Domineering husband

Chapter 108 You Got It All

"Come and taste the freshly baked pork belly." Han Ning said with a smile.

"Wash first."

Li Qiao glanced at the sizzling pork belly on the iron plate, and pulled Tao Zhu into the kitchen to wash.

When they sat by the stove, Li Ershan brought them two bowls of five-grain soy milk: "Uncle Zhu, first drink some soy milk to pad your stomach." "Okay."

Li Qiao picked up the bowl, which was a little hot, and he After taking a sip, and waiting for the hot soy milk to go down, Li Xia put a plate of grilled skewers in front of him.

Looking at the full barbecue ingredients on the skewers, he pinched a starchy sausage. He had eaten too many desserts at the pastry shop in the past two days, and he wanted to change the taste.

Tao Zhu is the same as Li Qiao. He ate too much sweet food. Now he only wants to eat spicy food. He eats pork balls. Pork balls only have starch and pork. They are not greasy and go well with soy milk.

"Come, come, let's eat together and celebrate." Li Qiao ate a grilled sausage, and greeted everyone with a smile.

On the way to the Royal Dim Sum Shop, Zhao Cun told him the results of Zhuang Wen, Xu Ying, and Meng Yue.

All three were hit.

Zhuang Wen is one hundred and seventy-eight.

Xu Ying is thirty-five.

Meng Yue is one hundred and sixty-two.

Zhuang Wen and Meng Yue were relatively low in the rankings, but they were both selected, and they will be Jinshi from now on.

Moreover, this is not the final ranking. Next month's imperial examination, 180 Jinshi will enter the imperial examination, and the ranking of the imperial examination is the final ranking of the imperial examination.

Besides, with the current mentality of Zhuang Wen and Meng Yue, even if the results of the palace examination are the same as those of the general examination, it will not affect their good mood.

Scholars, you have truly honored your ancestors!

Therefore, knowing that Li Qiao and Tao Zhu had returned, they had a barbecue at Li Qiao's side today to celebrate.

"Come on, let's clink a glass."

Zhuang Wen picked up a bowl of rice wine.

Bowls were placed in front of the others, those who wanted to drink wine, those who wanted to drink soy milk drank soy milk, after hearing Zhuang Wen's words, they picked up the bowls and put them together, "Hey, I'm a Jinshi

!"

He drank the rice wine in one gulp, and couldn't hide his white teeth from a smile.

"I've been so happy that I haven't been able to sleep for two days, and I always wake up with a smile in the middle of the night." Zhuang Wen was also a little lost in joy: "It's like a dream." Fortunately,

he came.

Fortunately, I survived the nine-day exam.

If he came back three years later, he would fail the exam 90% of the time.

"My cousin couldn't sleep because of the joy, he's in good spirits." Shen Hua said as she glanced at Xu Ying, with a shy smile on her face.

Xu Ying couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, she insisted on saying that he was a hero, and the more she talked, the more energetic she became, and then she tormented him.

He is sore and limp now!

Xu Ying nodded generously and admitted: "I was a little surprised. When I was sitting in the examination room, I really couldn't think of anything else, so I wrote Brother Hua's clothes on it. Who knew it was thirty-five ."

Although the most important thing in the imperial examination is the policy essay, but he was able to rank thirty-fifth in the cloth village, which was beyond his expectation.

On the day when the list was released, he stared at the names on the yellow list and double-checked for a long time, lest he made a mistake.

"This article is not easy to write. Brother Xu, if the cloth village you write develops well, you will definitely earn a lot of money, just like the milk snacks with me and Brother Zhu."

Li Qiao said while chewing pork belly.

"The traditional method of filling the national treasury is recorded in history books. It has been practiced in all dynasties. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of the predecessors. It is a good idea that the predecessors racked their brains. We want to innovate, and the difficulty is too high."

"What's more, many candidates have only a half-knowledge of Dasheng's system, and they can't find a clear direction when they want to innovate. In this case, it is already amazing that you can give the exact way to make money." He

listened Zhuang Wen, Xu Ying, and Meng Yue's achievements made them happy at first, and then they were surprised.

At that time, he subconsciously said that he did not expect that all of us would pass the Jinshi examination.

Zhao Cun looked at him and sighed:

Earning money is not easy.

Afterwards, he tasted these four words carefully, and he felt that Zhuang Wen, Xu Ying, and Meng Yue's success in the Jinshi examination made sense.

