My British Empire

Chapter 122 The Performance of Henry VII

Edward said indifferently, and walked to the registration point with Mayor William.

On the other side, Wilson was dragged by Su Weier and walked towards the registration office.

"Hey, Su Weier, I just said hello, what's wrong with you?"

Wilson broke free from Suweier's pull, shook his arm, and asked curiously, feeling very puzzled.

"Hey, buddy, don't you see the little gentleman with some bodyguards behind him?"

"This kind of person can be seen as a big shot at a glance, let's not provoke him at will!"

"London, the water here is very deep!"

Su Weier gritted his teeth and whispered in his ear, then went straight to the registration point without hesitation.

And Wilson and Creroux also followed in three steps and two steps, without saying a word on the way.

It is said to be a registration point, but it is actually a long table with three literate young people sitting there. They are all temporary government employees.

Although the three of them were sitting there, they looked lazy and couldn't lift their strength.

"Hey, where are you three from? What's your name?"

The young man sitting in the middle looked tired, as if he was too tired.

"Wilson, Suwell, Clereau, from Norwich, Norfolk."

Wilson stopped the two, took a step forward, and answered in place of the three.

"Here, this is the brand of the three of you, come here for the exam on April 28th!"

"Now, each of you sign your name for me!"

Immediately, a piece of paper with signed names was placed in front of the three of them.

The three found an empty space and filled in their names.

"Remember, you must arrive before nine o'clock in the morning." One person asked, while the other two held quill pens and wrote information on three wooden signs.

The three of them got three pairs of wooden cards, went to the other side, and asked a carpenter to carve the original ink with a knife.

The carpenter is very professional, and within ten minutes, all three wooden plaques were carved.

Su Weier picked it up and saw a lazy lion engraved on the front, but on the back was his own description - five feet three inches tall, short brown hair, slim build, from Norwich.

And Su Weier looked at Wilson next to him, and his description was-five feet three inches tall, with long black hair, a slightly fat body, and he was from Norwich.

And Clereau's is - five feet two inches tall, long brown hair, thin build, from Norwich.

This is the description of the physical appearance of the three of them, it is simply not good enough.

The three made fun of each other, and then left one after another, while Edward stood ten feet away, watching carefully.

"Your Majesty, we use wooden plaques to identify them, with their information engraved on them!"

"In order to better identify them, we also asked them to leave their signatures, and we will compare them with each other during the exam, so that the chance of impersonation is very small!"

Edward watched carefully from the side, and Mayor William beside him was not idle, explaining to Edward in words.

"Okay, let's go and see how the test papers are going!"

With a big wave of his hand, Edward took Mayor William and rode in a carriage to the suburbs of London.

This place in the outskirts was researched by Edward with some priests from Oxford University and teachers from ordinary middle schools.

Of course, he will not ask any difficult questions, at most what is your belief? If your answer is Catholic!

Then you just say goodbye, even if you get full marks for the rest of the questions, you will still be eliminated.

If the answer is Anglican, then congratulations, you have passed the first hurdle.

The rest are just common knowledge questions and answers, such as which is the state religion of England? Which family is the ruler of England?

Besides, how many pennies is a piece of brown bread worth? Which is the capital of England?

These are some common sense questions. Edward selects the person he needs through this test. Note that it is a person, a person who knows basic English and can write.

This is mainly based on the actual situation in England at present.

Although there are data showing that the literacy rate in England during the Renaissance was 10% to 30%.

But this is just an optimistic statistic.

In the whole of England and Wales, and in the area around Dublin in Northern Ireland, there were about 3.5 million university students under Edward's rule.

There are only about a hundred middle schools and elementary schools in total, (of course, there is also the necessary housekeeping school), plus some church-owned schools, there are only more than 3,000 people studying in total.

The strange thing is that the richer people, such as nobles and wealthy businessmen, their children don't bother to learn knowledge, at most they can write their own names.

But the common people at the bottom have no capital to learn.

Only middle-class Yomannons, lawyers, craftsmen, and small capitalists would hire tutors to educate their children.

This part of the people is the main target of Edward's examination and admission.

Although these people's learning is somewhat one-sided, as long as they can read and understand documents, they will be fine.

I came here to check it out. For these very simple questions, Edward didn't think there was any difficulty.

