Chapter 17：

Gu Yuanbai played with the self-made crossbows and bows pieced together, looking at this exquisite and lightweight handicraft product, he couldn't help but sigh his luck. +++The latest Danmei novel ranking: www.novelhall.com

As soon as I went out, I saw a research talent, and this talent was still in the process of searching for himself, and he had already reached some theoretical and practical conclusions.

Xu Ning sat awkwardly and nervously. Next to him were an imperial doctor and a little **** who were applying medicine to him to heal his injuries. Such extravagant treatment made Xu Ning restless.

The carriage is huge from the outside, and only after coming in did I realize that it was bigger than it looked outside. Even if there are two people sitting next to him, they are not crowded. The ground is covered with a soft water-like blanket. The Yan (color) is very beautiful. Xu Ning has never seen such a good thing before, and such a luxurious and expensive thing. So I was stepped on the soles of my feet.

Xu Ning lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Gu Yuanbai. He was restless and expectant. Seeing this adult playing with his self-made crossbow and bow, he couldn't help but worry that this adult would look down on these things.

After playing around, Gu Yuanbai put down the crossbow and bow that had been destroyed by the group of people, took the veil that Tian Fusheng handed over, wiped his hand, and asked the doctor: "How?"

"The little son's (body shen) body is healthy," the imperial doctor said one by one, "now it is only skin (flesh) wounds, not the lungs, but there are some irregularities in the diet, there should be some Xu's stomach hurts."

Xu Ning's eyes widened in surprise, staring at her hand holding the clothes. This doctor is so good, he knew so much after only a short pulse.

Gu Yuanbai nodded lightly, then looked at Xu Ning with a smile, and said warmly, "How did you make this crossbow?"

"There are six out of thirty military weapons, and the bow is the first; the martial arts ten out of eight, and the bow is the first." This is what Huayue said in the Southern Song Dynasty Huayue's "Cuiwei Beizhenglu". However, the frontier nomads have high equestrian skills (strong qiang). In order to resist these people, bows and arrows have become the first choice of infantry.

The founding emperor of the Da Heng Dynasty paid special attention to military affairs, and firmly controlled the drawings of crossbows and bows, especially improved crossbows and bows, at the military and political level. Military weapons were strictly prohibited from spreading among the people, and ordinary people could not see this light and powerful. The crossbow. Bow, let alone made it.

However, although the crossbow bow made by Xu Ning was broken, it could still be seen that it was not a single shooting hole. In other words, the crossbow bow made by this scholar had caught up with the level of weapons used by the military.

This is very powerful, very powerful.

Gu Yuanbai's eyes showed the meaning of appreciation, and Xu Ning stammered about where he got his inspiration from and how he made it. Speaking of the end, he clenched his fists excitedly and looked up at Gu Yuanbai and said, "Young Master! This is useful. Workmanship is of great use. Whether it is farming or military affairs, the existence of craftsmen is essential! This is not It's not a shameful thing to do nothing!"

Xu Ning saw the appreciation in Gu Yuanbai's eyes as soon as he raised his head. He finished speaking with habit (sexual xing), but his expression became dull and dull.

Carriage, guard, doctor, attendant.

This young man is extraordinary, with an elegant appearance like a man in the sky, and he is pampered in every move. Such a big man is actually admiring him? Admire him as a poor talent as a carpenter?

"You're right," Gu Yuanbai nodded in agreement, and said, "Guan Zhongben, who proposed the'Shinong, Industry and Commerce' in the past, was born in a merchant. He prospered Qi as a businessman. The'Shinong, Industry and Commerce' did not appear in his remarks. The four moves are parallel. Scholars, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants, Guan Zhong believes that they are all stone people of the country, and they can prosper the country by performing their duties. The prosperity of Yin business cannot be separated from the prosperity of industry and commerce. But after the demise of Yin and Shang, Zhou believed that the way of industry and commerce would waste agriculture and cause the country to subdue. Therefore, under the Zhou system, he despised industry and commerce.

Xu Ning opened her mouth and looked straight at Gu Yuanbai, her lips fluttered a few times but she didn't know what to say.

Gu Yuanbai asked Tian Fusheng to return the damaged crossbow bow to Xu Ning's hands. Xu Ning took the crossbow bow helplessly, glanced at the window, and asked carefully, "My lord, you have to take Xiaosheng." where?"

