Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

In March, the first imperial examination was held in Indochina.

There are more than five thousand people coming to Baigu City to take the scientific examination this time. In order for the candidates to arrive safely, all official roads are guarded by corresponding chieftains every ten miles.

Every section of the road that any candidate takes is escorted by a corresponding chieftain. Due to the strength of the Bao'an army and Hou Yao's ruthlessness, no chieftain dared to violate the rule.

Bai Gucheng also gave these scholars the most generous treatment, including free food and accommodation.

However, in order to prevent anyone from taking advantage of troubled waters, there are special registration and reception points for candidates outside the city.

All candidates who refer need to take a basic test here, which is actually a test of literacy and writing. Those who can pass will enjoy preferential treatment policies.

On March [-], the first imperial examination in Indochina officially started.

For a period of ten days, King Tan personally served as the examiner, and Hou Yao served as the deputy examiner, responsible for setting questions and invigilating the examination.

Some Baoan Army soldiers who were willing to stay in the Zhongmian Peninsula also took the exam.

The acceptance rate for the first Indochina imperial examination was quite high. A total of nearly [-] local and foreign Daxia scholars from Indochina took the examination.

More than three thousand people were admitted as candidates. Jieyuan was Ma Gancheng, the son of Hubei Shizhu chieftain, and he was also the farthest among the scholars who came here for reference.

The reason why Ma Gancheng was appointed as Jieyuan was not only because he was literate, but also mainly because he was both civil and military. He was the talent most needed in Indochina at present.

In fact, neither pure civil servants nor pure warriors are suitable for governing in Indochina.

Because Hou Yao's army and King Xi will leave sooner or later. Once they withdraw, the stability here will have to be left to local officials to manage themselves.

The barbarians are afraid of power but not moral, and being too strict can easily provoke civil unrest. Therefore, officials who can be both civil and military are best suited to govern here.

Of course, Ma Gancheng is too young, only 17 years old, and is not mature yet. It is too early for him to take charge. The most important thing at the moment is to learn from King Tan.

Ma Gancheng's family was a hereditary chieftain of Shizhu. He had a clean family background and had the status of Jieyuan. He was temporarily appointed as an aide to Prince Tan's palace.

After these three officials were appointed, the missing officials in Indochina were finally found, and most of the officials with innocent wealth took office within a month.

In early April, King Tan announced the establishment of the New South Province. The New South Administrative Office was located in Baigu City, and its territory included the entire Indochina Peninsula.

The first left and right chief envoys were Wu Ding and Xiao Yan, former Yunnan patrol officials.

Originally, Hou Yao wanted to bring Sumatra Island into the jurisdiction of the New South Island Chief of Staff.

However, since Sumatra Island has not been pacified yet, and he was eager to return to Bao'an County, he had no choice but to drop the matter.

In May, Hou Yao finally set off back to Bao'an County.

In mid-June, after three years of expedition, the Baoan Army finally returned home.

At this time, Bao'an County had begun to have the feel of a modern city. There were two-story small buildings built with cement and equipped with glass windows everywhere. The quality was very good.

The main roads in the city have also been built, and now part of the city walls in the inner city have been demolished. Jiang Qizheng wrote specifically to ask Hou Yao for his opinion on this matter.

Hou Yao means that the city wall should be demolished, but the city gate must be retained. It is a precious historical relic.

Outside Baoan City, Jiang Qizheng led all the main officials of Baoan County to go ten miles out of the city to greet him.

"Xiaoguan Jiang Qizheng, together with all his colleagues in Bao'an County, respectfully welcomes Her Royal Highness the Princess and Your Excellency for their triumphant return."

Ji Wenjun sat in the phoenix chariot and waved his hand: "Pingshen."

Everyone said in unison: "Thank you, Your Highness, Princess."

Guo Ming shouted loudly: "Let's have fun and welcome His Highness back to the residence."

Immediately, high-pitched suonas, trombones and other ritual music sounded, clearing the way for the phoenix chariot.

Tens of thousands of people who came to watch the excitement stood on both sides of the cement road, waiting for the phoenix chariot to pass before slowly following behind and walking into the city.

Many clever villagers have already prepared incense candles and lit them while walking to make wishes:

"Mother and Mercy Bodhisattva Wenjun, the wise and mighty Master Hou, please bless our old mother to recover as soon as possible."

"Empress Wenjun, who rescues people in distress, and the invincible Lord Hou, please bless my wife to give birth to a boy."

"Living Bodhisattva Wenjun, Lord Wenquxinghou, please bless my son to win the exam this time."

"Living Bodhisattva Wenjun, Lord Wenquxinghou, I have nothing to ask for, but I would like to ask you to protect me..."

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The population of Baoan County is now close to 300 million.

If it were not for the strong pressure from surrounding counties to implement a strict household registration management system, this number would have soared.

The city has long been overcrowded, and its scale is expanding again and again.

When Kui Houyao was planning urban traffic before, the main roads were planned according to the eight-lane standard.

At first, everyone thought Master Hou must be crazy. What would such a wide road be used for? However, due to Hou Yao's majesty, no one dared to object.

Only now do we know how wise Hou Yao is. Nowadays, [-]% of the people in the city have bought horse-drawn carriages, and the traffic in the city has long been overwhelmed.

If the main road were not wide enough, the city would be unable to move.

