At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 527
Li Chunfeng came to the Yamen of Youzhou Mansion, glanced at the sign that said "recruiting talents", with a complicated expression on his face, and then walked silently to the back of the applicant line to line up.

In front of Li Chunfeng was a greasy middle-aged man, who turned his head to look at Li Chunfeng curiously, and said, "This priest is also here to apply?"

Li Chunfeng nodded: "Exactly."

"Dare to ask what skills the chief has?"

"Pindao is good at astrology, astronomy and calendar." Li Chunfeng replied.

Uncle Greasy said happily: "Fortunately, I'm a cook, we don't mess with each other."

Li Chunfeng said in surprise: "They even want a cook?"

Uncle Greasy suddenly dissatisfied and said: "What do you mean you even need a cook? The sky is big and the earth is the biggest food, so what's wrong with the cook? Taoist priest, before you become a god, don't you have to eat human fireworks? There are so many people in the Yamen of Youzhou, you have to eat." With so many people eating, there must be a public chef, right? Do we also have to invite a few powerful chefs to take charge of the cooking?"

Li Chunfeng was left speechless by the questioning, so he had to apologize: "It's reasonable, but it's a poor way of thinking. This donor has a strong physique and a rosy face. At first glance, he is an experienced and powerful chef."

The greasy cook said proudly: "You have a good attitude as a Taoist priest, so I forgive you. In fact, the Yamen of Youzhou government needs not only cooks, but also butchers, grooms, and doctors. Well, the person in front of me is a doctor, but it's just a specialist. Those who treat oxen, horses, donkeys, and mules."

In front of the cook was a lame and thin man. Turning his head, the old god glanced at the cook and said, "Actually, I can not only treat animals, but also people. Some time ago, one of my neighbors ate his stomach badly. I prescribed a dose of medicine for him, which stopped the diarrhea immediately, and he also had hard feces for two days, and he kept praising my medicine for its effectiveness."

"It's because you've overdosed it. Give people the amount of animal husbandry. It's no wonder you don't poop hard." The cook thought to himself, and asked curiously, "What's wrong with your feet? I saw you were fine a while ago. "

The veterinarian was a little embarrassed and said: "A few days ago, I saw a cow. The cow was pregnant with a calf and hadn't excreted for several days. I prescribed a dose of medicine to the cow."

"Has the cow pulled?"

"I pulled it out, and I pulled out the cowboy too. She was born prematurely and didn't survive."

"Oh, you must have taken heavy drugs again."

The veterinarian coughed lightly and said, "It's normal for people to stumble and horses to stumble. Unexpectedly, the owner of the cow was so hot-tempered that he beat me up violently, and my leg was also broken."

The cook gasped and said, "The shot is too heavy."

"It's all right, he paid me for the cow!"

Li Chunfeng couldn't help laughing, who are the applicants here, and it's too expensive to line up with them, if it wasn't for the doubts in his heart that urgently need to be resolved, he couldn't help but want to turn around and leave.

"By the way, does the Taoist priest know fortune-telling?" The cook turned to Li Chunfeng and said, "Do the math for me, can I recruit today?"

The veterinarian quickly said, "Let me do the math too."

Li Chunfeng quickly said: "I'm sorry, the poor can only watch the stars, but not give people a face."

The veterinarian and the cook were disappointed when they heard the words, and secretly muttered that this Taoist priest is not good enough, he can't even know how to face each other, and if he can be recruited, there will be ghosts.

After queuing for more than half an hour, it was finally the turn of the two "creeping dragons and phoenix chicks" in front of them. As a result, they were not hired and walked out dejectedly.

"It's your turn for the Taoist chief. Please tell me your name and birthplace." The little official in charge of registration looked at Li Chunfeng, who quickly stepped forward and said, "Poverty Li Chunfeng, a native of Yong County, Qizhou."

"What ability?"

"Pindao is good at astrology, divination and fortune-telling, and also knows a little about geomantic omen."

The little official couldn't help but see that there was a shortage of such talents in the mansion, so he hurriedly said respectfully: "Please come inside Daoist Li." After speaking, he personally led Li Chunfeng into the door.

As the saying goes, the major events of the country are sacrifices and soldiers.The ancients regarded sacrifice and the military as the top priority of the country, and the sacrifice even ranked ahead of the military. It can be seen that the ancients valued the sacrifice, and the priests who presided over the sacrifice were naturally highly respected.

Let's say that Li Chunfeng entered the door and came to the front yard. He saw that there were many utensils here. In addition to eighteen kinds of weapons, there were also stone locks, iron pots, plow rakes and so on. Take the test.

Li Chunfeng didn't stay in the courtyard, because he was brought into the living room, and it was much quieter here. It was divided into several sections, and each section was equipped with tables, chairs, pens, ink, etc., and an examiner was arranged. It should be a place to recruit civil servants. .

"Li Daochang, we meet again, please sit down!" Cui Jiuling smiled and beckoned Li Chunfeng to sit down.

Li Chunfeng was not surprised when he saw Cui Jiuling. He saluted first, then sat down on the wooden bench in front of the table, and said with a smile, "Please enlighten me, my lord."

Cui Jiuling hurriedly said: "My name is Cui Jiuling, the name is Yanqing, Daoist Li can be called the name below, or Xiao Cui."

This Daoist Li was specially told by Mr. Gao, Cui Jiuling naturally didn't dare to neglect, but Mr. Gao was really good at predicting things, and Daoist Li actually came to apply.