Tian Fusheng rolled up the carriage curtains, and Xu Ning subconsciously looked outside, and his eyes widened suddenly in the next moment.

The towering, majestic and majestic palace gate is right in front of you, and the tiles are gleaming in the sun, beautifully.

Gu Yuanbai didn't care about his look (color), and asked with a smile: "In addition to crossbows and bows, what else can you do?"

"I...Xiaosheng, Xiaozi..." Xu Ning was in a daze, at a loss what to say to say, "In addition to being extremely interested in these things, Xiaosheng has also tried to improve some farm tools."

He looked panicked, too, is anyone able to enter the palace?

Every step of the horse's tapping sound can shake Xu Ning's soul out. When the carriage stopped, the white-faced scholar with a wounded face was already upset that no one could tell.

The imperial physician and palace attendant led Xu Ning out of the carriage, and the guard on the outside stood straight. The chief guard stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, and said, "Holy Master, slow down."

Xu Ning: "!"

He took a breath, his head buzzing, his head dizzy as if he was about to faint in the next moment.

Gu Yuanbai stretched out his hand from the carriage and placed it gently on the hand of the head guard. The chief guard lowered his head and cautiously led Gu Yuanbai out of the car. The sage's (body shen) was in poor health, and those who were serving around the sage would always be overly cautious of the sage, for fear that the sage would knock on him. He staggered, where was an accident.

Only holding the hand of the Lord, the chief guard must be extremely careful. The saint’s skin is delicate and tender, but the palm of the guard’s palm is extremely rough, with hard calluses and rough touch. Every time he holds the saint’s hand, the guard feels like a stone.

Stepping on the ground, Xu Ning subconsciously glanced there, only to find that the bricks stepped on the ground had exquisite carvings. He finally recovered some ingenuity this time, and knelt on the ground with a plop.

The dragon boots appeared in front of him, and the saint said: "Follow me."

The side hall of the Xuanzheng Hall is usually the place where the emperor summons his courtiers to discuss political affairs. Gu Yuanbai gave Xu Ning a seat. Xu Ning tremblingly moved half of his (fart pi) shares to sit on a chair, with his feet on the ground, as if stepping on the clouds. on.

Gu Yuanbai talked with Xu Ning very gently. Xu Ning gradually recovered from the state of being nervous and unable to think. When he talked about his favorite carpenter, there was light in this person's eyes.

Xu Ning has many bold ideas in this era. What is even more rare is that Xu Ning's ideas can be realized in the contemporary environment and are closer to the development of Daheng's national conditions.

Gu Yuanbai promptly asked Tian Fusheng to find out the book about craftsmen in the Da Nei Library to Xu Ning, and finally arranged for Xu Ning to go to the engineering department in the outer suburbs of the capital.

This is a department personally set up by Gu Yuanbai and managed by the Supervision Office. The candidates are all skilled craftsmen who have been found and sought out by the Supervision Office and who love this industry. Gu Yuanbai has said that as long as any of them can study from the country Good things, no matter what they are, are rewarded many times.

However, the final results are always painless, and the engineering department’s research expenses are extremely huge. People from the Supervision Office have complained to Gu Yuanbai many times, thinking that the engineering department is a useless existence.

But Gu Yuanbai insisted and gave the engineering department full support. Now that Xu Ning is in front of him, it is really a surprise. Gu Yuanbai believes that what the engineering department lacks is just a thought with aura, and now, the thought has arrived.

Xu Ning took over the book collection and appointment in a daze. He (touching Mo) read these books and listened to the words of encouragement from the sage, his eyes blushed unconsciously.

These books were all banned by Daheng. Books, all dynasties and all generations of industry and commerce are at the end of the day. These despised books about craftsmen are more rare than the lonely copy of Da Confucianism. Xu Ning’s voice is unstable: "Holy, the kid will not let You are disappointed!"

His eyes gradually became firmer.

The same sage said so much, the sage not only does not despise artisans, but also quite understand and think. The sage said such things as "improvement of Zhuge crossbow", "rope over cattle, shorten plough body", "columbine with a combination of sowing and fertilization", and some "textiles", "water wheels" and other things, let Xu Ning again Surprised and felt quite reasonable.

