Molested Zulong at the beginning

The people around started discussing, a little noisy.

The stall owner smiled slightly: "Everyone misunderstood, my sachet is not an ordinary sachet. Others' sachets are cheap flower bags, but mine is different. It is filled with high-quality musk."

"There is even the legendary shark's tears, which can detoxify all kinds of poisons, and emit a delicate fragrance. Wearing it on the body can calm the mind and sleep soundly."

As he spoke, he unwrapped the sachet, revealing a small piece of gray inside, and as the opening was opened, a pleasant fragrance permeated the air.

"Good...so fragrant!"

"No wonder it's so expensive."

"..."

People around showed surprise eyes.

Even Ji Liang, who was at the side, had a hint of curiosity in his watery eyes: "Is this the legendary shark's tears?"

Bai Su shook his head slightly: "No, this thing is called Ambergris. Although it's not a shark's tear, it's still considered a rare thing. It's really worth the price."

The stall owner said with a smile on his face: "If you think it is expensive, you can do it without spending money."

"What, a free gift?"

"Tell me quickly, what is the method of gifting?"

Hearing what he said, everyone became interested.

The stall owner smiled and said, "Each of my sachets has a puzzle. The more expensive the puzzle, the more difficult the puzzle. If you answer correctly, I will give it to you for free."

"If you get the wrong answer, you can only buy it at the original price. I wonder if you are willing to try it?"

Bai Su approached Ji Liang's ear and whispered, "Zifang, do you want to try?"

When Ji Liang heard this, a smile appeared on his fair and pretty face: "In that case, Liang will be the vanguard for Young Master."

After she finished speaking, she stepped forward: "Shopkeeper, let me have a try."

The stall owner nodded and made way for a seat.

After Ji Liang looked around for a week, his gaze finally landed on the medium-difficulty sachet with the pattern of birds and beasts containing musk.

There is a note under it, with a puzzle written on it, half a word typed in Spring and Autumn.

When everyone saw it, they began to think about it, but this question was quite difficult, and it made people feel at a loss for a while, and after thinking for a long time, they couldn't come up with ideas.

After thinking for a while, Ji Liang said, "This is a Qin character."

The stall owner was stunned and asked, "Why?"

Ji Liang smiled and said, "Half of Spring and Autumn. If half of Spring and Autumn are removed, isn't it the same character as Qin?"

The stall owner's eyelids trembled, and he said helplessly, "Miss is so sensible, this sachet is yours."

Ji Liang smiled slightly, and took the sachet. This kind of crossword puzzle was nothing to her who was born in a noble family in Korea.

Bai Su stroked his chin, and stared at the piece of ambergris: "Shopkeeper, you just said that you can get a sachet for answering the questions, but are you serious?"

The shopkeeper nodded: "Naturally."

Bai Su walked over and said with a smile: "Then let me try it too."

The stall owner nodded and made way for a seat.

As soon as Bai Su came up, he directly picked the most expensive sachet, took out the note below and looked at it, and found that there was nothing on it, not a single word, and he couldn't help being stunned.

Don't talk about him, even the people around are stunned.

This... There is no word on this lantern riddle, how can I guess it.

"I said shopkeeper, did you forget to write?"

"Yeah, this is a blank piece of paper, how can I guess?"

A smug smile appeared on the stall owner's face, and he said, "This blank paper is an anagram. If you type a word, if you can guess the word, this thing will be given to you directly."

Everyone muttered that the stall owner was shameless, nothing was written on a blank sheet of paper, how could he possibly guess it?

Chapter 140 Eighth

Even Ji Liang couldn't help being stunned for a moment, took the paper from Bai Su's hand, looked it up and down carefully, and found that there was indeed no word, it was just a plain white paper.

Her slender willow eyebrows could not help but wrinkle.

The stall owner said inscrutably: "This riddle doesn't contain a single word, so please ask me to guess it."

When he said this, the people around him looked dumbfounded. It was the first time they had seen him so long. There were no words, so people guessed the question.

One of them couldn't help frowning and said: "I said that your shop is really serious. If you don't want people to answer it, just put it away. Why bother to make it funny? You say word puzzles, but you don't have a single word. Isn't that right?" Are you kidding me?"

