Tesla was obviously a little nervous and said tremblingly——

"Giving such an important position as the Human Justice of Pelican City to a person whom we may have never met or even recognized? Isn't it too risky? What if this person becomes a judge and goes against us everywhere?

manage?"

Suta was also a little worried now, and said: "Yes, President. If you pass the exam, what if you are a beggar... I am not looking down on beggars, but I am saying that if you are a beggar with bad conduct and bad behavior,

Unruly people have the best grades, so do we want people like that to serve as judges?"

Ariel shook her head slightly and confessed her inner thoughts: "Of course, I don't mean to be completely open to allowing others to come to our Pelican City to run for judges. I will set a requirement."

"First of all, I require that those who come to our Pelican City to serve as judges must live in our Pelican City for at least one year and be registered as a citizen of our Pelican City. In this way, we can avoid people from other cities coming to take exams.

, to ensure that our judicial quota will definitely fall into the hands of people from our city."

"Then, we will conduct a review on the character of the candidates. Anyone who has committed crimes, cheated, had a bad relationship with neighbors, or bullied good and feared evil will not be able to serve as our justices.

.Our justice needs a person who is honest, kind, and has a strong sense of justice to be successfully elected. This also means that the person's character must be good. If the character is not good, or in some key situations, the judge will be elected.

If the local government makes a mistake, then we can also remove the position of the chief justice."

"Furthermore, you are worried about whether there will be any weird people. I think there is no need to worry about this. Because after the above two screenings, basically those who stayed have lived in Pelican City for many years and are in the neighborhood.

People who know everything about them. And the most important point is that if you want to be elected as a justice, you must be able to read and write. After the education of our Mermaid Song in the past few years, the literacy rate of our Pelican City has increased a lot.

, especially those children. I also met a few smart guys among those children. They have been watching our deeds of Mermaid Song and have corresponding knowledge. Just like those of Tesla.

Like fellow designers, I believe there will be a good judge in our Pelican City.”

Seeing his president looking so excited now, Tesla didn't know what to say.

Suta next to him, after a moment of silence, said: "But president... After all, the position of judge has fallen into the hands of ordinary people... Although those children are familiar with us, they

After all, he is not a member of Mermaid Song. And... and... this kind of important position has always been held by nobles, at least, it should be appointed by nobles... If you do this, will it... Will it happen in the future?

Will it cause a backlash?"

Ariel turned her head away, looked at Suta standing in front of her, smiled, nodded slightly, and said——

"Suta, I know you are worried that important positions like judges will fall into the hands of others. But, have you ever thought about why since ancient times, positions like mayors, judges, and generals have been

Is it a nobleman's job?"

Suta thought for a while, then finally shook his head and stopped talking.

Ariel: "The answer is simple, because this kind of position requires a lot of knowledge. And knowledge needs to be understood through learning."

"I have said before that the previous nobles monopolized knowledge and the words that can broaden people's horizons, turning most people into illiterate people who can't read or write their own names. Because only in this world

When the largest number of civilians in the world are illiterate, only the nobles have the right to say that they are not suitable to hold these important positions, and only those who can read can hold these important positions."

"As long as knowledge is monopolized, ordinary people will not be able to seize the status and wealth of the nobles no matter how hard they try. On the contrary, if I allow ordinary people to learn knowledge, read books, and write articles, then after the previous

After three years of hard work, now we can carry out examinations and send a large number of outstanding talents to the jobs we need most."

"If I was a little confused before about what should be done to let everyone in Pelican City work together to build Pelican City, then now I feel that passing the exam can help some people who may have been farmers all their lives to successfully become farmers.

Being promoted to an official position allows them to take charge of finances and political operations. Maybe this will be a true cooperative relationship."

Having said this, Ariel raised her finger and turned it around in the air, smiling: "Of course, the newly appointed judge will definitely encounter obstacles at the beginning. But it doesn't matter, Suta can tell that person when the time comes.

How should we deal with the judgment? We at Mermaid Song can also be used as that person's backup force. I believe it won't take long, if that person is really good, he will be recognized by the public very soon."

While talking, Ariel stood up, stretched out her hand, and patted Suta's shoulder gently.

This slap made Suta feel as if there was a huge weight on her shoulders. She thought of something, lowered her head, and her whole body could not help but tremble slightly.

But soon, the trembling stopped. She raised her head, half of her face covered by bangs faced Ariel for the first time today, and said: "President, I understand... I will go and tell everyone that I resign."

news. At the same time, I will also announce the selection of judges."

Seeing Suta understand her thoughts so clearly, Ariel felt very relieved. She nodded gently, returned to her seat, sat down, and said with a smile: "Very good! Then the matter about the selection of judges, I might as well leave it to you.

Let’s do it. But we also need some time for all the candidates to prepare. Well... November 1st! It’s just over a month! The exam starts on this day! Then you can think about what you should come up with in these two days.

What questions should I choose, and what answers should I choose? If possible, discuss with the other two justices to see how to take the exam better. We will start the official exam on November 1st! How about it?"

Suta: "Yes, President!"

After responding, Suta did not start to take action. But after Ariel saw her dumbfounded expression, she remembered something, immediately waved her hand and said with a smile: "Okay! You go ahead!"

