On the heated kang, Zhao Hao poured a cup of tea for Yu Shensi and said, "Let's analyze your decision to give up the exam."

"To take part in the provincial examination, passing the examination is the essence, and being searched is not the essence..." Yu Shensi held the teacup, while analyzing and recalling the original situation, he still felt sad and angry:

"But they really went too far. Not only did they leave us naked, they also, they also, they also, they…"

"Puff..." Zhao Hao sprayed a mouthful of tea on his face and asked in amazement, "Where?"

"Yes, there." Yu Shensi nodded, looked at his master with watery eyes and said, "I have studied hard for more than ten years, and now it is time for me to succeed. If I had not suffered such a great humiliation, I would not have given up on my studies!"

"Then your Shandong staff are really serious about their work." Zhao Hao couldn't help but exclaimed: "I asked your master and two senior brothers, and they all said that although the entrance search is strict, it is not to the extent of... checking everywhere."

"Yeah, people in our area are stubborn." Yu Shensi nodded and said, "And they are honest."

"Did you quit during the body search that day?" Zhao Hao asked again.

"Because if I resisted the body search, I would be suspected of carrying cheat sheets, so I endured until the body search was completed." Yu Shensi shook his head and replied: "After the body search, the more I thought about it, the more humiliated I felt, so I left the Imperial Examination Hall in a rage."

"Silly, you've already searched me, and if you don't go in and take the test, won't it be like letting them pay for nothing?" Zhao Hao pointed at Yu Shensi speechlessly and said, "What an idiot!"

"Uh, yes..." After his master's reminder, Yu Shensi immediately felt that he had lost a lot by not taking the exam.

She lowered her head and shed tears, "It's a pity that I didn't meet Master earlier..."

"Now you know that emotions are useless, right?" Zhao Hao sighed, picked up the rag and handed it to him, saying, "Men don't shed tears easily. After crying today, you are not allowed to cry again."

"Yes, Master..." Yu Shensi took the rag, wiped his tears, and then blew his nose hard, saying in a muffled voice: "Disciple will promise to be calm and objective in the future, and be a scientist without emotions..."

"What about the provincial examination?" Zhao Hao asked.

"This..." Yu Shensi couldn't help but feel troubled. After all, a man should stick to his words. He had already sworn not to take the exam again, so how could he go back on his word?

"The fifth article of scientific spirit?" the teacher said in a deep voice.

"Don't be stubborn. You should actively accept the conclusions that have been verified and actively adjust your cognition..." After Yu Shensi finished speaking, he woke up as if from a dream, bowed deeply in front of the teacher, and said with tears in his eyes:

"The teacher not only imparts knowledge and answers questions, but is also a beacon of light on the path of life for his disciples. Lieyang is so lucky to be able to study under his teacher."

"So, we have to take the exam again?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile.

"Take the test. I will definitely pass it next time." Yu Shensi nodded heavily.

Well, after learning science, I realized that swearing is unscientific...

"Go ahead." Zhao Hao nodded in satisfaction and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He thought, my science major's admission rate to Peking University and Tsinghua University is finally not affected.

~~

Watching Yu Shensi leave in a hurry, Zhao Hao smiled with relief.

In another time and space, Yu Shensi was imprisoned by the oath he made when he was young all his life. It was not until he was in his sixties and his younger brother became the Prime Minister that he finally realized that the unrealistic oath was of no use except to torture himself.

Then he paid a donation to study at the Imperial Academy, hoping to take the imperial examination again to make up for his lifelong regret. Unfortunately, he died of illness before he could fulfill his wish...

In this life, they are master and disciple after all, so of course Zhao Hao has to help him resolve his heart knot as soon as possible.

Through in-depth contact, Zhao Hao discovered that although this guy was the tallest and had the worst temper, he was the most emotional and sensitive among his fellow disciples.

In order to improve Yu Shensi's ability to cope with frustration and make him less sensitive, Zhao Hao boldly adopted the frustration education method... To put it bluntly, it was to abuse him a few more times so that he would get used to the feeling of being abused.

But this method didn't seem to be the right one. Zhao Hao didn't expect that such a small thing could make this eight-foot-tall man cry.

Damn, this guy has a heart for Korean dramas...

Fortunately, I adjusted in time and took the opportunity to open up his heart knot through a heart-to-heart talk. It can be said that I made some mistakes but it did have its merits.

"Well, from now on, I have to add a psychological assessment before accepting disciples..." Master Zhao silently summed up the lesson.

After all, the quality of students is the decisive factor in ensuring the school's admission rate to Peking University and Tsinghua University.

~~

That evening, Ji Sizheng brought the silversmith Feng and delivered the cast mold.

Although Feng the silversmith was reluctant, how could he disobey the order of the princess? He started working as soon as he received the errand, and stayed up all night last night, and did not hand in the work until the afternoon.

Zhao Hao looked at the carefully polished, shiny cast iron mold with cloud patterns engraved on it and exclaimed, "It is said that the craftsmanship of the royal manufacturing is superb. Today I see that it is indeed worthy of its reputation."

Resisting the urge to try the coal briquettes right away, he pushed and pulled them a few times. Seeing that it was very flexible, there shouldn't be any problems, so he smiled and said, "Watch and see."

Zhao Shizhen then brought over a hundred taels of silver.

"Too many, too many." Silversmith Feng waved his hands repeatedly.

"You haven't had a good New Year yet, just keep it." Zhao Hao waved his hand and said, "I'll trouble you to make as many as you can. Don't be so particular this time, just make do with what you have."

Feng the Silversmith no longer hesitated, and patted his chest loudly and said, "Don't worry, sir, I will send a hundred of them over tomorrow!"

"Can you make so many in one day?" Zhao Hao asked happily.

"It's very simple to make it. The mold has been made. We just need to pour the molten iron into it." Feng the silversmith said honestly, "The effort mainly went into grinding and polishing, and the cloud pattern engraved is a unique skill of the palace..."

The more he wanted Zhao Hao to feel that the one hundred taels of silver were worth it, the weirder Zhao Hao and Ji Sizheng's expressions became.

It was not until Feng the silversmith left that the two of them burst into laughter.

"It's hard for him to resist asking what this thing is used for." Zhao Hao said with a smile while wiping away tears.

"It's a good thing I didn't ask, otherwise his heart would be broken." Ji Sizheng also laughed out loud, "The thing that the young master used to make coal cakes, he actually worked hard to polish it and even carved cloud patterns on it."

"He is just a carved flower, it has only one use."

Zhao Hao put on his shoes and got off the kang. He and Ji Sizheng went outside to beat a few coal lotus roots to try it out. There was no problem.

He then instructed Gao Wu and others to continue using this mold to make coal lotus roots to see what the daily production capacity was.

Then he said to Ji Sizheng: "Please contact all the blacksmith shops and expedite the custom-making of 3,000 to 5,000 pieces."

"No problem, don't worry, it will only take three days at most!" Ji Sizheng also patted his chest. He thought that the princess loved this child, and it seemed that it was not just because of Zhao Xiaolian... This little mouth was really sweet.

Don't call him 'father-in-law', call him 'sir'. Well, we really like to hear it.

When he was leaving, he took the initiative to say to Zhao Hao with a smile, "We have been looking around these past two days and have found a good place for you to use as a coal yard. Go take a look tomorrow and see if you like it."

"How could your vision be wrong? I can absolutely trust you." Zhao Hao nodded with a smile.

After seeing off the happy old Ji, Zhao Hao asked his disciples to copy two hundred simple job advertisements, and then asked his father to post them when he went to the porridge factory tomorrow.

That's about all the preparations you can make at home...

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