Duke of Herrington

Chapter 119 Da Vinci's naturalization test
Two days later, after Muller's special training, Steve has mastered the most basic combat response and tactical moves, and his target shooting has barely reached an "excellent" average of 5 rings!
With advanced equipment, Ted believes that his personal safety should not be threatened too much.

What's more, the guards accompanying him are also carefully selected soldiers from the army, all of them are smart and calm, so as not to mess things up.

Although the spies and spies who came with Steve were all arrested and thrown into the dungeon, human beings always rely on their mouths to say things, as long as they dump the blame on the "horse bandits" in the northern Gobi, this Everything makes sense~
Because of the appearance of the horse bandits, everyone resisted desperately, and only a few people escaped in the end!

As for the credibility, it can't reach full marks, but it can also make others doubt~
In the eyes of people in the middle of the empire, the northern border is a place of bitter cold, where robbers are rampant!Trying to get there without shedding a layer of skin. Totally impossible!
But in fact, the horse bandits are already dead, and they were taken to their lair by the special warfare team sent by Ted a month ago!All the money obtained is also confiscated, so the current northern border is safer than anywhere else!
After all, the soldiers can fight ten soldiers each with live ammunition, which is more than enough to deal with enemies with cold weapons.

Now even if the horse bandits are gone, Ted can still blame them!With such a stable backer, of course you have to make good use of it!
After a few days of training performance, Ted's view of Steve has changed again. He may be more witty than he looks, more calm than he imagined!As for why this happened, Ted didn't take into account that Steve did it on purpose!

The pride in his heart made Ted think that Steve is not as good as himself, but he is willing to learn!These are teaching successes for Muller!
Later, after hearing Muller's comments, he even felt that Steve didn't need so much life-saving equipment, and he could cut it appropriately to keep it light~
But as the saying goes, be careful to make the ten-thousand-year ship, before life is in danger, no matter what preparations you make, it is not too much!Rather than betting on Steve's unreliable sixth sense, it's better to honestly put a thick steel plate on the 'skin' and add more armor to increase his survival rate.

Because what he was facing was a group of power fanatics who would stab a knife in the back at any time.

In addition, the pope is also a big threat. No one knows what crazy things this magic stick will do. If it causes chaos in the world at the right time, then Steve's equipment will come in handy!

Looking at Steve's back, Ted sighed, turned around and said to Da Vinci next to him: "It seems that sometimes, being a prince is not a good job!"

Da Vinci voluntarily followed Steve to the north. He was considered a free man. Apart from the Pope, no one would care about where an insignificant 'jazz' was?

Da Vinci closed the exercise book in his hand, crossed his hands on his chest, showed a relaxed expression, and responded with a long sigh: "Yes, sometimes I also feel that it is better to be a jazz honestly, although it is not Hereditary nobility, but the burden on the shoulders is much smaller, so it is very happy.”

"Yeah. It's not easy for me to be an Earl." As for whether it's easy or not, only Ted knows. Under Chris's propaganda, everyone thinks Ted is a hard worker who works hard for three days and only sleeps six hours!A dedicated lord.
After saying this sentence, Ted accidentally discovered the review materials in Da Vinci's hand, and also remembered the trick he had made, so he asked casually: "How is it? How are you preparing for the naturalization test? The test is tomorrow "

Da Vinci didn't mind this question at all. He raised his hand to open the notebook in his hand, and showed Ted the notes in it: "It seems that I am the only one in the exam. I personally think there is no problem, and I have prepared well!"

Since he found his parents, Da Vinci often talked about them: "According to the teachings of parents and the help of brothers and sisters, it is not difficult to solve these test questions. Besides, you know me before! Now I am Not only to get rid of the identity of the Holy Mother, but also to complete my revenge!"

Such words from Da Vinci's mouth really surprised Ted. After all, this person was the Virgin before. Even if the enemy held a knife on his neck, he would forgive them without any scruples.
To make sure Da Vinci wasn't joking, Ted raised his voice on purpose: "Revenge? You mean."

Da Vinci vowed: "Sooner or later, I will throw that pope into the quarry with my own hands, and let him be tortured to death! And I will lead people to laugh at him every day."

