After the incident occurred in the first session of the county examination, the second session of the county examination started the next day, and the smoke ignited again.

The eighty people on the B list will continue to compete for the remaining twenty places. As before, some people will be eliminated, and ten of them will be selected.

The exam time flew by quickly. After two make-up exams, the forty candidates who passed the current county exam were finally settled. They were permanently qualified to take the government exam.

On February 24th, the first additional test began.

Unlike the previous three exams, candidates will not be eliminated this time. Forty candidates selected from the three main exams will participate in the additional exam, which is mainly to determine the ranking of the candidates and select the top candidate for this county exam.

There are usually one or two additional exams, and it is decided by the county magistrate according to his mood. If after the first additional exam, the magistrate feels it is necessary to take another exam, then he will conduct two additional exams, but generally only large counties will conduct two additional exams.

Additional test.

In the additional examination, in addition to the basic Four Books and Five Classics, policy, theory, and partial and strange questions will also be tested, such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, Fu and arithmetic.

On the day of the exam, it also started at dawn.

Since the Confucian school in Shicheng County was in name only, there was no place for forty people to take the exam, so the exam venue was still in the large exam booth in Dongshi, so it seemed very empty.

The number of candidates suddenly dropped from more than 300 to 40, so there was no need to rush to the examination room so early and queue up to enter, and everyone did not feel too nervous. Everything seemed warm and harmonious.

The inspection of Yamen officials is not that strict. After all, the candidates have already obtained the qualifications to take the government examination. If they cheat just to rank high, the benefits obtained are far from the risks they bear.

When everyone met outside the examination room, everyone seemed very polite and polite, demonstrating the gentleman's style. In the officialdom, the deepest bond is from the same hometown or the same subject. Now, although we are far away from the officialdom, there is a vague sense of friendship.

Lin Haoran met several acquaintances here. Zhao Dongcheng and he passed the county examination in the first test, Jiang Ronghua did the same, and Gu Qingfeng narrowly passed the last test.

They greeted each other with kindness, even Jiang Ronghua smiled at Lin Haoran.

The atmosphere of the exam is obviously less tense than the initial one. No one will be eliminated this time. It is just a matter of determining the ranking of the county exam and the head of the case this year. It is a battle of reputation.

After checking everyone's "personal confessions", the exam officially began.

After all, the forty people were selected by Magistrate Xiao, so naturally the questions in this make-up examination would not be deliberately difficult. Otherwise, if the examinee really turns in a blank paper, the county magistrate himself will be slapped in the face.

Of course, the exam questions were quite satisfactory and everything went smoothly.

At noon, Xiaozhi County began to release test questions on poetry, policy, theory, and an arithmetic question.

"Today I have a loaner of one thousand dollars, and the monthly interest is thirty dollars. Now there is a loaner of eight hundred dollars, and I will return it on the fifteenth day. How much is the interest?"

The monthly interest is 30% per thousand yuan, that is, 3%. If you borrow 800 Wen, the interest for one month is 24 Wen. Since you only borrowed for 15 days, you need to multiply it by 15/30, that is,

The interest is 12 cents.

Is this a test for me?

Are you testing me or humiliating me?

If you don't do it, I'm afraid my IQ will drop to the second grade of elementary school!

Lin Haoran looked at this question for a long time, and a kind of sadness welled up in his heart. He thought that the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was very serious, but it turned out to be such a child's play, and even used this kind of mathematical question to humiliate him, a former calculus genius.

The first time he was scheduled, he handed in his papers and left the examination room.

"The county's honor is not generous, this arithmetic is ridiculous!"

When he walked out of the examination room and was about to leave, he heard the two scholars who had handed in the paper with him complaining about the math problems. His eyes couldn't help but shine, and he was lucky enough to meet like-minded people.

Lin Haoran stepped forward, said hello, and said, "Do you also think this arithmetic is ridiculous?"

"That's right, we are brothers and sisters!" The older scholar was happy, as if he had met a close friend. He stretched out his fingers and gestured in the palm of his hand and said: "This question is really ridiculous! A thousand coins are worth three.

Ten, but you don’t tell me how much the eight hundred monthly interest rates are, isn’t that ridiculous?”

Ahem...

Lin Haoran was stunned for two seconds, and then coughed. He thought he had met someone he could talk to, but it was like eating a fly alive. He had already given a thousand yuan and thirty, and he didn't know how much interest he would get for eight hundred yuan.

You are ridiculous, okay!

