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

Chapter 1210 Sun Shan Goes to Chenzhou Prefecture

Sun Shan locked himself in a small dark room to reflect and came out after a quarter of an hour.

Do nothing now, and do something later.

At least he is not a corrupt official, he does not exploit the people, and he does not cause trouble for the people.

It is a good thing that Yuanlu County has such a mediocre official like him.

After just a quarter of an hour of reflection, Steward Wang had already packed his things, and Sun Shan was ready to report on his work in Chenzhou Prefecture.

Sun Shan instructed Zhang, "Keep an eye on the yamen while I'm gone. If anything serious happens, don't worry about it. Save yourself and wait until I return."

It seems that nothing serious will happen, but I still want to give you a few cautious reminders.

Master Zhang accepted the order: "Yes, Master. I will pay attention to it."

Sun Shan summoned the third-in-command of the county yamen and said, "Master Wu, I have to report to Chenzhou Prefecture. County Magistrate Wang is currently working on the road construction at Aojiawan. You are the only one left in the yamen. I will leave this yamen to you."

Wu Zhubo accepted the order: "Yes, sir, I will wait for you at the government office."

The top leader is leaving, the second-in-command is also gone, and the third-in-command Wu Zhubo finally gets to live the life of a boss.

Don’t even mention that feeling, it was just “awesome”!

As the saying goes, when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king!

Wu Zhubo was so happy!

Thanks to Lord Sun who loved to order County Magistrate Wang to do work, he was able to work in the yamen with peace of mind, happiness and leisure.

No need to be exposed to the wind and rain, no need to turn into a charcoal man, Wu Zhubo is so comfortable and relaxed.

Now Sun Shan is about to leave, although it will be short, but he will be happy.

Finally, no one above him can control him, so it would be nice to let him be the king of the yamen for a few days.

Wu Zhubo smiled and respectfully saw Sun Shan off. Before leaving, he said to him with sincere emotion, "Sir, don't be in a hurry to come back. Take your time. I'm here with you at the yamen. Don't worry."

Sun Shan thought that Wu Zhubo cared about him and was worried that he would get tired if he walked too fast, so he asked him to walk slowly.

I was so touched that I couldn't help but say, "Okay, Wu Zhubo, I'll be back soon. Thank you for your hard work."

After saying this, he looked at Wu Zhubo reluctantly.

Yes, he has more conscience than County Magistrate Wang.

Sun Shan led a group of guards and slowly drove out of the city gate.

Because there was a lot of grain taxes, luggage, etc., it immediately attracted the onlookers from Yuanlu.

Many people recognized Sun Shan’s first personal bodyguard, Sun Dali.

A little fat boy bravely asked, "Uncle Dali, where are you going?"

He took a lot of things with him, could he have run away?

He looked at the huge horse in front of him. It was the horse that once belonged to Wang Xiaosi and now belonged to Lord Sun.

I heard from people outside that Wang Xiaosi wanted to marry Mr. Sun to thank him for saving his life, but unfortunately he was a man, so he gave him his favorite BMW.

Sun Dali took a look and saw that it was the fat scholar's brother. He said with a smile, "He is accompanying our master to Chenzhou Prefecture. By the way, what are you doing out so early in the morning? Why don't you go to school?"

When the fat scholar's brother heard about going to school, he remembered that he was skipping classes.

He left immediately, leaving behind a message: Uncle Dali, I'm going back to school.

Although it's called "going back," it's actually running in the opposite direction. If you have a talented husband at home, there's no need for him to work hard anymore; having fun is the real life.

When Commoner A heard that Lord Sun was going to Chenzhou Prefecture, he whispered, "Why is Lord Sun going to Chenzhou Prefecture? And he's bringing so many things with him. Is he going to give gifts or seek official positions, and is he leaving Yuanlu?"

Crowd Eater B nodded confidently and said, "I think that's definitely the case. Look at those cartloads of stuff, it must be good stuff. Hey, Lord Sun must be thinking of running off to Chenzhou Prefecture to become an official. There's no way he can get a job in Yuanlu."

Luckily, there was a cultured and gossipy Uncle Bing standing by, who rolled his eyes at the two ignorant women and children and said, "What do you mean by running for office? What do you mean by giving gifts? Lord Sun is paying taxes to Chenzhou Prefecture."

He stared at the two middle-aged women with a look of contempt, as if they were short-sighted.

Ding, the bystander, said with a smile: "You can run away just like that? We finally have a scholar who has passed the imperial examination come to our poor place to serve as an official. The higher-ups will definitely not let Mr. Sun run away. What if Mr. Sun runs away and there are no more scholars who have passed the imperial examination?"

Sun Shan is recognized as the person with the highest academic qualifications in Yuanlu County. Especially the county school staff definitely hope that Sun Shan will stay in office so that the literary style of Yuanlu can flourish.

Crowd Eater Wu pretended to be kind and said, "Stop talking nonsense! If Lord Sun hears you, he'll give you a good beating. Although Lord Sun is a mediocre person, at least he doesn't harm the people, nor is he a corrupt official. I like Lord Sun very much."

The people actually have very low expectations of officials. As long as they don't harm others, they are good officials.

Lord Sun has been here for so long, and their lives are still as normal.

No change is good news.

The people are not fools, they naturally understand the value of "unchangeability".

The onlookers pointed and talked about Sun Shan's team. After all, the people of Yuanlu love eating melons the most.

Not to mention Sun Shan, a seventh-rank official, even if the emperor came, he would still be watching the show.

Many secrets of the emperor's palace were also circulating among the people, and everyone enjoyed gossiping about them.

Sun Shan had no idea that the crowd of onlookers were eating melons while walking on the road to Chenzhou Prefecture at this moment.

When I arrived at Chenzhou Prefecture again, I found that the road under my feet had not changed much.

Sun Shan couldn't help but reflect for a quarter of an hour. Comparing himself with Lord Wei, he found that he was far inferior.

Well, it seems being an official is also very difficult. Conception is one thing, practice is another.

Ultimately, it’s all because of poverty.

If you have money, not to mention building roads, you can even build a city from scratch.

Hey, Sun Shan looked at the carts of tax grain and tax silver.

The taxes that had just been collected were turned in immediately, and what was left was just enough to pay the officials' salaries. As for the remaining tiny amount, it was not enough to deal with a disaster.

It’s not the fault of Yuanlu County being poor.

Not only do the higher authorities not provide subsidies, they also require us to hand them over. There is no such thing as transfer payments in this era.

A good cook cannot cook without rice, and no matter how capable Sun Shan is, he cannot do anything special.

What's more, Sun Shan found that he was unable to do anything at all.

It’s bad enough that his academic performance wasn’t outstanding, but I didn’t expect that he wouldn’t be outstanding either as an official.

Sun Shan discovered that he was less talented than he had imagined.

He sighed several times and continued to do what he was supposed to do. The most important thing was to escort the tax grain.

Sun Shan said to the yamen runners, "Watch the grain carefully. Don't lose it, and don't let it get wet. This has to be delivered to Chenzhou Prefecture. If anything goes wrong, we'll all be in trouble."

This time, not only the Sun family guards came with them, but also the police officers from the delivery office.

The ambassador of the delivery office quickly agreed: "Yes, sir, we will definitely take good care of it, please rest assured."

Sun Shan didn't want to say anything more, but since there was a problem, the only way to avoid being held accountable was to pay the difference privately.

He didn't want to be the one who was taken advantage of, so he had to remind his superiors to keep an eye on the tax grain and not let anything go wrong.