Heavenly Dao Formula Chapter 2: Because of ignorance

　　 "Brother Xia, what do you think?" Wei Wushuang couldn't help asking when he didn't react.

　　 Xia Fan smiled slightly, "I'm thinking, instead of guessing, I should ask someone I know."

　　 "Huh? Who knows?"

　　He raised his hand and made a move towards the shop Xiaoer, "Little Er, please come here!"

　　 "Hey, come on!"

　　 Xia Fan tilted her head, "Look, someone who knows is here."

　　 Wei Wushuang couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and said with a look of surprise, "Do you think... the second person in the teahouse can know the inside story of Shi Kao?"

　　 "Actually, I was very surprised from the beginning, why is there a hotel and a tea house in the center of a remote village built halfway up a mountain?" He put down his teacup and slowly expressed the doubts in his heart, "Neither close to the big city" , And it’s not on the main road of traffic. If it weren’t for the examination, who would come here to shop and stay? It’s a pure loss-making business. No one in this world should be willing to do it."

　　 "Uh..." Wei Wushuang was also stunned, "You seem to make sense."

　　"Looking at this blue brick floor, it’s been decades, to say nothing. It doesn’t look like a temporary build. The reason why this shop can last for so long must be supported by other sources of income. I don’t care about the book. Profit and loss, willing to invest money in this kind of place, who do you guess?"

　　 "Could it be... the Privy Council that is responsible for holding the examination? But even so, what does it have to do with the shop's second child?" Wei Wushuang was still puzzled.

　　"The scientific examination only requires one paper and one pen, and the martial arts examination only requires an open space and weapons. There is basically no limit to the location of the two. As for the Shikao, you can't find a random place, right? Otherwise, the privy The government won’t bother to summon everyone to this remote town.” Xia Fan replied, “After all, in terms of office and administrative costs, going to a big city is always the best option, which is why the two tests The reason why the last try is in Gyeonggi."

　　"Administrative...cost?" the fellow villager repeated difficultly.

　　 "Ah, don't care about the words, you just understand it as the difference between the cost and the profit required to organize one time." He stretched out two fingers, "Anyway, it is not difficult to infer two points from the above. The examination room of China has a certain degree of particularity, and the number should not be too much; and to maintain such an examination room, a continuous supply of money is required."

　　"Although the Privy Council is extremely important, they cannot spend money arbitrarily. They have maintained Qingshan Township for a long time, and certainly not just for this exam. In other words, there should have been many examinations. "Xia Fan finally concluded, "If the shop Xiaoer is a local, then he should have experienced similar battles."

　　 Wei Wushuang was speechless for a while.

　　 "Two guest officers, what's your order?" During the discussion, Xiaoer from the shop also came to their table.

　　 Xia Fan first ordered a portion of braised beef, then changed the topic, pretending to ask casually, "By the way, how long have you been in this teahouse?"

　　 "Returning officer, I've been running errands here when I was a child, and I've been doing errands for more than ten years." Xiao Er answered enthusiastically.

　　"Usually business shouldn’t be so hot, right?"

　　 "You are right, the last time I was so busy was probably five or six years ago."

　　 "At that time were people like us?" Wei Wushuang asked quickly.

　　 The other party smiled, but didn't answer immediately.

　　 Xia Fan suddenly, it seems that this is rich experience... He coughed twice and pointed to his waist.

　　 Wei Wushuang was taken aback for a moment before he could react. He took out a half-size silver from his pocket and placed it on the table.

　　 Xiao Er suddenly smiled, swiping his sleeve to collect the money, "It should be about the same. I remember that the topics they talked about were also Shikao, spells, etc. Of course, I don't quite understand the specifics."

　　 Wei Wushuang suddenly became excited, "Then do you know the content of their assessment?"

　　 The other party shut up again.

　　 There is no need to prompt this time, the fellow villager has already pushed another silver horn into his hand.

　　"To be honest, I’m not quite clear." Xiaoer said happily, "I don’t dare to touch the things they say. And most of the group of people are late at night activities, and they also specialize in drilling into the back mountains. Everyone avoids them. It’s too late, so how can I get in there and ask what is going on. If someone in the town knows, it’s probably the old hunters. It’s said that someone asked them to be their guide at the time, and they earned more than ten taels of silver in one night."

　　While Wei Wushuang was about to put on another pocket bag, Xia Fan held him down, "Okay, you can go to work."

　　"Okay!" The shopman responded.

　　 "Wait, I still want to..."

　　 "Look around." Xia Fan interrupted Wei Wushuang.

　　The latter realized that several people at the table had noticed the situation here. Although they still pretended to eat and drink, their glances became more frequent.

　　 "Xiao Er, here, here!" Seeing Xiao Er turned around, a table of people shouted.

　　 "Look, there is no need to spend all the money on this." Xia Fan picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth, "Since others are willing to pay for the money, we should give them the opportunity, as long as we If we can be sure that this is not the first time that the exam is held, then it’s almost the same to ask anyone. What's more, we can think of this, and the Privy Council can definitely think that the invigilator does not prohibit us from communicating with the locals, so we must be sure not to leak the questions in advance. . If we ask too many questions, it may be detrimental to us."

