After leaving the Gu family, Li Ling did not go home, but turned around and went to the county government.

It was afternoon, and everyone in the county government was busy. When he saw Li Dianli coming back, he gave another greeting. While dealing with it, he came to the public housing of the Wei County Magistrate.

Seeing that he arrived at this time, Wei Liang was quite surprised. He asked him to come in and sit down and asked, "Didn't you come to say goodbye yesterday? Why are you here again today? But because of the imperial examinations, you can tell me if you have any worries. But I believe it is no longer difficult to get a scholar based on your current literary attainments."

"Thank you for your concern, I didn't come because of this."

"Oh? Why is that for?"

Li Ling lowered his voice a little and said seriously: "Have you been embarrassed about donating to jute recently?"

"How did you... know?" Wei Liang asked with surprise. Not many people in the yamen knew about this. Now Li Ling didn't come much, so it was naturally even harder to know about it.

By the way, they thought that the donation of jute might be troublesome enough, but they had little to do with their own family, so they should go to a higher level if they argue. However, the subsequent development was obviously beyond the expectations of Wei Magistrate Wei. The government office reported the matter, and the first transmission and second transmission reached the current governor's office of the Lianghuai Governor, and then suddenly stopped.

Just a few days ago, the governor's yamen actually sent a secret message to the magistrate of Wei, asking him to cover up the matter. Although he did not point out what would happen if he did not do it, his attitude was quite strong, which put a lot of pressure on Wei Liang.

If it was just the pressure from the government office, Wei Magistrate would naturally not be afraid. However, the governor was already a high-ranking official at the level of a rank of a rank of a rank of officials. Even if he had a deep background, he would not dare to offend too much, and he really could not come up with a good response. Therefore, for several days, he had been very distressed and in a dilemma.

Li Ling smiled: "The day before yesterday, Mr. Cao came to congratulate me on the county examination and asked me accidentally. Only then did I realize that the adults had this problem."

Wei Liang knew that Cao Jin was asking Li Ling for advice, and seeing that he seemed to have thought of some countermeasures, he was also excited: "Do you have any good way to deal with it? If you can really take it out, it will be a big help to me."

"There is indeed an idea, but I don't know if I dare to let me give it a try."

"Speak quickly."

Li Ling immediately stood up and leaned forward, lowered his voice and said something, but Magistrate Wei was stunned for a while before hesitating: "Can this method really work?"

"Sir, I think some things should be solved by taking the right medicine. Although the governor has a high position and a powerful position, he also has his own concerns, which is public opinion. So as long as we can grasp this point, it will be enough to change his ideas and let the general trend be used by us."

After a pause, he smiled and said, "And it was not done by the government, nor was it in our Jiangcheng County. Even if the governor wants to make mistakes, he can't take us. So I thought this method could be tried. Of course, if the adults really have concerns, then give up."

Wei Liang's two eyebrows slowly gathered together, and his fingers rubbed his forehead lightly, thinking about weighing the pros and cons. After a while, he raised his head and asked seriously: "Are you sure about this? Can it really bring pressure to spread in the city of Fucheng?"

"You should be sure of your humble position." Li Ling also replied cautiously.

"Then do what you said!" Wei Liang finally made up his mind. In fact, he also had resentment towards the governor and a backer. As long as he had a chance, he was not afraid of fighting with him secretly.

Li Ling smiled when he saw this: "Then he will act step by step after the humble position. Just wait for the good news."

"Well, I believe in your ability. By the way, you still have to remember what your real purpose is to go to the city this time. Don't waste your money and end. The imperial examination is the main business."

"I understand, thank you for your concern." Li Ling said with a serious expression. With the approval of the magistrate of Wei, his courage will naturally become stronger, and the subsequent plans can be implemented boldly.

After coming out of the county government, Li Ling breathed a long sigh. At this point, everything before departure had been arranged. I just waited for tomorrow morning to set off with the other candidates who went to the palace for the examination.

...

On March 29, just as the genius was dawn, Li Ling carried a package and followed Yueer reluctantly out of the house. He first sent her to the Gu family, and then walked towards the city gate with Gu Gang, who was also prepared.

Now Li Ling is much richer than when he went to the capital city the previous time. He didn't mention the salary in the county government. The manuscript fee for the next few volumes of the book "The Gods" was about 200 taels. Once he had a good time, he didn't want to betray himself, so he not only rented a carriage, but also was quite wide, not a convertible, and it was very comfortable to sit inside.

