The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Zhu Houzhao bit his pen and finished writing the previous calculations, but was stumped by the last question.

"A large sesame cake has an outer diameter of thirty centimeters and a thickness of two centimeters. It smells like garlic. How many square centimeters is the area of ​​this sesame cake?"

The person who asked the question is so cunning!

Use the thickness to confuse me, and the smell of garlic?

Zhu Houzhao bit his ink pen.

What is the formula for the area of ​​a circle?

I think of Song Jing's words: If your highness can't remember it, just remember this painting, a snake, a pair of chopsticks, a wooden bench, a tree branch, and a little bird flying above.

Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed: "Master Xiao Song is worthy of being a warrior in this palace."

Holding the ink pen and drawing on the manuscript paper, it is exactly the formula for the area of ​​a circle.

Write the calculation process on the test paper and put away the pen.

In an instant, a big hand took away Zhu Houzhao's test paper, crumpled it into a ball and threw it on the ground. Yang Tinghe became angry and stepped on it again and again.

"Let you harm people!"

"Let you harm people!"

Zhu Houzhao was confused.

It took me half an hour and dozens of hairs to fall out before I could finish writing the test paper. Have you trampled my test paper to pieces?

For the first time, Zhu Houzhao showed a murderous look.

"Don't worry, everyone, the time for handing in papers is coming soon. Write your own papers and don't look around!" Yan Chengjin shouted.

Xie Yu cast an angry look at Yang Tinghe. He was worried that he couldn't think of the last question. When this person came, he became even more impatient.

The people in the distance were not affected. They buried their heads in answering. There was only a moment left before handing in the paper.

Yang Tinghe bowed and whispered: "Your Highness, please return to the palace."

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was about to beat Yang Tinghe, Yan Chengjin hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Highness, the craftsmen and the refugees have been waiting for a long time to get this opportunity. Your Highness is making a big fuss here. All their achievements will be cancelled, and they will return to the days of starvation. Your Highness, please put the people first!”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes flickered, he snorted coldly, stood up angrily, and strode out of the examination room.

Yan Chengjin breathed a sigh of relief. Zhu Houzhao still had a conscience and knew the importance. If he really made a big fuss here, no one would be able to pass the exam.

"Your Highness, please wait."

Yang Tinghe quickly caught up.

Yan Chengjin picked up the ball of paper, and Zhu Houzhao really figured out the question.

I only got one question wrong: "You sell bamboo rats, one for three cents, three for ten cents, how many are they for thirty cents?"

Zhu Houzhao replied: Nine, three cents will be returned.

The correct answer should be nine.

The bell rang loudly, and the clerk collected the examination papers, sealed them and handed them to Song Jing, who made corrections alone.

The exam was completed in one day, and the last subject was the Book of Rites.

Craftsmen and refugees picked up their pens one after another to answer.

They write crookedly, like reptiles, but as long as they write clearly, pass the passing mark, and reach the second-class level, they can become engineers.

…

After going to court,

Yang Tinghe was pacing in front of the Moon Cave at the Meridian Gate. When he saw Yan Chengjin, he came up to him with a smile on his face: "Which...Which virtuous nephew is under duty?"

Yan Chengjin strode past, not calling him anyway.

Yang Tinghe was dumbfounded and froze in place, staring straight at Yan Chengjin walking past.

He stamped his feet, gritted his teeth and chased after me again, with a shy face: "My dear nephew, I just called you, why didn't you respond?"

Yan Chengjin pointed to his nose, I... my nephew?

"A few days ago, your Excellency was impeaching a lower official. I thought he was not called a lower official."

Yang Tinghe smiled awkwardly: "It's all for the imperial court. Don't worry about my nephew. I have something to ask my nephew for, but I don't know if it's inconvenient for my nephew..."

He took out a piece of mutton-fat white jade from his cuff, which was of high quality.

Judging from his smooth and flowing posture, he must have bribed people a lot.

Yan Chengjin's eyes lit up.

There is silver and gold in the warehouse, but there are few high-quality antiques and jades. The literary gentry of the Ming Dynasty likes to collect and do not sell them easily, so it is extremely difficult to acquire them.

