Huang Chengyan stretched out his hand to pick up the scale, fiddled with it left and right, and said, "If this instrument is used to weigh some subtle things, it is better." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIt's rare that Pang Shiyuan can make this thing...... Well, no, Shiyuan is not good at this, it shouldn't be made by him......"

immediately asked Huang Yueying if Pang Tong had said who made it at that time-

Huang Yueying blinked her big eyes and said, "I was patronizing and robbing it at the time, and I didn't have time to ask." ”

"Ahem!" You are embarrassed to talk about this serious look - Huang Chengyan had to cough dryly, and he couldn't say anything, after all, he was his own daughter.

Huang Yueying still blinked her eyes and asked Huang Chengyan: "Father, do you think this should be robbed?" ”

"Well, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be ......" Huang Chengyan looked at the balance in his hand, thought about it again, and then said.

"Okay, I'll send it back...... Huang Yueying tilted her head and said, then stepped forward and reached out to take the balance from Huang Chengyan's hand.

"Wait!" Huang Chengyan hurriedly raised the scales high and said, "This ...... How can this be said to be robbery? This is obviously borrowed! Yes, when we run out, we will naturally return it to Shiyuan......"

"Hehe......"

"Hey......

The two people, one big and one small, laughed tacitly.

At this time, a servant outside the door reported that all the people who took the big exam this year had arrived, and asked if it would start now?

Huang Chengyan regained his serious countenance, nodded, and said, "Start now!" With that, he walked out.

Huang Yueying hurriedly came up and grabbed Huang Chengyan's sleeve and said, "Father, I want to go to ...... too"

"Oh? Do you want to go too? ”

Huang Yueying's chick nodded as if pecking rice.

"Aha, then let's talk about it when you become the head of the Huang family, hahaha......" Huang Chengyan was just teasing Huang Yueying, and left with a smile.

Huang Yueying stomped her feet, then rolled her eyes and grinned, "I remember that there was a freshly made wooden plow in the backyard, which should be about ...... height"

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Countless lanterns, fire candles, and bronze mirrors hanging in all corners illuminate the entire front yard of the Huangjia Hidden Courtyard as bright as day.

When Huang Chengyan walked to the front yard, there were already many people standing outside the gate of the Huangjia Hidden Courtyard, most of them were craftsmen near Jingxiang, and some people came from afar.

It turned out that this was the day of the triennial Huang family craftsman examination.

The Huang family has always been good at making utensils, so many years rooted in Jingxiang, in addition to the people of the Huang family, there are also many craftsmen taught, and the Huang family examination once every three years is almost the same nature as the craftsman rating of later generations, and the ability rating and affirmation of the Huang craftsmen who have been out of the school.

The way of the big test is neither simple nor simple, every craftsman who comes out of the school can come up with the most proud works in the past three years, the smaller ones will take the real thing, and the larger ones will be made into models, and take them to the Huang Family Hidden Courtyard, so that the head of the Huang family and the six great craftsmen will evaluate, if it is a novel, creative and practical invention, then the level of the invention craftsman will be raised.

The craftsmen of the Huang system automatically obtained the title of "capable worker" from the beginning of the master, and then up there are four levels of "Seiko", "Skilled Craftsman" and "Master Craftsman", and each major level is also divided into three classes, so there are four levels and twelve classes in total. Further up is the title of the great craftsman equivalent to the honorary title, only when the six old craftsmen of the Huang family have passed away, they will be selected from the top craftsmen to fill the position.

It is said that in the earliest days, the Huang Clan Examination was held during the day, but later it was changed to night at some unknown date......

However, for the Huang family, there is not much difference between day and night, looking at the right amount of lanterns and candles placed in this courtyard, the entire courtyard including an area in front of the door is illuminated transparently without any dead ends......

The big exam began, starting with the middle masters.

The number of medium-sized master craftsmen was small, only two people, so they entered the courtyard gate together and handed over their works to Huang Chengyan and the six master craftsmen to inspect.

The first master craftsman presented a small bronze cylinder with a beam cover and a three-legged bottom, a water spout protruding from the bottom and a ruler inserted directly into the small cylinder from the beam cover.

"Missing a moment?" A graded master craftsman recognized the object and asked.

"Exactly."

Someone immediately brought water from the side, filled the small bronze cylinder with water, and then began to drip water from the nozzle of the small bronze cylinder......

A master craftsman took a closer look and found the subtlety, it turned out that in the water spout, inlaid with a piece of mica that can be rotated, marked with three grades, just like the faucet switch in later generations, it can be used to control the speed of the water flow......

The first medium-sized master explained aloud: "My name is three quarters, which can be counted as half an hour, an hour and two hours......

A group of master craftsmen, including Huang Chengyan, listened attentively and made notes with pen and paper......

The second master presented a model of two wooden ploughs and said, "I have made them of the same wood, one is the plough I use now and the other is my new plough......

Immediately, a master craftsman stepped forward to take the two wooden plough models, tested them on the land on one side, and nodded......

In this way, a group of craftsmen began to present their works according to their respective ranks, and explained them.

Some people successfully advanced, and walked out of the courtyard with a smile on their faces with the newly arrived craftsman-level sign, which immediately attracted a burst of congratulations......

There are also people who failed to advance, and when they walked out of the courtyard, no one sarcastically attacked, but more encouraging......

Huang Dou, who built a wooden house for Fei Qian, also stood in front of the door, don't look at his identity as a master craftsman in Xiangyang City, but according to the standards of the Huang family, he is currently only a medium skilled craftsman, and there are still two levels away from the inferior masters.

It didn't take long for him to take his turn, and he presented the items he had brought—

Two large iron boxes corresponding to the top and bottom, with iron hooks at both ends of each iron box, the upper and lower sides of the two iron boxes have round holes on both sides of the iron box, and several ropes pass through the round holes, as if going back and forth several times to connect the two separate iron boxes into a whole......

Huang Dou explained with some trembling: "This is a rope group, which can lift heavy objects, and lose half and half of the weight......"

"Oh, that's kind of interesting." An interested master craftsman took the two iron boxes, pulled the ropes, and then hung them on the poles in the manner Huang Dou said, and experimented with a heavy object......

"Wonderful!" The master craftsman who was doing the experiment couldn't help but praise it, "You make this thing very exquisitely, wonderfully!" ”

Huang Dou hesitated a little, and finally said: "I can't hide it, this thing is not mine, but ...... ...... by Fei Qianfei Ziyuan"

"Fei Qian?" Several master craftsmen glanced at each other, as if they had never heard of this person, "Where is this craftsman?" ”

"This person is not a craftsman, but under the deer mountain, and he learned from Pang Degong......"