Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Before Xiao Zirong was still worrying about how to replenish the manpower, now is a good time, on the one hand, they can have more people here and develop faster, on the other hand, they can lighten Xiao Xuexing's burden a little.

Even if the number of refugees they took away was nothing compared to the total number, one less person was one less person, and one less person could save a little food for the state capital and lighten their burden a little.

As the saying goes, if you are poor, you will be good for yourself, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world. They are not considered rich now, and they can only do so much.

And Liu Cainiang's eyes lit up instantly after hearing this, she slapped her hands and said, "That's right, why didn't I think of that?"

They often suffered from lack of manpower, but since the regent came, they were blocked from even going to the dental clinic to replenish manpower, so they could only rely on their own people to come in little by little.

Although it is not kind to think so, Liu Cainiang really thinks that these refugees came at the right time.

But soon she was a little worried: "But if there are too many outsiders, will there be any problems?"

Xiao Zirong glanced at her and said: "It doesn't need so many, as long as we have a large number of people, what's more, don't we have a guard? When new people come in, more girls will be able to join the guard. Time will be better."

Liu Cainiang thought about it for the same reason, so what if outsiders are fierce?There are so many of them.

Xiao Zirong added another sentence: "When selecting candidates, you can also look more carefully, don't choose those who seem to be thorny."

Only then did Liu Cainiang leave excitedly, Xiao Zirong thought about it, this is not particularly safe, now the guards are not very different from everyone else, they are still holding stone tools.

Earlier, Xiao Zirong led people to forge a batch of farm tools out of iron and bronze, which really saved a lot of effort for the ladies to use.

There is not much iron now, but a batch of weapons can still be made, so Xiao Zirong immediately prepared to make a batch of long spears.

Although things like knives and swords look good and are stylish to wear, they are actually not as good as spears in practical applications. After all, an inch is long and an inch is strong, and an inch is short and an inch is dangerous.

Not only that, bows and arrows are the most suitable, so a batch of arrows must be made, but the trouble is that you have to wait until the battle is resolved to take back the arrows, after all, they are bronze arrows!

At the smelting workshop, Xiao Zirong was a frequent visitor, and he would come to build something when he had nothing to do.

It's just that, except for the first sword that he made himself, the little ladies didn't let him do it for the rest of the time. The reason was: "It's easy not to grow tall when you're tired."

Xiao Zirong felt that it was outrageous at the time, and then Liu Cainiang gestured at his height and said worriedly: "This year... the city lord doesn't seem to grow very tall."

Xiao Zirong belatedly remembered that his current age seems to be in the growth period, and his height...it seems that he really hasn't grown very much.

In an instant, he felt a little bad all over, and he didn't bother to hit the iron, and began to customize nutritional recipes for himself.

Although the average height is not very good these days, it is still average. People who are not well-nourished have lowered their height a lot, and the average height of real high-level nobles is still not low.

For example, Xiao Xuexing, Xiao Zirong is at least 1.8 meters five by visual inspection. He doesn't need to be that tall, but he must be at least 1.8 meters, right?

When Xiao Zirong was working hard for his height, the guards had already been equipped with bows and crossbows. Although there were not many arrows, only three or four per person, this was already cherished by the little ladies. , and after having weapons, I feel that these little ladies are particularly powerful in training.

Coupled with the fact that Xiao Xuexing's people don't hang around very much recently, Xiao Zirong simply increased the training time for them, especially archery training, and asked all the little ladies to come over and have a try. ?

The Martial arts arena was set up in a relatively empty part of the city, where Xiao Zirong originally wanted to park his chariots and horses, but now their chariots and horses... are like nothing, each family is in their own yard, the state capital They were all in Xiao Zirong's yard, so they simply requisitioned them there.

In addition to the target, Xiao Zirong also added some physical training. As for practicing martial arts...he doesn't know how to do it, but there are people in the guard who know it. It is said that the family used to run a martial arts gym, but it declined later, and relatives passed away one after another. She gritted her teeth and wanted to enroll students, but was kidnapped by bandits. She couldn't defeat so many robbers by herself.

Now it's just time for her to pick up her old profession, Xiao Zirong saw this little lady beat all the guards' invincible hands, and decisively appointed her as the martial arts instructor, so that the guards could make good contact.

At the same time, he was also preparing to start his first exam.

He told Liu Cainiang before that he would select officials through examinations, but there were too many things before, and now the order is very good, and there is no need for so many officials to manage.

But with the increase of refugees, even if there are only [-] refugees, there will be some troubles in management. Xiao Zirong has his own things to do, and he needs to continue to plan the next situation of Taoyuan City, so he can only take the exam first.

Although the girls in the guards were interested in practicing martial arts at the beginning, they couldn't stand such high-intensity exercises every day.

But after knowing that Xiao Zirong was going to take the exam, they said: practicing martial arts is really fragrant.

They don't want to use their brains if they can use force.

Xiao Zirong also turned a blind eye to this. He has very low requirements for the guards, as long as he can read and read the notices by himself.

Before the exam, Xiao Zirong specially set up the official position. In order to save worry, he directly misappropriated the system of three provinces and six departments of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the system of later generations is more familiar to him, it has to be said that it is not suitable for the present.

