[Fengshi City]

[town Hall]

In the documentary room temporarily transformed from the conference room, someone was furious.

"Come and listen! These are all haunting answers!"

Andre picked up the test paper that had fallen on the table, turned around and said to the others in the marking room, word by word:

"Common sense, Question 5, [Why can a boat float on water]? Answer, [Because wood can float on water, so the boat can float on water]."

A cheerful laughter suddenly sounded in the marking room.

"[swear words]!" Andrey threw the test paper on the table again and cursed: "The answers are all in the question, but you can still answer them wrong!"

The laughter in the marking room became louder.

Andre tried hard to break a gap by bending the edge of the test paper book - that is, the part covering the name and seat number.

After finding that the binding of the test paper book was very strong and could not be broken by hand alone, he looked around for the paper cutting knife.

"No!" Andrey sang a nervous voice: "I must see, I must see which idiot is, who can be so stupid!"

"Hi! The book in your hand is pretty good, listen to my book!" Another one-eyed cavalry captain next to him who was placing the paper turned around, held the test paper, and said in a stern manner: "Common sense, question 5. Question, [Why can the ship float on the water]. Answer..."

The one-eyed captain deliberately paused for a moment, sucking the appetite of others, and then revealed the suspense: "...[because it is the will of the Lord."

There was another burst of laughter in the marking room.

The one-eyed captain picked up the handkerchief, opened the eye mask, and wiped the empty eye sockets: "Oh, it's really, it hurts my wound."

Since in a sense, this exam covering all informal officers in the entire army was almost a large-scale survey of the New Republic army, so the test scores were naturally very important information.

The preparation meeting cannot - I feel embarrassed - to appoint external personnel to review the test papers.

Therefore, all the formal officers who were not on duty and could still act, even wounded officers like Captain Luosong, appeared at the review site.

As Andre and Luosong fired the first and second shots, the atmosphere in the marking room became completely lively.

A group of formal officers threw out the outrageous answers they saw.

"Politics, the first question, [What is the full name of the 'Union'?]" Someone laughed happily: "Answer, [The full name of the 'Union']."

"Geography, the second question, [What two mountains do the 'two mountains' in the narrow land refer to?]" Someone laughed and cried: "Answer, [South Mountain and North Mountain]. Hey! I can't say that he is completely wrong, at least the direction is correct."

A voice came from the corner of the marking room: "Then please listen to the answer of the person at my hand. [The 'two mountains' in the narrow two mountains refer to]...[The big mountains and small mountains]."

Another officer was not to be outdone: "[White Mountain and Montenegro]."

"[Yinque Mountain and Tiefeng Mountain]." Someone killed the game and joked: "I realized that the 'land' of the two mountains and narrow lands is about the new reclamation land!"

"Geography questions are all meaningless, come and listen to me! Current affairs, question 3, [Who is the former Chief State Secretary of the United Province and the current actual ruler of the United Province?]"

Someone was so happy that he fell back and forth: "Answer, [the former secretary of state was Blood Wolf, and the current ruler was Winters Montagne]."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves, and someone immediately followed and said loudly: "Current Affairs, Question 4, [Who is the current president of the Grand Council of the Kings Government who launched a coup in early 559 and led to the civil war?]. Answer, [It's the Blood Wolf]."

"Current Affairs, Question 5, [Who is the current marshal of the Hongchuan Military Government?]. Answer, [It's His Excellency Winters Montane]."

"Current Affairs, Question 6, [Who is the current consul of the Republic of Veneta?]. The answer is [Old Master Blood Wolf]."

"Current Affairs, Question 7...[Blood Wolf]."

With one pair of answers, everyone suddenly discovered that any question asked about the name is simply the hardest hit area for "Wentes Montagne" and "Blood Wolf".

Captain Rosong patted Andre on the shoulder and asked jokingly: "Lt. Chelini, what's going on with your men? Do you know a blood wolf?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Andrey said angrily: "I'm in my hands now, and I ask who is the leader of the Hongchuan Military Government, and I answered [Richard Mason]!"

An unprecedented laughter erupted in the marking room, and everyone laughed so hard that tears flowed out.

After the laughter dissipated, Andre sighed and fell to the recliner that was the only one in the marking room. He covered his face with the papers and shouted in pain:

"So we have always been relying on such a group of illiterate people to fight?!"

Captain Luo Song couldn't help laughing: "Or what do you think? Do you think everyone is like us and know so much knowledge?"

Richard Mason pushed a small cart of newly bound test papers and distributed them all the way. Finally, he came to Andre and Luosong and happened to hear the conversation between them.

Looking at the cavalry and infantry alumni who were mocking others in the review room, Mason couldn't help but shook his head gently and sighed.

"Why are you sighing?" Andre sensitively noticed the senior's micro-expression, and sat up as if he was stabbed by a needle: "At least I know that the boat can float on the water because of buoyancy!"

"I know you know." Mason explained calmly at first, comforting Andre with a hoarse voice: "I didn't laugh at you."

Then, he sighed again and whispered: "I am just sighing - what a great power education is."

"Ah?" Andre didn't understand what the senior said meant for a while.

"Quick the papers, quickly get the papers." Before Andre could react, Mason quickly stuffed the test papers in Andre into Andre's hand and urged: "No one of the reserve officers who took the exam will fall asleep tonight. Quickly get the papers out so that the next plan can be announced so that they can rest assured."

