The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1241 Civil Service Examination
The bell rang and the candidates entered.

Under the guidance of the soldiers, the candidates quickly arrived at the rooms corresponding to their number plates. The process was orderly as if they had just rehearsed it.

In fact, after the series of events just now, most people have learned their lesson. Even if someone wants to cause trouble, they will re-evaluate the gains and losses at this time.

Those guys who were originally used as guns have already started cursing in their hearts. As soon as they get out, they will immediately find the secret police to report the matter.

In fact, there were many actors invited by Franz among the crowd who had caused trouble before, otherwise how could so many idiots dare to cause trouble in front of the Royal Guards.

Their presence, on the one hand, was to draw out potential enemies, and on the other hand, to serve as a warning. Franz's purpose in playing this childish trick was clearly achieved, and the effect was very good.
"Put your hands on the Bible and the Imperial Code and swear that you will not cheat in the exam. Violators will be punished for both blasphemy and dereliction of duty."

"I swear in the name of Almighty God and the great Emperor Franz Joseph I that I will do my best to complete the examination without cheating or plagiarizing."

The oath had been written long ago, and after the oath was completed, the examiner began to distribute the papers.

The first question on the test stumped many people.

Please find the raw materials for making white bread and brown bread in the following pictures.

In fact, this is not a problem for most people, but it is a disaster for a small number of overly wealthy groups. They have only seen bread and flour, and they don’t know or care where the bread and flour come from.

Hans and Paul have been out of school for nearly twenty years and have experienced all the hardships in life, so they are naturally not at all troubled by this kind of problem.

The two happened to be in the same examination room, smiled at each other and moved on to the next question.

Question 2: There are two small chemical factories in a city. There are four facts about the factory operations:

1. If a factory increases its productivity, it will increase its wastewater discharge.

2. If wastewater discharge increases, the pollution level of urban rivers will rise.

3. When pollution levels in the city's rivers rise, the city council will consider recommending to the mayor that new regulations be introduced to restrict the factory.

4. Both factories A and B increased their productivity, but only factory A took measures to treat wastewater.

Question: Which of the following is most likely to happen:
A. The city council has begun drafting new environmental regulations.

B. Pollution levels in urban rivers have not increased significantly.

C. There was no significant increase in wastewater discharge from Factory B.

D. Factory A's wastewater treatment measures successfully reduced pollution.

In the Austrian Empire, the city council did not have legislative power, but it had the right to formulate some local regulations and rules to manage the daily affairs of the city. However, these rights required the approval of higher authorities or even the emperor himself before they could be implemented.

This question made Paul and Hans a little confused.

Question 3: The Vienna government plans to improve transportation by building three new railways. The construction time and estimated cost of each railway are as follows:

Railway 1: Construction took 3 years and cost 300 million florins.

Railway 2: Construction took 4 years and cost 400 million florins.

Railway 3: Construction took 5 years and cost 500 million florins.

The Vienna government could invest 200 million florins every year.

Inflation: Assume that construction costs increase by 5% each year.

Priority: Rail 3 is the most critical and needs to be completed first.

Financing options: The government can choose to take out a loan, but will have to pay 10% interest per year.

Question: Under these conditions, how many years will it take for Vienna to complete the construction of all the railways?

Question 125: There are 5 sheep and dogs in a flock. How old is the shepherd?
At this time, the sound of feather pens being broken continued to be heard, and some people who were already prone to baldness had already changed their hairstyle.

When someone pondered for a long time and found a small word choice in the corner, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood on the spot. The prototype of this question is "There are 26 sheep and 10 goats on a ship. How old is the captain of the ship?" However, unlike people's stereotypes, this is not the masterpiece of a primary school teacher, but a study by French people in 1979, and it was even just a simple translation.

After only the first day of the exam, many people felt both physical and psychological discomfort. Compared with the abstract questions mentioned above, the legal provisions that usually made people complain seemed much more familiar.

The exam on the second day was the traditional legal text memorization and simple judgment, and there was not even a third option.

Franz was not very optimistic about this traditional examination. He did not think it could really select any talents. This so-called examination could not even be compared with the imperial examinations in the East.

However, what is referred to here is not the eight-legged essay of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In Franz's view, eight-legged essay is also rubbish. It is difficult to judge who is more stupid on both sides.

Starting from the third day, the candidates really got the feeling of being in power, especially the question of how to deal with the threat from France was very thought-provoking.

How to resolve the rebellion problem on the fourth day.

How to promote national integration on the fifth day.

Ran Min, Huang Chao and Zhang Xianzhong would all cry after seeing these test papers. They only regretted that they were born a few hundred years earlier and were not born in the same place as these guys.

After five days of exams, the candidates were exhausted, but fortunately, Vienna's entertainment industry was rich and colorful, appealing to both the elite and the masses.

The only small problem is that the cost is a bit high.
In fact, Franz was very thoughtful. He provided free accommodation for the candidates, but the environment was definitely not ideal.

Three meals a day are provided. They are not very good, but not shabby either.

Rich people would definitely look down on such conditions. Those who are willing to live in free rooms and eat free meals are truly poor people, except for a few people who like to take advantage.

Of course, there are also a very small number of people with ulterior motives.

In a room, several candidates preparing for an exam were pointing at and cursing a bearded man who was smoking. The bearded man had a scar on his face and looked very fierce. They didn't dare to speak until they had the advantage in numbers.

"Are you still going to let me read? I'm choking!"

"How can you be so uncultured!"

"Get out!"

The bearded man continued smoking as if no one was around, and then spoke slowly.

"Just now I asked you to read without making any noise, how did you do it?"

The other party didn't take this opportunity and continued.

"Where do you think this place is? This is Vienna! Smoking is prohibited! Be careful or I'll get the police to arrest you!"

“This is Vienna, yes, but Vienna only prohibits smoking in public places. This is obviously not the case here. It seems that you don’t know much about the laws of the Austrian Empire.

Check out. It would be a waste for you to stay. It would be a waste of the country's resources and your time."

"Are you courting death?"

One of the candidates grabbed the bearded man by the collar.

The bearded man finally turned around and stopped reading and asked.

"Can I take this as an invitation to a duel?"

"Okay! The four of us will fight you one."

Before he finished speaking, he punched the candidate in the face, followed by a heavy kick to the head.

"Now it's one against three."

(End of this chapter)