Chapter 156: New Deal 5
Mitchelson was restored to his official position by Mars, as the governor of the Wind Castle and the commander of the Legion, Mars gave him a task, that is, to expand the strength of the Wind Castle Legion to 50,000, and the combat effectiveness of the Legion could not be weakened too much, at most by two percent.
Mitchelson gladly took the order and took with him 200,000 gold knives.
That night, Mars gave questions for the new official exam, which were divided into nine categories, corresponding to the nine sections set by the in-house, with twenty multiple-choice questions in each category, followed by an essay question, which was fixed on the topic of "The Future of the Sunset City Kingdom".
Mars ordered Audrey to personally supervise the printing, and then sealed it in the palace under Audrey's personal care, this is also to prevent some ministers from going to extremes and stealing the test papers, although he does not mind killing a few ministers, but now in the absence of talent, he has to put away the butcher's knife.
Three days later, the examination for the new officials began, and Mars was the chief examiner, changing into civilian clothes and personally inspecting the various examination rooms.
And this kind of collective examination scene really amazed the people of the royal capital, and the inspection when entering the examination room was quite strict, all of them were inspected by the royal knights, and candidates were not allowed to bring anything unrelated to the exam, quills, ink, and exam papers were all provided by the kingdom.
Of course, this is because of the reason for the registration fee, which is a golden knife, which even civilians can afford, so the kingdom's finances do not lose much by providing these things.
The duration of the exam is four hours, and no breaks are allowed during the period.
This mode of examination is what Frank told Mars, after all, in the Holy City, the education system is much more advanced than that of the human kingdom, and exams are also the only way for ordinary people to re-educate.
Mars inspected and saw that these candidates all looked serious, and no one cheated or abandoned the exam, he couldn't help but smile, because he thought too much, in today's human kingdom, what profession is better than being an official? Not to mention stable income, more importantly, there is a high social status.
Throughout the history of the human kingdom, many of the writers and speakers were all officials, which further shows that talented and learned people will become officials.
Time flew by, the examination for the new officials was over, and because of the fixed answers to the multiple-choice questions, Mars did not participate in the marking of the papers, and he handed over the task of marking the papers to several cabinet ministers, and asked them to finally send the excellent papers to him for review.
In his busy work, Mars still did not forget the cultivation of magic, although the meditation time was shortened, the practice of magic still did not stop.
Of course, in order to better practice magic, he ordered someone to decorate a soundproofed room next to his office, which Mars called the "quiet room", as a way to hide people's eyes.
At this moment, Mars was in the ashram, and not far away, Audrey transformed into a cheetah, practicing magic on a wooden stake.
I don't know if it's because of the overuse of his brain in the past month or so that his mental power has skyrocketed, Mars felt that he seemed to have touched the threshold of a mid-level peak magician, and he was sure that as long as he cultivated for another half a month, he would definitely break through to the middle-level peak magician rank.
Mars glanced at Audrey, who was quickly shuttling through a row of wooden stakes, and then walked out of the secret room and returned to the office, where the attendant quickly walked in with coffee, "Your Majesty, your coffee!"
Mars waved his hand, the waiter put down the coffee, and quickly retreated, looking at the slender figure, he didn't have the slightest interest!
"I wonder if the butler Sehir is still alive?" Mars whispered.
Immediately, he ordered someone to summon Uncle Anderson.
Anderson was named Minister of Foreign Affairs by Mars after Mars's coronation, and since Sunset City did not have much foreign business, Mars put this functional department under the Department of Defense, but unfortunately the Walker family did not have much talent available, except for Anderson, Mars did not directly use the rest of the Walker family.
Soon, Anderson arrived, and he immediately saluted and said, "Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"
Seeing Anderson with a red face, Mars said in his heart: "This guy is living a good life!"
He smiled slightly, "Uncle Anderson, I'm going to give you a mission!"
Without waiting for Anderson to agree, Mars continued: "I want you to go to the Kingdom of Angela this time and present a treasure to Ksliel III as a sign of my submission. ”
"Your Majesty, don't ......" Anderson immediately refused, but he didn't know why he refused.
Mars's face suddenly became serious, and he said: "Uncle Anderson, don't you know that the kingdom is in danger? There are the three major feudal dukes of the royal family, although they did not openly rebel, but it was a matter of time, there is the Eternal Winter Kingdom in the north, and Angela has the perennial army in the east, at this time, if I don't surrender to the King of Ksliel III, do you think King Sliel III will let go of this good opportunity?"
"This ......" Anderson is not a courtier with a big picture of the big picture.
Even, he was not suitable to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but Mars was unavailable.
Mars showed a melancholy look on his face and said: "What's more, this time the envoy to Angela is also to promote the relationship between the two countries, of course, the envoy to Angela is one thing, and the second thing is that you have to find my butler Sehir and them, and then be sure to bring them back to the royal capital." ”
Anderson looked melancholy, but had to take the order.
Mars took out a stone from the storage space, and when he saw the pebble with a "smiley face", Sally's slender figure appeared in front of his eyes, he immediately shook his head and said, "Go to the palace chief to get the sunset oil painting, remember to keep it properly, I remember that it is the last of one of the three treasures of the palace, I think Sriel will like it very much." ”
The royal family of Sunset City has three major treasures, namely the fist-sized Night Pearl, the Blood Pearl Necklace, and the Sunset Oil Painting, the first two of which have already been given to Queen Angela.
In order to stabilize Angela, Mars had to send the last of the Three Treasures to befriend Angela, as long as Angela was stabilized, the Eternal Winter in the north would not have to worry, and he would have more time to prepare to destroy the three dukes and recover the three provinces, after all, these three provinces are the three richest places in the Sunset City Kingdom.
Anderson trembled and took the order, he knew that it would not be easy to send Angela or find Sehir.
Three days later, Mars received nearly 100 papers for the new officials, with a maximum score of 91 points and a minimum score of 80 points.
Mars quickly checked the exam papers, and was basically satisfied, of course, the answers to the 100 essay questions were also very insightful, which shows that their knowledge is also very good.
In particular, a man named Kidd, who scored ninety-one points, also had a statement about the future of Sunset City in line with Mars's expectations.