Going north, except for the little downward airflow the next night, the airship was driving very steadily. When the dazzling sunlight passed through the porthole for the second time, the Jingzhou Canal was already vivid in my mind.

The capital city is located in a fertile land across the country. The imperial court has focused on the capital area for many years. The Jingzhou Canal is the most important one. Since the construction of Emperor Hui of Xia in the previous dynasty, Yin Qi, the irrigation range has reached more than 40 counties and irrigated 800,000 hectares of land. The rice and grain produced not only supply the daily needs of hundreds of thousands of residents in the capital, but also supports the needs of more than 300,000 border troops. Looking from the air, tributaries gather and diverge, like leaf veins.

Liu Qingshuang was dressed in a grand dress and looked out from the window. Her light red skirt was dragged onto the ground, as if she was attending a banquet.

Cheng Jinzhou was a little strange at the beginning. When the airship gradually descended, he saw two queues of more than 100 people, and then he understood and asked in surprise: "Is this to welcome the sorcerer Liu Kuangxing?"

"Yes, right?" Wang Linghe smiled and said, "Jiang Huangxing's sorcerer is just a lover of the store."

"How do you say it?" Cheng Jinzhou said in confusion.

Xiang Xin said disdainfully: "The royal astrology warlock can issue orders through the court every year to collect various materials and materials and organize academic scholars to conduct research. Jiang Huang's star warlock is reluctant to give up such good conditions and is worried that his master will take his place, so let's demonstrate."

The answer was beyond his expectations. In his opinion, the astral warlocks seemed to be like monks outside the realm who did not eat fireworks. When they heard that there would be power and profit among them, they felt like they had to bow their heads to others for sponsorship for the first time. There were also unspoken rules in the ivory tower. They were surprised and a little bit natural, and even felt relieved.

Liu Qingshuang saw Cheng Jinzhou still looking blurred, and couldn't help but smile: "There are many astrology warriors who are proficient in mathematics and physics, but to become the royal astrology warrior, it is mostly necessary to support the court officials. Since three years ago, Cai Xiangshi, the prime minister who supported Jiang Huang's star sorcerer, was demoted to the other county, his position has been in danger. Liu Kuangxing's star sorcerer is well-known in the outer peninsula and has great hope of succession, so he is envied by him."

Astrology warriors are transcendent to any official, but in front of the emperor, the fourth-level star warriors cannot be said to be on par. After all, the Daxia Dynasty is one of the powerful countries on the mainland. After years of inheritance, there are various checks and balances measures and abilities for astrology warriors. The star warriors themselves do not work for production, which determines that they cannot survive completely without society. Even if people praise them as wealthy as a country, they are inferior to the wealth of the entire country, and they do not have the ability to mobilize a country. Can the high-ranking astrology warriors really experience and mine for themselves? Therefore, even if they have to pay some and lose some, they will eventually be rewarded. Especially for the star warriors who have no hope of advancing, accepting sacrifices is also very comfortable.

Of course, there are few royal families on the mainland and consider more conditions other than astrology. Therefore, most of the time, noble families became the place for astrology warlocks to retire, and their financial resources and status often determine the choice of astrology warlocks.

Cheng Jinzhou knew very little about this. When he came to the capital, he was more concerned about the court officials who supported Liu Kuangxing's sorcerer. He thought about it and swallowed it into his stomach. There were opportunities in the future, and there was no need to ask in front of the other two sorcerers. So he just said: "Since there was a change three years ago, why is Jiang Huang's sorcerer still in power?"

"The changes of the astral sorcerer are always slow." Liu Kuang's deep voice came from behind him. He said with a heavy bass voice: "Jiang Huang is really talented, and the royal family will not easily change the royal family's royal astral sorcerer. If he changes to a prime minister, he will have to change to astral sorcerer, and that astral sorcerer will not become a vassal of the important ministers? But it won't be possible to delay it for too long. Jiang Huang offended too many people back then, otherwise he would not have made friends with ministers. After all, he is a narrow-minded person."

He didn't care much about Cheng Jinzhou's age. Perhaps for astrology warlocks, those who can understand mathematics and physics are adults, and those who cannot understand are children. People in this era will not consider the so-called IQ and EQ issue.