　　 Wei Wushuang frowned and thought, then suddenly raised his head, "You mean-money?"

　　 "Twelve taels of silver is not a small amount, but it is never too much." Xia Fan nodded. Calculated according to the purchasing power of grain, one or two silvers in this era are about 500 yuan. Twelve taels of cash was a huge sum of money that he and the cheap master could not get out, but to the disciples of the big family, it was nothing but a drop in the bucket. "Why can I only carry this amount before entering the town? I'm afraid it has something to do with the exam. Didn't that person mention it just now? A local guide would cost a dozen or two dollars. This is enough for several people to pool together. The number of."

　　"This...it's a place I didn't expect." Wei Wushuang sighed for a long time, "I don't know who the master of Xiongtai is?"

　　"Superior?" Xia Fan couldn't help but think of the image of a cheap master—a middle-aged uncle who said that you were dark in the hall, and I can help you with disasters, "Lien Shikao's The reference fee is not available, and the disciples themselves need to put in place first. Do you have any misunderstandings about the masters?"

　　"But Xiongtai’s knowledge really made me amazed. Since I was young, I’ve been in a shop and I think I’m quite sensitive to money, but you’re still a lot worse than you." Wei Wushuang admired, "If it’s not for respecting a teacher, then You must have travelled many places before."

　　 Xia Fan couldn't help but want to laugh. He did stay in many places with the cheap master, but it was definitely not a rush, but a purposeless wandering.

　　 If you count the two-life experience, that's even more.

　　 It’s just that he naturally wouldn’t tell him this.

　　 In addition, the place that made Xia Fan notice the strangeness is not just the teahouse.

　　 Such as the reaction of the locals.

　　 Qingshan Town has one or two hundred residents at most, while the number of candidates is as many as four hundred. If a large group of outsiders floods into this enclosed area, it will inevitably bring resistance and defense. But after walking around, he found that the local people's performance was a little too natural, what should they do, and even greeted the candidates, as if...has been used to such a thing for a long time.

　　"Does your house open a shop?"

　　 "The Big Bowl Food Shop is my storefront." Wei Wushuang replied.

　　 "Puff," Xia Fan was almost choked. Isn't this the best grain shop in Fenghua County? Moreover, the store would occasionally hand out some relief porridge, and Master would often take advantage of it. Those who can open a grain store in Qiguo, even if they are not a family clan, are not ordinary merchants and hawkers.

　　"Have you seen Xiongtai?"

　　 I’ve never seen it before, it’s the most central location in the county. Xia Fan gave him a white look, and in his heart he classified him as the enemy of the bourgeoisie, "Well, that's it."

　　 "Hey, when the exam is over, I must ask Brother Xia to have a good meal in Fenghua County."

　　 "No, this meal is enough." Xia Fan stood up and arched his hands at him, "Thank you."

　　"...Wait, wait," Wei Wushuang didn't react for a while, "You don't want to be with me--"

　　 "Cooperation?" He shook his head, "You are actually right. Those sects and disciples of aristocratic families have far greater advantages than retail investors. Even if they can pass the exam, the ranking will not be too high. So for you In other words, the best option is to fail deliberately-not entering the Privy Council will have little effect on you, and because you fail the examination, your father should have nothing to say. Back in Fenghua County, you are still the second young master of the family. , A lifetime of worry-free food and clothing, at least better than assigning to a certain town and eventually dying from a certain evil."

　　 "So hurry up and go home--" Xia Fan waved at this point~IndoMTL.com~ Isn't it good to be a rich second generation with a dull life? "

　　 He could see that Wei Wushuang did not have the determination to pass the exam.

　　 The latter's face was visibly flushed.

　　 For a moment, he thought the other party would become angry and yelled at him, but in the end Wei Wushuang managed to endure it.

　　 This is not common, Xia Fan secretly praised-boys from fifteen or sixteen to adulthood, the most important thing is face, you can lose everything, but face can’t be lost. To put it bluntly, it’s love to try and love. Drill the horns. However, the other party was not convinced, and looked into his own heart.

　　 After a while, Wei Wushuang said, "What about you? You are as difficult as I am to get a good ranking, aren't you afraid?"

　　 "Who said that, I care about my fate."

　　 "Then why..."

　　 "Because of ignorance." Xia Fan sighed softly.

　　 "Ignorance?" Wei Wushuang's face was full of surprise. He really couldn't connect the person in front of him with ignorance.

　　 Because I don’t know anything about this new world, I want to learn more. Xia Fan knows that the sense of violation in his heart comes from the opposition between reality and common sense, and the feedback from an unfamiliar environment. It would be fine if he was just an ordinary person in his life, but he was talented, paying off debts for the cheap master was just an introduction, even if there was no such thing, he would take this step sooner or later. As the Privy Council that manages all visions, it is undoubtedly an ideal platform.

　　 What's more, for him who has received systematic education, seeking knowledge and understanding has become an instinct carved into the soul.

　　 But even if you say this, people in this world probably won't understand it.

　　He waved his hand, turned and walked out.