Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 504: Landy Wen Closes the Door to Refuse Visitors

Su He asked the shopkeeper to change all the money into silver bills and keep them safe. At the end of the month, she would calculate the ratio and take out the Ninth Prince's share. She was going to settle accounts with the Ninth Prince. He had been protecting her for such a long time, it was time to see the benefits.

Maybe people don't think much of this little money, but what should be paid must be paid. This is how business partnerships work, you have to do what you say. Only in this way can the cooperation last long, after all, the business in the capital needs to continue in the future.

Su He looked at other businesses, which were also pretty good. They didn't generate as much revenue as this one, but they were okay.

The capital is good like this. As long as you find a shop and run it well, there will be basically no problem. There are many rich people here, so business is particularly good. As long as you don't do anything stupid, you can continue to do it.

Su He calculated the income of these families and looked at how much money his family had now, waiting for his brothers to go out to take up their posts. Everyone would have to bring some money with them. Everything was good at home, but everything was difficult outside, so he must bring more money.

When I got home at noon, Su He's parents were all happy. The two families had already exchanged the child's birth certificate, and the wedding date was set for August a year later. The main reason was that Su Feng had just entered the officialdom and could not be distracted by his family. It would be better to wait until he had adapted to the environment before holding the wedding.

Besides, his two elder brothers were not married yet, so it would not be good for him to run ahead. With more than a year left, the two elder brothers would be almost married.

After the palace examination, the first place winner was assigned to the Hanlin Academy as a compiler, the second and third place winners were assigned to the Hanlin Academy as editors, and the other Jinshi needed to take more exams from the Ministry of Personnel. Those who passed the exams entered the Hanlin Academy as Shujishi. The remaining Jinshi were assigned to various ministries to serve as chief officials.

After one year of study, the best candidates will be selected to serve as officials in various places, or even in various regions. This depends on their own abilities and the recommendations of other important officials of the dynasty.

Otherwise, how could it be that after the palace examination, many Jinshi took their essays to visit the ministers in the court, using various connections to achieve the purpose of becoming a disciple, in order to be recommended for a position a year later?

Su Feng and his three brothers did not need to seek a master, as they had already done so in advance. Many of them had never sought a master before, but only started to run around after they passed the imperial examination and had status.

They did not look down on their classmates, but were just glad that they were lucky enough to find such a good teacher. Many people had to pay money to ask for introductions, and Su Feng and the other two also had people asking them for introductions to the master.

They didn't dare to agree, because the master had very few students, and he was famous for his bad temper and difficult to deal with. Although he was very kind to them, it didn't mean that he could control his teacher at will.

Wen Lan did indeed close the door to visitors, and rejected all the letters sent to his house. He knew that it was best not to get involved in these things in the capital, as those officials who wanted to form cliques did it, and he didn't need to take sides.

The Ye family's affairs seemed to have happened yesterday, constantly reminding him not to get involved in those things. The Wen family did not have the strength and ability to protect anyone, so he just wanted to finally protect the current emperor.

This country belongs to the Zhang family, no matter who is the emperor, he is a subject. So there is no need to take risks. It is good for him to be an official now, without political enemies and will not be framed.

As long as he is alert enough, does not follow the ways of others, and always protects the interests of the emperor, there will be no problems. He has no say in the change of imperial power, and there is no need to participate in so much. History is always bloody.

He himself did not have such ambition, otherwise he would not have let his daughter be engaged to Su Feng. He had always thought that his daughter could marry a man from an ordinary court official's family, and it would be better if he did not get involved with the royal family, so as not to bring trouble to his family.

My daughter doesn't have the heart to go to that kind of place. It's full of intrigue and deception all day long, which is really not suitable for my daughter.