The Holy One wants to fill the treasury and increase the fiscal revenue of the court. There are actually many ways, such as raising taxes and squeezing the people.

For example, selling officials will turn the treasury from shriveled to bulging in minutes.

But the Holy One is a wise king, so the way to fill the treasury is suddenly narrow.

If Li Qiao was asked to answer this question seriously, various reforms would first come to his mind, such as the two tax law, Wang Anshi's reform, the one-whip law, the gentry's contribution to the mu, and the gentry's one-to-one payment of grain.

Most of these measures are tax reforms, which are made from the land.

And it needs the support of powerful ministers and decisive kings, otherwise, these reforms will not go ahead.

Reform will inevitably violate the interests of those with vested interests and offend a large number of people. Therefore, Li Qiao never thought about reforming the system when answering the test.

He has shortcuts.

But there are no shortcuts for other candidates.

In addition, Dasheng has already implemented the existing measures such as salt monopoly, so other candidates can think of few ways, and even fewer feasible ways.

Under such circumstances, Zhuang Wen, Xu Ying, and Meng Yue all gave practical and feasible solutions. In addition, the basic skills of the three of them are solid, so it is completely reasonable for the three of them to pass the Jinshi examination.

"No, no, no, I don't expect to be able to compare with milk snacks. What I am worried about now is... that the income of Buzhuang is not worthy of my thirty-five." After listening to

Li Qiao's explanation, Xu Ying still lacked confidence. .

"The Holy Majesty is acting vigorously. Not only has the milk snack shop opened, but it is also popular in Shengjing. I am worried that the Holy Majesty will open the cloth shop at the same speed. If the business of the cloth shop is not good, will my Jinshi be taken back by the Holy Majesty?" Xu

Ying Said and sighed.

These two days he was happy and guilty.

Sleeplessness in the middle of the night isn't just about excitement, it's also about worry.

Hearing his words, Li Qiao couldn't help laughing: "How could it be possible to take it back, the Holy Majesty Jinkou Yuyan, the yellow list is pasted at the entrance of the Gongyuan. And you believe Brother Hua, the clothes he designed are really beautiful." "...

Cousin , so you are worried about this?"

Shen Hua was stunned.

He hadn't thought about it at all before.

But now Xu Yingyi said that he panicked.

No matter how beautiful the clothes he designed, his business couldn't compare to the milk pastry shop.

The milk pastry shop is so popular that he can hear people talking about it wherever he goes. In addition to the unconvinced people who want to buy it, the local people in Shengjing also want to try it. It is the dim sum made by Huiyuan Liqiao. After eating Li Qiao's joy must be touched.

How can his clothes make such a battle.

Can't figure it out!

If the Holy Majesty has high hopes for his cousin's Cloth Village, then his strength is not worthy of such high hopes!

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Seeing this, Li Qiao quickly swallowed the meat in his mouth, and comforted him: "How could the Holy Majesty not know the difference between the two? You can eat snacks every day, but you can't buy clothes every day. However, Shengjing is rich. There are many people, as long as your clothes are nice enough, you can definitely earn a lot of money."

"Really..." Shen Hua was afraid, her voice dropped a lot, she leaned against Xu Ying involuntarily, and looked at it pitifully. Li Qiao.

Xu Ying held his hand and said softly, "Listen to Brother Li, trust yourself."

Xu Ying blamed herself very much at this moment.

He should have discussed this matter with Li Qiao in private, but now that he said it publicly, he immediately scared Brother Hua.

"Of course it's true. Brother Zhu and I will definitely go buy the cloth shop when it opens!" Li Qiao nodded.

Tao Zhu also said: "Not only did I buy it for myself, I also bought it for Brother Qian and Brother You, they must also like it."

Seeing this, other people also expressed their comfort and encouragement.

Hearing these words, Shen Hua recalled that he had indeed been stopped by several people to ask about his clothes when he was shopping, so his worry dissipated a lot.

"Then I want to sit with Brother Zhu, and I want to share your joy, and you pass on the joy of the dim sum shop to me." As

he said that, he was about to move the stool to Tao Zhu's side.

"I'll dip it for you, whatever you want." Tao Zhu smiled.

"Now everyone in Shengjing knows about the Royal Dim Sum Shop?" Li Qiao asked.

