If you don't farm, you will be smashed [End Times]

In the eighth year of Xiyuan, at the beginning of October, the weather had turned cold. Xia Chen packed his bags and prepared to embark on the journey to the imperial capital for the exam.

The exam will be in February, but the journey from Qingyang County to the Imperial Capital is a long way away, and it will take more than a month just on the road. Restaurants and inns are in short supply. If they arrive late and there is no suitable place to live, many students even have to go to temples to borrow.

Xia Chen left relatively late. Most of the candidates packed their bags immediately after the release of the rankings in the autumn test in September, and rushed to the imperial capital without stopping.Traveling far away in this era is extremely inconvenient, especially for those who are rushing for the exam. Whatever happens to them on the road, or a minor illness due to acclimatization may delay the trip and miss the exam. If you want to take the exam again , you can only wait three years later.

So although Xia Chen wanted to leave later, he was used to the modern and developed traffic, and he calculated that he would still be able to leave after a year. He was called by Mr. Meng to have a good training, and he went home in despair to pack his luggage and prepare to go on the road.

In the past, when he went to Fucheng County to take the exam, he was always accompanied by his father. Except for the two uncles from the General's Mansion, the elders in the family, only Mr. Xia had been out of the courtyard. At that time, Xia Chen was still young, who could rest assured that he would go alone An exam in an unfamiliar place.

But this time when he went to the imperial capital, Xia Chen didn't want his father to accompany him any more. Mr. Xia has a leg problem, and it hurts easily when the weather comes in the cold winter months. When he was sleeping, he saw his father sweating profusely in pain in the middle of the night, and his whole face was grim.

Later, Xia Chen hoped that there would be some medicine in the system to heal his father's old wounds, but the products produced by the system must be related to planting, and nothing useful was produced in the mutated plants. The only healing medicine, fruit blood, was also judged by Xia Tongban Master Xia's old injuries cannot be healed.

Fortunately, Xia Chen once bought a book teaching wine making, which contained various methods of brewing wine, including a kind of medicinal wine, which can promote blood circulation and unblock collaterals, and has a certain effect on Master Xia's leg disease.

Xia Chen copied out the prescription, and asked his brother to grab the medicine and come back with wine. After the wine was ready, he showed Wang and Liu two people to see it. They both said it was a good wine, so they used it for Master Xia. The effect was extraordinary, although Master Xia's leg disease could not be completely cured, but the pain was relieved a lot. In winter, he did a good job of keeping warm. Although it still hurts, it is not as painful as before.

So Xia Chen is determined not to let his father follow him this time. He is seventeen this year, and eighteen in the past year. In modern times, he is also an adult.The old man is more than 50 years old. In this day and age, the old man has managed to heal his leg disease better. If he runs around with him for two months and the leg injury recurs, then even if he wins the number one exam this time, he will be very worried. Uneasy.

After Master Xia thought about it, he didn't plan to go this time. He was also worried that he would suffer from an old illness on the way and drag Yaoer to take care of him.

He was planning to entrust one of Wang and Liu to send Xia Chen to the imperial capital. These two are from the imperial capital, and they are both knowledgeable men. They don't know anything at home.

Naturally, Wang and Liu would not disagree. The General's Mansion arranged for them to come over to protect the Xia family. It was an extra mission. They were given a full salary every month, and the family members were also taken care of.The Xia family respected them very much from top to bottom. After all these years, they also showed affection. Escorting Xia Chen to the imperial capital was not only the content of the task, but also their wish in their hearts. If you have the opportunity to go home and see, which one will not be willing.

There is only one elder brother in Wang Wu's family, and he has already gone to the battlefield with the general, but there are still widowed brothers in Liu Si's family, so Wang Wu gave him this opportunity.

They planned to set off with the two of them, but before they left, Brother Nan found Xia Chen and said that he wanted to go to the imperial capital with him.

Xia Chen thought it was good for him to have this idea. Their place is too small, and Brother Nan has grown so big. The farthest place he has been to is the county seat. It is also good to go to the imperial capital to learn more.

So Xia Chen helped to say good things to Brother Nan, and told the elders that more than one person could help him to share more luggage and do some chores. After all, Liu Si is an elder, and it is difficult for him to let Liu Si do some chores. Brother Nan followed Can also help him.

Master Xia was moved by these words, and he agreed to let Brother Nan go with him. In fact, he preferred Dong Geer more in his heart. Random assignment is not appropriate.

The last ones to go on the road were Xia Chen, Brother Nan and Liu Si. Before leaving, Xia Chen said goodbye to his uncle's family and Xu He.

Xia Chen passed the exam, and his uncle's family was very happy, and Xia's second sister was even more happy. At the beginning of the year, Xi Niang appointed the second young master of the Dong family, a silk shop in the county. It is much richer, and there are also their silk and satin shops in other counties.It must be said that Xia Chen's status as a scholar at the time helped Xi Niang get engaged to Master Dong's family. After all, Xia Chen was not only her cousin, but also her own uncle.

After Xia Chen became a Juren, the Dong family could not wait to marry Xi Niang into the family as soon as possible. The second sister Xia set the wedding date in April of the next year. If you want to go up again, you will have more face in front of your in-laws.

Even if Xia Chen didn't pass, it wouldn't be a problem. My master Juren, the whole county couldn't find a second one. If I didn't pass this time, I'll take the exam next time.

