After dressing as a widow

Huang Yuwen was right, when Gu Lin got off the green shed carriage, the street where he and Lin Zhen lived was completely blocked, and the outermost people saw him, and immediately shouted loudly: "The number one scholar is back! "

"Let Zhuangyuan Lang in!"

"There is also a Zhuangyuan Lang in our street. I will come to his house more often in the future, maybe I can get a little bit of culture."

"My daughter-in-law is just pregnant, and she will come here every day in the future, and my future grandson will also be a scholar!"

"..."

The big guys all made way for Gu Lin by coincidence, and Gu Lin saw the court announcer and Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen also saw him, with a smile on his face, happy for him, smiling proudly, like a pearl hanging high there, he was finally able to reach out and hold it in his hand for a moment.

After rewarding the people who announced the good news with silver, and saying a few auspicious words to those who came to see the excitement and congratulations, Gu Lin and Lin Zhen entered the room with everyone's envious eyes.

Lin Zhendao: "The person who just announced the good news came. I was still thinking about why your palace examination took so long today. I didn't expect to hear him say that you won the first prize."

"congratulations."

In the past, the kid who was a little tired of studying at first and only wanted to do business with himself to make money, has now become the number one student among many students.

Lin Zhen looked at him, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "You are a grown-up man. From now on, if you are an official in the court, you must be steady and steady, be vigilant at all times, and don't be greedy for merit."

Gu Lin said: "There is one more good thing."

Lin Zhen: "?"

Being admitted to the No. [-] Scholar is the greatest good thing, and what good things will happen at this time.

Gu Lin said: "The emperor granted me the official position of leaving the state, and I will leave Beijing to take up the post after the Qionglin banquet."

Lin Zhen stopped clapping his hands. He had watched many film and television works in his previous life. He knew that Jinshi and the top three rankings were naturally different from other people and would be awarded official positions. From the beginning, it took several years of hard work to move up.

Those who can climb up will climb up, and those who can't will die in this position. Don't you see that in the palace examination held every three years, how many champions will be ranked second, and how many will be able to stand out in the end, it's just very rare.

Lin Zhen blinked, and silently thought about the official position of Lizhou Zhizhou, "From the fifth rank?"

"Why did you suddenly become the magistrate of Lizhou?" It was like riding a rocket.

Gu Lin, who never thought of hiding it from him, told Lin Zhen what happened during the palace examination, and finally went to the emperor to thank the emperor, and what the emperor said.

Lin Zhen felt that he was like a boat in the sea, when the sea was calm and the sun was peaceful, and then there was lightning, thunder and storm, when he heard that the emperor only gave Gu Lin five years, but asked him to do something in Lizhou Come on, the first thought was that the old emperor was afraid of death enough, he didn't care if it was unrealistic, as long as he could sleep peacefully, he didn't care about anything.

He immediately asked Gu Lin: "Tell me about all the things you will do when you arrive in Lizhou."

Gu Lin took him to the study room, took a pen and a piece of paper, first drew a general map of Lizhou on it, pointed to the northernmost side and said: "Lizhou borders Cheluo Kingdom, the closer it is to the outside of the pass, the worse the weather will be." It is bad, it is frozen nine months a year, and the time left for the people to cultivate is only a short three months, so there are actually no people living near the outside of the pass, most of them live here."

Gu Lin's pen drew a line down, at a place about the thickness of a finger from the border gate: "After taking office, the first thing to do is what you often told me before, vigorously develop agriculture, and promote the method of composting from top to bottom. Open, only when the stomachs of the people are filled can they have the energy to do other things.”

"Secondly, Che Luoguo will come to Lizhou to plunder every winter..." Gu Lin was very organized, with clear priorities, and he listed in detail the things he had to do after taking office, including agriculture, military, water conservancy, roads, and even in other areas. The place will be demoted as inferior, and the suppressed merchants are all in his plan.

He has been with Lin Zhen since he was a child, and he is well versed in the huge benefits of business. He doesn't look up to any link of scholars, agriculture, industry and commerce, and doesn't look down on any link, but weaves them together and will use them in the land of Lizhou. superior.

Lin Zhen knew that Gu Lin was very good, but this was the first time Gu Lin said this in front of him. In the past, he used to tell him the knowledge he had learned in modern times, which was complicated and numerous. But Gu Lin started from one state and integrated everything he had learned.

Lin Zhen was relieved and listened to what he said. Suddenly, Gu Lin pointed to the most southeast edge of Lizhou, and said to Lin Zhen: "This place is called Dongyang County, not far from the capital city of the state, but it is a place near the inland river. "

"With a little repair, you can go here," Gu Lin wrote down the pen in his hand, "Go straight down to Kyoto, and then enter Yongzhou, Pingzhou, Luozhou and other places. I know that your business has just started, so why don't you settle down here? Once you come, we After taking office, you can’t leave the state capital easily, but let me see you, secondly, Lizhou is under my jurisdiction, and what you want is difficult to get up and down in other places, but you can see it here.”

"Really, follow me to Lizhou, okay?"

