Under the excitement and blind coaxing of the officials and those scholars, Tan Xiangyang finally decided to hold a competition outside Yingtianfu, let the people watch, and let them know that it is not a cat or a dog who can read and write casually, and that reading talents are the pillars of the empire.

Of course, Yan Tienan and the others have no opinion, this is originally a dug pit, and they are still worried that Tan Xiangyang will not be fooled, but now it is good, and they took the initiative to jump into the dug pit, saving a lot of trouble.

Of course, there is a gambling to have a lottery to be fun, the scouts lost, apologized in person, admitted their mistakes, and paid 50,000 taels of silver including the cost of medicine, if those scholars lost, only need to pay 50,000 taels of silver, no matter how you look at it, those scholars take advantage, moreover, they are all great talents who have read books for more than ten or twenty years, passed the test in the fierce competition, won the township test and the meeting test, and came to Beijing to participate in the palace examination, which one is not full of learning, and their opponents are only a dozen underage urchins, I really can't find a reason to lose, a gamble that is sure to win without losing, and I don't gamble if I am stupid.

Of course, there are also individual officials who have a strange feeling in their hearts that they can't explain clearly, and they always feel that things are not so simple, but people speak lightly, and no one listens at all, not to mention that he can't say a reason not to gamble, and besides, even the officials and scholars including the government Yin Tan Xiangyang have been stimulated by the law of agitation, and they are more impulsive than the seventeen or eighteen-year-old hairy guys, unless a big member like the cabinet chief assistant or Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, and others come forward to suppress it, no one can really suppress this matter.

Tan Xiangyang deliberately wanted to slap the scouts in the face, and secretly instructed the officials to go to the street to preach, and soon, the open space outside the Shuntian Mansion was crowded with people watching the excitement.

In order to show fairness, the test questions were written in front of all the onlookers, and then handed over to the boy scouts and scholars at the same time to answer the questions.

There are a total of five test questions, which are nothing more than addition, subtraction, multiplication and division mixed operations, for example, one of the questions is a person who eats three catties of rice a day, how many catties of rice should three hundred people eat in a month (30 days)?

After the test questions were issued, the scholars reviewed the questions, and then picked up hundreds of small logs placed on the table and began to count, arithmetic is one of the basic lessons that all readers must learn, even if they are not proficient, they can at least calculate, and the calculation method they use is the arithmetic chip that has been passed down for thousands of years.

Calculation chip is the mathematical algorithm of ancient China, the earliest appearance of when it is no longer testable, there are two kinds of algorithms, fast and accurate, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period has been widely used.

The Scouts used homemade hard charcoal pens to calculate in columns on paper, and quickly calculated the answers, in fact, memorized the multiplication formula, such a simple question, mental arithmetic oral arithmetic was casually done, but they were worried that they were busy with the wrong calculation, or honestly used the vertical multiplication calculation, five test questions, and the panting effort was done.

"So fast?" The invigilator exclaimed, with an expression of surprise and disbelief on his face, he calculated so quickly, and wrote a number to fool people, right?

Tan Xiangyang's face also became quite ugly, and he was also surprised and disbelieving, not only him, but even all the officials present, as well as those scholars who participated in the competition, all had exactly the same surprised expressions.

Hiss –

The official in charge of the nuclear question couldn't help but take a breath of cold air with a pair of answers, he had just used the calculation chip to calculate the answer to the first question, and the answer calculated by the Boy Scouts was correct, but this calculation speed was too exaggerated, right? His calculation speed is already at the master level among his colleagues, and he is about to calculate the second question, but he has already finished counting five questions and handed in the paper, so he must be a hell of a problem.

"Hurry up, hurry up ......"

When the dozen or so scholars saw the Boy Scouts hand in the papers, and they hadn't finished the first question, they were inevitably a little nervous and anxious, if they really wanted to lose to this group of big naughty boys, they would lose their faces, and it was a bet of 50,000 taels of silver, and those with bad family backgrounds could only sell themselves and lose money.

"How can you calculate so quickly, scribbling blindly." Someone comforted and cheered for his classmates and friends, this speed of calculation is too against the sky, and the master of arithmetic may not have such a calculation speed, it must be written blindly.

"Yes, yes, it must be scribbled, let's count it, don't worry, as long as it's right."

When they finished the second question, the examiner had already calculated the answers to the five questions, and after he handed the Scout's test paper and the calculated answers to the Fu Yin Tan Xiangyang, he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe the cold sweat beads oozing from his forehead, Nima's calculation speed is too fast, right? Only an arithmetic genius can do that.

Tan Xiangyang only glanced at it, his face instantly became extremely ugly, and he glared at the group of scholars who were still desperately calculating, 10,000 *** roared in his heart, the old man was famous, and he was cheated by you bastards, and there were no tears if he wanted to cry.

In the first game, there was no need to guess the result, including the onlookers, who knew that it was the Boy Scouts who had won, and they had won very beautifully, and those pretentious scholars had lost so badly that their faces were crackling.

"My lord, Xia Guan thinks that there may be arithmetic geniuses among them, and they can come up with another question and pick three to do the question, and Xia Guan doesn't believe that he can still pick three arithmetic geniuses?" Li Gaoyi leaned over and whispered.

"That's ...... A little bit wrong, right? Tan Xiangyang's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he was entangled, Li Gaoyi's proposal is indeed the best way to save face, but using a group of scholars who have read books for more than ten or twenty years to compare with a group of underage naughty children is already a big bully, a bit unkind, and if you do it like this, you will really throw your face on the ground and let people step on it casually, you must admit that this Lord Tan is still a bit of a lower limit of discipline.

"My lord, I can't take care of it so much...... several officials of Shuntianfu agitated on the side, if they really want to lose, they will not only be beaten in the faces of the dozen or so scholars, but also their faces, if they are bigger, they will be sprayed to death by countless saliva, there is no way out, they can only be shameless again.

"The old man can't pull this face." Tan Xiangyang snorted coldly with his face, he really can't pull down this face, if he wants to go to you, the old man can't afford to lose this person.

"I'll go." Li Gaoyi relied on himself and worked hard, and all his colleagues supported him, anyway, it was Li Gaoyi who was shameless, not them, even if he really lost, he would be punished by the people all over the world in the future, and there was also Lord Yin in front of him, they were just small shrimps who acted on orders, hehe.

Li Gaoyi shook his sleeves and walked over, muttered to the scouts in a low voice, and whispered a few words to Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and then came back with a smile to report the good news, and the scouts agreed to try again, and the only condition was that the lottery head was increased to 100,000 taels of silver.

Tan Xiangyang's eyelids drooped, it can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence, 100,000 taels of silver is actually not much, those scholars can't afford to pay, it's a big deal for everyone to make up a little, the important thing is face, face, face, important things to say three times.