The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

The journey was smooth and there were no accidents at all. It was surprisingly smooth.

Especially when passing Niujiao Mountain, the Sun family guards were on high alert, keeping their eyes and ears open, fearing that a group of bandits would jump out in the blink of an eye.

Sun Dali and Gui Ge'er surrounded Sun Shan, and as soon as the bandits appeared, the two of them would immediately block the sword for Sun Shan.

Such a neurotic behavior left the ambassador of the grain delivery station stunned.

People who didn't know the truth thought Sun Shan was the emperor, making it seem like someone was assassinating the emperor.

Sun Heitan spoke to the Yunsuo ambassador in his broken Yuanlu dialect, "When our lords first arrived here, they encountered bandits. This place is strange. Look at those mountains, look at those trees. They're so tall and dense. There might be a bandit's lair inside.

"Alas, we must strengthen our defenses. This time, not only is the safety of my master at stake, but also the tax grain. If it is robbed by bandits, who will be held responsible?"

After hearing this, Ambassador Yun also became nervous.

The transportation task was mainly undertaken by Sun Shan, and secondarily by him.

If something went wrong, Sun Shan would be protected by his official position and at most he would be demoted, but his starting point would still be higher than that of ordinary people.

He is different. He is just a low-level official. If there is a problem with taxes and grain, he will definitely be the first to be sacrificed. He cannot escape the role of scapegoat.

Besides, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the bandits are also people from Daqian, so they also want to celebrate the New Year.

This is the peak season for robberies.

Although most bandits will look for opportunities to take advantage of others, if they encounter extraordinary bandits, they may actually rob government grain.

Didn't Lord Sun say that? Last time, those bandits knew he was an official, but they still chose to kill and rob. You can imagine how rampant these bandits are.

The ambassador of the transport office kept a close eye on the grain transportation and ordered his subordinates to deliver it quickly. No matter how hard or tiring it was, they had to get out of Niujiao Mountain and rest.

And what about Sun Shan? He was even more afraid of death than the Ambassador of Yunsuo.

If tax grain is lost, it is lost. At most you have to pay compensation to replace it, but if people are killed by bandits, they are really gone.

Gui Ge'er was right. He, Sun Shan, was the brightest star in Sunjia Village.

It must hang intact in the sky and must not fall.

So Sun Shan and Ambassador Yunsuo had the same idea: to quickly cross Niujiao Mountain and reach Chenzhou Prefecture.

The group hurried on. It was supposed to be a three-day journey, but it took them two and a half days before they saw the city gate of Chenzhou Prefecture.

The big and thick city gate appeared in front of them, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Ambassador of the Transport Office patted his chest, took a deep breath, and waited for a long time before he could breathe smoothly.

He said happily: "Sir, we have finally arrived in Chenzhou Prefecture. Oh, it's great. The journey has been safe and smooth."

It doesn’t matter if you’re tired or suffer a little, as long as you reach your destination, it’s all worth it.

The Ambassador of the Transport Institute had never felt nervous before, but when he walked with Sun Shan, he became more nervous than ever before.

I'm walking much faster now. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Sun Shan was also very happy to see the tall and towering city wall.

He patted Wang Xiaosi's steed and said thankfully, "Thank you for your hard work, my horse. You've been in such a hurry all the way here. Fortunately, my horse has enough endurance and strength to move so fast. Not bad, not bad, you are worthy of being my steed."

The Ambassador of Yun, who knew the truth, twitched his lips: ...

Such a bright "Wang" mark clearly shows that these horses belong to the Wang family.

And their Lord Sun lied with his eyes open, saying "my horse, my steed" over and over again. This is too ostentatious.

Forget it, it’s the Wang family’s horse, not his.

What's more, the relationship between Lord Sun and the Wang family is complicated and confusing.

On the surface, they met by chance, but in reality they may be deeply in love.

The two families may have conspired in secret and are preparing to dominate Yuanlu.

He was just a small ambassador, insignificant, so he had better not pry into the secrets of his superiors.

The more you know, the sooner you die.

Sun Shan and his group arrived at Chenzhou Prefecture very smoothly and entered the city very smoothly.

The group rushed to the post station to stay overnight.

Speaking of this issue, Sun Shan became depressed.

It was clearly Prefect Liu who summoned them for a meeting, but neither the place nor the food was prepared, so they had to go to a "state-owned hotel" under the guise of being officials.

The post station was crowded and noisy, making it inconvenient. The environment was also not good, and I had to be careful about my words and actions, fearing that my secrets would be discovered by my colleagues.

But that’s all the free stuff is, why would you need a bicycle?

Sun Shan and his companions hurried to the post station, fearing that they would have no place to stay if they were late.

But when I walked in, I found that there was no one there, it was empty, and I couldn't help but feel relieved.

I don’t know why the other county magistrates didn’t come or why they didn’t stay at the post station.

Anyway, none of my colleagues are here.

When the postmaster saw Sun Shan coming, he hurried to greet him and called out respectfully, "Sir Sun, please come this way."

Sun Shan smiled and said, "Thank you very much."

Sun Shan had stayed at the post station before and had some impression of the post station chief in front of him.

The postmaster also had an impression of him and called him "Sir Sun" before even giving him the "hotel check-in documents".

Sun Shan asked, "Are there any other officials staying here?"

The postmaster shook his head and said, "The officials who went north have already left. No officials have come to live here yet."

Sun Shan understood what this meant.

Officials in Daqian not only had to report to the next higher level, but also had to report to the capital.

Small officials have their own "year-end reports", and high-ranking officials have their own "year-end reports".

Sun Shan also hoped that one day he could go to the capital to report on his work, which would represent a qualitative leap in his official position.

Alas, these things are far away. Sun Shan shook his head secretly and stopped thinking about it.

The next morning, Sun Shan tidied his clothes and arranged for someone to deliver a letter to Magistrate Liu.

He also ordered the ambassador of the courier office to pay the grain and money taxes quickly.

I won’t feel at ease until I pay my taxes for the year.

The ambassador of the transport office was already experienced, so he quickly took the seal, documents, and tax grain and hurried to pay the tax.

At the end of the year, after being busy all the time, almost all the grain and silver had to be handed over.

The people suffer, and so do the small officials. Sun Shan is very unfortunate to become a small official and is suffering from the pain of paying taxes.

Especially for a good official like him who is upright and incorruptible, his pockets are clean after paying taxes and paying his employees' wages.

Life is so hard!

After having breakfast, doing some stretching exercises and practicing calligraphy for a while, Gui Ge'er came back.

Sun Shan opened the reply from Magistrate Liu, which said that there would be a meeting at the yamen in two days and asked him to come early, saying that he had not seen him for a long time.

The corners of Sun Shan's mouth twitched. He was not very familiar with Liu Yineng, the prefect, and he spoke so politely. Could it be that he wanted to show the boss's care for his subordinates?

Life is like a play, and a play is like life. We must act well in life.

Sun Shan thought of the note he had written to Liu Yineng, which seemed to say that he missed Magistrate Liu very much, was happy to come to Chenzhou Prefecture for a meeting, and was even happier to see Magistrate Shangguan Liu again.

Haha, don’t blame him for being corny.

Sun Shan referred to the visiting cards written by others to Shangguan, and he just copied and pasted them and went with the flow.