My precious sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn! You are finally back!

"Great, great."

The old emperor now looked at Gao He with increasing satisfaction, and he felt from the bottom of his heart that his ranking of tenth in the second class of the palace examination was too low!

Such a talent should be selected as the top scholar!

The Minister of Finance jumped up and said frantically: "Your Majesty! If there is really someone who can save Your Majesty hundreds of thousands of taels, why not give this person to our Ministry of Finance!"

Before the old emperor objected, the Minister of Works had an unusually sullen face, and stood forward to defend his own money-saving treasure: "Yuan Jin is harsh! You are dreaming!"

Doesn't their Ministry of Works need to save money?

When they need copper, they have to give money to the eunuchs to withdraw it from the inner treasury. If they don't give money, they can't get it. Or you can buy it from copper merchants!

You also need to buy wood from wood merchants, hundreds of thousands of big logs at a time!

Workers and craftsmen should be paid, right?

Mules and laborers who carry wood and stone for you should be fed and watered

, right? People's kilns make tiles for you, they can't be given away for free, right? You have to pay for them, right?

Every pile costs money! The Ministry of Revenue still wants to snatch people! Don't even think about it!

Xu Yanmiao: [Wow! Now they haven't found Gao He yet, but they have already snatched so much. If they find him, won't they just fight to decide who will be the boss?]

The Minister of Works was stunned for a moment, and suddenly showed a friendly smile to the Minister of Revenue.

Come on, he doesn't mind fighting.

Before he followed the lord, he was the doorman of the casino! Let's see if you, Yuan Jin, can beat him.

The sun was shining, and the friendly smile on the face of the Minister of Works seemed to have a subtle evil, and his eyes swept directly at the face of the Minister of Revenue.

The Minister of Revenue sneered: "Why, you want to hit me? You can hit me as much as you want, and I lose if you let go."

Anyway, you can't beat him to death.

——The Minister of Revenue directly showed the momentum of rolling meat with a knife.

The Minister of Works looked at the old emperor and

said, "Your Majesty, it would be a waste if such a talent went to the Ministry of Revenue! Yuan Jinke has already been thrifty enough... enough to save money. If another one goes, how can other departments survive!" When a note is sent over, they will call back and say that the funds you applied for are too high. Obviously, you can save a lot. The method is given to you, but the relevant departments have to worry about all the troubles themselves.

The old emperor: "!!!"

He thought about the future when Gao He went to the Ministry of Revenue and other departments all cut their funds. Suddenly, he felt that the sunshine today was much brighter.

So he said lightly: "He is a natural talent for the Ministry of Revenue, so let him go to the Ministry of Revenue."

Minister of Revenue: ^_^

Minister of Works: T^T

Other ministers: It doesn't matter. It's best if he can be in the same department. It's okay if he is not in the same department. We can still borrow people!

Gao He's body stiffened.

He felt that many eyes were cast towards him, with admiration and hope, as if an indescribable weight was pressing down on his shoulders.

- It is the responsibility and pressure that matches success.

In this regard, Gao He wanted to say: "Actually, I want to join the Hanlin Academy."

This sentence was later reported to the old emperor, who just smiled and wrote a review for him to be appointed as the Hanlin Academy.

He has always been very tolerant of talented people.

＊

However, the court meeting has not ended yet, and the old emperor does not know Gao He's expectations.

The officials of the Hanlin Academy did not know that they were about to have one more colleague.

Ji Sui's former adopted son looked a little strange.

He looked at his colleague who had kindly held him back before, and was greatly surprised: "Has it always been like this?"

The other party: "What?"

Ji Sui's former adopted son: "Whatever he says is true? No need to verify?"

The official said proudly: "Of course! Xu Lang has great magical powers."

Ji Sui's former adopted son immediately caught the name "Xu Lang".

And immediately recalled... it seems that the chief examiner of this examination is surnamed Xu... "Xu's magical powers?!"

It's him? !

The official nodded slightly: "Not bad."

And reminded him: "Xu Lang is the little Bai Ze!"

"A gentleman does not talk about strange things!"

"Your Majesty believes it."

