In early September, a series of explosions sounded in the Jining Prefecture section of the canal.

The fleet of more than 200 canal ships on the river was either bombed or sunk in panic, or collided with each other, and more than half of the damaged ships were damaged.

This loss seems not as good as the one at the beginning of the year, but the mines salvaged from the river told Yao Lide that the troubles of the Qing Dynasty were really great.

With such a long canal, what section of the river will the thief start from? How do they prevent this?

Even if the canal transport is sent to guard the left and right banks, the thieves only need to make the incense longer, so they can set lightning far away from the shore...

Unless you send a horse army to sweep along the way, it is impossible to eliminate all dangers.

Yao Lide is not a stingy child of the Eight Banners. He was a scholar and has read some historical books. Not only did he know that what was in front of him was the so-called "Dragon King Cannon under the Water", but he also knew that Wang Minghe, the general of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty, also invented a "underwater thunder" with ropes as the thread.

That thing saves even the incense burning. The lower part is made of a falling stone as a counterweight, and it is quietly put into the water without floating on the water. It is difficult for the naked eye to find it. When you find it, the ship has already touched a thunder.

The thunder under the water is more dangerous than the underwater Dragon King cannon in front of you.

And who dares to say that the thiefs who have taken out the underwater Dragon King cannon cannot hold the underwater thunder?

"Forget it..."

After Yao Lide came to his senses, he felt that he had no need to worry about this matter.

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If something happens, he and the governor of Jining are more responsible than the governor of the Cao Transportation who is far away in Huai'an!

Therefore, Yao Lide felt that he had done his best.

"It's good, it's good!" When you return to your hometown, you don't have to worry about these things anymore. How did he survive the past six months? Yao Lide felt that he was five years older, and his hair was white, and he also lost a lot.

"No official is light, no official is light!"

Yao Lide was finally able to sleep peacefully. He threw down his pen and called the subordinate name of the prefectural governor of Jining, and then sent the letter to the capital for 600 miles overnight.

Yao Lide himself went back to his room and went to sleep peacefully.

When this news reached Zhao Liang's ear, he was taking the wedding team to his hometown.

Well, Kang Wan has arrived.

The Kang family bought a villa in Zhoujiakou. Kang Guan was first sent here by her uncle and Gongyi Kang's brother. Zhao Liang then lit up the "people" to welcome the bride.

Although there are 30 miles from Longlukou to Zhoujiakou, Zhao Liang got up before dawn. He arrived at Zhoujiakou at dawn, and welcomed his new wife into the sedan chair on time. Then he arrived at Dazhaozhuang before noon, without missing the time to pay homage.

This happy event was extremely lively for the Zhao family.

There was a flowing mat outside the Zhao family's new house, and whoever came to eat. Of course, the real guests were in the courtyard.

Zhao Liang was full of red faces. Everyone thought he was happy to marry his wife, and no one would contact him with the explosion case on the Grand Canal.

In the high hall, Zhao Liang quietly pulled He Zhihui aside.

August this year was a heavy blow to He Zhihui. Not to mention passing the imperial examination, he didn't even get the deputy list.

As the name suggests, the secondary list is second to the regular list. That is, in addition to the official admission list, a number of people are selected as the secondary list. This means that these people are second only to those of the regular high school juren, which means that they are expected to be in high school in the next provincial examination.

The Qing Dynasty followed the Ming Dynasty system, and one of the five places in each list was named Deputy Minister. If you cannot attend the imperial examination with the juren, you should still be in the next provincial examination.

If it is said that He Zhihui is disappointed if he fails to pass the exam, he doesn't even make the deputy list, which means that his strength is still far from being there.

This kind of trauma was hit harder than Zhao Hui failed to pass the exam for the scholar.

After all, Zhao Hui is still young, and this is his first time taking the college entrance examination this year. It is understandable that he failed the exam.

However, this is He Zhihui's second time going to Kaifeng to take the exam.

Although he felt that he had no face to deal with his hometown, He Zhihui still returned home happily the next day after the results were released. Every extra day in Kaifeng would be a expense. Even though he was not short of money, he was not thrown away the money like this.

What's more, among the students from Chenzhou who went to Kaifeng to take the exam together, there were always high school juren. Seeing others' energetic appearance, He Zhihui felt even more uncomfortable.

But after returning home, He Zhihui was inevitably a little depressed.

"I have been busy with marriage recently and have never met my cousin Ming. Why is my brother so depressed?"

He Zhihui shook his head. He wouldn't blame Zhao Liang for this. The Zhao family has been so busy that everyone knows. It is rare for Zhao Liang to remember him at this moment.

Didn’t you see the handwritten book of the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Justice in the Zhao family’s hall?

Time doesn’t pass quickly, but the Zhao family is getting more and more awesome!

"A big marriage is a joke? How busy are my brothers, how can I not know about it?" He Zhihui sighed. After he became a scholar, he studied hard at the Xiange Academy because he knew at that time that his level could not pass the imperial examination at all.

It was not until three years ago that he went to Kaifeng to take the exam for the first time, and it was understandable that he didn't pass the exam. But this is the second time this year. Not only did he fail to get the exam, but he didn't even get the deputy list. "Brother Yu is ashamed, ashamed!"

Zhao Liang was about to laugh, "My cousin Ming is only three years older than me, and this fall is only twenty-four years old. How can he have such a heart?"

"Don't talk about others, just look at Fan Zhizhong from Xiang Cheng. He is a high school scholar in thirty-six places, and his brother is only twenty-four now. Why are he so anxious?"

Zhao Liang took Fan Zhizhong as an example, because Fan Zhizhong was a "famous alumnus" who came out of Xiange Academy and was He Zhihui's senior; the other was because Fan Zhizhong was the only Jinshi in Chenzhou Prefecture in the past twenty years, even if he was only a 75-year-old in the third grade.

Of course, the most important reason is Fan Zhizhong's bad luck.

After receiving a Jinshi Fan Zhizhong, he has not yet become a Shangguan. His ranking is too low and he has no money to pay tribute, so he can only stay in the candidacy.

Fan Zhizhong, who was in his thirties before he passed the imperial examination, had also been in the past, and he had spent all his money at home. So much so that he had received a title of Jinshi, but in the end he was still teaching and educating.

He first gave lectures on Shangcai Academy for five years, then gave lectures on Lianxi Academy in Xiangcheng, and now he gave lectures on Suizhou Academy.

In more than ten years, he became famous as a "famous teacher and famous scholar".

But compared to Zhao Yuanlai, another Jinshi in Xiangcheng, the difference is so far.

Zhao Yuan was six years earlier than Fan Zhizhong, and his ranking was also very low, and he was also the same as Jinshi. However, Zhao Yuan took the three exams in the township, met and the palace, went through four subjects, and studied at the high school. This was really not easy. Although the ranking was very low, he was appointed as the magistrate by Qianlong and immediately became an official. Even now, Zhao Yuan is only a small prefectural official.

"Brother, calm down, don't worry about so many worries! Or when my younger brother goes to Beijing in the spring next year, I will go with you, just take it as a relaxing moment?"

Zhao Liang felt that He Zhihui was depressed, afraid that it was not only because of the blows suffered in the science field, but also because of the pressure from the Chen family. Although Chen has always performed well, everyone knows that the Chen family chose He Zhihui, which is investing in the future.

As a result, He Zhihui failed twice, and he was afraid that he would be underestimated by the Chen family.
Chapter completed!