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"For example, the chairs we sit on are made of the finest huanghuali wood, and the teacups we use cost thirty taels of silver each."

"The county magistrate is here..."

"Just over a year." A secret guard replied at the right time.

Hua Yun clapped her hands lightly. "He's only been the county magistrate for a little over a year, and yet he's already living so extravagantly. It's obvious he's embezzled an untold amount of money."

"We didn't take this road when we came here, and we didn't pass by this town." Sang Ye said.

Hua Yun has the most say in this matter, after all, he is the one who comes to see how to proceed.

"Yes, we didn't take this road to go to Xingzi Village. We took another road."

Although there is only one official road, it has many forks, which does not mean there is only one road.

Hua Yun also understood what Sang Ye meant. "There are so many towns in Rongchao. We can't go to every one of them. It would take too much time."

"This is not something that can be accomplished in one or two years."

Sang Ye also knew this and was thinking about what to do.

"Wouldn't it be nice to go out and play again?" said Mu Baobao. "After the New Year is over, we can go out and play again."

"It's just that it's cold when you go out to play in the winter."

Sang Ye said with a smile, "We just came out to play. If we go out to play again, anyone will find something wrong."

"The best way is to check on the way back."

Mu Baobao hummed, "Then I won't go back for the New Year."

"We can celebrate the New Year every year, but things like this can't wait."

She waved her fist and said, "There are so many bad guys. If we don't deal with them, more people will be harmed."

Sang Ye was a little hesitant. "The whole family gets together during the Chinese New Year. If we don't go back home to celebrate the New Year..."

It would be fine if he didn't go home for the New Year once, but since Prince Zheng and his baby didn't go home for the New Year, he was afraid that the Emperor and the Mu family would come after him.

"It doesn't matter if I don't go back for the New Year, just write a letter." Shangguan Quan raised his hand.

Hua Yun sighed, "I don't want to go back for the New Year either."

"With the current situation in Rongdu, if I go back, who knows what will happen at home. It's better to stay outside."

Based on his understanding of his family, he knew that after he returned, his family would definitely ask him to establish a relationship with the prince.

It is true that the Hua family is an imperial merchant, but after all, it is a family without real power and cannot compare with those families with real power and official positions.

Not to mention, the prince is now choosing a concubine, and his family will be unable to hold back.

"I don't have to go back home for the New Year," Zheng Xingguang said. "I'm still young and I'll have plenty of time to spend with my parents in the future."

The main thing is that his parents don’t need him to accompany them, as they have a lot of things to do during the New Year.

"Baby and I don't have any major problems," Mu Pingping said. "We can just write a letter to our family and let them know."

"However, we must first obtain the Emperor's permission and possess certain things bestowed by the Emperor."

Sang Ye didn't expect this to happen and laughed, "This kind of thing is best handled by Prince Zheng."

"Besides, the Emperor will definitely agree to something that is of great benefit to the country and the people."

Zheng Xingguang rolled his eyes, "Sang Ye, can you please not be in trouble, Prince Zheng, it's okay, baby?"

Sang Ye spread his hands, "Did I say something wrong?"

"Could it be that I have something to ask the baby?"

Baby Mu raised his little paw with all his strength, "Big brother, you can come to me. I can ask little brother for help."

Sang Ye looked at Zheng Xingguang with an expression that said, "Just wait and see."

Zheng Xingguang said, "...Okay, I'll write to the Emperor about this and ask for a special token."

"As for the route planning, leave it to Hua Yun."

Hua Yun said it was no problem. "It's just right for me and the third brother to combine our experiences abroad over the years and go to places where there might be problems."

Shangguan Quan said, "Ask the emperor."

"I think the emperor must know what the problems are."

"However, due to various considerations, the emperor did not resolve it."

"We're not saying that we can just solve the problem just because he's a bad guy."

"Why?" Mu Baobao didn't understand. "Third Brother, don't all the bad guys have to be dealt with?"

Shangguan Quan explained, "Baby, some people are bad, but not really bad. They will do practical things for the people."

"For example, some people love money. They will get some money that they don't deserve within a reasonable range, but they will do many things that benefit the people."

"The Emperor also allows such people to exist."

Mu Baobao still doesn’t quite understand.

"To put it simply, there are no truly good or bad people," Sang Ye said. "You can't judge whether a person is good or bad based on just one or a few things."

Mu Baobao is still too young and doesn't quite understand things like this.

But she knew that it was right to listen to her older brothers.

"So which bad guys are we going to take out?"

Sang Ye said, "Bad guys like this county magistrate, and those who just go through the motions and don't do anything practical."

He thought of something, "I'm afraid the county magistrate's boss might also have issues. We need to investigate."

Hua Yun sneered, "There's definitely something wrong."

"If there were no problem, this county magistrate would never have been able to stay safe for so long."

"Of all the silver and goodies the county magistrate received, he must have given much of it to his superiors."

"This is the rule."

Mu Baobao was not interested in this and pulled Zheng Xingguang to study the pillars.

"Rules?" Mu Pingping asked.

Hua Yun said, "Take care of it."

"Even if you don't want to bribe your boss, you still need to take care of your boss and the relationships around him."

"Even if you have a big family behind you, you still need to do this."

Shangguan Quan took over the conversation, "Unless you are of a status like Prince Zheng, you don't need to do these things."

"If you don't have that kind of status, you need to do it. Because you don't know who your boss or the people around you are backing."

"Some of this is known, so we have to manage it. Maintaining relationships is a very important and difficult skill."

Mu Pingping nodded slowly, "So that's how it is."

"It's like relatives and friends need to visit each other to maintain relationships."

Shangguan Quan said, "It's similar, except the relationship you have to maintain might be with a stranger you've never met."

Mu Pingping sighed, "I have a lot to learn."

Shangguan Quan joked, "Once you have a certain status and position, you won't have so many relationships to maintain. Instead, others will come to curry favor with you."

"Look at Master Sang, he's like that. He leans on a big tree for shade. Even if he didn't enter the officialdom, there are still countless people rushing to curry favor with him."

Sang Ye rolled her eyes at him and said, "You are corrupting Mu Pingping with your words."

"Mu Pingping, don't listen to Master Shangguan. In fact, the most important thing is your own status and strength."

"For someone like me, I ultimately rely on my family. If I were kicked out of the family, I would be left with nothing."