Mr. Liu was just startled, and then said: "Write it down, I will pay it back when I have money."

Liu Shi Niang nodded, "We have to thank Bo Wen and the Mu family. If it weren't for these 12 taels of silver, I still don't know where to find money to buy medicine for you."

Pang Kongqing's medicines are powerful, but they are also expensive. In addition to the money for supplementing the body in the later period, ten taels of silver are not much or not, so he said that this person cannot get sick.

Mr. Liu nodded and said regretfully: "It's a pity that Bowen is a military member, otherwise he will be able to walk ahead of me in the future because of his eagerness to learn and smart."

Liu Shi Niang smiled and said: "I heard that Mu Jun is now a thousand households, and if you go up one level, you will be able to leave the military, and then Bowen will be able to take the exam."

Mr. Liu smiled bitterly, "Where is it so easy? It is a threshold for thousands of households to become a general. Some people can't make it in their entire lives. It is not necessary to have military merit, but also to have connections and qualifications. Although I am not familiar with the military system, But most of them can be guessed, Qianhu obeys orders, but the generals have to train and lead troops to fight, unless Mu Jun can be promoted to another level within ten years, otherwise the blog post will be delayed."

"Actually, if Bowen hadn't been in the military, he could try next year."

Liu Shi Niang did not expect her husband to rate Mu Bowen so highly, "The child will only be nine years old next year, right?"

Mr. Liu nodded, "Actually, the Tongsheng test is mainly about memorization, both of which are the strengths of blogging. That kid can memorize things very quickly. He can read it two or three times according to the textbook and then recite it twice with his eyes closed. I have written down all the articles, and it is the first time I have seen such a smart person when I have grown up so much."

Liu Shi Niang smiled and said, "I thought he would never forget him?"

Mr. Liu said with a stern face: "How can there be so many unforgettable people in this world? It's good for him to have this ability. The key is that he still has comprehension. I have always read it myself first, and then translated each sentence by referring to "Shuowen Jieju". If you don't understand it, you can read the classics. If you don't understand it, you will ask me. However, that child has his own opinions when he reads the translated text, and he does not completely agree with Zhu Zi's explanation, which shows his talent, but it is a pity, he is not a good book..."

Liu Shi Niang often heard Xianggong sigh about this. In the past, he only thought that Mu Bowen was well-behaved, sensible, intelligent and eager to learn.

"But he is also in good condition. His sister bought him a lot of books, so that he can read the classics casually. The average student's family does not have this condition, and even the best student in the academy can't do the same as his sister's. A little, you can buy so many books for so much money..."

You should know that children who are generally enlightened are the "Thousand Characters", "Three Character Classic" and "The Analects of Confucius". If conditions permit, they will buy a single book of "Zhu Zi Annotation" for their children. If they are talented, they will continue to buy books.

"Xianggong," Liu Shi Niang twisted and asked, "Then will you end next year?"

Next year will be the township examination every three years.

Facing Liu Shi Niang's expectant look, Mr. Liu still reluctantly shook his head, held his wife's hand, and said, "I can't just let your mother suffer with me for the sake of the imperial examination, right?"

Liu Shi Niang immediately said: "I'm not afraid, Xianggong, you should try it out. Next year, the academy will be closed for a year. I will go out to pick up some clothes to wash, and my parents, uncles and siblings will farm the land, so it shouldn't be a problem. , Anyway, Xingyuan Mansion is only a few days away from us, so you can try it."

Mr. Liu was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head, "No, last year's drought, this year's drought is even worse, no one knows what the situation will be next year, and depending on those lands alone, we may not even be able to pay taxes."

Liu Shi Niang suddenly stopped talking, because last year and this year, the output of the land was indeed not even taxable, and the husband still took the money to make up for it. there is none left.

Mr. Liu closed his eyes and said, "Wait one more time, let's get through the two years first, I'll be more confident with the book in my hand."

Liu Shi Niang didn't encourage him any more, but his mood was indeed a lot lower.

But Mu Yangling, who returned home, began to ask his younger brother to write a recruitment letter, intending to recruit three young adults who are good at farming and have ideas to study farming.

The blog post asked while writing, "Do you still need to study farming?"

"Do you know how to plant without research?"

Bowen thought about it seriously, "I didn't know it before, but I can now," Bowen said, "I thought farming only needed experience, and once you've planted it, you'll be fine."

"You don't call it farming, you call it obeying orders," Mu Yangling found out "Qi Min Yao Shu" to show him, "Those who really know how to farm will know how to compare and research, so as to pursue the best yield Farming is also an art with the goal of minimal labor.”

Bowen opened his mouth wide. It was the first time he heard that farming can be an art.

Mu Yangling touched his head and said, "Look, you don't understand, right? But Jia Sixie just conveyed such a message that agronomy can be regarded as a separate subject, Bo Wen, if it wasn't for your father and mother who wanted to call you the imperial examination, I really wouldn't. I think it's good for you to study Baguwen, why don't you choose the one you are interested in and study it."

Bowen put down his pen and asked seriously: "Then sister, what do you like?"

"I used to like weapons, so I studied the subject of machine manufacturing and automation, but now I think planting and animal husbandry are not bad, at least for now, I am very interested in them, and will improve the two technologies and develop two industry as a target..”

Bowen looked at his sister in a stunned manner, because he was surprised that Mu Yangling regarded planting and animal husbandry so highly that he did not take the previous sentence into his heart, and looked at his sister whose eyes were so excited that he felt that her sister was not a general. Farming is like farming, at least not as my aunt thinks, farmers should shave food in the ground, farming is farming, but I feel that my sister regards it as a goal of struggle, and regards it as an ideal .

It turns out that farming and breeding can also become an ideal!

What is your ideal?

Bowen frowned, taking the imperial examinations to become an official? But what is an official for?

Baowen suddenly felt a little nervous, as if he didn't know what to do.

Mu Yangling didn't notice anything unusual about his younger brother, he just smiled and patted his head: "So we need to invite a few people who are proficient in farming and have ideas to come and study with my sister, maybe in the future, the rice in our Xingzhou Prefecture will also be the same. It can be the same as the yield per mu in Jiangnan, or even higher, and the yield per mu of wheat can also be higher.”

Bowen immediately picked up the pen, "Sister, I'll write it now, and tomorrow I'll go to the county town to post with you, how much wages do we have to pay them?"