Chapter Seventy-One: The Recruitment Fair

  Li Xie filled a cup of wine, pretended to be in thought for a few steps, seemingly brewing poetry, but actually considering which one to "recite"!

  Li Xie didn't attend school, but his grandmother taught him to read and write. He picked up a lot of books while collecting scraps, so he naturally read a lot of books, including poetry that he could recite from memory!

  Several people beside Li Xie walked back and forth with a thoughtful expression, looking at Li Xie with full expectation, especially Fan Di Sel, whose eyes followed Li Xie's movements, as if he was certain that Li Xie would create a shocking masterpiece!

  Which one is it?

  Give them a good shock!

  But can't recite randomly, at least it should be relevant!

  Tonight, Li Zhi's mouth corners rose, gazing at the sky at a 45-degree angle: "When will the bright moon appear? I'll ask the blue sky with wine. Unaware of the heavenly palace, what year is it tonight? I want to ride the wind back home, yet fear the crystal tower and jade halls are too cold. Dancing and playing with the clear shadows, how can it be like being in the human world? Turning the vermilion pavilion, reaching the embroidered door, shining without sleep. There shouldn't be any resentment, why do things always lean towards parting at midnight? People have joys and sorrows, partings and reunions, the moon has its phases of shade, light, fullness and emptiness. These things are hard to perfect since ancient times. But I wish for a long life, sharing the beauty of the moon with you across a thousand miles."

  Li Xie didn't grasp the rhythm of this poem well either, so he could only recite it slowly and gently, with a lot of feeling.

  This poem is a classic masterpiece of Su Shi, the great official. Everyone on earth knows that the Continent of Gods must be original! And its shocking power can be passed down for thousands of years on earth, let alone the Continent of Gods?

  Van Dyke's wine glass crashed to the floor, his face stiff, his eyes glazed, and he was too stunned to speak!

  Xiao An, compared to the likes of Kano, Jack and Zayn, is more refined and cultured. She can better appreciate the profound meaning behind this poem. Seeing her gaze at Li Xie with an unusual glint in her eye, she murmured a line: "May we all live long, sharing the beauty of the moon..."

  Li Xie finished reciting a poem, and he was quite satisfied with the performances of Fan Di Sel and Xiao An. As for Kano, Jack, and Zaynarde, two soldiers and a giant dragon, it was normal that they didn't have much reaction!

  But seeing Xiao An's eyes, Li Xie couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows, those sparkling eyes, clearly showing admiration and even a hint of infatuation!

  This made Li Xie quite pleased with himself, thinking to himself: Am I not a bit of a literary dandy, elegant and refined in my writing, yet carefree and romantic?

  "Xia Ge......" Xiao An hadn't even had a drink yet, but his face was already red: "I didn't think you'd be... so... so fierce!"

  Li Xie's heart skipped a beat, and he chuckled: "It's nothing special, the article was already well-written, I just happened to get it by chance."

  "Wah! Here it comes again! The article is done today, and it's a wonderful coincidence! No, wait, there was that poem just now..." Vandy Sell's excited hands were trembling: "Sir, what was the name of that poem? I want to copy it down!"

  "Ask the moon when it will be full!"

  "When will the bright moon appear?" Vandy Sell sat down on the ground abruptly, scribbling away, saying as he wrote: "Good words, good words! Only divine spirits and great men can produce such excellent phrases. Indeed, it's a heavenly-born article, obtained by a masterful hand!"

  A bonfire party, due to this little episode, made Van Diezel even more worship Li Xie, and Xiao An, the beauty, looked at Li Xie with a different light in her eyes. Later, she asked Li Xie to do a few more, but Li Xie said that writing poetry requires inspiration, it should be born from the scene and emotions, and cannot be forced, so he politely declined!

  Because Li Xie is clear that things are precious when they are scarce, he can recite 300 Tang poems all at once, but the problem is that it will devalue them! It's better to reveal them slowly and shock people from time to time!