"Of course, it's super popular. The Holy Majesty used the test to promote the dim sum shop. Who wouldn't know how powerful it is?"

Shen Hua said and sat next to Tao Zhu, and he was close to Tao Zhu.

He originally wanted to stretch out his hand to hold Tao Zhu's arm, but seeing Li Qiao staring at him, he smiled and put his arm next to Tao Zhu's.

"By the way, there is another happy event. Brother Qiao, you and Brother Zhu left on the day the rankings were announced, but we didn't leave. We saw Chen Deren and others, and none of them passed the exam. I laughed at them all the time. Fan, they didn't even dare to fart, and ran away."

Thinking of this, Shen Hua hurriedly said again.

He's so cool!

Li Qiao laughed a little when he heard this, "The sage is wise. And Mr. Xin doesn't pay attention to them. After this time, they will become a joke in Shengjing's examination."

"No, you are all Jinshi now, and you are going to be officials. When we meet again in the future, they have to salute you, hehe!"

Shen Hua was very happy, and had already forgotten the worry just now, immersed in the refreshing feeling of slapping her face.

Li Qiao was not interested in these little shrimps, and Gu Lianghan ranked second this time, after him.

Xin Zhi ranked third. It seems that Xin Zhi's article was indeed a mess, but he didn't know what Xin Zhi was writing about.

A group of people ate and drank around the stove until the afternoon.

Zhuang Wen got drunk from drinking rice wine and was carried back by Zhuang Quan.

The yard became quiet, Li Qiao Tao Zhu, Li Ershan Li Xia cleaned up the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, and then went to the study together.

After passing the test, you are a Jinshi.

The palace examination is only to determine the final ranking of the 180 new subjects, and there will be no more failures, so Li Qiao can tell the good news to his relatives and friends in Sanliu Village.

At the beginning of this month, the Han family caravan returned to Beijing, bringing letters from everyone in Sanliu Village and special products from their hometown.

Everything in Sanliu Village is fine, whether it is the sweet potato workshop, dim sum, or duck workshop, all are operating normally.

People are also very nice, Li Chuntao and Zhang Tiansheng are married, Zhang's family has built a new house in Sanliu Village, and the two live in Zhang's new house.

Now Li Chuntao still makes snacks at Li Qiao's house every day, but Zhang Tiansheng is no longer busy working to earn money, and Zhang Tiansheng has started to concentrate on studying.

Zhang Tiansheng was not reconciled to stop at a scholar, he wanted to take the Juren examination.

Li Rui, the little fat man, can already walk, and can also call people. He is white and fat, and he is very attractive.

What's left is the family's shortcomings. After a year, and one year older, someone has already come to Li Yuning's door to say kiss.

Li Chunsheng and his wife are also showing Li Xiaxiang his husband's house.

Of course, there is also Li Ershan, and Li Liang Wang Guihua is also showing him his wife/husband...

Li Qiao, Tao Zhu, Li Ershan and Li Xia finished writing the family letter, and the next morning, they went out to do some shopping.

The Han family caravan has not finished transporting the vermicelli, and they will return to Pingcheng in a few days. They need to buy some special products for the Han family caravan to take back.

Passing the bookstore in the middle, Li Qiao didn't forget to go in to buy books.

The palace examination only examines theory, and it is not known what questions the Holy Majesty will ask this time, so Li Qiao cannot relax, he has to expand his knowledge as much as possible.

In this way, after buying for two days in a row, he finally bought all the things, and then Li Qiao concentrated on his studies.

But he doesn't have to work as hard as before.

Because he felt that the questions of the palace examination this time should be related to the important affairs of the court, instead of studying in the study, he might as well pay more visits to Mr. Zhao.

Zhao Cun told him that Master Zhao dedicated the snacks he and Tao Zhu had sent to the Holy Master, so the Holy Master gave Huiyuan to him without investigating.

I have to thank Mr. Zhao very much!

Li Qiao and Tao Zhu personally made snacks, duck products, grilled sausages, meatballs, etc., and they took these to the Zhao residence while Mr. Zhao was resting.

Mr. Zhao is very satisfied with Li Qiao, Li Qiao has lived up to his expectations, now Li Qiao has won the prize, and there is only one champion left in the distance.

But this number one pick is a little hard to get.

