Zhao Cheng did not intend to force these barbarians to stay. The value of the MSG warehouse in the eyes of these barbarians was obviously incomparable to the lives of the tribesmen.
So even if Zhao Cheng tried to stop him, they would not stay.
Moreover, Zhao Cheng instinctively felt that A Chi was hiding a danger, so it was better to stay away from such people, lest they really cause trouble. The government would hunt down rabbits, and the MSG warehouse would not be spared either.
"Okay, you can leave after you finish the work at hand. I can issue a voucher if necessary."
Because these barbarians are traveling through the state, if they happen to meet a local merchant in their hometown, it is good to be able to translate it for them. If not, it will inevitably be troublesome to explain.
Ahufeng shook his head and said, "No need, we are sorry that we did not complete the half-year agreement, and we don't dare to cause you any more trouble."
Zhao Cheng allowed them to go back and finish all the work at hand. At least the semi-finished products of MSG in the warehouse must be processed into finished products and the first and last work in the warehouse should be cleaned up before leaving.
A Hufeng received Zhao Cheng's permission without wasting any words. He was very happy and said to Zhao Cheng: "If you come to our She tribe one day in the future, we will welcome you with the most solemn etiquette."
The barbarians got Zhao Cheng's promise and returned to Moon Bay happily. Zhao Cheng still asked Shi Sheng to guard the warehouse while he returned to the city.
Because after the main examination, the number of candidates for reference dropped sharply from hundreds to thirty, so the papers were reviewed quickly, and Zhao Cheng was still the leader of the new case.
This means that the final retest will be held tomorrow.
An Dongjun was able to get the 16th place among so many scholars, and his strength was extraordinary. With his level, he would definitely fail the rankings in a place like Shangjing, but in Qinghe County, he could definitely occupy the top thirty.
As long as he passes the government examination and obtains the status of Gongsheng, An Dongjun will have the confidence to pursue an official career.
Neither Zhang Dashun nor Zheng Yucheng came to see Zhao Cheng in the past few days, and even Liu County Cheng next door didn't knock on the door. They knew that Zhao Cheng was in the most nervous moment and were afraid of disturbing his study.
As the night passed, the third game of the county test finally arrived.
The test questions this time are simpler, because the rankings have been determined, and there will be basically no changes. This time the head of the case is Zhao Cheng, the second place is Wang Taihe from Ankou Village, and the third place is Zhou Lezhi from Ankou Village.
Because the county examination is relatively loose, there is no different title for the top three candidates like the prefecture examination or the provincial examination.
The top ten in the county examination are collectively referred to as the "top ten in the county" and that's it.
On the day when the results were officially released, the names of thirty candidates were specially written on big red paper and posted at the entrance of the government office. This was regarded as the official release of the results. The government officials blew trumpets and beat gongs and drums, while loudly chanting the names of successful candidates to announce the good news along the way.
Before the government officials came to announce the good news, An Dongjun had already run over to say congratulations: "Congratulations to Brother Zhao, congratulations to Brother Zhao for being the head of the high school county! From now on, you and I, two brothers, can be high-ranking officials and ride on horses..." "
Zhao Cheng interrupted him with a smile: "Why did you come to me if you didn't stay at home and wait for the gift in return?"
An Dongjun said: "My uncle is taking care of me at home, and everything is ready, so I don't need you. But you are the only one here, how can you be so busy, so I'm here to help."
Because Zhao Cheng is the head of the high school case, there will inevitably be a lot of people coming to congratulate him, some of whom he knows, and some of whom he may not know. If Zhao Cheng deals with it by himself, he will really be too busy. An Dongjun has considered this very well. .
The government officials who announced the good news beat gongs and drums and sang loudly: "The first place in the county examination in Qinghe County, Zhao Cheng, a scholar from Liuxi Village, congratulations to the high school!"
They rolled their names all the way and headed straight to Phoenix.
When the chief of Fenghuang Village heard the name of Zhao Cheng of Liuxi Village, he knew it was the young man from his village and quickly opened the door and let the government officials in.
Zhao Cheng had already prepared red envelopes for the congratulators, as well as some candies with copper coins, to entertain the children who followed the government officials to watch the fun.
After the Yamen servant saw Zhao Cheng, he confirmed that it was the scholar himself. He bowed respectfully and then took out the golden flower post.
The so-called golden flower post is similar to an admission notice.
The examiners would write the names of the candidates on the list on a piece of yellow paper about five inches long and two and a half inches wide, monogram it, put a large post on the outside, and write the name on the post - this was the official form at that time. The admission notice is "Golden Flower Post", also known as "Bang Post".
Zhao Cheng took it over and took a look, and saw that it read from right to left and from top to bottom: "Good news, the academic official reports so-and-so, the young master of your mansion, Zhao Mingcheng, Ding Maoke, won the first place in the Chinese style test in Qinghe County."
Zhao accepted the golden flower post, put it away in his arms, and handed the red envelopes he had prepared long ago to the government officials. Each government official received two taels of silver, and the leader received three taels of silver.
These government officials came straight to Fenghuang after leaving the county government office, just for the good news money, 2 taels per person, which was definitely a lot. They all smiled happily and kept praising Zhao Cheng that this gentleman had a bright future and would surely be better and better. In the middle, we are advancing smoothly, and our future is bright.
Anyway, the auspicious words of "no money" came out and the whole Phoenix was filled with laughter.
An Dongjun was very busy, giving out candies and copper coins to the children who came to congratulate them. As soon as the government officials left, the second group of people came to announce the good news.
The words of congratulations to Zhao Cheng for being the head of the high school case, and saying that he would surely rise to prominence, were rewarded as usual, so Zhao Cheng paid another one or two taels of silver.
As soon as the second group left, the third group arrived. This time the reward was copper coins.
In total, the rewards for these three groups of good news cost more than twenty taels of silver.
After finally finishing his work, Zhao Cheng had to rush to Zheng Yucheng's house in Tongqianli. This time the high school case was the first. After all, it was Zheng Yucheng who taught well, and many questions were answered accurately.
As a matter of fact, Zhao Chengdu should go and thank him. While the victory team was walking around the city tonight, it would not be an intrusion to pay him a visit. If you wait until the next day, the county magistrate Pan Zhuo will hold a banquet for the top ten scholars.
It is inevitable to drink alcohol at the banquet, and it is not known who will be attending the reception, how long it will last, and whether there will be anything else going on.
If there was such a delay, Zheng Yucheng would probably become indifferent, so taking advantage of the excitement at night, Zhao Cheng went to Zheng Yucheng's house with two jars of good wine, candies, and snacks.
As soon as he arrived at Copper Coin, he saw Zheng Yucheng holding Zheng Xiaoyue'er's hand and walking out. When he saw Zhao Cheng coming with something, Zheng Yucheng smiled and said, "Xiao Yue'er insists on going to your place to please you for candy, but I really can't win over her." .”
In fact, Zheng Yucheng also knew that Zhao Cheng would inevitably be busy with social activities in the next two days and might not have time to come over, so he might as well go there himself.
The two of them did not have the status of master and apprentice, so Zheng Yucheng did not adhere to the small formalities.
