As a lord, I was forced to farm

Chapter 87 Exam
Someone asked eagerly that their family has too many people, they are really in short supply, and they urgently need a job to support the family: "What kind of job is your lord looking for?"

"I heard that the lord is going to open a shop called 'Liu Shang Pavilion'. It needs a shopkeeper who can count, three chores, and the lord's younger brother. Nancheng-sama wants to recruit a book boy."

The shopkeeper needs someone who knows numbers and is shrewd, and the book boy must be literate. There is no hope for these two positions, but the three odd jobs are.

After getting a definite answer, the crowd around the young man dispersed instantly.

"Hurry, hurry up and go home and tell Xiaoyun to get ready, get dressed, and sign up immediately!"

"I have a job, but my wife is still idle. I kept saying that I would come out to find a job. I have to go back and inform my wife."

"I-I'm going to sign up!!"

"Maybe I can meet the great lord..."

The young man looked at the anxious crowd with a confused look on his face, patted his mouth regretfully, and cried, "My mouth! I'm also going to sign up!! There are so many competitors for nothing!!"

After the young man's big mouth, everyone in the town soon learned that the lord was going to recruit workers.

The news spread all the way to the coast of Suyuan.

At this time, two siblings were silently picking up sea shells, and when they heard the news from their peers, the elder sister couldn't help but feel happy.

"Do you want Xiaozhen to give it a try?" Ma Yunli couldn't help but leaned over to her younger brother and asked.

She and her younger brother Ma Yun are really twins, 15 years old, but she thinks her younger brother is prettier than her.

Hearing this, Ma Yunzhen shook his head in a panic, a little shy, "No way, there are too many people applying for the job, and someone as ordinary as me will definitely not be selected..."

"The competition for chores is big. You may not be the one to be the shopkeeper Xiaozhen... But you go to apply for a book boy, Xiaozhen, you are one of the few in town who can read and write short essays. You will definitely be selected."

"This..." Ma Yun was really hesitant and instinctively wanted to refuse, but her mother's frosty face flashed across her mind.

Ma Yunzhen's expression suddenly became firm, "Well, I know, I will go."

He wanted to be a monk before, but a monk needs talent and resources. He doesn't know if he has the talent for cultivation, but even if he has, he can't become a monk if he is poor.

After living to the age of 15, he also understands how difficult it is to get ahead. He really wants to repay his mother and sister and make his life better in the future. He doesn't want to be mediocre for the rest of his life.

He only has his mother and sister, because he may not be able to become a monk, but reading is also a way out. He also likes reading, and his mother really sacrificed too much to support him.

Therefore, for the sake of his mother and sister, for himself, and for a better life in the future, he must also restrain his cowardice and become a book boy of Lord Nancheng!

Sister Ma Yunli didn't even smile when she saw her brother's approval, "I'll try to apply for a job as a chorus guy. It would be great if both of us could be selected..."

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In a courtyard by the window of Biliu, sunny light has long since penetrated through the finely carved wooden windows and sprinkled on the bed. The bright light made the person in the bulging quilt squirm a few times, and in the quiet room, a youthful voice sounded. Human screams:
"Ah, I overslept! Liu Niang, why didn't you call me!"

Qiu Baishui stepped on his shoes and dressed in a hurry, and there was a trace of complaint in his language.

Qiu Baishui is in his 20s. Although many people say that he puts aside his good monkhood and concentrates on studying, he has to be said to be very smart.

He is also considered rich and noble in the town. He has two brothers who are monks. He is good-looking, and he has a gentle and virtuous lady. His brows were no longer the same as before, instead they were full of anxiety and embarrassment.

His wife, Miao Fenglian, heard the sound, pushed the door open, and came in, "What are you panicking, it's still early, you should be in time. Even if it's really late, you can get in with some money."

Qiu Baishui glanced at his wife, dressed in a hurry, and said, "My good lady, when you were still the old lord Jiang, you could deal with it with a little bit of management. Those officials are no longer the same group, Jiang Xiao. Although the lord is young, he does not take bribes."

Qiu Baishui took this exam very seriously, otherwise he wouldn't have been too excited to fall asleep last night.

After all, this is the first time in the town to select officials by examination, see you once in 20 years!

Although Miao Fenglian said that just now, she also knew that this was no trivial matter. She put down the toiletries and breakfast prepared for her husband and sat at the table.

At this time, there were still fermenting cocoa beans covered with cloth on the table. She held her cheeks and showed a bit of admiration on her face.

"Lord Lord is really knowledgeable and talented. He usually manages all kinds of things, and even knows how to cook pastries. Although he doesn't know what the chocolate made from this cocoa fruit tastes like, but looking at the production process, it must be an extraordinary good thing."

Qiu Baishui wiped his face casually, ate two mouthfuls of steamed buns, and said as a matter of course: "My lord is only 15 years old, but he can design six such regulations. It is really a genius...and respecting the virtuous and courteous, he can make up his mind to do it in the future." It is definitely a rare and good lord to select officials through the exam! Miao Niang, if you like to make cakes and other snacks, you can do it, which happens to be in response to the call of the lord lord, husband, I support you."

After speaking, without waiting for his wife's reaction, Qiu Boshui held the bun in his mouth, picked up the package prepared last night and rushed out.

Qiu Baishui went out of the house, the wind was blowing under his feet, and he was running out of breath. At this time, he regretted it very much. If he knew that there would be such a day, even if he was not a cultivator, it would be good to learn some fitness skills!

He felt half-dead, and just turned around the corner, a figure suddenly appeared, his eyes were startled, and when he stopped, he realized that he was also a scholar in a hurry to take the exam.

'There were about [-] people in the town who passed the first round at that time, but I don't know how many top lords will be selected as officials. '

The first round of the test was actually very simple. In order to prevent some illiterate people from coming to join in the fun and wasting resources, Lord Lin Sha led someone to check the applicants who signed up for the test, mainly to see if they really knew how to read and break sentences.

Right now, these are his competitors, and Qiu Baishui does not dare to relax.

Qiu Boshui was no stranger to the place where he took the exam, it was the same school he stayed in when he was studying.

This school is very simple, but fortunately it is not too small, it can accommodate more than 200 students and candidates.

There are soldiers here who are strictly guarded, and they have to strip and search after showing their identity. It can be seen that the lord attaches great importance to this exam.

After a series of procedures, Qiu Baishui finally came to his examination seat.

In this exam, candidates are only allowed to bring pen and ink, and there are many invigilators patrolling the exam hall to prevent cheating.

It was really oppressive. Qiu Boshui also saw that many people were nervously swallowing their saliva, and the hand holding the pen was shaking...

When the test paper was finally sent out, Qiu Boshui looked like a torch, and after filling in the basic information such as name, gender, age, etc., he turned to the first question: "In the past, Tianchen and Chaolian stood side by side, and the two cities were evenly divided, equal, and equally divided. Then a hundred years later, everyone only knows Tianchen but not Chaolian, why?"

(End of this chapter)