Magistrate Tang was in a good mood today and even went to the fields to weed with Village Chief Lin. Although it was hard work bending over and the sun was very strong, he felt very satisfied.
As long as the weather is favorable, there will be a good harvest in the fields, and the farmers' lives will not be too difficult. This is his achievement as a local official.
"Huh? Whose carriage is that?"
During breaks from weeding, Magistrate Tang would occasionally stand up to stretch his body. He happened to see a horse-drawn carriage traveling on the field road and couldn't help but ask Village Chief Lin about it.
Upon hearing this, Village Chief Lin squinted and strained to see, finally managing to vaguely make out a familiar figure, and then replied:
"Look at the person driving the carriage, he seems to be the third son of the Jiaming family. Oh, he's the third son of Lin Yueshi, who was bestowed by the emperor. This carriage must have been bought by Lin Yueshi. I've never seen it before; it's probably just been bought today."
"Oh, it's her house!"
He had assumed that the villagers were relatives of wealthy families who wanted to curry favor with him, the county magistrate, but he had misunderstood.
However, he was only aware of this thought himself, and he wasn't embarrassed.
Not long after, the carriage headed out of the village again. Magistrate Tang guessed that Village Chief Lin probably didn't know what the carriage was up to this time, so he simply didn't ask.
However, the fact that a carriage had been produced in Linjiagou Village, even though it was most likely purchased with silver bestowed by the emperor, still stirred a sense of pride in Magistrate Tang.
This is the result of his discerning eye for talent. He calls himself Lin Yue's mentor, right?
Magistrate Tang was smug and self-satisfied.
Village Chief Lin couldn't really expect Magistrate Tang to work from sunrise to sunset like his family. They came out after Magistrate Tang's afternoon nap, and they had only been working for half an hour. Seeing Magistrate Tang standing up and massaging his back every now and then, Village Chief Lin's heart raced and he became anxious, afraid that he had exhausted Magistrate Tang.
He's a county magistrate, a powerful official with a pen, and their guardian. If anything were to happen to him, they couldn't afford to pay for it even if they lost their lives!
Magistrate Tang didn't understand the anxiety of Village Chief Lin. He was weeding while waiting for the carriage to return, wondering what Lin Yue was up to this time.
Unexpectedly, before the horse-drawn carriage returned, an oxcart came back instead.
With no carriage obstructing his view, Magistrate Tang immediately recognized the driver as Lin Yue's son, apparently the youngest.
This Lin Yue family is something else!
I heard that she bought a mountain for each of her sons, and she herself has six more mountains. The three mountains she bought last year have all been fenced off, and the other three mountains she bought this year will be fenced off after the autumn harvest. In the future, it will be a large estate covering more than 600 acres!
If managed well, Lin Yue's family could live a very comfortable life for the rest of their lives.
It even made him a little envious and jealous.
When will he be able to live a life like that of a "Shangri-La"? There will be no struggle for the crown prince position, no partisan differences, and no obstacles on his path to officialdom. Everyone will work together for the country and its people to build Donghua into the most powerful nation. When he retires in his old age, he will finally be able to live such a life like that of a Shangri-La.
However, imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel. How could there not be a struggle for the crown prince position? How could there not be factional differences? Who would just stand by and watch his official career proceed smoothly? Even many of his family members disapproved!
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