The Xiao brothers did not participate in these things, but stayed by the side like a rock, waiting for Xiao Cunyu to suffer a loss and then stand up to protect him.
The seats have also been arranged.
Everyone sat on the ground with a low table in front of them, and there were pens, ink, paper and inkstone. The teachers also found those students who did not take the exam, including Xiao Guantang, and copied the test papers a hundred times. Because there were so many people, the copying was done quite quickly.
The temporary examination room in the middle was extremely quiet, and with so many pairs of eyes staring at us from all sides, it was absolutely impossible to pass on the answers.
The exam officially began around noon.
The people below unfolded the test papers and prepared to write quickly.
However……
When they saw the first question, everyone was stunned.
Question: "Currently, snowstorms are hitting the north frequently, and they haven't stopped since spring. People have stopped farming, production has ground to a halt, and food is extremely scarce. What are the grain prices like in the hardest-hit areas?"
"..." A group of students were stunned and almost vomited blood.
The North, the area hit hardest by the disaster, is so far away, how could they possibly know the price of food?!
Zhou Jingmao, who was captured, was dazed and numb at the moment. He wrote ruthlessly without stopping.
Zong Ling and the others were delighted. Besides memorizing their lessons in the academy, they were also learning about the civil affairs of the world. The teacher had recently mentioned that it was early spring and crops couldn't be grown in the north. They were afraid that famine would be unbearable again this year. They heard that a dou of rice was currently 1,800 wen. If the snow didn't stop in March, things would probably get even harder.
Q: What types of salt can be roughly divided into?
“…” The student felt that this question was a little unreal.
Salt... isn't it just salt? Sea salt? Pond salt? Well salt? What else?
Question: Why was the Shenbi Crossbow invented in this dynasty? What is its maximum range?
Question: In the third year of Zhenming, there was a city in the southwest that was originally prosperous, but later declined. There was also an uprising army that was suppressed in time, but the civil unrest was not resolved. Why?
“…”
Most of the questions have nothing to do with the books they read on a daily basis.
The students worked very hard to answer the questions.
Xiao Cunyu sat there, relaxed and at ease. Since she wanted to gamble, she had to win. She would not do anything to embarrass herself.
She glanced at Zhuang Jiu, who was sitting there answering questions honestly. He looked like an ordinary student who was very good at pretending.
After an hour and a half, the papers were collected.
The students looked solemn and seemed to be doubting their lives.
After answering the questions, they still had to wait for the teachers to correct their papers. Although they were proud, they could only gather together to check their answers.
"I haven't finished memorizing the laws yet... So, question seven: If someone privately makes a measure that is not evenly balanced, and then uses it in the market, what is the penalty?"
"Is it fifty lashes? This question is also coincidental. Someone I know was punished by the government... But the 40th question... It says that a merchant from Quzhou sold tea balls. Each ball weighed 25 jin, and each jin cost 120 wen, costing 3 guan wen. Later, each ball sold for 6,500 guan wen in Liangzhou. But the merchant stopped selling tea. Why?"
Why on earth?! Aren’t you making money? Why aren’t you buying tea?
After the scholar said this, the others were silent for a while. Only one person stood up with a complicated look in his eyes: "I know."
"From Quzhou to Liangzhou, the foot tax along the way is almost the same as the tea money, and you have to buy an official tea permit. Moreover, the local tea merchants in Quzhou are chaotic and the government is not well managed. The tea bought by outsiders seems to be of high quality on the surface, but it often hides hidden mysteries. Merchants only find out after selling the tea to Liangzhou that there are often some inferior teas among the high-quality teas, and they will lose money after making a whole trip. However, this question should have nothing to do with local tea merchants. It should be asking about the foot tax and official tea permit money, right?" The man sighed.
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