Li Chunfeng smiled and said: "Don't dare, I still ask Mr. Cui to come up with a test."

Cui Jiuling nodded, took out a piece of paper and said, "Here is a math problem, please answer Li Daochang."

I saw a triangle and a circle drawn on the paper. The triangle is an equilateral triangle, and the circle is the inscribed circle of the triangle. Knowing the side length of the triangle, find the area of ​​the inscribed circle.

Obviously, this is a geometry problem, the difficulty is medium, need to use the Pythagorean theorem and pi, as early as more than 100 years before the Sui Dynasty, Zu Chongzhi has calculated the pi to seven decimal places, and the theory of the Pythagorean theorem is even more It existed as early as the Shang Dynasty, so as long as Li Chunfeng is not just pretending, he should be able to solve it. Of course, the process may be a bit troublesome. After all, the solution process still needs to use a lot of geometric theorems, such as three lines in one, four hearts in one, etc.

Li Chunfeng frowned and thought for a long time, just when Cui Jiuling thought that the other party would not know, the former finally picked up the pen and wrote down a number.Cui Jiuling was stunned for a moment, looked at the answer quickly, and said happily: "Congratulations, Taoist priest, you are right."

Just now Li Chunfeng didn't write for a long time, Cui Jiuling thought that Li Chunfeng didn't even know how to do it, but someone who dared to calculate the answer mentally, it's amazing!

Li Chunfeng smiled and said, "It's a fluke!"

"Can I ask Li Daochang to write down the calculation process?" Cui Jiuling asked.

"This is a bit troublesome, but it's okay to write it out, it's just a little more complicated." Li Chunfeng began to draw after speaking, and wrote several sheets of rice paper in a profuse manner, and finally came to the result.

Cui Jiuling coughed lightly and said, "It's really complicated!"

Li Chunfeng wondered: "Cui Gongzi has a more convenient method?"

Obviously, Li Chunfeng is full of confidence in his method of solving the problem, he does not believe that there is an easier method than his own.

Cui Jiuling hesitated for a while, and finally took out the answer provided by Gao Bufan, and said, "Daozhang Li can refer to it."

Li Chunfeng took a look, and the Arabic numerals on it immediately made him confused, and asked suspiciously: "What kind of symbol is this? I've never seen it before, but it's really easy to look at."

Cui Jiuling smiled and said: "These numbers and symbols were invented by our left-behind adults. They can make writing and calculation more convenient and quick. Please look at them, Taoist priest, these are 0, 1, 2..."

Cui Jiuling briefly introduced to Li Chunfeng how to read the ten Arabic numerals. The latter had a solid foundation, and he could understand it as soon as he heard it. He also immediately realized the great magical effect of these numeral symbols. I am ecstatic, let alone other things, just writing is many times more convenient than using Chinese characters.

"Master Gao is such a genius!" Li Chunfeng couldn't help sighing.

Cui Jiuling smiled: "What is this? After you have really been in touch with Mr. Gao for a long time, Daoist, you will find out how unpredictable our Mr. Gao is."

Li Chunfeng's eyes flashed, and he lowered his head to carefully look at the problem-solving process provided by Gao Bufan. After understanding the numbers, he barely understood the solution process, and said with a sigh of relief: "The poor Taoist has been educated today." .”

Cui Jiuling asked Li Chunfeng a few more questions about celestial phenomena, and found that the latter answered fluently, so he stood up and said, "Congratulations to Daoist Li for passing, we will be colleagues from now on, Daoist Li, please follow me."

After Cui Jiuling finished speaking, he took Li Chunfeng to see the Chief Shi Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng tried again, and after confirming that it was correct, they greeted each other again: "Li Daochang will temporarily take the post of military counselor and sacrificial wine in the future, and the monthly payment is [-] yuan."

Li Chunfeng secretly heaved a sigh of relief, it is really not easy to enter this Youzhou mansion, if you don't have some real talents, you really can't get in.

"Brother Wei, can you introduce Mr. Gao to Pindao? Pindao has some questions and would like to ask for advice." Li Chunfeng said.

Wei Zheng stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Daoist Li. Your Excellency is busy with dispatching troops. When he is free, he will naturally meet with Daoist Li."

Li Chunfeng's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked: "But use troops to the south?"

Wei Zheng sighed lightly and said, "How did Daoist Li know? The emperor has issued an imperial decree a few days ago, ordering your lord to lead the army south to Gaojibo to assist Yang Yichen in encircling and suppressing Gao Shida and Dou Jiande."

Li Chunfeng suddenly remembered that Yuan Tiangang had said that Gao Bufan would have a catastrophe in the near future, and he couldn't help but feel drummed in his heart. To use troops in the south, should Gao Changqing's catastrophe be on top of this matter?

Wei Zheng saw that Li Chunfeng's expression was different, so he said, "Why does Li Daochang have such an expression?"

Li Chunfeng said: "Pindao did some calculations just now and found that Mr. Gao's trip is very dangerous. Brother Wei had better remind Mr. Gao to be more careful."

Wei Zheng and Cui Jiuling looked at each other, their expressions changed a little, and they hurriedly asked, "Is there a way to resolve it?"

Li Chunfeng shook his head and said: "Kalpa can be divided into positive catastrophe and partial catastrophe. Partial catastrophe can be avoided, but positive catastrophe cannot be avoided. There is only one way to respond to catastrophe, and the only thing to do is to be cautious."

(End of this chapter)