Gao Wu Da Xia: The fox demon lady at the beginning

Chapter 176 This Question Is Too Difficult

Yu Zi, a student at the Imperial College, started scratching his head when he saw these arithmetic problems.

He was very proficient in classical Chinese and poetry, but when he saw these arithmetic problems, he got a headache.

"No, look further down."

The title of the fourth question is: Today there is a woman playing with cups on the river. The official asked: Why are there so many cups?The woman said: There is a guest at home.The Jin official asked: How many guests are there?The woman said: Two people share a meal, three people share a soup, four people share a meat, and they all use cups. How many guests are there?

Yu Zisheng began to solve the problem.

The general idea of ​​the title is: A peasant woman is washing dishes by the river.The neighbor asked: "How many guests come to your house and you need to use so many bowls?"

She replied: "Every two guests share a rice bowl, every three guests share a soup bowl, and every four guests share a vegetable bowl. A total of 65 bowls were washed."

Question: How many guests came to her home?
"Rice bowl, soup bowl, vegetable bowl, I'm going crazy, this question is too difficult, I can't ah... ah... ah..."

Yu Zisheng, the top student in Guozijian, the son of the Minister of Hubu, is going crazy.

Jing Wenji skipped two questions and came to the last question.

The title of the fifth question is: "Today there is a meter according to the inner angle of the wall, next week it is eight feet, and the height is five feet. Question: What is the geometry of the sum of meters?"

The meaning of the question is: rice is piled in the corner of the house. The arc length at the bottom of the rice pile is 8 feet and the height of the rice pile is 5 feet. How many meters are there?
Seeing this question, Jing Wenji gave up directly. He vaguely felt that this question involved the concept of three-dimensionality, which was an area he had never been exposed to.

A young man in the examination room looked at the candidates scratching their heads and scratching their heads with a smile.

Especially the last question stumped everyone.

While walking, I suddenly found a candidate who wrote down the answer on the last question.

220 buckets of rice.

"What's your name?" the young man asked with a smile.

The candidate who had finished answering the test questions was obviously startled when someone asked him.

Then he looked up and saw a handsome young man, whom he thought was the invigilator.

He replied: "Reporting to your lord, I am Ruan Jiaping."

The young man nodded with a smile, then turned and left. He remembered the name Ruan Jiaping.

When the time came, the invigilator took away their exam papers.

"What kind of questions are these? I can't do any of them."

"I'm better than you, I can do two."

"It's too difficult. I didn't expect that there would be arithmetic questions and it would be so difficult."

"Yeah, I've only heard that the test at Northwest University is different from the test at the imperial examination. I didn't expect such a difficult arithmetic question to be tested."

"Well, the exam is over this afternoon."

"I'm also cold. I don't want to take the third exam tomorrow."

"Go home and sell sweet potatoes. Prepare for the imperial examination next year or come to Ping'an City for the examination next year."

"I don't know what will be tested in the third subject tomorrow."

"My strength is poetry and writing, but I haven't had a chance to put it to use yet."

"Oh, poems and articles? Can you write better than Lord Ping Beihou?"

"Ahem, of course there is no comparison. If I hadn't seen Mr. Pingbeihou's [Journey to the Great Road] and [The Way to University], I would still be motivated to compete.

Sage articles like [Journey to the Great Road] and [The Way of University] can only be looked up to. "

The students complained to each other.

They all did pretty well in the first subject exam, but when it came to the arithmetic questions in the second subject, most of them couldn't solve a few questions and complained endlessly. "Brother, you are so prosperous. Do you know who the person who asked you just now is?"

Ruan Jiaping's companion pushed him and said.

"Who is it? Isn't it the invigilator? He looks young enough, about the same age as us." Ruan Jiaping asked.

He was born in a merchant family in Fengxue City, Youzhou. His family ran a rice shop, and he was proficient in arithmetic since he was a child.

Although Ruan Jiaping has read books, he didn't even pass the examination for scholar. This time he came to Ping'an City with the intention of giving it a try.

His answers to the first subject were average, but he didn't expect that the second subject was actually arithmetic, which he was best at, and he answered all five questions.

Especially the last question, after racking my brains, I figured out the answer.

"That's not an ordinary official, that's Lord Pingbeihou." Ruan Jiaping's companion said adoringly.

"What? He is Lord Pingbeihou? He is younger than I thought." Ruan Jiaping said in shock.

Everyone knows that Han Chufan is very young, but after seeing it with his own eyes, he will still be shocked by Han Chufan's youth.

Most of these students are about the same age as Han Chufan, and there are even many old scholars and scholars in their 30s.

While they were still struggling for the future, Han Chufan had already achieved great success, and his reputation and prestige were at the peak of the sky.

"At the beginning, I came to Ping'an City with my father. At that time, it was still called Ping'an Fort. I bought a batch of burning knives and wine. I was lucky enough to meet Lord Pingbeihou."

Brother, you have gained the attention of Lord Pingbeihou. Your future will definitely be limitless. Don’t forget me, brother. "

Ruan Jiaping's companion said that his family was in the wine business and he and Ruan Jiaping were good friends.

Ruan Jiaping was still in a daze. Did he really get the attention of Lord Pingbeihou?

He didn't dare to ask extravagantly, he just wanted to be admitted to Northwestern University smoothly and prove to his parents that he was also talented in reading.

The students rested for a night, and it was time for the third subject exam. This third and final exam was coming.

The students are all ready for the last fight for their future and destiny.

After opening the test paper, I found that this test was about policy theory.

The title is: On the relationship between agriculture and commerce.

Most students chose the proposition of focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce, which is also the mainstream concept of human beings in this world.

Since ancient times, the merchants who have been engaged in commerce have all been low-income households, including scholars, farmers, and merchants, and the last ones are merchants.

Only in the past hundred years, as high-ranking officials and gentry engaged in business, has the status of merchants been elevated.

But the mainstream view is to suppress commerce and develop agriculture.

Agriculture was the foundation of the Daxia Dynasty.

The students began to write vigorously.

After experiencing the devastation of the second subject examination, the students found that the third subject examination was so sweet that they no longer had to lose their hair.

Ruan Jiaping also started writing, but his proposition was: there is no power without farmers, and there is no wealth without business.

The core point of his article is:
Without farmers to produce, merchants would have nothing to trade.

Without merchants engaging in trade, farmers cannot maximize their own interests.

Take food for example. No matter how much food farmers produce, they can only support a few people in their own family. With merchants, farmers can exchange surplus food for a large number of commodities for food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Ruan Jiaping's writing skills can only be said to be average, but his views are still very advanced and he talks about the importance of business.

(End of this chapter)