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Once on stage, I saw acquaintances.Because it is the relationship between the examiner and the candidate, no greetings.

The other party hadn't seen her for a while, and he was more surprised than she to meet him here suddenly.The eyeballs moved with her, and he couldn't hear a word of the rules repeated by the ceremony officer.

Mo Zi annoyed him by staring at him, so she walked over to his table and said in an official tone, "No. 18, pay attention to the rules, those who violate the rules will be disqualified on the spot."

That person, that is, Min Song, stared at her horizontally, unable to talk back but had to swallow his anger.

Mo Zi narrowed her eyes as if she was near-sighted, and hummed old-fashionedly.

The ceremonial officer finally finished reading the long regulations, and introduced Mo Zi to the ten or so people, "This is the female officer appointed by the emperor to supervise the shipping company, and she is also the official who made the model and set the questions for today's level. Pay attention, everyone. , Master Song has the final say." After that, he hurried down as if he didn't want to stay any longer.

Recently, it has been rumored that Mo Zi became an official.It's just that everyone never expected that they would face each other directly.Those who come from a poor background are okay, but those who are a little bit arrogant show no concealment of contempt on their faces.

Under Mo Zi's eyelids, there was a murmur, "It's breaking the rules of the ancestors to let a woman test me. I passed the test, but it's just a joke. Bad luck!"

Mo Zi has always been able to bear it, she listened to her ears, she didn't care, and entered the opening remark loudly, "Mo Zi was an official at the beginning, the family g trusted by the emperor, and the officials and colleagues have high hopes. He will write questions for future masters, and dare not live up to them. Although experience, hasty If you don’t refer to past examples, you will definitely do your best.”

Speaking of this, two people wearing official uniforms appeared in sight, walking slowly.

That is the master craftsman who should have appeared long ago.Usually at the beginning, in order to win the impression of the emperor, there will be a long paragraph of bragging.Furthermore, she was sure that Mo Zi would wait for them to take the stage, otherwise, who would prepare the exam questions for her?So, take your time.

"Today's exam is the last one. It's really not easy to choose one out of five. I wish you all a smooth pass. Next, let's start writing the questions." Mo Zi smiled and said in a voice that can be heard by the audience, "Master Zheng, please pass the exam questions. Bring it up."

The expressions of those two master craftsmen who took advantage of Mo Zi's treatment changed, they looked at each other, they didn't understand what happened.

Eunuch Liu shouted the emperor's words, "Sir Song, the emperor asked, why did you not see the two assistant officials?"

Mo Zihui; "Your Majesty, the two inscription officials are slack in their duties, and I ask you to deal with it later."

The emperor said directly: "You don't have to wait for the aftermath, I will allow Song Qing to play it now. Let the two master craftsmen be dismissed first, so that two more craftsmen will be added to fill in the vacancies. The reason for the dereliction of duty will be found out, and then convicted."

The two of them suddenly felt weak.She thought this girl didn't dare to do anything to them, but she actually read a book of them in front of so many people.The emperor also allowed to play.So, he quickly knelt in the direction of the emperor, kowtowed and shouted for forgiveness.

There were buzzing noises in all the tents. Obviously, they did not expect that there would be excitement before the exam started.

At this time, the emperor and Mo Zi ignored it.

The ship's Sizheng lost his face, and said to his deputy, "This woman is very cunning, she has hurt us both."

The deputy director was sighing, "It's also the people above who misjudged this woman's ability, no wonder we are."

Let's talk about these examiners.The youngest is Min Song.Others are mostly in their 40s and [-]s.The biggest one is an old man with a flower beard. It is written in the roster that there are fifty to six.

Once admitted to the master, he will be appointed as a general of the Ministry of Industry and officials of various departments.Those with excellent grades can become royal craftsmen and directly reach the fifth rank.This has been inherited for hundreds of years in the Great Zhou Dynasty, except for the scientific examination and martial arts, another way to become an official.

The examiners heard that this way, there were two more places, and they didn't care so much about Mo Zi being the examiner.After all, titles are conferred by the emperor himself, so it doesn't matter who writes the questions.If she doesn't understand anything, ask some easy questions, they'll be fine.

For the first time, under the direct gaze of the emperor and the most dignitaries of the Great Zhou, Zheng Wen was in a hurry to carry a tray, and almost knocked over the tray when he put it on the table.

Fortunately, Dr. Qi was reluctant, and finally helped the handle to stabilize the plate.

Mo Zi thought in his heart, this person turned out to be hard-spoken and soft-hearted.After thinking about it, he reached out and took off the red cloth on the tray, and announced the problem of modeling.

"According to the models on the plate, two sets must be completed within the time limit. No additional measuring tools can be used, only visual inspection and hand feeling are available. Each person has only one chance to touch the mold. Both sets are exactly the same as mine. Pass this test directly. If there is a set that does not match, it will be handed over to the judges for a three-day review. If both sets do not match, it will be eliminated."

Many people couldn't help laughing after seeing the models on the plate, thinking to themselves that they are laymen, and the questions are so simple.The people who came to watch the game talked a lot and seemed to think it was too difficult.

The mold is five average-sized circular wheels with evenly spaced small teeth along the edges.Among them, hexagonal holes are dug on the gear logs at the head and tail, and the three in the middle are round holes in the middle. There is neither color nor extra patterns, just logs.

Min Song looked at the model, and then cared about Mo Zi, frowned, pursed his lips and shook his head slightly, almost asking her what she meant.