To such an extent, in Ted's view, it is not revenge at all, but more like a small fight, but to Da Vinci, this is progress, and it is a step for him to get rid of the Virgin!
But it's not enough!So Ted still said in passing: "This is revenge? You are too kind."

Da Vinci seemed to have expected Ted to answer this way, but in fact, he also concealed part of his intention: "There are still a few steps, I will keep them secret for the time being, but you will know sooner or later."

Seeing Da Vinci's mysterious appearance, Ted no longer considered what would happen next, but shifted his thoughts to the 'northern naturalization test' again.

In order to draw a line with the empire and the feudalism of the old age, Chris did this according to Ted's request, according to the political book of the 22nd century.

In order to prevent the enemy's spies from infiltrating, everyone who wants to settle in the northern border must go through a lot of screening, and finally have to complete the 'naturalization test'.

This naturalization test is not difficult, but it is not easy.

The values ​​must overlap with Ted or other politicians' ideas by at least 7%!And it is not others who approve the papers, but all civil servants above the third level.

That is Ted, Chris, and the members of the brain trust.

Ted hardly ever had time to grade papers, and Chris had other things to do, so the naturalization test had to be handled by a third-rank civil servant.

The members of the brain trust are all selected from the original excellent families, and there will be no mistakes in taking on these tasks.

Ted's original philosophy was best accepted by only these people!
"I wish you a successful exam and officially join our Northern Territory as a citizen of the Northern Territory~"

"Of course, I passed the exam and I'm back home."

Da Vinci was originally born in the northern border, but because of a momentary negligence and the rampant human traffickers in the middle of the empire, he has been living abroad for many years!

Now, he is back~
Noon the next day.

Da Vinci walked out of the city hall confidently, as if the difficulty of the naturalization exam was nothing to him.
In order to find out whether Da Vinci got rid of the heart of the Virgin, Ted planned to check his exam papers himself.

It doesn't matter, even Ted was shocked by the answer, which is even more outrageous than the standard answer in the book.
The development of science and technology is changing with each passing day, because the northern border has newly opened a train, and in order to combine practical facts!So in the exam questions, there is a 'train problem'.

The content of the test questions is known to almost everyone, and there is no final answer to this question, it just depends on the performance of the individual and the so-called 'standard direction' of the answer.

This question accounts for 60 points of the entire naturalization test, accounting for [-]% of the entire test score.

As for Da Vinci's answer, Ted gave full marks.
"A runaway train? Choose to hit five people, or one?"

Da Vinci didn't follow the routine to answer the questions at all, he directly ignored the content of the questions given in the test questions, and he specifically divided these responsibilities.
"The out-of-control train must be due to the lack of maintenance or maintenance of the vehicle. First catch the lazy person and throw him into prison! But judging from the laws of the northern border, even if the transportation line is delayed, it will not let Unqualified technicians are employed!"

"Secondly, when the train enters the track, it will make a loud noise. These people are either deaf or deliberately looking for death. I have been lucky enough to meet a few deaf people. Because they cannot hear, they will live very carefully, so they are more They will not put their fragile self in danger. So these people are probably the second type, deliberately touching porcelain to seek death."

"Since this is the case, whether it is hitting five or one, it is reducing the burden on the society. If I can, I will drive back again, pretend that I don't know anything, and kill them all. If I am more capable , I will also tie up the person who raised this question, and drive and rub against him repeatedly!"

"If they were innocent and tied up by gangsters, I think it's even more impossible."

"There are ten thousand ways to torture people to death in the world. Using trains to crush them is not the best solution. The biggest possibility is that the killer wants to use this to destroy the evidence and frame him! And I just mentioned the lack of maintenance of the vehicles! I believe we Technician, there's no way they would have made such an action, or he did it on purpose!"

"So, in the end, we only need to target the technician or other people who have passed the train, arrest them and interrogate them, and we will find the murderer!"

Da Vinci's answer to this question was within the scope of the correct answer, and every answer was on the point!

The rules for formulating the answer are simple!
That is, never think about it after the fact, and plan ahead. This is the quality that a northerner should have, and only this way is the right way
If the answers given are those 'standard answers' on Earth, Ted will give zero points directly!

Those answers were either too divine or too 'sane'.