Taoyuan City should not be able to hide for a lifetime, especially Xiao Xuexing is so persistent in looking for him. According to Xiao Zirong's vision, it is very likely that after this wave of floods is over, the other party will be free to continue searching.

Before that, what Xiao Zirong needs to do is to make Taoyuan City better, so that it has the possibility of independent existence. If he has the opportunity, he will work hard to make Taoyuan City a city on the territory of Qi.

So even if there are few people, Xiao Zirong is well equipped with official positions, but he doesn't need adjutants.

This time the exam is also in accordance with the imperial examination process, of course it starts with the general exam, and the provincial exam...even if he wants to, he doesn't have this condition.

The first wave of examinations was directly held in the open air on the square. There was no way, the library and school buildings that Xiao Zirong specially vacated were not built, except for the square and the city lord's mansion, which were the largest.

The City Lord's Mansion is definitely not suitable, so the only choice is the square.

The questions Xiao Zirong posed were not particularly difficult. The first wave was all questions whose answers could be found in the textbooks he gave. This was to examine their learning situation.

And the learning progress of these little ladies... In fact, they are just graduating from primary school.

This is already very fast, after all, they only need to study two subjects of mathematics and Chinese, and the other subjects are directly thrown aside, so the progress is so fast, otherwise, no matter how simple the elementary school knowledge is, it will take six years to learn.

In the process, Xiao Zirong gave them a little bit of physical and chemical foundation, not much, mainly to prepare for the future.

After the first wave of exams, Xiao Zirong and Bai Yan were the only ones to mark the papers. There was no way, they were the only two in Taoyuan City who didn't need to take the exam.

Bai Yan has her own skills, and she has a good cultural background. Even if her knowledge system is not the same as Xiao Zirong's, it doesn't matter. Anyway, there are correct answers in this wave of exams.

Xiao Zirong has always felt that it is easy to get full marks in elementary school knowledge tests. Anyway, when he was in elementary school, he rarely had dissatisfaction.

As a result, when it comes to these little ladies, the full score is relatively scarce, not to mention the full score, even if they just pass, only half of them.

But it doesn't matter, it's beneficial to get so many directly in the first exam, so that he can take fewer exams, anyway, he doesn't have enough officials, and the position of Sangong is removed.

The so-called three provinces and six ministries also directly gave away the three provinces, leaving only six ministries, which is more in line with the current situation of Taoyuan City.

After the first wave, there were only about forty people left. Xiao Zirong was quite satisfied with the result, at least he had to choose among a bunch of people who didn't pass the test.

The second wave of exams is about divergent thinking.

In the later generations, the imperial examinations would always take some questions about people's livelihood, but when you come to Xiao Zirong, you don't need to take these questions. These little ladies already know a lot about people's livelihood issues. After all, they themselves are from the masses. come out.

So Xiao Zirong began to ask some general questions, such as what do you think Taoyuan City should be like in the future, or what is the geographical location of Taoyuan City, and will the people in Taoyuan City want to actively contact people from the outside world in the future?

Xiao Zirong specifically emphasized that these are all for the sake of policy theory before setting out the topic, and it does not mean that it will go like this in the future.

The little ladies seemed to be quite resistant to the last question, but they all answered honestly.

The first question of Xiao Zirong's three questions is about foresight, the second question is about familiarity with the surrounding area and geographical knowledge, and the third is about their xinxing.

When looking at these three questions as a whole, it is a logic when looking at the answers.

Xiao Zirong didn't really expect these little ladies to say anything. To be honest, even if some people were selected from them, it was just to help Xiao Zirong share some pressure, so that he didn't have to go around alone, even the little ladies. Pay attention to menstrual period.

Although he knew it was human nature, he tried his best to appear calm when he brought it up, not wanting to embarrass the ladies, but it was embarrassing for him as a minor to take the initiative to raise this question.

It's easy to talk about with the officials under him, just leave these things to her to do.

However, there is really something in it that makes Xiao Zirong's eyes shine. There is a little lady named Jin Sheng who answers in an orderly manner. They are already very good among this group of young ladies, and if they are placed in later generations, they will be a good seedling for writing materials.

Xiao Zirong looked at the name and thought about it carefully, but he didn't remember the appearance of this little lady, it seemed that she was really low-key at ordinary times.

In fact, it wasn't just Jin Sheng, many young ladies who made Xiao Zirong feel good in this exam were usually inconspicuous.

After all the papers were approved, Xiao Zirong didn't announce the rankings, worrying that the little ladies who didn't do well in the exam would feel that they wouldn't be able to make it to the stage.

Just when he was about to call the chosen person to the City Lord's Mansion, Ah Yin ran in and said, "The City Lord, the City Lord, Sister Cai Niang is back."

Xiao Zirong immediately asked, "Have you brought anyone back?"

Ah Yin nodded vigorously: "There are more than a dozen people! They look so miserable."

Xiao Zirong immediately got up and was about to go out to have a look, but before he had gone far, he saw Liu Cainiang walking over with someone from a distance.

After seeing the people behind Liu Cainiang, the smile on Xiao Zirong's face slowly disappeared: Why... are they all young ladies?