"Convenient."

With a swish, the white jade fell into Yan Chengjin's hand.

Yang Tinghe sighed and said quietly: "Yesterday, I acted impulsively and stepped on His Highness's paper. His Highness got into a fight with me and even made fun of me. I really... have no choice."

When I arrived at Zhan Shifu today, the books, teacups, and stools were all full of cockroaches, so densely packed that he was about to go crazy.

"Master Yan is also the prince's master. Please give me some advice." Yang Tinghe requested on this point.

The last way is to beg and become an official.

Shen'er has not yet taken the exam, and if he offends the prince, his future will not be smooth.

He didn't want to take this path unless he had to, and he would have to endure it.

"I will go to the East Palace now." Yan Chengjin accepted the jade.

After not coming to the East Palace for a long time, the eunuch guarding the gate still recognized him. As soon as Yan Chengjin walked through the gate, he heard a voice behind him:

"In the past, we had a companion named Gu Dayong in the East Palace. It was this Master Yan who made him disappear."

"Haha, you're new here, right? Before Gu Dayong, there was a companion named Ma Yongcheng. Master Yan also made him disappear."

Yan Chengjin shook his head and knew immediately that these two eunuchs were not from Liu Jin's generation.

Zhu Houzhao was lying on the couch, shaking his long legs proudly, "How come Lao Gao has time to come to this palace's territory?"

"Can you let James Yang go?"

"Master Yang stepped on my test paper." Zhu Houzhao said coldly: "The answer that I racked my brains to write was thrown to the ground and stepped on hard. How can I suppress this?"

"Master Yang is doing this for His Highness's good." Yan Chengjin said seriously.

Zhu Houzhao stared at him suspiciously, and after a long time, he looked suddenly surprised: "Have you betrayed me?"

All those who impeached Lao Gao have retired. Now Lao Gao comes to intercede for Master Yang, he must have received benefits.

"Please don't tarnish my innocence, Your Highness." Yan Chengjin straightened his back and took out a piece of white jade from his sleeve: "This is the top-grade white jade that Yang Zhanshi gave me, half for each of us."

... I thought you were really an innocent person.

Zhu Houzhao smiled a little, took the white jade and played with it, and said happily: "This white jade Kuilong pendant is in Liangxiang, at least three hundred taels."

"How about your Highness let Yang Zhanshi go?"

"Master Yang has made things difficult for me, it's better for him to leave the Zhanshi Mansion. I treat you as a brother, don't persuade me." Zhu Houzhao became serious.

Yan Chengjin thought for a moment and said, "I have found the sixth warrior."

Zhu Houzhao blinked: "Who?"

"Yang Shen, the son of Yang Tinghe."

Zhu Houzhao got along well with Yang Shen, but he didn't know that he was Yang Tinghe's son. Hearing Yan Chengjin say this, he was a little unconvinced.

"Your Highness, do you still remember the poem in the library? Within 20 years, Yang Shen will be able to match it."

"Okay, for Yang Shen's sake, I won't make it difficult for him."

...

The results of the science exam in Liangxiang have been announced.

On the wall outside the shipyard, the red list of successful candidates is posted, and the refugees and craftsmen are crowded inside and outside, making it impossible to get through.

A new system was born, and those who passed the exam could become engineers and foreman in the shipyard, which made them feel unreal.

From the top to the bottom, there are only six names.

Top of the list

Xie Pi

Second place

Zhao Jin

Third place

Yang Zhong

Fourth place

Fang Xing

…

Many people in the crowd sighed secretly. Thousands of people took the exam, but only six engineers were admitted, which was even fewer than the number of candidates in the imperial examination.

You can imagine how difficult it is.

I can't help but envy these people, who earn three taels of silver a month.

Xie Yu shook his head. His name was not among the six people. It was useless to be good at math. The total score would not be good enough.

Some people knelt in front of the red list and cried loudly. They could only take the exam next time.

"Those who pass the exam can move to Zhongguancun and study science with me in the future."

Xie Pi was in awe. This is the little Song master who made the Song astronomical telescope and Weiyuan firearms?

The second update will be later