I went to my uncle's house first, anticipating that Xi Niang might not be able to get married in time, so Xia Chen gave some extra makeup early on. It stands to reason that his uncle, who is not an independent householder, doesn't need to prepare for Xi Niang. Mrs. Xia or Qiao Niang will then Give one on behalf of the Xia family.But Xia Chen also felt sorry for Xi Niang, a gentle niece, and secretly gave Xi Niang a small box of silver and a set of jewelry. The silver was not much, only a few dozen taels. Accepted, the jewelry was bought by him when he took the exam in the county town.

After going to his uncle's house, Xia Chen went up the mountain to bid farewell to Xu Helai, and the two grew up together. In Xu Helai's eyes, Xia Chen was a bamboo horse, but in Xia Chen's view, Xu Helai was just a child, an iron man.

After all, at the beginning, he put him and his two nephews in the same position and raised them as cubs. Later, as Xu Helai grew older, he became more stable and self-reliant, and took care of Xia Chen everywhere. Treat him as a friend.

Xia Chen came to say goodbye, Xu He came without anything, and with his hard work, the Taoist temple no longer lacked food and clothing, but there was nothing to give Xia Chen as a parting gift.The game or wild fruit he usually sent was really troublesome to take with him when he went out. Just worrying about this, Xu He didn't show his face for several days.

Xia Chen grew up with him, so he couldn't see what Xu Helai was worried about, so he smiled and took away a few talisman papers that Xu Helai had drawn, and said, "Give this to me, and keep me safe all the way."

"That's not a safe talisman. If you don't mind it, I'll draw it for you again." Xu Helai said immediately.

"Then what kind of talisman is this?" Xia Chen asked curiously.

Xu He came to see that he was interested in these, so he explained to him one by one: "This is a heart-cleaning talisman, for calming the mind, and I can also other talismans. If Yuanbao likes it, I will draw it for you."

"Okay." Xia Chen said bluntly.He knew that he didn't want it, and Xu Helai would continue to worry about it, so he might as well ask for a set of talisman papers, which would make him feel at ease.

In fact, talisman paper is not so easy to draw. Taoist priests are very particular about drawing talismans. Don’t look at the tattered view of fairies. Xu Lao’s Taoism is also a serious Taoist inheritance. Come on.

As a result, before Xia Chen set off, he forced a stack of thick talisman papers. Inside, there were more than ten pieces of peace talisman, and one or two pieces of other kinds of talisman papers.

When it was given to Xia Chen, Xu Helai said embarrassedly: "My skill is still shallow, and the talismans I draw are not very effective..."

"It's okay, let's win by numbers." Brother Xia Chen patted Xu Helai's shoulders kindly, put the talisman paper Xu Helai sent into the small bag he carried, waved his family members who came to see them off, jumped into the ox cart, let Xia Dalang sent them to the county seat.

Same as the previous two exams in Fucheng County, the three of Xia Chen still paid the money to the firm this time, and went with them. When they arrived in the county, they had to change to other firms that could go with them.

If there is no company with them, they can't wait all the time, they have to continue on the road, and the New Year will be in two months, and it will be even more troublesome if they can't reach the Imperial Capital by then.

They walked on the road for 49 days. They first went with a business company, but they couldn't find a business company that could go with them. They rented a carriage from a car and horse company and bumped for several days.

On the way, I also met people who robbed the road, a deserted path, and suddenly a few people with messy beards and hair and squealing and screaming jumped out, so frightened that Xia Chen, who was sitting on the shaft of the car to breathe, almost fell headlong.

Liu Si is indeed a professional trained by the General's Mansion. Before Xia Chen confronted these ancient bandits head-on, Liu Si ordered Xia Chen to hide in the carriage without changing his face, then stopped the carriage, and drew out his waist knife Just rushed up.

Xia Chen asked Brother Nan to open a corner of the car curtain, took out his small slingshot, loaded it with projectiles, squinted his eyes and just fired two rounds, and hit the nearest bandit with a big bag on the head. Si had already cut down two of the other bandits, and the others ran away, and those who couldn't run shouted "Grandpa, spare me".

Liu Si kicked a few times and got back into the carriage. Brother Nan looked at his master with admiration in his eyes. He has practiced martial arts for so many years, but he has never formally fought with anyone. Seeing how powerful his master is, he praised him excitedly. It's been a long time.After boasting, he remembered the bandits who had been beaten, and asked curiously why the master would let them go so easily, and asked him to say that such a bad guy should be beaten first, and then arrested and judged.

It was windy outside, and Liu Si was too lazy to open his mouth to speak, so as not to make a mouthful of wind, he sent Nan Geer, "Ask your little uncle."

Brother Nan got back into the carriage, and Xia Chen explained: "Although those people are tall, they are thin and thin, and their clothes are in tatters. Humans will turn into bandits only if they can't survive, I can't see if they have human life on their hands, I think they don't, otherwise Uncle Liu won't let them go."

Brother Nan seemed to understand, but there was no outsider anyway, so Xia Chen simply opened it up and explained it to him.

The two Qingyang county magistrates are quite capable, not to say that they must be clean and honest, but they are indeed not inhumane corrupt officials, so Qingyang County has always been relatively peaceful under the administration.It's different in other places, the officials are fatuous, if there is another natural disaster, there will always be peasants who can't make it through the mountains and become bandits.

Brother Nan was silent for a long time after listening.

After returning the carriage to the chariot and horse shop, the three of Xia Chen were lucky enough to catch up with a big business firm whose destination was the Imperial Capital.

After walking with the merchant for nearly a month, it was not until the end of December, when the New Year was approaching, that Xia Chen and others arrived in the Imperial Capital.