Four wild boars, weighing several hundred pounds, were too heavy for him to move an inch.
"Haha, let me do it. Scholar Ji, your slender frame isn't up to the task."
Jiang Bai was overjoyed. He hoisted the shoulder strap and, while not exactly as fast as lightning, moved with ease.
Ji Yanwen's face turned green.
Who is actually the smaller one?
Compared to Jiang Bai's petite and delicate figure, he was already quite tall and strong, but unfortunately, he was just a shell and couldn't match her strength at all. He could only pretend to help push the cart from behind.
In fact, even without him pushing the cart, Jiang Bai could pull it perfectly well.
About half an hour later, we finally saw the city gate of An'nan County.
The officers inspected the contents of the cart and made the two men pay the entrance fee under the gate before letting them into the city.
The Chen family was a prominent family in Nan'an County, and Ji Yanwen had already studied in the county town, so the two of them soon arrived at the side gate of the Chen residence.
With its blue bricks and green tiles, the Chen residence is magnificent and spacious, and the house itself is exquisite.
Everywhere you look, you can tell that they are rich.
"Half of the shops in Nan'an County belong to the Chen family."
Merchants here are not exempt from taking the imperial examinations, but there is a quota limit: a merchant can only have one imperial examination quota within three clans.
If any member of one of the three clans becomes an official, then no member of that clan may participate in the imperial examinations.
Within the three clans of the Chen family, there happened to be one person serving as an official in the imperial court, specifically a high-ranking official in the capital.
Ji Yanwen surveyed the Chen residence, his eyes darkening slightly.
He didn't tell Jiang Bai this information, so when Jiang Bai heard it, he was only surprised: "So, the Chen family is the richest family in Nan'an County?"
That's not wrong.
Ji Yanwen nodded.
They knocked on the side gate, explained their purpose to the old woman guarding it, and slipped her ten copper coins. The old woman glanced at the meat they had prepared, confirmed it was wild boar, then gave them a haughty look, closed the side gate, and left only the words, "Wait."
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