Hearing Lu Cheng's last words, Xu Wen suddenly realized that he had missed something.
Master!
The condition for him to return to his own world was to complete his apprenticeship. However, just as Lu Cheng said, to become an ordinary member of the Yao Clan Wood Workshop, he could complete his apprenticeship in three years like an ordinary apprentice. He had a good plan.
After becoming a disciple of Master Lian, it was hard to say when he would graduate…
He had no father or mother, and had no kinship in the former world.
The only thing worth remembering is the ball. It was a smart cat, able to feed on its own, and did not worry about its survival.
I just hope this little girl doesn't turn into a wild cat…
Xu Wen was slightly worried, but he didn't dare to slack off in his mood of learning from Master Lian.
From the morning's teaching, it could be seen that Tian Qing had a deep understanding of ancient and modern events.
This was definitely not the performance of an ordinary craftsman. Jing Cheng had definitely sent him here for this person.
This was an extremely rare opportunity to learn, and Xu Wen would never miss it.
That night he moved into the old lumberyard.
Only then did he discover that there was a row of houses behind the old lumberyard. The apprentices lived in a room for two, and the living conditions were much better than those of the prospective apprentices.
These disciples welcomed Xu Wen's arrival, and a monthly evaluation won their hearts completely.
At night, Xu San brought a group of disciples together and carefully moved a sand table to Xu Wen's face. He looked at him expectantly.
Xu Wen quickly understood what they meant. He smiled and taught them how to read again.
After teaching for a while, Lin Lin somehow knew about it. He ran over with a smile and moved a small bench to sit by the side to listen.
She had already been formally taught by her father, but she still couldn't bear to miss such an opportunity.
No matter what, the more rare it was, the more precious it was…
By moonlight, Xu asked to teach, they learned, everyone is very serious.
At some point, Tian Qing passed by the window and saw this scene.
He did not disturb them, but waited outside the window for a long time, and finally left quietly.
Xu Wen had just entered the house when Xu San's roommate moved out specially to let him stay in so that Xu San could bring him to familiarize himself with the place quickly.
Before he went to bed, Xu San whispered his name,"Xu Wen."
"Hmm?" Xu Wen was tilting his head to look at the moon on the bamboo branch outside the window and turned his head when he heard that.
Coming here, the moonlight seemed to be a little more beautiful than the world he was in.
"Do you really not want to go to the Hundred Trade Union?" Xu San asked him softly.
When he first met Xu Wen, he stuttered. Now that he was familiar with Xu Wen, he could speak fluently in front of him.
"Hundred Trade Unions? What's that?" Xu asked in confusion.
"Don't you know?" Xu San suddenly sat up and looked at him uneasily.
"Should I know?" Xu Wen also sat up.
"Blame me, I should have told you earlier. I thought everyone knew..."Xu San said.
Xu San's ability to express himself in language was limited. Xu Wen listened for a long time and summarized his words. He roughly understood what this so-called Hundred Trade Union was.
Simply put, it is an imperial examination for craftsmen.
Today's emperor valued craftsmen very much and decided to improve their status.
The status of scholars, farmers, businessmen and scholars has always been very high, the main reason is that the imperial examination can select scholars.
Therefore, if you want to improve the status of craftsmen, the most convenient way is to let craftsmen also carry out imperial examinations and select talents for officials through imperial examinations.
This is the origin of the Hundred Trade Unions.
There are two levels of work, one is the apprentice test, the other is the hundred trade unions, also known as the hundred workers test.
Apprenticeship examination is an examination for apprentices, while 100 examination is for formal craftsmen. Only by passing the apprentice examination can one become a member of a hundred trade unions.
These two kinds of examinations are the same as ordinary imperial examinations. The apprentice examination is divided into three stages: county examination, government examination and college examination, while the hundred examination is divided into three stages: township examination, general examination and palace examination.
However, it was not easy to participate in the apprentice examination. One had to have a special workshop recommendation.
Similarly, the imperial court valued the skills of craftsmen and also valued their inheritance.
Each workshop must recommend one disciple to participate in the apprentice examination every year. Every three years, one disciple must pass the academy examination and enter the hundred unions.