Andre took the test paper instinctively and was about to scream a few times, complaining that there were too few people who were marking the paper, but Senior Mason had already pushed the cart and slipped away quickly.

Andre and Luosong looked at each other and had to return to their post reluctantly and continue to face the outrageous answers that made their scalp numb.

On the other side, Mason pushed the cart back to the binding room at the other end of the corridor, and found that the clerks responsible for binding were no longer there. Lieutenant Woods from Baishan County, the only one who stayed in the binding room was soaking flowers and plants to warm honey.

"Are all binding?" Mason asked hoarsely.

"Yes, it's all tied." Lieutenant Woods pointed to the test papers on the ground and replied in a hoarse voice: "It's too late, I'll make my own decision and let the clerks leave first."

As he said that, Lieutenant Woods of the Engineer poured a glass of fragrant and steaming honey water to the artillery captain Mason, and sighed: "It's not easy, senior."

Mason took the hot honey water, but did not taste it directly. Instead, Lieutenant Woods also poured himself a cup, and then he gently clinked the glass with the latter as if he was celebrating his victory: "Yes, it's not easy, but we still got it done."

The two of them both turned their eyes to the conference table, and the last thirty sets of test papers waiting to be reviewed were quietly lying there, like a stack of ordinary papers.

But looking at this ordinary result, it is completely unimaginable how much effort and sweat the preparatorymen of this exam have put into getting it.

Compared to holding the exam itself, what is the difficulty of not enough staff to mark the papers?

It should be noted that simply instilling the concept of "exam" into subjects has exhausted Mason and Woods.

Except for the first time during the founding of the Army, a small number of people who taught classes by Winters Montane himself, most of the informal and reserve officers did not receive formal cultural education, and did not even understand what "exam" is, confusing it with "test".

Therefore, many candidates take it for granted that the "exam" is similar to the question that must be answered after a mortal dies, such as "Are you pious?", "Are you loyal?", "Have you ever lie?", etc.; or some great achievements that great heroes must achieve in legends - catching pigs, killing snakes, catching cows, and even a life-and-death duel.

Many people were frightened because the questioning of the gatekeeper of heaven was definitely not possible for ordinary people, otherwise why would they have to purgatory and confessional rooms?

The great heroes like catching pigs and cattle are all life-death tests, and even if you think about it, you will know how dangerous it is.

In fact, information about the form, subject, scope and other information of the exam has been explained in detail in the announcements posted and issued.

However, "the characters are too small and too many", "everyone can't understand", and "they are too lazy to read", so all kinds of exaggerated and bizarre rumors spread like wildfire, and everyone talked very vividly.

Upon hearing the news, Mason and Woods, who were busy printing the test papers, had to personally go to the military camps of the troops of various counties to hold meetings to the candidates, explain in person, and explain the relevant content of the "exam".

I don’t know how many verbal talk, how many ridiculous questions I answered, and how many patient explanations were explained, so that this unexpected storm could be calmed down, so that the "big test" would be held smoothly without postponing it.

This "big test" not only has examination rooms in Fengshi City, but also in Worne County, Tiefeng County, Baishan County, Leiqun County, Bianjiang County and even Jinghu County.

The test papers printed in advance have been sent to various counties. If the exam is postponed, it will "touch the whole body".

The long journey of Tiefeng County and Bianjiang County examination room have no time to notify. Once the first two are unsealed in advance, in principle, all test papers will be invalidated and the questions will be issued again.

This will not only cause great waste, but will also be embarrassing in front of the entire province.

On the other hand, the successful holding of the "big test" covering the new reclamation land was also beautifully displayed under the gaze of the powerful people of the administrative agencies of each county, municipality and even Fengshi City.

This time, it was a "test" within the army.

The next time, it will also cover the new land, but it is aimed at "selecting" outside the army.

The new republic will no longer just draw money, goods and war horses from the newly reclaimed land, but it will also draw talents from this land.

By then, the intellectual class and gentry families in the new land would face a choice whether to jump on this new ship.

That's what they're going to worry about.

At present, Richard Mason and Woods Frank, who have overcome all kinds of difficulties and successfully accomplished such a feat, deserve a drink of hot honey water to celebrate... and treat their throats by the way.

"What's next?" Woods asked in a low voice.

"The next thing is to wait for the test paper to be approved and the results are listed." Mason sipped the hot honey water and sighed: "The illiteracy of the officers' regiment is worse than we expected."

"Just be afraid, just teach." Woods glanced at the door where the noise came and teased: "Since the old marshal's military academy could teach those muscles and sticks to this day, what else can we worry about?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

But soon Mason fell into habitual worry again. He held the cup and said distressedly: "But where are we looking for so many teachers now? We are too short of staff! Too short of too short! Qualified clerks are almost exhausted, so we can't let those guys..."

Mason pointed to the other end of the corridor with his toes: "Go to be an enlightenment teacher? They probably don't have that much patience."

Woods was also very upset, but after the Battle of River Valley Village, the lieutenant who had been cautious in every way had learned not to worry about tomorrow's affairs tonight.

"Please enjoy now." Woods said with a smile, and he walked to the filing cabinet in the corner: "I know the place where the scribes can hide their wine should be..."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After a brief search, Woods pulled out a bottle of wine from the mountain-stacked scroll: "Here!"

"Does the clerk usually drink at work?" Mason was stunned.

"No drink." Woods replied with a smile: "How can I boil it? It will taste better when I mix hot honey water with a little wine."

After saying that, Woods poured a little wine into Mason and his glass.
To be continued...