In the Qianqing Palace at night.

The East Warm Pavilion is illuminated by a wind lamp as bright as day, the windows are wide open, the cool night breeze blows into the house, and you can vaguely smell the smell of osmanthus.

Chen Ming is holding the exam questions of this year's scientific examination and mathematics and slowly grasping them carefully, this is the exam question formulated by the Ministry of Culture and Education, which is an absolute secret of the imperial court at present.

Two booklets were printed on the long test paper, one was held by Chen Ming in his hand, and the other was opened by Li Xiaomei with great interest.

"A school conducts a questionnaire survey on students. Among the students surveyed, 63 took the accountant examination in advance, 89 took the intermediate foreign language examination, 47 took the architect examination, 24 took all three subjects, 46 chose two subjects, and 15 did not take one subject. How many students were surveyed? （）

A.120B.144C.177D.192

……

Numerical reasoning. Observe the arrangement law of the number series, select the most reasonable term, fill in the vacancy, and make it conform to the arrangement law of the original number series.

Please start answering the questions:

21．1，6，20，56，144，（）

A.256B.244C.352D.384

22.1，2，6，15，40，104（）

A.273B.329C.185D.225

……”

Li Xiaomei's face was confused, she didn't know much about mathematics, she looked at the test questions in front of her, and felt as if she was reading a book from heaven.

There's a bullshit rule between 1, 2, 6, and 15.

Even Chen Ming, at this time, he looked at these math problems, and his eyes were dizzy. The sequence that might have been able to catch the signs at the beginning has now become confusing. It has been more than 20 years, and too much knowledge and memories have been forgotten by him.

"That's it." Chen Ming sighed and put away the fold. instructed Zhang Dayong: "Send it back to the Ministry of Culture and Education the morning after tomorrow." ”

As a monarch, as a superior person, it is inevitable to engage in some gimmicks. Whether Chen Ming can read these test papers or not, he has to take a time break to "read".

This thing was only delivered this afternoon, and it will be sent back to the Ministry of Culture and Education the day after tomorrow, which will be two days. These two days are a gimmick. This proves that Emperor Lao Tzu read these test papers carefully.

A lot of things are so hypocritical, and this is adult society, it's politics.

As a traverser, Chen Ming was very unimpressed with these false rites, but in this era for more than 20 years, he himself unconsciously learned this set, and naturally applied it to life and government affairs.

When the clock struck, it was already ten o'clock, and the night was dark, and it was time to rest. But just when Chen Ming was about to fall asleep, there was a sudden twist and turn outside, which was not someone else's, but one of his little brothers, the fourth, Deng Wang Chen Xu.

Just like the second child was sealed, and the third and fifth children were anxious to ask for a hard job, the fourth child also found a hard job, and he went to North America to work in the army.

At this time, of course, Chen Xu would not return to Nanjing, but he could send it to Nanjing.

Not only that, Chen Hao also undertook another important mission to the Americas this time, that is, to negotiate with John Bull on the boundary demarcation of the northern part of the following Americas.

In later generations of Canada, although the term has appeared in Quebec at the present time, the meaning of the general term is different from that of later generations. It refers to the land along the Great River of Canada and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The first people to reclaim it were not English, but French. Even in later generations, Canada was also bilingual in English and French, and the French had deep roots here. The French were defeated in the Seven Years' War and lost all of their colonies in Canada.

In this day and age, the British and French are still confined to the eastern part of Canada. In the proto-space-time plane, it would be a few years before the term 'Canada' would be officially recognized as a definition. With Quebec as the core, it will not become a Canadian province until the outbreak of the first crow, and the second crow has ended for several years, and the Canadian Federation, which is also a dominion under the British Empire, will appear, and the territory is completely limited to the eastern coastal location.

Post-World War II Canada (country) consisted of ten provinces and three special administrative regions, and many places – administrative regions – came into existence only after a century of the present era.

Therefore, Chen Han can now not only occupy the northern part of Canada without burden, but also occupy the name of the land that is borderless.

You must know that historically, even the demarcation of the boundary between Laos and the United States and Canada was carried out in the middle of the next century. As for the demarcation of the boundary between Alaska and Canada, it is something after the United States bought Alaska. The process of dividing is also very hilarious! I don't want to say much here, you can find Du Niang if you go emotionally.

These things are to show that in the current era, there is no Western Canada in the eyes of the British.

Because of the geographical location, most of the land in Canada is tundra, and the only profitable land is really the southernmost seaside location. Quebec in the east and Vancouver in the west, that is, in the 21st century, Canada's population distribution is also heavy in the southeast and southwest corners, plus the narrow border with the United States, this is the most densely populated area of the whole Canada. The vast majority of its land is less than a single person per square kilometer.

