There are still ten days left before the civil service examination, which is deliberately extended, one to promote local consumption levels, and the other to facilitate the examination room discipline of the candidates.

Those who have become civil servants will take the exam in the yamen of Baishui County, and Zhang Hongbin will invigilate the exam in person and give the exam questions. In other words, unless the exam questions can be taken out in Zhang Hongbin's head, no one can expect to know in advance.

As for the ordinary candidates, it was held in the open-air examination hall outside Whitewater County, and the reason why it was outside was to show that the Salvation Army was still a rogue and that they did not actually occupy Whitewater County. But this gang of rogues was very arrogant, so they openly held this scientific expedition outside Baishui County, but the officials of Baishui County couldn't do anything about him.

Well, it is typical to slap the face of the Ming court, but because the exam was not held in Baishui County, Chongzhen's determination to exterminate the Salvation Army was not high.

During these 10 days, candidates will come to the examination room in batches, which is made up of more than 5,000 large parasols and more than 5,000 simple desks. Covering an area of more than 300,000 square meters, it can directly accommodate 5,000 people to take the exam at the same time. As for the 5,000 people, I'm sorry, a preliminary test will be conducted at the time of registration, and no admission tickets will be issued to those who don't pass, which means that the actual number of people who took the exam may be less than 3,000.

It doesn't matter if there are fewer people, but it is irresponsible to let those guys who are not qualified in the preliminary review to take the exam.

As for the 5,000 parasols, they will be sold afterwards, and in fact this is also a good publicity campaign. This kind of parasol is produced by the system, and the coefficient of waterproof sunshade is very high, whether it is civilian or military, it has a lot of value, in fact, the baggage troops of the Salvation Army have also purchased a number of such parasols.

The price was not very high, but it cost nine hundred taels of silver to buy five thousand handfuls. No way, who let Zhang Hongbin have the right to a 10% discount?

It was also during this period that he affirmed that only ordnance and large-scale procurement were the two most money-consuming, and it could even be said that they could be regarded as gold-swallowing machines. As long as these two are the main ones, not to mention 100,000 taels, even if it is 1 million taels, it is possible to consume.

So far, a series of military purchases have allowed him to meet the consumption of 30,000 taels, and there are still 70,000 taels to further upgrade.

The candidates also have a lot of resentment about this open-air examination room, according to their ideas, this exam must take three days and three nights, after all, Daming's scientific examination is like this. After staying in this place for three days and three nights, what should I do with this dinner, and what should I do with this toilet?

Well, in fact, it is precisely because of this that Zhang Hongbin had to delay for ten days and tell them the important items to pay attention to in the exam.

First of all, the exam lasts only two hours, that is, one hour, and they are only given an answer sheet, and at the same time, they are required to answer in the vernacular.

This time, you are not allowed to continue writing after the exam, otherwise you will be disqualified from the exam.

Third, you can submit the paper in advance after the exam, and naturally there is no way to go to the toilet halfway, so it is best to go to the toilet before the exam.

Fourth, the exam is completed in two days, after which you can return to the inn to rest, and come back to the second subject at the same time the next day.

Fifth, no cheating is allowed during the exam, no head to ear to ear to ear, and those who are found and warned to repeat offenders will be disqualified from the exam.

Actually, the main points of the exam are these five points, and at the same time tell them how to find their seat according to their exam number. Even, how to use a hard pen, in fact, a water-based pen to write, give each of them two and let them go back to get used to it.

Nowadays, those who are on errands under the command of the Salvation Army have to use a hard pen even if they are not used to using a hard pen, which is faster to write, and secondly, there is no need to grind ink Lang and waste time. It's a little less elegant, but those who are civil servants have to work, how can there be so much effort to give them elegance? Efficiency is the most important thing!

Of course, this kind of water-based pen purchased in large quantities is the key to Zhang Hongbin's promotion of hard pen writing.

The butt decides the head, that's probably what I'm saying.

