206 Provincial Examination First Place

As soon as Sun Yat-sen returned to the city, he went to Baicaotang, where Sun Sicheng had just bandaged the wounded.

"My Lord, I'm busy."

Sun Sicheng looked up and said, "Hey, Ah Wen, you guys are back? I thought it might be tomorrow. How was it? How did Ping An do in the exam?"

Sun Wen raised his lips and said, "Of course it's the first place."

Sun Sicheng also chuckled: "Ah Wen, you are quite arrogant. You are the top student. But Ping An is a smart kid. He is the best in his studies and even his medical skills amaze even my master."

Sun Wen said, "My Lord, I have made an agreement with you. The provincial examination will be held on the second day of April. During this period, I will still go to the manor to give him lessons. I don't have time to study medicine."

That's not impossible.

But isn’t it a bit too much to stop studying medicine for more than a month?

"Awen, you must persevere in learning anything. If he hasn't studied medicine for such a long time, I'm afraid he will forget everything. Just do your best and study as much as possible. Do you still want him to compete for the first place again?"

Sun Wen raised his chin and said, "Why not?"

He was going to take the provincial examination in October, so he had to delegate some things to his subordinates as much as possible. While teaching Ping An, he also had to read books and occasionally consult some teachers in the prefectural school.

"Did anything happen on the way?"

"good."

In the past two years, people in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty have not had an easy life. There have been two consecutive years of drought and little grain production. Fortunately, there is always a way out. God did not do anything extreme, and the imperial court exempted taxes and provided disaster relief, so very few people actually fled the famine.

Although the war in the southwest and north has not been intense in the past two years, it has hardly stopped.

If it weren't for the Sun family's full support, Zheng Qiuyang would probably not have been able to overcome the difficulties.

Of course, the Zheng family also paid silver according to the market price, and Sun Sicheng has made a lot of money in the past two years.

Sun Sicheng did not wait for his apprentice to find him, and followed Sun Wen to the medicine store early the next morning. He had not seen this child for more than a month, and he really missed him.

I just happened to discuss with Wanli whether the alcohol workshop could be expanded. Several military camps have sent letters, hoping that he would give some this year.

There is no shortage of grain for making wine this year, but if the drought continues, the grain grown at home will not be enough. The purchase price outside is high now, and there is no shortage of rain in the south of the Yangtze River, so there is no need to buy grain, but it is not cost-effective to transport it over long distances. In this case, we have to open an alcohol workshop in the south of the Yangtze River this year.

He Jin's family has been with him only last year, so it would not be a good idea to transfer him to Jiangnan again. It would be more convenient for him to stay in the capital, so it seems that Wang Chun and Xiao Liu should be transferred there.

More than a month has passed in a flash.

The provincial examination lasts for four days, with one session per day. A few days ago, Sun Sicheng brought Ping An and San Qiang to the Sun Mansion. It is convenient for them to live here during the exam and it is also easy to take care of them.

Of course, He Zishu also moved into the Sun Mansion. After a week here, Sun Wen asked him to be the accountant, paying him five taels of silver per month. He could work for one month or for a long time.

He was tempted. War had broken out again, the harvest was poor, it was difficult to get food, and business was even harder. There were many people collecting herbs at home, and there was nothing to find due to the drought.

He has already written back, saying that he would like to stay if possible.

In this way, my son can stay in the city to study and be closer to Ping'an.

Ping'an and Sanqiang were surrounded inside the carriage. Wan Changsheng and He Zishu were driving the carriage in front. They had to let him come, saying that they didn't accompany him to the county examination, and the provincial examination was right at their doorstep, so they had to send their son to the examination room.

Sun Sicheng and Sun Wen sat in a car with the two children, followed by Da Wu, Xiao Wu, Lin Feng and Er Qiang. Ping An jokingly called them the Four Heavenly Kings.

After the provincial examination, Ping An still planned to send Erqiang and Lin Feng into the valley. The environment for practicing martial arts in the valley was much better.

The sky was hazy, and there were dim lights everywhere. It was hard to see people clearly, and all I could see were moving lights.

The Sun Mansion was not far from the examination hall and they arrived there in a quarter of an hour.

