Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 416: Martial Arts Recruitment Competition

“Well, physical test is a general term. There are specific items such as horse archery, carbine, foot archery, speech, weightlifting, etc. It mainly tests the basic skills of archery, horsemanship, strength, etc.

At that time, each office will recruit the necessary personnel from those who have passed the basic skills competition based on the characteristics of its own office.

For example, when the Wucheng Bingmasi recruits personnel to be responsible for patrolling and arresting, they need people who can run fast and have good archery skills.

For those who are responsible for cleaning street drains and maintaining public order, the requirements for archery and other skills may be lower, but they are required to have a strong sense of direction and some general geographical knowledge.

The requirements for those who are responsible for examining the corpses and cooperating with the Ministry of Justice are different. Not only do they need professional knowledge, but they also need to be bold and careful. " Rong Jin explained patiently, paused, and then continued.

"The better your personal test results are and the more knowledge you know, the more agencies will want you, and you can choose the agency you want to go to. Otherwise, you can only let the agency choose you.

If no government office wants you, you will go to other prefectures or borders. However, their going to the border is different from that of ordinary conscripts.

Those who pass these tests will generally serve as civilians in the barracks, with better pay than ordinary conscripts, and their work will be less stressful.”

Of course there are many other competitions, you can take Xiaoyuan to see them, I will ask Grandfather to reserve a few seats for you."

Hua Lei understood after hearing this. This was somewhat similar to the civil service examination in her previous life. However, the order was slightly different. Here, one had to pass the physical test first, and then take the additional professional examination after passing it, before being eligible to enter the office one wanted to work for.

This is quite reasonable, after all, the positions recruited are all military positions. If you are a weak person, no matter how smart you are, you cannot enter this competition circle or these offices.

It seems that the liberal arts imperial examinations of the Great Sheng Dynasty were to provide the Dynasty with various high-end, all-round scientific and technological talents, while the martial arts imperial examinations were to provide the Dynasty with various mid- and high-level practical talents.

That night, after Rong Jin and Rong Jue went back, Hua Lei told Uncle Fu to immediately dispatch some people to make a batch of wool sweaters at the beginning of the year. Since Pei Jingyang had spoken directly, it meant that the wool sweaters in Mobei were in serious shortage, and she had to hurry up to make up for it.

Fortunately, although the wool sweater workshop was closed during the Chinese New Year, Hualei asked every woman who went home for the New Year to bring back a few rolls of wool yarn and knit sweaters at home whenever they had time.

Of course, the wages were calculated separately, so almost every female family member brought back a lot of wool balls when she went back. By the time they came back on the 16th day of the first lunar month, they should have a batch of ready-made wool sweaters.

By adding more manpower, we should be able to send a batch to Mobei by the end of February. By the time we get there, it will be almost time to take off our down jackets.

As for the martial arts competition in early March, Hualei also felt that she should seize the opportunity and do what can be done in advance. For what cannot be done in advance, she should prepare the preliminary work in advance to avoid being in a hurry and making mistakes.

At the same time, Hualei felt that the martial arts competition was different from other competitions. The Ministry of War did not provide lunch for the contestants, and the contestants had to arrange it themselves, and most of them were men.

You can also try to put braised food, roast duck, roast chicken, goose in sauce, etc. on the small food cart. Cut the roast duck and roast chicken into several portions and wrap them with oil paper.

Then pack the homemade sweet potato wine into small ceramic bottles that hold one pound of wine, and sell them as a set of one cooked food and one bottle of wine, which should be pretty good.

Most of the people who take part in the martial arts examination have a generous character and do not pay as much attention to etiquette as the liberal arts students. It should be nice to buy a set meal, sit anywhere, eat meat and drink wine.

After all, it is much cheaper than dining in a restaurant, and it is also very convenient. Do you want to add some staple food to the set meal? It should be possible, you can add steamed buns, dumplings, etc.

Thinking of this, Hua Lei immediately sent a message to the Tian Xiaofu brothers, asking them to prepare some samples for her to see.

Two days later, the Tian Xiaofu brothers sent the samples to Hualei. The most basic set meal is two steamed buns, two steamed dumplings, a bottle of wine, and a cooked meal. You can add, subtract, or change. The corresponding prices are different.

Hua Lei took a look and found that if the cooked food was roast duck, roast chicken, or braised goose, there would be no problem, but if the braised food was wrapped in oil paper, it seemed that it would not be a good idea.

After all, stewed food tastes better with a little bit of juice. But if you wrap it directly with oil paper, the juice will easily leak out.

So in order to prevent the juice from leaking out, the Tian Xiaofu brothers squeezed out all the juice from the braised food. However, without the juice, the taste of the braised food was a bit lacking.

If we remove the stewed food directly, it seems a bit of a pity. After all, the price of stewed food of the same quantity is much cheaper than roast duck and roast chicken. It can satisfy contestants of different levels.

Therefore, Hua Lei asked the Tian Xiaofu brothers to put the braised food into bamboo tubes, and then seal them with two layers of oil paper and tie them tightly so that the juice would not leak out.

Anyway, there are more and more bamboos in the bamboo garden of Baihua Village, so it is definitely possible to cut some to make bamboo tubes. Although this operation is more troublesome, in order to provide customers with more choices, Hualei still does not want to give up braised food.

Moreover, in addition to the original meat-based braised dishes such as chicken gizzards, duck livers and pork intestines, Hualei has also added vegetarian braised dishes, such as shredded potatoes, shredded bean curd sheets, tofu strips, lotus root slices, etc. The prices are also more economical than meat-based braised dishes.

Sure enough, after Hualei's design, during the martial arts competition, these stewed foods sold very well, and the set meals also sold a lot. The lunch provided alone brought Hualei a lot of money.

The various candies specially made by Hualei are extremely popular. The pine nut candies and sesame candies are all freshly made. Hualei bundles them into small packages for sale, which are especially popular among children.

Moreover, Hualei has also learned from previous experience and concentrated the sale of cooked food such as steamed buns and wine before noon, providing lunch exclusively. Other food trucks selling snacks such as candy and meat floss are available all day.

Because the competition lasted for a long time, there were many contestants, and many people came to watch the competition, so Hua Lei earned a lot of cash in just ten days.

It took another two days for Hualei to finish the book on the land reclamation of the barren mountain. Looking at the topographic map drawn with charcoal, Hualei nodded with satisfaction. It was very good, the graphics were realistic, simple and concise.