A dozen candles were lit in Desmond's break room, and a dozen little ones huddled together in preparation for tomorrow's midterm exams. The children, who were always giggling, were unexpectedly silent today, and the pins could be heard in the large lounge. Everyone looked at the textbooks and notes in front of them, and they looked preoccupied.

"Whew!"

Ellie hugged her little head and looked sadly at the thick stack of notes on the table. Although it is very happy to go out with my father and not have to go to class, the travel in the past few days has also made her pull down a lot of classes. Midterm exams are coming up tomorrow, but she hasn't even finished reading the notes that her classmates lent her.

"There are so many, I can't finish reading them! How can there be so many woos, Ellie will definitely be punished by her father, Ellie doesn't want to go without sugar for a month, she will die"

Fan Zhuo's eldest lady was teary-eyed and looked extremely pitiful. Ling, who was sitting beside her and watching her notes, couldn't help but get closer to Ellie and whispered comfortingly, "Gollum meow, Sister Ellie is fine." If the principal is a very good person, if he can't do it, Ling's share can be given to you. ”

"Well, Ling is the best!"

"Meow, Sister Ellie, don't rub it"

Ellie was in high spirits when she heard this, and Ling always subconsciously imitated the kitten, which made her look very cute. hugged Ling, who was even more petite than her, and Fan Zhuo's eldest daughter was a wild rub. The two little girls rubbed against each other and laughed. And the actions of the two also made the other little ones relax a little. The little ones who are also worried about tomorrow's exams are talking to each other and expressing their worries to their friends.

"Lixia, I won't be taking the cooking test tomorrow. I don't know anything but chopping cabbage. I'm going to fail! ”

"Valudo, who makes you usually lazy. But I don't think I will take the cooking test tomorrow, right? After all, Ellie I think it will only test basic swordsmanship and some knowledge that needs to be memorized, after all, we have only learned for so long. ”

"Yes, the principal will definitely take everyone's progress into account. This exam should just be a test of how well we are progressing so that we can move on to the next lessons. By the way, Vaji, borrow a notebook of your imperial history. I was distracted."

"Okay, Sharon."

The students were talking. Although they encouraged each other, telling each other was only a slightly important test. But what everyone really thinks in their hearts is not like that. They weren't Nanorka, and they weren't Ellie. They are not nobles. The opportunity to have access to free education is already God-blessed.

The resources of the school and the energy of the teachers are limited, so ask yourself, if they are principals, they will naturally not spend money and resources on those waste. This midterm exam is clearly a test. The headmaster didn't say what would happen to those who couldn't satisfy him, but as mentioned earlier, they weren't Ellie or Nanoka.

Ellie may only be fined for not eating candy for a month, but what about them? The empire is so big, and there are many civilian children who are willing to go to school to study. Desmond lived in poverty. But thanks to this, children are generally precocious. The headmaster never said what he would do with them after they graduated, but it would certainly be much better than being a farmer. It's about your future. It's impossible for children not to worry.

The same was true of Honazel, who sighed and put down his pen.

Nanoka, who was scribbling on the design of the cationic city breaker cannon body in her notebook, also stopped when she saw this. She wasn't too worried about tomorrow's exam: "Shunaizel, are you worried too?" If you don't know guò. Then no one in Sunday school will be able to make it over. Dad is a very gentle person, even if his grades are not good for a while. He's definitely going to give everyone a chance. ”

When a group of top students study together, they don't know how shocking their progress is. While the teachers privately complained that the children were making too fast progress and that there might be nothing to teach next year, the children were worried about the small midterm exams. And as Nanorka said, among this group of children, if you don't count the knight class, Xiunazel ranks second in all aspects, if he can't pass, then really no one can pass.

The first is Nanoka.

