I don't know if it's because Fang Yun bought a large number of locusts, and the so-called locust plague this year is not very serious.

The larvae that hatch from the fields are caught early on and sold. Only those in the jungle flew out of the jungle and into the outside world after almost gnawing away all the vegetation.

However, the jungle is not farmland after all, there is a complete ecological chain here, both food for locusts and their natural predators. This year, there are indeed more locusts, but they can't completely destroy this ecological chain, otherwise there won't be many forests that can still exist until now.

Most of the locusts remain in the jungle, and only a few groups leave the jungle to eat outside, in fact, the biggest possibility is that they continue to eat in a certain direction, and then leave the jungle unconsciously.

Since the vegetation was still dense in the early days, the locusts continued to stretch outward, devouring all the plants that could be eaten, and then continued to advance.

Finally, they appeared in the sight of people, and under Fang Yun's bounty, they were quickly arrested and arrested, and then dried into dried locusts and transported to Jinyang.

Subsequently, the chamber of commerce on Fang Yun's side grinded it into powder, and even a few of them were directly roasted and sold. Unconsciously, roasted locusts and fried locusts have become a new delicacy in Jinyang.

At least after people overcome the fear of the unknown, they have no psychological pressure at all when they eat, and even start to eat in large gulps. Depending on the situation, in the future, Jinyang's special cuisine may be formed, and it will be added to the menus of major restaurants or something.

Cao Cao and the others sent a lot of dried locusts, but on the surface, it was naturally not them, but some caravans from the south. However, do they really think that the Han Soul Organization is a playful organization? Who is the boss behind these chambers of commerce, and who can hide it?!

However, Fang Yun also did not refuse, anyway, at this time of year, a fever of insect meals had already formed in Bingzhou. More people are involved in this craze, not because they really know how delicious it is, but because everyone in Jinyang says it is delicious, and I heard that Liu Wei and Fang Yun have taken the lead in eating this thing. He also said that this thing was delicious.

Follow the trend, especially the aristocratic lords, and even the emperor's favorite food, the common people below are naturally very curious. After tasting the taste. Everything fell into place.

At this stage, the dried locusts that were purchased were a little difficult to meet the needs of the state, after all, Fang Yun did not set a price that was too expensive in line with the intention of making small profits and quick turnover. A plate of fried locusts weighing about half a kilogram is only sold for 20 wen.

Consider that you want to fry it in oil. So twenty wen is not expensive, after deducting the cost, it is worth three or five wen per plate. The reason for this is naturally to hope that more people can participate in this craze. Fang Yun wants how many people to know that locusts can actually be a kind of food, according to this statement, so why can't the locust plague from the sky be regarded as food from the sky?

Heaven saw that the people could not have enough to eat, so they sent a batch of locusts to feed everyone. In the past, they were stupid X, leaving food and not eating it, and actually watching them eat their own crops. Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?!

Through this propaganda, the locust plague is stripped from the meaning it originally represents, and then guided in the direction it needs to be. The result is the most in your own interests.

Those families who had been abnormal also stayed at home obediently at the moment. The matter has come to this point, who dares to talk about the locust plague, then they have to weigh their own weight, if they are not careful, but they will lose their heads.

By July, there weren't many locusts left to catch. The Chinese people have once again confirmed to the world that they are standing at the pinnacle of the food chain. What was originally a catastrophe was wiped out in the bud.

The merchants in the south sold at least 500,000 catties of dried locusts for 150 yuan. Don't look less. Now on this side of Hebei, a horse is only fifteen, and a war horse is only twenty-five.

However, for the caravan heading north, the dried locusts are just a tie-in, and they can make a little money, which is equivalent to saving a few days of car money or something. I can ship it. Just because they heard that Fang Yun wanted this thing, at least their explanation was like this.

A large number of merchants went north, bringing with them all kinds of goods from the south, but they also bought a lot of supplies in Hebei and Guanzhong.

Since it was a normal business transaction relationship and did not affect the overall situation, Fang Yun did not stop this behavior. Instead, he needs to buy a lot of supplies, especially sugarcane, which is already grown on a small scale.

Whether it is a selection or a direct use, sugar cane was obviously the best sugar crop before sugar beet was introduced to China from the Mediterranean. There are also some industrial raw materials that the princes do not understand, but are actually very urgent. The most important thing is that there are still two kinds of sulfurite and saltpeter, try to study it, there is nothing wrong!

