Traveling to another world and becoming a local owner

The next morning, Zhou Yixing came again.

"Brother Zhang, these are the examination papers for students taking the exam last year. You need to copy them yourself, and then have them reviewed by my father and Instructor Wang, and then sent to the Anyang County Government Office for filing." In the living room, Zhou Yixing took out a test paper and a completed answer sheet.

"Thank you, Brother Zhou, for making the trip in person." After saying some polite words, Zhang Ling picked up the test paper and copied it carefully.

The examination for Tongsheng does not test policy essays, but is similar to a question-and-answer or fill-in-the-blank test, and requires students to memorize contents from classics and historical books.

Zhang Ling didn't know how to do these things. He had hardly read any books in this world. There were many questions written on the test paper, with blanks below, and the best answers were written on the answer sheet.

After Zhang Ling finished copying and Zhou Yixing checked it, he nodded and said, "I will take my leave first. On the second day of next month, please come to the county government office to meet me. We can set off together to Anyang County for the provincial examination."

"Okay, thank you Brother Zhou and your father for your help. I will be there on time." Zhang Ling bowed and said goodbye.

After seeing Zhou Yixing off, Zhang Ling returned to the house feeling dizzy.

"It's too easy to pass the exam to become a Tongsheng! I guess that's how Zhou Yixing and Wang Huan got their status as Tongsheng. It's too convenient. No, I still have to read some books when I have time, otherwise it will be easy to be exposed in the future." Zhang Ling thought with a smile.

In fact, he really blamed the two people wrongly. The Tongsheng exam was very difficult, and many people failed to pass it in their entire lives. It was for this reason that County Magistrate Zhou would spend a lot of money to make concessions for them. As for Zhou Yixing and the other two, they passed the exam with their own real ability.

In the backyard, Cao Shuan put the two wine steamers that he had made yesterday into the pot and checked them carefully. After confirming that everything was correct, he happened to see Zhang Ling.

"Young Master, I have made two more wine steamers. If I make another straw hut, there will be no place to put them." Cao Shuan said with a look of seeking credit.

"Well done. Don't do the rest for now. Have you seen the drawings I gave you yesterday?" After Zhang Ling went forward to check, he felt very satisfied and then asked.

"I looked at the young master, but I didn't quite understand it." Cao Shuan scratched his head embarrassedly.

"It's okay, go get the blueprint and I'll explain it to you."

"Okay, Master!"

After a while, Cao Shuan came back excitedly.

Zhang Ling took the blueprint and began to explain carefully, "This is a blueprint of a spinning wheel, and this is a loom."

"Young Master, I also made spinning wheels and looms with my master before. Yours is totally different. Although there are some similarities, they are completely different things!" Cao Shuan scratched his head, looking a little confused.

"Don't interrupt, listen to me first. Let's talk about the spinning wheel first..." Zhang Ling saw him interrupting and immediately stopped him, then continued explaining.

"Master, are you saying that we should replace the horizontal hammer with a vertical hammer? And add sixteen at once? Will that work?" Cao Shuan asked in disbelief.

"It's fine if I say it's fine. Just do whatever I say." Zhang Ling said impatiently when he saw him questioning.

"Well, young master. Let's make it clear first. If it's not usable, don't blame me." Cao Shuan felt very aggrieved, with a resentful look on his face.

"Of course, just do it according to the sketch. If you have any questions, we can discuss it together. As long as you can do it, I will reward you handsomely." Zhang Ling found it funny to see his bitter face.

"Okay, I will definitely live up to the young master's expectations!" Cao Shuan was overjoyed when he heard that and immediately patted his chest to make the promise.

Zhang Ling did not continue to care about him. Many things do not necessarily require hand-in-hand teaching. They can only rely on the other person's understanding or unremitting efforts.

In the straw shed, everyone was still brewing wine. The three new men were able to work in the fields. Although they could not work, they were happy to learn from Li Liulang and others.

"Hello, young master..."

When everyone saw him come in, they shouted in unison.

"Well, you don't have to be polite, everyone. How much do you think we can produce today?"

"Master, this morning Liu Lang and his team brought back another 1,000 kilograms of mash. When all is steamed, it will probably be 600 kilograms." Zhao Fengnian has made great progress recently, and he is in charge of almost all production matters. Daniu and Li Liulang are responsible for running errands and transporting goods respectively.

"Okay, good! Including the 120 kilograms from yesterday, send them all to the woodshed later. Wait for Manager Yang to send someone, and then have them drag them all away." Zhang Ling nodded and ordered.

Xia Ji Shang is a big business. Yesterday, Daniu sent wine to him, and Shopkeeper Zhao was overjoyed. Huangliang Xian Niang is now in short supply. As soon as the goods arrived at the store, they were sold out immediately.

"Okay, young master." Zhao Fengnian nodded in response.

"Are you three feeling better?" Zhang Ling asked the three men standing beside him.

"I am Wei Da, and I am here to meet you, young master!"

"I am Xu Chang, the humble servant, and I am here to meet you, young master!"

"I am Huang San, and I am here to meet you, young master!"

Upon hearing this, the three men knelt on one knee and saluted.

"Everyone, get up. Your wounds haven't healed yet! We are not in the army. Don't do this in the future." Seeing this, Zhang Ling hurriedly helped the three people up.

"Thank you, Master..."

The three of them said "thank you" and immediately stood up.

"Why were you three caught as deserters?" Zhang Ling asked curiously.

"This..." Several people looked at each other, somewhat hesitant.

"Wei Da, tell me what's going on." Seeing this, Zhang Ling directly asked the man with the most honest face.

"Yes, young master. This should not be told, but since you asked, I will tell you the truth. The three of us were soldiers guarding Yangping Pass before. At the end of last year, the barbarians invaded the border and swept through the two continents and thirteen counties north of Yangping Pass in one fell swoop..." Wei Da showed grief and indignation on his face as he recounted the past in detail.

It turned out that the three of them were soldiers guarding Yangping Pass. Last winter, the Hu people led 50,000 cavalrymen to sweep Yizhou and Liangzhou on the border of the Great Yi Dynasty, and countless people were slaughtered. This was not the first time, so the Yangping Pass guard Lin Ying did not care, thinking that the Hu people would leave after looting. Who knew that the other side was not interested in this, and directly led the army to attack the pass and prepared to march south.

Yangping Pass had less than 3,000 guards, and before reinforcements could arrive, it was breached in less than two days. Lin Ying knew that he could not escape the blame, so he committed suicide. But it was a pity for the soldiers guarding the pass, as they had to either fight to the death with the enemy or become deserters.

"Young master, we are not the ones who fear death, but the Hu people are so powerful. Among our nearly three thousand soldiers guarding the pass, less than a hundred escaped. Some of them were seriously injured and died on the road, while others were forced to become bandits. The three of us are from the same hometown, and we disguised ourselves as beggars along the way. We originally planned to come back to see our parents, wives and children. But we were still caught by the government..." After Wei Da finished speaking, the man in his thirties couldn't help but choked up.