The former adopted son changed his words without changing his expression: "Xu Lang has a pure temperament and a heavenly appearance. He must be the reincarnation of Bai Ze!"

The official: "You are quite smart."

The former adopted son bowed his head and smiled. So he did not see the official's compassionate eyes.

She is smart, but if she offends Lord Ji, she will soon fail in officialdom.

*

A court meeting passed quickly.

The new officials also changed from being uneasy at the beginning to...frightened.

How could they not be? As long as that mysterious voice opens its mouth, one person will be ashamed to face others, such as the former father-in-law and son-in-law. Didn’t you see that they were like wooden chickens throughout the court meeting, not saying a word and showing no expression.

If that mysterious voice calls her name...

"Hiss——"

Xu Yanmiao passed by a group of new officials and fell into confusion when she heard the gasps.

[What happened? The cold air suddenly attacked? 】

He patted Gao He on the shoulder and said, "I just joined the Ministry of Works and the Ministry has a big task assigned by His Majesty. Good luck! If I do it well, His Majesty will definitely remember me! Come on, treat me! I told you, I sat on the bench for more than half a year, almost a year, before I was lucky enough to catch His Majesty's eye."

At the same time, he noticed: [Eh? Why are you all looking at me?]

The other new tribute scholars moved in unison as if they had rehearsed it, and then looked away.

[Eh? Why did you turn your head again? Because I just looked up at them?]

Gao He thought to himself: No, it's because I finally recognized the voice and found out that the mysterious person before was you.

[Could it be because of the "Xu Shentong" incident? Well, this is the only way to explain it.] Xu Yanmiao frowned slightly, a little distressed: [In the future, you should show up less in front of the new tribute scholars. Although they are just curious, it is still weird to be stared at.]

Gao He spoke at the right time, and the middle finger of his right hand made a sound, and he smiled: "Okay, treat me!"

...

"Is this what you mean by treat?"

Xu Yanmiao squatted on the river bank, staring at Gao He silently.

——They couldn't leave immediately after the court session. They waited until their respective government offices were locked before leaving the palace together.

Gao He coughed, took off his long gown, and rolled up his sleeves: "It's cheaper to buy fish directly from the Luo River. I just became an official and this month's salary hasn't been paid yet."

As he said that, he fiddled with the iron stove, iron fork, and iron grill he brought with him, started a fire, and put the fish meat or whole small fish on it to roast.

"And you can eat barbecue here and listen to music for free!"

Gao He said confidently: "It's free!"

Xu Yanmiao silently raised his hand and pointed to the river: "Are you talking about free music?"

The big ship passed by the river, and the sailors on the ship swung the sails and sang in a rough and loud voice. The sound was like thousands of horses going crazy, rushing left and right. The whole Luo River seemed to have become a wide carriage, roaring and undulating with the crazy horses, and the waves were surging, wanting to rush straight into the sky.

Gao He coughed again: "Wild fun, cough, wild fun."

Xu Yanmiao glanced at him. The two looked at each other, and suddenly couldn't help laughing at the same time.

This was indeed a different kind of dinner party.

[Well, lie down——]

Xu Yanmiao stretched his back and walked to the river bank, looking at the sky, smelling the river breeze, feeling very relaxed.

He was looking at the sky, celebrating the grilled fish, and occasionally glancing at Xu Lang. In

just one court meeting, the image of Xu Lang in his mind had changed beyond all recognition.

When he first met Xu Yanmiao, his impression was that he was a beautiful young man who stood aside and didn't talk much, but his movements were natural and his face was as exquisite as fine porcelain.

(Emphasis added) Moreover, he and another person gave him a large sum of money, which was like the God of Wealth descending to earth.

When they met for the second time, the other party patiently told him the precautions for the imperial examination, and also wrote an imperial examination manual to print for all students.

At this time, Xu Lang was like a reincarnation of a bodhisattva, and his whole body was emitting the light of salvation.

When they met for the third time, Xu Lang turned into a demon in the eyes of the cheating candidates, with an iron face and excellent eyesight. Kill one if there is one, kill two if there are two! A

few days later, when everyone went to the court together, he understood...

