Seeing Wang Lang so angry, Lin Jianya couldn't help but feel a little weak in his heart.

"Your Majesty, I really hate those cannibal tribes, I almost died at their hands at the beginning, this matter is something wrong with what I did, you dissipate your anger."

Wang Lang gasped, looked at Lin Jianya angrily and said: "You are a high-ranking official of the Xia Kingdom, you should also know what is outside this continent, not to mention your unauthorized behavior, you treat your soldiers like this, if the military spirit is slack, if those dinosaur people attack us in the future, how can you command your army, for so many years, although you and I are not born from the same mother, but I treat you like brothers, I still expect you to protect my Great Xia, and now this way is really disappointing to me." ”

When Lin Jianya heard this, his heart was extremely depressed, he looked at Wang Lang, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Wang Lang sighed and said: "Think about it yourself, I think you should calm down recently, go back and write a review, write out your mistakes one by one, in addition, you will be fined for one year, don't lead the troops for the time being, just stay in Yancheng during this time, and it is forbidden to leave Yancheng." ”

The corners of Lin Jianya's mouth twitched, he didn't expect Wang Lang to punish him so severely, but he also knew in his heart that what he had done before was a little too much, and he was depressed, so he had to arch his hand and said, "Minister, obey the order!" ”

Wang Lang waved his hand and told him to step back.

Lin Jianya sighed and exited the palace.

Out of the palace, Lin Jianya walked on the dark streets, and suddenly felt extremely lost, although his residence in Yancheng was not far from the imperial city, but at this moment he was not in the mood to go back at all.

"Chief soldier, where are we going!" A guard asked.

"Go have a drink!" Lin Jianya said depressedly.

When Lin Jianya arrived at Shiweitian, the students who had finished the celebration hugged each other and walked out of the restaurant singing "My Motherland".

Listening to the song that was gradually moving away, Lin Jianya couldn't help but fall into contemplation, for so many years, he had followed Wang Lang through a lot of hardships to establish a great country on this land, as the song sang, in order to open up a new world, awaken the sleeping mountains, change the appearance of the river, and build this wild land into a paradise on earth.

Now he is no longer the savage who didn't know anything back then, he has become a general above 10,000 people under one person, and he is so majestic with heavy troops.

For a long time, he had always thought that all this was a matter of course, and subconsciously thought that even without Wang Lang, he could do all this, but now looking at this group of happy and shouting students, he knew that he was wrong, if it weren't for Wang Lang, there would be none of this now, thinking of the dinosaur people that Wang Lang kept mentioning, he couldn't help but shed a cold sweat, if the Xia Kingdom didn't exist, not only himself, but also the human beings on this continent could be completely wiped out.

Seeing Lin Jianya standing at the door and not leaving, the guards couldn't help but ask, "Chief soldier, it's time for food." ”

Lin Jianya came back to his senses, looked at the restaurant illuminated by candlelight, shook his head and said, "Let's go!" Let's go back. ”

The guards looked at each other puzzled, followed Lin Jianya with doubts, and walked towards his residence.

Three days later, the students who had passed the exam arrived early in front of the Imperial City to wait.

As the city gate opened, an official of the Ministry of Rites came out and shouted, "Enter the temple." ”

The candidates were searched by the guards, and followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites into the imperial city nervously.

The area of the palace is not large, and there are no grand buildings in it, only a few red brick and blue tile houses are distributed in a certain pattern.

The road leading to each house is paved with smooth stone slabs, and some fruit trees are planted in the open space, and the arrangement looks pleasing to the eye.

Looking at the soldiers on both sides of the road, with serious faces, the candidates did not dare to move around at will, and honestly followed the officials and walked towards the largest house.

Coming to the steps, the official told the candidates to wait here, and they stepped on the steps and walked into the palace.

"Your Majesty, the candidates have arrived." The official said respectfully.

Wang Lang nodded and said, "Let them come in!" ”

"Yes!"

The nervous candidates saw that the official had come out, and subconsciously tidied up their clothes.

"Your Majesty has a decree to announce that the candidates will enter the hall."

