"Sir! I think we need to bring two cooks from the town over and buy some more people." Yu Pangzi and Gu Chengyu were having breakfast while discussing with Gu Chengyu.
"Go ahead and do this! If there are good shopkeepers or those who have skills, you can buy them! We are short of people!" Gu Chengyu had a headache thinking about this. He didn't know when the talent would be enough!
"Be careful this time and don't bring back something with too complicated details! Take Wan Qian with you and let him learn from you!" Gu Chengyu planned to let Gu Wanqian learn calligraphy when he got back. Gu Wanqian was quite smart.
If you train him well, you may not be a good subordinate.
"Hey!" Yu Banzi was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Gu Wanqian would win the favor of the young master just after he came here. It seems that he will have to work harder in the future! Otherwise, he will be replaced by someone else soon! Yu Banzi
With the sense of crisis, I worked harder and harder after that! This is all for the future, so I won’t talk about it here for now!
Gu Chengyu finished breakfast and rushed to the examination room with Sun Xian and others!
Everyone was silent along the way. Gu Chengyu walked up to Gu Wanhua and called him, but Gu Wanhua didn't answer, as if he was thinking about something!
Ever since dinner yesterday, Gu Wanhua seemed a little distracted. He asked what was going on but didn't say anything. He was afraid that Gu Wanhua would affect the exam, so he wanted to give instructions! After all, before going out, Uncle Gu repeatedly told him to keep an eye on Gu Wanhua.
"Brother Hua! But what's the matter? I see you've been absent-minded since yesterday."
"Ah? Uncle! No, no, don't guess! We are about to arrive at the examination room, let's go faster!" Gu Wanhua came back to his senses and replied in a panic.
Gu Chengyu looked at Gu Wanhua's back as he walked forward, thoughtfully. He felt that Gu Wanhua's reaction was a bit strange. Guessing? He didn't guess anything! But looking at the reaction, it seemed like
I hope it's not what he thinks. After all, Gu Wanhua has a son, so he should be sensible!
The third exam was about policy theory. Today we had to live in the exam tent, so two candles were distributed in the exam room.
The policy analysis mainly tests current affairs, farming, and folk customs. Most of them talk about their opinions on these, plus some good suggestions. This is more in-depth than the last county examination, and it has to be down to earth.
The ranking in the government examination depends on how well you do in the policy theory test. Policy theory is fundamental, and even the imperial examination will take these tests.
Gu Chengyu opened the paper and looked at the first question. "How to increase agricultural taxes?" Huh? This question is really a real test.
For Gu Chengyu, this question is very simple, but if he wants to stand out, he needs to write down two outstanding and effective suggestions!
Let’s look at the next question, how to control floods? Gu Chengyu sighed, this is a cliché, and it’s not easy to answer it well! Fortunately, he still has some knowledge from past lives in his mind!
The last question turned out to be how to effectively control locusts? It seems that this magistrate Chiang is a practical person. I just heard that he has been re-elected for three terms, and I don’t know why. The officials of the Dayan Dynasty had a three-year term, as long as their performance was evaluated every year
If you go up, you will be promoted. Of course, connections are indispensable.
These were still too far for Gu Chengyu, so he copied the first question on the examination paper and then started to answer the questions.
There is a lot to be written about increasing agricultural taxes, but of course it must be solved fundamentally and cannot increase the taxes on the people on the original basis. Gu Chengyu listed a few points. One is to increase the yield of the fields. The first thing that comes to mind is the chemical fertilizers of the previous life, which did not exist in ancient times.
, he wrote down as much as possible how to make agricultural fertilizer, but he didn’t remember this very clearly.
Agricultural fertilizers alone are not enough. You must choose high-quality seeds and soak them into seedlings, so that the survival rate is higher. These are what I saw in a farming book in the space a few days ago. He didn’t understand much about these at first. What he uses at home is
The seeds he soaked in the Space Spiritual Spring have a higher yield, and even the villagers come to his house every year to replant them.
Finally, it was mentioned that land reclamation should be encouraged and tax exemption should be given within three years. This was the most important point. After writing and revising it in this way, it filled a piece of draft paper. Gu Chengyu took a look at it and felt that it needed to be polished.
It can be seen from the test questions that Magistrate Jiang is different from Magistrate Lu. He may not like those flowery articles. Gu Chengyu plans to write more plainly and add a few words to embellish it!
I picked up the bamboo tube and took a sip of water. I slightly revised the question. When I felt satisfied, I looked at the next question.
This strategy for controlling floods may take a longer time, and at this time, some officers have already carried wooden barrels to serve rice. It turned out that it was already early noon, and Gu Chengyu put down his brush and prepared to rest for a while.
The lunch meal was changed to fried beans and minced pork, but it was still two large white flour steamed buns.
Gu Chengyu ate a steamed bun with water and some beans. The minced meat was fat and the vegetables were a little cold. It was all meat and oil. Gu Chengyu was afraid of diarrhea.
After returning from a hurried trip to the bathroom, he cleaned up the things on the table and prepared to take a nap! Only when he was full would he have the energy to do the exam questions in the afternoon. Unfortunately, he lay on the bed for a long time without falling asleep. There was nothing he could do about it.
The quilt had a musty smell that hit my nose.
I simply put the quilt aside and planned to close my eyes and rest for a while.
In the afternoon, although Gu Chengyu didn't fall asleep, he felt a little clearer because he had rested.
He took out the draft paper and prepared to write the second policy paper.
When it comes to controlling floods, it goes without saying that raising dykes is the best option. Gu Chengyu thought for a while and found that artificial diversion is the best solution. If the dyke distance is wide, the river will flow smoothly. The best solution is to divert the river. For rivers that have already built dykes, diversion is the most effective measure.
The next best option is to consolidate the dams and widen and thicken the original barriers. This is also a helpless move that can be taken in places where dams have been built. Dredging the rivers is the most important, and the most important thing is to build large artificial reservoirs!
After Gu Chengyu gave these examples, he did not introduce them in detail. This is just a government examination, not a palace examination. There is no need to write in such depth, and too much writing is not allowed in the examination paper.
Next is the third article. Speaking of locusts, what crops are most afraid of is the locust plague.
Gu Chengyu thought about it and connected the memories of these things in his previous life. It was just that he knew a little bit less before, but it was enough to write down.
Gu Chengyu wrote down some preventive measures, and then mentioned the most important point, locusts are afraid of fire, and locusts are edible. The last point may not be acceptable to everyone, but this is indeed a good idea.
After roughly writing this article, Gu Chengyu noticed that the sky had darkened and he did not intend to continue working on the exam papers at night.
After the ink on the draft paper had dried, he put away the examination papers and placed them in the corner of the bed. What if it rained at night? If he got wet, his work would be in vain.
When Governor Jiang saw Gu Chengyu undressing and lying on the bed, he couldn't help but twitched, he hadn't gone back to sleep yet! This little kid did fall asleep, he was really worried.
He remembered the first exam. In fact, Gu Chengyu and another person had the same scores, but he was afraid that Gu Chengyu would be complacent if he got some grades, so he chose another person. However, he didn't expect that Gu Chengyu's essay in the second exam was very good, and he couldn't do it either.
I give second place against my will!
This time it depends on his strategy. Gu Chengyu is not very old, so the strategy may be a bit difficult for him. After all, how can a little kid know these current events?