I heard Xuezheng suddenly mention his second brother.

Zhang Yue was stunned and couldn't help but asked: "Xue Zheng has been studying in the county for many years. I wonder what kind of person my second brother is under Xuezheng's eyes?"

Xue Zheng smiled slightly, remembering the previous rumors that Zhang Erlang did not send letters to his family. This incident made him a little ugly in front of the magistrate.

But Zhang Yue suddenly asked, Xuezheng didn't think much about it, but said: "When Erlang entered the county school, I was a teaching assistant at the county school. However, Erlang was extremely talented, the only one I had seen in my life. As for the others, I wasn't that good either.

Said, But Erlang’s current talent and learning was proven step by step by himself.”

Then Xuezheng changed the topic: "In a person's life, morality is the first priority, and talent is the second aid. I have seen many people in my life who try to be smart and take shortcuts and go further. No matter how talented they are, they should still be brothers.

Love is the most important thing.”

 Zhang Yue didn't know what Xuezheng meant by what he said. He felt a little confused. He seemed to be expressing his feelings, but also seemed to be criticizing Zhang Erlang.

 I still don’t know why my second brother resigned from the Jinshi examination. If he really wanted to change his official status and passed the Jinshi examination, then he would never give up his official position.

I heard that many officials were dissatisfied with the sudden change of registration to take the exam, but I thought that these discussions would subside after a while, so they would not give up their official positions because of this.

I heard that my brother ranked 22nd in the provincial examination, but ranked fourth in the palace examination.

There are five Jinshi rankings in total. The fifth class is from the same Jinshi background. They cannot be directly promoted to official positions and must be selected by the guards. Su Zhe's ranking is the fifth class.

His elder brother Su Shi ranked fourth, and Su Shi, like his younger brother, was originally ranked fifth, but because he got first place in the "Spring and Autumn" test in the provincial examination, he was ranked first in the palace examination.

 However, he ranked 22nd in the provincial examination and ranked 4th in the palace examination. This may also represent the official's view.

 Perhaps there is too much difference between the top and the bottom, which is why the second brother is unwilling to be promoted to an official position.

 As Zhang Yue walked, he thought carefully about any interactions he had with his second brother before traveling through time.

He suddenly remembered that one year before his second brother ran away from marriage, he once scolded himself for not wanting to make progress and only playing with his friends all day long.

Zhang Yue had an idea at this moment. The second brother has not sent a letter to his family so far. Is this a way to make him understand that he should not think about hugging his thighs all day long and rely on himself for everything? The second brother really still cares about me in his heart.

, this is really well-intentioned!

 Zhang Yue smiled. In fact, he had helped his second brother to beautify it in his mind. Didn't his eldest brother also frequently make excuses for why his second brother had not sent letters home?

After all, he is a famous iron-blooded prime minister in history. If he really felt that he was still the same useless person as before his rebirth, he would have done it if he refused to recognize this brotherhood.

Now I can only work hard and get the approval of my second brother, otherwise how will I enjoy happiness in the future? I will have no chance of glory and wealth.

 Wrong, wrong, it seems that I am somewhat fond of glory, and I should be working hard in the name of brothers and sisters.

 Thinking of this, Zhang Yue can be regarded as completing the step of "rectifying his mind".

 Zhang Yue walked back to his studio, sat down and was about to read, but he saw that Guo Lin had already returned to his studio, and he looked happy at this moment.

 Zhang Yue looked Guo Lin up and down and asked, "What's the happy news? Could it be that Sanniang is willing to elope with you?"

 “Junior brother, please don’t make fun of me.”

 Guo Lin saw that Wu Rang and Qian Qi were not at home, so he said: "Junior brother, please don't be too happy if I tell you a good thing."

 “A good thing?” Zhang Yue was full of doubts.

Guo Lin said with a face full of joy: "I just asked the chief of the prison, if there are any servants in the county school? The chief of the prison said that the transcription is his responsibility. All you need to do is talk to him, so I will give you and my name.

Gave it to the chief."

"So easy?" If Zhang Yuexin was a very popular job, it wouldn't be the turn of the two newcomers.

Guo Lindao: "But a page of books only costs one yuan, and I don't have much daily living."

 Zhang Yue suddenly realized that it was no wonder he couldn’t recruit anyone.

The county annals record that the county school has 80 acres and 17 acres. In addition, the government also allocated dozens of corridors to the county school, which are rented out to the people to collect some rent money. This corridor is the county school.

of the bulk of income.

 But the daily expenses of county schools are not small. In addition to the official salary expenditures of academic officials and school officials, it is also the food and clothing supply for one-third of the students. This is called national support, as well as sporadic expenditures.

 Therefore, it is good for the county school to be able to make ends meet, and even if it cannot make ends meet, the county will sometimes use vinegar interest money and the minister's money to supplement one or two.

