Preparations for the new scientific expedition were completed quickly.
The time has come to the second day of the second lunar month, the day when the dragon raises its head.
This day marked the start of the new scientific expedition.
Early in the morning, students who had registered for the exam arrived at their respective exam rooms and were ready.
Starting at 8:00 AM, security personnel began checking the items brought by the candidates. Candidates entered the examination room one after another.
By 8:30 a.m., all the candidates had entered the venue and taken their respective seats.
Meanwhile, the examination hall doors were sealed off.
Han Wen'an, sitting upright in a chair inside the No. 12 Middle School examination hall in Beijing, looked around at the candidates in the surrounding examination halls and realized that he was the oldest among them.
Han Wen'an took a deep breath and closed his eyes to rest.
But in my mind, I was recalling the knowledge I had gained in the past few days.
At 8:45 a.m., the exam papers, escorted by the Beijing garrison, were delivered to the examination hall.
Under the escort of fully armed soldiers, bags of sealed exam papers were distributed to various examination rooms.
At the same time, the invigilators also entered the examination room.
The invigilators took the exam papers from the soldiers and showed them to the candidates present.
While demonstrating, he said, "Attention all candidates, the exam papers are sealed intact. We will now begin opening the papers."
The candidates present looked up at the invigilator's hand gestures, somewhat puzzled.
Han Wen'an was also stunned. This new scientific expedition was indeed quite novel.
In the past, exam papers were rare, and invigilators wouldn't display them like this.
Today's exam paper looks really thick!
Keep in mind that there were only thirty candidates in the entire examination room, yet there were so many exam papers.
Han Wen'an took a deep breath and thought to himself: I can't be nervous, I can't be nervous.
After the invigilators opened the exam papers, they began distributing them to each candidate.
After receiving the exam papers, all the candidates were stunned when they saw the thick stack of papers in their hands.
"With so many exam papers, can you finish them in two hours this morning?"
"Yeah, there's no way we can finish writing this!"
"Wow, this new scientific expedition has brought about such great changes!"
...
Some of the test takers were whispering among themselves.
"No noise! Anyone who violates the examination rules will have their exam paper confiscated and be disqualified from the exam!"
The invigilator's cold remark startled some candidates, who immediately fell silent.
"After receiving the exam paper, please fill in the candidate information, name, and other details first."
The invigilator continued, "You must write in detail on the exam paper!"
Immediately, the candidates present picked up small calligraphy brushes and carefully wrote at the beginning of the paper.
After the candidates finished writing their information, a series of bells rang outside.
"The exam time has begun. All candidates, please begin answering the questions!"
As soon as the invigilator finished speaking, the candidates present opened their exam papers and began to read the contents.
Han Wen'an also turned to the first page and looked at the title.
Literary knowledge and memorization of famous quotes.
Hmm, these question types are quite simple!
For Han Wen'an, there was no difficulty at all; he wrote with divine inspiration.
However, after finishing those question types, the next question type stunned Han Wen'an.
History, philosophy, astronomy, geography, physics, chemistry...
Fortunately, with Han Yi's help recently, Han Wen'an has learned a lot.
Looking at the information about mechanics, the earth, and navigation, Han Wenan wrote it down carefully.
As I was writing, I heard a series of sighs.
"Ugh! This is too difficult!"
"What kind of question is this?"
...
Soft sighs could be heard repeatedly.
"No noise!"
The invigilator shouted in a stern voice, "No whispering!"
After a sigh, the examinee turned to the next exam paper. Problems such as arithmetic and geometry were also giving these students a headache.
I've given up!
I've given up!
Further on, there is some agricultural and water conservancy knowledge, which is quite simple for some candidates from rural areas.
Some candidates began to write, while others, somewhat helplessly, wrote simply based on their memory.
Further on, there are examples of land reclamation combined with water conservancy and planting, asking candidates to analyze how to respond and what measures to take.
There are also issues such as how to handle rural neighborhood disputes; road repairs, canal repairs, water conservancy disputes; the formation of militia teams; and the maintenance of village and community security.
The examples directly listed ten questions, and the content was quite extensive.
For some test takers, these questions were completely unfamiliar, and they had to rely solely on their memories to slowly write down their answers.
However, for Han Wen'an, these examples were things he had personally encountered when he was in Dongning.
Back then, when they fled from the Jianghuai region to Dongning, Han Wen'an's Ministry of Public Security experienced things like land reclamation, farming, and water conservancy.
Moreover, because of his literacy, Han Wen'an later took up a position in their village community, where he was responsible for resettling displaced people and handling neighborhood disputes.
Because he handled matters fairly, he gained the trust of the people and the approval of the government. Later, Han Wen'an also came to the district to serve as a public official.
He remained in this position until he resigned and moved to Beijing before the Lunar New Year.
Having experienced these things firsthand, Han Wen'an was adept at handling them, writing with remarkable skill, detailing each point as he went.
"Wow, this person is so old, yet he can write so fast!"
At this moment, a young man outside the examination hall looked at Han Wen'an inside the examination hall and said with a frown.
"Your Majesty, it might have been written randomly!"
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