delicious little cook

Chapter 1024 Palace Examination Results
When the discussion in the city caused by the scandal in Duke Ye's mansion gradually subsided under Bai Kou's distraction tactics, March had already quietly ended, and the palace examination began on the second day of April.

There is only one day for the palace examination, from sunrise to sunset, a whole day. Candidates must prepare dry food and drinking water by themselves. There are examiners in the main hall and armored warriors outside the hall.

Policy theory is the only examination question in the palace examination, and the sage himself writes the questions.

Bai Kou made some food pills for them, which is the special kind of dry food that can withstand hunger and satiety. Each person has one, which is enough to last them for a day. Maybe they won't feel hungry when they return home after the exam.

As for the drinking water they brought, Bai Kou gave each of them two bottles of cold-brewed tea with different flavors. The glass water bottle was specially made, with openings at both ends, and a tea leak at the bottom. If you don't have a small cap, you won't drink a mouthful of tea leaves. This bottle is very suitable for making summer drinks.

The men went to the palace to take part in the imperial examination, while Bai Kou and Wang Hao started to pack their luggage. They would go to the farm tomorrow. The textile factory was almost finished, and there were other things to take a look at.

After dark, Gu Yun, Gu Jing and Gong Zhangji returned home exhausted, both physically and mentally exhausted. The atmosphere of the palace examination is also a huge test for the candidates. It was written in a mess.

After a good night's rest, the next morning, the three major shareholders, a total of four people, drove out of the city to the pier. It was almost summer, and the weather was getting hotter. It was cooler to go to the farm by boat.

Gu Yun could be regarded as catching an opportunity where Bai Kou had nowhere to hide, and he had followed Bai Kou in and out since he got on the boat. Gong Changji and his wife, who were blowing the wind on the deck, had a narrow smile on their faces, reminding him not to be in the boat. Doing bad things in the cabin.

Don't do bad things, it's okay to get bored.

However, when Gu Yun finally had a chance, it wasn't just for such a short time.

This year's palace examination will be released on the ninth day of April, so everyone has to return to the capital one day in advance, but there are so many things to do, and the time is still quite tight. The four of them got off the boat and landed, and then worked separately according to the division of labor that was established at the beginning.

All the spinning wheels and looms in the textile factory are taking turns to start trial production. The main reason is that there is no lint. Although the purchase price has been increased, it is too late after all. We can only wait for the lint harvest season in the second half of this year before we can consume raw materials. But before that, we have to let the textile colleagues in the capital spit out a little share.

The daily clothing materials of everyone on the farm come from the trial-produced gray cloth of the textile factory. There is a special large-scale dryer in the printing and dyeing factory. Two different processes of dyeing yarn and dyeing cloth are being experimented with. Bai Kou wants to focus on yarn-dyed fabrics Yes, that is to dye the yarn first and then weave the cloth. The technical and process requirements for the dyed yarn are very high. After all, once the original yarn is dyed, it will be discarded. There is no room for remedy, so the price is relatively expensive. For dyed cloth , It can be modified if the dye is damaged, the process requirements are low, and it is naturally cheap.

Dyed fabrics are very common in the market, and yarn-dyed fabrics are rare. If you want to have a competitive advantage, you must have differentiation.

But if you want a big order from the Ministry of War, the stingy masters must specify dyed cloth. After discussion, the shareholders agreed that if you can really get a big order from the Ministry of War, dyed cloth will be dyed cloth, and the customer is the uncle.

In the past few days, the four shareholders have not only seen the factory, but also went up the mountain to see the fungus room, and the pigeon farm and turtle farm in the breeding farm. Summer is the season for soft-shelled turtles to lay eggs. Can be listed, the egg production of a female soft-shelled turtle is much better than that of laying pigeons.

Eggs and duck eggs are eaten by the farm itself. Of course, the products sold must be high-end ingredients. Pigeon eggs and turtle eggs are the two main agricultural products. This year’s pigeon eggs are all contracted by the palace. For turtle eggs , all rich and noble families can still try something new.

Of course, the price is not cheap.

Bai Kou, a small village in the surrounding area, has also visited it. The red under the wall is climbing vines. Rice husk charcoal sells very well because it can be used in flower soil and vegetable fields. The farm’s own vegetable fields are matched in proportion. Rice husk charcoal, frequent merchants come to buy it from time to time after they understand the usefulness of rice husk charcoal.

Bai Kou walked through the farm completely, made all the records that should be done, packed a box with the documents given by the stewards, and returned to Beijing on the eighth day of April.

In the palace examination, the sage personally writes the questions and marks the papers. In a few days, he has to read hundreds of strategies and theories, and then discuss with the chief examiners to determine the ranking.

The policy used for review is a copy. After the test is over, the candidates leave, and the test papers are numbered on the spot. When they are all collected in the hands of the examiner, the order of the numbers has been messed up. It is impossible to know which one is who. Write it, and then the book office of the Ministry of Rites will copy the copy, and the original copy will be sealed in the box, and the sage and the examiners can leave their own comments on the copy at will.

In the early morning of the ninth day of April, the rankings will be released. It’s the night of the eighth day, and the grading is not over yet. Everyone who participated in the grading is exhausted, but everyone is still busy and busy, not daring to shout tired in front of the saint. Everyone read the policy theory more than once, just to avoid personal likes and dislikes from affecting the grades. After several rounds of repetition, the sage finally had ten carefully selected articles in front of him, and he decided the final top-ranking list.

The ten articles were all rare masterpieces. The sage picked up this article and looked at that one, in a dilemma. Holding a magnifying glass, he wished to dig out each word word by word, and find something that would help him determine the ranking.

Looking at it, the sage suddenly let out a sigh, and took out an article to read it carefully, as if he was seeing it for the first time.

All the officials below stopped what they were doing at the same time, held their breath, and waited for the sage's instructions.

The sage read the article twice, with a joyful smile on his face, shaking it at the ministers while holding it in his hand.

"No. 78, champion!"

"Yes, number 78, champion!"

All the ministers and the book office below responded together, immediately opened the sealed box, looked for the original copy of No. 78, and put it on the imperial case.

"No. [-], second place."

"Yes, No. [-], second place!"

"No. [-], Tanhua."

"Yes, No. [-], Tanhua!"

The sage said once, and the next one responded, and then found out the corresponding original. After a while, three policy theories were placed in front of the sage.

The Minister of Rites personally tore off the red label with the name on it, revealing the name underneath. When he saw the name of No. 78 clearly, Master Shang Shu exclaimed "Ah!" Gu Yun'an, who was standing not far away, cupped his fists and cupped his hands.

Gu Yun'an only felt a thunder rumbling in his head, his eyes stared a little, he trembled a little, his mouth was slightly opened, and he was speechless on the spot.

The others were also stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter. Everyone present surrounded Gu Yun'an and Mr. Gu, congratulating him non-stop.

"congratulations!"

"Master Gu, the tiger father has no dogs!"

"It's amazing! It's amazing!"

Mr. Gu, who never lost his composure, held his chest to calm his shortness of breath, scratched his head, and laughed silly amidst the congratulations.

"Hehe, my son! Hehe, my son!"

(End of this chapter)