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Chapter 120 It¡¯s time to go to the battlefield

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    Today is the second day of August, and there are still a few days until the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. Zhao Hao asked his father to rest in the mountain, while he, accompanied by Gao Wu and Qiaoqiao, went down the mountain to prepare some supplies for candidates to enter.

    On the carriage going down the mountain, Qiaoqiao and Zhao Hao sat opposite each other, Zhiyi tilted her head and looked at him.

    Speaking of which, although they both live in a small courtyard, today is the first time in a month that they face each other like this.

    "Are there any flowers on my face?" Zhao Hao touched his cheek.

    "No." Qiaoqiao hurriedly shook her head, turned her gaze out the window and said, "You are really strange. You may be said to be indifferent to fame and wealth, but yet you are so concerned about my studies. You may be said to be keen on fame, but you are totally  God is not doing his job"

    "How can I be called not doing my job properly?" Zhao Hao stretched out and sorted out a pile of manuscripts at hand.  In the past month, he has also been staying at home. In order to kill the boredom, he wrote a lot of things from memory.  "This is my hope for revitalizing the Ming Dynasty."

    "Bragging." Qiaoqiao turned around, fluttering her eyelashes like braided shells, and asked in a crisp voice, "You never thought about taking the exam yourself?"

    "There is a joke." Zhao Hao then smiled and said: "There was a man who bought Gaotou's sermon in the bookstore. Others asked him what he bought it for? He said he wanted to examine people. Others laughed and said, 'You can't be better than your father's examination.  ¡¯ After hearing this, the man was convinced, so he bought the book back and gave it to his father to read.¡±

    "Hahaha" Qiaoqiao was so amused by him that she bent over, lightly kicked Zhao Hao with her toes and said, "Just arrange it for Mr. Zhao. I will file a complaint later."

    "You just have to complain. Anyway, the purpose of my father's examination is just to let me enjoy wealth and honor." Zhao Hao boasted with a nonchalant expression.

    "Nonsense." Qiaoqiao didn't believe it.  If we were talking about who enjoyed whose wealth, she felt that the father and son were pretty much the other way around.

    The two of them were talking as the carriage arrived at the Confucius Temple on the bank of the Qinhuai River.

    As autumn approaches, the shops on the street are filled with all kinds of examination tools, as well as a dazzling array of venue food.

    Zhao Hao took Qiaoqiao and went from shop to shop, selecting the best-made bronze test baskets, roof curtains, stove candlesticks, candle scissors roll bags, etc. As long as he could see them on the market, he bought them all.  Bought four pieces.

    Qiaoqiao is confused, aren¡¯t there only three candidates in the family?  Why buy one more?

    Zhao Hao replied: "Spare parts, just in case."

    "It's a lot of money to burn." Qiaoqiao didn't give it a thumbs up.

    After loading the bought things into the car, Zhao Hao was about to go home, Qiao Qiao reminded: "Don't you sell food for the exam?"

    "We don't have to worry about it, someone must have given it to me." Zhao Hao smiled and shook his head, looking like a shit.

    ??~~

    Returning to the long-lost Caijia Lane, Qiao Qiao saw Tang Youde¡¯s windy carriage parked next to Wei Ji Xian.

    "Hey, how did he know that we are coming back today?" Qiaoqiao was confused.

    "It's not without reason that people's business is doing well." Zhao Hao jumped out of the car with a smile and asked Gao Wu to send everything to Wang Wuyang, let his two apprentices sort it out, and then sent Qiaoqiao to the restaurant to say hello to Fang De.  .

    He returned home empty-handed.

    Although I haven¡¯t been back for a month, the house is still in good order. Naturally, someone is looking after the house and cleaning it.

    Now, in Cai¡¯s alley, there are more than fifty people carrying Zhao Hao¡¯s job. Almost all the men have received his rewards, and he does not need special instructions for these trivial matters.

    Fatty Tang was sitting in the shade of a tree, drinking tea happily. When he saw Zhao Hao pushing the door open, he jumped up quickly and said with a heartfelt smile on his face: "Young Master, I have been waiting day and night. You can count on me."  You¡¯re back soon.¡±

    "Don't you have people watching you at the foot of Xiaocang Mountain every day?" Zhao Hao sat down on his chair.

    Fatty Tang poured him tea and said with an apologetic smile, "Aren't you afraid that the young master will need to employ people? If the young master had not allowed me to go up the mountain, I would have been waiting on the mountain long ago, Old Tang."

    "You're talking nonsense with your eyes open." Zhao Hao laughed loudly, revealing Fatty Tang's thoughts.  "I think you can't sit still."

    "Hehe, I can't hide anything from you, Master" Fatty Tang smiled, nodded and said, "It's strange, Master. In the past month, the price of silk has only fluctuated around three, two, five, neither rising nor falling.  Various chambers of commerce could not stop them, and many people began to ship goods."

