Chapter 218: You are playing with me

The cloudy sky finally opened a hole. The late spring sunshine shone on the streets and alleys of Wuxi County, causing many adults and children to come out, rushing to enjoy the spring that has not been seen for many days.

"The weather is pretty good today." Tan Zong sat alone in the backyard of the inn, with a coffee table, a lounge chair, and a tea cup. The simple combination was placed under the sun, which made Tan Zong feel a little comfortable.

Just now, Li Fuxiu came over to invite Tan Zong to the county government office. It was said that Lin Qingyun had to discuss some things about the Dragon Boat Festival with Tan Zong, but Tan Zong politely refused. This matter was originally the business of Wuxi County. He was a passing god, so there was no need to join in. At most, he went to join in the fun on the Dragon Boat Festival day, and had a glass of realgar wine with everyone at the *** or the finish line of the dragon boat race.

However, Li Fuxiu said that he would invite local trading club members to a party to gather at the city's largest restaurant, "Fanzhuang", to invite Tan Zong to enjoy his face. Tan Zong wanted to see how Lin Qingyun calmed the market price, so he agreed.

When Tan Zong was thinking about how Han Xinjie suddenly invited Lianxiang to go shopping in an abnormal manner, a familiar voice came from behind: "You are very leisurely here."

Tan Zong was stunned when he heard the sound, but then he quickly turned around and looked at Cao Qiaomu, who was covered in dust in front of him with surprise and said, "Mr. Cao?" The voice was extremely incredible.

Cao Qiaomu ignored Tan Zong, but just picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a few mouthfuls of tea. Then he opened his mouth and said, "What, can't you recognize me, Lao Cao?"

Tan Zong quickly denied, "Mr. Cao was joking, how could Menghua forget it? But Master Cao wasn't..." As he said that, Tan Zong jumped unconsciously. However, he remembered that when Cao Qiaomu said he left, he was under the guise of going to the capital to get the test paper. Whether this person was really going to the capital or pretending to go to the capital, the paper must be taken out.

Once the paper is completed well, it is very likely that it will be married with the royal family in one step. Although it is just a reputation as a son-in-law Duwei, he has figured it out these days. If a savage like him really wants to make a good job in this officialdom, a single supervisory office is definitely not enough. If this position is not done well, it will be removed. It is easy to come and go!

Therefore, if possible, marrying a princess into the house may cause trouble in the back house, it is excellent help in the career. After all, there is no bad rule that the prince consort cannot be an official.

"Go to the capital, right?" Cao Qiaomu unceremoniously moved Tan Zong's recliner to sit for himself. Then he took out a flat file from his arms and handed it to Tan Zong and said, "The half-hour time limit is, the brush and quill will be free, and there is no requirement for writing."

"Half an hour?" Tan Zong spoke in surprise and hurriedly went to see Cao Qiaomu. Seeing Cao Qiaomu nodding casually, it was not as if he was a fake. He couldn't help but frown for a moment. He didn't know if Cao Qiaomu was cheating on him - making an exam paper in half an hour, let alone the imperial examination in the Dashun Dynasty, even in later generations, it would not be possible, unless the unit allocated political tasks to complete a certain exam and each person had a answer.

Cao Qiaomu said at this time: "I have already given instructions outside, and someone will come with a pen and ink later. Apart from that, no one will disturb you during the exam time. You can feel at ease with the exam. There is still some time now, but you can check the paper first, which is considered to be a pre-review. Aren't you doing this here?"

"Huh?" Tan Zong suddenly felt a sudden jump in his heart after hearing Cao Qiaomu's words. It seemed that there was something in Cao Qiaomu's words that he had not noticed. But when he looked at Cao Qiaomu again, he saw Cao Qiaomu leisurely holding a teapot and drinking tea, with a leisurely attitude, and was extremely natural.

Seeing Cao Qiaomu's appearance, Tan Zong could only suppress the question in his heart and carefully took the paper to the pavilion to spread it out. After spreading all the papers on the stone table, Tan Zong let out a sigh of relief and understood why the half-hour time limit was. According to later generations, the test paper was about the size of A3 paper, and many questions were printed on the papers, and scores were written in different categories, which was similar to the test papers in later generations.

The questions on the test paper are not complicated, and they are basically all questions in science and engineering. Although some questions seem to be much more difficult in his impression than in the provincial examination, there is not much problem compared to his basic engineering foundation. After all, the knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry in junior high schools is the real basic common sense in later generations. Even if some formulas cannot be remembered for the time being when they first traveled through time, most of them have been recalling them over the years.

When Cao Qiaomu said he wanted to get the test paper, he was careful and made some preparations, and it really worked.

However, what surprised Tan Zong was that the questions on this paper were too complicated, including mathematics, science and chemistry, which was similar to those in the college entrance examination in later generations. However, after reading the entire paper, Tan Zong only felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't notice it for a while. Because the questions on this paper were too simple and familiar, he just looked at it at first glance and could not see the solution to most questions, and he could not detect the problem at all.