However, as Chen Han, Chen Ming hopes to reach an agreement with Britain on 'Canada' as soon as possible.

There are two advantages to this, one of which is to reassure the British about Chen Han; The east and west ends of the North American continent are too far apart. If the two sides move inward together, on that endless frozen land, they may only meet in the next hundred years. And whoever takes advantage and who suffers a loss, it is up to their own ability.

However, in terms of the national strength of China and Britain, it is very likely that the British will suffer.

But now that Chen Han took the initiative to contact the British and negotiate the boundary with them, there would naturally be a false impression that Chen Han had no land claims to Western Canada.

You must know that the war in North America has been suspended, and the British have been accumulating strength for so long to play a big counteroffensive, but the progress is small. London looked like this, and it was very clean to sign an armistice with France, the United States and Spain, except for the Dutch, and the next war treaty was still being negotiated.

The British efforts in North America did not yield the results that London wanted, and the enormous pressure in India, as well as the enormous financial pressure, forced them to bow their heads. This matter is still under negotiation, but Chen Xu wants to discuss the demarcation of Canada with the British as a representative, which will give Britain some comfort.

The Americans would certainly be happy to see it, and the French certainly would.

The signal released by the Chinese side is deeply felt by the Americans and the French alike.

The big losers in the whole anti-British coalition were Spain in addition to the Netherlands. These two hapless countries may have been able to bite off the slightest benefit from the British, but they were stabbed hard by the Chinese. Unlike the big duck, the Dutch lost the East Indies and the island of Ceylon, which was equivalent to cutting off an arm. Unfortunately, the British are not now making peace with the Dutch.

But Amsterdam can only suffer.

The second advantage of this move is that when the foreigners let go of Chen Han's 'ambition', it will be logical that in the next few years, Chen Han will transport a large number of immigrants and materials to develop the east coast of North America. In the next few years, several vassal states will be established here.

In this way, the wariness of foreigners can be dispelled.

Chen Han needs to hide his ambitions as much as possible, quietly accumulate strength, and wait for the chaos in Europe and France.

The Emperor said that the chaos in France was likely to cause a great turmoil in Europe, and most of the attention of the British would be drawn to the European continent, and then it would be the best time for Chen Han to attack in North America.

In the past few years, in order to reassure foreigners, Chen Han needs to focus on the northwest and southwest.

Russia will be Chen Han's number one enemy in the future, and rich India will be the main direction for Chen Han's interest expansion in the future.

Many people disagree with the emperor's judgment, the French are now in debt, huge debts may trigger a debt crisis, France may be chaotic for a while, but will a large European continent really be on fire and change the dynasty?

It was a big surprise. And this chaos will also lead to war and chaos throughout Europe......

Forgive them for their short-sightedness, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military really can't see this possibility. And about the ideas of the French Enlightenment, those things made many people in the court ridiculous, and even the merchants dared to steal the monarchy? It's ridiculous.

Some people even directly suggested that the cabinet should include such books in the list of banned books, despising foreigners for being barbaric and vulgar, uneducated, ignorant of the courtesy of kings and ministers, and ignorant of the ethics of the program.

But it didn't work.

What the emperor thinks is 'Heavenly Principle'.

Therefore, Chen Xu's demarcation of the boundary between the two with the British did have a certain covering effect on Chen Han's accumulation of strength in North America. It's just that the current Deng Wang Chen Hao is shrinking and hiding in the wooden house, baking the fire, pitifully watching the foreign ministry personnel around him chatting with the British envoy in the wind and snow and the angry north wind.

The place where Chen is now staying is on the left bank of a large lake, which the locals call 'innipeg Lake', which translates to Lake Winnipeg.

The area of Hubo is so large that there is no end in sight, but the weather here is very cold, just like Lake Baikal in the North Sea, and it is only in September that the local wind and snow are combined, and the bitter cold is comparable to the cold winter wax moon. The lake was frozen, and there was only a white patch under the heavy snow.

It's cold, it's cold here. The north is windy and snowy, and the wind is bone-chilling.

Chen Hao sat in the wooden house, didn't pay attention to eating etiquette at all, and directly drank the mutton soup in a half-sized casserole, only drank the thick white broth, and then scooped up the pieces of meat in it and ate it cleanly, and then put down the casserole with satisfaction. Picking up a handkerchief and wiping his face, Chen Hao shouted his name outside: "Xiao Wulang, bring hot water to your master." ”

Listening to the name, you can know that this Xiao Wulang is Japanese, and with one or two Japanese people by his side, this is already a very common imagination in Chen Han.