It turned out that Xu Lang's true face was actually a fun-loving person who liked to watch others have fun!

Xu Yanmiao: "Why are your legs shaking?"

Gao He wiped the sweat from his forehead: "First day of court... um..."

Then I knew that there was such a killer in the court.

"... Nervous."

"Don't be too nervous. According to my observation, except for a few people, everyone is relatively friendly and the atmosphere in the court is not gloomy. Although sometimes there will be a fight, it is all for the sake of grabbing things, and sometimes it is because of anger and corruption."

Xu Yanmiao puffed out his chest and imparted his experience to the new minor official like a reliable senior.

Gao Heshi couldn't help laughing and bowed: "Thank you, Minister Xu... Hmm? What is that?"

Xu Yanmiao turned his head subconsciously.

*

In the Wuying Hall, the old emperor took out a mahogany box from the bundle that was wrapped tightly layer by layer. There were faint traces of mud seals on the rope knots. There was one seal in the middle and two seals on each end.

"Set five letters..."

The old emperor showed a sincere smile from the bottom of his heart.

The Daxia system of delivering letters has different specifications. From light to heavy, they are: one letter by a single horse, two letters by a sedan chair, three letters by a horse, four letters by a car, and five letters by a carriage.

To put it more clearly:

for trivial matters, one horse and one carriage are enough.

For matters that require a little more attention, a two-horse carriage will be used to deliver.

And when it comes to urgent matters that cannot be neglected, four low-grade horses should be used to deliver the message.

Those with fixed time limits, such as the emperor's edicts, imperial seals, etc., are delivered by four medium-grade horses.

And those that can use five letters and four high-grade horses... well, basically, it is not a critical juncture for the survival of the country, but also a major matter of national martial law.

He had received this sealed biography early, opened it and read its contents, and issued a new decree, ordering the relevant cities to enter a state of martial law.

"Qin Guan, you are finally back."

My precious sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn! You are finally back!

*

After Xu Yanmiao turned his head, he saw a luxurious ship coming from the Luo River in the distance. It was two stories high and seemed to be full of people. He could vaguely hear cheers, crying, and screaming in the river breeze.

The sails were retracted to the bottom of the mast, and the boat stopped in the middle of the river.

Soon, they lowered a small boat, and a group of people got on the boat first. The boat then sailed towards the shore, bouncing with the waves. In the blink of an eye, it was in front of them.

Xu Yanmiao saw them throw the iron anchor onto the beach, put down the wooden plank, and climb ashore along the plank.

Those people's clothes were tattered and they went crazy after landing. Some of them deliberately fell to the ground and hugged the river beach. Some of them kept slapping their cheeks: "I'm back! I'm back!"

Some of them frantically tore their clothes, pulled their hair, and cried bitterly. They were dirty like mountain monsters covered with creepy black hair.

Xu Yanmiao saw familiar people on the boat -

Xie Luoshui, and the great general Qin Guan.

The last person to jump off the boat looked like a barbarian from a wild tribe - yellow-skinned, barefoot, almost naked, with only a cloth wrapped around his waist to cover himself. He wore a collar with bird feathers around his neck and strings of pearls on his arms.

His eyes were intact, but after landing, he sniffed around like a wild animal, as if he was observing the surroundings with his sense of smell.

Xie Luoshui smiled and asked the barbarian: "How is it, is it skookum?"

The other party nodded vigorously and clapped his hands: "skookum! skookum!"

He stuttered in a strange tone: "Daxia! Xia!"

Then there was a series of local dialects, as if praising.

Xu Yanmiao: "..."

[Hiss——]

Xu Yanmiao's eyes widened.

[Indy... Bah, I'm used to calling him that, I shouldn't call him that.]

But Xu Yanmiao didn't know how to call him for a while. These natives didn't have a unified name at that time, but had their own names according to their respective tribes and ethnic groups.

I opened the system and looked up the gossip about this person.

Xu Yanmiao suddenly realized.

[Oh! From the Paraguayan tribe! Then it should be called Paraguayan. 】