"That's right! It doesn't matter how much eight hundred monthly interest rates are, why ask about fifteen days? What is monthly interest rate? It should be calculated in months!" Another scholar shook his sleeves vigorously, looking angry.

Cough cough cough…

Lin Haoran looked back at the indignant young scholar and coughed even more violently, as if he had eaten a handful of flies alive. He also had no idea where his resentment came from.

I can only satisfy him in January or February, but I can't figure it out in the past half month? And based on your IQ, if you ask how much the interest will be for six or seven months, are your fingers enough?

"Brother, why don't we ask the county magistrate for an explanation...Brother, the direction is wrong, the county magistrate is in the examination room!" The older scholar suggested when he saw that he had a confidant, but saw the previous scholar.

He left quickly and shouted loudly from behind.

Danger!

Really dangerous!

Why do I encounter the best these days?

Lin Haoran's steps were very fast. He felt that if he didn't walk faster, he could not help but reveal his cruel side. He would have to beat these two idiots to death with a brick! I'm sorry, this is not because the county magistrate is letting go, but because the top students in this era are too bad at mathematics.

, the scum is so bad that it makes people turn purple.

It’s just that he doesn’t know how to solve this kind of elementary school problem, but he actually wants to drag him to the magistrate to ask for an explanation. Isn’t this just asking for a beating? And you have to admit that you are stupid, let alone try to trick me.

Perhaps because of this depressing incident, he didn't stop much along the way.

Returning to Qingyun Street, when he passed Fugui Restaurant, his mood eased slightly. He glanced towards the restaurant lobby, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

Under his single-handed planning, the business of this restaurant has been greatly affected. It has not plummeted, but it is obviously a lot worse than before.

Arty elegance is not only the right of wealthy businessmen, but also ordinary people have this need. As the half-room restaurant has become favored by scholars, many ordinary diners have an option, and many people choose to dine in the half-room restaurant.

Just as he was about to move, he saw Mr. Chen walking out of the house with the support of the thin butler. Probably because he was in a good mood, he did not leave, but waved his hand in greeting.

Chen Yuanwai's eyes were quite complicated. He had just checked the account books and found that the sales of drinks had dropped by 50% compared to before. This was not just a 50% loss in profit. After all, some of the restaurant's expenses were fixed, so the profit loss was more than just a loss.

Five percent!

"It's just that you got lucky because of your cleverness. How long can you last?" The others didn't say anything. Shopkeeper Xu next to him snorted coldly, as if he had a lot of resentment towards Lin Haoran.

"Shopkeeper Xu, are you dissatisfied with the county magistrate's decision to rank me as first-class?" Lin Haoran glanced at him lightly and immediately asked with a straight face.

"That's not what I meant!" Shopkeeper Xu's face changed slightly and he immediately denied it.

"Then why did you say such stupid things when I just came back from taking the exam?" Lin Haoran didn't mean to spare him, and then said in a deep voice: "How about we go to the county government today to find the county magistrate to comment on the matter?

Did you pass the county examination with little cleverness, or did you rely on your true talent and practical learning?"

"I didn't say you relied on your cleverness to pass the county examination. Don't talk nonsense!" When Shopkeeper Xu heard that he was going to the county government office to find the county magistrate, his feet immediately became weak.

His original intention was that this man had revitalized half of the restaurant with his cleverness, but he never thought that this man would actually be involved in the county examination. If he really made trouble with the county magistrate, would he still have something to gain?

"You bastard, you still haven't apologized to Mr. Lin!" Chen Yuanwai yelled at Shopkeeper Xu.

Although Shopkeeper Xu was extremely unwilling to do so, he was so speechless by this boy that he could only bow his head and apologize.

There was a hint of intelligence in Mr. Chen's eyes, and he gently raised his hands and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Lin for passing the county examination. He will definitely be named on the gold medal list one day. You sir have a lot of money, so don't argue with such a fool!"

Lin Haoran shrugged his shoulders, not really intending to embarrass Shopkeeper Xu, and then he cupped his hands to Member Liu Chen and said, "Thank you very much for your kind words, farewell!"

At this moment, there was a loud shout in front, and a young man ran away in panic from the direction of half a restaurant, followed closely by a tall, muscular middle-aged man.

"Master Chen, help me! Master Chen, help me!"

The young man seemed to have tried his best to run here, but as if he had seen a savior, he held Chen Yuanwai's feet and called for help.

"No one can save you today!"

The tall, muscular middle-aged man had already come behind him, grabbed him by the collar, inserted the kitchen knife in his hand back behind him, and swung his huge fist towards his face, causing blood to spurt out.
Chapter completed!