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Chapter 108: Exams Change Destiny (Part )

It was very lively in front of Bolas Fortress. Alanka was walking around the open space on the earth wall with his hands behind his back. In this open space that used to be a killing field, a sunshade made of wood and tricolor cloth had been built.

There were more than a hundred tables placed inside the awning, all filled with people. Most of them were gamers, laughing and making a lot of noise.

Militiamen wearing chain mail and carrying long swords at their waists were maintaining order. They shouted at the laborers and players watching the show outside the tent to stay away and not interfere with the order in the examination room.

This was the first civil service examination held by the Chris regime. At the beginning, Chris originally planned to hold the examination inside the fortress.

Although there is no space in the fortress large enough to accommodate 147 candidates taking the exam at the same time, it is still possible to separate them and conduct the exam in different places.

However, the day before the exam, Chris, who was surfing the Internet and looking up ancient Chinese history, suddenly thought of something.

Move the tree to establish trust.

There is no need to describe what this idiom and fable from the Qin State means. I believe that those who have read the book will not forget it.

Chris thought, do I need to create a "Moving the Wood to Establish Trust" incident now?

Perhaps it was necessary. The farmers and militiamen took the rewards given by Chris and ate the big pot meals for more than a month, so they naturally trusted the latter.

However, when Chris told them that they could become officials by just taking an exam, the militiamen were somewhat skeptical.

Is the noble lord going mad? What nonsense is the prince talking about?
And what about the others?
There are many people gathered in Bolas who are eating relief food, such as the lumberjacks who were forced to flee the Restoration Army camp by a fire set by the players.

There are also those slaves who escaped from the Minissia labor camp and now have nowhere to go. They have all been harmed by the players to varying degrees, and their trust in Chris is obviously even more limited.

After much thought, Chris decided to try taking the test outdoors in front of everyone.

There are three test papers, one for addition and subtraction math, one for elementary school Chinese, and one for an essay describing the theme "The future development of Beach Town."

"Is this the exam to select the mayor?!"

Alanka was filled with infinite emotion and a bit of disbelief. He stared at the people under the three-colored cloth with wide eyes, feeling incomparably surprised by what he saw.

Take an exam to become an official?

This is really a strange thing. Alanka has never heard of it. Within the Church of Mother Earth, the appointment and promotion of priests only come from the assignment, reward, or favor of the gods from their superiors.

Is there anything worth learning from the method Chris came up with?

Alanka was intrigued.

Prince Chris did not restrict Alanka's freedom. After that brief conversation, which he himself could not even remember, Alanka found that he could leave.

No one restricted Alanka's coming and going, and no one cared about him. Except for Bolas Fortress, where he was not allowed to enter, Alanka could go wherever he wanted.

Under such circumstances, Alanka did not leave. Instead, he stayed and carried out his work.

What job?
Hold a funeral for the deceased.

All religions have ceremonies for burying the dead, some simple, some grand. A funeral is a farewell from the living to the dead, and a comforting activity held for the living to see.

Therefore, after such a war, a funeral was necessary, and it was a mass cremation. The funeral was not only to comfort the hearts of the living, but also to prevent the emergence of plague. Therefore, after Chris learned about Alanka's situation, he did not do anything extra.

The funeral lasted for two days, and Aranka ran back and forth, holding funerals for the dozen or so militiamen who died, as well as all the Bagnian laborers, soldiers, and Minisians who died in the war.

After completing the two-day funeral process, Alanka was exhausted, and he also gained a lot of reputation among the militia and laborers.

The wealthy militiamen spontaneously pooled their money to buy the best marching tent and bed, as well as a set of pots and pans for eating and gave them to Alanka, giving him a temporary shelter.

Aranka has no money on him now, but he doesn't need money to eat. He just needs to wait until mealtime, and militiamen or even penniless laborers will respectfully bring food to him.

This is also the reason why Alanka can now do nothing, wander around, and observe the various places under Chris's command... A person who is busy making a living will definitely not have the leisure mood and time to wander around.

The exam soon began with the sound of a gong. Alanka observed the scene, but he was soon disappointed because this exam was not serious and the invigilator on site was not serious either.

Alanka saw a boy in black militia uniform sitting at his seat, scratching his head and cheeks with a wooden pen, unable to write. It was obvious that he could not understand the contents of the test paper.

The boy doesn't look very old, he is either eighteen or sixteen. At this age, his brain is at its most active.

So the boy secretly looked around the scene, and when he found that no one was paying attention to him, he stretched his neck, peeked at the test paper on the next table, and then turned back to write down what he saw.

This is cheating.

Alanka was greatly disappointed.

What disappointed him even more were the people at the exam site.

An old gentleman who looked very respectable and dressed in white clothes and expensive glasses was at the examination site. As the invigilator, he clearly noticed the boy's actions, but turned his head and ignored him, bypassing the area where the boy was.

The boy is an acquaintance of the old man, so is he deliberately protecting him?

In fact, this was the result of Chris's prior greetings with the player who was the principal of the night school and the invigilator - Centennial Tree Man.

The purpose of this exam is to select the mayor of Beach Town, but there is only one position of mayor, and the other candidates taking the exam are not just runners-up.

The first two test papers are very easy for players. As long as they have not missed anything in the nine-year compulsory education, they will definitely get full marks.

The final decision on the town position was made on the third test paper, which Chris made after reviewing all of them.

Anyone who takes the exam and scores 60 on the first two papers will be given a clerk position at the 24th level of civil service.

The clerk's monthly salary was twenty silver dollars.

Chris was so short of people that he even made it clear to Bai Nian Shu Ren that if anyone cheated during the exam, he should just ignore it.

A candidate who was able to cheat and get a score of 60 points shows that he is smart and has strong execution ability. After only one month of Chinese learning, he can understand the test papers of other players.

What Chris was afraid of was that the locals were afraid to take the exam. Compared to cheating in the exam, not taking the exam was the most serious thing.

Chris needs someone now.

(End of this chapter)