diskusbooks Chapter 293 Helping People Around You
Chapter 293 Helping People Around You
"Also, since you are determined to take the imperial examination and become an official, you should concentrate on your studies and stop being distracted by trivial matters."
This piece of advice was more than just advice, because Mu Hanzhi also attached a name card with the letter, "My dear brother, you can take this name card to the Tianhe Academy in the state capital to ask for an audience with the dean Zheng Sheng (Zi Tianhe). I believe that with your intelligence, you will be able to learn from a famous teacher soon."
Bai Jingzhou smiled and handed the name card to Gu Wenxuan, "It's true that someone handed me a pillow when I felt sleepy."
Gu Wenxuan also laughed, "No wonder they were able to expand their business so much and take advantage of the turbulent times to change their business."
It is not advisable to work in isolation. People like Bai Jingzhou who are determined to take the imperial examination need a good teacher.
Although Lin's father has said that with Bai Jingzhou's current level of knowledge, he should be able to pass the examination and become a scholar next year if nothing unexpected happens, but firstly, Bai Jingzhou's goal is not just a scholar title, and secondly, there are thresholds for participating in the examination for students, it is not that you can just go when the day comes.
According to convention, county examinations were usually held in February. In addition to truthfully filling out his name, place of origin, age and three generations of resume in the county's etiquette office, all candidates who took the examination were required to be guaranteed by others.
There are two types of guarantees.
One is that five students who take the exam at the same time issue certificates to guarantee each other, which is called mutual guarantee. The content of the mutual guarantee is to guarantee that there is no problem of impersonation, concealment of death, substitution, unclear identity, etc.
If it is discovered after admission that someone’s situation is not true, then the five people who are connected with him/her will not be allowed to take the exam.
If there is no mutual guarantee, the county's stipend students will issue a certificate of guarantee, which is called a guarantee.
The guarantor of the student must guarantee that the candidate is not impersonating someone else, hiding his/her death, replacing someone else, or using a false name, and that his/her family is clean and not the descendant of a prostitute or a servant. Only then will the student be allowed to take the exam.
If Bai Jingzhou and his companions did not leave, they would have to spend more time looking for a suitable guarantor just for the guarantee.
In addition, the younger ones not only need good teachers to guide them, but also need to go out and gain more experience and interact more with people of the same age. Therefore, going to a cram school or academy becomes a must.
Of course, Bai Jingzhou had no intention of taking advantage of Mu Hanzhi and letting everyone rely on Mu Hanzhi's face to get promoted. He was not capable of doing such a shameless thing.
His plan was not to bring out Mu Hanzhi's name card first. He and the younger ones would try with their own abilities first. If any of them were not good enough and could not enter the academy, he would bring out Mu Hanzhi and see if the academy was willing to make some concessions.
Having made up his mind, Bai Jingzhou wrote back to Peng Xuan'an, Mu Hanzhi and Mu Jingzhi, telling them that they could send someone over at any time to copy the books and that he had already prepared the pens, ink, paper and inkstone.
After writing the reply, they traded this year's newly brewed wine with the Mu family's steward who came to deliver the letter.
When the other party loaded the wine into the car and prepared to leave, Bai Jingzhou asked him to help bring something to Peng Xuan, Mu Hanzhi and Mu Jingzhi.
Peng Xuan'an was studying in the state capital, and the things Bai Jingzhou gave him were all things that could be eaten or used immediately, such as ready-made cotton clothes, fingerless thin cotton gloves, fresh fruits and vegetables, newly dried fruits, fried nuts, meat floss and meat paste, boiled salted duck eggs and preserved eggs...
Mu Hanzhi and Mu Jingzhi were far away in the capital, so they gave them mainly items that were durable, such as freshly dried fruits, newly harvested nuts, meat floss and meat paste, this year's new grain, cooked leather, fingerless thin cotton gloves, cotton seeds and some cotton.
In addition to the cotton seeds and cotton for the Mu family, Bai Jingzhou also left a portion for Peng Xuan'an. Since he had said he was coming to play, Bai Jingzhou didn't take the time to give it to him.
He planned to wait for Peng Xuan'an to come to Baijia Village and then ask him to take the cotton and cotton seeds back.
After deducting the cotton seeds they will use next year, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou plan to distribute the remaining cotton seeds to their relatives and friends in Jiajia Village and Baijia Village.
Bai Jingzhou personally discussed this matter with Bai Lizheng and the head of the Jia family.
He told the two people that the cotton seeds and planting methods they provided were free of charge, and that if there were any problems with anyone's cotton fields in the future, they could take the time to help check them out and help find solutions.
However, if someone fails to grow the cotton properly and suffers losses, the responsibility cannot be put on them just because they provided the cotton seeds and planting methods.
Simply put, they are only responsible for sharing cotton seeds and planting methods, but they are not responsible for providing a guarantee for everyone's cotton fields. If anyone is afraid of losing money if they fail to grow the cotton well, they should not participate as soon as possible.
Bai Lizheng and the head of the Jia family both expressed that they could understand Bai Jingzhou's concerns. Even when Bai Jingzhou suggested that these precautions be put on paper and written into a contract, the two of them only hesitated for a moment before agreeing.
After all, as the saying goes, "even a big tree has dead branches." Even if they themselves are sensible, they cannot guarantee that everyone in the clan or village is sensible.
It is better to be a villain first and a gentleman later than to have some weirdo jump out to cause trouble, which will make Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan feel cold and they will never help their clansmen and relatives again.
The two old men explained the matter to the people in Baijia Village and Jiajia Village, and after asking the villagers who were willing to try to sign the contract, Bai Jingzhou sent out the cotton growers from their farm to help the villagers of the two villages select land suitable for growing cotton.
It is easy to pick out land suitable for growing cotton in Baijia Village, but it is different in Jiajia Village, which is located in a mountain valley. The fields of many villagers in Jiajia Village are not suitable for growing cotton.
At the moment, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou do not have the potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, etc. that they are longing for, so Gu Wenxuan can only suggest that they raise ducks to sell.
Her family collects the duck eggs, and the ducks can be sold to people in the surrounding villages during festivals, or taken to the town or county market regularly to sell. Or, after the ducks stop laying eggs, they can be sold in batches to restaurants and small vendors selling chickens and ducks at the market.
In addition, Gu Wenxuan also provided them with some recruitment quotas in the workshop.
Yes, she just gave the quota, and she asked the head of the Jia family to help select the specific candidates.
Just like the previous time at the shelter, Gu Wenxuan made it clear upfront when giving out the places.
"I will never show mercy to those who have done a bad job or have evil intentions."
"Please don't come to me and talk about kinship one by one. Kinship is mutual. If I give people the opportunity to make money, but they still want to cheat me, there is no kinship between me and them."
The Jia clan leader was already used to Gu Wenxuan's straightforward style of speaking her mind. He nodded to show his understanding, "If there really are such people, you don't have to deal with them. You are a little girl, and it will be bad for your reputation. Just come and tell me, old man, and I will deal with them according to the clan rules."