He felt that his hands were very itchy now, and he was so excited that he even went to the engineering department mentioned by the sacred to hurry up and complete the ideas of the sacred with those colleagues who are also familiar with the craftsmanship.

If you can do what you love, you can contribute to the world, and help the sacred, where can there be better things?

Xu Ning felt that the injuries all over his body no longer felt pain.

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Gu Yuanbai was extremely happy to accept a talented scientific research talent, and his joy remained until the day of the palace examination.

Candidates enter the Golden Luang Temple at dawn. The people in the Ministry of Rites are in charge of the entire hall examination process. When the process before the formal examination is completed, the sky outside is already bright.

The invigilation of the palace examination can be done by the emperor himself, or by the emperor to send officials to replace him. Naturally, Gu Yuanbai was invigorating the exam by himself, and all the candidates who sat down sat peacefully in their seats, bowing their heads without saying a word.

The atmosphere in the entire Golden Luang Temple was solemn and quiet, and there was still a bit of tension gradually permeating. All the examinees noticed that the man standing on the two roads was a tall guard with a big face (强qiang), while the saint was sitting on a high position, and no one dared to commit a taboo at this time.

The seats for the hall exam were allocated according to the meeting, so the closest person to Gu Yuanbai was Huiyuan Chu Wei.

Gu Yuanbai looked around and found that there were many familiar people in the first and second rows. In addition to Chu Wei and Chang Yuyan, there were also Tang Mian, the son of the Shangshu Family of the Household Department. Tang Mian had not yet won the crown, but was able to try. Hubu Shangshu is quite proud of his seventh place in the high school entrance examination.

Gu Yuanbai also glanced at Kong Yilin, who was ranked third. Kong Yilin's ancestral home is Qingzhou, Shandong, and Shandong is the hometown of Confucius. There is a place where there is a lot of great talents and there is a fierce competition among scholars. In this test, Kong Yilin was the top one among Shandong students.

Kong Yilin was born extremely tall, such a big person shrank behind a small table, making people feel uncomfortable for him. This person was extremely silent, sitting quietly with his head down, unable to tell how he looked. He had a calm temperament like an old farmer who planted seedlings steadily. He had a low sense of existence and ordinary, but very stable.

From this look, Gu Yuanbai had a better impression of Kong Yilin.

At the beginning of the palace exam, the test paper is issued, with only one policy topic above it, and candidates must write at least two thousand words. The palace exam will be admitted for one day, and it will end when the sun sets in the evening.

Suddenly, there was only the sound of a pen across the paper in the hall. Gu Yuanbai sat for a while before starting to deal with government affairs.

The people sitting in the front heard the sound of the memorial being opened by the sage. Many people were conceiving the policy papers while listening to the movement above.

Chu Wei is the first name and attracts the most attention. He is so magnanimous that he can't look directly at Sheng Yan and treat him as his absence, and concentrate on thinking about this policy.

He wants to get the champion from the sage.

After all the candidates were in the state, Gu Yuanbai put down the memorial and walked slowly among the candidates.

Someone glimpsed the dragon robe on his body as a flick of his wrist, and ink spots stained the draft; some people even kept shaking their legs and feet, and Gu Yuanbai could hear the rattle of teeth.

Wherever he walks slowly, the people are extremely nervous, and loses them on the spot, but the good thing is that his back is stretched, and he is too stiff to write.

Shengshang's bright yellow (color) dragon robe gradually moved towards the front row, and Chang Yuyan glanced at the shadow behind, shaking his hands, and (强qiang) calmed down again.

His heart was pounding, and Chang Yuyan felt that the Holy Master had been by his side for a long time, but once he turned to God, the Holy Master had already walked to Kong Yilin, and finally stood still at Kong Yilin.

Gu Yuanbai looked down at Kong Yilin's draft, which was neatly written, like a formal paper (dry gan). At first he just wanted to take a rough look, but gradually, his expression became serious.

When Kong Yilin's last stroke fell, Gu Yuanbai returned to his senses. He took a deep look at Kong Yilin with his head down, and stopped walking among the students, but strode up the steps.

This action of the saint was seen by the people around him, and many people secretly looked at Kong Yilin. Facing so many eyes, Kong Yilin continued to write the answer without moving.

Chu Wei, who also glanced in the direction of Kong Yilin, faintly retracted his gaze, and continued to write with the ink on his pen.