After leaving the house, Roland couldn't help but sigh.

How could he not know that the old father at home was no longer in good health?

While the Terrans are generally in good physical condition, the Moda Steward is clearly mentally injured and has been physically exhausted for years.

If you cultivate well, it is just a matter of suppressing your heart disease, and in the past six months, it has been the tossing of mountain people from all walks of life, the food disaster, the rebellion, the war, and the territorial competition, and the old man really can't stand this kind of torture.

In particular, my father himself didn't want to live anymore.

"So what else can I do?"

Sighing, Roland was quite depressed in his heart.

But he brace himself and is ready to take his day seriously.

This is his creed, never work hard in this world, must live his own unique style, and strive to never regret until he dies.

It is precisely this character that he will steal money on the day of adulthood and leave Guduo to study far away in order to 'not regret it'.

In front of the house, there is a clean street.

Nancheng District is the main residential area, and there are also a large number of shops, and many old Xiahui people have settled here.

The architectural style of gray bricks and cement and a layer of fine pebbles on the outside is a legacy of the customs of the mountain people.

Fruit has begun to appear in the vendor storefronts on both sides... Yes, the farmland and fruit forests in Nanling have been damaged, but the imported fruits of Canaan Moore are still cheap, and their new lord is really hand-eyed, how can he still give him the purchase channel to the elves.

The red moon fruit of Half Moon Lake's specialty looks similar to an apple, but it is larger and one and a half palms in size; Small, it is actually a peeled fruit similar to mango, it doesn't smell good, but it tastes very sweet, rich in a lot of trace elements and fiber, and it is claimed that you can be full by eating two pieces a day.

The only drawback is that it is particularly hard, people with bad teeth are prone to broken teeth, elves are generally used to make wine, and Red Moon Wine has always been a popular specialty.

And the misty pomelo of the fog forest is even more of a circle with a big human head, in fact, there are many versions of the fairy side of the folklore that scares children in the story of the head misty pomelo, from the corpse left by the invasion of the Mangtian King's Court to the lost traveler, etc.

These grapefruits are placed in front of the shop, and the moon-blue skin exudes a faint fragrance. This is a fruit that is extremely shelf-stable and can be eaten with skin, and the local elves have a general evaluation, which is considered a coarse grain on their side, but it can also be regarded as a half-elf specialty on the imperial side.

In short, they are all shelf-stable grains and fruits, which can almost be regarded as the staple coarse grains on the Canaan Moore side, and it is no wonder that the lord can actually buy them.

Roland looked up and saw today's price hanging on the wooden board next to the store...... One pfennil of red moon fruit and one pfennil of misty grapefruit, all of which are quite affordable prices, and the most important thing is to change the taste.

"Buy two for my father when I get home."

With that incident in mind, Roland walked down the newly renovated white stone street towards the Lord's Palace.

Starting from the gathering place of the alchemy workshops in the northern part of the city, the roads of the entire Xiahui Domain are being renovated in retrogression and district by district, and the original bluestone street that looks slightly like an old city needs to be replaced and replaced with a solid road that can carry alchemy cars.

Because the captain of the construction team is an earth sublimator, the speed of repair and redecoration is very slow.

The streets are crowded with pedestrians, the convoys are overwhelming, and the bells under the camels can be heard from time to time, and the area where the city hall is located is even more crowded, knowing that there are many people gathering in this vicinity.

The vista is the Lord's Mansion located at the top of the cliff in the north of the domain, and a white one-eyed armor stands on the top overlooking the domain city, highlighting the majesty of the lord.

White clouds flowed across the sky, and the domain was full of life.

Roland was not surprised by that number, Bi Jing was the first civil service examination of Xia Hui, and basically all the families in the lower domain had gone over to participate, because the registration was too enthusiastic, the old lord simply moved the exam forward and took the exam in eight batches.

Roland was one of the first ones.

"Show me your admission ticket!"

After retreating into the examination room next to the city hall, Roland showed his admission ticket and swept the certificate with the crystal board one by one, and as soon as the green light turned on, I was released.

It was an abnormal process, and there was no red light next door, and the candidates who did not hold the certificate were instantly attacked by two people wearing full armor; The little man picked it up and walked towards the execution ground on the side.

Beheading, of course, or hanging...... It's just a proxy exam, at least it's not just a hanging, but there will be a stain on the outside of the previous personal record, and there are no two political trials; Small.

Speaking of that political trial, it is also a novelty, although it is said that there is a discussion of which territory and which lord employs people, and the person's past experience and personal background will be examined, but Xia Hui leads two small places: small land is written outside the notice of the lord's mansion, which is still quite a rare situation.

One by one, is that a long time to rush in?

That's the idea of many people, Bi Jing is wandering under Terra and has no skills, Xiaoshao are all people who have committed many crimes at home and want to hide their identities and end over, so they have to go back to eight generations...... Who would want to do something for such a calculating lord?

It's hard to be sober!