"Brother Lin, what kind of material did you say this material was made of?" In the inn, the four literati gathered together again, and the words were ink-dyed, "Non-gold, non-silver, non-copper, non-iron, how do I know what kind of material this is made of, but it cannot be denied that the writing is very fast, but the way of holding the pen is a little awkward, and I can't get used to it for a while." Lin Song looked at the water-based pen in his hand a little depressed.

"This grinding is also quite interesting, it will not dry up or overflow in this refill, but it can be written at the tip of the pen, what is the principle of this?" Guan Dao looked at this core again and again.

"It is not denied that if it is an office, this pen will be much more convenient." Li Luo is a proponent of this kind of pen.

The reason comes from his profession, he is not a simple candidate.

He is a serious 800 Jinyi Wei 100 households, and he can be regarded as a small grade of storage, but his own Jinyi Wei Daddy, he drove himself here to participate in the scientific expedition, which is actually a political task. As for whether he can pass the exam or not, he has to go back, which is also a political requirement.

However, before leaving, try to get in touch with the people here to the greatest extent, and finally be able to develop one or two brocade guards, which is also the political consciousness that a hundred households should have. Therefore, this time, he got as close as possible to these three scholars, also in order to get in touch with them, and then secretly investigate them.

"How can there be a county order to ask for everything to do it yourself, what are the masters, the county seat, and the county lieutenants doing?" Ink Dye immediately retorted.

"But I have heard that the territory of the Salvation Army, that is, the four places of Chengcheng, Baishui, Pucheng and Huanglong, is personally handled by the county commander, and the county seat is responsible for criminal prosecution issues, and the county lieutenant is responsible for public security issues in the county. Both the county and the county order can invite a master, but the master is a regular government establishment, and his official name is secretary, who can only assist in handling government affairs, and cannot overstep his duties, otherwise the county order is likely to be dismissed. Li Luo has found out a lot of insiders in many ways.

"What kind of thing is this, so isn't being an official here exhausting?" Guan Dao was immediately dissatisfied.

"Are you still tired of being an official? Look around, how many people know that this matter has not left? Li Luo pointed around.

"I'm just talking...... "Guan Dao is not stupid, who would give up the opportunity to be an official."

"Didn't you say that these four places were still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty? How can it be seen that how these four places are going to be governed, and how can they all look at the face of the Salvation Army? "It's rare to complain about the ink dye from other provinces.

"The princes of Xixi only think about a peaceful Shaanxi, these four places are under the rule of the Ming Dynasty on the surface, then they are under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. If this place has been beaten down by thieves, who is it good for? Lin Song knew some inside information.

"Alas, the courtiers are like this, and the Ming Dynasty does not protect ......," Guan Dao sighed.

"Brother Guan, you can't talk nonsense!" Ink Dye was shocked.

"This is the territory of the anti-thief, wouldn't it be more acceptable to speak the opposite?" Guan Dao was unimpressed.

Mo Dye didn't have anything to say about it, because what Guan Dao said was the truth. Further, these four places are like this, and the princes in the court still intend to hide it, don't they know that for a long time, it will harm the Ming Dynasty? !

But if you think about it, if you are admitted and become an official here, then obviously even if the Ming Dynasty is finished, they can live a very nourishing life. If one is not good, wouldn't it become a minister from the dragon? Thinking of this, the three of them even felt a little hot.

The atmosphere obviously became a little awkward, and then I don't know who changed the subject and started talking again. At the end of the conversation, it seemed to be an oath, stating that no matter who became an official, he would take care of the other three.

Speaking of which, Guan Dao stood up and mentioned that the four of them simply settled up.

Li Luo agreed, Mo Ran said it didn't matter, and Lin Song applauded, so it was self-evident that four scholars from all over the world came together and became brothers of the opposite sex who never left each other.

After a day of preparation, ten days of preparation, and ten days of adaptation, the long-awaited civil service exam has begun!