Cheng Jinzhou nodded in an obvious way, but saw a hint of power in Liu Kuang's eyes. This gentleman, even the land reform of Liu Bin's transferee, dared to participate, and his utilitarianism was probably not inferior to that of Jiang Huangxing's sorcerer. But he didn't expect that he would encounter such a "explosive" activity when he arrived in the capital.

The airship made a slight vibration, and the sail above slowly fell down, covering most of the hull. A "slam" sound came from outside. Then Lu Xu wiped his face and came to the door, saying, "Is the door open?"

Liu Kuang tidied up his clothes and nodded immediately.

The slightly heavy hatch door slowly slid open.

Cheng Jinzhou hid behind Wang Linghe and watched two gentlemen wearing official robes walk forward happily. The little official on one side made a gesture, and instantly he was filled with joy, as if he was like a weasel marrying a chicken.

Xiang Xin lowered her head and shouted, "Let's go first."

She didn't like the noisy environment, and Cheng Jinzhou also wanted to act low-key, so he hurriedly pulled Liu Qingshuang to follow him, but he was anxious, but he grabbed Liu Qingshuang's hand.

The Great Xia Dynasty did not have the serious barriers between men and women as they had since the Song Dynasty, but it was far from the freedom and unrestrainedness of later generations. Liu Qingshuang had never had such contact with a man other than his relatives. His face turned red in shame and he walked swaying, like a chick who had just married into a duck's house.

The little loli's tenderness was light and tender. Cheng Jinzhou felt the softness coming from his palm. Taking advantage of the chaos, he pulled her to walk quickly.

Qingshuang's beautiful brows were hooked down hard, not daring to look at the eyes of others. She regretted why she wanted to wear a formal outfit. She was easily discovered for no reason. After thinking about it, she did not mean to blame Cheng Jinzhou. It was also because Xiao Cheng pretended too well, with a righteous and restrained heart, and she looked innocent and boyish.

The airship landing location is a few kilometers away from the capital. The nearby population is not large, but all kinds of transfer tools are available, from ships and horses to sedans and light cars. The guys are respectful and respectful. Whether they are old, young, women and children, whether they are ragged or luxurious, they are always attentive. Cheng Jinzhou saw a guy lying on the ground and let an old man in maroon step on his back. It is not that the service industry in Beijing is so developed and dedicated, but that anyone who appears at the airship transfer point is so noble. If you have no contacts or aristocrats, you will definitely be satisfied.

After crossing half a street, he finally got out of the welcome crowd. Cheng Jinzhou pretended to wipe his forehead and smiled: "Fortunately, not every star warlock comes back, it's like this, otherwise it would be very profitable to open a welcome company or something."

"Company?" Liu Qingshuang blinked and pulled her hand out of his palm without notice, and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

"Guicheng organization or something." Cheng Jinzhou shrugged.

Xiang Xin looked behind him disapprovingly and said proudly: "There is not only Master, a fourth-level sorcerer in the outer peninsula, but the only one who can get this level of welcome and jealousy is the only one."

Cheng Jinzhou responded and raised his eyebrows. He didn't know what attitude he should take towards Liu Kuangxing's sorcerer. The other party always valued him very much, but fundamentally speaking, Cheng Jinzhou didn't like Liu Kuang's character very much.

"Let's go to Hongwenguan first." Liu Qingshuang suggested softly that Cheng Jinzhou's quota was hard-won and closely related to Cheng's father and the Cheng family, so it should be determined earlier.

Xiang Xin said indifferently: "Master will not have time to go back to the outer peninsula until evening. I will accompany you there."

As she said that, she waved to the mate in the distance and shouted, "A carriage."

Since they entered the door, the guy has been paying attention with careful and polite eyes. As soon as he was called, he started to move like a smoke. In a moment, he came to report: "Three masters, you are ready."

The carriage is a four-person or six-person carriage pulled by more than two horses. In cities like Shaonan City, it is difficult for city streets to accommodate many large carriages in parallel. Therefore, even if the Cheng family uses two horses, they rarely hang large carriages, which are far less comfortable than those who can lie on their backs and roll.

With the crisp sound of whips, the carriage passed through Longjin Bridge and Baokang Gate, passed through Xiangguo Temple and the Imperial Academy, and continued to move forward for hundreds of meters, and you could see the Hongwenguan under the Zhuque Gate.

