In the early morning of the next day, the government examination officially began.
Chen Mu ate something hastily and headed towards the examination room.
Compared with the children's examination, more people came to Bajun to take the government examination. By the time Chen Mu arrived, there was already a long queue at the door of the examination room.
This is a time when the fate of life is decided. Even though there are so many candidates gathered together, the atmosphere is so quiet and tense. After all, in ancient times, there were too few channels to cross class.
Although so many people have come, most of them will be eliminated.
There are three government examinations, one per day, for a total of three days.
The process is the same as that of the child test, first checking the floating ticket, then searching the body, and signing a guarantee.
In comparison, the fees required for the government examination will be more. If you add them all together, you will lose five taels of silver.
After entering the examination room, candidates will draw lots to determine their seat location.
Chen Mu came to his seat, still as before, with a bucket for his own excretion next to him.
Ever since he passed the children's examination, Chen Muke had experienced the power of the Gongtong.
During the scientific examination, you are not allowed to go out for most of the day. Many times, after taking a bowel movement, the candidates have to chew on the excrement.
And the most terrible thing is that there are so many candidates gathered in the entire examination room. It's okay in the morning, but in the afternoon, the smell in the room can almost kill a cow.
With the sound of the bell, the first session officially began.
The first question is still selected from the Four Books and Five Classics, focusing on the scriptures.
It's like in the previous life, I first gave you a sentence of "weeding day is noon", and then I gave you a blank and asked you to complete it.
Chen Mu felt that the dictation questions in his previous life were derived from this.
However, the length is much larger. After a quick glance, I can tell that the amount I need to fill in is only a few hundred words at least.
However, during the time at home, Chen Mu had long memorized these dead questions and became very familiar with them.
But even so, Chen Mu was leisurely writing strokes one by one. He knew that if he wrote the wrong words and altered them, he would be judged to be guilty of smearing the paper.
It's like the essay questions in the previous life. If your handwriting is better, you can get extra points.
The examination room was very quiet, except for the invigilator patrolling back and forth, there was no other sound.
Most people worry about gains and losses. It can be seen that once you are selected as a scholar, it means that you have truly entered the scholar class. This is the first transformation of a scholar. Once you fail, it means that you are still at the bottom of society.
Time turned and soon it was noon.
At this moment, the examination room is already filled with "fairy spirit".
The smell of dozens of people's excrement mixed together can undoubtedly kill someone.
Stimulated by the smell, Chen Mu couldn't help but vomited against Gong Tong.
But in the end, I still endured everything and finished the test questions.
With the sound of a bell, the first candidate to complete the paper was born.
Then it's the old procedure again, with seals and names obscured.
Just like that, the first scene ended.
After leaving the examination room, the expressions of the candidates undoubtedly showed all aspects of life.
Some people smiled and waved their hands and told their friends that their test scores were average this time, so they were just so-so.
Some people tell everyone how they answered the questions, as if they already knew they were on the list.
Some people looked depressed, as if they had a bad start and failed in the first test.
As for Chen Mu, the first test was all about dead questions. After finishing the test, he checked it carefully several times. If there were no mistakes, it should be a perfect test paper.
The government examination is a elimination system. Only after passing the first round can you enter the next round.
As for now, I’m just waiting for the announcement of the list tomorrow.
By the time Chen Mu left the examination room, it was already dusk.
On this day, he did not stop at Liu Jingtang's place, but walked towards his elder brother's bookstore.
One of the main reasons is that Liu Jingtang is so flirtatious. Thinking about last night, Chen Mu couldn't help but shudder. Chen Mu couldn't even think about the affair between his brother-in-law and his wife's younger brother.
As for the second one, I have something important to discuss with my elder brother.
The shops here in Bajun are also from 9 to 5. With so many people in Sichuan Gate, there is no need to hire someone to take care of the ten shops. Most of the people in the gang are quick-thinking old people.
People who make fires and cook in the folk are very aware of the ways of the world. In fact, it is most suitable for these people to run the shop.
Of course, most people like this don't have clean hands and feet, and they will always try to make a small amount of money.
Of course, Chen Mu actually knows all these things. His eldest brother will keep accounts of how many goods each store takes in and how many goods it sells in a month.
But in the end, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. Being too strict with the leadership will be counterproductive. As long as he is not too greedy and runs the shop well, Chen Mu will not take care of it. It is just an unspoken rule of business.
The eldest brother is still sitting in the center of the shop on Changhe Street.
Seeing Chen Mu enter the room, Chen Jianghe frowned and said, "Why are you here? Didn't you listen to Jing Tang'er, did you rest at his place after the exam?"
Chen Mu smiled bitterly: "Hey, don't mention it. There is no room for that boy to sleep there. It will be too crowded to sleep with him."
"Isn't that true? I heard him say the day before yesterday that there were too many vacant rooms in the yard, and it was very deserted at night. I even tried to persuade her to get a wife, but why... suddenly there was no room left?"
Upon hearing what his elder brother said, Chen Mu's eyes twitched and he suddenly fell into deep thought.
But at the moment, he still smiled at his elder brother and said, "Don't I have something to ask you about? How is the business of the shop recently?"
The eldest brother finished sorting out the ledgers on the table, and then shook his head: "Don't mention it. A few days ago, the profit of our ten shops was around one hundred taels a day, but we only sold a book like A Chinese Ghost Story, and the people quickly became
I'm tired of it, now I can make more than ten taels a day which is pretty good."
Chen Mu nodded. This was all what he expected. Selling books itself requires new iterations, otherwise it would be impossible for Wang Zimo to recruit writers from all over the world to provide blood for his pen and ink bookstore.
Chen Mu stepped forward and placed the ten books of "The Overbearing Young Master Falling in Love with Me" in front of his elder brother.
"This is……"
"There are ten new books in total, but brother, believe me, if we promote this book well, it will definitely be more popular than the previous one."
Hearing this, Chen Jianghe's face showed a hint of heat, and he immediately picked up the first book and started reading it.
After a long time, he closed the book and looked at Chen Mu with a very strange look.
"You kid... How on earth could a man, and a woman like Liu Si write about the love between a man and a woman in such a boring and disgusting way in the past twenty years?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Mu couldn't help but laugh and said: "It's precisely because we haven't had sex with many women that we can have rich imagination to think about it, right? Brother, what do you think of this book?"
"For women... your book is very tempting, but this time should we put stickers everywhere to promote it?"
Chen Mu said noncommittally: "Yes, but the method last time is not necessary. This place is not Yelang, and things can easily happen."
"Then what should we do?"
"I've saved several thousand copies over at Yelang. You put them on the shelves first, and then I'll bother you to go to the major shops in Beicheng. We'll pay rent and make a bulletin board in front of their door for promotion. As for what to announce, we'll wait.
It’s almost done, I’ll tell you again.”
It was okay at first, but when the elder brother heard that he still wanted to spend money, he couldn't help but said with a pained face: "I think it's better to put stickers, build some fences, and rent money to others. It will cost a lot of money."
Chen Mu smiled bitterly: "Brother, don't worry, the money is well spent."
In comparison, spreading leaflets is low-cost and efficient, but in the end it is inferior to the inferior ones. It is too low. In ancient times, there were no sanitation workers. It is okay to use it once or twice, but over time, it will definitely be scolded by the people.
If there are such advertising boards all over the city, it will undoubtedly be much more convenient for publicity in the future.
Thinking of this, Chen Mu couldn't help but want to laugh. In this way, he was the first to advertise in this world.