Chapter 165: County Magistrate Cui
But the shortage is even more severe in Taohua Village.
The people in Taohua Village planned to go to the back mountain to pray for blessings and ask the mountain goddess to appear if it didn't rain again.
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County school.
After Zhou Lang and his classmates finished listening to the great scholar's lecture, the students exchanged their experiences and discussed the topic.
He also benefited a lot.
Indeed, the great scholar spoke very well. This traveling scholar did not talk mainly about the knowledge in books, but more about the local customs and practices of various places, the historical customs of Dayu, and interesting anecdotes from neighboring countries. These were exactly what Zhou Lang wanted to hear.
It expanded his understanding of Dayu and this era.
Although he had read the book, he knew the writing was not very good. The plot was generally a happy one, and there was not much description of the specific social conditions.
The book they traveled through was a vast world where they were living people, real people.
He is the same as them here, just like everyone else.
One of the sentient beings struggling to survive.
This Dayu is still quite interesting.
The more you know, the more chances you have of survival.
After everyone exchanged questions, the great scholar left, and everyone was reluctant to see him off...
Zhou Lang, along with everyone else, also prepared to see the great scholar off.
Suddenly the Master came to him.
He took him to the back hall of the county school and said excitedly that a distinguished person was looking for him.
There were two people sitting in the central hall in the backyard, one old and one young.
They were the master and servant named Cui whom I met at the temple fair a few days ago.
Zhou Lang didn't know their identities, so the teacher from the county school excitedly introduced them to him.
The younger one turned out to be the magistrate of Jixiang County, and the older one was his servant.
"Greetings, County Magistrate." Zhou Lang bowed.
The young man surnamed Cui looked Zhou Lang up and down and said, "Not bad, not bad."
Knowing his identity, he was neither humble nor arrogant.
Be polite.
"I am here to listen to the great scholar's lecture today. I just happened to know that the students from your Longquan Town are here too, so I asked you to come over and meet him."
The old servant next to Magistrate Cui said, "Our master is very pleased with your examination paper this year, and he was also very impressed by your words at the temple fair. Brother Zhou, please take a seat, please take a seat..."
Zhou Lang followed the local customs and bowed again to express his gratitude.
"Thank you, sir, for your kindness."
The servant brought tea. Magistrate Cui was not arrogant and spoke to Zhou Lang in a friendly manner.
They were not much older than each other, and after an introduction and a few casual words, the tone of their conversation became closer.
The more Zhou Lang understood, the more he frowned.
He vaguely knew who this County Magistrate Cui was.
He had studied the book carefully, and County Magistrate Cui was a cannon fodder character in the book.
He was originally a disciple of a prominent family in the capital. He was smart and passed the imperial examination at a young age. He was then sent to the remote Jixiang County as a ninth-rank county magistrate.
But there are several local tyrants in Jixiang County, including old clerks and old yamen runners, who have been the cancer of Jixiang County for many years and refuse to accept the control of the new county magistrate who is still wet behind the ears.
Therefore, County Magistrate Cui was restricted in everything he did in Jixiang County, and his subordinates pretended to obey his orders but actually disobeyed them.
But Magistrate Cui was an extremely ambitious man who was determined to do practical things for the people. He had no experience in being an official and relied entirely on his integrity and courage to move forward.
He died when he led troops to Sheshan Village to suppress bandits.
There must be some twists and turns in this, which are only briefly mentioned in the book...
After County Magistrate Cui died, someone from the Cui family came to investigate the matter. At that time, Zhou Qinan had just passed the imperial examination and met a noble lady from the Cui family. She suggested that they take down the Sheshan stronghold, thus avenging the unfortunate County Magistrate Cui. Then, Zhou Qinan made friends with the Cui family...
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At the same time, Zhou Lang also figured out why the people sent by the government deliberately got drunk when Xu's company was robbed.
That should be related to County Magistrate Cui.
It is possible that County Magistrate Cui asked the constable to protect Xu's business.
They deliberately went against Magistrate Cui, neglected their duties, and got drunk...
That makes sense.
County Magistrate Cui is having a hard time!
Some feasible plans suddenly came to Zhou Lang's mind.
As a result, he became more engaged in the conversation with County Magistrate Cui.
It can be said that the host and the guest are well matched and they feel like old friends from the first sight.
The two chatted for an hour. The teachers and students of Longquan Town School waited for Zhou Lang for half an hour before they waited for him to come out from the inner hall.
Wait for him to go back to Longquan Town together.
Magistrate Cui invited Zhou Lang to come to the county government office to talk to him when he had time, and Zhou Lang readily agreed.
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In the evening, Zhou Lang went back.
Old Man Zhou told him that there would be no school tomorrow.
All the people in the village were organized to go into the mountains to pray for rain.
Mrs. Zhou asked, "Are you asking me to let Si'er go into the mountains with you? Si'er doesn't want to go to school, right?"
"People in the village are just saying that Zhou Lang is favored by the mountain goddess. May the goddess bless him to pass the examination and become a student. If we take him with us, the chances of praying for rain will be higher." Old man Zhou replied.
Wang snorted coldly and turned to go into the house.
What are you so proud of? It's amazing.
Her son was already a boy at a young age.
What a fool. It's too early to be proud. He may be smart for two days, but he may become stupid again in a few days.
Zhou Lang agreed, "Okay, Dad."
When it gets dark,
It's now time for the couple to get off work and go back to the space to rest.
Lin Shiqi is editing a short video.
Zhou Lang was reading a book on the sofa.
There has been no internet access and no express delivery recently, so it’s been very quiet.
After Lin Shiqi finished editing the short video, she showed it to Zhou Lang, who pointed out several areas that could be improved.
So, Lin Shiqi made improvements immediately.
After the modification, I found that the video fluency was much higher.
Lin Shiqi praised,
"Of course! Zhou Lang, you can do everything!"
Zhou Lang boasted, "Just average, third in the world."
Lin Shiqi laughed and scolded, "Okay, okay, you've learned to be a chatterbox, haven't you?"
The two of them got down to business.
"After listening to the great scholar's lecture today, I met the magistrate of our Jixiang County..." Zhou Lang talked about this magistrate Cui.
After listening to this, Lin Shiqi seriously suggested, "If this county magistrate is a good person and is dedicated to serving the country and the people, why don't we tell him about the silver mine and let him benefit the people."
Zhou Lang replied, "That's exactly what I thought. This is our first meeting and we're not familiar with each other yet. We have to proceed step by step."
The two of them were unable to handle and digest the silver mine, and Zhou Qinan had been eyeing it covetously.
It would be better to sell this to Magistrate Cui, so that he can get great credit and benefit the people at the same time.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Then, the two talked about the recent water shortage.
"Zhou Lang, you're not at home every day, so you don't understand the water shortage in the village. We can't even get enough water to make tofu. The fields are so dry. The rice fields need water, but it doesn't rain. If this continues, the crops will be dead in less than half a month. What can we do?"
Zhou Lang really didn't pay much attention to things at home.
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