It stands to reason that at this kind of apprenticeship banquet, even if you want to take the school exam, you should also take the school is poetry and songs, after all, the old master Zhang is also a famous special teacher in Huangzhou, although the old master's official body stops at Xiucai, but the door has taught three Jinshi, 29 people, more than 100 Xiucai, and is good at poetry.

In fact, the idea of bringing their sons and nephews over today is self-evident, and they all stuffed a lot of poems into the stomachs of these boys, just waiting for the school to be a blockbuster, in case the old master is happy, it may be possible to accept a few more closed disciples.

But this Cao Zhizhou Cao Lord suddenly took the main side of the branch, and came up with such a torturous arithmetic topic, to say that there is also an arithmetic in the six arts of the gentleman, the adults and elders of each family are naturally practiced, but the imperial court does not take the test, and the four schools of Taixue have been revoked for a long time, and there is only one arithmetic and the student who is more out of the army to do Sima plans to make money and food, and few can stay in the household department or the ministry of officials and the Ministry of Industry, although the future is not bleak, but it is worse than the Jinshi background.

In private, many parents also secretly used their brains to calculate, and several parents who boasted that they were okay with arithmetic were about to tell their children the answers they had calculated, but they heard Cao Zhizhou say again: "Okay! The Xiao Lang of the Zheng family and the Xiao Lang of the Yu family will talk about how your answer was calculated. ”

When several parents heard this, they all shut up immediately, otherwise their sons and daughters would be making a big fool of themselves.

The two Xiaolang named by Cao Zhizhou were the children who were counted behind Huang Dalang, and they were all twelve or thirteen years old, so the Zheng family Xiaolang took the first step forward and saluted and said, "My lord, the student's answer is that the two teams arrive together." The students thought that although the two teams set off at the same time, all the dangers encountered on the road were just tricks, but the key was that both teams were blocked in front of the city of Tokyo, and they thought that they should be the same team of merchants, so after the blockade was lifted, the two teams entered the city at the same time, and they should have arrived together. ”

After this Zheng family Xiaolang finished speaking, the people in the small hall were silent, and some people even looked at the Zheng family Xiaolang's father, but saw that the white-faced middle-aged man turned red in the blink of an eye.

Lord Cao laughed, but asked Yu Xiaolang, who came out later: "Your answer is that Team A arrived first, how did you come up with the algorithm?" ”

The Xiao Lang of the Yu family is not as atmospheric as the Xiao Lang of the Zheng family, and after he came to salute, he stammered: "Adult, student...... Also...... is also like the Zheng family's brother...... The businessman who wants to block the door should be...... It's the same team, so ...... So it should be Team A. Student Zeng...... I was fortunate enough to go to Bianliang, Tokyo, and I know this city...... There are more than 60 miles in circumference, the streets and alleys in the city are vertical and horizontal, and the pedestrians are weaving, even if it is an expedited military post, it takes at least two hours to pass through the inner and outer cities, so it is naturally 600 miles to rush first. ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately clapped their hands and laughed, not that they all thought this answer was correct, but that this Yu family Xiaolang actually counted the size of Tokyo City and the number of pedestrians on the streets, but he was also a quick-thinking person.

Cao Zhizhou and Old Master Zhang glanced at each other, stroked their palms and laughed, and finally Old Master Zhang said to Huang Dalang: "Ziying, tell me about your algorithm!" ”

Huang Dalang came out of the line and saluted: "Yes!" Master! In the question, it takes 7 days for Team A to arrive in 4,200 miles from the border to Tokyo, and 10 and a half days for Team B's 400 miles to arrive in an expedited manner. Team A was blocked all the way for a total of three and a half days, and Team B was blocked for a total of one and a half days, and because of the help of the navy to recover a day and a half, the two teams A and B arrived at the same time. ”

After Huang Dalang finished speaking, Cao Zhizhou also hung out the paper on which he wrote the answer, and the words written on it were less than the vernacular in his mouth: "It takes ten and a half days, and it is the same." ”

After Cao Zhizhou showed the paper, he also smiled bitterly and shook his head, I guess what I thought in my heart was that this is an arithmetic problem, not a brain teaser, but a caravan that can come up with blocking the door is the same gang, and one can also calculate the size of Tokyo City, which is really enough!

Putting down the paper, Cao Zhizhou stroked his beard and said: "Everyone, don't underestimate arithmetic, now although the official family is rich in poetry and words, but if it is really a fish jumping over the dragon gate, for the official side, but in the end it is not worth it!" ”

Cao Zhizhou's words can be regarded as a polite admonition and beating, and everyone present showed an open mind to be taught, but who knew that Cao Zhizhou grasped the hearts of the people, and asked with a smile: "But some people are not convinced?" thinks that when he becomes an official, this kind of account plan, summer tax and autumn tax, and Cao Yun will naturally be handled by Mr. Bookkeeper and Xu Minister. The old man only asked, that is, his family is the accounting room, who dares to guarantee the ticket 10% of the rest assured? ”

After a pause, Cao Zhizhou said again: "The old man has been an official for nearly 30 years, and he went to the account office for six terms, and three of them either ate arsenic or hung on the south wall. Therefore, the old man recently knew the year of the destiny of heaven, and asked Mr. to make up for arithmetic, so it has been the past ten years to achieve no bad political performance. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone's expressions changed, and many people who were still ignorant and followed the crowd straightened out the sharp turn in their minds, and the father of the Zheng family Xiaolang and the Yu family stood up together, looked at each other and smiled, and then crossed his hands to Cao Zhizhou and said, "Thank you Cao Weng for your advice." ”

Cao Zhizhou immediately waved his hand to signal the two of them to be polite, and said with a smile: "That's it!" This arithmetic question is just the old man listened to Zhang Lao's words, and the whim of the whim, this next school examination, or to ask Zhang Lao, how? ”

Old Master Zhang stroked his beard and said: "Cao Weng is carrying the back, what kind of noise is that?" The old man was born at the age of five, and at the age of twenty-five, he became a showman, and then studied hard for ten years but had no progress, so he could only make a living as a rural professor. After many years, it was not until he was forty-five years old that he found that he had gone astray by studying and specializing in poetry and songs. Yes, just this question, Zheng Jiaxiaolang has seen that the trick is already smart, and Yu Xiaolang actually intends to include Tokyo scenery and pedestrians, which is even more rare, the old man remembers that the two Xiaolang are now studying at home, but they are interested in entering my Hong Literature Museum? ”

Huang Dalang said in his heart, this is a fool who came out and took a stick, but he gave sweet dates!

The people of the Zheng family and the Yu family were overjoyed when they heard it, and they hurriedly asked the two Xiaolang to kowtow and report their names, the children of the Zheng family are named Zheng Chi, and the children of the Yu family are called Yu Bo, because it is not the old master who takes the two under his own door, and there is no need to serve tea, but the bundle is also indispensable, so it is naturally done after the banquet.

The next process is the opening of the wine and food show, and the official unveiling of the tearing drama of the friends!