Not only the security team and the standing team, but now many poor Japanese samurai with only one sword left have come to China to beg for a living, either as bodyguards or as retinues.

Many merchants in Shanghai, Yantai, and Tianjin have Japanese as thugs.

Although the katana will be replaced with a wooden knife, these Japanese samurai who have been practicing their swordsmanship since childhood are really capable of fighting compared to ordinary strong men. The main thing is that they are cheap, and they are not Chinese, dead, wounded, and disabled, they are easy to deal with.

is no better than the countrymen, whether it is killed or injured, the main family will bleed heavily. If you don't get it, you have to go to court!

In addition, the Japanese are very loyal.

This kind of cheap and easy-to-use object has been loved by many businessmen and even wealthy and powerful people. And the appearance of a noble person of Chen Xu's status is not so unacceptable.

Although this Japanese entourage has taken the Chinese name, and he has also obtained a red book under Chen Xu's management, Chen Xu still likes to call him Kogoro.

Although this person is not very old when he looks at his face, when it comes to martial arts, he can't be compared with the strong hands in the guards outside, and his marksmanship can't be compared, but there is something called 'eye edge', and he just fits Chen Xu's eye edge.

Aida Kogoro was born in Osaka, his ancestors were originally a wealthy businessman, but he was not the eldest son, not even a son-in-law, when he became an adult, looking at the pitiful little property he obtained, Aida Kogoro did not work hard for the main family in Osaka, but bought all the things, and took his daughter-in-law west to China.

Because of the help of his fellow villagers, he first went to the house of King Deng's mother, although his status was low, but he worked hard to improve, and worked hard to correct his non-fluent and authentic Nanjing official dialect.

In the end, he met Deng Wang Chen Xu, who came to his uncle's house to play, and his life ushered in a sudden leap.

At the moment, he was eating roast lamb with the others by the campfire outside the wooden house, and the fire made the wind and snow less cold. Several people sat around the fire, and the flames reflected everyone's faces. Although King Deng was the main envoy of this errand, when it came time to really do the right thing, Chen Xu had no power at all.

He was more like a tool for Nanking to show sincerity to London.

See! A prince has come all the way, do you think we are sincere?

He is the younger brother of the current emperor and the younger brother of the knight. If you get to Europe, that is Your Excellency.

Although he has no actual power, he has a respected status.

According to the traditional suzerain-vassal relationship in the Eastern world, Chen Xu's status was more honorable than that of the kings of Siam, Ryukyu, Phnom Penh, and Joseon, because he was the king of one word. The thrones of Joseon, Siam, Annam, and Ryukyu are even more county kings in China's feudal system, even if the Joseon king was granted permission by the Ming Emperor to follow the prince's example, it is also a county king.

If this lord goes to Japan, the emperor will take the initiative to pay respects, and the shogun will be under his banner. Aida Kogoro is already very satisfied with his current life, if it weren't for King Deng who has not let him buy land, saying that there will be benefits for him in the future, the money he has earned in the past two years will be enough for him to buy a few acres of good land in Jiangnan and live a solid life.

Hearing the call of the fourth master in the wooden house, Kogoro hurriedly carried a large pot of hot water inside.

After mixing a basin of hot water, Kogoro stood in front of him with a glass mirror, and Chen Hao took a knife and began to shave himself.

The seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy was originally just bearded, and his face was tender, but a few years ago, after Chen Hao saw the adults shaving his beard, he learned from him, and the consequence was that he became what he is now.

At a young age, not only does he have a beard on his lips, but the stubble on his cheeks is also hard to pierce his hands.

"Mother Xipi, I can finally leave this hellish place." Chen Xu, whose mother is from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, blurted out a national scolding in the Ningbo dialect. But his face was full of joy.

Both sides have been talking for more than half a month, and finally the matter is finished and the agreement is finalized. Chen Hao was finally able to return to Tokyo.

And this time back in Tokyo, he can take a boat back to Nanjing. I don't know if I can arrive before the Chinese New Year?

He asked the emperor for the fief to come to the Americas to work in the army, except for the wind and waves at sea, he did not encounter any danger. Not only went to the fiefdom of the second child, but also went to Manzanillo.

The Spaniards have relented about the lands of the north, except for Manzanillo, who are still gritting their teeth and holding on. But Emperor Lao Tzu obviously settled on Spain, and it was impossible to make concessions.

I didn't suffer much on these trips, except for Winnipeg Lake, where the weather was so cold.

I have worked hard for more than half a year, why should the royal brother give himself a happy word?

Chen Hao had already thought of what it would be like to be lonely in the future.

It's nice to have a piece of territory to yourself.