Sitting at the table, Todd bit the shaft of his pen and stared blankly at the blank paper.

The first official positions in the kingdom to be admitted by examination were finally determined as "business advisers to the royal family". Job responsibilities include auxiliary management in the commercial field of maritime trade, kingdom markets, merchants' unions, etc.

A total of 9 students were admitted, including 1 general consultant, 2 assistant consultants, and 6 assistants.

Todd originally thought that with his own experience, producing this test paper would be just an easy errand.

But when he actually put pen to paper, he realized that he was thinking things too simply.

To judge whether a business consultant is qualified, the field of knowledge that needs to be involved is too broad, roughly speaking, it includes marine affairs, taxation, law, economics, overall planning and other subject areas.

However, now that he has boasted about Haikou, Todd can only bite the bullet.

Flipping through many books and consulting with several scholars, Todd searched his stomach and completed this test paper.

While he was working hard, there was an uproar in the city of Twilight.

The king posted a notice, and unlike the previous "contest" that was obviously entertaining, Todd publicly announced that he wanted to recruit nine business officials.

People looked at the content of the notice and were surprised to find that the target of this recruitment was actually all the residents of Dusk West City, whether you were a street vendor or a farmer, as long as you were literate, you could take the official recruitment test.

Specifically:

1. The form of the examination is to answer questions on paper papers, which are divided into three types: multiple-choice questions, true or false questions and question and answer questions, each question has different scores, and the one with the highest score will be admitted at the end.

2. The examination room is arranged in the auditorium of the headquarters of the Knights, and you are not allowed to bring materials when taking the exam, you are not allowed to leave or talk during the exam, and you are not allowed to use any abilities to cheat.

3. In order to ensure the fairness of the examination papers, the names of the candidates are all sealed, the multiple-choice questions and the correct and false questions are reviewed by the Privy Council, and the subjective question and answer questions are reviewed by the king himself.

4. On the third day after the end of the exam, the top 30 candidates with the scores will be announced in the Cathedral Square, along with the correct answers. A second round of interviews will be scheduled at the same time, and the king will be in charge of reviewing them as the chief interviewer.

5. Accepted candidates will become official officials of the Kingdom of Twilight, and will be awarded the seal by the king and will be paid on a weekly basis, and a specific office location will be arranged.

6. Candidates are required to pay three bronze stars at the Secretariat's Office of the Order, and the deadline is seven days from the date of publication.

When this notice first appeared, almost everyone couldn't believe their eyes.

The king actually had to use a piece of paper to decide the officials of the kingdom.

But if you read it a few times, you will find a lot of different information.

First of all, there was no aristocracy in the kingdom of Duxi, nor was there an appointment from the church, and the king had absolute power. Todd's recruitment of officials this time actually sends a signal - aside from status and wealth and honor, he is willing to divide power in a more equitable way and give everyone a path to promotion.

Secondly, the examination is fair, just and open to the greatest extent. Pseudo-approvals, personal trials by the king, bans on cheating, and the publication of lists and answers are all evidence of this.

Finally, the way in which officials were selected by examination created a group of professional government officials to some extent, who did not consider the family history of the nobles or the interests of the fiefdom, but only handled the affairs of the kingdom from a professional point of view. The most important thing is that these people will only be loyal to the king.

In the seven days since the announcement was issued, the secretary's office at the headquarters of the Order was trampled to the floor by a crowd of people.

The number of people in charge of registration has been increased repeatedly, the reception counters have been increased from two to five, from five to ten, and the working hours have been busy from early morning to night, but there is still no way to deal with the enthusiastic public.

Old Aiden and his dozen apprentices, under the instruction of the king, temporarily moved into the headquarters of the Knights, and lived an isolated life, with three meals a day, food and drink, and supervision, and there was only one thing they needed to do - printing examination papers.

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Different from the heat of the outside world, Todd, who finished the exam papers, finally got a few days of rest. He stayed in his room all day, doing only one thing, combing through the memories of Clarence with Mary in the soul space.

"Isn't there a drink called coffee in the real world?"

Todd heard Mary's question, looked back at her empty mug, shook his head, and said, "As far as I know, there shouldn't be." ”

Mary rested her head on her arm, leaned on the table, and gently drew circles along the rim of the cup with her fingers: "It's a pity, although you can drink it here, but when you think about it after you go out, it always feels like a dream." ”

Todd smiled helplessly, the things and objects in the soul space could have been regarded as dreams, but they were more like extremely real illusions.

"Why do I feel like this place is bigger than it used to be?"

Todd glanced at Mary and stood up and walked to the door, beckoning her to follow.

The woman walked to the door as she was told.

Todd pushed open the door to the virtual institute, and the sight in front of him made Mary let out a scream.

The first few times I visited, this institute in the spirit world was the only building, and when I walked out of the gate, there was a thick fog and black nothingness.

And now, hundreds of square meters of grass have appeared outside the door of the research institute, dotted with unknown small flowers and low shrubs, tender green shoots germinate from the land at a speed visible to the naked eye, and white clouds and gorgeous rainbows have appeared in the sky, occupying the fog little by little and driving away nothingness.

Todd picked up a stone from the door of the institute, looked at its edges and corners, and said to himself, "The ability of 'Soul Link' is really very strange, I originally thought it could only make up things in a limited area. But the truth is that the spirit world can be constantly expanded. Compared to the beginning, this fictional world has expanded by 1.5 times, and these trees, flowers, and sky, I didn't even imagine it, they appeared out of thin air. ”

Todd's voice was getting lower and lower, and Mary didn't care about the words that followed.

The woman carefully stepped on the earth, squatted down, picked up a small light blue flower, happily held it in front of Todd, and said to him: "Your Majesty! Look, this is 'Lilielle'! I didn't expect to see it here!"

Todd took the flower and looked at it carefully, he was not familiar with the flower, and looked at Mary suspiciously.

"It's a very rare flower, it only grows on the cliffs of the Holy Acropolis, and I haven't seen it since I got married......"

With Mary's words in his ears, Todd looked at the little flower in his hand, and thought of something in his mind, but he couldn't think about it for a while.

"I thought of it!"

Mary's sudden shout startled Todd.

The latter looked at the woman and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I thought about how the remaining memory fragments should be arranged, and the clue is the flower!" Mary took Todd's hand and ran towards the door of the institute.

The "Lilielle" in Todd's hand fell to the ground and disappeared without a trace in an instant.