Seeing the appearance of the people below, Zhou Xian nodded and said: "First of all, I will give all the workers who participate in shipbuilding five taels of silver per month, if there are people who do well, the monthly money will be higher." ”

When everyone heard the five taels of silver per month, they all immediately smiled.

"The next thing is the method and process of shipbuilding, everyone listens to it."

Then Zhou Xian taught everyone the method of making a steamship through a mysterious ball of light.

There are three types of ships to be built this time.

The first is a punt: a punt is mainly used on rivers and lakes because it keeps the draft of the ship small, so that it is easy to cross the shallows and anchor near the sandbar.

The second type is a giant warship: imitating the style of a Dutch ship, with a length of 60 meters, a height of 20 meters, and five cabins, like a moving castle, which can accommodate 400 people, equipped with 60 cannons, and sails quickly and is not afraid of wind and waves.

The third type is a large fortune ship: 40 meters long, 8 meters wide, 20 cabins, 60 tons, can accommodate 200 people, equipped with 30 cannons, mainly used for transportation.

After the teaching, the craftsmen were all confident and felt that it was very easy to build these boats.

Zhou Xian smiled slightly when he saw their expressions, and after continuing to encourage everyone for a few words, he asked everyone to go out and prepare to start shipbuilding.

When only Zhou Xian and Xu Xiaosong were left in the hall, Zhou Xian said to Xu Xiaosong: "You should speed up the shipbuilding, because we now need steamships very much to trade rubber and trade. ”

"Master, don't worry, I will hurry up and build a steamship." Xu Xiaosong is colorful.

"Do a good job, Master is optimistic about you, I will go back now and ask Zhao Bugui to send the steam engine for the steam ship and the technicians over." Zhou Xian patted Xu Xiaosong's shoulder and said.

After explaining Xu Xiaosong, Zhou Xian went back to Xingjing.

When Zhou Xian returned to Xingjing, it was already six o'clock in the evening.

After dinner, Zhou Xian began to write the admission conditions and exam questions for civil servants.

In fact, the civil servants recruited by Zhou Xian are officials, but now Zhou Xian is not independent, so he uses the name of civil servant, Zhou Xian will need a large number of officials after occupying Shandong, and those officials of the Ming Dynasty in the past Zhou Xian will not be reused, at most give them a deputy position.

After several hours of writing, the admission requirements and exam questions for civil servants were finally written.

At present, Zhou Xian's requirements for the admission of civil servants are very simple, that is, they abide by discipline and law, have good conduct, and have the spirit of serving the people.

Early the next morning, Zhou Xian handed over the admission conditions and examination methods of civil servants to Zhou Fugui.

Zhou Fugui took the rice paper and opened it to take a look, "President, isn't this topic a little too difficult, no matter what type of problem there is." ”

"The civil servants we are looking for are not nerds who can only read the Four Books and Five Classics, but must have a sense of the overall situation, and they must understand a little bit of any subject." Zhou Xian explained.

"Okay, President, I know, I'll notify you about the recruitment of civil servants." Zhou Fugui understood Zhou Xian's intentions.

Soon, the entire Shanxi government knew the news that Xingjing was going to recruit civil servants, and people who felt that they wanted to be officials with some culture rushed to Xingjing to prepare for this civil service exam.

In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that this civil service examination is actually used by Zhou Xian to select officials, but it is just a different name.

Peng Cheng is a talent in Shanxi Fucheng, I heard that Xingjing was recruiting civil servants, he didn't know what a civil servant was at first, but later inquired and found out that the original civil servant was an official of Xingjing, and this civil service exam could be taken regardless of whether it was famous or not, Peng Cheng was immediately overjoyed.

Peng Cheng studied quite a lot, so he was twenty-five years old before he was admitted to the fame of a showman, and it was impossible to go further, and now Xingjing was recruiting civil servants, so he decided to go to Xingjing to give it a try.

Peng Cheng said goodbye to his family, sat in a carriage for two days, and finally came to Datong Mansion, Peng Cheng heard that there is something called a train in Datong Mansion, and he was very curious, so he came to Datong Mansion first.

When Peng Cheng came to the Datongfu Railway Station and saw a train parked there, he was stunned.

I saw that the train was very long, like a giant dragon lying on the ground, and there was an invisible sense of oppression for those who saw the train for the first time.

Peng Cheng watched all this blankly, and suddenly there was a "whining sound" in his ears, and then he saw many people running towards the train quickly.

When a dark-skinned man passed by Peng Cheng, he shouted, "This boy is getting on the train, the train is about to leave." ”

Peng Wei could respond with an "oh", and followed the man to the train.

As soon as Peng Cheng followed the man to the train, the train started slowly, because Peng Cheng came late, there was no place, so he could only stand there.

Peng Cheng looked at the slowly moving scenery outside, and fell into shock again.

Suddenly, the man patted Peng Cheng's shoulder and said, "This son is taking the train for the first time." ”

"yes, it's the first time." Peng Cheng came back to his senses and said.

"I take the train every day, my family lives in Datong Fucheng, and I have to go to work in the steel factory in Xingjing every day." The man said proudly.

Peng Cheng didn't expect this man to have a job, so he politely asked, "What does the steel mill do?" ”

"The steel mill is the factory that produces steel, and the train and the railroad tracks you are riding on now are made of the steel produced in our steel mill." The man laughed.

"It's disrespectful." Peng Cheng said respectfully.

The man smiled and said no more.

Soon the train arrived in Xingjing, and Peng Cheng stepped off the train and looked up at the new city.

As soon as he looked up, he saw the tall bell tower, Peng Cheng didn't know what the numbers on the bell tower meant, and then the man also got off the train, came to Peng Cheng and said: "That's the clock tower in Xingjing, the thing on it is the clock, you see it's almost eight o'clock now, don't say it, I'm going to be late for work!" After speaking, he waved his hand at Peng Cheng and walked into the crowd.

Peng Cheng stood in place and looked at the tall bell tower, lost in thought.

After a while, Peng Cheng continued to walk forward, only to see that Xingjing was full of high-rise buildings, clean and tidy streets were full of people, and there were all kinds of shops on both sides of the street.

Peng Cheng walked forward and looked at it as he walked, it was much more prosperous and lively than Shanxi City.

After Peng Cheng looked at it for a while, he asked the shopkeeper of the teahouse next to him: "This shopkeeper, where can I register for the civil service examination?" ”

The shopkeeper of the teahouse saw that Peng had grown up with clear eyebrows, a bit of a talented appearance, and spoke so politely, so he said: "The registration location for the civil service examination is in Xingjing Square, and you can see the registration location when you get there." ”

"Thank you for your advice!" Peng Cheng hurriedly thanked.

After thanking the bookstore owner, Peng Chengcheng walked towards Xingjing Square.

Peng Cheng walked on the road to Xingjing Square, the more he walked, the more surprised he became, and the more he walked to Xingjing Center, the more he could feel the magnificence of Xingjing.

It's full of neat rows of buildings and all kinds of shops, and some buildings that I haven't seen before.

Soon Peng Cheng arrived at Xingjing Square, and Peng Cheng saw from afar that there was a place where many people gathered in this wide Xingjing Square.

Peng Cheng guessed that it should be the registration office for the civil service examination, so he immediately walked over there.

When he got closer, a soldier came to Peng Cheng and asked, "Are you here to take the civil service exam?" ”