This is already the most central area of ​​the entire Daxia Dynasty. It was not until this moment that Cheng Jinzhou lifted the curtain and walked out of the carriage. He didn't want to appreciate the scenery of the capital from the carriage - Xiajing may be the most prosperous city of this era.

Take a deep breath, and the sky seemed to be filled with the breath of imperial capital - like a dragon's breath, the strong undigested smell of power and wealth mixed, floating, rotting, burning...

"Looks very beautiful-" Cheng Jinzhou can only be described as beautiful. For any later generation who is used to pedestrian streets and has experienced shoulder-to-shoulder tourism activities, the busy Zhuque Street is just that. They built a tall 4-story restaurant, designed a garment store that can accommodate 50 people to purchase at the same time, and gathered tens of thousands of gold, silver jewelry and antiques and jade, attracting hundreds or thousands of people to linger here. Looking back at the ancient perspective, it is very outstanding, but as people living in it, they will be somewhat disappointed by comparing the experience of later generations.

Cheng Jinzhou's expression was a little beyond Xiang Xin's expectations. She asked strangely: "Do you want to go and have a walk?"

"Is it convenient to enroll in school today?" Cheng Jinzhou was unwilling to be crowded among the crowd. The flying wine banners, the sculptures created by skillful hands, and the detailed and flat granite ground seemed more like museums and antique streets than the area where he was about to live. In Shaonan, he still had the memory of the sick son Cheng to be familiar with, and he was more concerned about the people or things around him than the environment. Unlike now, he hoped to stay in a familiar place.

"Hongwenguan allows admission at any time. Before I came, I asked my friend to set up a small courtyard near Zhuque Street. You can live there. Qingshuang can live with me, and he doesn't want to get away from Zhuque Street." Xiang Xin was a woman after all, and she prepared carefully. She carefully covered the tattoo on her wrist. While walking, she did not forget to introduce to him: "There are three walls in the capital. The outer wall is still far from here. A little behind Zhuque Gate is the second wall. When you pass Xihua Gate, it is best to move within the scope of the second wall. If you leave the city or something, you can call me. Don't trust the local public security too much. I will do research with my master at the branch every day."

“Is the public security bad?”

"There are too many nobles." Xiang Xin said simply, and I believe Cheng Jinzhou can understand it. No one who is misbehaves is indispensable in any place. It often happens when people's lives are ignored. The court cannot prohibit them, nor can it expect that the nobles will be conscious.

Cheng Jinzhou thanked him first and then asked, "Where is the outer peninsula? Where is it?"

"It is a gathering place for the astral sages of the capital and the Great Xia Dynasty. When I have time, I can take you to see it. Entering requires recommendations. The results of the delivery association are there."

"Are a lot of people? Will they buy or sell some astrology warlock products, books and so on?"

"There is a special market, which is very complicated. There are also people hiring and recruiting astrology warlocks." Xiang Xin explained casually.

Cheng Jinzhou nodded thoughtfully. The things he made out of the library really needed an appropriate "stolen goods" location.

"It's here." Liu Qingshuang held the maid's hand and reminded the two of them.

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Hongwenguan is not big, or rather, it is disappointingly small, with a ritual gate that is only three or four meters wide at the outermost point. It is written by Emperor Lizong's three big characters "Hongwenguan". Apart from this, it is difficult to find any special place in its low walls.

"The students in Hongwenguan must have no worries about taking the exam for scholars." Xiang Xin half introduced: "Compared with other provinces, there are the most quotas in the capital, and there are also their own quotas in the museum. However, you still have to memorize the scriptures you need to use. If the first two parts are wrong, it will be very dangerous."

Cheng Jinzhou smiled bitterly. He was in the stage of knowing words. It was useless to take the exam even if it was simple. It was just like the opening paper exam in his previous life - the opening paper exam also had to be copied. The cheat sheet exam is what children need the most.

There were soldiers guarding him in front of Yimen. Xiang Xin stepped forward to explain the matter and showed him the lesson. Naturally, someone rushed to report it. Cheng Jinzhou was waiting outside with his eyes wide open, feeling like a transfer student.

