Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

The civil servants happily went out with reward money, and said with emotion: "It would be great if this kind of work is available every month." Their monthly salary is not even one tael, and the salary of South Vietnamese officials is mainly food, which can be supplemented by a little. Money, for petty officials like them, the monthly salary is only enough to support a family of five, and they have to be diligent and thrifty to manage the family, so it is really generous for Li Xu to give a reward of one tael.

Li Xu decided the location of the interview to be in the Old Palace. He built an office here, and brought things that were inconvenient to deal with at home here.

The compiled summary table is clear at a glance. In order to improve efficiency, Li Xu also recruited more than a dozen interviewers from the Sheriff's Mansion to form a temporary recruitment team, specializing in interviewing professionals, such as Zhong Shuiqing, who is responsible for interviewing experienced farmers.

Zhong Shuiqing was busy working in the field, and the mud on his legs hadn't been washed when he was invited by the yamen servant. When he saw Li Xu, he said excitedly, "My lord, my lord is amazing, all the rice you planted has survived."

Li Xu thought to himself, wouldn't it be normal to live?

Zhong Shuiqing couldn't breathe, and said in a loud voice: "And do you know? It's only been a month, and the ears are actually heading, my God, the ears are actually heading in just one month. In this way, this batch of rice can be harvested in summer. It's just amazing."

Li Xu was also happy to hear him say this. This is just an improved method of raising seedlings. With more advanced farm tools, two rice crops a year are indispensable. As for the increase in yield, he has no way to change the hybrid rice , can only let them set aside the best seeds again and again, and improve the quality from genes.

"Since the method is useful, Mr. Zhong should discuss farming techniques with these people, and those who find it useful should stay." Li Xu gave him the resume assigned to the "farmer" category, and encouraged him: "One person counts the short and the other counts the long. It is always beneficial to discuss and discuss more."

Zhong Shuiqing was in a state of high enthusiasm, and immediately asked people to pull these people into an office, closed the door and started the interview.

The other dozen or so interviewers also roughly understood their usefulness, so they led people to work in the exclusive office, and if there were too many people, they divided them into several batches. Li Xu set standards for each category of talents , a carpenter must at least produce a decent wooden product, and then divide it into grades according to its fineness. Carpenters of different grades can be assigned different jobs and enjoy different treatment.

Ji Hanyu also participated in the interview, and Li Xu handed over the hundreds of literate scholars to him, and asked him to choose some available ones to fill the posts after the dismissal of the Lei family's children, and then select some young and talented students to follow him. He studied beside him and served as a candidate for the next batch of officials.

At that time, there was no imperial examination system, and talents relied on recommendation. Li Xu currently did not have a complete talent selection system, so he could only select some people to overcome the current difficulties.

As for the rest, those who are of average level but literate can be distributed to various places as accountants, or stay in Minzhou to teach his employees to read, of course, the premise is that they are willing to accept such an arrangement.

The importance of literacy is well known in modern times. Li Xu doesn't expect all of his employees to be top talents, but at least they must be able to count, recognize their own names, and understand contracts. After being sold, he helped count the money.

Once the work was divided, Li Xu became more relaxed. It was also very interesting to visit various venues and see the scenes of ancient people participating in interviews.

The interviewer was inexperienced, and the interviewer was also inexperienced. Sometimes the conversation would be cold. The former didn't know what questions to ask, while the latter was trembling nervously. Li Xu simply made a list of questions for the interview. Official reference, finally let the interview go smoothly.

The lunch is prepared and delivered by major restaurants. The hot rice is cooked with meat, green vegetables, spring bamboo shoots and dried shiitake mushrooms. It is simple and delicious to make. The tofu shop also makes soy milk and delivers it. The portion is enough Let everyone have a good meal.

This is what Li Xu eats. He is good at eating now, and he can eat two big bowls of rice in one meal. The bowls here are not the exquisite small bowls of later generations, but clay pots as big as soup bowls. The food intake is considered small among adult men, such as Kou Xiao, his food intake is at least twice that of his own, one can imagine how much food more than 1000 people would consume in one meal.

That's why it is said that in ancient wars, what was fought was a food war. Without enough food and grass to support it, no matter how brave the soldiers were, they would not be able to exert their strength.

The place to eat is in the staff cafeteria. If there are too many people to sit down, they take the bowls to eat outside. Anyway, it’s enough to make do with a meal, as long as you can eat enough.

But not everyone can make do with it. A middle-aged student fiddled with the food in the bowl and said disgustedly: "I didn't expect the food in the palace to be so rough, and let me and other well-educated people eat the same food as craftsmen, even the table where I eat. There are no chairs, so it’s worth noting such a host.”

"It's nothing, but do you know who is the person who tested us today?"

The middle-aged man didn't know before the interview, so he inquired, "Who is it? But which high-ranking official of the county guard's mansion?"

"No, it's a young man in a weak year. I heard that he is the wife of the Shun Wang family. He specializes in teaching ladies to read and have fun on weekdays."

