Chapter 73: Yu Ergongzi's
fame has little impact on Su Ze for the time being. He continued to attend lectures at the county school the next day. In the afternoon, Hai Rui spent half a day to ask the four people to ask questions they had when they were studying on their own and to answer their questions one by one. .
He gained 20 points of imperial examination experience by listening to lectures for two hours in the morning, and gained 20 experience points by answering questions for two hours in the afternoon. Now Su Ze's imperial examination skills have reached level 3, 105/300, which is much faster than studying at home. Got it!
At this rate, Su Ze will soon reach LV5, which is the level of a scholar.
After the afternoon Q&A session, Chen Chaoyuan, Xiong Yue and Lin Qingcai took Su Ze with them to go for a walk in the county town.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the four of them walked out of Lingxing Gate, they saw a simple pavilion set up in front of the county school. A young man in brocade clothes was sitting on a horse, drinking tea boredly.
Behind this man, there were two Ming soldiers standing as servants.
When the man in brocade clothes saw Su Ze, he immediately grinned and walked forward quickly.
Chen Chaoyuan, Xiong Yue and Lin Qingcai quickly got out of the way, only to see the man in brocade clothes say directly to Su Ze:
"Sir, you have a wonderful plan! Can you please give me another fortune for Yu?"
The person blocking the door was Yanping Wei. Yu Zongyuan, the second son of the commander.
The last time Yu Zongyuan set up a card outside Nanping City to force donations, Su Ze made a fortune for him and he returned home. As expected, he was caught by his father, Yanping Guard Commander Yu Jian, and received a severe beating.
If he hadn't followed Su Ze's instructions, begged for mercy promptly and confessed sincerely, he would have been beaten to death by his father.
After Yu Zongyuan was beaten, he felt that Su Ze was a clever man and a really capable person!
Yu Zongyuan originally came to the county school yesterday, but even though he was the son of a third-grade commander, he did not dare to go to the county school. After all, Hai Rui had a good reputation and was a fierce man who dared to challenge even the prefect.
Later, Baizhi County came to inspect the county school, and Yu Zongyuan immediately went back home. Today he stayed in front of the county school all afternoon again, and finally waited until Su Ze came out.
Seeing the young commander's difficulty in walking, I knew he must have been beaten.
Su Ze deliberately left the news that he was going to the county school last time just to catch Yu Zongyuan. Seeing that he took the bait, Su Ze deliberately said: "
Young commander, you can't calculate this hexagram randomly. Every fortune I make with my plum blossom technique reveals secrets, and if I am too deeply involved in the cause and effect, my life will be shortened."
Su Ze refused to tell fortunes, but Yu Zongyuan felt that he was a wise man, and he was extremely enthusiastic towards him. .
Although Chen Chaoyuan, Xiong Yue and Lin Qingcai did not know Yu Zongyuan, they knew that he must be a big shot in Nanping City when they saw his style and gorgeous clothes.
And that such a person respected Su Ze so much made the three of them feel that Su Ze was extraordinary.
Yu Zongyuan rolled his eyes and said, "If it hadn't been for Mr.'s clever trick last time, I'm afraid I would have been beaten to death by my father. Mr. Su, I'm preparing a banquet at Yaoyuelou. How many gentlemen are going with me?" Who is Yaoyuelou
? Chen Chaoyuan, Xiong Yue and Lin Qingcai had never heard of this famous restaurant in Nanping County. This man in brocade was so generous when he first came out, and he just wanted to ask Su Ze for a divination?
Su Ze did not refuse, but agreed decisively.
After Su Ze was invited, Yu Zongyuan was in a good mood. He patted his head and took out four white greeting cards from his sleeves and handed them to the four people.
A greeting card is a business card from the Ming Dynasty, with one's identity and name written on it. When meeting for the first time in daily interactions, one would send a greeting card first.