The main examiner of the palace examination is the Holy Majesty, and the Holy Majesty is naturally satisfied with Li Qiao, but who knows what questions the Holy Majesty will ask this time.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he might as well tell Li Qiao what happened in the court recently.

The only major event in the court recently is that the Holy Majesty is going to build the Grand Canal.

But this has already passed the test, and it is impossible to take the palace test again.

There has been no war in Dasheng for many years. As for natural disasters, there have been no major disasters in Dasheng recently. Even if there were, Li Qiao is not afraid, because Li Qiao has already summed up the disaster relief process for various disasters.

...

Master Zhao picked up the tea bowl and took a few sips. He said he was thirsty, but he still had no idea about the imperial examination questions.

Forget it, don't guess.

He put down the tea bowl, and said to Li Qiao with a smile: "After the announcement of the list that day, all the officials in Shengjing were not convinced, and waited with a sigh of relief for the opening of the Royal Dim Sum Shop." "Now these officials have shut up, don't you?

" Regardless of whether you are convinced in your heart or not, anyway, you don't yell anymore." "

You are worthy of the name."

On the day of the meeting, even if Zhao Cun moved out of the holy place, the gang still had evil fire in their hearts. How can jokes and small snacks fill the treasury?

how can !

No one dared to say that the Holy Majesty was partial, they could only stare at the Royal Dim Sum Shop, if the dim sum from the Royal Dim Sum Shop could not satisfy them, then absolutely, must...give them an explanation!

Anyway, this can't be the case.

Not only this year's juzi think so, but also the people in Shengjing who are watching the excitement feel a little ridiculous.

Fill the treasury with snacks?

Is this really a joke?

No matter how delicious the snacks are, they can't make much money.

You can tell by looking at Li Qiao's own dim sum. Li Qiao made his fortune making dim sum, but now Li Qiao's main source of income is vermicelli and duck workshops.

Now that Li Qiao wrote such an article, the Holy One actually gave him Hui Yuan, this...

So, when Li Qiao and Tao Zhu were teaching at the Royal Dim Sum Shop, the whole Shengjing was waiting to taste the milk dim sum he wrote.

On the opening day of the Royal Dim Sum Shop, there were a lot of people queuing up, but the Royal Dim Sum Shop had few products, so only a small number of people tasted the milk dim sum written on Huiyuan's test paper.

But whatever you taste, take it.

With this taste, with this degree of popularity, who can resist it?

If a Royal dim sum shop is opened in every prefecture of Dasheng, then the total annual income will definitely fill the treasury.

Master Zhao thought of the public opinion in Shengjing in the past few days, and felt extremely comfortable.

Although he didn't create this plot of convincing people with facts and shutting people up with facts, Li Qiao is a young man he is optimistic about, and he is equally happy.

"It's the student's luck. He and Brother Zhu have just researched milk snacks, so they met this test."

Li Qiao said with a smile.

"There is luck, but it is more about your ability to turn waste into treasure. Vermicelli and autumn pear cream can both be testimonials."

Master Zhao disagreed with Li Qiao's modesty.

"This... Then the student borrows the auspicious words from the adults, hoping that this ability can be used in the palace examination."

Li Qiao did not continue to be modest.

What Mr. Zhao said today, he remembered everything, and hoped that the questions of the palace examination would be within this range.

The days moved forward day by day, at the end of March, Zhao Cun came to Xu Ying's house next door.

The Holy Majesty was about to prepare for the Royal Cloth Shop, so he ordered Shen Hua to draw fifty design drawings and make fifty sets of clothes.

Shen Hua was both happy and worried, and ran to Li Qiao for help.

But Li Qiao doesn't know how to make clothes, so he can only draw those clothes in his mind for Shen Hua's reference.

Tao Zhu took this matter very seriously, and after finishing the housework every day, he took out a brush to write and draw on paper.

Soon, the imperial examination came.

The palace examination was held in the Tai Chi Hall, and before dawn, one hundred and eighty new scholars lined up to enter the palace.

When we arrived at the Tai Chi Hall, the Holy One was naturally not there, only a few examiners and the imperial guards.

Li Qiao was seated at the front, and he was the first to get the test paper.

Seeing the questions clearly on the test paper, his brows immediately wrinkled. This...

the author has something to say:

cough, I think Zhuang Wen, Xu Ying, and Meng Yue can explain it well, and I will write about it later. What are the methods, the treasures have a good time haha~