Chapter 43 September th, White Dew Assessment
After getting ashore, Zhao Xing and Xu Lao Ba returned to the stall of the river fisherman.

He returned the receipt, took back the one or two taels of deposit, and gave it to Xu Lao Ba as a reward. One is one, two is two, so they are even now.

It’s really late now, otherwise Xu Lao Ba would have to drag others to brag about it.

Zhao Xing looked at the time and returned to Gucheng.

"The wind is blowing~"

There was a breeze under his feet and he walked faster, with each step covering two or three meters.

I returned home at the end of the hour of Hai.

"Today's harvest is good. I just wanted to make a small fortune, but I didn't expect to gain so much in the end."

"It seems that my second destiny is indeed extraordinary."

If one were to develop a level of luck, he would probably miss this fourth-order bead.

"With this harvest, I won't have to worry about food and drink in the short term, and the speed of gathering energy will not be slow." Zhao Xing packed the beads, put them in the box and locked it.

He still has some spare money now, so he's not in a hurry to sell it, but he has to sell it at a high price.

If it were an ordinary person, he would not be able to sleep well after getting a windfall, but Zhao Xing just ate and slept.

The next day, he went to the Sinongjian to attend office and study as usual.

After the Beginning of Autumn, the old Minister of Agriculture began to focus more on theory and less on practical work.

Tell everyone directly that the theory will be tested during the next solar term.

Reading became the top priority for the clerks of the Ministry of Agriculture.

"Old Si Nong, could you tell us which classics will be tested? Please circle the key points for us?" an official asked.

Xue Wenzhong smiled slightly: "Of course, you all listen carefully. Daguanmu, Materia Medica, Hundred Explanations of the Weather, Four Agricultural Chapters, Lunar Orders and Phenology, Three Lights of the Earth Veins, Ten Thousand Chapters on Benefiting Things..."

Well, it’s pointless to ask this question, this is the fucking key point!

Being well-informed and having a good memory are necessary qualities for an official in charge of agriculture. The 19 states are vast and rich in resources, with many kinds of weather and geographical conditions, not to mention all kinds of plants.

If the imperial court sends you to a place to take up a post, but you don’t even know what to plant and when to plant it there, what use are you?

The above are just basic requirements, and you have to kneel down and beg God for help.

Many special environments require the Minister of Agriculture to cast spells, change the weather, find the land veins, create a good environment, and then decide what to plant.

"In the southern part of Guangling Prefecture, there is a county called Yuanling, where five kinds of grain can be grown in spring. They are harvested in spring, and one ear of grain can feed five people."

"In summer, you can plant the Hundred Blood Vine, and harvest it in summer. The vine fruit can replenish the blood of all types."

"Qi Qiu...Qian Dong, what's Qi Qiu?" Chen Ziyu tilted his head and looked at Qian Dong.

The latter spread his hands and said, "Why are you memorizing such an unpopular book, "The Cave Heaven's Blessings"? Do you have a chance to be an official in the Cave Heaven's Blessed Land?"

"That's true." Chen Ziyu was about to put it down, but he heard Zhao Xing beside him slowly say: "In autumn, it can grow golden beans. Plant in autumn and harvest in autumn. It will gather energy in three days and be ready in one month. Its price is higher than gold."

"In winter, you can dig up bone-regenerating ginseng, which can heal bones in ten days and regenerate severed limbs in a hundred days."

Chen Ziyu flipped open the book and exclaimed, "As expected of my brother, you have a solid foundation."

Zhao Xing said with a hint of nostalgia: "Not entirely. If you could live there for a few years, you would know it very well." "Brother, you speak as if you have been there personally. Guangling Prefecture is thousands of miles away from our Pinghai Prefecture."

"Is it not okay if I've been there in my dreams?" Zhao Xing said with a smile.

"Okay, of course, you're the eldest brother after all."

"Hahaha."

Time flies, and the White Dew solar term is approaching.

Zhao Xing was also studying day and night to prepare for the exam. Once he was promoted to a regular official, he would not only be able to enter the fortune dynasty system and increase his fortune and lifespan, but he could also try to do many things.

For example, the treasure mountain of Daming Academy. After you have mastered the quality, you will probably be able to try to gain benefits again.

Becoming a formal Si Nong can also expand Zhao Xing's mobility and learn more spells, laying a more solid foundation for the future revival version.

Zhao Xing was not working hard for a permanent job, but for immortality. If he were a little further away from the version of Taizu, he would have simply given up.

But if it was during the reign of Emperor Jing, he felt that he could still fight to survive until the revival version.

This motivation is very simple and powerful. Imagine if someone told you that if you start exercising now and maintain healthy living habits, you can live another 20 years and wait for a technological breakthrough to achieve immortality, would you do it?

"If the official does not marry or have children, his promotion to a higher position and longevity will not be dispersed, but will belong to him alone."

"Also, if there is a treasure that can prolong life, the sooner you use it, the better. Otherwise, the shackles will become stronger and stronger, and the difficulty will become greater and greater."

“When I receive the product, other aspects will be improved as well. But if I have reached the corresponding grade when I receive the product, all the benefits will be used to increase my lifespan. So in the spring of next year, I’d better reach the ninth grade of Ju Yuan, so that all the benefits of receiving the product can be used to increase my lifespan.” Zhao Xing thought to himself.

There is another advantage to doing this, that is, even if you lose your position and become demoted, the impact will be very small, or even completely non-existent.

This means that I have the ability to jump onto your Great Zhou's express train of fortune. You don't need to pull me too much. You just need to open the door. When the time comes, if you force me to get off the train, I have the ability to jump off without getting hurt.

"Heaven's destiny is my destiny, Heaven's fortune is my fortune, Heaven's life is my life. Can I return my fortune to the court? I can't return even a little bit." After thinking about the future, Zhao Xing returned to the present matters.

September 7th, White Dew.

The Sino-Agricultural Supervision Bureau welcomed its first theoretical examination this year.

The entire exam lasts two days. You must not be late for entry, but you can submit your paper early.

The main question setter is still Xue Wenzhong, but other Sinong officials are required to review the questions together, and they must conform to the question-setting ideas of Nanyang County, and cannot be too unconventional or too rigid.

After the test papers are graded, they need to be filed and submitted to Nanyang County for review. The test scores of other solar terms also need to be filed and submitted, but Nanyang County generally will not look at them carefully, but will only conduct random checks unless someone reports it.

But for the theoretical exam, the whole paper must be reviewed again.

It is not a big deal if the official's magic is distorted, but it will be very dangerous if his theoretical ideas are distorted.

During the time of Emperor Taizu, there was an official in the Ministry of Agriculture in Nanyang County. No one knew where he had read some weird book, but during the examination, in order to show off himself, he wrote a theoretical idea of ​​"breaking the connection between heaven and earth". As a result, he offended both the faction of time and the faction of location, and was directly arrested and imprisoned.

Even the Ego School does not deny the School of Time and the School of Geography, there is just a difference between the master and the servant. However, the "Jue Tian Di Tong" denies the current calendar and even denies Taoism itself. It is a complete evil thought. This is not just heresy, it is simply betrayal and insult to the country.

There was still relative freedom of speech in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Later, this man was investigated and released after being detained for half a year. He didn't get into any serious trouble, but those booksellers who sold evil books suffered. After a severe crackdown and confiscation, all of their families were exterminated.

"I'm going to take the exam later, so I have to be more careful in my writing and not come up with any ideas that are too advanced. Even if I advance by just a little bit, I'll be able to get an A." Zhao Xing reminded himself repeatedly in his mind, and then walked into the examination room.

(End of this chapter)