  Chrysanthemum City is located in the south, with a warm and hot climate. Even in winter, it's only around 10 degrees Celsius, but people from the south are afraid of the cold, and 10 degrees is enough to make them wear down jackets.

  For the people of Chrysanthemum City, a cold winter was not enough to dampen their enthusiasm, because this winter, there was wine sent by the lord, Duke Xie, and also, for the first time in history, a "Recruitment Fair"!

  Yes, more than a month after the recruitment notice was issued, talented people from all over the Tudor Dynasty came one after another, and the number of people was staggering! Rough statistics show that at least 30,000 people came to Chrysanthemum City for an interview.

  If Li Xie only recruits nobles, he's afraid no one will dare to come. The title of "Evil Duke" was earned by killing nobles! But for commoners, the Evil Duke is not important, what matters is that their talents have a chance to be displayed, and besides, Li Xie offers generous rewards, which is enough to attract commoners from all over!

  Another reason for the large number of people this time is that Vandy Sell has been vigorously promoting Li Xie's sentence "The Zhu Gate is full of meat and wine, but the road is filled with frozen bones." In the eyes of ordinary people, being able to say such things, Duke Ye may be a special duke, and the so-called "thick commission" should not be deceiving!

  The recruitment fair is set up in an open outdoor space, with little rain in winter and generally no weather impact.

  The recruitment fair is divided into several major departments: Human Resources Department, Production Department, Engineering Department, Business Department, Information Department, and Cultural Department.

  Among them, the personnel department recruits talents who are not human resources managers, but rather those who can speak eloquently and handle diplomatic affairs; The production department recruits talents related to agriculture, fisheries, animal husbandry and other industries; The engineering department recruits talents related to construction and building; The commercial department recruits talents in procurement, trade, market management and other aspects; As for the information department, it is looking for people who are well-informed and have connections.

  Finally, the Ministry of Culture is recruiting teachers, a job for intellectuals.

  The front several departments were originally in charge of recruitment by the nobles of Chrysanthemum City, with Xiao An as the general supervisor.

  Li Xie said: "Those with some ability will be left behind, and as many useful people as possible will be kept! Don't worry that the duke can't afford to raise them!"

  Li someone recently became rich after being robbed, and all the big and small nobles in Chrysanthemum City had a sweep of him. He has at least 1 billion gold coins in cash on hand, and can say such big words!

  The last cultural department, personally in charge by Li Xie himself!

  The great sleep master said: To destroy a country or nation, one can rely on military force, but to conquer a country or nation, only culture will do! And the greatness of a country and nation, military power is always fleeting, while culture endures forever!

  Li Xie believed that in order to fully control Chrysanthemum City and all its people, culture was of the utmost importance!

  Therefore, he must take personal responsibility for this matter!

  "A child is a blank sheet of paper, ordinary commoners are gray paper. What you write on the paper will become what it is! The problem lies in how to write!" Li Xie said beside him, "The person I want to choose must be my pen, my ink! He helps me write what I want to write on the paper! Only such a person can stay in Chrysanthemum City. Therefore, literary talent doesn't need to be too good, but they must show absolute obedience and not question my words! Also, they have to be particularly good at making up stories! When I nod, you will remember that person's name."

  "Yes! Sir!"

  Li Xie sat on a wooden chair, with his legs crossed and Miao Miao sitting on them. He held a wine cup in his hand, with Fan Di Sel and Zeinard standing to his left and right. Behind him stood Jack, the commander of the evil army, who was responsible for Li Xie's safety, while his soldiers were responsible for the security of the scene.

  In front of us was a queue of about 500 people, relatively speaking, there were very few ordinary citizens who considered themselves knowledgeable and cultured. After all, the learning environment for ordinary citizens is limited, and they are busy making a living, so only a handful can really read books.

  For these people, Li Xie had a bottom line in his heart.

  Firstly, one must be under the age of seventy. In the mainland of gods, seventy is considered young, and young people are not so stubborn and are more open to new things. This has already been stated in the recruitment information, and those over seventy have been eliminated early on.

