Getting Rich from Legend of Zhen Huan

Jiang Chen didn't know that Kangxi had already arranged his journey to find his relatives. He just wanted to lie down on the bed and have a good sleep. Jiang's mother accompanied him to eat something, and then they went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next day, Jiang Chen opened his eyes before dawn. After all, he was young and had a good foundation. He got up early today according to his biological clock. Since he was awake, Jiang Chen did not slack off. He got up, fetched some water, washed up, and sat at his desk again. He recited the first book he learned from the Four Books and Five Classics, "The Way of the University is to manifest the bright virtue, to be close to the people, and to stop at the highest good..."

With the sound of reading, Jiang Chen returned to the days of being a schoolboy more than ten years ago. Today, the sky is high and the birds fly freely, and the sea is wide and the fish jump freely. He felt refreshed and relaxed.

The sound of reading aloud in the study woke up the book boy who was sleeping next door. He hurriedly put on his clothes and knocked on the door, "Master, are you awake?"

"Cungui, come in!" Jiang Chen asked Cungui to come in. Li Guangdi assigned this bookboy to Jiang Chen to help him study. Jiang Chen took the name Cungui to remind himself to cherish the good time of studying.

Cunkui came in, worried that he was late, and asked repeatedly: "Master, have you washed up? I'll get you some water. Are you hungry? I'll ask the cook to make you something to eat."

Jiang Chen was so confused that he said to him, "Master, I don't need anyone to wait on me. I've already washed up. It's just that it's time for dinner. Can you go see if there's anything ready in the kitchen?"

Feeling embarrassed, he ran to the kitchen to get something to eat.

After being interrupted by Cunkui, Jiang Chen didn't plan to continue reviewing. He was afraid that he would have to attend many social events in the next few days, and he also had to check the concierge to see if there were any invitations that needed to be processed.

When the owner of the house made a noise, there were also noises in other parts of the Jiang family. Jiang's mother was old and slept lightly and for a short time. When she heard the noise, she got up and told Jiang Chen to eat together in the dining room.

The reason why the Jiang family is now prosperous is that Jiang Chen became a scholar. After passing the examination, he received subsidies from the state and a certain amount of tax-free land. If he had not met Li Guangdi, Jiang Chen would definitely exchange interests with others for the resources to continue his studies for the sake of his family's livelihood.

But he met Li Guangdi, who was naturally generous in training him. He treated him no differently from his own sons, and was also assigned a book boy, that is, Cunku. His mother was taken to the Li Mansion, but after returning to Beijing, Jiang Chen did not want Li Guangdi's reputation to be damaged, so he resolutely moved back to the Jiang family courtyard. As for the other servants, except for a maid who served Jiang's mother, Jiang Chen could not refuse, but he felt sorry for his mother, so he agreed, and did not keep any of the rest.

Jiang Chen became a scholar and gave his tax-free quota to the Li family. Although the Li family did not lack these, this was also Jiang Chen's attitude. Mrs. Li did not take the opportunity to lower the price, but gave Jiang Chen silver at a fair price. Jiang Chen only took one tenth to subsidize the family, and refused to take the rest in order to repay Li Guangdi's kindness in raising him.

Li Guangdi was pleased that his disciple had a noble character, but also felt sorry for him for knowing how to deal with social relationships at such a young age. He could only sigh and let his wife accept it.

Jiang Chen had some spare money, so he hired a maid for his mother (the maid and the servant had already been sold to Jiang Chen by the Li family a long time ago. After all, it was a favor, not an enmity). Two people taking turns was better than one person being unable to do the job alone. He also hired a woman who could cook delicious meals - Chef Wu. Since no one in the family could cook, it was usually the servant or the maid who was free who would make a meal.

Finally, he found a concierge. Jiang Chen had won three prizes in a row, and there were countless people who wanted to invest in him, step on him to rise to fame, and host banquets to make friends with him. He really needed a concierge to receive invitations and respond to guests. He didn't dare to take such an important position casually, so he went through the Li family and found an old soldier who had retired from the battlefield. His surname was Wang. He had a limp due to an injury, but he was upright and had good martial arts skills. He could also guard the house.

Jiang Chen used to get up early every day to review his lessons. After reviewing them once, it was already light. Jiang Chen would eat with his mother, and after dinner, they would chat about family matters before leaving the table. Jiang Chen studied hard every day, but he didn't want to ignore his mother, so he tried to find time to chat with her.

Apart from the dining room, Jiang Chen would not go back to study directly, but would move around in the yard, practicing some physical exercises to strengthen his body. He did not want to faint before the exam because of his weak body. With the guidance of Uncle Wang (the concierge), Jiang Chen practiced even better.

He returned to his room sweating all over, simply wiped his body with the warm water that the servant had prepared long ago, changed his clothes, and then sat in the study to continue studying the past exam questions and the questions that Li Guangdi had left for him. If there were any questions that accumulated, he would wait until Li Guangdi took a break and then answer them together.

But today, when mother and son sat around the table, they both felt as if they were in another world. Jiang's mother knew that her son was gifted in studying, but as the saying goes, "A man of thirty is a scholar, and a man of fifty is a Jinshi." She had prepared for Jiang Chen to take the exam for more than 20 years, but who knew that Jiang Chen would be so competitive!

After the mother and son finished chatting, Jiang's mother said, "Chen'er, now that you have completed your studies and are old enough, isn't it time to consider getting married?"

Jiang Chen almost spit out the tea he was using to rinse his mouth. He didn't know why his mother suddenly brought up this topic.

Seeing Jiang Chen's confusion, Jiang's mother said helplessly: "In fact, since you won the third place, many matchmakers have come to your house, but you are learning from Master Li, so you didn't know. I thought you were still young and there was no rush, so I pushed them all away. Now that you have won the fifth place, many wealthy families can't sit still and have sent people to inquire about you!"

Jiang's mother felt that she didn't know the outside world as well as Jiang Chen, so she didn't dare to agree casually. Besides, Jiang Chen's reputation was so high at that time, and many people were waiting for him to fall and add insult to injury. Now that he had passed the palace examination, Jiang Chen's future was very bright, so Jiang's mother proposed the marriage.

Jiang Chen listened to his mother's words and knew that he couldn't delay, otherwise his marriage would become a condition for being wooed. It was a pity that Li Guangdi was a Han official and didn't have a Manchu princess suitable for Jiang Chen, otherwise Jiang Chen would have wanted his teacher to arrange a marriage early.

There is no need to worry about too much debt, so this matter cannot be rushed, so Jiang Chen explained to his mother: "Mother, my son will be an official in the court soon, and it is really complicated to deal with people. I should ask the teacher about this marriage."

Jiang's mother nodded, indicating that she understood that she must be cautious in matters involving disturbances in the imperial court.

Jiang Chen was moving around in the yard as usual. Uncle Wang should have been there with him, but he didn't show up after waiting for a long time. After a while, Uncle Wang limped over with two invitations and said with a bitter face, "Master, Prime Minister Suo's family and Prime Minister Ming's family have both handed you invitations."

The doorman really didn't want to recall the two servants' attitude just now, which was like you punch me, I kick you. How could this be a dinner invitation? It was clearly to invite Jiang Chen to the Hongmen Feast.

When Jiang Chen heard the word "Suo Ming", he thought to himself that something was wrong. He took the invitation and saw that the two families had the same time, which was clearly a sign of people taking sides. Jiang Chen asked Cungui to go to the street to ask his classmates, have they all received the invitation?