The journey of the only child of a peasant family to take the imperial examination

After the agricultural officials finished their inspection the next day, they set off for the next county town the next morning.

People in Ze County treat these dozens of livestock like treasures.

Not only did they build a separate livestock shed, they also arranged people to take turns to take care of them morning and night, and they also had doctors from the medical department come to check on them every three to five days.

The old doctor stroked his beard and shook his head. "Originally, I only treated people. Later, when I joined the army camp as a doctor, I not only treated people, but also horses. Now I'm in the county hospital, and it's even worse. I've been reduced to treating pigs and sheep. People's hearts have changed and the world has become more corrupted!"

After repeating this several times, Zhang Ping'an couldn't help but twitch his eyelids and said, "Doctor Jiang, you just need to take good care of these livestock. When we slaughter the pigs for the autumn harvest, I can give you an extra piece of hind leg meat, right?"

"Okay! Leave it to me! To be honest with you, my ancestors were veterinarians, and later we gradually started working in the clinic. Veterinary medicine is our family's main profession," the old doctor smiled deeply and responded loudly.

Zhang Pingan smiled and shook his head when he heard this, secretly sighing that this old man was cunning.

But he is not a bad person and his medical skills are not bad. Zouping was saved by this old doctor before.

Having a little bit of thought is not a big deal.

Mencius once said, "To gain the world in a proper way and to win over its people is to gain the world."

This means that the rulers must maintain the legitimacy of the regime by protecting the people and give them hope.

To put it bluntly, only when the people have hope in their lives can society be stable and the regime be secure.

As the crops in the fields grew better and better, order returned to the city.

The mental state of the remaining people was obviously much stronger than at the beginning, and they also had a certain degree of trust in the county government and the troops stationed in the city.

In particular, Zhang Ping'an adopted a graded scoring system. Every day, the person in charge of each street would rank everyone on the street from high to low according to the score. This was to strengthen everyone's sense of honor and disgrace. After the autumn harvest, grain and meat would also be distributed according to this ranking, which greatly stimulated the people's enthusiasm for work.

I also have hope for the future!

Everything is getting better!

By the beginning of May, the crops in the fields had grown to half a man's height and were growing well.

At this time, Zhang Pingan suddenly received a letter from Lin Junhui sent from Fu County.

Due to the inconvenience of travel, the letter was signed twenty days ago.

After Zhang Ping'an opened the letter and read it, his eyes widened in surprise and he was in disbelief.

It was because Lin Junhui said in the letter that he intercepted a merchant ship from the Wu family in Jiaozhou in the sea not far from Fu County. The merchant ship was originally preparing to go south.

That's fine, it's also something that was expected.

But what is surprising is that the person in charge on the boat is named Liu Shuisheng.

When Lin Junhui was interrogating and checking the identity background of everyone on the boat, he discovered that he and Zhang Pingan were actually from the same hometown. After further questioning, he found out that they were most likely relatives.

That's why I wrote to ask.

Liu Shuisheng himself was a stubborn person. He wouldn't say anything no matter what was asked, and torture was useless. Lin Junhui had to ask these questions from other followers and guards.

His original intention was not to kill everyone, he just wanted to scare and control them first. He never expected that there would be such a connection.

He was not sure whether it was true or not, so he wrote to ask Zhang Ping'an for his opinion.

Along with the letter was a token that Liu Shuisheng carried with him, and a portrait painted by the government office.

I also wanted Zhang Ping'an to identify it.

If they are really relatives, the way this matter should be handled will be different.

Zhang Ping'an knew that Lin Junhui intercepted the merchant ship of the Wu family in Jiaozhou in order to win them over first.

For such a tycoon, in such a period, it is better to be one of our own than to be our enemy.

If being one of them doesn't work, then the next best thing is to strangle them.

The principle we adhere to is that we would rather strangle them than allow them to become the arms of traitors.

Zhang Pingan thought about it carefully and found that Lin Junhui had never met Shuisheng.

He also didn't expect that Shuisheng would work on the Wu family's merchant ship in Jiaozhou.

When leaving the city, Shuisheng gave all the money he had on him to take back to his hometown.

He definitely didn't have much money on him, and at most the food in the house could last for a while.

During the days after they separated, he couldn't sleep all night whenever he thought about this incident. He knew in his heart that Shuisheng was probably in great danger under such circumstances, but he just couldn't believe it!

I didn't expect Shuisheng to be still alive.

Zhang Ping'an was extremely excited at this time, and his heart was in turmoil. He wanted to go to Fu County in person to confirm it, but the Daxia law clearly stipulated that "any official who leaves his post without reason shall be flogged forty times and dismissed from his post without reinstatement."

Ze County is not close to Fu County, so he can't leave his post for so long.

Feeling both sad and excited, Zhang Ping'an immediately wrote back.

He did not blindly ask Lin Junhui to release the person directly or take better care of him, after all, he was not sure whether the person was the same one.

Instead, he talked about many interesting things in his and Liu Shuisheng's childhood, as well as his memories in school.

There are some things that only they two know, and they can tell the truth or falsehood by asking.

If it is fake, then he naturally doesn't need to care about it, what should he do!

If it was true, he secretly hoped that Lin Junhui would keep the person for his sake, spend more time and try to mediate.

After all, from a public perspective, the Wu family in Jiaozhou is rich enough to rival a country, and is very valuable to them!

His request is not too much.

It is a great blessing to still have an old friend after so many years of separation!

Is it aquatic?