This was originally just a question in psychology. In the final analysis, it was just a useless question deliberately left for people by a "psychologist" who was full and had nothing to do.

Let a group of sanctimonious scholars give a unique answer in order to show their differences, and even raise this question to a strange height
If you answer seriously in a 'reasonable' way, it only means that there is something wrong with your brain
The history of the topic, the original background, is a botanist, who came to the Indian tribe, where 20 prisoners of the hostile tribe were about to be executed, and they were all innocent!

The dictator said: "As long as the botanist shoots one prisoner, the remaining 19 can be released."

This assumption is very problematic. Dictators in history are often unpredictable. What comes out of their mouths has no integrity at all. They may kill the rest after you execute a prisoner. 19 people.

The person who asked the question is a 'psychologist', but the dictator is a cruel and dishonest executioner without any routine!
Trying to study the psychology of a madman will only make people laugh.

If it is necessary to use this method to show that you are different, then the staff will directly cross out this kind of person, and he will not become a northerner in his life
The reason is very simple, that is, birds of a feather flock together, people are divided into groups, a group of like-minded people gather together, can emit double energy!

People can question or object, but the premise!It is these people who must conform to the general values ​​of the Northern Territory. This is a regional characteristic and a criterion, and it is Ted's label on the Northern Territory people deliberately: "Kind but not holy, full of martial arts but not excessive violence!" '

Such a label, for example, when you think of authentic mutton skewers, you think of people from a certain place, and when you think of random stew, you think of people from another place.
This preconceived approach will allow everyone to lead by example!The higher the standard of the label, the more the local people will demand it from themselves.

As for the previous answer, if your answer is: choose to execute a prisoner.
Then, after you execute a prisoner, this crazy dictator is likely to sit on a gorgeous seat and kill another 19 people with his own hands, waiting for you, the Holy Mother, to regret and blame yourself while looking at the blood in your hands!

If you get depressed because of this incident and choose to kill yourself in the end, he will even laugh out loud and mock you in front of all the canines.

With such a result, people will only be ridiculed. It is unrealistic to not care about other people's opinions. Human beings live in groups, and it is impossible not to care about other people's thoughts. Even if they die, they must pay attention to the impact behind them.

People are bound to die in the end. It's better to 'retain loyalty and history' than 'this idiot died in such a stupid way. And because he saved a girl, he was scared to death by a tractor'!
The breaking point of this question is not to shoot a prisoner or watch 20 people die, but to 'shoot' who?

Ted thought that the most correct answer was to take the weapon, check whether the gun had been tampered with, and after confirming that it was correct, turn around and kill the dictator in front of him.

Such an answer will screen out outstanding talents who are bold, rebellious, and dare to jump out of the box. Working with such people often yields unexpected gains~
According to historical experience, as long as a dictator dies, the tree falls and the monkeys disperse. It only takes a few seconds, and the whole tribe will be in chaos. Regardless of whether he has an heir or not, the people under him will quickly rebel and fall into A state of power struggle.

And you can take advantage of this moment to escape!Even if you unfortunately die in action, future generations will remember you, at least in hostile tribes, you are a hero~
Compared to living with guilt, or watching 20 people being killed in front of your eyes, it is better to stud, if you win, you are a hero, if you lose.
Why lose?A botanist, and an old beauty, is he ashamed to call himself a cowboy when his gun is shot crooked?

As a botanist, you must visit various places and enter the dangerous areas of deep mountains and old forests!You must face the danger of multiple accidents. It is very necessary to have a weapon and learn some precise shooting!

If the botanist didn't do it, it could only mean that he wasn't careful enough and wasn't prepared enough!He is not suitable to be a botanist at all, but only worthy to be a saint who touches himself.

Confucius used to take thousands of younger brothers to lobby in various countries. He was full of martial arts, and he was not afraid of others finding fault. If a student asked this question
The result can be imagined.

Two hours later, Da Vinci came to the city hall with his previous photos and photos from the Fire Tribe, and applied for a page in the newspaper by the way!
In addition to these, he also has to apply: Let the city hall recruit more talents who are good at painting and photography.
After Chris took the application, he quickly stamped it, because this was already planned, and Da Vinci's plan was similar to what Chris saw.