It is also mixed with some other materials, all of which are commonly used in some alchemy. I don't know if this can convey a wrong piece of information to the princes in the south? Fang Yun, who was in the council hall, thought with malice......

"We have been preparing for more than four months since the beginning of spring this year. In 10 days, the current class of college students from various universities will graduate, and the current class of officers from the military academy will also end their training and begin to officially take up their posts. On this occasion, I would like to ask you, are you ready? "It doesn't matter what the princes of the south think, at least now for Fang Yun, and even all the ministers of civil and military affairs, there are more urgent matters to deal with.

"The construction of office buildings in various places has been completed, and the necessary office supplies are ready. As soon as the reform begins, newly recruited civil servants will be able to take up their posts at any time. Wang Lei was the first to speak.

"The propaganda work is in place, and it has been ensured that there will be no resistance in the process of reform!" Wang Lei then returned.

"The first civil service exam is ready and the questions are ready. Just wait for the students to come to the exam. For those candidates who were not trained by the university, a simple preliminary examination was also conducted, and more than 700 people were selected to join the civil service examination. The rest have already let them go back, or stay in Hebei or something. Han Fu, who is the Minister of Education, replied.

This time, Fang Yun did not refuse to register for the civil service examination, but only set up pre-examination centers in various places. Whether it is a student from a family under his rule or a student from the south, he must pass the preliminary examination before he can come to Jinyang to take the official civil service examination.

After all, there are too many people who sign up, and it is inevitable that they will not be able to arrange it. And if those who don't learn and don't know how to mix in, it will be the biggest humiliation for this civil service exam.

You don't need too much culture, you can read and write normally, and then do a few simple arithmetic problems, complete a policy theory, as long as it's not too bad, you can basically be hired, and then come to Jinyang for the official exam.

On the one hand, considering that there are too many positions, it is okay to recruit more; On the one hand, others came all the way to this exam, and they couldn't save other people's face. Eliminate those who do not learn and have problems with their character. The rest of the big deal is to go to a few weeks of re-education, which is almost enough.

I can't say it, there is such a group of people in this world. They themselves are not knowledgeable and unskilled, but they are quite good at governing the place, and they are better than the four words "do it yourself".

For example, Li Wei in the Manchu Dynasty, his background was just a rich child, he had no culture, and he was not admitted to the Jinshi or Juren. The original official position was directly donated, but it turned out that it was not one of the four governors of the Yongzheng period.

In these years, the knowledge of the scholars of the poor family itself is not as good as that of the children of the family, so if it is too demanding, it is an irresponsible behavior in itself. In order to consider that the relationship between himself and the family was not very harmonious, Fang Yun felt that it was necessary to support a group of scholars from poor families to come out and cheer for him.

"Junior schools have been opened, which are the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Faculty of Police. Candidates who fail to make the list will select a group of okay candidates according to their results, and they will start working after short-term training. Since the training period is only three months, even if they graduate, they can only become some of the lowest civil servants, but I believe they will be willing. Zuo Ming also said.

"The examiner has determined that the content of the exam will be jointly written by officials from all over the country, and then we will select some of them as the content of this civil service exam. The final exam paper has been determined and sealed, unless there is an order from the lord, no one can expect to know the contents before the exam! Guo Jia, the chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the Civil Service Examination, also officially stated his position at this moment.

Originally, this position should have been held by Xi Zhicai, but he was the prime minister and needed to be responsible for too many things, so after private consultations, I actually didn't know how Guo Jia compromised with Xi Zhicai, so he took over the position of chairman of the committee.

"I don't want any uncontrolled situation in the first and most important civil service examination. I've got the paramedics, the medications, and even the emergency isolation room and everything that comes with me. At the same time, five days before the test, all candidates must go through a simple test to confirm that they are not infected before entering the test room.

If you are infected with mild symptoms such as wind chill, you will be able to enter the quarantine room for the test. However, if you are infected with the plague or any other contagious illness and deliberately enter the examination room, you can even make an appointment with me to deal with it directly and report it, and be sure to ensure the normal examination of other candidates. Fang Yun finally admonished.

"Subordinates obey!" The courtiers returned.

At this moment, their expressions are very serious, I think everyone actually knows that this civil service examination is very important, and there is really no room for sloppiness! In this exam, not only the candidates, but also the parents of the candidates are also paying close attention to this exam. Even other families and scholars who did not take the exam are paying attention to this unprecedented civil service examination.

Even, Cao Cao and the others are paying close attention to ...... (To be continued.) )

PS: In the Three Kingdoms era, the first civil service exam is about to kick off......