Hou Yao and Ji Wenjun returned to the hotel to settle down for a while, and then took Ji Wenjun, Yu Xiuer, Shen Yuluoyan, the girls, and little Hou Miao home to meet their parents.

Ji Wenjun treated Hou Fu and Zhou Yu to tea with the etiquette of a daughter-in-law.

Zhou Yu was so panicked that he almost knocked over the tea cup.

Hou Fu seemed relatively calm, sitting in the chair without any signs of abnormality.

It wasn't until Hou Yao sent Ji Wenjun back to the hotel that he heaved a sigh of relief:

"Yu Niang, go prepare bath water for your husband."

Zhou Yu wanted to bite his tongue, but seeing that Hou Fu's expression didn't look right, he kept silent.

After putting away the bath water, he came back and said, "The water has been put away. Go and wash yourself."

Hou Fu held up his hands twice, as if he wanted to stand up but couldn't. He could only ask for help: "Come here... help me... give me a hand."

Zhou Yu walked up to Hou Fu in disgust and helped Hou Fu get up. Only then did he realize why he wanted to let him take a bath.

I saw a huge puddle of water stains on the chair. He was so frightened that he peed after doing it for a long time.

"Looking at your potential, are you so scared now? I thought you weren't scared at all just now."

Hou Fu said excitedly:

"That's a princess, and you don't understand if the child is ignorant? Letting the princess give birth to a child out of wedlock is a serious crime of beheading, and might even lead to the death of the nine tribes. This child is too bold, and is simply lawless."

Zhou Yu quit immediately:

"How are you talking? That's our son's ability. Do you think your son is a loser like you? Our son is invincible, and anyone who goes against our son will have a bad end. Humph, what's wrong with the princess? Why don't you just be obedient? We have given birth to a little grandson. I am too lazy to pay attention to you and go take a bath by myself. I am going to the hotel to see Miaomiao."

After saying that, he shook off Hou Fu's hand and walked away.

Hou Fu staggered and relied on the wall panel to regain his balance.

He looked at Zhou Yu's back bitterly and cursed: "My son is so lawless because he was spoiled by you. It's true that a loving mother often loses her son. This is a recipe for disaster."

Unfortunately, Zhou Yu had already disappeared.

He could only drag his numb legs and slowly walk towards the room, feeling panicked all the time...

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Hou Yao has been back to the county for several days. Every day, Hou Yao listens to a lot of people reporting on their work in the county government office.

I've been feeling overwhelmed all day long, but the county government's official duties are okay, and with Jiang Qizheng watching, there aren't many accumulated problems to deal with.

Only Ma Feixing, who captured the Yao family and came to attack Bao'an County with more than 1 people, was more difficult to deal with.

Hou Yao's original plan was to send him to Australia to open up wasteland like the rest of the Yao family.

But they have now become the main force of the county's engineering team.Neither they nor the leader of the engineering team wanted to let them go.

There are currently too many projects to be done in the county, and there is a shortage of people in all walks of life. Especially the engineering work is too hard, and there is a huge gap in young and strong labor force.

The arrival of more than 1 prisoners relieved an urgent need.

The wages of prisoners were only [-]% of the wages of normal workers, half of which was given to the prisoners and the other half belonged to Ma Feixing.

For the prisoners, the [-]% wages in Bao'an County are already much higher than wages in other places, and are not even much different than their income as soldiers.

You don’t have to work hard to earn money. The important thing is that the prices of basic daily necessities in Baoan County are extremely low.

None of them want to leave here at all, and many even plan to go back and move their entire families here.

At present, some workers who have strong abilities and are valued by their bosses have been bought out and become foremen, realizing their family's wish to move.

Most of the [-]% of Ma Feixing's salary was distributed to the people below. Everyone would be happy if they made money.

The prisoners were easy to use, so many engineering contractors used their crooked ideas to secretly instigate Ma Feixing to attack Yao Yuanzhou's home base of Nanhaiwei.

Trying to get him to capture more prisoners to solve the problem of insufficient labor.

Ma Feixing was actually a little tempted. If Hou Yao came back a little later, he might actually lead his troops out to fight.

Anyway, Nanhai Mansion is not that far away. If you take a boat, you can come back in a month.

Although Baoanjun's salary is good, who would think that the money is too much?

These more than 1 prisoners earned them a lot of extra money.

There was no objection to going out to capture prisoners.

Fortunately, Hou Yao is back, otherwise the matter of going out to capture prisoners would sooner or later be unstoppable.

Hou Yao's original intention was to let Yao Yuanzhou take his Yao family army to Australia to open up wasteland.

Due to Ma Feixing's cunning tactics, less than half of the [-] troops were killed, and the remaining [-] people were sold to the engineering contractors, and they may not be able to send them back.

The Yao family suddenly lost tens of thousands of people. You must know that these 1 people were not only themselves, but also their families, who were originally going to be packed away.

But that's all it can do.

Regarding Ma Feixing's use of prisoners to make money, Hou Yao still gave him severe punishment.

This hole cannot be opened. Once it is opened, it cannot be closed.

The Yao family's troops were all Daxia people and ordinary people in Nanhai Mansion, so Hou Yao restored their wages as soon as he found out.

As a punishment for them to serve as soldiers and attack Baoan County, they have to sign a ten-year employment contract with the engineering contractor, and other benefits are the same as ordinary workers.

For the captives, this was a direct journey to heaven.

Many people immediately thought of moving their families.

Bao'an County is much better than that damn place in Nanhai.