The candidates lined up and walked into the spacious palace, looking at the middle-aged man sitting at the top, and the candidates immediately guessed that this was His Majesty the Emperor who was like a god in the Xia Kingdom.

Hurriedly bowed down and said, "Student to meet Your Majesty." ”

Wang Lang smiled: "All the students are flat. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wang Lang looked at the hundred young candidates and said, "Today is the last time for this exam, and the test papers have been placed on these tables, so let's start!" ”

When the candidates heard this, they sat down in an orderly manner.

When I opened the exam paper, I saw that it was written to talk about how Xia Guo should develop in the future in order to make the people live happily.

The candidates were confused when they looked at this inexplicable question, and many of them picked up the pen and couldn't write a word for a long time.

"Your Majesty, isn't this topic too difficult?" The dark cloud whispered.

Wang Lang said with a smile: "The main topic is a little difficult for them, but this is the selection of officials, in addition to learning knowledge, they must also have their own ideas, this topic is just right." ”

Dark Cloud looked at the question, nodded, and set the test paper aside.

As time passed, the students began to write their thoughts on scratch paper.

After more than two hours of torment, the exam time ended, and the candidates' test papers were collected, anxiously waiting for the results, this time it was not rote knowledge, and everyone was not confident that they could answer perfectly.

Wang Lang personally reviewed these test papers, looked at those rather childish remarks, and couldn't help but shake his head.

But there are still a few test papers that have aroused Wang Lang's interest, and there is a candidate who wrote a vigorous study of new technologies to enhance the strength of Xia Guo, don't cut the development of Xia Guo over the years, emphasizing the role of science and technology, and have his own opinions, Wang Lang looked at the signature, it was written by a candidate named Zhou Fengyu, nodded hungry, and wrote down the name.

After more than an hour, Wang Lang read all the test papers and gave the corresponding scores, in addition to determining their final ranking, the more important point of this palace examination is that it will directly affect the size of their future official positions.

After the rankings came out, Zhou Fengyu, who was originally ranked 23rd in the second class, directly rose to the height of the third place in the first class, while the original third place fell to the first place in the second class.

The rankings of the top winners and the top players remain unchanged.

Different rankings correspond to different official positions, the sixty candidates of the top three will be assigned to manage the villages in the many villages of the Xia Kingdom, and the last thirty candidates of the second class will be assigned to the six subordinate institutions in the county, and the first few of the second class will be the county orders of more than a dozen counties in the Xia Kingdom.

The first three Zheng Sen was arranged into the Ministry of Rites and became a history museum editor of the Ministry of Rites, with grades from four grades, Li Dahe was assigned to the Law Museum of the Criminal Department to assist the emperor in formulating laws, with grades from four grades, and the third Zhou Fengyu was brought into the Construction Department of the Ministry of Industry by Wang Lang because of an article that had insights into science and technology, and the grades were from four grades.

In order to encourage more people to respect knowledge, Wang Lang imitated the ancient habit of parades, and after issuing them official uniforms, they were escorted by soldiers to march along the most prosperous places in the city.

The first three people with big red flowers walked in the front with great excitement.

The crackling firecrackers sounded all the way, and the young officials with great scenery enjoyed the envious eyes of the people, and many girls chose their favorite objects among these young people with affection.

After the parade, the candidates were taken to the Great Xia Palace, where Wang Lang invited civil and military officials to a banquet to congratulate these outstanding young heroes.

These newly promoted officials knew that after this solemn banquet, it was time for them to leave, and there was a vast world waiting for them in the future to show what they had learned.

Three days later, Wang Lang received the review book handed in by Lin Jianya, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, although the handwriting was ugly and the sentences were incomprehensible, but in this Wang Lang saw this guy's remorse, which made him deeply grateful.

On October 15 of the third year of Taichu, the young officials said goodbye to their parents and friends, and went to their places of appointment with their bags on their backs.

In the palace, Wang Lang looked at the restless Wang He and said with a smile: "What, do you want to go out to see the excitement?" ”

Seeing through Wang Lang's thoughts, Wang He couldn't help grinning.

