The weather was fine on this day, and the warm autumn sun was shining on the teenagers, making them feel extra comfortable.

But as if affected by the atmosphere around them, their expressions became serious. As soon as Master Yang's words ended, the attitudes of the masters and apprentices in each woodyard suddenly became calm, and they instantly realized the importance that the entire Yao's Woodhouse attached to this monthly assessment.

Master Yang looked around, waved his hand slightly, and the two apprentices stepped forward with a large wooden plaque and planted it under the stone platform.

Xu Wen stood in the line and watched with interest.

Whether it's this monthly assessment, or the scoring principles of the assessment, it feels very advanced, and it is not much different from the era in which he will live in the future.

In particular, this wooden sign is clearly used for publicity, which is consistent with the purpose of whiteboards commonly used in modern companies.

Sure enough, there were five wooden signs on the "whiteboard" with the words "mahogany, cypress, ash, beech, and old wood" written on them.

Obviously, these five wooden plaques represent the five wooden fields of Huangzifang.

Although the four wood yards in Huangzifang are named after a single timber, the timber managed in them is not limited to these four types.

For example, the mahogany farm mainly manages more expensive and rare wood, including nanmu, sandalwood, sour branches, rosewood, wenge and so on.

The same is true for cypress, ash, and other wood farms, which are represented by one type of wood, which actually includes four to six different types of wood.

Therefore, when the apprentices enter the corresponding wood yard, they must learn to identify more than one kind of wood, and today they are also assessed on all the types of wood managed in the field.

In fact, this is one of the reasons why the old wood yard has the lowest rating in the past.

Of the other four wood farms, beech wood farms have the largest variety, with a total of six species.

And what about the old woodyards?

All the waste wood stored here is collected from all over the world, and some of them are found from nowhere, and even Master Yao may not be able to identify them accurately. There are more types of wood here than the other four wood farms combined.

To accurately identify so many pieces of wood, the breadth of knowledge and the accuracy of judgment are by no means possible for ordinary carpenters.

In the past, other woodyards were compared to strength, and the old woodyard apprentices were a bit lucky, and their results were naturally the worst.

The wooden sign was erected, and Master Yang struck the rock again, and in the melodious voice, his words spread throughout the square.

"The first item, distinguish the wood!"

Beside him, a young man dressed in a short dozen held a directory and read: "Redwood Field, Master Hong Tiezhu Hong!"

In the array of rosewood fields in the southeast, a middle-aged man slowly stepped forward and walked to the stone platform.

There is a stone pillar in front of the stone platform, and there is a tray on the stone pillar, and the plate is filled with wooden orders the thickness of fingers.

Hong Tiezhu took one casually and read: "No. 12." ”

"Twelve!"

A louder voice reached the back, and soon a piece of wood wrapped in yellow cloth was delivered to Hong Tiezhu.

Hong Tiezhu took it, opened the wrapped yellow cloth with his own hands, stroked it carefully, and said firmly: "Rosewood." ”

"Rosewood!

The voice came, and Master Yang nodded slightly to Hong Tiezhu, took the pen with his own hands, and wrote the first three strokes of the orthography on the bottom of the mahogany field on the wooden card.

"Kashiwagiba, Master Tian Sanbaotian!"

"Boxwood, correct!"

"Beech Wood Field, Master Jin Wuji!"

"Tieliwood, right!"

“......”

The processes are familiar to all and are progressing very quickly.

The previous assessment is all masters, they step forward one by one, and they can recognize it immediately after reading the wood, the first round is about to end, and almost every wood yard can have more than half a straight word under the nameplate.

"Old wood farm, even Tianqing and master!"

Even the master stepped forward, and the same cards were drawn, and the same yellow cloth and wood were sent to him.

He took the cloth, didn't open it, just checked it with his hand, and said directly: "Wenge." ”

He didn't do things according to the routine, and several shopkeepers next to him were in a daze, Master Yang nodded that the situation was not good, and hurriedly said, "Hit the number!"

A young man came back to his senses, hurriedly flipped through the bill, and said with a strange expression, "Yes, it's wenge!"

Master Lian nodded very casually, handed back the wood, turned around and walked back.

The people next to him may have never seen this kind of battle, and they were all in a daze.

Master Yang above hurriedly shouted: "Wenge wood, correct!

Xu Wen was also stunned, he always knew that Master Lian was very powerful, but like now, he didn't even need to look at it with his own eyes, and he made a correct judgment directly through the cloth?

He never even thought that there was such an ability in the world.

His heart moved instantly.

He was sent to this place by Jing Cheng, does it mean that as long as he has the ability, he can also have such ability?

Xu Wen let out a long sigh of relief, raised his head, and saw that someone had sent the unopened piece of wood to the stone platform and handed it to Master Yao.

Master Yao uncovered the yellow cloth, sighed on his face, and discussed a few words with a few people next to him.

Even the master didn't look back, he went directly back to the array of the old wooden yard, and stood aside with his arms crossed.

His gaze fell on Xu Wen, and he suddenly asked, "You have to go up today, you know, right?"

"I'm part of the old woodyard now, as I should. Xu Wen nodded.

"Hmm. Master Lian nodded lightly and didn't speak again.

The first round of tests were all made of masters, and their strength was unquestionable, and everyone successfully identified the wood drawn, and each of the wood yards had three more points in their name.

In the second round, it was still the master, and Xu Wen noticed that the masters of the other wood yards were usually two or three people, and only their old wood yards were in charge of Master Lian.

So, in the second round of the old wood field, Xu San played, he was a little nervous, and it took him a long time to say that it was a piece of cypress. When it was finally confirmed that it was correct, he breathed a sigh of relief, and sweat came out of his forehead.

Round 3, 4, 5......

From the third round onwards, all other Kiba apprentices were played.