    "I know that those who escape are all smart people." Zhao Hao's smile gradually faded: "But I'm afraid that more people still can't restrain their greed."

    "Young master, let me tell you, several chambers of commerce are buying a lot of support, which shows that they are still bullish." Tang Youde nodded.

    "They can't beat those people." Zhao Hao saw an ant and struggledCrawling on the smooth edge of the cup, he gently flicked the ants away and said: "The price cannot rise, which means those people are shipping. When they have almost escaped, the details of opening the sea will be announced in broad daylight."

    "Yeah." Tang Youde nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.  He has been watching the strange fluctuations in silk prices for a while, fearing a sudden rise, and naturally has trouble sleeping and eating. He has to see Zhao Hao and listen to his analysis, so that he can put his heart back in his stomach.

    After a pause, he reported again: "By the way, Mr. Liu, Yuan Liu came to me several times and asked me why I haven't opened the factory for so long?"

    "The weather is too hot and no one is working. The loom we agreed on has turned yellow. You are anxious to have a second child and you are twisting your waistdon't you have a lot of reasons?" Zhao Hao rolled his eyes and said irresponsibly.

    "Sir, I have six children" Tang Youde said awkwardly, and then said with a wry smile: "I have made up all the reasons I can, but is Liu Yuanwai so easy to deceive? He has already found out that we  The silk was sold after changing hands.¡±

    "It's none of his business if I sell mine?" Zhao Hao snorted disdainfully and said, "When the silk is in our hands, it's up to us to dispose of it. It's not like we won't return it to him when the time comes."

    "But if the young master doesn't play his cards according to the routine, Mr. Liu will inevitably feel flustered."

    "What I want is to make him feel uncomfortable." Zhao Hao laughed loudly and said, "Looking at him like that, don't you feel relieved?"

    "Of course I am relieved." Tang Youde couldn't help but smile and said: "Every time I wait for him for an hour before meeting him. But I think he is getting hairy, and I am afraid that we will return the silk in advance."

    "Impossible, it's three months with black words and a red seal on the white paper. It means three months. If the lawsuit goes to Beijing, I won't pay him back in advance." Zhao Hao sat up straight and said to Tang Youde: "If you are really fine, just go  Xiaocang Mountain is here to escape the summer heat, and I¡¯ll ask a senior advisor to help you and come up with a preliminary improvement strategy.¡±

    "I, I listen to the young master." Tang Youde was just trying to avoid Mr. Liu, so he naturally agreed: "Tomorrow I will invite some garden experts to come and take a look."

    "Sure." Zhao Hao stood up and said, "That's it. Don't bother me for the next half month. I have to concentrate on taking the exam."

    "Okay." Tang Youde also stood up, pointed to a bunch of things in the main room and said: "Those are the food I prepared for the master, as well as commonly used medicines. I don't know which ones are suitable, so I brought them all.  .¡±

    "I'm interested." Zhao Hao had expected that Tang Youde would not come empty-handed, so he smiled, thanked him, and sent him out.

    After a while, two students came after hearing the news. They had not seen their master for a month, so they naturally missed him very much.  Zhao Hao also missed these two apprentices. He asked them about their preparations for the exam. Knowing that they already had a plan in mind, he didn't say anything more.  After the three of them divided the food sent by Tang Youde and selected the medicines to be used, Zhao Jin also returned from the Yamen.

    Seeing Zhao Hao, Zhao Jin hesitated to speak.  How discerning is Zhao Hao?  Then he smiled and said, "Did Duke Wei Guogong be fined?"

    "Hey, you have been in seclusion in the mountains all day, how do you know this?" Zhao Jin couldn't help but smile and said: "It was because Wu Shilai impeached him for not being strict in educating his children and many other illegal things. As a result, Wei Guogong was reprimanded by His Majesty and also punished  Two months¡¯ salary.¡±

    "It's just a drizzle." Zhao Hao smiled, thinking that in less than two months, Wei Guogong would be fined for causing trouble among the Nanjing supervisors, and he even felt a little sympathetic to this old man who had trouble breathing.

    "But this time, he and his son have been honest for a year or two." Zhao Jin also smiled and nodded, saying: "There is one more thing, I will tell you after Qiu Wei."

    "Yeah." Zhao Hao understood what was going on as soon as he heard it, but Qiu Wei was not the right person to distract his energy anymore.

    ??~~

    On the eighth day of August, Zhao Hao and his two apprentices took Zhao Shouzheng down the mountain, and first went to Jiufeng Temple to write the header and submit the paper.

    This is actually to verify your identity in advance to reduce the burden when entering tomorrow.

    When they got home and the sun hadn¡¯t set yet, the family had a light and meatless dinner. Wang Wuyang brought the examination basket prepared for the master and explained clearly the placement of everything.

    Tomorrow, the ninth day of the lunar month, will be the day to go to the battlefield. No one dared to chat. After the explanation, everyone went to bed early.

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