Mo Zi sat down on the teacher's chair behind the table, and inadvertently tapped the corners of her eyes with her index finger.As for whether Min Song can understand or not, she doesn't care.

Si Zheng was the most happy, "I said what knowledge can a woman have. I can rub the five wheels, so why do these skilled craftsmen do it? He likes some people, and they carve everything like what they are. Birds in the sky have no feathers. ·The scales of the fish in the water can resemble the body. This girl is going to make a fool of herself, and even the emperor can’t speak for her.”

Mo Zi's crewmates all laughed badly.

The examiners went up one by one to look at the gears.Most people just glance at it and measure one or two roughly with their hands.There are four of them, including Min Song and the old man 56, who watch carefully. They are reluctant to let go of the gears once they are in their hands, and they chase them one by one. They dare not even be careless about the hexagonal hole.

Mo Zi saw it in her eyes and nodded secretly.This question does not seem to be difficult, but what is tested is the comprehensive use of eyesight, brain power, hand power and self-confidence. It is a technology with high precision, and it is not enough to imitate it.Most of the people in this group were not lacking in self-confidence, but were overconfident and underestimated her too much, so much so that she could almost predict that most of them would be eliminated directly without waiting for the comprehensive results.

"Finished?" She received a lot of impatient eyes, nodded with a smile, and suddenly covered the five gears with a cloth, "Then start."

Some young eunuchs came up and separated the examiners' tables with cloth curtains one by one, and then brought tools and wood according to the list they had opened, and the spectators heard the clang of axes and saws starting to work.

Next, there is a two-hour wait.

However, there is no waiting.The emperor took his ministers to go hunting in winter, and the female relatives had tea, chatted and enjoyed the winter scenery.Mo Zi could hear laughter, zither and horns in her small tent. As the examiner, she wanted to show fairness and justice, so she couldn't go anywhere.Zan Jin and Ding Gou have a better friendship as they play more and more, and the two play flying chess.Zheng Xiaopang and Dr. Qi also play chess, high-end, Go.It's a pity that she doesn't know how to play mahjong, otherwise, in ancient times, the four of them could sit around a table.To be honest, apart from shipbuilding, she has almost contributed to this era, especially women.

Fortunately, she doesn't like making piles either, so she has all the tools, and the woody scent of the canopy allows her to spend days and nights playing with wood without feeling tired.If nothing else, the wood is whittled into rectangular thin boards.Others watched her chatting, but they didn't know that she was very happy to be immersed in her own world.

By the way, her homemade plane works really well.At this time in Dazhou, there was no plane.

Two hours later, the little eunuch ran into the tent to call her, and was surprised to find that there was a thick pile of sawdust under the lady's feet, which completely submerged her feet.

"Master Zheng and Master Qi, both of you, please take that thing and go." Now that you have subordinates, don't waste resources.Mo Zi doesn't care whether these two are spies, eyes and ears, or she is not liked by herself, in short, under her command, she can use it if she can.

Mo Zi pointed to the object that had been placed in the corner earlier, and it was also covered with a red cloth.

Zheng Wen raised one end, and Dr. Qi raised the other.

"Miss Song, what's in here?" Zheng Wen asked curiously.

"Test the props they can't pass." Mo Zi didn't mean to be tricky, but just said that Zheng Wen probably couldn't figure it out.

On the stage, the curtains between the testers have been removed, and there are two neat stacks of gears on the table.In the big tent not far away, the emperor has re-seated.The smell of barbecue was wafting in the air, making her salivate. The smell was so familiar, like the smell of roasting rabbits in the backyard of Yuanfu's original bunch of grass.

Taking a closer look, Yuan Cheng, Zhong Shuling, and the ministers were sitting together, chatting and laughing with the head of the Ministry of Industry.Looking at the female family tent on the other side, Qiu Sanniang was seated next to the old Mrs. Xiao, Concubine Xiao and the side concubine, and from time to time gave her a casual glance.Mrs. Xiao's expression was displeased.I probably know that a girl who was beaten by her has become a female official, and I feel unbalanced.In Xiao Wei's tent, Wei Jia, Wu Lianqi and others can be seen, can they be called princelings?There was a young man sitting on the chair in the middle, dressed in a prince's suit.He could be regarded as handsome, but he had a funny face, and he kept dispatching the maids and eunuchs with pride. He didn't seem to be very diligent, and he was not as gentle as his father.

Mo Zi looked at the tables of the craftsmen again, "Is there any one that is too late to complete two sets?"

Someone said: "Isn't it just chopping gears on a log? You don't even know how to do this, so you still want to be a master? Mrs. Song, I wonder if you have ever held a saw?"

Many people secretly laughed.

"Well, that's good." Mo Zi was not provoked, and lifted a piece of cloth in one hand at the same time.

One disc is the gear just now, and the other disc is a long and thick plate.There was a handle on the left end of the board, what appeared to be a piece of iron on the right end, and a brass tube full of small bumps, with the ends far apart.

Everyone's eyes widened, staring at the thing, not knowing what it was for.

"This is a tool to test whether the wheels you make are qualified, as long as they can be like my five gears—'" Mo Zi turned the board ninety degrees, and there are five small sticks up and down behind the board.

All the craftsmen watched her hang her set of round wheels on the small sticks, and watched her shake the handle on the other side, and then, the brass pipes began to rotate, brushing the comb-shaped iron pieces, ding ding dong dong. , play music.

Dumbfounded, the audience was full! ! .