"No, the headmaster is right." Schunazel shook his head, but his eyes looked at his sister who was talking to his girlfriends not far away, and his words were full of worry: "If the weak are deserved, they deserve to be eliminated by the world, and only the strong can move forward forever." If I'm knocked out, it's just that I'm not talented or hardworking, and there's really nothing to complain about. But"

"If the eldest lady also participates, it is unlikely that the swordsmanship will be tested tomorrow, so what will Cornelia do with that stupid person? Her empire's history is a mess, and it's a little better than Randy's. ”

Schunazel crossed his fingers to support his chin and pondered: "What should I do?"

On September 17, the weather was sunny and cloudless.

"Kids, first meeting. I am the teacher who Mr. Fanzo has invited to teach you dance, and you can call me Luciola. The long-haired beauty in the feather hat chuckled, like a gust of wind, and the anxiety in the children's hearts was also dispelled a lot. Luciola's soft voice seems to come from a lover's whisper, soft and soft, which makes people feel good.

"Dance is an art that has existed since ancient times, and in the earliest times, people used guò to move their bodies in order to achieve the purpose of communicating with the gods and the world, of course, and now dance has become a technique that pleases others from the ancient ritual activities."

"Unfortunately, I'm not here to teach you how to dance today."

"Today, it's a midterm exam, and I'm everyone's invigilator." The graceful beauty smiled and took out the test paper in the small bag. While handing out, he explained the rules of the exam to the extremely nervous children: "For various reasons. Therefore, this midterm exam does not test swordsmanship, nor martial arts, but only a written test."

Luciola didn't finish speaking. It already provoked a small cheer from the children. The little ones high-fived each other and celebrated the great news.

His words were interrupted, and Luciola didn't care. The children's smiling faces made her feel like she had returned to the swamp of many years ago. When I faced the exam in the swamp, I was so nervous and worried, but unfortunately, although the swamp was the cradle of magicians, the atmosphere was too cold. Too much pursuit of reason and magic. It's rare for mages to celebrate each other like they do now.

Luciola was in a trance for a while, and finally returned to reality. The beauty clapped her palms. Motioned to the excited children to be quiet: "This exam is very simple, as long as everyone completes the questions on the test paper." The time is from now on, and don't think about cheating until noon, if you get caught. But it will directly give a zero point. As for what will happen with zero points"

Luciola didn't say any more, but apparently the children understood what she meant, and the little ones nodded solemnly. Seeing this, Luciola smiled with satisfaction: "Then I'll ask one last time, no one has any questions, it's good, so now"

"Exam begins!"

Sinloth stretched, relieving his exhaustion. Ellie has a bunch of homework to make up, and Sinloth has a bunch of things to attend to when she returns to her territory. He did not doubt the abilities of his vassals, nor did he doubt their loyalty. There are some things that the vassals can discuss. But there are some things that can only be decided after he has seen them.

Xinluos, who had been busy all morning, finally solved all the things accumulated in these days, and Xinluos, who was relaxed, somewhat understood the mood of a certain emperor surnamed Zhu. People are really forced out. It's really a good feeling to be in power, but if you have to do it yourself, there are still few people who can stand it.

Putting himself down on the chair, Xinluos, who was squinting comfortably, suddenly thought of something, and asked the butler standing beside him, "Claude, why is it so quiet outside today?" If I look at the schedule, this morning should be an equestrian class. ”

The butler bowed slightly. Smiling at the puzzled lord, he replied, "Master, today is the midterm exam you arranged. to monitor the progress of the children's learning. There's something going on with all of you, so it's Miss Luciola who's outside overseeing the children's exams. ”

"Luciola" Xinluo nodded, the lord with a straight face did not show the slightest flaw, and tried his best to make himself look extremely calm: "It's starting so soon, give me the test paper, and I'll take a look." ”

Bastard, forget that it's an exam today! Originally, I just wanted to scare Ellie and make this little lazy guy nervous for a while. But the people under him obviously don't think so, and yesterday because of the matter of the Venetian envoy, they forgot to order them again. I don't know what kind of test papers these guys will come up with, it's really funny to bully Ellie, but it's not fun to bully her into tears.

Sinlos took the test paper handed over by Claude, and after a few glances, his brow furrowed slightly.

