【225】Blacksmith
Because there were many people participating in the assessment, the first assessment lasted for three days. During this period, not only were the people from the capital participating, but also the people from the towns and towns close to each other. The total number of these people exceeded 3,000, of which about 500 were involved in the Master’s application, and the rest were involved in the student assessment.
Hua Moxi has customized three tests in total, and each test is divided into two tests: preliminary examination and interview. Most of the questions in the preliminary examination were discussed and formulated by Hua Moxi and professionals. Hua Moxi is very relieved about this, so she did not participate in the Dao assessment.
However, during the interview, Hua Moxi personally participated in the Master's assessment and became one of the three judges.
"Empress, there are twelve people who have passed the blacksmith assessment preliminary examination, and they are all here."
There were twelve people standing in front of Hua Moxi, eleven of whom were men, only one was a woman, and most of the men were thick and powerful. Only the woman was not only shorter, but she didn't look like she was strong.
"There are two items of the assessment. One of them has been told to you. You should bring the work, right?" Hua Moxi said.
The twelve people nodded together and lit up the iron tools they held in their hands. One of the assessments was to take out the works they were good at. Their expertise here was not the best, but the best works they could make frequently.
Hua Moxi looked around and found that most of the blacksmiths brought weapons, such as swords, and some were farm tools. Most of them were common. Only the woman and one of the men took out something that was a bit jealous.
"What is your work?" Hua Moxi asked.
The man replied first: "I had the honor of seeing a weapon taken out by a guard brother. The weapon was called Triangle and had great lethality. After researching it, I changed it to this Neck Sword. Although it does not have Triangle and has strong lethality, it is iron-saving and lighter."
Hua Moxi raised her eyebrows. It turned out that it was transformed based on the triangular thorn. No wonder she looked a little familiar, but she felt that she had never seen it before.
"Where is yours?" Hua Moxi asked the woman again.
"I'm an iron machine box with some carpenter work in it, which can be used for many purposes, such as jewelry boxes and treasure boxes. As long as you need to lock it, it can do one or two." The woman's mouth was slightly raised when she spoke, and she was a restrained and a little smiley girl.
"Can you show it?" Hua Moxi was very interested. She had never seen such an interesting gadget.
"OK."
Under the girl's display, the machine box has been opened in total, and the way of ununiting each layer is different. What's amazing is that these lock-opening methods will change.
"There are nine ways to unlock the lock, each one is different. It depends on the location of the pointer of the mechanism at that time. It is here, it is always walking..." The girl pointed to a small black arrow inside the box, which was the center point she specially set for this mechanism, which was very important.
"You have been taken in with good ideas and exquisite craftsmanship." Hua Moxi immediately typed the girl.
"Thank you, Empress. If the Empress doesn't dislike you, the folk girl wants to give this gadget to the Empress." The blacksmith said shyly.
"Thank you, then I'll accept it without hesitation."
Hua Moxi did not refuse and accepted it happily, but she did not accept it in vain. She immediately gave it back, "This is a glove that can isolate heat, and it should be very suitable for you, so I will give it to you."
The girl was stunned for a moment and hesitated, "This, this girl cannot ask for it. The girl really wants to give the Empress a gift."
"It's okay, accept it. It's a gift. If you have any good things in the future, you can come and give it to me." Hua Moxi said with a smile. The words said made the others surprised and felt a little more intimate with Hua Moxi.
It is worthy of being their queen, so approachable and so great!
"Then, thank you, the folk girl will definitely use it carefully!"
The blacksmith girl named Luo Qing is 25 years old this year. She is a widow with a three-year-old son. After her husband died, she took her son back to her parents' home because her husband was a fatherless orphan.
Luo Qing's family has been blacksmiths for generations, but it was the first time she was a female blacksmith. Originally, her family didn't agree with her learning to imitate, but she liked her since she was a child, and she had a flexible mind and could always make some interesting and practical gadgets, so her family did not restrain her too much.
"I announce that the blacksmiths who passed the assessment this time include Luo Qing, Zhang Heying, Xu Li and Tian Cheng. Congratulations to you for becoming the masters of the Blacksmith Department of the Comprehensive Academy." Among them, Zhang Heying was the man who transformed the Triangle Thorn. His ironworking skills were also very good and he was brave in innovation, so Hua Moxi took the initiative to keep him.
At the same time, news of the end of the assessment came from other assessment classrooms one after another, but their final result had not been announced yet, and Hua Moxi needed to review it one by one.
After Hua Moxi confirmed the blacksmith master, he immediately went to the other assessment classrooms. However, before leaving, she left the second assessment question for the four teachers she left behind. It was a drawing. Whoever could do it first would be able to earn a salary.
In the following time, Hua Moxi passed more than 20 assessment points, from literary classics to numerology, from horse riding and archery to embroidery and spinning, Hua Moxi did not restrict subjects when recruiting teachers, so as long as they registered, they all opened test points.
After the second round of assessment, the Master left more than 200 people, more than 1,000 students left, and more than half of the candidates were eliminated.
The second day after the candidate was confirmed, two notices were posted outside the county government offices of major cities and towns.
One is announcing the list of selections, which are divided into two major columns: Master and Student; the other is a recruitment and admission notice, with less than the first one, but it emphasizes that anyone who has participated in the first assessment can participate in the second assessment, but this group of personnel needs to pay the assessment fee, of which the Master's assessment fee is one tael of silver and the student assessment fee is two hundred documents.
Under the second notice, Hua Moxi also pointed out in red ink that the people who participated in the assessment for the second time, whether they were the Master or the Student, who tried to escape the test and did not pay the assessment fee, would not be hired for the college for the rest of their lives once they were discovered.
"Why does this cost money to apply for a second time? What's the reason?" After reading it, someone protested in dissatisfaction.
"Then are you going or not?"
"I have to go, it's just a tael of silver. I must try again. I don't believe that I can't get through!"
Chapter completed!