Liu Daxia glared at Jiang Li's only eyes, then waved his hand: "Chen Xi, continue talking. ←,."

At this moment, Chen Xi did not choose to avoid the important things. He was forced by Jiang Liwei to meet those people in his true identity. Regardless of whether Liu Daxia attacked these people, he and the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce would be in danger. It would be better to completely go to the road now.

Chenxidao: "Students believe that where there are thieves, there are people who sell stolen goods. The thief is hidden deep and the people who sell stolen goods are cunning. Both are unavailable. You might as well intercept the ways of contact."

Liu Daxia narrowed her eyes, obviously thinking about Chen Xi's words with her heart.

"... The thief must be discharged when they get stolen goods, and the thief should not stay there for a long time. Once the sales are broken, the thief is in turmoil, there is an opportunity to take advantage of it."

Jiang Liwei sneered after hearing this: "Young Master Chen said it easily. There are many ways to sell stolen goods, so how can you stop it?"

"Shut up!"

Liu Daxia interrupted Jiang Liwei with his words. With Jiang Liwei's wisdom, he did not understand the profound meaning of Chen Xi at all, but Liu Daxia could hear it roughly.

We do not catch thieves, nor do we catch those responsible for selling stolen goods, but only those who help them transfer. Grain is always a bulk cargo. If the thief wants to transport the grain out and cash, someone must transport it for them. This year, there are so many ways to transport grain on water, because the cost of land is too huge.

In Jiang Liwei's plan to "lead the snake out of the cave", the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce appeared as a seller of stolen goods, attracting the mastermind behind the scenes of the thief. But this is obviously unlikely. There are too many ways to sell stolen goods for those who steal official grains. An Rusheng and Song Xier are just small characters.

The grain always has to pass through the warehouse. As long as the storage and transportation channels in various places are cut off, the thief must find someone who can transport goods for them.

Jiang Liwei's idea was that even if the thief was blocked, the thief still had multiple channels to sell stolen goods, which could not be cured. However, he ignored one thing: even if the thief could not be cut off the thief's transportation route, just need to continue to harass, the thief would naturally seek a more stable and safe shipping route.

Chen Xi wanted to win the privilege of transporting grain for the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce from Liu Daxia. Because the imperial court's grain transport ship did not require too much inspection and the ship could not accurately weigh it, the thieves would take the initiative to find the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce and transport the stolen official grain to the destination in regular official grain.

In this way, the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce will become the "partner" of the thieves' grain transport, and it will be easier to track down the leaders behind the thieves.

Liu Daxia was the successor of the Minister of War appointed by Emperor Hongzhi, and he had the responsibility to raise military funds for the Ministry of War. Although he is now only a third-rank minister of the Ministry of Revenue, many of the things he did are as imperial envoys. In addition, he was given the title of left deputy censor and assistant censor who impeached all officials, and his actual power may be greater than that of Zhou Jing, the Minister of Revenue.

Liu Daxia thought for a long time and finally nodded: "Gu Yu, in these few days, you will take someone to clear out the hiding places you found. You must not miss the net."

Jiang Liwei seemed a little unwilling to accept that he didn't think Chen Xi's plan was so good. But for some reason, Liu Daxia actually chose to follow Chen Xi's opinion. Before he knew it, he went from a decision maker to an errand.

"yes."

Liu Daxia also said: "The Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce entered Beijing. The mountains and rivers were far away, and it was beyond reach. I think I could find people and ships near the capital to enter the Chamber of Commerce." In one sentence, it was equivalent to asking the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce to directly integrate Zhou Fatty's industries, obtain ships, manpower and shops, and pave the way for the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce to enter the capital. "From next month, the court will transport troops and food, and need to recruit civilian ships..."

Liu Daxia didn't say it too bluntly. In fact, what he called recruiting civilian ships was to find some ships to help transport grain. After all, the imperial court could not support a large number of cargo ships for transporting grain. Once the government had official grain transportation, it would mostly recruit from the people, and it was adopted as outsourcing.

"Chen Xi. You are now at the time of studying. Being distracted is a taboo in studying." Liu Daxia finally reminded.

Chen Xi saluted gratefully: "Students remember."

Liu Daxia nodded to Chen Xi with satisfaction, then stood up and left with her entourage. Chen Xi and Jiang Liyi came out together and watched Liu Daxia's sedan chair go away. Jiang Liwei breathed a sigh of relief.

