Chapter 136: The right time, place and people

More than half an hour later, the inspector finally spoke: "The candidates first enter the utensils in turn, and find their own production area according to the bag number drawn by the white ash on the ground. Those who cannot read, the local drum will be led by the inspector."

The inspector in front of the straw weaving utensil chanted: "Candidate Han Mu!"

The candidate didn't know much about entering and then beat the famous drum in the village: "Han Mu couldn't read in the west of Daoyi County."

"Candidate Wang Xiao."

Wang Ge was excited when he heard the "king". The other party was a man who was almost forty-gone. He also beat the famous drum in the village, and was from Hefang Township.

The third candidate is from a county and town.

Why did he beat the famous drum in the countryside? When Wang Gezheng was worried, it was time for her to enter.

The previous three candidates did not enter their respective production areas first, but lined up and stood on the side of the famous drum in the village.

The inspectors were on the other side and explained the rules: "From west to east, turn back here, do not stop at each frame line, and then tell me which production area belongs to you? If you can't recognize it, just beat the famous drum in the village. If you point it wrong, you will be eliminated. Can the candidates understand?"

Wang Ge immediately said, "I understand." The twenty production areas were all square, and were separated by white ash on the ground. There were two rows in total, ten rows in one row. The patrol officer meant that she was allowed to walk back and forth only and not stop to think.

The materials in each production area are covered with coarse cloth. Wang Ge cannot determine his production area based on the previously made utensils, so he can only identify it by the white gray number in front of the box.

Her bag number is "口, twenty-five, two". The most complex word "口" is the easiest to identify, but she dare not try to confirm the numbers she received. Are they also seal script? Or are they? Several of them are pointed at both ends, thick in the middle, and look like a vertical shuttle, which is also text? Does it represent "one"?

No, she didn't dare to confirm, and because she had to keep moving forward, white and gray numbers were left in her mind, and new things appeared, becoming more and more confused.

She knew that "×" refers to "Five", which is a false word borrowed from the Shang Dynasty.

It was broken and it was all the way to the end. She concluded that the word with two corners should be the ancient Chinese "second"!

Dong! But she didn't dare to gamble, and the drum shouted, "The King of Gu Zhixiang is illiterate." Alas, no matter how thick-skinned she is, she feels embarrassing.

The inspector: "Wang Ge, the second row, the third east."

"Yes." He was really scared! Because it was different from what she guessed, she guessed the east four frames in the first row. She stood next to the famous drum in the village, and the next candidate came in.

Twenty people, without exception, beat the famous drums in the village.

There are no candidates outside the shed.

The examiner went into the various artifact sheds and said, "Do you know why you can distinguish various ancient characters? Because if you don't know ancient characters, you will not be able to identify ancient characters. Then you will have to be honest and ask scholars for advice. What others say is right or wrong, and you are empty-minded and don't know right or wrong at all! Why are the status of our craftsmen valued by the court every year? It is not despised by civil and military officials? It is precisely because of the origin of various characters that they are archived in the general as supervisor! If scholars want to read ancient characters, they must pass them through the general! We later generations must remember all ancient characters and pass them on generations! If you find an ancient character, you must remember one! You must remember!! We craftsmen have passed on from generation to generation, not only craftsmanship, but also texts!! Do you... understand?"

"I understand!" Wang Ge was inspired by the examiner's words and excitedly, stretching his neck and shouting with everyone.

"Scream three times in a row!" The examiner raised his arms and ordered.

"I understand, understand, understand!!"

The examiner waved his hand and the timing drum sounded.

Wang Ge entered the white gray square frame of the second row of the east three as the inspector just said. It turned out that the ancient characters of the vertical "shuttle" represent the number "ten". Uncovering the cloth on the pile of materials, the five objects she made were all in a basket: needle and thread cage, straw rope (only three feet long), square head shoes (one pair), calculation chips (ten), and arm armor pieces (ten pieces).

There are a lot of materials.

There is a bamboo slip bound in each type of utensil. Fortunately, the words written on it are no longer ancient characters.

But this kind of luck only belongs to two candidates, including her, in this utensil.

How can ordinary people have a way to learn to read? The candidates still stood up and beat the hometown drums again.