Sending greeting cards is a trend among scholars. Yu Zongyuan is not actually from the circle of scholars, but his father is a third-rank commander, and the Yu family is considered a prominent family in Nanping City, so Yu Zongyuan also brings the greeting cards in an artful manner. .
On the contrary, Su Ze and the other four people had no money to buy invitations because they had no fame and poor family background. Yu Zongyuan, who was illiterate, used greeting cards, but Su Ze and the other four serious scholars did not use greeting cards. This is very reasonable. This is the Ming Dynasty.
When the three of them saw Yu Zongyuan looking at the young master of Yanpingwei's commanding family, they all kept their distance from Zongyuan and were filled with fear in their hearts.
You must know that the reputation of Yanpingwei in Nanping City is basically the same as that of bandits and robbers.
As for the reputation of the Second Young Master, in Nanping City it is not only for stopping children from crying, but also for being hated by people.
The three of them accepted the invitation and already wanted to escape back to the county school. They didn't know how Su Ze knew someone like Yu Zongyuan.
Su Ze held the white sign in his hand and said it was white, but with the papermaking technology of this era, it was actually a little yellow.
However, the paper Yu Zongyuan used was the highest grade and whitest signature paper, and the price was quite high.
Paper in the Ming Dynasty was always not cheap. Changningwei still has no money to buy pens, inks, paper and inkstones. Su Ze used a sandbox to practice calligraphy in Changningwei. In the past few days, he only used this paper at the county school and improved his calligraphy skills to level 2. ,150/200.
Su Ze heard about the price of paper from Hai Rui. One hundred pieces of paper cost nearly one tael of silver. It was so difficult for a poor family to study.
You must know that Jiangxi Qianshan and Fujian Liancheng are famous paper producing areas in the country, and the price of paper is already much lower than in the north.
Su Ze couldn't bear to buy paper to practice calligraphy, let alone Yu Zongyuan's extravagant use of paper to make greetings.
At that time, people had to prepare greeting cards in various forms and contents when attending different occasions.
I heard that in North and South Zhili where the most popular greeting cards are, you have to prepare more than 20 kinds of greeting cards before going out.
Moreover, greeting invitations not only need to be signed on white paper, but also on red paper, or even gilded red paper, which ordinary scholars simply cannot afford.
Yu Zongyuan brought Su Ze and the others to Yao Yue Tower. The young master from the commanding family of the Yanping Guards directly booked the top floor of Yao Yue Tower. The generous offer made the three of them even more cautious. This was located under the second young master. He spent all his money just to let Su Ze count?
Is Su Ze so good at fortune telling?
Su Ze was neither humble nor condescending when talking to Yu Zongyuan. He did not show off and discriminate against Yu Zongyuan like other scholars, nor was he timid like the three of them. Instead, he communicated with the second young master on an equal footing, which made Yu Zongyuan very happy.
The three of them admired Su Ze's magnanimity even more, but when they thought that Su Ze could talk eloquently to Baizhi County, it was not surprising that he could talk to Yu Zongyuan, the son of a military commander.
Yu Zongyuan asked someone to bring some fine wine. At this time, rice wine was generally used for banquets. Chen Chaoyuan, Xiong Yue and Lin Qingcai soon fell on the table from the overwhelming force of wine.
When Su Ze was running for funding with his mentor, he drank half a kilogram of white wine. This low-alcohol rice wine was not enough for Su Ze.
Yu Zongyuan felt that Su Ze was so arrogant that he wished he and Su Ze could burn yellow paper and sworn brothers on the spot.
When it was almost time to eat and drink, Yu Zongyuan said:
"Brother Su, can you tell me another fortune?"
Su Ze was waiting for Yu Zongyuan's words. He sighed and said: "Eaters are soft-spoken and short-handed. Brother Yu, let's just say a number."
"Eight!"
Su Ze pretended to calculate again, then opened his eyes and said, "Brother Yu, I'm afraid there's going to be a disaster in your house!"
(End of Chapter)