For Jiang Liwei, Liu Daxia put too much pressure on him. If he wanted to continue to stay with Liu Daxia to do things, he had to make achievements, which made him extremely radical in his work.

"Young Master Chen, are you really capable? In front of the Minister of the Secretariat, you proposed to use public instruments for personal use. Want to use this case to make a profit for the Chamber of Commerce?" Jiang Liwei regained his arrogant tone and asked questions.

At this time, Yu Niang came over. She didn't know what was going on inside, but she realized that Jiang Liwei's face was not very good.

Chen Xidao: "I just expressed some stupid opinions under the question of Mr. Liu. They worked for the court, so how could I use public instruments for private use? I don't know what I mean by Lord Jiang's intention to ask the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce for help?"

"Okay, what's the point of a dispute? Mr. Liu asked me to go back and do more research, so I'll say goodbye here."

Jiang Liwei was extremely angry, but Liu Daxia had already given instructions, so he did not dare to disobey him openly. In addition, with Yu Niang and his subordinates, he could only choose to endure.

Jiang Liwei ordered someone to send Chen Xi back. When the carriage that sent Chen Xi was far away, Yu Niang asked, "I wonder what Lord Liu had before, do you need help from my family?"

Jiang Liwei glanced at Yu Niang. Yu Niang had not stood in the same position as him before, and he had just helped Chen Xi, which made him a little annoyed. However, following Liu Daxia's instructions, he would clear some of the stolen official grains in the city secretly stored and stored stolen. It involved the government and local governments, and Yu Niang had to help.

Jiang Liwei said: "Mr. The Minister ordered that the troops should be dispatched to combat the thieves within the next few days, and Yu Niang must do her best..."

Yu Niang is smart and understands the general idea as soon as she hears it.

Jiang Liwei summed up Liu Daxia's orders as "deploying troops to combat the thieves". Needless to say, his previous plan to "lead the snake out of the hole" was naturally invalidated?

Yu Niang smiled slightly: "Master Jiang is a Shangguan, how dare I disobey me?" The implication is that everything must be done in public.

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After Chen Xi returned, he was very grateful.

Fortunately, he refused Jiang Liwei at once, otherwise he would have met with those who reselled official grain that night, and whether he could come back alive would be a question.

Jiang Li is eager to make contributions, not a fuel-efficient lamp!

As for whether he could help the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce to win the privilege of transporting grain for the court for a long time, Chen Xi didn't care much, but if the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce made contributions in this case, Liu Daxia took over the Ministry of War three years later and completed the handover between the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties, the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce would still have a great chance to grow and grow in the north.

The seventeenth day of the first lunar month is the first day of admission to the Imperial College. Chen Xi left home early in the morning to go to the Imperial College to get the results of the admission exam.

More than fifty new students enrolled in the Imperial College were ranked in three levels. Chen Xi thought he was well written in the entrance examination. However, when he was ranked in the final ranking, he only got a second level. More than twenty candidates were ranked with him, which were of the same grade, while Yan Weizhong's name was high and ranked first.

Chen Xi didn't know what the ranking criteria were. But since it did not affect admission and taking the imperial examination, he didn't care much about it.

Because Chen Xi submitted his identity certificates such as the settlement and household registration in advance, he came to familiarize himself with his learning environment for the next period of time.

The Imperial Academy is a very special existence in the Imperial College.

There are three or four thousand students in the Imperial College, while there are only a few hundred people in the Imperial College. Tai students have a high chance of getting a Jinshi. Even if they fail the exam repeatedly and graduate from Taishi, they can basically become teachers of the prefecture and county schools, or become famous scholars in the area. Later, the imperial court will receive special treatment when selecting academic officials.

After Chen Xi reported to Taixue, he went to his school to take a look. That is, the dormitory arranged by the school during his study at Taixue. Because Taixue students, whether they are locals in Beijing, need to live in the school, and there will be one or two days off every ten days. When encountering Shuntian Prefecture College, provincial examination, or imperial examination, the Imperial College will be the examination room, and the students will have a few days off.

The school will be admitted on the 17th day of the first lunar month, and the holiday will be held by the end of the first lunar month, because the examination will be held in February.

For students of ICBC, you may need to be familiar with the environment these days and understand the subjects you will be studying next. But for students of Tai, they are basically self-study for the first ten days of school, because all students of Tai have to take the February Ministry of Rites Examination. In this time, you can’t learn anything except for reviewing your own books.

