Survival skills maxed out, I feed my wife and daughter by catching fish and shrimp

"Hahaha! Great! Open the cell door! I want to eat meat and drink wine with Brother Chen!"

Chai Feng laughed, took off his cloak and handed it to his follower.

The jailer hurried forward to open the door.

Chai Feng strode in, not caring at all about the dirt and mess in the dungeon. He sat down cross-legged and sat opposite Chen Changfan.

"Brother Chai, I'll give you a chicken leg! But I don't have a wine glass..."

"Why not?" Chai Feng took the chicken leg and took a big bite, then raised the wine jug and took a swig.

The two looked at each other and laughed heartily.

After three rounds of drinking, both of them felt warm all over and their faces flushed.

"Brother Chai, I asked you to come out of the mountains and into this dungeon because I have a favor to ask of you."

Chen Changfan slowly exhaled and spoke frankly.

Chai Feng smiled, thinking that Chen Changfan was truly a strange man.

When others are thrown into the dungeon, most of them will cry and protest for injustice. Even those who are determined will at least be filled with sorrow.

But this Chen Changfan was not sad at all. Instead, he was drinking and eating meat in the prison. When he came, he didn't ask for help directly, but instead pulled him to drink with him.

It’s really interesting!

"Brother Chen, why don't you just speak frankly?"

Chai Feng was also a little curious about how Chen Changfan would ask him to get him out of jail.

Who knew that the other party's next sentence would be so beyond his expectations.

"Brother Chai, I want to buy an official position."

"Buy an official position? What kind of official position do you want to buy?"

"I'll have to ask Brother Chai to help introduce it."

Chen Changfan smiled and bowed, and Chai Feng laughed when he saw this.

"You are really good at finding people. I know a little bit about buying official positions. Now that I have drunk your wine, I will tell you about it."

Chen Changfan pretended to listen attentively.

"In my Great Wu Dynasty, officials from the ninth rank, from the first rank officials to the ninth rank officials, can all be purchased with money.

It’s just that the rank and power are different, so the cost required is also very different.

I am an eighth-rank official without a real job, so my knowledge is limited. I can only tell you about the ins and outs between the ninth and seventh ranks. I dare not say anything about the ranks above that.

Take the county magistrate as an example. Although he is a ninth-rank official, he is considered to be an official with real power and the potential for promotion among the ninth-rank officials.

And to buy such an official position, you need this amount..."

Chai Feng stretched out a finger.

"Ten thousand taels?"

Chai Jin nodded. "There was no county magistrate position in the Dawu Dynasty, so the county magistrate was the head of a county. If one were to move up, he would become a county magistrate or a county lieutenant, which were proper eighth-rank officials. If one wanted to be appointed as such, one would have to pay at least ten times the amount of money to bribe their way into the position."

Chen Changfan was secretly shocked.

It costs 10,000 taels of silver to buy a county magistrate, and 100,000 taels of silver to buy a county magistrate. This increase is simply too exaggerated.

"Exaggerated, right? This isn't the most exaggerated thing. Also from the ninth rank, besides the county magistrate, there are other positions like the imperial attendant, assistant commander, and inspector. Those are all sinecure positions without real power. Of course, the cost of buying an official position is much lower, and you can buy one for just one or two thousand."

Chen Changfan nodded secretly. The one or two thousand mentioned by Mr. Chai should be in silver.

"I wonder what rank and authority the official position you want to buy is?"

Chai Feng actually already had a rough guess in his mind, but he still asked tentatively.

Chen Changfan didn't hide it, "I want to buy an inspector, how much silver does it cost?"

"To be honest, I offended Shang Zhengren, and Shang Zhengren is in cahoots with the county magistrate. Otherwise, I wouldn't be thrown into jail today. Even if Brother Chai can get me out, I'm sure they'll cause me trouble in the future. So I bought an official position so they can't do anything to me."

The reason why Chen Changfan bought the official position was just the superficial reason. In fact, he wanted to obtain the ownership of the small hill by buying the official position.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Chai Feng showed a look of relief, and he then asked:

"Do you know what the duties of an inspector are and what benefits they bring?"

"Brother Chai is testing me."

Chen Changfan had certainly done his homework in advance, otherwise he wouldn't have brought up the matter of buying an official position with Chai Feng right away.

"Inspector, ninth rank. He carries no official title nor real power, but is granted a piece of land to patrol and protect the area, hence the name Inspector."

"Yes, if it's a rich place, buying a patrol and getting a piece of fertile land would allow you to grow some food and make a living. However, our Qingshan County has many mountains and fertile land is scarce. I'm afraid that the land allocated to you won't be flat farmland, but a barren hill."

Chai Feng sighed, but Chen Changfan's eyes lit up.

Chai Feng now understood Chen Changfan's intention. Spending money to buy an official position was actually buying stability for himself. As for the land that came with the official position, it was actually better than nothing.

He suddenly felt a little annoyed because he couldn't directly disobey the county magistrate.

As Chen Changfan said, he could indeed get him out of jail, but he could protect him temporarily, not forever.

To put it bluntly, I am not capable enough, otherwise my brothers wouldn't have to spend this money in vain.

He suddenly felt that he owed his brother something, so he patted his chest and said:

"Brother Chen, I can help you get through the process of buying an official position. I will bargain for you and try to secure a more fertile piece of land."

Chen Changfan bowed deeply to Chai Feng, and immediately took out the one hundred taels of silver note he had earned from selling the prey today and handed it over with both hands.

"This is just a small token of my gratitude. Please accept it, Brother Chai. This matter is extremely important to me. Thank you for your concern, Brother Chai."

Chai Fenghuo stood up with anger on his face, "Why are you and I still talking like this? I, Chai, will take care of this matter. You can keep the money and just prepare the silver for buying the official position."

Chen Changfan couldn't refuse, so he had to take back the banknote and chuckled, "Brother Chai, I actually have my eye on a hilltop. There's plenty of prey there. Please help me take that hilltop."

"Alright, just draw me the location of the mountain, and I'll go take care of it tomorrow."

The visiting time was up, and the jailer stepped forward timidly to remind him. Chai Feng snorted, "Take good care of my brother!"

"Of course, I dare not offend this gentleman."

The jailer had previously accepted benefits from Chen Changfan, so naturally he did not dare to neglect him.

Chai Feng nodded, then bowed to Chen Changfan, put on his cloak, turned around and strode away.

Chen Changfan watched the other person leave, then yawned and lay lazily on the straw bed, suddenly feeling a little emotional.

"I can't sleep with my wife in my arms tonight. This straw bed is not suitable for sleeping..."

The dungeon was cold and the warmth provided by this little bit of straw was almost non-existent.

Fortunately, Chen Changfan's physique is now better than that of ordinary people, and he has strong liquor to warm his body, so he is naturally not afraid of the cold.

If I were in my previous body, I would definitely catch a cold after this night.

In these troubled times, a cold snap can kill a poor person.