Chapter 56: The Apprenticeship Banquet

Huang Dalang was overjoyed, so he pulled Gongsun Zheng to go upstairs, but Gongsun Zheng said: "Senior brother come slowly, and let senior brother introduce two good friends to you." ”

Then he introduced the two people who came with him: "These two are Sun Li and Sun Xin brothers in Qiongzhou, and they are also descendants of the Western Army. ”

When Gongsun Zheng introduced, he deliberately watched Yao Zheng bite the words "chivalrous and righteous, eliminate evil and punish adultery" very hard, but Yao Zheng was self-contained, just laughing and not saying a word.

Huang Dalang heard what the senior brother said, so he looked at the brothers carefully, and saw that Sun Li should be twenty-five or six years old, six feet tall, about the same as the senior brother, with a dark but handsome face. Dressed in a hardsuit short robe and breeches, with a weapon on his back, he looked at what should have been an iron whip made of wrought iron, and then looked at the horse he was leading, with a bow and arrow hanging from the saddlebag, and a victory hook hanging on the horse's right belly, and a long cloth bag in the hook, which was not a spear but a horse lance.

As for Sun Xin, his height is not bad with his brother, and his appearance is also eight points similar, but he has a bit of evil in his eyebrows and eyes, which is not as calm as his brother, and his clothes and bow and arrow equipment on his horse are also the same as Sun Li, but the iron whips on his back are two.

Immediately, Huang Dalang hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen two brothers!" ”

Sun Li and Sun Xin returned the salute and said, "It's easy to say! ”

Gongsun Zheng said with a smile: "The two of them originally intended to go to Qinzhou to join the army, but they asked the senior brother to earn it in the middle of the road, how about being a long-term follower with the junior brother in the future?" ”

Huang Dalang was taken aback when he heard this: "This ...... How does this work? ”

"Haha! The senior brother said to make, and then he made! Gongsun Zheng laughed loudly, and then shouted: "Shop, and take a certain family's mount to wash and feed!" Junior brother, it's not too early, let's go up! ”

Although Huang Dalang felt a little strange in his heart, it was not an urgent matter at the moment, so he led the three senior brothers upstairs.

Mingxiu Building as the largest store in Huangzhou, the store is a three-storey wooden building, which was built together with the city when the state city moved to the current site, and it has a history of almost 100 years, but in recent decades, it has been watered several times, and repaired many times, but it is not safe.

Today, the small hall and private room on the second floor of Mingxiu Building were all contracted by Yao Zheng, and the entire Huangzhou academic circles, political circles, Yamen Yousi and Yao Zheng's friends were invited to participate in the grand event, which was clearly said to be Huang Dalang's apprenticeship banquet, but secretly said that it was a gathering of people from all walks of life and elites in Huangzhou, which was also worthy of its name.

In the small hall, Lord Cao of Huangzhou and the old master Zhang Sizhi sat on the main seat together, and the rest of the people sat in order according to the size of the official rank and prestige status, and now they are talking very happily, and there are some children who are about the same age as Huang Dalang, who are also looking around at the east of the seat, and they should be the sons and nephews brought to see the world by the elders.

After Yao Zheng arranged the three of Gongsun Zheng to be a partial seat, he took Huang Dalang to follow the process of apprenticeship, first on the apprenticeship post, and then offered the apprenticeship ceremony, in addition to the usual five-color bundle, there is also a live wild goose, so that the old master Zhang immediately smiled when he saw it.

This apprenticeship is an ancient gift in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and now Huang Dalang sends geese to show great respect for the old master, so how unhappy the old master is.

After the tea, the old master personally helped Huang Dalang up, first explained such as the heaven and earth monarch teacher, the scholar should be loyal to the monarch and patriotic and respect the teacher, and then explained the origin and inheritance of the teacher, which will be announced to the public for Huang Dalang's prepared table Ziying.

Listening to the old master's name for himself called Ziying, Huang Dalang didn't feel anything, but his uncle Yao Zheng and Cao Zhizhou, who sat on the same throne, laughed with their palms, Cao Zhizhou, as the highest official, explained that he didn't let people explain: "Zhang Lao gave Huang Jie's words, but he bravely saved the little lady of the Wan family and killed the thief in the river?" ”

Old Master Zhang stroked his beard and laughed: "Not bad! Who dares to save people and kill thieves when they are in the prime of life? ”

Cao Zhizhou laughed and said, "Ziying! Ziying! and his single name coincides, Zhang Gongnai hopes that this son will become a hero one day, not bad! Very good! ”

The people at the banquet listened to a lot of strange appearances, but the story of Huang Dalang saving Wan Chunnu did not spread in the end, and not many people knew about it.

Immediately, Cao Zhizhou picked up a piece of paper and said loudly: "Huang Jie, the old man heard that Zhang Laoyan said that you are an arithmetic genius, so the old man has drawn up a question, and he will test you today, do you dare to agree!" ”

"I don't dare to ask for ears!" Huang Dalang bowed respectfully and replied.

"Good!" Cao Zhizhou unfolded the paper, but he swept the entire small hall with his eyes, and said with a smile: "The sons and daughters of each family can also take the test together, but ask the old man to see how many talents are available in this Huangzhou." ”

After speaking, Cao Zhizhou read: "Today, there is a team of 600 li expedited and 400 li expedited, and they are ordered to submit the emergency military information at the border pass to the Bianliang Privy Council in Tokyo. There are 4,200 miles from the border pass to Tokyo, and after departure, Team A is 600 miles and urgently encounters a landslide for one day, crosses the river for half a day, encounters the enemy for a day and a half, encounters a post station for three hours, and encounters a caravan dispute in the outer city for three hours when entering Tokyo; Team B encountered a landslide for half a day, lost for three hours, encountered the enemy detour for half a day, crossed the river but encountered a water army, went straight down the river to save a day and a half, and when entering Tokyo, it also encountered a caravan blocking the door for three hours, and asked the two teams to rush to the military post, who went to the Privy Council in the city first to give orders, and the first to arrive was a few hours faster than the last to arrive? ”

As soon as this kind of question comes out, it can be said that the people in the small hall on the second floor of the entire Mingxiu Building are all stupid, this is still an arithmetic test?

Unexpectedly, Huang Dalang raised his head and calculated a few breaths before he was about to speak, but Cao Zhizhou was surprised and asked, "Actually...... Did you figure it out? Mo words, write and see! ”

Immediately, Huang Dalang took a pen and wrote the answer on paper, and then stood beside Old Master Zhang, but the old master smiled and said, "How?" The old man said that he couldn't use ten numbers, is it true? ”

Cao Zhizhou looked at the answer written by Huang Dalang on the paper, and his face instantly changed from normal to a strange ruddy, but he could still suppress it, and showed the paper to Old Master Zhang, before he glanced at the small hall and said, "Can anyone solve it?" ”

Huang Dalang secretly counted the Xiao Lang who was the same age as him in the small hall, a total of about fifteen or six, half of them all had ignorant expressions, and the remaining half were breaking their fingers, some were biting their fingers, and some were biting their mouths with one hand, and the other was pinching their fingers to calculate.

After a long while, two bold explanations came out, and after Cao Zhizhou asked them to write them separately, he shook his head with an ugly face and said, "No one has solved it anymore?" ”

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