"Yeah, that's your fault."

"Shopkeeper, hurry up and take out the real puzzle."

"Yes, yes."

Facing everyone's doubts, the shopkeeper smiled without any change, but looked straight at Bai Su: "Mr. Bai...do you want to give up?"

Seeing this, Ji Liang's delicate eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkled: "Master, is he lying?"

But Bai Su shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "No, he really didn't lie, this blank paper with no words on it is just an anagram."

"This……"

"how can that be."

A young man in a brocade robe next to him couldn't help but sneered and said, "My lord, are you sleepy? What kind of anagram is this piece of white paper?"

Bai Su smiled and said, "The answer is in your hand."

"Tch, play tricks, if you have the ability, tell me the answer, I don't believe you can guess something from a blank sheet of paper." The man said disdainfully.

Bai Su didn't explain too much, but picked up an ink pen in front of the stall owner, wrote a riddle on the white paper, and said with a smile, "The answer is, the riddle, right?"

The stall owner stared blankly at the white paper in Bai Su's hand, and it took him a long time to recover.

There was a pain in his heart, and he suppressed a bitter expression: "As the young master said, the answer is indeed a riddle."

Ji Liang was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized: "So that's what it means."

The young man questioned just now: "Could it be that you have colluded with each other, why is this blank paper a riddle?"

Bai Su smiled and handed the sachet to Ji Liang: "You must have already guessed it, so explain it to him."

Although Ji Liang was shy, his words and demeanor were graceful: "The shopkeeper said that this object is an anagram, type one word."

"But there is no word on the blank paper. Doesn't this correspond to what he said, if the word is removed from the crossword puzzle, isn't there only one riddle left?"

After everyone heard it, they suddenly realized that this was the meaning.

The young man who questioned him earlier couldn't help but get hot in the face of everyone's contemptuous gaze, and he cupped his hands at once: "I'm a poor student, so I'm leaving."

After saying that, he squeezed into the crowd and disappeared.

Bai Su rubbed his chin, looking at the remaining lantern riddles with great interest: "That...can I guess again?"

The stall owner suddenly turned pale, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, are you here to buy goods? My small business is not easy, so you can give me a way to survive."

Looking at the shopkeeper with a bitter face, Ji Liang couldn't help but smile.

She took Bai Su's hand, and said softly: "Young Master, as Shao Liang Zao of Da Xia, is a world-renowned genius who is well-educated, so don't embarrass a stall owner anymore. It's enough to pick up two sachets for nothing, and continue on." If you go down, it's not for fun, but simply bullying people."

Bai Su said regretfully, "That's really a pity."

When the stall owner heard Ji Liang's words, he couldn't help being stunned, and asked tentatively: "Shao Liangzao, could it be that Your Excellency is Bai Su, Young Master Bai?"

Bai Su was taken aback for a moment, and asked doubtfully, "You know me?"

"No wonder the problem I thought of was easily solved. If it was the young master, it would not be surprising at all. As for the young master..."

The stall owner looked at Bai Su: "Who in Guanzhong has never heard of the young master's name? The papermaking and printing techniques are all from the young master's hands, and even private schools in various places today."

"I, the sons of common people with humble backgrounds, can also have the opportunity to read and write, take the exam, and have the opportunity to jump into the dragon's gate and become an official in the court. This is all thanks to the young master."

"Don't be afraid of your son's jokes. The son of the little old man is now serving as a warehouse official. I am lucky to see you today. This sachet will be given to you."

As he spoke, he picked up another exquisite sachet and handed it over.

Bai Su refused, and smiled: "It was just on a whim just now, it's enough to win two, right... Now in your eyes, how does this private school exam look?"

He has a lazy personality, and after throwing the general plan of private school layout to some veteran officials in the court, he became a hands-off shopkeeper. After nearly a year of development, he doesn't know how it is now.

The stall owner pondered: "This is a good system. Even those who are weak and unsuitable to fight the enemy can still have the opportunity to become officials in the court through medicine, water conservancy, and legal articles, and open up for the common people of the world. A dragon gate of promotion."

