Xuzhou people are relatively weak in Guo Peng's group.

Unlike Yanzhou where Chen Gong and Cheng Yu are the leaders, nor are they like Jizhou where Tian Feng is the leaders. Xuzhou people are already too late to join, and the booked leader Chen Deng is still dead. The leader Yang Mizhu is still a businessman.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong are famous locally in Xuzhou, but in Yecheng, they can only be considered small people, not any well-known big shots.

It will be difficult for them to gain a foothold without relying on Mi Zhu.

Therefore, Xuzhou people hope to have fresh blood to join the Guopeng Group to enhance the strength of Xuzhou people.

Now the number one in the Talent Ceremony is from Xuzhou, so they naturally feel happy.

The happiest person is naturally Zhuge Jin. He is not even as good as Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong in the Guopeng Group. He is a real little man. If Guo Peng hadn't promoted him on his own initiative, he would probably have stayed in Xuzhou as a county official and would not be able to be a central official.

Unexpectedly, my brother was so handsome that he actually got the first place in the exam. According to Guo Peng's emphasis on this matter, my brother has a bright future!

Zhuge Jin was very happy.

"Okay, this is the case. After that, let's publish these lists. You have been clamoring for a shortage of people. This time, I got you more than 300 people in one go, enough for you to deal with it for a while, right?"

Guo Peng said jokingly.

Everyone laughed.

The lack of people is the truth. There are so many things to do, and there are more and more things to do. When Guanxi is not conquered, there is a shortage of people. Now, the large area of ​​land in Guanxi and even Hanzhong is conquered, and the things to do have to do have increased exponentially, which is even more shortage of people.

To be honest, just over 300 people are not enough.

Some people think it should be increased to 500 people, so that it will be almost enough to consume the government's operation. Otherwise, these people will feel like they have poured water into the ground and they will not be able to see it all at once.

But not everyone wants it, and not everyone can accept it. Guo also depends on the person when choosing an official. He will not pay a waste casually. What he wants is a brother who can accompany him with him.

If you are brothers, come together, right?

In fact, to put it bluntly, Mr. Guo’s finances are not as abundant as he imagined.

Too many places need investment, too many places need construction, too many people need relief and resettlement.

Guo Peng received a lot of taxes and money from doing business, but a large part of it requires expenditure, and there are quite a lot of expenditures.

Other expenditures are related to the fate and future of the country. Whether it is the army or civil affairs, they cannot be careless.

Increased officials' wages and benefits are all things that Guo has to pay for. It is not easy to maintain such a huge bureaucracy and maintain its operation.

If there is so much money, Guo can recruit more officials in every minute, and people will do things, so there is no need to worry about not having enough money to spend. That would be great.

But it doesn't work. You can't spend all the money. You have to keep some financial savings. If you don't have savings, you won't have them.

The selection of officials can only be a little careless and more officials will be exploited.

Anyway, Mr. Guo wouldn't feel embarrassed.

When October 15th, the weather turned colder and the autumn harvest was completed, the results of the Talent Ceremony were finally announced.

A large group of scholars came to the big square in front of Duke Wei’s mansion and anxiously waited for the announcement of the list.

When some clerks came out of the Wei Duke Mansion, they walked out with more than ten large wooden boards and hung them in front of the Wei Duke Mansion.

Then the officials uncovered the red cloth covered with the head of the wooden board, and a gong sounded, and the result was officially announced.

A large group of people rushed around to check if they had their own names, then pointed to find their own names and searched carefully one by one.

As time goes by, I will be caught in such a sound from time to time, and there will be such an annoyance sound.

Xu Shu relied on his physical advantage to squeeze into the crowd, and squeezed into the crowd together to three wooden boards in a row without finding his name. He was anxious and squeezed out of the crowd and saw Zhuge Liang standing outside the crowd like nothing was wrong.

"Kong Ming, why don't you go and check it out? Go find your own name. You don't care about such an important thing?"

"I care, but I don't have the best body as good as Yuan Zhi? It's better to wait here if I can't squeeze in. If there are fewer people, I will just go and see it again. If I win, I will win. If I don't win, I won. This name won't disappear just because I don't go and see it."

Zhuge Liang seemed free and easy, but Xu Shu analyzed from Zhuge Liang's expression of looking around that Zhuge Liang was actually very anxious.

If he really wants to be as calm as he said, can he keep looking around?

This guy is very lazy at home. He doesn't stand if he can sit, and doesn't sit if he can lie down. He also has to take a nap every day, as if he can sleep until the end of the world. Xu Shu didn't know why this guy could sleep so much.

The key is that he is still so smart!

Comparing people with others will make people angry!

After waiting for a while, fewer people gradually became, and Zhuge Liang gradually felt that it was interesting to stand here and look at it.

The selected people were quiet, ecstatic, chatting and laughing, and trotting all the way and couldn't wait to share the news with their family.

Those who were not selected were depressed, their faces were full of depression, their loss, and their sense of frustration. They felt that life seemed to have no hope.

I feel that by looking here, you can see the various aspects of life.

This is really interesting.

As they watched, fewer and fewer people were. Meng Jian and Shi Tao could not hold back and went straight forward. Zhuge Liang couldn't help it anymore, so he moved forward with Xu Shu.

A group of people squeezed into a circle together, looked at the wooden boards on it, searching for them, but they didn't find the names of the few people.

Then he changed to another wooden board and another one. After changing to the eighth piece, Zhuge Liang's heart began to shake, wondering if he had written badly and was not selected.

Shi Tao suddenly shouted, and it turned out that he saw his name in front of a wooden board.

Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were both panicked, their heartbeats getting faster and faster. When they were on the ninth board, they still couldn't find their names, and they were almost desperate.

At this moment, Meng Jian suddenly shouted.

"Yuan Zhi! Kong Ming! Come quickly! Our name is here!"

Meng Jian stood in front of the last wooden board, pointed to the name on the board and shouted. Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were stunned, and then ran over immediately.

At this moment, Xu Shu suddenly realized that Zhuge Liang was running faster than him, his two long legs were walking, and his pace...

Don't this guy care?

Aren't you calm down on your face?

Why do you run faster than me?

Good you Zhuge Kongming!

You play me!

For the first time, Xu Shu wondered whether Zhuge Liang had been a Ranger without telling him, otherwise how could he run faster than himself who was a Ranger?

Those who are stumbled around the world are also a must-have skill. Xu Shu thought he would not lose to anyone at this point, but he was defeated by Zhuge Liang today.

The two of them ran to the wooden board, and Zhuge Liang saw that his name was written at the top of the wooden board, while Xu Shu looked down and found his name at the seventh position.

“Selected?”

"Selected!"

Xu Shu pinched his fist tightly, and the smile on his face suddenly became extremely bright like a chrysanthemum blooming.

"Kong Ming! I was selected! I was selected!"

After saying that, Xu Shu saw Zhuge Liang gasping continuously, his hands tightly clenched, his eyes fixed on the name on the wooden board and not let go.
Chapter completed!