Seeing Todd lost in thought, Emerson hammered his aching waist with his hand, walked to the desk, and looked at the directory thoughtfully: "Haredin... this surname sounds a bit familiar."
Todd then found Friar Joe, who was in charge of resident registration, and ordered him to get the population register of Muxi City.
After some effort, he finally found a few words introducing this southern pagan among the thick pages.
Aisha Springhall, a member of the Abbasid Empire and a maritime merchant, settled on November 17, 1171...
Todd looked at the bottom of the page, and there was this paragraph written on it.
Guarantor: Abu bin Sabah al-Kindi; relationship to registrant: maternal relatives
One hour later.
Kendi stood in the center between the kings, holding the directory with trembling hands, his lips turned white, and cold sweat broke out: "This... this liar! She promised me that she would keep to herself and not use her real name! She actually dared to take the kingdom's official examination!
"
Todd slammed his hand on the table and shouted: "Who on earth is she?!"
Kendi was so frightened that he almost dropped the document in his hand, and uttered a word in his mouth.
pirate
Thanks to Kendi's confession and the additions from others, Todd finally had a rough understanding of the whole story.
Take a seaboat and sail to the south of the west coast, bypass the reefs and cliffs of Lone Rock City, and then drive south to enter a sea area commonly known as the Golden Crossing.
If you go south there, you can enter the territorial waters of the Southern Empire; if you choose to go west, you will pass through a narrow estuary and enter a wide sea area surrounded by land.
With this Mediterranean Sea as the dividing line, the north is the parish of the Church of Heavenly Father and the Most Orthodox Church, and the south is the foreign land of believers in God.
In this sea area, there are no less than a thousand pirate forces, large and small, active. The smaller one only has a sloop, but the largest pirate force can easily destroy a small country. Among the active pirates in the Mediterranean, there is a man named
For Hayreddin, he was originally engaged in maritime trade, but later he raised the skull and crossbones flag and started a springboard robbery business.
In recent years, he has done two major things in the Mediterranean area, which made him famous.
The first thing was that at dawn in the early winter of 1165, he took advantage of the heavy fog to sneak attack and capture a troop transport ship in Lone Rock City, and captured the 30 knights and 190 soldiers on board.
The second thing is that in the past four years, Hayreddin traveled to and from the north and south of the Mediterranean, helping thousands of God believers escape persecution in their parishes and return safely to the Abbasid Empire.
Of the two incidents, especially the second one, Hayreddin gained a high reputation. Because of this incident, the southern believers respectfully called him bab, which translates as father, while people in the church area transliterated it as bab.
barbarossabarbarossa.
According to Kendi's confession, this young woman named Ayesha was the daughter of Barbarossa.
Todd watched the attendants pull out Ayesha's test paper. The first time he opened it, he remembered the deep impression he had when he graded it.
The handwriting on the paper can show the owner's unfamiliarity in writing common language, but it can also reflect the person's serious attitude. The answer structure is complete and the logic is rigorous. Examples are even used in some specific argumentative sentences.
Give evidence.
However, Todd originally thought that the owner of this test paper was an elderly male scholar, but he never expected that the reference person would be a woman who was only over 22 years old as Kendi said.
Todd put down the test paper in his hand and looked at the bewildered Kendi: "How did you get involved with this female pirate?"
Kendi replied with a wry smile: "A few years ago, I planned to go to the North Island for archaeology, but after asking around the Imperial Port, no captain was willing to go to that barren land. After a series of inquiries, someone took me
I went to meet a girl who was under 18 years old. She said she could send me to North Island. At first, I didn’t believe what she said. It wasn’t until I saw her boat that I believed her. Next, I tried my best to
The way is to use family connections to help her get a sea pass..."
Kendi paused for a moment, then shouted to Todd: "Your Majesty! I can swear that at the beginning, I really didn't know she was a pirate!"
Todd heard this and interrupted Kendi: "After she got the pass, she sent you to the North Island safely? Why didn't she kill you during the voyage?"
The latter scratched his head and whispered: "I can use a sextant, draw nautical charts, and speak five languages. I guess she wants to use me to help him navigate."
Todd nodded noncommittally: "Go on."
"Later, I stayed in Beidao to conduct archaeological research, and she said she wanted to continue sailing north to complete something." Kendi raised his head and glanced at the king: "Later, you appeared and took me to Muxi
In town.”
Todd thought for a while and then said: "You missed some key things. First of all, how did she settle in Muxi City?"