Just when Da Vinci was about to leave, Chris thought of the naturalization test, and stopped Da Vinci immediately: "Wait. Da Vinci, your ID card is down. Congratulations, you passed the exam!"

Chris took out the prepared ID card and handed it to Da Vinci, and praised: "I saw your test paper, the pass line is 500 points, you got 599 points, and you will be deducted one point for fear of your pride Congratulations, you became the second person to successfully pass the naturalization test in the Northern Territory~"

Hearing the 'second', Da Vinci was at a loss, since the naturalization test was only opened today, and he was alone during the test!How could I be the second?
With doubts, he asked: "The second one? Is there someone else before me?"

Chris had already guessed that Da Vinci would ask one more question: "The first one is the prince Steve. He has to take the exam in advance because he is going to report to the imperial capital today. By the way! His score is not as high as yours, yes 570 points."

As mayor of Valentine, Chris is careful with his words!Because Steve has never felt a sense of belonging to the imperial capital for more than 30 years, not even for a minute!

But since he came to the North, because of Vadina, an inexplicable sense of belonging quickly occupied Steve's heart. As a person who observes meticulously, Chris also discovered this, so the words he used are particularly special. important!

Steve didn't 'go back' to the imperial capital to report on his work, but to 'go' to the imperial capital to report on his work. The slight difference in words will lead to completely different meanings!
Of course, the careless Da Vinci didn't hear it at all. He just cared about the score, so he leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "May I ask, how many points did he score in the 'Tram Problem'?"

Chris remembered this incident, and Steve's test paper was also very good, except for this question, he didn't lose a point: "He scored thirty points. He was deducted half of this question by the lord In theory, there is no problem with his answer, but he started from the perspective of a feudal lord of the ruling class, so he was deducted [-] points."

Such an answer made Da Vinci even more curious: "Then what is his answer?"

Chris still remembers this, it was yesterday, he took care of Steve's file himself.

"I think his answer is more like a complaint, that is. Who asked this question? Dereliction of duty! It seems that the harmonious society made him too full. It is better to exile him to other countries and let him Harm others! If you have the time to think wildly, why not do more scientific research! No matter how good psychology is, the deterrent effect it brings cannot compare to a powerful cannon!"

"Pfft."

This kind of answer is also on the point, as long as the answerer shows the point of view of the questioner 'is an idiot, full of food', it will be considered a pass.The reason for the deduction of points is only because the phrase 'exile' is divorced from the people.

After all, the development of a powerful country is inseparable from science. As for psychology, it can only be icing on the cake, and cannot be used as a timely aid. In the case of limited resources, the priority must be given to science.
Knowing all this, Da Vinci is no longer curious, he wants to confirm whether his job will become a regular one: "Okay! Then from now on, I am an official citizen of the Northern Territory! Then... my position can be Has it been corrected?"

"Of course, those who work in the city hall need to be citizens of the northern border. I will make you a regular now. Tomorrow you will not be the acting minister of culture, but the official minister of culture! At the same time, I will put you in the On the page of the newspaper, by the way, publicize your contribution to the culture of the northern border!"

"At the same time, I will also mention the fact that you were kidnapped and trafficked, and will not mention anything else, so please rest assured! This is also to step on the poor law and order in other parts of the empire, so that the people in the north will not eat Running around after being full can also increase everyone's sympathy for you, and prevent others from rejecting you, besides, you are a northerner yourself."

This kind of answer made Da Vinci think about his previous experience: "Then let me ask a question, if people who do not belong to the northern border come here, will they be despised? Just like when I came to paint before, people always came to the city hall Let me 'go where it came from', how are you going to deal with it?"

Humans in the northern border are far less tolerant of similar people than they are for other races!After all, there is no historical conflict between people from the northern border and people from other places, so as long as they get along well, there won't be any big problems!

However, the conflicts within the empire have lasted for thousands of years, and cannot be resolved overnight
Since Da Vinci's identity was exposed on a small scale, he has never been discriminated against. Those who spoke ill of him before also came to apologize with gifts, and sympathized with what happened to him when he was a child.

Because he is a local himself, it was an accident that he was trafficked, and now he just recognizes his ancestors and returns to them.