This servant's book is a way to work-study. To be honest, Zhang Yue can no longer look down on the price of one penny per page.

 However, Guo Lin was still very happy to have such a job. He asked himself if he would go with him, and even made an agreement with the chief of the restaurant.

 Zhang Yue couldn't bear to betray Guo Lin's good intentions, but he thought that the fine tradition of work-study study should not be lost, so he agreed.

 “Then let’s go see the chief priest in the afternoon.”

“Shall we go empty-handed?” Zhang Yue asked.

 “Is it possible?” Guo Lin looked confused.

 Zhang Yue shook his head and said, "I'm going out first."

 In the afternoon, Zhang Yue and Guo Lin quietly came to the chief's room carrying a bamboo basket of sesame and sesame cakes.

“I should have come to see the chief of the restaurant a long time ago. A few snacks would be disrespectful.” Zhang Yue said.

The chief of the restaurant smiled when he saw this. Arranging servants was just a piece of cake for him, and a basket of sesame cakes was not worth much. But he liked the attitude of others.

 “Have you had any snacks?” the chief asked.

“Eat.” Guo Lin quickly replied.

 Zhang Yueze said: "Not yet."

"Why are you so polite? Let's sit down and eat some together." Immediately, the chief of the restaurant gave the Hu cakes that Zhang Yue had brought to his sleeping companions. He and Zhang Yue each had one in hand. Guo Lin wanted to refuse, but the chief of the restaurant gave the Hu cakes to the roommates.

The cake was forced into his hand.



 Zhang Yue nodded.

Zhaizhang said: "I know your second husband, and he has learned a lot. Although you are not as talented as him, you are quite a good person!"

Zhang Yue said with a shudder in his heart: "The chief has promoted me, please ask the chief to take care of me in the future."

Zhai Zhang finished the sesame cakes in two mouthfuls. He clapped his hands and a lot of sesame seeds fell on the ground. He didn't care and said calmly: "It's easy to say, and I won't be polite to you, but we like to eat flower cakes, so remember it next time."

 Zhang Yue and Guo Lin were about to walk out the door.

 “Wait!”

The chief of the restaurant called out to the two of them: "I'll go take a look with you."

The transcription office is next to the library.

 Zhang Yue, Zhang Yue, and Guo Lin opened the door and entered, only to see two people sitting in the room.

One person was carving words on several wooden blocks with a knife, and the other was playing with molds. They looked up and saw Zhang Yue and Guo Lin wearing robes, and saw the chief of the village behind them. They quickly got up and asked first:

"I've met the chief."

Zhai Chang said: "You still don't understand?"

The two said: "I have met two officials. The villain Chen Zhong (Chen He) is a calligrapher from the official school."

As he spoke, Zhang Yue approached the craftsman named Chen Zhong and asked, "Are you a book engraver? You can actually print with movable type?"

It's really new. The legendary movable type printing of the Song Dynasty was seen for the first time.

Chen Zhong didn’t know why Zhang Yue was so new to this thing in his hands, and couldn’t help but said: “This official, what do you mean by movable type printing?”

 Zhang Yue said: "Then what is this?"

Chen Zhong said with a smile: "We in Jianyang call this a movable printing plate, which is different from the printing plates that officials are used to. I have nothing to do, so I just want to give it a try when I am free."

 “How did it go?”

Seeing the interest on the other party's face, Chen Zhong shook his head and said with a bitter look on his face: "It's difficult, I also heard that Hangzhou Bookstore has used clay to make letterpress. It's so mysterious and mysterious, but I don't know how the clay is fired, so

The villain thought of using wood to carve words, but..."

 At this point, Chen Zhong shook his head again.

Zhang Yue smiled slightly when he saw this: "It's because the wooden characters are not carved well."

“The official is right. Could it be that the official knows this movable type?”

The chief was also surprised and said: "Yes, does it mean that Erlang also knows about block printing?"

 Zhang Yue smiled and said, "I know a little bit."

 Zhang Yue looked at the two of them and said, "Are you brothers?"

 “Exactly.”

 Zhang Yue said: "The two of us are here to serve as servants, so we will cause more trouble in the future."

 “The official is too polite to say this, so I don’t think I should take it seriously.” The two of them saluted at the same time.

The chief of the restaurant didn’t know what Zhang Yue’s fame was.

But Zhang Yue said: "You use wood carvings as letterpress, but the texture of the wood is sparse and dense, and when wet, it becomes uneven, and it sticks to the ink. How can we keep it together? I heard that the craftsman who uses clay as letterpress is named Bi Sheng.

, first the characters were made of wood, and then they were changed to clay.”

After listening to Zhang Yue's words, the two craftsmen were filled with admiration. Chen Zhong then said: "I see, he is really a talented man. If I had known that I would listen to your words, we wouldn't have wasted so much effort on making this wooden typeface.
To be continued...