Zongwu: Give you a chance and get a 10,000 times critical hit return!

Perhaps Zhao Wuxian offered this reward to make plans for the future.

For many people who aspire to a career in officialdom, what they see is not "one hundred thousand taels of silver" but an opportunity.

Especially those officials who were demoted or had unsuccessful careers had no choice in the past, but it is different now.

Huang Tingjian asked: "What are the subjects? Poems, essays, or articles?"

The young man came back to his senses, coughed lightly, and said, "Neither of them, it's arithmetic!"

"arithmetic?"

Huang Tingjian was surprised and took the "One Hundred Questions" that was copied and printed separately. The first question was the classic "Chickens and Rabbits in the Same Cage".

The following questions become more and more complicated.

Huang Tingjian shook his head when he saw those figure geometry problems.

"One hundred questions, all arithmetic?"

"Yes!"

Huang Tingjian put down the test paper and pondered for a moment.

"Looking at Prince Jing's actions, they are often unreasonable and unexpected!"

The young man couldn't help but speculate: "Offering a reward for arithmetic problems, teacher, could it be that Prince Jing is planning to reform the imperial examination system?"

Huang Tingjian frowned.

"Judging from the many practices of Prince Jing's Mansion, Prince Jing is undoubtedly a person who is good at innovation. He may even be more radical than the emperor."

The young man glanced outside and mustered up his courage.

"Prince Jing is always half a man of the underworld. He is different from the stagnant court. Maybe he will bring some new atmosphere."

Huang Tingjian glanced at him, shook his head, and said, "Don't meddle in other people's affairs if you are not in their position. Don't mention this again!"

The young man smiled and said, "Then we can solve the problem, right? Teacher, this is 100,000 silver taels!"

Huang Tingjian was also quite interested when he heard this number.

Qianzhou has been poor since ancient times.

Otherwise, it would not have become a place of exile for officials.

The 100,000 silver taels here are enough for the finances of a state.

"You can solve the problems, but don't let it interfere with your preparations for the imperial examinations!" Huang Tingjian said.

"Yes!"

The young man hesitated and said, "Well, I want to borrow the two books "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art" and "Zhoubi Suanjing" from the teacher!"

As the news of Zhao Wuxian's "One Hundred Questions" spread, it sparked widespread discussion in the Song Dynasty.

Some scholars who usually like to study arithmetic suddenly became popular, and those who discussed arithmetic were more popular than those who discussed poetry.

Some poems can even become a puzzle-solving contest.

I heard that some brothels and pleasure boats have temporarily introduced a group of girls who are good at "counting" and are very popular.

Some courtesans were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

It’s fine if you practice music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and dance, but now you have to learn arithmetic?

It’s all Prince Jing’s fault!

Capital!

In the court, important officials gathered.

A eunuch hurried in.

"... Your Excellency, victory news from Yanmen Pass!"

"Oh? Xuan!"

Zhao Xu's face looked a little more rosy, and he seemed to have come out of the gloom of a while ago and was in a good mood.

The rebel army ravaged the south of the Yangtze River for three months, and the city of Lin'an was captured. When the news reached the capital, Zhao Xu and all the officials were frightened.

If Suzhou and Lake Tai are prosperous, the world will be prosperous!

With the large-scale development of the south, the economic center of the Song Dynasty had long since moved to the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas.

Last year.

Taxes from the two regions of Jiangnan and Southeast accounted for two-thirds of the total taxes of the Song Dynasty, and they were the grain bags and money bags of the Song Dynasty.

If Jiangnan is lost, the Song Dynasty will be unstable.

Liao, Jin and other countries are bound to invade, which can be said to be internal and external troubles.

Zhao Xu doesn't want to be a king who loses his country.

Fortunately.

Zhao Wuxian lived up to everyone's expectations.

In one battle, we conquered Jiangnan, wiped out the main force of the rebels, and recaptured Lin'an City.