This problem is very acute and sensitive, and Chris has no better solution: "This is indeed a difficult problem, and there is no other way at present, because we were looked down upon by the entire empire before, and now that we are developed, we will involuntarily If you despise it back, you will despise it even more! This is really not easy to adjust."

"However... this is not unsolvable! According to the words of the lord, it means that we are not ahead enough"

Faced with such a strange answer, Da Vinci put away his ID card and asked curiously, "How do you say that?"

Chris didn't figure it out himself, but according to the records of the empire and the contents of the books, Ted's method should work: "If we exceed a certain critical point ahead of other regions of the empire, anger and contempt will turned into mercy"

"I don't understand this." Da Vinci was at a loss!
Immediately afterwards, Chris expressed his opinion: "This is a kind of despicable psychology of people. Most people don't want others to live better than themselves, especially this group of people with little education, it will be even worse! But as education gradually popularize, they will realize that what they are doing is not quite right.”

"After being educated, they look at their surroundings, not only electric lights, but also brand new cities, powerful armies and weapons! They will have a little 'compassion' for people in other parts of the empire, just because of the differences caused by this environment, make the hatred fade away"

"In layman's terms, you were bitten by a dog when you were young. Now that you are too powerful and can decide the life and death of the dog at will, would you still choose to bite back?"

"Of course not." With such an explanation, Da Vinci seemed to understand what Ted meant.
"I think so, because this sense of strength over the weak needs the 'weak' to set off! In order to satisfy the vanity of the people and the so-called 'sense of strength', everyone will not eliminate the weak, Because they need to compare themselves with weaker ones to get satisfaction!"

"Because after learning, everyone becomes civilized, and simply conquering the world with violence is no longer enough to satisfy everyone! It takes a little vanity!"

"Even if you kill the dog, it can only prove that you are worse than the dog, and your status will be lowered because of killing the dog! It is better to keep the dog and scare it from time to time with a stick, so that you can continue to enjoy yourself. "

After listening to this answer, Da Vinci stayed where he was thinking.
After a long time, he said: "You guys, are you so good at handling people's hearts?"

"This is not our manipulation of people's hearts, but it comes from the records in history books. The ancestors were also wise. Although the environment at that time restricted their performance, it seems that they are a little 'retarded' now, but they are the same as the ancestors. People's wisdom is irrelevant, they are not stupid, and we should learn from them!"

After saying this, Chris was also a little flustered, and then he started talking big: "The 2-year history of the empire is the same, and it has only changed a little when we come here."

"Before this, similar things were happening all the time, because it is difficult for human beings to learn lessons from history and always make the mistakes of their predecessors, but people in our new era! Can't do it again! We have to learn from our predecessors Lessons"

After saying this, the think tank sent a thick stack of documents, and Chris couldn't continue talking nonsense.
He picked up a copy of today's newspaper and handed it to Da Vinci: "I have to continue working. This is our first newspaper. You can take a good look at it and give us some suggestions by the way."

"No problem~" After Da Vinci took the newspaper, he came to the seat beside him. Anyway, there is nothing to do today, why not read the newspaper here, and write the feedback on a piece of paper and hand it to Chris immediately.

Unfold the newspaper, and the first page is full-color pictures!

"My God, full color? Five coppers for this paper!"

[Pricing: 3 copper coins. 】

"It seems that the technology has been updated a lot, and the price of pigments has dropped again!"

"I know this new style of Coke. The iron lid of the glass bottle and the new red packaging are really good, but this kind old grandpa always feels a little familiar. Hey! Isn't this Chris's father, Nicholas! This outfit is quite festive "

　Ahem. Yesterday's content and today's content seem to be in the water, but they are not. Every item mentioned is useful!It's like the key props that appear when playing a game.

　　As for today, it can be regarded as part of the value expression of the whole book, and the protagonist will also act according to this standard in the future. I will make him a chapter to explain today.

　　Regarding this trolley problem, I only regard him as the idiot behavior of the foreigner Bai Zuo looking for trouble when he has nothing to do.

　　There is popular science on Baidu, all of which are assumptions.

　　What's more, dictators are all lunatics, and they are dictators in a tribe. That is equivalent to a stupid king. It is stupid in itself to regard their integrity as a condition.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)