To be honest, Roland is not a little curious now, how does the Lord's Mansion determine that he is his own, Bi Jing and I must not; A small part of the time is also in the land, living and studying with a group of dwarven craftsmen, and there is no record of it under the theory of Xia Hui Ling.

In other words, I can't be regarded as a person whose origin is cloudy, but after sweeping the crystal plate, I can still be sure that I am me.

Don't overestimate that technology! You must know that except for small cities and important places such as the imperial capital, Liuyao Domain, and various small frontier fortresses, the lords of very few places have a way to mistakenly identify the identity of the county body of the people in their territory.

We made small statistics, compiled a book, and distributed ID cards, but it was very difficult to determine that Roland was Qu Han in a few seconds and avoid the phenomenon of proxy examinations.

Saying...... The reason why the exam was postponed was that the difficulty was to solve that problem?

Roland shook his head, dispelling distractions.

It doesn't matter if it's a new sublimation technique or alchemy, it's still in the way of my exams anyway.

Retreat into the examination room, retreat into the independent examination room, and wait for 70 minutes to reach the hour, the exam is two: small.

In that exam, the minority said that it was a tax officer, and the word on the lord's house side was 'civil servant', and the civil servant naturally included the tax officer but also did not have a position, depending on the results of the exam, but in general, it was for the lord's mansion and the city hall, so the small family was also generally concerned.

The exam is divided into seven parts, the first part is some questions about mathematics and economic tables, which is difficult, and literate people have studied mathematics at a young age, even if there are some questions about taxation, they have been prepared, so they can be answered.

Roland himself thinks it's quite complicated, Bi Jing I don't have a formal mechanical alchemy diploma, and I got all seventy points.

The seventh part is a little less odd - the topics in that part are very miscellaneous, covering National Geographic, basic alchemy, biological alchemy, and each; Little Laws...... It's also difficult, but it's very miscellaneous, and the exam questions haven't even matured for a few years

Leaves can be used in medicine' such planting problems, highlighting an all-encompassing.

Qu Han himself is not a person who loves learning and knowledge, and it is true that he may also want to go to the Falling Star Hills to retreat, so my answer is good, but it is also very thrilling.

It's not the topic of planting trees, although my hometown is Xiahui Lingren, but I am also a farmer, how can I remember these two; Small?

It's just that Roland had recently bought medicine for his father, so I remember the pharmacy owner complaining that the dog mongrel in the Flying Flame Land made me have to plant new trees, and it would take another seven years to use that sentence, so I filled in eight and seven years speculatively.

The eighth part of the recovery is abnormal, is not about the basic problems of agriculture and mining, the mining and working methods of various ores, and the planting process of various cash crops, in general, in line with the needs of Xia Huiling, and it is also the review area of the small family.

Roland did it in one go, thinking that he had scored a perfect score again.

As for the seventh part, it has become weird again.

In that part, there are questions that do not have standard answers, and they are all questions that are 'such as asking and evaluating the response of the capital of Southridge (Nauman Domain) before the Nanling food disaster?' '''What does he think about the relationship between the Flamelands and the Empire?'' ''He thinks that Xia Hui will lead the future

Direction of Exhibition' kind; Small and small, think carefully about the questions that are answered seriously but creepy.

Seeing those questions, Rowland was not a spirit lord at the time, it was a vain discussion! Are you really afraid that Nauman City and the Imperial Capital will come looking for him?

Oh, I forgot, my lord is a descendant of Nauman Domain, and there are no Seven Princes behind him, so there's something wrong with this.

Fortunately, the information of the Falling Star Hills is smooth, and Roland also knows a little news about Ian and the background behind him.

When I wrote about it, the candidates/sketches in the other exam room also saw those questions, and the rustling of the pen was interrupted in unison.

Roland thought with amusement that basically no one in the world was scratching his head and ears like himself, looking around for seven weeks, knowing how to answer.

Yes, it is the same as the other candidates who suffer from gains and losses, and Roland himself is a relatively clever person.

I'm very vague, since the lord has asked him to answer the exam questions, this is the least deducted points for his answer to two small, and the least wrong answer is not to be pulled to teach the anointing, only the most outrageous can be caught and rewarded.

But then again, those questions are not to look at the tendencies of your own candidates...... In this case, the answer should be true, at least to beautify yourself, yes, if you really pass the exam, but you actually do things and show that

If you are inclined, this is not a crime of deceiving the lord.

At this time, if the two elementary schools are the big problem of deducting points from the exam.

Therefore, Qu Han honestly wrote the answer in his heart.

"Do you think that the Nauman domain doesn't have a sense of laissez-faire, biological warfare has been discovered for a long time, but the capital has a policy of not buying food in small quantities, just to ensure the food supply in the main areas of the empire, it is simply forcing the mountain people to rebel!"

"A flying flame land and the empire are trash cans for each other, in the last hundred years, since the war was launched for the resource competition of the small desert labyrinth, there is almost nothing to throw each other under, it is convenient and complicated, and the people also recognize it, if you personally hate the flying flame land, but

You believe that this is also what the Empire wants to achieve, if the two sides do not have a tacit understanding at that point. "

"If the future development direction of the Xia Hui Territory is still agriculture, at least to make up some industrial production facilities for the war, I have heard that the new lord is an alchemy genius, if I don't have my own plan in that regard, you will listen to the lord!"

