell you, you are so decadent, can you be willing? Don't say it." In addition, the dragon and phoenix twins alone are such a great blessing that other families can't ask for it. It can be seen that you have changed your luck. If you don't try again at this time, when will you have to wait?"

This sentence, you can be willing, it seems to directly ask the bottom of Master Zhen's heart, the hand holding the wine glass can't help but tighten, it is true, how can he be willing, he will try three times, but not one time on the list, in Master Zhen's heart , in fact, he didn't think that it was because of his lack of talent, but because of his luck. It was because of several tricks of fate that made him miss this golden age and the opportunity to be on the list.How can he be willing to think that he is not the talent of Jinshi?

"What if you are not reconciled? Now is not the past. When both parents were present, they left their family and business and went to Beijing alone without any worries. But now, the children in the family are still young, and the old wife is not in good health after giving birth to twins. If I was healthy back then, if I left home, this family still doesn’t know who to entrust to.”

Master Zhen's heart is shaking, but he still can't make a decision. It's very simple. His son was born too late. Now there is no one in the family who can stand up to the matter except himself. Now he is not the one who did it for the scientific examination back then. People who don't care about anything can become middle-aged people, and the word "home" is becoming more and more fancy, and it has a meaning that can't be shaken off.If the eldest son can be in his teens now, then he really doesn't have to think about anything, he can leave without hesitation, but now, he really can't!

When those middle-aged people heard what he said, they didn't know how to speak for a while. After all, they were not Mr. Zhen, and their children were all grown up. Either the elderly at home were still alive, or their wives and children could take care of themselves. Brother can help, it's really better than Master Zhen, I don't know how much, if there is no such worry, naturally there will be no useful suggestions.The atmosphere turned cold for a while, and even Master Zhen couldn't help sighing, and was about to suppress the blood that had been stirred up again. At the critical moment, a clear and clear child's voice suddenly sounded at the door:

"Father, don't worry. With a child around, the family will be safe. Since father has the ambition to become a successful person, he can try again."

The small figure who entered the door against the sunlight, with a straight back, who is it not Zhen Fei?