I am engaged in construction in Datang

The sound of reading is heard everywhere, and names are on the red list.

The middle-aged man hid in the carriage, his small eyes shining brightly.

He kept looking at the students who came here: "Xiao Si, help me keep an eye on that guy!"

The destination is the poor students who have received the most support this year.

For a merchant family like theirs, it is almost hopeless to recruit students from aristocratic families, so they can only look for students from poor families to catch... please.

As long as you ask him to go home, you don’t have to worry that his glittering sincerity won’t move others.

Besides him, there are many other businessmen like him hiding in the place where the results are announced.

The aristocratic families have arranged marriages early on, so they don’t care about these things, but they do!

They don't have the status to come into contact with high-ranking officials, so this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Xiao Si, how many people have you marked?"

"Ah Lang, the number is currently twenty-one."

"Only twenty-one!" The middle-aged man was full of worries. The passing rate of poor students was terribly low. It would be good if one of the twenty-one people could make the list.

But most of the students from poor families are not very famous, so he has no idea how to find those with potential!

"I heard that the number of people on the list has increased exponentially this year. The court is short of staff, so I should be able to get one." The middle-aged man sighed.

Three years ago, he came here to wait like today, hired twenty people, and targeted twenty-six targets, but in the end he got nothing.

This year he learned his lesson and hired fifty people!

If you don’t catch one... and invite one back, in three years his daughter will be twenty years old.

If the court had not changed the age limit for marriage last year, he would not have had the opportunity to come here to find a son-in-law this year.

"Ah Lang, the students from the women's village are here."

Xiao Si, who was mobilizing people over there, had his eyes lit up and pointed at a large group of students walking towards them from a distance. They were all wearing double-breasted clothes, which were simple and easy to recognize.

"Students from the women's village?" He looked back and saw that a large group of extremely eye-catching people had indeed arrived.

"Students who go to the village have to teach, do farm work, and sometimes even have to go to the cafeteria to cook." These are what he heard. The purpose of the village is to exchange labor for money, and it is impossible to support idle people.

Only extremely poor students would go there.

"You're busy all day, do you have time to study?" The middle-aged man frowned and was not optimistic about this group of people.

But on second thought, Nv Zhuang has a close relationship with that man, so who knows how many of them can really get "special" favor?

He gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao Si, tell the remaining 29 people to follow the female students."

"This time, no matter the cost, you have to bring one back to me."

Xiao Si agreed and immediately asked the remaining 29 people to surround the female students. Not only them, but also several smart businessmen made the same choice.

The men who were in charge of catching people walked towards the students stealthily. They kept their eyes and ears open but did not dare to look the students in the eye.

After all, it would be so awkward if their eyes met.

The atmosphere was tense for a moment, and everyone's heart was beating in their throat.

"I'm coming!"

"Get out of the way, everyone, get out of the way."

"I'm so nervous, what should I do?"

"Ah... I always feel like I didn't do well in the exam again this time."

Zheng Wen, Duan Xin and others squeezed forward. There were quite a lot of people here, and soon the students from Ernüzhuang were dispersed.

The group of men who were catching people approached the few people calmly.

“It’s posted!”

Officials from the Ministry of Rites carried several huge rolls of red paper up the steps, and the students and the people held their breath.

This thing starts from the very end and the top three will be revealed at the end.

This can only be regarded as an examination by the Ministry of Rites, and there will be another examination by the Ministry of Personnel afterwards.

Only after the palace examination can the top scholar of this year be chosen.

The big red paper slowly unfolded, and the last person came into view.

"There are actually three hundred and sixty of them!"

"Turtle, there are so many people this year!"

"Three hundred and sixty, so do I have hope?"

"Hey, the last one is called Liu Hetong, I seem to have heard of him somewhere before."

"Isn't this the one who was kicked out last winter because he couldn't pay the rent and ended up living in a women's farm?"

"It turns out it's him!"

"Is he really that powerful? I remember he came from a small place and didn't even fully understand the meaning of the scriptures!"

"Then who knows..."

In the distance, Liu Hetong looked at his name on the red list and his eyes suddenly became red.

How can you not be excited when years of hard work pay off?

He was about to cry, but for some reason, he felt his sight become a little higher...

Why does my upper body feel unsteady?

Why, the scene is starting to go backwards!

"!"

Liu Hetong looked down and saw a strong man locking his legs tightly, picking him up like a scallion, and running away.

"and many more!"

Liu Hetong was horrified: "Put me down now!"

He turned pale with fright and his legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

Although his physical fitness is much stronger than before, he entered the village late after all, and has not yet learned how to jump out of other people's arms.

He had imagined the scene of selecting a son-in-law from the list countless times. At that time, everyone should be gentle and polite, and make a choice after chatting with each other.

It's definitely not like it is now.

"Liu Hetong!"

The students in the village in the distance shouted, "Come down quickly! If you leave, it will be your whole life!"

The excitement he had felt previously was gone, and Liu Hetong began to struggle left and right.

At this time, the second list had already been revealed.

The student who was reminding Liu Hetong in the distance was lifted up by two big men because he was not paying attention.

"ah!"

"You shameless people, put me down now!"

The student struggled desperately. He was not like Liu Hetong who had only practiced for a few months. He had been training his body for more than a year.

He is super strong.

Then, it became difficult for the two men to carry him.

"Put me down quickly, I..."

Before he could finish his words, one of the big men shouted to the side: "Come and help us, we can't hold him down!"

After a while, the student felt that the sunlight on his face became less and his vision became darker.

Merchants have endless ways of catching sons-in-law, and those who are targeted can hardly escape. The only difference is who brings them home.

Someone in the crowd unconsciously questioned, "Why is the pass rate for female students so high?"

"Yes, all the unknown ones have come up, what about Master Zheng and the others?"

"Hiss—I have a bold idea..."

Zheng Wen and others were watching the fun over there, and unknowingly, they were surrounded by many men who pretended to chat.

"Old Zheng." Duan Xin's legs felt weak: "Why don't we go first!"

Zheng Wen was sweating profusely. He was afraid, but he was reluctant to leave.

The results are announced!

"Don't worry, there are only three left." Zheng Wen pondered for a while and said, "Who said we can make the list?"

“This isn’t an easy test…”

The third-to-last list was slowly revealed. Zheng Wen stopped talking, swallowed his saliva, and turned to look at Duan Xin in horror.

"Old Duan, you..."

Over there, Duan Xin was being lifted up by several men, moving further and further away from him.

"…Take care."

Zheng Wen raised his hand and then put it down.