Lin Su had been in a good mood for the past twenty-odd days. With several hundred taels of silver coming in daily from the distillery, anyone would be in a good mood. Therefore, he was able to concentrate on his studies. After studying for ten days, his mood improved even more, because he discovered that the path to the imperial examinations was not difficult at all. The provincial examination tested poetry and policy essays. Poetry goes without saying, and policy essays were also quite simple for him. Ever since he unintentionally opened his literary path with a poem, "Butterfly Loves Flowers," the great tree of his mind had been nourished. All sorts of articles and poems he had previously read appeared clearly. Some articles he had only skimmed by title, or read with blurred vision,