Although most of the people in the government are mediocre, elites are still needed. After thinking about it carefully, Edward still felt that there should be a grand finale.

"Farmer Searle in London has a fence in which there are two animals, a rooster and a sheep. If you count from the bottom, there are fifty feet, and if you count from the top, there are twenty heads!"

"Excuse me, how many sheep and how many chickens are in the fence!"

"Your Majesty, this, isn't this topic too difficult!"

Regarding the topic dictated by Edward, the bald scholar on the side asked with some doubts, his face was very embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter. The last question is for the most elite talents. I don't expect ordinary people to get it right!"

Seeing other scholars and priests agreeing, Edward turned around before leaving and said in a casual tone.

A group of people looked at Edward's receding figure with doubts, and were speechless.

The next day, Edward was having breakfast with little Lolita.

Seeing little loli happily eating wheat porridge bite by bite, Edward also felt his appetite increased and ate an extra bowl.

After eating, Lucy on the side came in and whispered into Edward's ear, while the little Lolita on the side was gnashing her teeth.

Little Lolita seemed to be angry, her face puffed up, she looked at Lucy next to Edward angrily, and pursed her little lips.

After listening to Lucy's words, Edward was very puzzled to see little Lolita's appearance like this.

"Who made our Mary angry, tell brother Edward, brother will help you teach him a lesson!"

As he said that, Edward's face showed a look of wanting to beat someone, and his eyes were still looking around.

"Hmph! It's all sister Lucy, brother Edward, hit sister Lucy!"

As she spoke, the little loli showed her canine teeth, grinned her rosy mouth, and wrinkled her little nose.

"Oh! Why Lucy? Did Lucy do something to make you angry again!"

Edward asked with doubts on his face.

"Yes, little Mary, don't slander me casually!"

"You say I'm wrong without proof, but you're going to get spanked!"

Lucy said so softly, but her right hand stretched out, making a gesture of spanking.

"Ah!" Little Lolita hurriedly covered her butt, looking scared, but she still held her head high and said stubbornly:

"It's all sister Lucy. Every time you come, Brother Edward will have something to do, so he won't play with Mary anymore!"

As if she still couldn't let go of her hatred, she covered her buttocks with her left hand, stomped on the ground with her short legs vigorously, and the ponytail on her head was bouncing and bouncing.

"Haha, it turns out that's the case, then can I take Mary with me this time?"

Edward looked at the angry little Lori with a smile, walked over, stroked her red hair, and said with a smile.

"Oh? Really?" Little Lolita still couldn't believe it, she shook her head and looked into Edward's eyes and asked.

After getting a positive reply from Edward, she jumped up and down happily, as if going to work with Edward was an exciting thing for her.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go to work!" Little Loli jumped and held Casey's hand standing aside, and dragged her back to her room.

"Let's go! Let's go get ready too!" Edward said to Lucy, who was following beside him, watching Little Lolita's cheerful steps.

Half an hour later, Edward was wearing aristocratic uniforms, a purple cloak, leather boots made of precious rhinoceros hide, and a yellow lion embroidered on the surface.

But the little Lolita was wearing a long pink dress, with a butterfly hairpin on her head, light red lip gloss on her lips, and a little angel pendant around her neck.

But in her arms was a bear toy that Edward gave her.

"Mary, why did you bring the bear out?"

Edward asked suspiciously.

"Brother Edward, Little Bear hasn't come out for a long time, I want to take him outside for a stroll!"

Little Loli tilted her head and said in a delicate voice, with a very reasonable appearance.

"Alright then! Let's go!" Edward said, holding Little Lolita's little hand.

Edward led Little Lolita in front, and Lucy, Luna, and Casey followed behind and got into the carriage together.

Since it is a carriage dedicated to the royal family this time, it is very spacious, and it is not crowded at all when several people sit on it.

Driven by three horses, the carriage was driving in the middle, while fifty guards rode on horses, following around to protect Edward's safety.

This time Edward and his party came out, mainly because the task he assigned to Udall had been successfully completed, and the actors had also rehearsed for nearly a month, but the performance was performed.

So, before that, Edward sent people to invite some major ministers and nobles in London, as well as some rich and wealthy businessmen, to let them come to enjoy the performance together today.

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