Otherwise, this workshop would be deemed to have lost its legacy and its business license would be revoked.
Of course, Master Yao had the qualifications to recommend him. It was said that he was currently looking for disciples who would participate in the apprentice examination for the next three years.
During the monthly evaluation, he wanted to accept Xu Wen as a disciple. One subtext was to recommend him for the apprentice examination, but Xu Wen refused.
Of course, Tian Qing was only an external master of the old woodyard. He could not possibly have such qualifications…
Xu San thought Xu Wen knew about this matter and chose this side for another reason, but now he realized that Xu Wen didn't know. This was a little anxious.
Who doesn't want to be promoted and rich and get the emperor's attention?
One had to know that the palace examination was to meet the emperor directly in the palace hall. This was a matter of bringing glory to the ancestors!
He told Xu Wen everything he knew like a bamboo tube falling out of beans, stammering anxiously.
Finally he said to Xu Wen,"Go to Master Yao tomorrow and tell him you don't know about the apprentice examination." He will definitely give you another chance!"
"No need."
"How can I not use it? Think about it, this is a lifetime event!"
"I've thought about it. I want to learn from Master Lian."
"Do you…do you really know what the apprentice examination is?"
"I know."
Xu Wen repeated what Xu San had just told him in his own words. He explained it more clearly. There were some things that Xu San himself hadn't thought of, so Xu Wen directly pointed them out.
"So, so…you're not, you're not willing to go?"
"Yes. To me, learning from Master Lian is more important." Xu asked affirmatively.
" Sigh, you're really…Forget it. I'm happy that you can stay." Xu San was very helpless, but he still expressed it bluntly.
He smiled and said,"Thank you. It's getting late. Go to sleep."
Xu San fell on the bed. His thoughts came and went quickly, and he fell asleep in a short while, snoring loudly.
Xu Wen was lying on the bed too, his hands holding his head as he looked at the moonlight outside the window.
Moonlight was like water, flowing down on the bamboo leaves, as if plating it with a layer of flowing silver liquid, beautiful.
The loud snoring echoed in his ears, but Xu Wen's mood was very stable.
What Xu San said might be tempting to him, but it was not tempting to ask.
He wasn't a person of this world. Promotion, wealth, and being summoned by the emperor weren't things he cared about.
What he valued the most was what he had said to Xu San. He would learn more from Lian Tianqing, complete his apprenticeship, and then return.
Things after we go back... We'll talk about it later.
Xu Sanla had also mentioned many other details just now. For example, the emperor valued craftsmen because he married an imperial concubine who was born as a craftsman's daughter. The imperial concubine's father presented a miniature model of a palace, which was exquisite and made the emperor happy. He was ready to summon craftsmen and build a similar palace.
Xu Wen knew that when the above things spread to such a village, they would definitely be out of shape. Many things could only be heard.
However, he had no impression of such things as the Workers 'Promotion and the Hundred Trade Unions. He did not remember that the status of craftsmen had ever been so high in history.
Did he know too little about history, or was the world itself not the history he knew?
Speaking of which, today Master Lian…Master taught him and Lian Linlin, and half of his lecture was history.
Antiques are antiquities, closely related to history.
He was a modern man. He had been taking history lessons since elementary school, but he only had a superficial impression of history and did not go deep into it at all.
As for the relationship between antiques and history, he had never heard of most of what his master had said.
He was even a little ashamed. If he had known earlier, he should have studied history properly when he was in school. Otherwise, he would not have been inferior to the ancient people.
There was still a lot to learn…
All kinds of things flashed through Xu Wen's mind. Unknowingly, he also fell asleep.
"I'll give you two missions."
The next morning, Xu Wen had just met Lian Tianqing when he heard him say this.
The weather was not very good today. Dark clouds were pressing down on the roof, making the sky seem even lower. Tian Qing stood between heaven and earth with his hands behind his back. His aura was completely unlike that of an ordinary craftsman.
"First, I'll teach you something. You teach Lian Linlin and the disciples of the old woodyard. Teach them as much as I teach you."
Lian Tianqing did not wait for Xu Wen to answer and spoke directly.
"Second, after a year, you go to the apprentice examination. Pass the county examination and you'll be considered a graduate."