"Wei in Xunqi Township... cannot read."

"Ba Zhixiang Zhang... is illiterate."

Xunqi Township, Hefang Township, Puzhi Township, Tuyi County, Xunqi Township...

Wang Ge was already numb to the noise. First, look at the modification instructions of the calculation sheet, which was consistent with what she expected: either reducing the quantity or being conducive to carrying.

When Huan Zhen taught the tiger head nine nines, she was already considering how to make the abacus in advance. It was simple to make this thing, and the reason must be explained first. So whenever Huan Langjun demonstrated the basic usage of the calculation, she would listen.

The calculation sheets are not like what she thought at the beginning, "Isn't it just counting ice soybean sticks?" First of all, they either distinguish positive and negative numbers by red and black, or by triangular and quadrilateral shapes. The counting rules are: one vertical and ten horizontal, hundreds of standing, thousands of stubborn, thousands of 10, tens of each other, tens of thousands, and hundreds of equals. Wang Ge basically couldn't understand the rest after this rule.

When she could understand it again, it was Huan Zhen who gave Ah my brother the question of "Chicken and Rabbit in the same cage". She was dumbfounded at that time and realized that this question had existed more than a thousand years ago!

Even more dumbfounded. What scared her was that Huan Zhen even took out the "Yuzhu Abacus Board"!

Wang Nanxing's cultural level in his previous life was limited. He did not know that the abacus was the second batch of intangible cultural heritage list. He did not know that the earliest excavation of the prototypes of Chinese abacus came from the "Abacus Board" in the tomb of Haihunhou. The earliest written record appeared in the "Records of Mathematical Skills" written by Xu Yue of the Han Dynasty: Abacus, controlling the four seasons, and the three talents of the morning and west.

The meaning of this sentence is to engrave the wooden board into three parts, place the upper and lower parts on the upper and lower parts, and use the middle part to determine the position. The upper bead is "five", and the lower four beads are each "one", which are distinguished by different colors.

It was not until she saw the "Abacus Board" that she was deeply impressed by the wisdom of the ancients again. So this assessment was of the right time and place, and there were already people to reconcile, which was the best time for her to make the abacus of the future generations!

At the same time, the result of the village soldier Dawu also came out. Huan Zhen and Wang Tian passed all, but Sima Chong, who Wang Tian hated, also passed.

The recruitment conditions for the young guards' camp were not only under the fifteenth year, but also that there must be officials of the fifth rank or above in the clan. Most of the children of these aristocratic families signed up from their registered residence. Huan Zhen's situation was special. His father punished him for making a mistake and deliberately punished him as a village soldier in the poor county, and reported that the court was allowed.

The young soldiers waiting for the quota for the "Guardian Boy" were 99, with the largest number of Sima family, accounting for more than one-third. Many Sima children stared at Huan Zhen in disgust because he stole the quota from the county, otherwise their Sima family would have one more person.

Two officials stood in front of these men, and their official positions were the Shishishi and the Chief of the Duting.

Historian of the Military Control Commission: "Silent and quiet. First, I congratulate the village soldiers to pass the competition. I rest for a few days, wait for the blacksmith and carpenters to take the final competition. Please note that only fifty people are left!"

Wang Tian and Sima Chong raised their hands at the same time.

There was a layer of sweat behind the military officials. One was the son of the county prefect and the other was the royal family. Who asked me to ask first?

The pavilion leader disappeared from the light of his light (two big steps back).

There are few stupid officials. The military officials pointed at Wang Tian and Sima Chong in the middle. Who do you love?

The two little boys took the initiative and spoke at the same time, asking their own questions.

"What does our match have to do with the craftsman exam next to us?"

"What is the purpose of a competition? Do you want us to bully those weak craftsmen who can only chop bamboo and blacksmith? Haha, oh!" Wang Tian smiled as soon as he put his hips on his hips, and was kicked by Huan Zhen.

The History of the Military and Cavalry, the Chief of the Duting Pavilion: They are all county officials of the Jin Dynasty. The Military and Cavalry manages local military affairs, and the Chief of the Pavilion is responsible for public security arrest. Ren Suzhi in the novel is the chief of the ordinary wild pavilion.

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