"What's so unreasonable? This... This is simply too deceiving. How can King Shun be so unreasonable and let a young boy take the exam. This trip is really in vain."

"That's right, I think that master only likes young and mentally handicapped people, but he is very displeased with our beautiful articles, and always asks about practical matters. This is not an official, so what do you know?"

"He's a brat who knows practical things, heh, I'm afraid his writing is not good, so let's show his feet, let's go, let's leave as soon as possible."

Li Xu didn't take this little news to heart. He had expected that it would be difficult to recruit scholars. At this time, almost all the people who could read and write were from good families. They didn't have to worry about food and clothing. Negligence can make some noble students retreat on their own.

Li Xu will not advocate equality for everyone in this era, but you are the one who came to the interview, it is not clear whether it is a pearl or a fake, how could Li Xu give you high-level treatment.

But a few days later, when the students who left early heard that 15 of the students interviewed this time were directly promoted to officials, their stomachs were green with regret, and the interviewer whom they looked down upon was even more so. Soaring into the sky, he became the second-in-command of Nanyue Juncheng, the county guard's mansion, and countless people were stunned.

Of course, because of his age and background, many officials and students expressed dissatisfaction with Ji Hanyu's superior position. Ji Hanyu held a knowledge debate competition in the busiest teahouse in Chengguan without saying a word. The challengers were convinced.

Later, someone broke out that Ji Hanyu was Lu Shanzhang's beloved apprentice, who was taught and raised by Lu Shanzhang himself. He was qualified to teach in Qingqiong Academy many years ago, and because of his admiration for King Shun, he bid farewell to his bright future and went to the border area of ​​South Vietnam. From the local area, his popularity skyrocketed for a while, and he became a model for the new generation of students, and also became the first official of the Sheriff's Mansion to conquer the public by means of public opinion.

After dinner, Li Xu asked people to announce the results of the interview in the morning. Some people were happy and some were sad. Those who were unsuccessful would get round-trip travel expenses and had to leave Minzhou City immediately, otherwise they had to go to the Yamen to apply for a temporary residence permit.

There are very few floating populations in this era, especially in mountainous places like South Vietnam. Many people have never left their villages in their entire lives. Therefore, it is easy to manage the floating population. Suddenly there is a stranger among the neighbors, and it will spread quickly. Li Xu was not afraid that they would not apply for a temporary residence permit.

Many people who came from afar were unwilling to be reconciled after losing the election. They went to Li Xu and begged for another chance. They must have made up their minds to make a living in Minzhou if they came all the way to Minzhou. Many people even lived in Minzhou Let go of the rhetoric, want to become a retainer of the palace, and now return home in disgrace, it is easy to be ridiculed.

A young man knelt in front of Li Xu and begged hoarsely: "My lord, there are many brothers in this villain's family, and the land is not enough. The villain's age is middle-aged, and he is disliked by the elders, so he can only live alone. Please give me some help from the lord." Opportunity, as long as there is food to eat and a roof to shelter from the rain, you can do whatever you want the villain to do."

It is impossible for Li Xu to give the green light to every unsuccessful candidate. He has a lot of local people, but once this example is opened, the subsequent interviewers will follow suit, and the meaning of the interview will be lost.

"For this recruitment, someone must be unsuccessful. You can't make an exception just because you have nowhere to go, but I can give you a suggestion."

"You say."

"There will be several major projects in the city of Minzhou soon, and some coolies will definitely be recruited at that time. If you have nowhere to go, you can first go to the government to apply for a temporary residence permit and find some odd jobs to make ends meet. If you think doing coolies is too tiring, you can You can try elsewhere."

Li Xu has already started building factories on the outskirts of the city, and there are more than one, and he will have to recruit workers again at that time. If the people who are not selected this time are not afraid of being tired, they can be considered.

"Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord." Most of the people who will be eliminated are illiterate poor with only a handful of strength and no advantages. Some of them choose to return to their hometowns, and some of them live in Minzhou City.

After finishing this group of people, Li Xu didn't have the mood to go for a stroll. He went back to the house and lay down for a while, thinking in his heart that he would start recruiting people to pick tea.

Before he left, he asked Lei's brothers to inspect the nearby tea mountains. Those who had no owners were returned to the palace, and those who had owners were willing to sell them to him at a low price. There are a lot of tea trees within a hundred miles of Minzhou alone.

However, the vicinity of Minzhou City is not the main producing area of ​​tea after all. Li Xu is still planning to let Lei Luo's brother take someone to other places to buy some, but he also has concerns in his heart. Of course it is better to recruit female workers for tea picking. But can he really recruit so many female workers?

Even if the defense between men and women is not so serious now, and he can recruit married women, it is always sex discrimination, and it is no wonder that the men in charge don't make trouble.

I don’t know when Kou Xiao will be able to explain the affairs in the barracks. If he can stay for a few more days, he can help. Don’t think everyone is afraid of Kou Xiao, but they also trust him very much. One sentence from him is ten times better than that of a foreigner like himself. Words work.