Suta responded and finally left the guild to promote it.

Seeing Suta leave, Tesla seemed a little surprised, but also a little confused. But seeing that the two of them were smiling at the end, thinking about it, there probably wasn't anything big going on between them, right?

"Why does Suta suddenly not want to do it?"

Tesla held his drawings and sat down opposite Ariel.

Ariel picked up the document in her hand and said while reading: "Nothing, she has to take care of her husband, so she may not have much time."

Tesla tilted his head and thought for a while. Although he felt that there might be something else going on, he couldn't think about that much now.

At the moment, while Ariel was signing a document, Tesla handed over the drawing in his hand and began to talk about the modification plan of the element car.

Ariel also showed great interest in this and nodded, letting Tesla go ahead and do it.

That's when Tesla finished talking about the drawings in his hand and was about to report his "let's go do it" budget...

"Oh my! I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!"

A very familiar voice came inadvertently from outside the door.

Tesla was stunned and turned around. He saw a middle-aged man wearing a tax officer's robe walking in with three people. As soon as this tax officer-looking man saw Ariel here, he immediately let himself go

The warmest smile broke out on his face, he walked over with open arms, and said with a big smile——

"President Ariel, President Ariel! No, maybe it should be Mayor Ariel Garcia now! Oops, I really didn't expect that. No wonder I think this guild you founded is so unique.

Different, it turns out that it’s because you are different! It’s really disrespectful, disrespectful!”

Ariel's eyes turned to the group of people coming in, and of course she noticed the tax official at the first moment.

Calculating the time, now is indeed the time of year when taxes should be collected, so Ariel is not really surprised by the arrival of this tax officer. It can even be said that she has already prepared the Mermaid Song and Pelican City

I plan to solve this year’s tax problem lightly and skillfully.

However, when Ariel saw the few people who came in with the tax officer, a little surprise and joy immediately appeared on her face.

Of course, as a mayor, she still controlled the excitement in her heart well, nodded slightly to one of those people, then turned her eyes to the tax collector again, and said with a smile: "Oh

Ah, isn't this Mr. Tax Officer? You came really early this year, I thought you wouldn't come until after October."

The tax official laughed loudly, straightened his waist slightly toward Ariel, and said with a smile: "I knew that Mayor Ariel would never forgive me! I apologize to you for what I did to you at that time.

Apologize for the rude thing!”

Ariel smiled, making her expression appear gentler, without revealing any bias. She pointed to the narrator's seat and asked these people to sit down: "Tesla, help bring some tea."

Tesla looked at the tax officer and then at his president. Although he didn't know what was going on now, he still followed the instructions and went into the kitchen to make tea.

While he was making tea, Ariel also packed up the materials on her desk, walked to the guest sofa, sat down in the master's seat, and said with a smile: "Where, where, that was how long ago.

Is something wrong? Don't worry, it's okay, I don't mind at all. I also know that Mr. Tax Officer has his own job responsibilities, so I will never have any thoughts."

Hearing that Ariel was now willing to forgive herself, the almost flattering smile on the tax officer's face finally relaxed.

He sat down on the sofa, but when he saw that the other three people behind him did not want to sit down, he hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said, "Um...can you sit down too?"

Among the three people behind him, two were wearing weapons and dressed like adventurers, and looked like they should be guards. The remaining one was wearing a set of stain-resistant traveling clothes and a cloak.

Now, she took off the cloak on her head, revealing two sharp ears.

"Hello, sister Ariel, long time no see."

Under the cloak was an elf girl. She smiled at Ariel and nodded.

Ariel also smiled at her and said, "It's really been a long time since I saw you... Sit down too."

The elf girl looked at the seat, shook her head slightly, and said: "As for me... forget it. My identity does not allow me to sit in front of you."

Ariel frowned slightly and wanted to say something. However, the tax official here waved his hand and said, "Just sit down if Mr. Mayor asks you to sit down! Where does all this nonsense come from! I am your sister.

Why are you so polite to your sister?"

The elf girl was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head awkwardly, with two blushes on her face, and said: "I...I just..."

Ariel also waved her hand and said: "Sit down quickly! Otherwise, your sister Ariel will be angry!"

After hearing what Ariel said, the elf girl nodded and sat down next to the tax collector.

The tax official smiled and said: "Mayor Ariel, I am here today. On the one hand, I want to be able to apologize to you in person. At that time, I was really... I was really confused. You know

Don’t you know? At that time, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the Duke were all in front of me! I really... my mind was spinning, and I really didn’t know anything anymore!"

Ariel didn't mean to blame the tax official. Seeing that he had been thinking about this matter for more than half a year, she couldn't help but stretched out her hand and waved it, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I understand your difficulties at that time.

Don’t worry, I’ll be fine, I won’t take it to heart.”

The tax collector covered his chest, exhaled again, and said slowly: "It would be great if Mayor Ariel could forgive me... Mr. Mayor, I really didn't expect that...

...To be honest, when I heard last month that you were now at the helm of Pelican City, I was really shocked! But then I thought about it carefully and immediately figured it out. Well, if it were you,

Not to mention you are just the mayor of Pelican City, even if you become the actual person in charge of the entire marginal province! I don’t think there will be any problem!"
To be continued...