However, Gu Gang sat in with him and couldn't help but whisper: "Young Master Li, I feel that there is no need to spend more money to hire someone to drive the car, the younger one can drive the car."

"You..." Li Ling glanced at him, and the struggles along the way were still vivid in his mind, and then said, "I'd better spend more money, at least be more stable."

Gu Gang grabbed his head in a vague way. Seeing that Li Ling had already decided, it was hard to say anything. Anyway, he wasn't going to pay for it, right?

When they arrived at the city gate, dozens of people had gathered there, including candidates and relatives and friends who saw him off. Among them, Xu Cang was actually Xu Cang. Seeing Li Ling poking his head out of the car, he hurried over.

Xu Cang has changed a lot in the past few months. Since Li Ling scolded him harshly, he also knew some of his shortcomings. After learning from his mistakes, he made up his mind. Like Li Ling, he also decided to give himself another chance to take the last exam. If he didn't even win a scholar, he would find another way out and could not let his mother and sister suffer by being implicated by him.

In addition to studying at home, Xu Cang also found another effort to copy and write at Gujia Bookstore. Of course, this is also due to the friendship between several people. With such self-reliance, Xu Cang's entire spirit is much better than before, and he even felt that the articles he wrote were up to a higher level than before.

Because Xu Cang and Li Ling were busy with their own affairs, they had not had much relationship recently, but their relationship has not become weak. At this moment, he came to the city gate to see him off early: "Brother Li Xian, I hope you can pass the palace examination smoothly this time, and get a good news again, and pass the scholarship."

"It's my good intention to follow Brother Xu. By the way, don't you want to take the exam again? Why don't you go on the road with us?" Li Ling asked with a smile.

"I'm not just taking the college entrance examination, I have to wait until mid-April, it's too early to pass."

Li Ling nodded, knowing that he made this decision to save money. After all, his family was short of money and he spent more money on going out. It would be better to save a little or a little.

Perhaps some people would say that since Li Ling is well-off, why can't he help the other party? Li Ling has his own considerations. He must give the other party enough respect. If he even supplies Xu Cang with such a thing, he will give him a feeling of being given alms. This is the self-esteem he should have as a scholar. So since the other party did not mention it, Li Ling did not take the initiative to propose it.

But when both parties said goodbye, "Brother Xu, when you come to the capital, you and I will get together again. Maybe we can participate in the hospital examination together at that time."

"I hope so, my brother will go well!"

The two of them immediately said goodbye. When Xu Cang turned around and returned to the city, the other people who saw him off also explained what they should have to say, and then they each parted, a team of sixty or seventy people, a team of carriages and horses composed of candidates and entourages headed north along the official road, while the others turned back to the county town.

From this messy team of candidates, we can see that the gap between the rich and the poor is huge. The rich people here, like Li Ling, took their own carriages or hired, and used donkey carriages with a little savings. The latter's speed is much slower than the carriages - of course, if Gu Gang came to drive, the speed could still be the same as the carriages. Those who save money can only walk forward. After walking for a while, the entire team was divided into three parts, perhaps this was the natural class camp.

Once he got on the road, the effect of Li Ling spending money to hire a coachman was reflected. The carriage was fast and steady, and people could not feel much bumpy in it. Although it was not as good as the cars of later generations, it would finally be no longer shaken and would be distracted from being scattered.

Moreover, the journey was faster. It took a whole day to get to the city, but today it only took half a day. The sun was just west, and they could already see the familiar gray-black walls of the city.

This time, the front of the city gate was much more relaxed than last time. Although there were still soldiers guarding both sides, they were all lazy, and they did not have the attitude of being facing a great enemy at that time, and those who were in and out of the city had to be interrogated strictly.

When he came back to his hometown, Li Ling unconsciously remembered the incident of taking the risk of sending Shao Qiuxi out of the city that day, and he didn't know what happened to that guy later. However, the county government did not see the relevant documents, and only mentioned that with the joint efforts of various prefectures and counties, he had wiped out all the rebel bandits of the Luotian Sect. As for the authenticity of the matter, it is hard to say.

Several carriages showed their identities of candidates before and after they arrived at the city gate. Of course, the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to make things difficult for them, and did not even check it out, so they directly let them into the city.

Then, led by the most pioneer carriage, they walked along the street and finally stopped in front of a very large inn. From a distance, Li Ling saw a plaque on it with four big words inscribed on it - "A guest returning from thousands of miles", which was quite grand.

Very good, at least I am not staying in Yuelai Inn, the largest chain hotel in the world.
Chapter completed!