  Secondly, one must be honest and clever. Honest people are mostly more obedient and listen to what they are told, those who are arrogant and look down on others can be eliminated directly! Being clever and honest is not contradictory, but rather a rare kind of honest person who listens and gets things done!

  Thirdly, you must be good at fabricating stories! This is the most important point! The heroic deeds and mythological legends in textbooks are all fabricated! And these fabricated things have a profound impact on students' worldview, values, and so on!

  "Recruitment begins." Vandy Sell shouted under Lee Xie's gesture.

  The first person who came up was very respectful and bowed to Li Xie: "Respected Duke Xie, I am Yak, this year..."

  Yake made a self-introduction, but Li Xie didn't look at him. Li Xie was drinking wine and swinging his legs, and the leather shoes on his feet accidentally fell off.

  Yake hastily walked over and helped Li Xie put on his shoes. Li Xie glanced at him and said calmly, "You stand to the right."

  "Yes! Sir." Jacques bowed respectfully again and stepped aside.

  Li Xie nodded slightly and continued sitting there.

  The second person in line looked at Jacques standing on the right side, but he remained standing in place. Li raised an eyebrow: "You, stand on the left."

  "What? Sir, I haven't..."

  "Adults tell you to stand, you just stand!" Vandy Sell shouted, scaring the man into hastily standing on the left side!

  The third one was clever, these commoners came for an interview, did they expect His Excellency the Duke to say "next"?

  "Sir, I'm Xixi..."

  Before Xi Si finished speaking, Li Xie's shoes fell off again. Xi Si immediately put them back on for him. Li Xie chuckled and said, "You stand to the right too."

  "But, sir, you haven't asked me about the relevant matter yet, sir, I am familiar with history..."

  "Oh, then you go stand on the left side." Li Xie said calmly.

  "But you still haven't asked me yet!"

  "Vandy Sell shouted again: 'You don't have to stand up, just go back!'"

  Li Xie nodded at Yak, and Vandy Sell understood that the right side was for people to stay, and the left side was for those who were not wanted! Those who asked too many questions would be sent away directly.

  "But, sir..." Xis wanted to say something else, but was glared at by Vandy Sel and didn't dare speak again, and left in disappointment.

  The fourth person, named Leifote, helped Li Xie to pick up his shoes and put them on again. Li Xie smiled and asked: "Do you want to stand on the right side or the left side?"

  "Excuse me, I'd like to stand on the right side." Now everyone basically understands that the right side is a better position.

  "I'm that kind of person..." Li Xie said: "I like to go against the crowd, you think the right side is admission, but not necessarily, so, stand on the left side."

  The fifth person, in the same scenario, Li Xie asked again: "Do you want to stand on the right side or the left side?"

  That man cupped his hands and bowed: "The adults say which side to stand on, that's the side."

  "Hmm, you're called Kekosia, right?" Li Xie nodded slightly and smiled: "You stand on the right side."

  Li Xie first started with listening to their words, then moved on to making up stories, observing their character, and basically didn't ask about their academic background. As a result, the recruitment process was extremely fast, taking only an hour, and more than 500 people were already divided into two groups.

  There were over 130 people on the right side and more than 370 people on the left side!

  Li Xie stood up: "Those on the left can go back, those on the right will all be admitted!"

  "What? Why? You didn't ask us anything, what's the point of making us come all the way here for nothing?" The people on the left side were mostly shouting in discontent.

  Li Xie coldly snorted: "Why? Just because you asked too many whys! Of course, this duke isn't a person without human feelings. For those who aren't accepted, each of you will be given ten gold coins as travel expenses. You can also take in the scenery of Chrysanthemum City before leaving!"

  Ten gold coins! This is a big deal for ordinary people! The people on the left were amazed and sighed, they now understand how precious it was to stay behind! Those who were not accepted can receive ten gold coins, so what about the commission of those who were accepted? Isn't that wealth and nobility for life?!

  "Your Excellency... Duke Evil...!" A young man shouted loudly, rushing over: "Sir, I haven't finished my application yet, please wait a moment."