Chapter 1182: Red Lotus Shadow Falls, Rice Fragrance Ripening

Chapter 1182: Red Lotus Shadow Falls, Rice Fragrance Ripening

It is impossible to write poetry, not in this lifetime.

But seeing that the students looked eager to try, he knew that they had long wanted to show off their literary talent in front of Sun Shan.

Which teenager doesn’t like to show off? Which teenager doesn’t want to be praised?

Among the eight scholars, only one was slightly older.

The rest are between their teens and twenties, which is the prime years of their youth.

Sun Shan smiled and said, "The teacher said it well. All the literary stars of Yuanlu are gathered here today. How can we not write poems?"

Then I thought that after a while, it would be time for the autumn harvest.

So he said: "Red lotus shadows fall in front of the clean pond, green rice fragrance comes to the wild path. Red lotus shadows fall, rice fragrance is ripe. Ladies and gentlemen, the rice in the field will be ripe in a few days. Why don't you write a poem with "Autumn Harvest" as the theme."

Although Du Mu's poem does not mainly describe the scene of autumn harvest.

But the sentence "The lotus flowers have faded, and the rice has ripened" depicts the natural laws of nature, which Sun Shan particularly appreciates.

When the scholar heard the topic "Autumn Harvest", they looked at each other.

The rumor that Lord Sun likes farming is indeed true.

Not only did he develop a rice experimental field base outside the city, he even wrote poems about agriculture.

Emma, ​​fortunately everyone thought of this before. Smart people have been prepared for this.

Wang Jiaxing naturally thought of poems with the theme of "Autumn Harvest", especially on the way back, when the rice fields were about to mature.

After lurking around Sun Shan for so many days, I realized that Lord Sun’s love for farmland is not just superficial, but comes from the bottom of his heart.

I saw him taste bird droppings with my own eyes, wow~~~if this isn’t passion, then what is it?

So before attending this banquet, I pondered at home and finally guessed that Mr. Sun would use "agriculture" as the topic. Especially the "rice production increase" incident that caused a sensation recently, which made me more certain that Mr. Sun would ask questions in this direction.

Haha, see, the question is about "rice" as expected.

Wang Jiaxing smiled proudly and once again praised his own intelligence!

He was indeed a top scholar and guessed the question easily.

Wang Jiaxing's eyes rolled around, thinking that after the scholar banquet was held at home, he would immediately run to Chenzhou Prefecture and ask around to find out who set the questions and who graded the papers at Yuelu Academy.

Then find out the examiner's personality and personality, and make a guess at the topic.

Haha, he just doesn’t believe that he can’t pass the exam.

Although the other scholars were not as familiar with Sun Shan as Wang Jiaxing, they had all heard that Mr. Sun was promoting "guano to increase rice production", so they all developed in the direction of agriculture.

Now that the topic is "Autumn Harvest", Xiucai Gong is not surprised at all.

It would be a surprise if the title wasn’t “Agriculture”.

Nowadays, in Yuanlu, everyone from three years old to eighty years old knows about Mr. Sun’s “Rice Experimental Field Base” and that Mr. Sun is promoting “guano”.

Haha, fortunately Mr. Sun did not use "bird droppings" as the topic, otherwise they would definitely not be able to do it.

When the instructor called the scholar, he looked confident and couldn't help but smile and said, "Wang Xiucai, you are ranked first this time. Please sing a song for everyone first."

Wang Jiaxing did not refuse at all. He stood up confidently, bowed and said, "Sir, teacher, let me start by composing a poem for you gentlemen and scholars."

Teacher Deng glanced at Wang Jiaxing and then at Sun Shan. It was true that one should look at a man with new eyes after three days of absence.

Although Mr. Wang was very confident in the past, he was nowhere near as confident as he is today.

Results mean everything, and they also make candidates excited.

Since being on the list, Wang Jiaxing has become more and more energetic.

His words were full of the success of a superior. He looked like a young and promising person.

Compared with before, Teacher Deng still admired it quite a lot.

Young people should be full of vigor and enthusiasm.

County Magistrate Wang looked at his nephew and nodded with satisfaction.

He secretly glanced at Sun Shan, who was as calm as water, and couldn't help but sigh.

This Lord Sun does have some abilities.

His political achievements are not yet apparent, but he is a top teacher.

My eldest nephew has only been taught by him for a few months, but his grades have improved so much. If he continues for a few more years, he might even become a Jinshi.

My father and second brother at home are still thinking about whether they should bribe Jun Yazi with a large sum of money to make him become Sun Shan's disciple?

Sun Shan was not saying that Jun Yazi was smart, he was not stupid at all, he was just lazy and not diligent, so he could not study well.

If he became Sun Shan's disciple, Jun Yazi might become the second Xing Yazi.

Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Wang immediately shook his head.

It’s not that Sun Shan is not good at teaching, but that Sun Shan is not interested in teaching. He prefers to be busy in the fields.

When they came to Yuanlu, one of them valued education, and the other valued farmland. At first, I thought Sun Shan focused on education, but later I found out that he focused on "agriculture".

The Wang family’s request will be rejected 100% if not 99.99%.

County Magistrate Wang told his father and second brother to give up and instead urge Jun Yazi to study hard, as it was impossible for him to become Sun Shan's disciple.

Sun Shan refused to accept even Xingyazi as his disciple, let alone Junyazi.

Wang Jijun, who was hiding in the corner, was frightened out of his wits when he heard that he was going to become Sun Shan's disciple.

Fortunately, a good uncle stepped in to stop it, and Wang Jijun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He also secretly vowed to listen to his uncle more in the future and not to make him angry. His uncle was always the best to him.

Wang Jiaxing took the lead and sang: "Sir, my poem is called "Rice Waves".

Thousands of waves of rice roll across the earth in autumn, and golden waves ripple across the fields.

The iron-backed ones compete to expose themselves to the sun, and the silver sickles cut the moon as they rush to climb up the tower.

The full granaries sound the drum of a good harvest, while those carrying heavy loads still hum soft tunes.

Every grain of rice contains the bitterness of clouds and rain, and thousands of people hang their heads in the shadow of the setting sun. "

(Created by someone, just for everyone to appreciate, haha!)

After saying this, he looked at Sun Shan confidently, like a proud peacock spreading its tail.

What could Sun Shan say? He could not appreciate it enough.

I had no choice but to say encouragingly: "Well done, Mr. Wang. Outside the city now, rice fields are adjacent to each other, and the waves of rice are very suitable for the scene. Well done."

The magistrate said it was a good idea, and others also complimented him and said it was a good idea.

As for whether it is good or not, no one knows.

Perhaps only Instructor Deng could appreciate the poem among those present. County Magistrate Wang, a veteran who had been immersed in officialdom for many years, had long since left the ranks of poetry composers.

They are not frustrated literati, so where would they have the spare time to be sad about the autumn and the moon?

Grassroots workers like them are very busy.

After Wang Jiaxing finished reciting the poem, the next scholar started to compose a poem.

Sun Shan, Teacher Deng and others commented on each test one by one, and no matter how the test was done, they would simply summarize it as "not bad", and at the same time encourage the candidates to keep working hard and strive to move up.

At the end of the banquet, Sun Shan presented the scholar with 10 taels of silver, and Teacher Deng presented the scholar with 5 taels of silver.

This part of the whole process was the most painful for Sun Shan.

After I got back, I couldn't even eat dinner. All I could think about was: money, my money, why did it slip away from me so quickly? I was so sad and heartbroken that I cried.