Ma Tian walked towards Li Ming holding two bowls.

Li Ming didn't bother to get up and just stretched out his hand to ask for it.

However, Martin took his hand back and looked at Li Ming, who looked like a wanderer:

"Have you washed your hands?"

Li Ming smacked his lips and gestured to the saponin powder not far away:

"If you eat without washing your hands, am I waiting to have my work points deducted?"

Last year, the Liangzhou White Disaster almost caused a refugee wave in Liangzhou.

Fortunately, Feng Langjun's golden name is strong enough. In addition, Governor Feng's management in Longyou in the early years allowed him to make do with everything.

Therefore, he could barely lead the people of Liangzhou through this difficulty.

Now, in the early years, although Cao Cao sent Xia Houyuan to pacify Liangzhou, local rebellions in Liangzhou have never stopped over the years.

The consequence of long-term unrest is that a large amount of land has been abandoned.

In addition, most of the Qiang and Hu people in Liangzhou are half-cultivators and half-grazers. If they don’t farm, they can still survive if they have enough cattle and sheep.

As a result, even during the short period of stability in Liangzhou, the recovery rate of farming was far slower than that in the Central Plains.

Until Feng Langjun came from the south.

He brought a new concept that the Han Dynasty regarded Han and foreigners as the same, and also brought the advanced farming methods of Shu.

He is a good person in the eyes of the barbarians.

The Han and Hu people who could not survive the white disaster began to build water conservancy projects and reclaim wasteland under his leadership.

When the new chief of the Liangzhou Governor's Office, Shi Liao Hua, arrived, he also brought a batch of grain.

Finally, the problem of food shortage in the governor's mansion was completely alleviated.

The remaining shortage can be solved by Dongfeng Express slowly transporting grain from Shu.

Coupled with the market-regulating role of the Nanxiang Exchange and the grain obtained by Feng Governor in Liangzhou, it was enough to support the governor's office to carry out work-for-relief projects calmly.

The fields that were opened up were divided equally between the Han people and the Hu people, which was very fair.

Really fair.

Because of the PY transaction between Governor Feng and the Liangzhou family, a large number of herdsmen were needed in the pastures and a large number of handymen were needed in the workshops.

Han people are naturally more attached to the land.

The Hu people are more likely to deal with livestock.

The government's implicit regulation can make Hu people more inclined to enter pastures and workshops.

The first step for scholars like Martin and Li Ming who came to Liangzhou to take the exam was to participate in this work-for-relief program.

The infrastructure projects of Liangzhou Governor's Office are different from the traditional corvee organized by the government.

The civilians are just like the army, with ten people forming an army, fifty people forming a team, and a hundred people forming a camp.

What Ma Tian and Li Ming have to do is to lead the peasants assigned to them and complete the tasks assigned to them by their superiors to build canals or open up wasteland on time.

Of course, becoming a foreman after taking a test was a huge change in status, and many scholars reacted strongly.

But with Zhang Xiaosi in the Governor's Mansion, he was naturally well prepared.

With Feng's current status as governor, coupled with Feng Langjun's unique skill of "eloquent words and seduction", he is not afraid of quarreling with literati.

The sentence "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living and the people, carry on the unique knowledge for the saints, and create peace for all generations" is enough to make all the scholars in the world shut up obediently.

However, "How can you govern the world if you can't govern a canal with a hundred men?"

Since you have the ability, prove it!

It’s not like I won’t give you a chance to prove it.

The exam is your chance to prove that you can be a herder.

As long as you can complete the tasks assigned by the governor's office, someone will automatically record your work points.

If you accumulate enough work points within three months, you will be able to pass the first stage of the exam.

It means that you already have the most basic herder skills.

Of course, if you perform well and save enough work points in advance, you can pass the exams in the first three months in advance.

But it's not an easy thing.

Because a scholar must lead at least a hundred men, he must not only know how to coordinate the distribution, but also how to organize manpower.

At the same time, scholars must constantly sum up experience and complete tasks as quickly as possible.

Also know how to resolve disputes.

After all, the common people are not robots without emotions, and they are a mixture of Han and Hu. It is inevitable that there will be some conflicts in daily life.

How many years has the Nanxiang Engineering Team been working?

How many people can do how much earth work? Is there anyone in the world who knows better than them?

Tasks assigned on a per-capita basis are all given on a whim.

If you want to fool yourself, it will definitely not be possible.

If you work in shifts, you can barely complete it at best.

Only those who are at least somewhat capable are likely to stand out.

If that's all, that's it. In the first stage of Liangzhou's exams, there is actually such an operation as deducting work points.

Such as open defecation, not washing hands before eating and many other rules.

Not only did the scholars have to take the lead in obeying it, but they also had to make sure that the people they led also obeyed it.

"I never thought about it before, but just leading hundreds of people is so difficult."

Li Ming took the black bean soup handed over by Ma Tian, ​​took a sip, and then said something with emotion.

Although he was complaining a little, his tone was obviously a little proud.

A lot has changed since the beginning.

the reason is simple.

Such a strict and thorough examination can only show that the Liangzhou Governor's Office was well prepared.

In other words, taking exams and selecting talents is far more serious than imagined.

It turned out that some people in Shu who were worried that this move was to appease the Liangzhou aristocratic family secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As for Martin and Li Ming, because of their outstanding performance, they already have more than 300 civilians under their command, and they are almost certain to pass the first stage of the exam.

As long as they submit an acceptable argument, they will be promoted.

"Who doesn't know how complicated the affairs of the world are if they don't work hard? How can anyone not know how to govern the world by talking about it?"

Ma Tian also sat down next to Li Ming, holding a bowl and spoke with great emotion.

After drinking a bowl of black bean soup, the heat in his body seemed to lessen a bit. Li Ming asked:

"I heard that in the past two days, in order to rush the work, some people asked the peasants to work in the scorching sun at noon, which caused several people to get sick. What happened in the end?"

Martin is far better at dealing with others than Li Ming, and can often get information that others don't know from some channels.

I only heard him reply:

"It is said that the qualification to manage civilian husbands has been suspended. How to deal with it in the end depends on the news from the governor's office."

Martin said, shaking his head:

"When the Han Dynasty first returned to Liangzhou, they had to pay attention to winning people's hearts. In my opinion, this is the purpose of building water conservancy and reclaiming wasteland."

"If this matter spreads and is taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives, it will not harm the reputation of the governor's office. Therefore, in my opinion, the governor's office should handle this matter carefully."

Every day at noon, civilians are allowed to rest for an hour. This is a rule set by the governor's office.

Because the common people only have two meals a day, morning and evening, the most they can do at noon is drink some black bean soup to relieve the heat.

But what they do is heavy physical work, so naturally they can't be forced too much.

The two were chatting, and a burst of cheers came from not far away.

Then the sound of Yiyi's singing came faintly:

"I've got my first hair on my forehead, so I'll just break the flowers and play in front of the door..."

Li Ming sighed and asked Martin:

"Tell me, how would Governor Feng feel if he heard that his poems had been changed like this?"

Ma Tian didn't take it seriously and laughed:

"The Governor Feng may not be aware of this matter. Since no one is stopping it, it means the superiors tacitly approve it."

As he said that, he winked and said, "When it's too hot to rest, let the civilians listen to these songs. It can also boost their morale."
To be continued...