This rosewood is a type of mahogany, and it is also a relatively expensive one among mahogany, and this yellow rosewood is the most expensive one among rosewood.

Because of its hard material, high strength, good wear resistance, strong durability, and a certain sandalwood flavor, it has been an excellent material for making furniture since ancient times.

It was popular to use mahogany as furniture in the Ming Dynasty. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, mahogany furniture became the target of the local gentry and even wealthy families. If anyone could have an authentic mahogany furniture, although it could not be as scattered as the county magistrate Liu Shouliang said, it would be very respectful.

However, the growth cycle of mahogany is generally more than hundreds of years, and artificial breeding is almost impossible. The only way to find wild ancient trees to cut off, use a little, and then use a little less. Therefore, the price has always remained high. Even in the Ming Dynasty, high-quality mahogany was hyped to sky-high prices!

Liu Shouliang's vision is quite professional. He is right. He is not wrong with the rosewood that is less than three feet long. If he buys it on the market, it will cost at least dozens of taels of silver.

However, dozens of taels of silver do not seem to be a generous gift. Yang Cong is a big-handed and prodigal thing. He gave gifts to the county school teacher Yan Xing at one time. At this moment, he gave Liu Shouliang a rosewood worth dozens of taels of silver. Isn’t it too stingy?

Of course he wouldn't be so stingy, just give him such a stick.

As soon as the county magistrate Liu Shouliang's exclamation fell, he said indifferently: "Mr. County magistrate, if you like it, the student will send you a car tomorrow."

One car!

When Liu Shouliang heard this, his eyes almost popped out.

How many pieces are there in a car? It costs at least a few thousand taels of silver!

It’s not that he doesn’t want it. The problem is too heavy, so he doesn’t dare to accept it.

People give gifts but ask you to do things. The more heavy the gifts, the more troublesome the things they need to do. He still has a little self-knowledge. His energy can only be able to do things that are "a few hundred taels" and a few thousand taels, don't even think about them.

This car of rosewood was indeed very tempting to him. He endured it for a long time before suppressing the urge to nod, shook his head with difficulty and said, "Young Master Yang, you are too polite. A car of rosewood can cost at least a few thousand taels of silver. I can't bear it."

Damn, why does this old man call me Mr. Yang feel more uncomfortable than calling me brother?

Yang Cong endured the feeling of mao and said against his will: "Mr. County Magistrate, you should call me Qingfeng. A car of rosewood is really nothing to me. You don't have to be polite to me."

Of course, Liu Shouliang knew that a car of rosewood was nothing to this guy. The family had money. The problem was that these gifts of a few thousand taels were too big for him.

He was not as greedy as Yan Song and his son. He dared to swallow as much as possible, and he was a little afraid to accept it. If Yang Cong asked him to deal with the Chen family in Longxi, wouldn't it be a big trouble?

He hesitated for a moment, then he said reluctantly: "Brother Qingfeng, why not do this? You can make a few more pieces for me and make a chair for the Grand Master. I can't bear it anymore."

Can't stand it?

OK!

The more you can't bear it, the more you will have to look to me in the future.

Yang Cong never thought of asking the county magistrate Liu Shouliang to deal with the Chen family in Longxi. He knew that Liu Shouliang didn't have this ability. He just wanted Liu Shouliang to feel that he owed him. The more he owed, the more convenient he would be to do things in the future.

He pretended to be a unique expression of a rich child and said with a little arrogant attitude: "Mr. County Magistrate, you don't know that our Yang family started a business in a wood business. The market price of this rosewood is indeed a bit expensive, but the cost is not high. Our Yang family has a forest farm in Qiongzhou Prefecture, which has a lot of rosewood. This car of rosewood is really nothing. I have prepared it. If you want to respect me, you can accept it. Otherwise, I have to return it to my family. It's so shameless."

When Liu Shouliang heard this, his eyes lit up. Yes, the Yang family started out in a timber business. It really cost a lot of money to cut a truck of rosewood from his own forest farm. This thing has to be sold to be considered money.

In this way, this car of rosewood is really not worth much money to this guy.

A cart of rosewood can at least make a set of furniture. Using rosewood to make a whole set of furniture is something he never dared to think about before.

Thinking of the happy carpenter life in the future, he nodded in a strange way and said, "Okay, I'm so disrespectful to you for my brother. By the way, Brother Qingfeng, don't always call me like the master. This is a common sight. If you can look at me, call me Brother Junsui."