These apprentices are all relatively long-established and have more experience. But Xu Wen found that their ability to distinguish wood was high and low, and it was not as strong as they imagined.

Especially in the ash field, even the last two apprentices recognized it for a long time, and the second one was wrong.

Xu Wen's eyes swept over, and he found that the apprentices in this field had become very nervous because of this, and several of them had words in their mouths, as if they were reviewing.

"This must be Master Liu's apprentice. Xu Wen's side, Qu Siniu, the apprentice of the old wood field, was secretly gossiping with him.

"Huh?"

"Master Liu is stingy, he has three non-teachings. The apprentice is not intimate and does not teach, does not understand the rules and does not teach, and does not pay tribute and does not teach. It would be nice if half of his apprentices could learn something. ”

"If you don't pay tribute, you don't teach, what kind of tribute is this?"

"Give the money. If you have money at home, Master Liu likes gold and silver the most......" Qu Siniu whispered.

"So blatant?" Xu asked, a little surprised.

"Of course, it's not explicit, but everyone knows it. Qu Siniu pouted.

"It's better for our master, as long as you ask, he will teach. Another apprentice from the old woodyard said.

"Be quiet, don't speak. Xu San, who was standing at the front of the team, turned his head to remind.

As time passed, the slower the assessment progressed.

From the whispers of the people around him, Xu Wen gradually understood that it was really not so easy for ancient apprentices to learn things.

It usually takes half a year for a prospective apprentice to get started and become a full-fledged apprentice.

In the first year of a formal apprenticeship, I usually do chores, and it is difficult to get in touch with the real work. There is no opportunity to even watch from the sidelines, let alone study.

From the second year onwards, the apprentices can start learning, but whether they can learn or not, and how much they can learn, depends on the master.

Whether the master is generous or not, and whether the apprentice can please the master, are very crucial factors.

Moreover, in ancient times, it was also important to "teach the apprentices and starve the master to death", and the master usually left one hand and two hands, and easily never taught.

Therefore, "the master introduces the door, and the practice is in the individual". Apprenticeship is just the beginning, and luck and personal effort are indispensable if you want to learn real skills.

On the board, the scores of each wood yard gradually widened.

The highest score was in the beech field.

On the one hand, this is because there are many differences in the various types of wood managed in the beech wood factory, which is easier to distinguish, and on the other hand, it is also because the master Jin of the beech wood field has an easy-going personality and is very generous to his apprentices.

In second place are the Redwood Field and the Kashiwagen Field, and the scores on both sides are very close, so it is a bit difficult to distinguish between the high and the low.

It wasn't that easy for Redwood Farm to get this ranking.

First, the wood managed by the mahogany farm is relatively precious, and it is usually not taken out casually for the apprentices to practice, and the second is that the price is expensive, there are many counterfeits, and it is much more difficult to identify than other woods.

In fourth place was ash farm, where the old wood field scored close to them, but still fell last.

"I'm sorry master......"

Qu Siniu also admitted his mistake, and said to Master Lian very ashamedly when he came back.

"Go back and recite the difference between XX and XX fifty times by heart. Even Master Lian didn't look at him, and said lightly.

"Yes!"

Sometimes it's better to have a punishment than no punishment, and that's how it is now. Hearing Master Lian's words, Qu Siniu was not only not depressed, but immediately cheered up.

As time passed, almost all the members of the five Kiba accepted the first assessment and stood aside.

In the end, there were only five people left on the original venue, and it was Xu Wen and Lu Cheng and the other five.

Master Yang lowered his head, his gaze swept over them, and said loudly: "Although the five of you have not yet started, you should already have some confidence after learning from each wood field for so many days. Today, you will also be a part of each Kiba, and you will be assessed and your scores will be included in each field. First of all, the beech field, Liu Ah Da!"

Liu Adada stepped forward, and several brothers from the beech wood field also patted him on the back to show encouragement, and it seemed that the atmosphere was indeed good.

But his luck was not very good, he was assigned a piece of elm, which was more similar to beech wood, and Liu Adaa unfortunately admitted his mistake. He returned in a huff, and the brothers were also a little disappointed, but they still comforted a few words.

Next were He Ping of Kashiwaga and Chen Tie of Ash Ash, both of whom also admitted their mistakes.

Xu Wen looked up and found that Master Yao was looking at them, his brows furrowed slightly, and he looked a little disappointed.

Could it be that he really came here for them when he came to Huangzifang today?

"Redwood Field, Lu Cheng!"

Lu Cheng smiled and responded. He behaved very modestly, but during this period of time, Xu Wen knew him very well, and he could see a touch of self-satisfaction hidden in the depths.

His complacency was also justified, and he drew an old piece of mahogany.

Lu Cheng carefully touched their surface, pondered it carefully in the light, and said its name with great certainty-

"It's sour wood!"

The young man with the bill quickly replied in the affirmative: "It is indeed sour branch wood." ”

Master Yang looked at Lu Cheng with a smile and asked, "How long have you been in business?"

"I haven't had the pleasure of getting started, and it's been five days since I was in Redwood. ”

"The sour branch wood is divided into new and old, the new wood is red yellow, with patterns, and the old wood is reddish brown, with a dark luster and aroma, which is very similar to red sandalwood. You can tell the difference so quickly, and you have excellent talent. Master Yang said with a smile.

"Thank you master for the compliment!" Lu Cheng was so excited that his face turned red.

Master Yang nodded slightly, and drew three strokes under the mahogany field on the wooden board, just enough to put together a complete orthography.

As soon as this orthography was written, the score of the mahogany field officially surpassed that of the cypress wood field, ranking second, and Lu Cheng could be regarded as a contribution to the mahogany field.

"Next, the old Kiba, Xu asked!"

Immediately after, Master Yang's voice rose again.