"They've been gone for years, and I hope they don't waste what they've learned over the years." Wang Lang said leisurely.

"Father, I'm ranked first this time, and my name isn't on the list." Wang He asked curiously.

Wang Lang smiled: "Your ranking is not bad, if you are with these people, you should be able to enter the second class." ”

When Wang He heard this, he pursed his lips and muttered, "It's actually only the second grade." ”

"Little rabbit, aren't Erjia still satisfied?" Wang Lang scolded with a smile.

"Father, since I have passed the exam, can I go to the army?" Wang He looked at Wang Lang expectantly.

Wang Lang nodded and said: "It's okay, in a few days, I will arrange you to be in the army of Lin Shubark, you start as a soldier first, I will tell Shubark that I will not treat you differently, and I will not take care of you because of your young age, you must be prepared for this." ”

When Wang He heard this, he patted his chest excitedly and said, "Father, I will not let you down, just train, I will definitely become a general in the future." ”

Wang Lang smiled: "My son can have such confidence, I am very happy to be a father, I hope that when people mention you in the future, the first thing that comes to mind is not my Wang Lang's son, but the general guardian saint of Great Xia, who is watching you behind you for his father." ”

Wang He nodded solemnly and said, "Erchen will definitely not insult your prestige." ”

"You go and prepare these days, accompany your mother, you are not as free as before in the army." Wang Lang said slowly.

While Wang Lang's father and son were talking, at the same time, on the sea west of the mainland, two warships that had been sailing for more than half a year finally converged.

This voyage was of extraordinary significance, not only mapping the outline of this continent, but also greatly improving the navigation ability of the Xia Kingdom.

Wu Gang stepped off the boat and saw the person coming, and said with a smile: "Brother Li Mu! ”

"Brother Wu Gang!"

After the two of them exchanged politeness, Wu Gang said: "You and I have finally converged, and this time it will be a year, if we don't converge again, I think there is no end to this continent." ”

Li Mu smiled when he heard this: "That's right, I didn't expect this continent to be so vast, and after sailing for so long, I really feel extremely boring." ”

"Alas, this place is full of deserts, and there is not even a single game, otherwise wouldn't it be good for you and me to have a good meal." Wu Gang sighed and said.

Li Mu was surprised and asked, "Is the south also a desert?" ”

Wu Gang nodded and said: Since sailing north a month ago, everywhere I have passed, there are deserts everywhere, is it the same in the north? ”

"Well, the situation in the north and south is similar, there is nothing but the desert, for more than a month, I am about to vomit after eating these sea fish, and many of the crew members have the kind of symptoms that His Majesty said." Li Mu sighed and said.

"It's the same over there, where there's jungle I can still collect some wild fruit to eat, but there's nothing here, we can only survive by drinking fruit wine, and if we don't return soon, the situation will be serious." Wu Gang said worriedly.

"Now that we have completed the task, how about repairing here for a day and returning together, after we go back, Brother Wu is about to be promoted, Li congratulated him in advance." Li Mu said with a smile.

"Brother Li is not the same, as long as you bring the map back, Your Majesty will definitely reward me and others, this year's hard work has not been in vain, after we go back, we should also enjoy it, I don't know what changes have changed in Great Xia now." Wu Gang said slowly.

"Before leaving, my wife just left a son for me, and I don't know, whether the little cub survived, I guess I can talk when I go back! Brother Wu, I heard that you have a daughter, why don't you marry your daughter to my son? Li Mu said with a smile.

Wu Gang smiled awkwardly when he heard this, and said, "My daughter is only so good, what are you doing talking about this now, who knows if they can grow up alive." ”

"Brother Wu didn't say that, although you and I are now tightly a general, but there are only two of you and me in the Great Xia Navy now, marry your daughter to my son, so that we are also a family, and we can support each other in the army, so as not to be bullied by those guys in the army." Li Mu said slowly.

Wu Gang smiled when he heard this: "Let's talk about this matter later, let's talk about it when we go back." ”