Well, it's not that hard, it's all basic

Ellie's little stupid knight course was a mess - after all, Ellie was only nine years old, and it was normal for her to be in poor health. And given her status as the eldest daughter of Fanzhuo, the grades of the knighthood course actually didn't matter. After all, this is the first exam, in order to make Ellie's report card look better, and by the way, to reduce the difficulty for the children, the teachers of the Sunday school still tacitly deleted the test of the knight course and replaced it with a written test.

The test paper is very simple, divided into ten questions in total, and they are basically short-answer questions. Each question is worth 10 points, and only 60 points are required to pass. And if it's a short-answer question, there's a lot of room to operate in it, just

Question 1: After the death of a king of Persia, the wife succeeds to the throne, the second husband succeeds after the death of the wife, and the third wife succeeds after the death of the second husband. What kind of inheritance law is used in the country? And name the relationship between each heir.

Sinloth looked at the title and fell into deep thought. If the topic is based on the history of empires that he has previously discussed, there are roughly eighteen types of imperial succession laws. Although the statements vary. But it is never beyond the scope of these eighteen types. However, the two inheritance methods of female inheritance and female preferential inheritance are too rare, and except for those old pedants, others generally do not specifically mention these two inheritance methods. The question is unlikely to go this way. Then it should be found among the remaining possibilities.

The papal succession system, the Catholic diocesan system, and the open election system are specific to religions, and since they are kings, they cannot be these three, and they are also excluded.

Then it is to choose from the feudal system, the electoral feudal system, the elder system, the primogeniture system, the younger son system, the electoral system, the family election system, the Turkish inheritance law, the appointment system, the nobility election system, the male inheritance system, the same family inheritance system, and the equal inheritance system for men and women.

It is already clearly stated in the title that the king was Persian, so it could not be a family system of elections and a system of Turkish succession, which was unique to the Carts, while Turkish succession law, as the name suggests, was specific to the Turkish region.

The same. The system of appointing governors is unique to each province - although due to the changes of the times, the governors of the ancient empire and the governors of the present empire are no longer the same concept. But since there is the title of King of Persia. It should refer to the period of the ancient empire, which is also excluded.

The electoral system of aristocracy is no longer in the present empire, but only in the ancient empires, and therefore can also be ruled out - although the unification of Arcadia between the east and the west is the dividing line between the two empires. All the periods prior to this are collectively referred to as the period of the Ancient Empire. But when the aristocratic electoral system appeared, the empire was not an empire, it was a republic! That's right, it's the republic! Where did Persia come from at that time!

It is worth mentioning that the Byzantine province, that is, the province directly under the royal family, has always been the primogeniture of purple clothes, but it was killed by a tyrant to equal inheritance between men and women, yes, the one who killed two-thirds of the nobles in the country and let the corpses of the nobles fill the Golden Horn. The tyrant who finally succeeded in changing the law of succession was none other than Arcadia.

Returning to the topic, since there is female inheritance in the title, it cannot be the primogeniture, the young son, or the male inheritance system. Other words. The answer is to choose between the same clan inheritance system, the same clan inheritance system for men and women, the sub-feudal system, the election sub-feudal system, and the electoral system? The title does not indicate whether the land has been divided, so

This question is a bit difficult.

Sinloth propped his chin with one hand, his slender fingers tapping at the table again and again. This question may seem simple, but it contains so much information. For a moment, Sinloth couldn't be sure what kind of inheritance method it was using.

"As it stands. It's a simple question, but it does include all the necessary elements, etc., wife, husband, second wife, right? ”

Time flowed bit by bit, and Xinluos, who thought of something, looked unusually ugly. The viscount's fingers tapped on the table quickly, and after the flash of inspiration in his mind, the originally sleepy train of thought suddenly became clear.

