The beginning of the king guards the Great Wall

Jiang Ming guessed in his heart.

The Palace of the Thousand Caves City is decorated in a simple and luxurious way, revealing a cultural atmosphere everywhere.

Because a soldier had notified in advance, the king was already waiting here.

About 50 years old, with clear eyes and a kind appearance.

There is quite a Confucian temperament.

"Jiang Ming met the King of Thousand Caves."

"Thousands of caves are blessed, peace and worry!"

Jiang Ming greeted the king with Qiancao City's unique language.

"Haha, General Jiang Ming is indeed as wise as the little girl said."

The King of Thousand Caves laughed loudly, looking at Jiang Ming with more appreciation in his eyes.

"I heard that General Jiang Ming came here this time to learn the mechanism technology of my Thousand Cave City?"

"Yes."

Jiang Ming nodded and said.

"Forgive me for asking, what is the purpose of the general learning mechanism skills?"

The Thousand Cave King asked with a smile.

Although Thousand Cave City values ​​knowledge, it is also willing to share knowledge.

But Jiang Ming is a soldier of the Tang Dynasty after all, if he learns mechanics to make war weapons.

That definitely didn't teach him the truth.

"King, please rest assured. I learned mechanism skills to restore a mechanism doll I like very much. I will never use it in war."

Jiang Ming said seriously.

"In that case, of course I have no reason to refuse."

"However, organ skills are advanced knowledge in our city, and not everyone can learn them."

"If you want to learn, you need to pass the test of the Temple of Scholars first, even members of the royal family are no exception."

The Thousand Cave King said.

The Temple of Scholars is composed entirely of top scholars, and anyone who wants to obtain advanced knowledge of Thousand Cave City must first accept their review.

Only if they think you are qualified, you can enter the library of Thousand Cave City to borrow the books you want.

In other words, it is an alien version of cultural monopoly.

"Good guy, it turns out that Thousand Cave City still has such a complicated review system."

After listening to the king's introduction to the Temple of Scholars, Jiang Ming was slightly surprised.

But to be honest, this review system is actually necessary.

Because although knowledge is a good thing, the person who masters knowledge is not necessarily a good thing.

Knowledge such as mechanism techniques, gunpowder techniques, and forging techniques, once mastered by unscrupulous people, will be a disaster for the entire world.

The seemingly cumbersome review system of Thousand Cave City is precisely a manifestation of the prosperity of knowledge to a certain extent.

"Then may I ask the king, how to pass the test of the Scholar Temple?"

Jiang Ming asked.

"The temple test is held once a month, and the propositions are different each time."

"Candidates answer according to the proposition, and ten examiners score the candidates, and the ten candidates with the highest total scores can get the right to enter the library."

"Speaking of which, the general came at the right time. Tomorrow is the test day of the temple this month."

The king nodded slightly, and looked at Jiang Ming with interest.

As a deputy general of the Great Wall Guards, there is no problem in terms of force, and his appearance and temperament are far beyond ordinary.

If his knowledge can keep up, he would be a good candidate for a future son-in-law.

"This daughter of mine has never been close to men, but now that she has reached the age when she should start a family, she finally gets the hang of it."

Thinking of this, the king secretly glanced at Jia Luo out of the corner of his eyes, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Tomorrow is the test day for the temple..."

Jiang Ming frowned.

He knows very little about the knowledge of this world, so he might not be able to pass in such a haste.

"By the way, I don't know what the proposition of tomorrow's test is?"

Jiang Ming raised his head and asked.

So far, I can only hope to get familiar propositions.

"Tomorrow's proposition is quite difficult. The topic is—composing poetry!"

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Jiang Ming's heart went cold.

But when he heard the word "poetry", his eyes lit up suddenly, and he was so excited that he almost jumped up.

Poetry, good poetry!

My dignified Chinese people have recited three hundred Tang poems since childhood, and are familiar with ancient and modern poems.

There are 5000 years of literary and artistic crystallization in China in the mind, and just taking out a capital is enough to beat you thousands of cave scholars.

"Tomorrow's test proposition is the most difficult poem to compose. Why is the general so happy?"

the king asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered something happy."

Jiang Ming restrained his smile, nodded lightly and said, "I'm not talented, I have a little research on poetry couplets."

"Oh, the general is actually good at reciting poems and making pairs?"