"The only bad thing is that [-]% of the places admitted in the exam are from noble families, and there are very few students from poor families."

Bai Su was stunned, and asked tentatively: "Is it because people from rich and noble families have read books from a hundred schools of thought since childhood, and their knowledge is far better than students from poor families, so they get higher marks in the exam?"

The stall owner shook his head: "This is only one of the reasons. Since the imperial court sold a large number of medical skills, water conservancy, and law books at low prices, the knowledge of the poor students in the folk has also improved dramatically."

"The reason why such a phenomenon occurs, the little old man feels that it should be because of the name."

Bai Su was stunned: "Name?"

The stall owner nodded: "Many of the examiners in the private school are retired officials from the court. They are familiar with many noble children and have a closer relationship."

"Therefore... on the two test papers with similar scores, they are more inclined to choose the names of the children with prominent backgrounds, so this phenomenon appeared."

Bai Su stroked his chin, and murmured: "As expected, in the middle of the market, is it far easier to hear the real voice than in the hall?"

Seeing that he was lost in thought, Ji Liang couldn't help persuading him: "My lord, you don't need to blame yourself. This kind of thing is common everywhere. After all, people always prefer people who are close to them. This is human nature. You can do it. In terms of score admission, it’s already ok.”

But Bai Su shook his head: "No, people often worry about inequality rather than widowhood. The word fairness is more important than poverty."

Ji Liang sighed helplessly: "Even if you know, it's useless. After all, no matter how eloquent you are, you can't change the tendency of people in the world."

Bai Su stroked his chin and said, "I can't change the tendency in their hearts, but... I can make them invisible."

Ji Liang was taken aback for a moment: "What do you mean by your words?"

Bai Su said with a smile: "Paste the name so that you can't see it."

Chapter 140 Nine For You

Ji Liang was taken aback for a moment, and asked curiously, "What does it mean to paste the name?"

Bai Su said with a smile: "To put it simply, after handing in the test papers, use special clay to cover up the names one after another, and you are not allowed to tear up the names before the papers are marked."

"In this way, the officials reviewing the papers will not be able to tell whether it is a paper from a humble candidate or a noble candidate. They can only judge based on the quality of the content."

"Thus we can put an end to many cases of cheating in exams and ensure that talents are promoted."

This method may be insufficient for future generations.

After all, Wen Wu is the first and Wu Wu is the second.

It is difficult to judge the pros and cons of many articles. Many officials naturally prefer articles written by noble scholars.

But in today's big summer, it's enough.

Great Xia builds a country with martial arts, whether it is the things taught in private schools or the content of the exams, they are all serious techniques for enriching the country and strengthening the army.

For example, medical skills, water conservancy projects, farm tool improvement, weapon smelting, horseback riding and archery, overall planning and calculation, etc.

Which of these contents is good or bad can often be distinguished at a glance.

In Daxia, where the farming and warfare system has been implemented for many years, even the children of the nobles have all been on the battlefield one by one, relying on their solid military achievements.

Today's imperial examinations can guarantee a relatively fair result as long as the name is covered, and a simple competition of ability can be guaranteed.

After hearing Bai Su's explanation, Ji Liang couldn't help showing a hint of surprise on his fair and pretty face.

She nodded and said lightly: "This can put an end to the inclination of the officials themselves, and turn to look at the content of the candidates. It is indeed a good way to select talents and stabilize the world, but in an instant, I came up with a countermeasure. It is a great talent."

Bai Su rubbed his nose and said, "I only know a thing or two."

Ji Liang looked at Bai Su's complacent look, and his vermilion lips curled up involuntarily.

She pretended to be angry and said: "Young Master is so diligent in offering advice to the First Emperor, aren't you afraid of hurting Liang's heart?"

Bai Su held her tender jade-like hand and said, "I'm not doing it for the first emperor, but I'm also doing it for you."

Ji Liang was taken aback for a moment: "What do you mean by that?"

Bai Su coughed lightly, and said: "I did this to help the most, not the first emperor, but for the poor scholars of the whole world, wrapping... Korean scholars, giving them a chance to compete fairly and change their destiny. "