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

The first day of work in the yamen was abuzz with people. Many officials who were late complained, and some even asked County Magistrate Wang to intercede for them.

Among them was Qiao Wenshu, the clerk in charge of the household department. "Sir Wang, isn't this inappropriate for Sir Sun to do this? Why deduct half a month's wages for being late?"

Half a month's wages is not much for Qiao Wenshu, because most of his income comes from gray income.

For example, if someone wants to buy or sell land, they have to find him to change the registration, so they can make extra money.

Gray income is several times more than wages.

The main reason for having his wages deducted was because he felt embarrassed. How would his subordinates view him?

County Magistrate Wang curled his lips. This Qiao Wenshu was so cunning. If he was not convinced, why didn't he go directly to Lord Sun, but instead asked him to be the scapegoat?

He would never do such a stupid thing.

County Magistrate Wang spoke in a serious tone, "Wen Shu Qiao, being late for your first shift is your fault. Since you're wrong, you should accept the punishment. If you don't want to be punished, just come early like I did."

These words made Qiao Wenshu so angry that he vomited blood.

If we knew that we would be checking on the first day, who wouldn't come early? It's because we didn't know that we felt frustrated.

Qiao Wenshu seriously suspected that County Magistrate Wang and County Magistrate Sun were in collusion. Otherwise, how could such a lazy person be the first to arrive at the yamen?

Qiao Wenshu felt wronged and ran away angrily.

As for looking for Sun Shan, you must never do that.

After a year of getting along, I have a rough idea of ​​Sun Shan's personality.

He's easy to talk to on the surface, but stubborn in private. If you go to Sun Shan to plead for mercy, you might even get scolded.

Alas, we can’t do without Sun Shan now. The guano workshop still depends on Mr. Sun to run it. He has invested in it and is waiting for the profit this year.

Qiao Wenshu went to talk to County Magistrate Wang to clarify the matter, and then the late yamen runners also went to talk to County Magistrate Wang one after another, but they were all rejected.

Everyone couldn't help but secretly criticize County Magistrate Wang and Sun Shan for being in cahoots, and some even thought that the two of them were conspiring to pocket the fines.

When County Magistrate Wang heard the rumor, he was so angry that he suffered a heart attack.

He said to his trusted servants, "These people are not only blind, but also blind in their hearts. How could I have been on the same boat with Lord Sun? And they even accused me of colluding with Lord Sun and enriching myself. Bah! Lord Sun could have done that, but how could I have done that? I wouldn't even pick up those little melons and dates thrown on the road."

County Magistrate Wang felt that the fine was too heavy and was too lazy to take it.

These colleagues are really poor.

The Wang family is wealthy and powerful, who cares about a few copper coins?

Lord Sun is different. He comes from the village and is greedy for money. Whether it is copper coins, silver, or even gold, it is difficult to take it out of his hands.

County Magistrate Wang had already seen through Sun Shan's true nature: he was a complete money-grubber, and a Pixiu type, who only took in money and never gave it out, and would not spit it out even if he died of stuffing.

Seeing the master so angry, the loyal servant quickly joined in the scolding: "That's right, master, how can you be such a person? Humph, this group of people must be jealous that the master came on duty early and didn't get punished. Bah, you should have accepted the punishment for being late, but you are still blathering and showing no responsibility at all. Master, don't be angry, we adults don't bother with small people."

But I don’t think so in my heart.

Now in the eyes of outsiders, the Wang family and Sun Shan really seem to be wearing the same pants.

Local forces conspire with external forces to prevent other forces from intervening.

Before the new county magistrate arrived, many forces were ready to make moves, and even prepared to add fuel to the fire, wanting to see the indigenous Wang family and the newcomer Sun Shan fight wits and courage, a fight to the death, and end in losses for both sides.

But now the situation is completely different from what I imagined. The indigenous Wang family and the outsider Sun Shan have become a mighty river, pressing down the outside forces so hard that they cannot move.

From an outsider's perspective, the Wang family should have given Sun Shan a warning so that he would know that the Wang family was in charge of Yuanlu County and that Sun Shan was just a passerby.

The results of it?

The Wang family did nothing, just like a bystander, silently watching the show. They looked like they had nothing to do, as if the head snake of Yuanlu was not the Wang family.

What about the new force Sun Shan?

It's even more outrageous.

As soon as he arrived, he recruited the most promising son of the Wang family into the inner court and taught him carefully. He was able to rise from an ordinary student to a rising star and even broke the ranking record of Yuanlu County.

What the hell is going on?

The Wang family was originally a stumbling block to Sun Shan's work, so why did Sun Shan help the stumbling block to take off?

This way of playing cards is really hard to understand.

If helping the Wang family's children to study was to enable Sun Shan to make achievements in education, then why was the construction of such a large guano workshop still handed over to the Wang family?

Shouldn't this help to support another force to fight against the Wang family?

If the guano workshop is successful, the indigenous power, the Wang family, can be suppressed successfully.

Lord Sun is so bad that he actually colluded with the Wang family and shared the same hatred for the enemy.

After a year in office, families with a little power in Yuanlu County have already realized that the two streams of Wangjia and Sunshan have merged into a big river, which is swallowing up every inch of land in Yuanlu.

These small forces had to avoid the attack and hide quietly.

The attentive servant looked at his master who was confused by the situation, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should remind him or pretend not to know.

In the end, the caring servant chose to pretend that he knew nothing.

After all, there is no harm in the Wang family cooperating with Lord Sun at the moment.

Look at Master Ji Jun, the first beneficiary, who was saved by Lord Sun.

Next was Young Master Jiaxing, who was taught by Lord Sun and became a scholar.

After that, the second master became the second largest shareholder of the guano workshop besides the government.

The old man also wanted to see which of his children had potential and send them to Sun Shan for guidance.

All this is developing in a direction that is beneficial to the Wang family.

The most important thing is that the aunt of Chenzhou Prefecture repeatedly urged the Wang family to get along well with Lord Sun. The aunt is such a wise woman, and since she said so, she must do so.

The loyal servant quickly put the problem aside and focused on comforting County Magistrate Wang. He followed County Magistrate Wang in scolding everyone in the yamen, including Sun Shan.

If the master likes to scold people, he will scold them on his behalf. This is how he should be a qualified and loyal servant.

Sun Shan's fine caused a stir in the government office.

The next morning, all employees arrived at work on time and even earlier than usual.

The police officer who was leisurely visiting relatives yesterday was also called to work by his family overnight.

Seeing this thriving scene, Sun Shan couldn't help but feel satisfied. "If you're not actively attending the yamen, you have a problem with your thinking. It's true that everyone is actively attending the yamen. I'm very pleased."

Gui Ge'er said cheerfully, "Yes, Brother Shan, the Yamen is much busier today than yesterday. Every room is occupied, and everyone arrives earlier than usual for duty."

Early this morning, Gui Ge'er quietly hid in the corner of the yamen to see who was not on duty.

In the end, I was very disappointed. Everyone showed up. I had hoped to get a fine, but that plan fell through.