Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 449 There are people behind you

The day before New Year's Eve, the border war broke out again, but this time it was not the other side that attacked Dajing, but the Turks, Tatars and General Fu Youde from Dajing. The three parties joined forces, took the newly developed explosives from Dajing, crossed the Quemeng Mountains, attacked several border towns of the Jin people, and successfully captured them.

The Jin people were in the midst of a dynastic change at that time, with the princes and dignitaries all fighting among themselves. The situation was in chaos, and when they heard that their border towns were under attack, they didn't even move to provide support. General Fu and his men took down those border towns with almost no effort.

After conquering the city, they must divide the spoils... no, the trophies of war, because these cities were conquered by three forces, and there will definitely be a lot of arguing about how to divide them. Before the New Year was even over, Dajing quickly sent several people with great eloquence to the Jin Dynasty to negotiate with the Turks and Tatars.

Expanding territory is the ultimate dream of every emperor. Since the emperor received this news, the smile on his face has never faded.

Song Chunlin heard about it from Gu Fengyun only after the envoys left the capital. It must be said that the ministers were really tight-lipped this time. Even though the envoys had been sent out, the people were still confused.

However, in the following days, the capital was inexplicably filled with a happy atmosphere, and the business of Xingchengfang and the milk tea shop improved a lot.

It wasn't long after the Lantern Festival and spring was about to arrive, but Song Chunlin had only completed one-tenth of his test paper. He bit the tip of his pen every day because of a headache, but even though this poor student tried his best, he just couldn't finish it.

Gu Fengyun actually enjoyed seeing him worrying about this, and even took pleasure in asking him every day, "Have you finished the test paper?"

Song Chunlin didn't answer it, and after being asked several times, he simply avoided him. Later, he found that hiding in the Marquis' Mansion seemed not enough, so he simply hid back in the Song family, intending not to go back until he finished the test paper.

The other people in the Song family just thought he came back to relax. After all, they had been apart for a long time since they married Gu Fengyue, and they couldn't even reunite during the Chinese New Year. Naturally, the family felt a little bit sorry for him, and usually they would give him all the delicious food and drinks, even the youngest Song baby couldn't get over him.

But this time when Song Chunlin came back, he was obviously absent-minded. He couldn't muster up energy every day, and for the first time ever, he ran to his brothers' study to stare blankly.

When Song Chunming got up early in the morning, he saw his second brother sitting at the desk with a piece of white paper spread out in front of him. He was surrounded by open books as thick as bricks. Song Chunming was shocked. Did his second brother suddenly come to his senses, or was he still obsessed and wanted to study?

But it was neither of the two. Song Chunming soon discovered that his second brother was in a daze. Although he was still sitting there, his soul seemed to have drifted far away.

This time, not only Song Chunming was surprised, but Song Chunxiao and Li Gensheng were also greatly frightened.

"What's irritating my second brother?"

"I don't know. Did someone say he was uneducated?"

"Civilian impeachment?"

"Military officer... No, the military officer can't beat him."

"What's wrong with him? He wasn't like this when I first started learning. There are so many books, but I don't recognize any of them."

Li Gensheng thought to himself: Aren’t math books the only thing you have eyes for? How can you ever see any other books?

The two of them chatted back and forth, but neither of them hit the point. However, Song Chunming opened one of the books and read a few pages, and he had a general idea in his mind.

After everyone else left, Song Chunming reached out to take back Song Chunlin's soul. Song Chunlin blinked and his eyes slowly focused.

"Oh, it's Chunming, what's wrong?"

Song Chunming sat across from him and asked him, "Brother, are you worried about how to help the court select talents?"

Song Chunlin's eyes widened: "Hey, how did you know?"

Song Chunming wanted to roll his eyes. He pointed at the other books scattered on the desk.

"Although I can only understand a few sentences in these books, I also understand that this is what my second brother mentioned, the so-called books about civil service exams. Second brother, you once said that people in that world like to take the so-called civil service exams, which are similar to the officials here. Since they are officials, they must be related to the court, right?"

This time, Song Chunlin was not surprised, but gave him two thumbs up.

"Yes, you can draw inferences about other situations."

"So the reason why my second brother is so worried is because he hasn't figured out a solution."

Song Chunlin scratched his head: "That's not the case. I've figured out a solution, but it's a little difficult for me."

Afterwards, the two brothers had a friendly exchange on how to select talents for the court. When Song Chunming learned that all the test papers were on Song Chunlin, he was speechless.

He couldn't help but remind Song Chunlin: "Second brother, have you ever thought about why the Marquis gave you a task that you can't complete in a short time?"

Song Chunlin was very confused: "Ah, does he know that I can't complete it in a short time?"

"..." Song Chunming didn't understand. If he didn't wake him up today, his good second brother would have to take many more detours.

"Second brother, you are very clear about your own abilities. Doesn't the Marquis know that? Then why did the Marquis give you this heavy responsibility when he knew you couldn't accomplish it?"

"I don't know why."

"Because he knows that there's more than just you behind you."

"!!!"