Before Tan Zong could think clearly, a waiter soon took the pen and ink. After Tan Zong chose the quill pen, the waiter left the ink cartridge, but took the pen back. Soon after, the waiter brought another hourglass, and when Cao Qiaomu started, the timing of the exam began.

The knowledge of junior high school is not very large. Although Tan Zong has been in the office for a long time, this is just a primary calculation after all, and there is no need for Tan Zong to draft it. Until the last few questions such as "Chicken and Rabbit in the same cage", Tan Zong forgot the simple method and had to use a system of equations to solve it, but he found that he could not figure it out.

"Do you want draft paper?" Cao Qiaomu, who had been watching the side for a long time, handed a piece of white paper appropriately. Tan Zong didn't realize anything was wrong. He took it and started to draft it, but he calculated it after a few strokes.

Cao Qiaomu looked at the hourglass and saw that the sand had just flowed for half of it, so he nodded and said for sure: "The speed is good. It seems that you haven't been here for a long time and haven't forgotten everything yet."

After hearing this, Tan Zong felt even more strange, because Cao Qiaomu's words were very strange, which made Tan Zong not know how to understand.

Cao Qiaomu smiled and patted Tan Zong on the shoulder, as if a teacher was asking the students to relax. Then he continued: "Stay for a rest, wait until the hourglass is finished before taking the second exam."

"The second picture?" Tan Zong couldn't help but frowned. He thought the exam was really that simple, but he didn't expect there would be a second game.

Cao Qiaomu ignored him and just drank tea on his own. When the hourglass was finished, the waiter ran in again, but took a plate of cinnabar and a quill pen.

Cao Qiaomu put the cinnabar and quill on the coffee table, and then took out a cowhide bag from his arms. Seeing Tan Zong looking at him, Cao Qiaomu couldn't help but smile, pulled out a large stack of equally square-folded paper from the bag, and handed it to Tan Zong and said, "There is a question here that Yu Zhao personally gave, and the other one that the old Zhao family often used. If you can solve it, you will be qualified." Seeing that Tan Zong's eyes suddenly became fierce, Cao Qiaomu laughed again and handed the paper to Tan Zong and said, "It seems that I don't need to say the rest."

At this time, Tan Zong was not in a hurry to take the test paper, but closed his eyes and took the stack of papers with a serious look on his face. Although he was not very clear about what Cao Qiaomu's words "the common questions used by the Zhao family" mean, he understood that this should be an important moment in his career in Dashun Dynasty. As long as he could pass this threshold today, even if he could not reach the top, at least he would not have to worry about his career.

Just after Tan Zong spread out the first test paper and then looked at the questions slightly, he was stunned.

The first paper has four pages, with dense handwriting on it, with five major questions and forty-three sub-questions, including fill-in-the-blanks, selection, judgment, short answer, and discussion. The content is also very strange, and it actually contains all the contents of all the department departments of the Dashun Dynasty, such as the tax revenue of the Ministry of Revenue, the diplomacy of the Ministry of Rites, etc. The most exaggerated thing is this diplomatic topic, which actually made Tan Zong discuss the foreign policy of the Dashun Dynasty at this time!

After reading it, Tan Zong felt that there was a constant cold sweat on his forehead. The questions on this test paper had exceeded all his estimates! However, according to Cao Qiaomu, this should be the so-called question given by the so-called "Old Zhao Family".

After thinking about it, Tan Zong could understand it. After all, Dashun Chao has always been pragmatic. If Tan Zong wants to marry a princess and go home, he naturally has to show his value.

But when Tan Zong opened the second test paper with a lucky mentality, he wanted to throw the test paper directly on Cao Qiaomu's face, and then asked him loudly if he was cheating!

Tan Zong remembers it very clearly that although the current scientific and technological level of the Dashun Dynasty is much higher than that of the ancient times he remembers, it has not yet entered the industrial age. In the current teaching books of the Dashun Dynasty, the scope of the science and engineering examinations is also limited to the junior high school level in later generations, which is why he was able to complete the last provincial examination after traveling through time.

This test paper with only two questions, the first question is pretty good, just analyzing the force of an object being fired from a machine and then being subjected to flight. Although Tan Zong remembers that this seems to be a high school knowledge, the mechanics problem itself is relatively basic, and he can still remember it, so he can barely accept it.

But the second question is too exaggerated. It actually allows Tan Zong to improve the proportion of the gunpowder currently used by Dashunchao!

"Mr. Cao!" Tan Zong suppressed his anger for the third time, resisted the urge to burst out the "Damn Mud Male Gobi" and pointed to the second question and asked: "That's fine, but do you think this kind of question can be answered in a short while?" In addition to anger, Tan Zong directly used the respectful title "you", which shows how angry Tan Zong was, just add another sentence, "You didn't play with me on purpose."
Chapter completed!