Kendi glanced at the king secretly, but there was no expression on the other person's face. He swallowed: "About half a year ago, Ayesha suddenly came to Muxi City and found me, saying that she wanted to settle in the city and hoped that I would
Became her resident guarantor. At first I thought she was coveting the tax-free benefits for residents to do business, and since she had indeed helped me in the past, I agreed to her request."
"Then she took on a false name, Ayesha Springhall, and pretended to be a relative of yours. Then she purchased a property and obtained a resident status. Another question, how did you know she was a pirate?"
"Once, I accidentally saw a machete in his cabinet, with the words "Allah bless Barbarossa" engraved on it..."
"Unintentional?" Todd raised his eyebrows.
Kendi lowered his head lower: "After her identity was exposed, she threatened me with the resident guarantee..."
"So you just gave in?" Todd sighed deeply.
Kendi shook his head weakly, his voice getting smaller and smaller: "I just don't want to be expelled from the city for this..."
"If you could have come to me at that time and told the whole story, I could have forgiven you for your fault." Todd leaned his back against the chair and rubbed his temples with a headache: "But the law has its own
The principle of existence is that you should pay for your mistakes."
The king turned sideways and looked at Friar Joe: "Lock him to the dungeon of the Knights' headquarters first and let him sober up. We will discuss the punishment later. We have more important things to do at the moment."
Watching the attendants carrying Kendi out of the door, Emerson walked up to Todd and tried to ask: "Are we going to send out the army to capture this female pirate?"
Holding the directory in front of him and looking at it again, Todd said freely to himself: "Why did she use her real name to deliberately reveal her identity?"
Emerson paid attention to Todd's expression and said nothing.
"Notify it! Post the correct answers and the admission list on the notice board in the church square. Tell the finalists that at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, the second round of official selection - the interview will be held in the King's Audience Room." Todd.
He lowered his voice and said to other people in the room: "No one is allowed to tell anyone about this female pirate, and no one is allowed to take any action. I would like to see if the pirate's daughter has the courage to step into the king's palace.
door!"
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The next morning, after finishing washing, Todd came to the King's Room and saw Emerson and Friar Joe, who were also interviewers, waiting at the door early.
The king cast a questioning look at Emerson, who shook his head.
Todd shrugged rather disappointedly.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the interview started.
The interviewers will enter the audience room between the kings in order according to the order of queue.
There are men and women among them, businessmen and scholars. The oldest one needs help even when walking, and the youngest one is no taller than the door handle.
There are several people who left a deep impression on Todd.
The first one is naturally the Raglan couple. The lively and talkative Mrs. Raglan ranked second in the written test, and the honest and honest Mr. Raglan ranked 9th. Due to their long-term business experience and foreign knowledge, the two have a good understanding of business.
Development and commodity prices are particularly familiar; plus
During their studies at the San Sidro Monastery, the two of them were also quite involved in basic mathematics and economics. It is worth mentioning that the couple are both alien species, but Todd just didn't notice the difference in their abilities.
What it is, I only know that it should be somewhat related to numbers.
The second one is Lev, a prisoner of the North Island during the Battle of Muxi. This tall, lanky man who stuttered during the interview and was so nervous that he couldn’t even speak fully, has North Island’s expertise in market management and barter trading.
The unique concept of the island style. Through his oral description, Todd learned that the people of the North Island had a history of trade for thousands of years by virtue of their shipbuilding skills.
In addition, there were several scholars from Muxi College and members of the Business Guild, who left a good impression on Todd.
The interview lasted until noon, until the last person exited the door. Todd collected the papers full of words in front of him and asked the guard: "Is everything over?"
The latter nodded and responded: "Yes, Your Majesty. There are 29 people in total, and they are all over."
"Twenty-nine..." Todd stood up, rubbed his sore thighs, and said to the other two with regret: "Now that it's all over, let's..."
"Your Majesty!" A guard walked to the door of the audience room and shouted: "Another finalist has just arrived outside the door!"
"Is there another one?" After a moment of confusion, Todd immediately regained his composure: "Let her come in."
A woman wearing an hjab Arab headscarf and wrapped in a floor-length black robe slowly walked into the room.
Her whole body is hidden in the black robe, even her hair is no exception. Only her face is exposed. If you look closely, you can see that her face has a three-dimensional outline and exquisite facial features, which combines the style of Gutero and the exotic south.
.
However, the most unforgettable thing is the pair of eyes.
Not because of beauty, but because of weirdness.
Different from ordinary women, one of her eyes is aqua blue and the other is amber. The white part of her eyes is much larger than the pupil part. From a distance, she actually gives people the illusion of a ferocious beast...