"Among the six ministries, the prince controls the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment, the Queen Mother controls the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, and the third prince controls the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Zhao Xiaole's eyes narrowed and he said: "Last time I captured a son of an official. I heard that Wang Shangshu was already in need of food and food and was in low spirits."
"Now another Lu Jianxing has been sent to me. Does he think I don't dare to attack him?"
He snorted coldly in his heart.
It depends on whether Lu Jianxing is good or not.
If he doesn't behave well, he will be arrested when he leaves the house!
Just when Zhao Xiaole looked at Lu Jianxing, he also looked at Zhao Xiaole.
Their eyes met, and soon they looked away from each other, each looking at the other.
After Lu Jianxing, there has been no other important role.
After all, everyone in the capital knows about Zhao Xiaole's reputation?
They wouldn't come here to touch his brow now.
Around midnight, the door of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce suddenly opened.
Firecrackers were lit and there was a loud explosion.
The butler with a joyful face walked out and said to everyone, "Thank you all for coming to our young lady's marriage ceremony today."
"Next, I will introduce to you the specific process of this selection!"
The butler said with a smile: "As we all know, our businessmen's special skills are eloquence, arithmetic and vision."
"So today, the first step in recruiting a bride is eloquence!"
He waved, and someone immediately brought out boxes of rouge and gouache.
The housekeeper smiled and said: "If anyone can sell a box of rouge and gouache within an hour, he will be considered a pass!"
Hearing this, everyone present twitched in their faces.
Don't look at what he said is that selling only one box is enough.
But how big is a box of rouge gouache?
Is this big box enough to hold at least several hundred boxes?
When everyone was worried, there was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and everyone quickly looked around.
I saw Zhao Xiaole riding that tall horse up to a fat-bellied wealthy businessman and looking directly at him.
"How much do you want to buy?"
The rich businessman's face, which was full of flesh, was suddenly slapped hard.
Zhao Xiaole's fierce appearance just now is still vivid in his mind.
His throat rolled, he swallowed and said, "One...one box?"
"Um?"
Zhao Xiaole frowned slightly.
"Ten boxes!"
"I'll buy ten boxes!"
The wealthy businessman immediately shouted loudly.
"Um."
Zhao Xiaole nodded with satisfaction, and then walked up to a wealthy businessman.
"How much do you want to buy?"
Rich businessman: "..."
Everyone was speechless for a while.
Are you selling something or robbing?
While Zhao Xiaole was doing some robbery, oh no, selling things, Lu Jianxing walked up to a girl with a box of rouge and gouache.
"I'll buy!"
Lu Jianxing: "..."
Before he could speak, the girl looked at him longingly and said two words.
Immediately, a group of girls gathered around and offered to buy Lu Jianxing's rouge.
Soon, hundreds of boxes of rouge and gouache were sold out.
Zhao Xiaole couldn't help but look sideways.
"Sure enough, women's money is easy to make! This is worse than my robbery..."
In the eyes of everyone, Lu Jianxing maintained his noble demeanor even when surrounded by a group of crazy women, making people nod unconsciously.
Looking at Zhao Xiaole again, he looks like a bandit.
Make a decision!
Everyone immediately moved away from Zhao Xiaole and approached Lu Jianxing.
Soon, at the end of an hour, Lu Jianxing sold more than 300 boxes of rouge and gouache, while Zhao Xiaole had to forcefully sell more than 100 boxes.
As for other scattered people, there are also more than a dozen people who have passed the test.
And this made the steward of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce extremely happy.
This was originally unsold inventory in previous years. Not only has it all been sold, but it has also made a huge profit. Don’t be too happy!
"Okay, the first level is over, please come in!"
The steward invited everyone to the outer courtyard.
At this time, there were more than a dozen tables, chairs and benches placed in the courtyard. On the table were placed the Four Treasures of the Study, an abacus and an account book.
"Everyone who has passed the test is invited to enter, and the rest of the crowd please watch from the outside!"
Everyone sat down one after another, and the steward said: "This second level is about arithmetic!"
"Anyone who still completes the questions in front of him within one hour and scores above average will pass!"
After the first level just now, everyone had an idea of the difficulty of selection for the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, so they were not too surprised.
But when they saw the title above, they couldn't help but gasp.
The first question above is, "Today there are beasts, six beasts with four legs; birds, four heads and two legs. There are seventy-six heads on the top and forty-six legs on the bottom. Question: Birds, how many beasts are there?"
After seeing this question, many people's expressions suddenly changed.
They didn't expect that the first question would be so difficult!
"Isn't this...isn't this a deliberate attempt to make things difficult for others? As a businessman, you still need to solve such complicated arithmetic problems?"
Many people were almost crying.
They originally thought that they would be done with just taking the accounting test, but they didn't expect that they would also have to take the math test.
If I could do this, I would have been admitted as a scholar long ago, okay?!
Although the people watching from the outside can't see the questions, they can tell from the faces of these people that the questions above are difficult.
"Haha, Mr. Lu is still very knowledgeable! Look, only Mr. Lu is answering the questions in an orderly manner!"
Suddenly, a woman onlookers exclaimed.
Everyone immediately looked over and couldn't help but nodded.
Indeed, while others were scratching their heads and baring their teeth, Mr. Lu had already begun to answer the questions calmly.
Look at Zhao Xiaole again...
Sure enough, I'm still in a daze!
"Tsk, you were so high-profile when you first came here, but now you see the problem, are you stupid?"
Disdain immediately appeared on everyone's faces.
"It's just that he got through the first level just now, but now that he's tested his true talent, he won't be able to do it, right?"
"Hmph, how can he compare with Mr. Lu!"
Everyone had disdain on their faces and talked quietly, not daring to let Zhao Xiaole hear.
While sitting in his seat, Zhao Xiaole looked at the question in front of him with a blank expression.
Not because it’s too difficult, but because it’s so damn easy, okay?!
What kind of questions are these? I won’t do such simple questions in junior high school, okay?
Like this question about the geometry of birds and beasts, isn't this a variation on the chicken and rabbit in the same cage in the sixth-grade elementary school textbook?
Set the bird as
There was no need to type a draft, just a mental calculation, and Zhao Xiaole wrote down the correct answer with a strange look.
Then there was the question of hooking three strands, four strings and five strings, and Zhao Xiaole didn't need to think too much.
Soon, all the above questions were answered.
Then it’s the turn of the reconciliation book.
This is indeed a bit difficult for Zhao Xiaole.
Fortunately, he took accounting as an elective when he was in college. Although he didn't pay much attention to the lectures, he still knew the basic principles of accounting.
So it only took him less than half an hour to answer all the questions and hand in the paper.
At this time, even the fastest Lu Jianxing had seen the last question of the arithmetic problem!
"So much faster than everyone else? How is this possible?!"
Everyone was shocked.
At this moment, someone sneered and said: "Haha, of course it's faster to write blindly. Just watch, I'll eat shit if he can pass the test!"