The comrades of the Daxia Dynasty did not have lunch break. In three or five minutes, a school official opened his eyes and walked out of the door, looked outside and asked, "Who is the new arrival in Jinzhou?"

There was no one outside the door except Cheng Jinzhou. Cheng Jinzhou rolled his eyelids and replied, "It's me."

It seems that bureaucrats in any world all have hopeless laziness and arrogantness.

"His father's 8th-level civil servant, Cheng Yunan, the prefecture of Shaonan Prefecture?" The school official checked according to the academic statement.

“That’s right.”

The school official has a better attitude and is able to send his son to Hongwenguan at the level of a civil servant of level 8. He has an extraordinary connection. However, Cheng Yunan used up his reserved political resources. He confirmed the school statement and said, "Cheng Jinzhou can go in and attend classes. You can follow Class 3. Remember not to walk around the school casually."

Cheng Jinzhou thanked him and stepped in. Xiang Xin pulled Liu Qingshuang and wanted to go in and take a look, but was stopped by the school official and said, "You can't enter, this lady."

He said, wondering Xiang Xin's boldness.

The students who passed by the Yimen also looked over. Xiang Xin's little bald head was used to isolate the pervert, but the little beauties behind him had an attractive effect. Soon a nobleman shook his head and walked closer, and explained politely: "Several people, the Hongwenguan regulations, only students can enter, or a few special people."

He bit the word "Special" very seriously and looked at Xiang Xin expectantly.

Among several official central school museums, only Guangwenguan recruits officials above level 12, while others, including Hongwenguan, only recruits men. Although they are still discriminatory, they are much better than the feudal society known to Cheng Jinzhou.

Xiao Cheng was about to persuade Xiang Xin, but he didn't expect that the latter would ignore the aristocratic son's hint at all. He pulled up his right sleeve and exposed half of his forearm.

A single piece of tattoo extends from top to bottom.

Cheng Jinzhou then noticed that Xiang Xin did not wear a sorcerer robe today, but a light blue regular dress. It is often worn by most women who show up in public and have a job. It is relatively closer to men's clothing, but the skirt is larger and shows a little waist.

The circling and fine tattoo seemed to reflect the sunlight. The student raised his head in surprise, but did not speak rashly. The little noble who pretended to behave smiled and said, "Is this lady astral warlock or an apprentice of astral warlock?"

The children who were not interested in this place also ran over and looked up to see a star warrior. They were very interested in watching. Of course, the strongest one was Chen Cong. He was able to speak and make fun of the star warrior. He didn't have to think about it when he was in a different place.

"First-level Star Warlock." Xiang Xin hung up. Perhaps she had followed Liu Kuang for a long time and did not regard her first-level title as a high-level title. But in fact, first-level Star Warlock is a guest of honor for the local chief executive in any region, and can even regard it as a national academician and 007 complex. Even if she reaches the position of Liu Bin's transfer, she will not be despised of any genuine star warlock.

The school official is no better than the student in Hongwenguan. Looking at Xiang Xinjue's unfair collar seal, his posture turned weaker and said, "Your Astral Warlock can enter, but you have to register. This lady is..."

"How could such a young girl be an astral warrior?" Chen Cong smiled normally and nodded politely to Cheng Jinzhou: "I have recently entered school and met someone with more than a dozen knights, but I haven't seen someone with astral warrior. I am 17 years old this year. Where are you?"

"13." Cheng Jinzhou tried to be as short as possible to avoid saying the wrong words.

Hongwenguan is far from the size of the old house of the Cheng family. Seeing that everyone was still kind, Xiang Xin simply said, "Since there are rules, I won't go in."

As he said that, he signaled to Cheng Jinzhou that he would take Liu Qingshuang and others outside.

Chen Cong looked at Liu Qingshuang again, reached out to pat Cheng Jinzhou on the shoulder in a familiar way and smiled: "How many shifts are you divided into, I'll take you to see."

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Bird Singing: I don’t know how many people read the book of the Niaozi are still reading. Here we suggest that before you can travel with superpowers or other golden fingers, you must study hard. Although cheating as a skill should be mastered, a real expert is a person who can cheat at any time and anywhere, but it is not enough to pass the exam without cheating - people who only master one skill is incomplete...

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