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- Hearing this, Ma Xianglan also stopped at the door, wanting to see how Zhao Hao would answer her.
Zhao Hao was not as restrained in dealing with Qiaoqiao as he was with Ma Xianglan. He stood up with a funny look on his face, spread his hands and said to Qiaoqiao: "Are you kidding me? When they brought a bunch of people to Beijing, they only brought their bookboys and servants with them. Who is going to take care of the female dependents? Besides, I¡¯m taking the exam alone, let alone taking care of her.¡±
Hearing this, Qiao Qiao blushed even more. She gave Zhao Hao a weak look and said, "Who is your female family member? I am at most the cook. I have to have a cook when I raise a person, right?"
But I heard Zhao Hao smile lightly and say: "I don't regard you as a cook."
After hearing this, Qiao Qiao felt her cheeks burning hot, as if she were soaked in boiling water. She lowered her head and did not dare to look at Zhao Hao. How could she have the time to argue with him?
Seeing her like this, Zhao Hao knew that he had said something he shouldn't have said again. I can't help but secretly complain, why do I never get any disadvantages when I pretend to be cool with men. Why do you always talk nonsense when you meet a woman?
Not caring about reviewing his mistakes, he took advantage of Qiaoqiao being too embarrassed to speak, turned her around, pushed her out the door and said: "In short, if it doesn't work, it won't work. I won't take any of you with me even if I say it."
When Ma Xianglan heard this, she pointed at herself in surprise. Seeing Zhao Hao nodding heavily, she couldn't help but laugh or cry. She said to herself that she wouldn't have watched the excitement if she had known better.
This is great, the fish in the pond has been affected.
But she is not so easy to fool as Qiao Qiao, so she will open her red lips lightly and make a curve to save the country.
But Zhao Hao was the first to say: "Because there is something that I need you to help me keep an eye on in Nanjing."
"Please give me your instructions, Master."
This trick of "entrusting an important task" worked really well, and Ma Xianglan immediately stopped mentioning going to Beijing.
"That's right, I wrote a few books in the past few months, and the proofreading has been completed in the past few days. I originally planned to find a bookstore to print and publish them, but after hearing what Xuelang said during the day, I felt very unhappy, so I Decided to open a bookstore of my own!"
"This" Ma Xianglan was a little frightened when she heard this: "Master, you want me to help you open a bookstore? This is something Xianglan has never done."
"Who asked you to manage the bookstore?" Zhao Hao shook his head and smiled: "I will say hello to Tang Youde and ask him to help directly acquire a bookstore."
"What does the young master want me to do?" Ma Xianglan asked in confusion.
"You have a lot to do." Zhao Hao said with a smile: "First of all, you need to copy my manuscript according to the needs of plate making. Then, you have to keep an eye on their every step, from stereotypes to printing to binding. When it is a book, I cannot allow them to look at me sloppily, let alone miss prints. Especially when it comes to stereotypes, the pictures and words must be included, and they must be accurate. If there is the slightest fallacy, it must be destroyed and reprinted. "
Seeing that Zhao Hao was not joking, Ma Xianglan immediately looked serious and nodded silently to write it down.
At this time, Qiao Qiao came back to her senses and asked blankly: "What about me?"
"Your father is going to run both ways this winter, so the delicious food is enough to keep you busy." Zhao Hao said with a serious face: "If you are still free, help Sister Ma. She is a girl, and she has nothing to do." How about a companion?"
"Oh." Qiaoqiao nodded and stopped entangled.
Zhao Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Compared with Ma Xianglan, who has a delicate heart, the naive and innocent girl Qiaoqiao is easier to deal with.
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The three of them stayed overnight outside the city and returned the next day.
After returning home, Zhao Shouzheng told Zhao Hao that he had sailed with Wu Ji and planned to sail north on October 20th. In total, it would be five or six days.
"It seems that father has to calm down and prepare for the exam at home." When Zhao Hao heard this, he started to nag out of habit.
However, Zhao Shouzheng spread his hands and said as if he needed a beating: "There is nothing to prepare. Beijing has everything. Just bring the Wanyuan ticket."
"Uh, okay" Zhao Hao rolled his eyes, unable to refute.