Chen Xi never thought that he would experience the school days of living on campus again. Even if the students in the Imperial College are special groups, they will not receive any special treatment in terms of accommodation conditions. In the same school, four or five people are in a larger room and two or three people are in a smaller room.

The dormitory is generally more transparent, with windows and doors opposite to each other.

There are several beds in the room, each bed will be prepared with a piece of felt, and as for sheets and bedding, you need to bring your own. There are also desks, chairs, stools, and a wooden rack at the door, with several wooden basins on it. You also need to prepare specific toiletries by yourself.

Of course, there will be no bunk beds in this era, and there will be no cabinets or candlesticks. They will all be tung oil lamps. On the first day of coming, I told the candidates how many tung oil they have every month. Candidates with good conditions may bring their own, after all, reading at night with lights requires doing what they can.

Chen Xi was lucky enough to be divided into two people, but the room was a bit narrow. Chen Xi was visually only ten square meters in size, and there was not much spare bench except for two beds and desks.

He slowly put the bedding, books, pen, ink, paper and inkstone in a row. Chen Xi glanced at him and felt satisfied. He was about to go outside to walk, but he saw a tall young man with a shaved walk in, followed by several servants carrying luggage.

As soon as the man entered the door, he saw Chen Xi's youthful appearance and thought he had walked through the wrong door. He went outside and looked up again at the school hall license plate at the door. Then he walked in. He looked at Chen Xi in shock and asked, "Your Excellency... are you a student too?"

"That's right." Chenxi bowed, "Chenxi, Ninghua, Fujian."

This man obviously had never heard of Chen Xi's name and nodded: "Sun Heng in Xiashuntian Prefecture, whose courtesy name is Xiliang, has met Brother Chen... Mr. Chen."

He originally wanted to call Chen Xi "Brother Tai", but when he saw that Chen Xi was so old that he could not call him brother, so he simply called Chen Xi "Young Master".

Sun Xiliang is a child in the capital and asked the servants to pack all the things. He was a little worried when he saw it. He would have known that he would have brought more things over.

How to fall asleep at night?

Chen Xi saw that Sun Xiliang was dressed and dressed, and he was obviously a rich young man. Since he was a student of the great family, he was a scholar who had achieved fame and honor. Sun Xiliang was only in his early twenties. Nowadays, young masters from a good family had never heard of unmarried people by the age of 20. Most of the families had wives and concubines.

How could such a person who is sleeping in a high bed and warm pillow at home with his wife and concubine at home?

Settling things in the morning, and free time in the afternoon, Chen Xi and Sun Xiliang have to go home. In the Imperial College, students' residences cannot be locked. If you really want to go home, it is best to carry valuable things with you.

In the Imperial College, eating is a big pot of rice, and you cannot have a small meal.

The paper used for learning will be allocated by the court, and the amount of paper each person sends each month is fixed. As for other costs, they can only go out to buy it themselves when they are resting. Many prison students from other places live directly in the school and will not have a small home in the capital like Chen Xi.

Chen Xi returned home because he would not be able to come back for about ten days starting that night, and Lin Dai was still a little resentful to him.

Chen Xi curled his lips: "It's almost time to try, are you so anxious?"

When Lin Dai's pretty face suddenly turned red when she heard the "Mission Test", because Chen Xi promised her to fulfill her family with her after the Mission Test was released. She was living with her fingers these days.

"My mother said, let us write a letter to our home after we arrive in the capital. Have you written it?" Lin Dai looked at Chen Xi timidly, as if she wanted Chen Xi to tell her about marrying her at home.

Chen Xi nodded and said, "I have already written it before the New Year."

Lin Dai was a little disappointed when she heard Chen Xi wrote a letter before the New Year, which meant that Chen Xi might not mention the fact that she had a closer relationship with her. Chen Xi smiled and comforted: "Why, I'm worried that my mother wouldn't agree? In fact, it's not a problem. We can kill first and then report."

Zhu Shan came over with a gun and asked curiously: "Master, Miss, what is to kill first and then report?"

Lin Dai blinked and looked at Chen Xi, but she didn't understand it very much.

Chen Xi smiled and shook his head: "Don't you understand this? Of course, it's time to get married..."

Lin Dai's face, which had already calmed down, suddenly turned red again.

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