"Yes, there is a big principle of the Cross religion, which is to prohibit the marriage of close relatives. William and Matilda were distant relatives and faced some resistance from the Pope. Although the etiquette has long since collapsed, and no one can stop it if the nobles really want to, but it is impossible to consider the subject in such detail, that is, to ignore the influence of the world, and consider it from the aspect of the world's tacit permission. ”

"The above inheritance methods, there is a major premise that they must be of the same family, and at the very least, they must have similar blood ties, not to mention whether the emperor and the pope at that time could pass Guò. But since there is a right of blood inheritance, how can you get married, this is Persia! ”

The title is specifically pointed out that this is Persia.

"The title says that it was the king of Persia, which means that at the latest it was the ancient empire, when the state religion of Persia was not a cross! It's Zoroastrianism! ”

"If it is Zoroastrianism, then it makes sense that the king married his sister as a wife and died without offspring, so his sister succeeded to the throne; Then the wives of a generation of kings gave birth to the sons of the first king, and then married their sons, who were also nephews, and gave birth to a daughter; And then died. Then the son succeeded to the throne, and the son married his sister, who was also a daughter, and then the sister succeeded to the throne after the son's death."

"This makes perfect sense, why do they have the right to inherit both men and women, and at the same time they can marry close relatives and die, this is not the inheritance law at all, the question is the sect! Only Zoroastrianism can do that! ”

Once the idea is understood, the problem is solved. But Sinlos did not have the joy after solving the puzzle, and the viscount covered his face with a blank expression. He could already guess who came up with the problem, and the only people who could have this knowledge in Desmond were the magicians besides himself.

But it would be boring enough to go around and around, and it would be specifically about the subject of the sect, and except for a certain Zoroastrian saint, Sinlos didn't think about it. In my mind, a figure wearing a green robe and thick gloves loomed in the kitchen.

This woman is so idle that she would come up with such a topic, and she doesn't know whether it is right or wrong for her to be a history teacher. Sinloth sighed and moved on to the title. Anyway, let's finish reading the question first, this is the first question. If the next questions were all of this difficulty, those bear children would have to bear it.

Topic 2: Helmint. Mr. Remore bought a chicken for eight silver coins, sold it for nine silver coins, and then he thought it was not worth it, and bought it back for ten silver coins, and sold it to another man for eleven silver coins, and asked him how much money he had made.

The subject is very simple, Helmint lost two silver coins for the second goods. This question should be from Clais, and it is based on the knowledge that frequent trading behaviors will increase transaction costs. This kind of topic is normal, Xanalott is too unreliable.

Sinloth breathed a sigh of relief and gained some confidence in the topic ahead.

Topic 3: In the year 216 of the ancient empire, Carthage besieged the capital of the empire. Please describe in detail the correctness of the tactics used by Hannibal at that time, and if it were you, how should you deal with the influx of Carthaginians? Please elaborate on your strategy. Finally, please briefly describe the impact of the Empire's counter-attack strategy on future generations.

Sinloth touched his chin, this question is not difficult. But it's strange, who would come up with such a question? Is it Bismal? Only he cares about tactics. This question is very delicate, because at that time the empire was successful in counterattacking, that is, there was a precedent to follow. Although I feel that I can't get a high score by directly copying the actions of the empire at that time, I can't make a mistake, and this question is obviously used to give points.

That's pretty much it, the questions are all as difficult as the first one, so what do those little guys do?

As Xinlos thought, although the next few questions are a little biased, they are all based on the knowledge points in the textbook, and it is not easy to get a full score, but it should not be a big problem to pass.

Well? Wait a minute

Topic 10: A perfect marriage is not only related to oneself, but also related to the future of the family. A good husband or wife may save you twenty years of struggle. Please use the example of Lord Van Zhuo and the knights who are not yet married, and match them with the best marriage candidates (if it makes sense, I will ask Lord Van Zhuo to give you extra points.) ）

Looking at the paragraph in the last parentheses, the anger in Sinloth's heart jumped up: "Hermint, you get out of here!! (To be continued)

ps: I'm pinching my fingers, it's already September, so let's speed up the plot, according to my water method, the third doesn't know when he will be able to appear