"Hiss!" Yang Cong breathed secretly, "It's so hungry, it really takes courage to call such a white-bearded old man!"

He held back his disgust and smiled apologized: "I'm naturally begging for this. By the way, Brother Jun Sui, is there any way to report the county trial?"

Liu Shouliang nodded without hesitation and said, "This problem should not be big. According to the past practice, the official documents reported for the county examination are generally stored in various prefectures. When the academic and government officials sent people to supervise the exam, they will only check the identity of the candidates one by one, and then collect them together. If you have such a good relationship with Lord Xu, as long as you ask Lord Xu to inform the government office, there should be no problem with the government office. I will re-record this and hand it over and replace it."

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. Is it so simple?

Shi Zhixuan, the government inspector, was the father of the Shi Wenzhai brothers. He didn't even have to go through Xu Jie. He just said hello to the Shi Wenzhai brothers.

He said in disbelief: "Brother Junsui, can this be done by the government office inspection and school?"

Liu Shouliang replied affirmatively: "Of course, the government office is responsible for the verification and storage of official documents."

This matter seems to be solved just like this, it is too simple!

In fact, his thoughts were a bit too complicated. Whether this county examination can pass is not directly related to whether he has registered. It is not that he can pass the county examination after registering.

This form of registration is to prove that it can be used during the exam, but it is not an important official document, so the management cannot be too strict.

Yang Cong thought about it for a while and found that he was really too nervous. He shook his head slightly, mocked himself for a moment, and then bowed and said, "Then I'll trouble Brother Jun Sui. I will invite someone to Guan as soon as possible in the government office."

Liu Shouliang waved his hands repeatedly and said, "What a small matter, what's the point. By the way, Brother Qingfeng, how are you preparing? This county examination will start in less than a month."

Prepare?

How to prepare?

Then, just hold the pen and put it on. What are you ready for?

Yang Cong said awkwardly: "This, I really don't know what to prepare."

When Liu Shouliang heard this, he smiled and shook his head, and then patiently introduced: "Although this county exam is small, it is also a serious imperial examination, and the examination room is under strict management. On the day of the county exam, all students who refer to it must not leave their compartments. You must prepare the food, drink, defecation and other things. You must pay special attention to food and not bring any food, because these must be checked when entering the venue. In order to prevent people from being sucked in, you must carefully check everything. If you bring the food, others will turn it over several times with your hands. What will it be? Also, you can prepare this test poem in advance, so you don't have to spend time thinking about it."

It turned out that there were so many things, Yang Cong couldn't help but humbly ask: "How to prepare for this test poem?"

Liu Shouliang was not impatient when he heard this. Next, he not only carefully introduced the types of test poems to Yang Cong, but also told Yang Cong in detail about the experiences from the county, government, courtyard, provincial, provincial, and palace examinations. All the experiences of taking the exam were not reserved at all.

After hearing this, Yang Cong couldn't help but be amazed. It turned out that the county, government and college exams were quite simple, but the provincial and commemorative exams cost life.

The provincial examination and the commemorative examination will take three days, and there are three questions: meaning, theory and strategy, and a total of nine articles. That is really a life-threatening person. There are many people who die in the provincial examination and the commemorative examination!

He was surprised and couldn't help but feel a little proud. This gift seemed to be a gift for others, otherwise why would he have tried to tell him about these things?

This time he guessed wrong. The reason why Liu Shouliang struggled to introduce his experience in the imperial examination was not because of the cart of rosewood, he was working hard to educate.

These days, the achievements of education are even greater than those of building bridges and roads and building water conservancy. It would be amazing to have a Jie Yuan or even a top scholar under his rule. It would be a great idea. He could even upgrade to three levels.

Moreover, the benefits he can get are more than these. If Yang Congzhen knew about Yuan or the top scholar, he would definitely be an amazing person. Such a person is likely to be published in history. At that time, he, as a county magistrate, will most likely appear in history and be famous throughout the ages.

Famous is passed down through the ages, this is the highest honor for scholars. Liu Shouliang definitely hopes that he can rule this "genius" to rise to the top of the high school, so that he can also benefit from his reputation. That's why he has so much effort to introduce his experience in the imperial examination to Yang Cong.
Chapter completed!