But Zhao Shouzheng was actually just joking. He was very busy these days. He had to go to Yingtian Mansion to collect the road sign and ten taels of silver for travel expenses.
We still have to go to the Southern War Department to get the ¡®Fire Card¡¯.
With this "fire card", candidates who are taking the exam can exchange it for a carriage at any post station. The carriage will also have a yellow flag of "Ministry of Rites Examination", which is the so-called bus to Beijing.
Zhao Shouzheng and the others are very wealthy. Although they don't have to provide carriages at the inn, they still have to get the yellow flag of the 'Examination of the Ministry of Rites'. At that time, more than a dozen small yellow flags were planted on the boat. Not to mention the bandits and road tyrants, not even the government or tax cards dared to block their way.
I also need to buy some valuable gifts so that I can make more friends with court officials under the recommendation of my old nephew when I go to Beijing.Juren is already qualified to be an official. Regardless of whether the next step is to become a Jinshi or not, this step is indispensable.
As for the food and drink expenses on the road, he didn't need to worry about the utensils when he arrived in Beijing. His elder brother Zhao Shouye took care of them.
As for Zhao Hao, he doesn¡¯t dare to go out recently.
Since the publication of Nalao Shizi's "First Meeting Collection", countless invitations from Qinhuai female historians have been sent to the house every day
This is polite, but there are still many people blocking the door of his house, waiting for Mr. Zhao to come out to meet, sign, and comment on his poems.
Zhao Hao did not expect that after four hundred years, he would be unknown and become a small star in the Ming Dynasty. But the stars of later generations can make money, so what are the benefits of the stars of the Ming Dynasty? At least there's nothing to tempt him for now.
I have no choice but to stay at home every day, hoping that the heat will pass quickly so that I can return to normal life.
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On the 17th, Wang Wuyang and Hua Shuyang returned to Jinling.
The three masters and apprentices have not seen each other for a while, so they are naturally very happy to see each other.
Zhao Haozheng and Er Yang were talking cordially in the corridor. Suddenly they saw their servants carrying boxes of gifts into the courtyard. They couldn't help but asked curiously: "What is this for?"
"The family has prepared a gift to thank Master. My father and father-in-law heard that Master has moved to a new home, so they prepared another gift." Hua Shuyang looked at Zhao Hao uneasily and said, "I am afraid that Master will not like A Duwu, so the two families prepared They are all carefully selected ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, as well as cultural toys and ornaments.¡±
"My uncle is the stingiest man. He has hidden so many famous calligraphy and paintings. I just picked two boxes and he got angry with me." Wang Wuyang took out the gift list with an annoyed look and showed it to his master.
Zhao Hao knew that Wang Shizhen was one of the top three collectors in the Ming Dynasty, and the things that came out of his hands were definitely not ordinary.
"Fanpin can't get into Wang Yanzhou's eyes at all."
He took the list with great expectation and saw that there were thirty or forty famous calligraphy and paintings on it. Among them, three of the four Yuan families, and each of the four Wuzhong sons have more than two paintings. Wen Zhengming's paintings are still in sets, and there are also works by Wei Su, Qiu Ying, and Shen Zhou
The most precious among them are two authentic paintings by Zhao Mengfu, one is "A Thousand Rivers Entering the City" and the other is "Autumn Colors of Magpies"!
¡°Every one of these pieces will command a starting price of eight figures when auctioned in later generations, and there are many works that can fetch nine figures.
Even in this current season, when the so-called prosperity of collections and Jiangnan collections are at their peak, these famous calligraphy and paintings that Wang Shizhen has tasted are of extremely high value.
As for Taishi Hua, the richest man in Wuxi, his spending is naturally much more generous than that of Leader Wang. In addition to more famous calligraphy and paintings, there are also five boxes of rare books, two boxes of the Four Treasures of the Study, two boxes of jade ornaments, one box each of official kiln porcelain, Boshan incense burner, and coral ornaments
Looking at the gift list that was longer than himself, Zhao Hao couldn't help but secretly sighed, saying to himself that I actually feel that I am rich if I only have three to fifty thousand taels. It turns out that compared to real rich people, I am still poor
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