Gu Lin has always been frank in front of Lin Zhen. When he said this, he looked at Lin Zhen and did not hide his selfishness at all.

He was reluctant to be separated from Lin Zhen for so many years. He wanted Lin Zhen to go to Lizhou with him, and he also revealed some things that Lin Zhen would see after arriving in Lizhou.

Lin Zhen was still amazed by the talents he showed just now, but he didn't know that the topic changed suddenly, and suddenly changed to Lizhou, Lin Zhen was a little stunned.

But with a thought in his heart, he thought of many things, such as concrete roads, his novel objects that could obtain amazing wealth, but would be coveted by others.

In Kyoto, he had to be careful even when doing some rouge and gouache business, he was concerned about the backers behind these people, but when he came to Lizhou, he could rely on Gu Lin, the magistrate of Lizhou, and let go of his hands and feet.

The prospect is tempting. After thinking about it, Lin Zhen realized that he had no way to refuse his proposal.

It will take at least five or six years for me to settle down in Kyoto, and there are many restraints. To start a business, I must distribute some benefits from my own bowl to others in order to achieve the desired effect.

Lin Zhen is not a stingy person, but there are two kinds of feelings between being willing to give and having to give. It is not a good feeling to let others put a rope around his neck and be alert all the time.

Lin Zhen looked at Gu Lin and agreed to his proposal: "I will go to Lizhou with you, but I also have my own business, and I won't stay with you all the time."

"I know." Gu Lin's indifferent brows and eyes were filled with warmth, he hugged Lin Zhen to sit on the table, and licked Lin Zhen's lips.

The No. [-] scholar took part in the Qionglin Banquet with Tanhua, and then participated in the Qionglin Banquet with all Jinshi. Lin Zhen knew from Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing that Zhong Yan had also been awarded an official position as an editor of the Imperial Academy, and he was an official of the seventh rank.

Although it is not as famous as Gu Lin's five-rank Lizhou magistrate, but if he is an official in Beijing, he may be sent to a local high-ranking official in a few years, and he will make some achievements in office. Previous.

As for Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing who were born as Jinshi, it was a bit rougher. They were not directly appointed as officials like the two. It's their turn to pick.

After the Qionglin banquet, Gu Lin, Huang Yuwen, Chen Xing, and Zhong Yan gathered together, plus Lin Zhen, in the courtyard where Lin Zhen and Gu Lin lived.

As the weather gradually warmed up, Lin Zhen cooked two cold dishes, several stacks of stewed dishes, and filled the stone table outside the house.

After filling up five glasses of wine, Lin Zhener toasted them with his first glass of wine after coming to Kyoto: "You guys are all doing well, and you all got your wish. Uncle Lin congratulates you."

When they first met, they were either teenagers or children, but now they sat drinking with him, and they all gained fame.

Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing, who have not been appointed officials, still have to wait for the news, but they are already very satisfied, holding a glass of wine and saying: "I also wish Uncle Lin's business flourishing and making money every day."

The five people raised their heads and drank the wine. Lin Zhen completely regarded the wine as fermented wine and drank it. He smiled and said to Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing, "I wrote a letter to Gu Lin and asked someone to send it back to Anyuan Town. The two of you should also write a letter, and let’s go together, so as to save a lot of wasted money.”

Zhong Yan's mother is gone, and his grandma has come to the capital with him. The grandparent and grandson live together, and have completely lost contact with Anyuan Town, so there is no need to write letters.

Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing smiled, "Uncle Lin, the two of us finished writing on the way here, and I was just about to ask you if you want to send a letter to Anyuan Town together."

"I didn't expect that we wanted to go together."

As they said that, Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing took out their letter, Lin Zhen put it away, and asked someone to take it back tomorrow.

While eating, Huang Yuwen said: "I don't know when we parted this time and when we will meet again."

Gu Lin and Lin Zhen are going to leave the state, and their tenure is five years. Zhong Yan is in the Imperial Academy of Kyoto. He and Chen Xing don’t know where they will go. Like a county magistrate in Anyuan Town, he has not moved in one place for decades.

And Wang Qin, there are two years before he can take the provincial examination, and he doesn't know what will happen in the future.

There are almost no more opportunities to sit together, drink and talk like today.

Gu Lin has always been reticent, Zhong Yan and Chen Xing said a few words, Lin Zhen said: "You are still young, and you will have more opportunities in the future, by the way, you must remember that Wang Qin came to the capital to participate in the hospital examination , I promised to give him a gift that day, if I forget, that kid will be bluffing for the rest of my life."

Huang Yuwen, who had played with Wang Qin the longest, suddenly couldn't hold back the discomfort in his heart, and said: "Uncle Lin, you are right, if he forgets what he said, he can talk about it for decades, I will go back Just tell the people below a few more times first, let them remember, and remind me when the time comes."

As soon as Wang Qin was mentioned, Wang Qin's vivid appearance seemed to appear directly in front of several people, and the atmosphere couldn't help but relax.

When the last small gathering broke up, Huang Yuwen, Chen Xing and Zhong Yan were a little drunk, and Gu Lin and Lin Zhen, who were still sober, sent everyone back one by one.