There are two children taking the exam and eight people are sending them to the exam. Ping An and San Qiang feel a little embarrassed. This lineup is really too strong.

Sun Wen stayed at the Sun Mansion last night. At this time, he held Ping'an's hand and told the two children in a gentle voice what to pay attention to in the exam. In fact, he had said these things no less than ten times.

But Ping An still nodded obediently, and so did the top three.

The body search during the provincial examination would be much stricter. The reason why Sun Yat-sen asked Erqiang and four other candidates to come along was to surround the two children in the middle and prevent others from having the opportunity to do anything bad.

There are some people who do not do well in the exam and do not want others to do well either. So they take advantage of others not paying attention and throw a small ball of paper into the exam basket or on their bodies. Then your imperial examination is over and you will not be able to take the exam for at least three years. Moreover, these things must be recorded, which is equivalent to a stain that will always follow you.

Watching Ping'an and Sanqiang enter the examination room, if everything is fine during the inspection, the candidates will go directly into their own private rooms in the examination room through another door in the examination room.

A few people stood there for a while. It was already dawn and those who had sent their children to take the exam were returning home one after another. There was no need to wait outside. After noon, you still had one hour to take the exam, but you were also allowed to go out and go home.

Erqiang and the others just need to wait outside the examination room before noon.

Wan Changsheng and He Zishu planned to take the children out to eat something and then go directly to the clinic. There was no need to go back to the village, but it would allow Uncle Sun to have a good rest.

Sun Sicheng and Sun Wen returned to the Sun Mansion.

Ming Wanli and He Jin will be here soon, and many things need to be discussed. Two consecutive years of wars of varying degrees have made these people anxious.

Having a large family and a large business is not always a good thing. The Sun family of Baicaotang has businesses all over Da Zhou, and there are two to three thousand people who rely on the Sun family for food, not counting the tenants.

Ping An was already looking at the test paper at this time. The first test was really not difficult. As long as he was careful enough, wrote well enough, kept the paper neat enough, and performed normally, he would get a good ranking.

He felt relaxed, with a smile on his lips, and his every move was elegant. In addition, he was really good-looking, as rare as a person in a painting.

Because he ranked first in the county examination, he was arranged to sit in the front in the prefectural examination. Several examiners, including Prefect Bai, unconsciously stared at him.

Ping An doesn't care about these things at all. Even if he noticed, he wouldn't care.

Just when Ping An was writing for the exam, Sun Hongyu received a letter from the general. It was specially delivered by the military post, and the tension of the war was revealed in the words.

The general hoped that he would come to the military camp to help for two years. It would be best to invite Sun Sicheng to come along. Sun Sicheng's skill in treating injuries was unique, and it would be good to have the military doctor with him for a few months.

Sun Hongyu was in a difficult situation.

The Sun family only had two brothers, Sun Sicheng and Sun Siyuan. The Military Medical Department was the rear of the battlefield, but how far back could it be? It was only half a day's journey, so how could he dare to take on this responsibility?

It was him. After coming back for a few years, he had gotten used to having a home, playing with Xier every day, and discussing medical knowledge with Ping'an.

No matter how familiar the military camp is, it is not home.

Half a month later, Erqiang and Lin Feng went to see the test results early in the morning. Unlike Sun Sicheng who was calm and composed beside them, Sun Wen was a little uneasy.

It is certain that you will pass the exam, and ranking near the top is almost the same, but ranking near the top is not the same as being the first.

Wan Changsheng, Mei Niang and He Zishu were waiting at the farm. None of them went to the clinic today. They sat in the hall chatting and laughing. It was basically a foregone conclusion that the two children would become young students. The teacher said so after reading their silent answers.

As for the ranking, it’s better to be at the top, but average is also fine. With so many people taking the exam, how can it be possible for them to get good scores every time? That would be too difficult for the child.

An hour later, Erqiang and Lin Feng ran to Sun Mansion like crazy. Ping'an and Sanqiang both won. The rankings of Sanqiang were average, but Ping'an won the first place again.

Of course I'm happy for Ping An, and I'll be excited to get a red envelope from the eldest son later. After announcing the good news here, I'll have to catch a car to tell my uncle and second uncle the good news.

He Erqiang is sure to earn a lot of red envelopes today.