Martial Arts Master Travelled to Ancient Time and Farms Chapter 177

  Yongzhou's literary atmosphere is actually not prosperous, which is mainly related to the geographical location of Yongzhou.

  Cheng Ling came out of Xiaoyonghe Front Street and walked all the way, watching all the way, and even pricked up his ears to receive all kinds of information.

   During this time, I also passed by several bookstores and listened to the conversations of some scholars, some of which were quite similar.

For example, a scholar complained: "You have a lot of books in this bookstore, but Shiwen doesn't have a few. It seems that they are all the same, and I can recite them. The shopkeeper, why? Don't want to find some new books to come back?"

But the shopkeeper also sighed: "Oh, look at what Langjun said, I don't want to accept new books as an old man? There is really no way! Our Yongzhou is no better than Shangyang and Shanyang, and the book is better than Shiwen. What can I do, old man?"

  Why are the words book selling better than Shiwen?

  Cheng Ling did not talk to anyone, but she listened while walking, silently observing and analyzing, and she had some judgments about this in her heart.

  Yongzhou is close to the sea and the commerce is developed, people will inevitably be more impetuous, and there will naturally be fewer people who can firmly believe in learning. Merchants seek profit, and they make more money by selling phonebooks than by selling texts during scientific examinations, and of course they will be more inclined to collect phonebooks.

   In addition, although the imperial examination system of Wei State was much more perfect than that of Qi State, in fact, the prevalence of imperial examinations has only happened in the last twenty years or so.

  It is the current Emperor Wei who is vigorously promoting the imperial examinations, and the system of opening a subject and selecting scholars has been implemented in the state of Wei.

   But the monopoly of the gentry over knowledge is still a big problem, and breaking this monopoly will not happen overnight.

  In the folk, especially for ordinary merchants and poor people, literacy may not be difficult, but it is very difficult to come into contact with classic books that are in-depth, university-level, and helpful for scientific examinations.

   Many aristocratic families are even based on book collections!

   As a result, among the bookstores on the market, it is rather popular for the novels and miscellaneous books. As for the texts and various classics in scientific examinations, they are rare and rare.

   The city of Yongzhou is so big, and there are not many bookstores. Cheng Ling's original idea - looking for some medical books, turned out to be lonely.

It can only be said that she thought too well before, but the shopkeeper of one of the bookstores broke the mystery, and they said: "Oh, Langjun, if you want to read medical books, then you shouldn't come to the bookstore, go to the medical store to find it, maybe Is there a certain doctor willing to sell you a copy or two?"

  This is a joke with a sense of ridicule, Cheng Ling cupped his hands and gave it up with a smile.

  Otherwise, what about the ancient information monopoly? Otherwise, how can you say that there are so many quack doctors in this era?

   is caused by information occlusion and secret skills. In contrast, medicine and literature are monopolized, but many things in commerce are circulated and prosperous.

When he walked to Xuefu Street, Cheng Ling suddenly saw a crowd of people in front of him, and voices cheered loudly: "The Star Picking Tower is open! Young Master Lu watched the stars last night and said that today's Youshi is an excellent time, and you can pick it up. Star Tower!"

   "That's great, the time has come, hurry up!"

   "I don't know what the conditions are for entering the Star Picking Tower this time? In the last Shifu, only ten candidates were selected. It's too difficult."

   "Last time it was a couplet, and we took thirty-five people into the star-picking building. It would be great if it was a couplet this time!"

   "Hey, what you think of is beauty. It's a couplet. It's not something that ordinary people can match. You are a lot of thirty-five people? One in a hundred, one in a thousand is not an exaggeration..."

   Hearing this discussion, Cheng Ling walked quickly along the crowd, and gradually understood the Star Picking Tower.

   It turns out that Zhaixinglou is a special bookstore opened by the Lu family in Yongzhou. Needless to say, there are many books in the bookstore. Many of the classics inside are rare books of the Lu family, which are extremely rare to see outside.

   There are almost no scholars in Yongzhou who don't want to go to the Xingxing Building to read.

   However, although the Zhaixing Tower is open to the public, the opening time is not fixed. Before each opening, it is said that Langjun of the Lu family has to make a divination to determine the time.

   This time period is therefore extremely unstable. Sometimes, the building will not open once for ten days and a half, and sometimes it will open again every three or five days.

   But perhaps it is precisely because of this instability that Zhaixinglou has become more and more popular.

   After all, people are so inferior, things that are easily obtained may not necessarily be cherished. On the contrary, it is this kind of mysterious, seemingly non-existent existence, which is especially attractive.

   And the attraction of the building is not only that it is open from time to time, but also that even if it is open, its entry threshold is also very high.

   Every time, the introductory test questions in front of Zhaixing Building will attract countless people to watch.

   Not only scholars, but also many idlers watching the fun, even if they can't answer the questions correctly and enter the Star Picking Building, it is still a grand occasion to watch the fun by the side.

   This kind of excitement, who wouldn't want to watch it?

   For scholars, this is actually a disguised opportunity for fame. Studying hard for many years, what are you waiting for? In addition to fame and fortune, isn't it just the appearance of a saint in front of people?

  Cheng Ling followed the crowd and listened to all kinds of information. In his heart, he only thought that the idea of ​​this star-picking building was really wonderful.

  Yongzhou Lu Clan is indeed a family that can hold the Yongzhou Chamber of Commerce firmly. Just by looking at this star-picking building, you can imagine how busy the heads of the Lu family are.

  It is no wonder that the Lu clan can still maintain his status as a local giant between the Luo clan and the Fuyang king, two aggressive dragons, and form a three-legged relationship with them.

  Cheng Ling was thinking, and after a while, he saw that the crowd in front had stopped surging, but there was a seven-story high-rise building on the side of the road to the left.

  Zhaixing Building is actually seven stories high!

  In this era when all kinds of buildings have to pay attention to regulations, seven-story high-rise buildings are really very rare.

   I don't know how Lu's managed to build such a tall building on such a street?

  Cheng Ling looked up at the roof of the building across the crowd of people, and then looked in the direction of the roof, but saw that there was a green hill opposite the building, and the sunset was colorful.

  It turns out that not far from the other side of the star-picking building is the famous Qingwu Mountain in Yongzhou City.

  Yongzhou Official School Wuyin Academy is located on this Qingwu Mountain. This Xuefu Street is also named after Yongzhou Official School.

  Although Yongzhou's academic style is not prosperous, as the only highest institution in Yongzhou, Wuyin Academy is still a holy place in the hearts of many students in Yongzhou, and its status is beyond doubt.

   Cheng Ling saw this, and suddenly heard a neat shout from the crowd in front: "The question is out! The question is out!"

   is in front of the building of the star picking building, and I saw a long silk flying down from the top of the building. On the long silk, the text was thick and several lines of characters were written.

   It is this time that the exam questions of Zhaixinglou have come out!

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