When the news came back, Zhao Xu and the court officials breathed a sigh of relief.

Once the danger in Jiangnan was resolved, all officials were certain that the Liao army would retreat.

as predicted.

King Yelu Hongji of Liao, who led an army of 100,000 southwards, hastily withdrew his troops and fled northwards after learning of the war in the south of the Yangtze River.

The border troops did not pursue further because they were afraid of an ambush, but they still captured quite a few prisoners, including cattle and sheep brought by the Liao army.

The crises in the north and south were resolved.

Those in the court who had previously supported Zhao Wuxian in suppressing the rebellion now changed their tune and began to impeach Zhao Wuxian.

Zhao Xu turned a deaf ear to this and kept many memorials to the emperor without sending them out, leaving ministers such as Fu Zongshu and Cai Bian puzzled.

Shenhou Mansion!

Zhuge Zhengwo stood in front of a man in a green robe.

"Today, Prince Jing's situation has become irreversible. Even if Master comes out, it will be of no use."

The man in green robe said indifferently: "The court is far away, what does it have to do with me? As for Yuan Xian's death, it was his own fault!"

"Well, then why did Master come to Beijing this time?"

Zhuge Zhengwo was surprised.

The only person whom he could call "Master" was naturally the leader of Zizai Sect, the most mysterious grandmaster of the Song Dynasty, Wei Sanqing.

Wei Sanqing stood with his hands behind his back. He was over a hundred years old.

But he still has black hair and a tall and strong figure.

His eyes flashed slightly.

"I'm chasing after a person. No, I should say a demon or a god. Anyway, it's not a person, or in other words, it's not someone from Kyushu!"

"Ok?"

Zhuge Zhengwo was surprised and asked, "Aren't you from Jiuzhou?"

Wei Sanqing nodded and said, "She calls herself the Demon Lord, her name is Bai Suzhen, and she comes from the Fengyun Realm of Jiuzhou!"

"Ask the Six Gates to find this person!"

"Is she strong?" Zhuge Zhengwo asked.

"Very strong!"

Wei Sanqian nodded in excitement.

While there were power struggles within the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was also in turmoil.

A full moon night, at the top of the Forbidden City!

Lu Xiaofeng was walking on the street.

The day of the duel between Ximen Chuxue and Ye Gucheng is getting closer.

Chapter 439: Industrialization of the Song Dynasty, five thousand times return, five thousand matchlock rifles!

The Great Song Dynasty!

Outside the city of Gusu, with Qishi Mansion as the center, workshops stand up one after another, and there is no shortage of chimneys emitting thick smoke.

After more than a year of continuous development, this area can be said to have become a small industrial park of Prince Jing's Mansion.

Soap workshops, gunpowder workshops, firearms workshops, foundry workshops, glass workshops, etc. were built on the mountains and expanded towards the plains.

The largest is the soap workshop, with three to four thousand workers. The soap produced every day is sold all over the country and overseas.

In view of the soap craft, it is becoming more and more perfect.

In addition, the workshop was messy, which increased the risk of production, so Zhao Wuxian had planned to move it to his hometown, Huating County.

The glass workshop will also be relocated to Songjiang.

As the territory actually controlled by Prince Jing's Mansion expands, the transfer and expansion of some industries is inevitable.

Because at present, Gusu’s population has reached its capacity limit and some people need to be transferred out.

Moreover, these relocated workshops can also drive local economic development and promote the emergence of industries in various places.

The relocation of the soap workshop and the glass workshop was actually an attempt.

One end of a winding river.

Inside the towering high walls is the research institute specially established by Zhao Wuxian.

Zhao Wuxian personally serves as the dean.

Shen Kuo and Huang Yaoshi served as vice presidents.

In addition, there are skilled craftsmen recruited by Qishi Mansion and craftsmen from the Lei family of [Pili Hall], who make up the middle and lower levels of the research institute.