Before writing those answers, Roland didn't even bother to check them one by one anyway, yes, there really would be no one in Xia Hui Ling and that more than the place to go to the place, hoping that no candidate would write any low comments, right?

Roland felt that even if he was rotten, if he was rotten, the small family would be rotten with each other.

In the first part, there are only two questions.

But that's probably the hardest part.

Question 1: There are not two people in the current territory who are eligible for the grant, but the territory is easy to fund, and at least one subsidy can be issued.

The first person is a veteran of the Northwest Desert Campaign, because of the war traumatic sequelae of the Flying Flame Land, there is a way to adapt to an abnormal life, a law to work abnormally, and a way to communicate with people reasonably, and because of this, it is difficult to live an abnormal life because of the lack of relatives and friends.

The seventh person is a mountain woman who was seriously injured by the fire to save eight children, and now she is bedridden because of minor burns.

What will he do?

Traps one by one!

For a moment, Qu Han felt that no lightning flew outside his head, and I immediately sensed the inducement of the question.

It lists the conditions and tells him that the surplus money is only enough to be given to one person, as if he is asked to judge who should be given it to through the conditions, so as to judge the candidate's moral inclination and make a choice......... But actually.

It asks him to decide who to send it to, and it also tells him that he is not the one who decides.

It just asked him what he would do.

"Report to the lord, you deserve to decide that kind of thing? Everyone is so politically correct, how can your special Jin Zhimin deserve to be evaluated? "

"It's too transgressive!"

Roland thought about it and directly filled in 'Report to the Lord's Mansion'.

The trap of that question, Qu Han can't rely on his natural sensitivity to solve the riddle, but the first question is not really a little troublesome.

Question 7: Not a single farmer in the territory has failed to harvest due to the food disaster, and the total amount of seed fees and taxes is 77 thalers, but the family is poor, and it is basically possible to pay off the arrears and pay taxes.

If he were a tax collector, would he do what he asked?

It's complicated.

If it's a later lord, it's all about it, if it's a weak system to pay taxes, the tax collector is two: is it used to do that? Is it a success if you have no money in arrears?

The farmer's field still has a harvest, so it's not clear whose fault it is, right?

Roland also thinks that there is nothing wrong with that kind of thinking, no matter how stupid I am, it is possible to break through the limitations of the times, if I really want to do it, Roland; The small general will lend money to that family to survive this year, but if the next year is still planted to produce something, this

I also have a way, I can only say that fate is good, and the will of God wants that family to die.

However, the problem is beyond that.

Should a tax collector do that?

Roland might have done that if he had become a tax collector himself......... But is it the tax collector who is the main one?

Roland's expression was not a little uncertain, and I really knew what choice I should make.

In that era, the tax officer should be a hot-blooded and affectionate tax collection machine, and there are fewer people who have no hard work. Although the Roland family is the steward of the later lady, the steward of Moda is greedy, and my old man is very loyal

On the contrary, how rich is it outside the family, and how can so few people be saved.

After thinking about it for a long time, Roland also knew that he should answer the question, and I really wanted to write a standard answer to Terra's 'tax weakly, if you have money, sell your property and pay it back'.

But, my instinct tells me that it's a bad choice.

It's because it's bad for the answers to the test papers, but it's too bad for a long time.

Write that kind of answer, if I succeed in the selection, I can comfort myself, but if I win......

If I would have regretted it.

Roland was silent for a long time, tangled for a long time, before writing the answer.

I wrote down the indecisive answer of 'I will collect it for the time being, and I will see it for the next year,' and I thought about it, and even wrote down that I might borrow money, but if there were too few farmers in that way, I would borrow a lot.

"Hey."

Writing that, Roland suddenly realized that he might indeed be suitable to be a tax collector: "The heart required by that profession is too hard, isn't it?" Sure enough, if you don't specialize in art, you still have to do your mechanical engineering......"

"I also know that the Lord's Mansion is recruiting scholars in mechanical engineering......

Thinking of this, Roland simply rattled the bell and handed in the first paper, which also needed to be checked, and I was sure that my answer was the best I could write.

Before I came out, I realized that I was actually one of the first few people to submit the papers.

Even, not at all, the seventh.

And after me, there was no old man.

And that old man Qu Han is also very unfamiliar, because this is one of the most unknown tax officials after the Xia Hui Domain, counting the current Ian, the 'old Far' who has experienced the eight lords.

"What's the matter, Nian Zhongren, come out so slowly, it should be a blank slate, right?"

Staying in the interval of the examination room, the old man who was smoking changed the position of the pipe in his mouth, and said to Roland with a blank face with a smile: "Do you remember him, it is the eldest son of the Moda housekeeper, who ran away from home

It should be slower than you can answer. "

The gray-haired, golden-eyed old man smiled and nodded, "Guess what, he's bothered by these questions, right?"