In July of the ninth year of Hongwu, the preliminary examination of the second-level official teeth was held at the same time in the thirteen first-class official dental bureaus.

On this day, there were more people waiting outside the exam room than taking the exam.

It was simply crowded and lively.

Among them, there are relatives of the candidates, and there are also those who are purely hilarious.

It only took half an hour for the exam to be over.

The candidates came out with very strange expressions on their faces.

How so?

It seems that I saw something that I haven't eaten before, and I really want to try it. As a result, I found that my teeth were not good and I couldn't bite.

It was as if he saw that the treasure was above his head, and he couldn't reach it.

People outside are curious to ask, what did you get in the exam?

Is it the eight-strand text, the trial post poem, the economy, and the law?

Or is it a question or a judgment?

The person who took the exam came out and shook his head: "Neither." ”

Someone said, "I can't understand the question." King Xiang probably read the Book of Heaven, and all that came out were some Qimen Dunjia and demon subduing charms. ”

There are even those Xiucai who have participated in the Hongwu three-year imperial examination and said: "This is more difficult than the imperial examination, and I can't figure it out at all." ”

There are only 10 questions in total, and they are all graphs, arithmetic, and so on.

Arithmetic is not ordinary arithmetic, it is bizarre and completely confusing.

The people of the first-level official dental bureau pick out the test papers with more than six answers from these test papers, and then send them to the official dental bureau.

The thirteen bureaus sent more than 5,000 answer sheets.

Only then did Zhu Bai distribute the answer to the rich and noble, and told them to change it accordingly.

Fugui They couldn't even understand the answer, and asked Zhu Bai with a smile: "Your Highness is a Wenqu star sent from heaven." How to know so many things. ”

Zhu Bai thought it was funny and replied: "You don't know the Francis stuff, it's normal." ”

Among the ten questions, five are international IQ test questions, three are economics questions, and two are English questions.

If you can do half right, you can be considered a genius of this era.

Zhu Bai and the others finished correcting it in one day, and then copied a copy of the admission list and sent it to the various first-level official bureaus.

Notify the people on the list, and give them travel expenses, so that they must arrive at the November re-examination within three months.

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This month, there is another major event in Yingtianfu, that is, the wedding of Li Shanchang's eldest son Li Qi and Princess Lin'an.

Since it is a princess who is married, it is natural to hold a wedding at her husband's house.

Lao Zhu is now rich and heroic, and he married a big mansion and countless gold and silver to the princess.

Let the princess and the colt live alone, without having to serve her in-laws.

Li Shanchang entertained guests at the mansion and set up a hundred tables.

After the guests were seated, the shrill voice of the eunuch suddenly sounded outside: "The emperor has arrived." ”

Ah, Lao Zhu is here.

This is the first time since the founding of the country.

What a great glory.

Lao Zhu still loves me.

With tears in his eyes, Li Shanchang led his family and servants to run to the door and knelt down to greet him.

Lao Zhu led Zhu Bai, followed by Zhu Biao, with a kind expression: "As soon as we marry our daughter, we will come and sit." You don't have to prepare it for us, just sit at the same table with you and the pony. ”

Li Shanchang hurriedly asked someone to set up a table again, and then welcomed Lao Zhu in.

Lao Zhu sat down, glanced at the table, and said to Li Shanchang, "Introduce the dishes." We don't recognize these things. ”

In fact, he didn't recognize it, just looking at a table of delicacies from the mountains and seas, so he deliberately said so.

Li Shanchang naturally knew what Lao Zhu meant, so he was so nervous that his palms were sweating, and he introduced them one by one.

"This is stir-fried venison, this is braised mandarin fish, this is braised bear's paw, this is shark fin soup. This is the bird's nest ......"

The more he spoke, the more panicked he became, and the quieter his voice became.

Lao Zhu carried out a raid, and he didn't have time to remove all the dishes outside, and it would be disrespectful to make Lao Zhu's table different from the outside.

Fortunately, Lao Zhu only came here at this time, if just now, I don't know what I would think when I heard the gifts from the ministers.

"It's hearty." Lao Zhu only said one word, and then he started a family routine with Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang breathed a sigh of relief: Sure enough. Lao Zhu married his own daughter, and he didn't want to be too cold.

Zhu Biao took out a sandalwood box from his arms and handed it to Li Shanchang: "We will be a family in the future." A little heart. ”

Li Shanchang hurriedly answered: "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

Zhu Bai smiled and said, "I also have a small gift for Master Li." ”

Outside, the voice of the ceremonial official singing a congratulatory gift suddenly sounded: "King Xiang, with the ceremony, one hundred copies of the 'Imperial Jade White Jade Soup'." ”

As soon as the voice fell, a long line of handsome young men in neat clothes came in with plates. On the plate is a tall soup bowl, which is as if it were acrobatics.

But they were steady and well-trained, went to the various tables, put down the soup, and quietly withdrew.

Zhu Bai's restaurant was repaired a while ago. He invited Lao Zhu's royal chef to the restaurant to teach his chef to make a few dishes.

This "Imperial Jade White Jade Soup" is one of them, and it is also Lao Zhu's favorite one.

In fact, it is green vegetable and tofu soup.

On this happy day, isn't it just a smashing of the field to give this poor ghost food?

Li Shanchang secretly scolded Zhu Bai in his heart, but he still had to pretend to be flattered on his face and said, "Thank you, King Xiang." ”

Lao Zhu was very interested, and raised his eyebrows: "Yo, boy, it's good, dare to come to us, it seems that you are very confident in your cook." ”

Zhu Bai smiled and said, "Father and Emperor try it to see how it tastes." ”

He gave one bowl to Lao Zhu and one bowl to Zhu Biao, and then took a sip with another bowl to help Lao Zhu test the poison.

All the guests secretly rolled their eyes in their hearts: little pony.

Lao Zhu took a sip and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Hey, eh, it tastes good." It's quite sweet. Tell me, did you use some kind of chicken, duck, fish, beef and sheep to make broth? ”

Zhu Bai: "Erchen only used pork bones, and the precious ingredients were useless." ”

Lao Zhu said: "Impossible. Can pork bones be so fresh? ”

Zhu Bai said: "Yes, there is another secret, Erchen can't say." Otherwise, if you are learned, your son will not be able to make money. ”

Lao Zhu smiled: "Okay." Well done. In the future, remember whether it is a bowl of filial piety to us. ”

Zhu Bai grinned: "If my father likes it, my son will bring it back to you every day." ”

When the courtiers outside heard Lao Zhu praise it like this, when the banquet began, they all couldn't wait to drink a bowl of this soup first.

Not to mention, this soup tastes really fresh.

Then the guest drank another bowl.

The pot of "jade white jade soup" quickly bottomed out.

But there are a lot of delicacies left from the mountains and seas.

Only then did Li Shanchang react that Zhu Bai was advertising his restaurant.

Sure enough, on the second day, the "Zhujia Restaurant" opened lively.

The signature dishes are "Imperial Jade Liquor" and "Imperial Jade White Jade Soup".