Chapter 14 Should I regret it?

Two days later, the Jiang family.

Jiang Dezhong paced back and forth in the main hall of his home, looking out from time to time, looking very anxious, until he saw Jiang Shanquan.

"How?" Jiang Dezhong couldn't wait to welcome him to the yard and asked.

Jiang Shanquan shook his head helplessly and said, "The grain ships coming from the river have not unloaded in the city in the past two days. They were all booked and bought before entering the Qinhuai River. Now the river has been Blockade, I heard that victims have begun to appear in the Huaiyang area, and large quantities of food can no longer be purchased." When Jiang Dezhong heard this, he showed an expression of regret on his face.

"If I had known earlier, I should have listened to Bingkuan about the current price of food in the city." Jiang Dezhong was a little afraid to ask.

I feel that if I ask more questions, I will let more blood drip out of my heart.

Jiang Shanquan said, "Father, no one could have expected that today's situation would be like this. In just two or three days, the price of food in the city has increased by more than 100%, but haven't we also stocked up a lot of old rice?" This time we made a lot of profits, why should we feel sorry for ourselves?"

"Well"

Jiang Dezhong thought about it for a moment, and he was right. He seemed to be the beneficiary of the increase in food prices. Why? Now it seems as if his family has been destroyed

But if he thinks about it again, if he had listened to his son-in-law and bought more rice earlier, he would probably be able to lie down and count money now.

"My son, someone told my father that the price of grain would rise sharply, and he said it with nose and eyes. At that time, my father didn't listen. The day before yesterday, the grain ship came to ask if he wanted it. When buying grain, the money did not come through the family because of my father's forbearance. As the old saying goes, if you miss the gold that God scatters to you, you will be punished. "

"Father, there is this old saying. "

"Bingkuan, has Bingkuan been here?"

Now Jiang Dezhong no longer believes in his son, and it seems that he only has eyes for the son-in-law who used to be very useless.

Jiang Shanquan shook his head, "He still hasn't come in the past two days, but it stands to reason that he should be aware of the rising food prices. Not only are food prices rising in the city, but all necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, and salt are also rising. , even the number of people who came to inquire about the brewing business has increased a lot, and the big families will stock up on whatever they have. By the way, my father, it seems that there are people from the Chengguo Palace who are muddying the waters this time. There are many grain ships on the river. He was tricked by them."

"Look, you blamed him wrongly and said he was loose. I think he is confident."

"Father, if he can make his sister If he lives a good life, I won't have any prejudice against him, but as a scholar, how can he concentrate on doing business?"

"Have the results been released in the provincial examination?"

" Not yet, but soon, it’s just a matter of the next few days.”

Jiang Dezhong thought for a while, nodded and said, “I’ll let him fill a few jars of wine. My father wants to come and see him in person. He’s taking the exam anyway.” If not, why not come to my winery and give him a job as the shopkeeper so that he can have something to eat?"

At this point, Jiang Dezhong raised his head to face the sky again.Expressing his emotion, "Oh, why don't I believe him? All the money is so empty, but he asked me to kick him out. I was blinded by lard."

Gongyuan, inner curtain.

The opening and closing of the inner curtain has ended. All the township examination papers will be compared with the names, and the results are being filled in.

As the chief examiner of the Yingtianfu Township Examination, Liu Ji supervised the inner curtain officials to fill in the papers. After that, he came to the inner court where the ink scrolls were stored. He saw Wang Hao, who was also the chief examiner, staring at a paper in a daze. .

"Jizhi, the list will be published early tomorrow morning. Someone will come to seal these files later. Ying Tianfu Yin has sent someone to inform you that a banquet has been prepared at the house. You and I will be invited to go there tonight." Banquet, why don’t you prepare it quickly?”

As the examiners of the Yingtianfu Township Examination, Liu Ji and Wang Hao have lived in Gongyuan for nearly twenty days, and they can only wait until the papers are completely reviewed. After it was over, they had formal communication with the outside world.

After finally completing the grading work, it is time to relax.

But when Liu Ji saw Wang Hao's face, he was not relaxed at all. Instead, he looked full of worries.

Wang Hao said, "Looking back at these articles, I feel a lot of emotion."

Liu Ji walked over, took a look, and said with a smile, "You still remember him so much, don't you mention him?" "Jie Yuan, I listened to you. That paper, which is rare in the world for its clear and fluent meaning, is only rated as Ya Yuan."

In terms of official position, Liu Ji is above Wang Hao, so it stands to reason. The two examiners should be Liu Ji as the main examiner and Wang Hao as the second.

But Liu Ji admired Wang Hao from the bottom of his heart and was willing to listen to his opinions, so he finally chose Wang Hao's favorite test paper and promoted him to Jieyuan.

Wang Hao sighed and said, "Look at the title of this Shangshu. When I came up with this title, I never thought about it, but it was in response to the floods in Huanghuai this year. Looking at what he wrote, he did not take precautions as merit and cure them. Isn’t this a reflection of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty today? If the strategy for controlling floods along the Huanghuai River is just to calm the people after the floods are released, and take this as a credit, then who will take it as their responsibility to prevent rivers and regulate embankments?"

Wang Hao said, "Because I, an official in the Ming Dynasty, only memorize scriptures. Righteousness, in vain to govern the country by the classics and righteousness, but forget that to rejuvenate the country and secure the country, we should have a broad mind and care about the country and the people. Nowadays, the local officials are in chaos. Along the way, you and I have seen the suffering of the people. Is it missing?"

"Haha."

Liu Ji didn't know what to say.

Wang Hao finally put down the ink scroll and sighed, "If this man has such a broad mind, it seems that he will be a wise man in governing the country in the future. If there are more officials like this in the Ming Dynasty, Zhongzhong is expected to be revived." Ah."

In front of Zhang Zhou's house.

The courtyard door was open, and Zhang Zhou was in the courtyard, giving Liu Gui a series of instructions. Liu Gui was holding a piece of paper with something like a map drawn on it. He was stunned for a while.

At this moment,Jiang Dezhong showed up.

The "virtuous son-in-law" Jiang Dezhong arrived suddenly, which caught Zhang Zhou by surprise.

Zhang Zhou said, "Why do you, father-in-law, come here? Xiaoguizi, take my drawings and go down first. I have something to do here."

"Okay"

From Judging from the look on Liu Gui's face, he was finally free.

The Jiang family's carriage was parked at the door. Jiang Dezhong took a servant into the yard, and then Jiang Pingyu also hurried out from the stove. She saw her father coming to the door, and was shocked and surprised. He said "Father" happily

Jiang Dezhong smiled and said, "I have moved here from you and haven't come to see you yet. Let's take today's lunch as a congratulations on your move."

Zhang Zhou said, "Father-in-law, do you think we are moving here?" Is there any joy in coming here?"

"This"

Jiang Dezhong was very embarrassed and thought, "Do you think it's easy to find a reasonable reason to come to see you?

"Father-in-law is here as soon as he comes, why do you need to bring something with you?" Zhang Zhou looked at the servant at the door, who was still unloading the goods in the yard one by one, and said with a smile, "Father-in-law, you don't feel happy that you lost to me that day. I came here again today to have a drink with my son-in-law."

"Haha, that's what I meant, that's what I meant. My daughter, don't be idle and just prepare two dishes on the stove. Bingkuan and I will have a nice drink. "Please remember to bookmark it, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft and free reading