Chapter 250 Haha, Little Black, your master is an official now!
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Now, it's no longer important to Li Shiyue what Li Shiyang thinks.
It should be Li Shiyang thinking about how to win Li Shiyue's favor.
The sisters Li Shiyue, Li Qiutian, and Li Xiatian stayed with Yan Jiuniang in the inner and outer markets of the trade fair for another five days before preparing to return to Liujiatun.
As for why I stayed for so many days?
Besides the novelty of this trade in the border market, the main reason was that Li Shiyue was waiting for news from Liu Tan.
What news?
That, of course, concerns her status as a sixth-rank military officer.
Although Li Shiyue knew that the Prince of Zhenbei would not deny what he had said in front of everyone, especially in front of the Great Khan of the Turks.
But Li Shiyue felt uneasy that day because he didn't have the appointment document in his hand.
The trade fair will take more than a month to operate, so Li Shiyue certainly can't wait here for a whole month.
Besides, the Prince of Zhenbei wouldn't actually stay here for a month.
Yan Jiuniang had told her that the Prince of Zhenbei would return to his palace in seven or eight days at most.
Therefore, Li Shiyue must obtain her official document while the Prince of Zhenbei is still in the border market!
Fortunately, Li Shiyue had at least gained enough goodwill from Liu Tan beforehand, and with Ma San relaying the message, he finally received his official document for the sixth-rank military officer position and two sets of green official robes before the Prince of Zhenbei left the market.
Li Shiyue was not the first woman to hold an official position. Going back further, when the Dalong Dynasty was first established, the founding emperor bestowed the title of Right General of the Martial Guard upon Princess Pingyang Zhao, who had helped him conquer the country.
However, after that, no women entered the imperial court to serve as officials or ministers.
Therefore, these two green official robes were made purely according to men's measurements. If Li Shiyue were to put them on himself, it would be like wearing a sack over his body, which would be extremely ridiculous.
However, this was not a big problem for Li Shiyue. The official robes could be altered, as long as the official document was genuine.
Ma San, who came to deliver the official document to Li Shiyue, pulled Li Shiyue aside and said, "Although this document is stamped with our prince's seal, it hasn't been sent over there yet." Ma San pointed to the sky, which meant the capital. "To confirm this matter, it still needs to be sent over there and stamped by the Ministry of Personnel before it's considered real."
After saying this, Ma San fell silent, but his face clearly showed what he hadn't said.
Li Shiyue wasn't stupid. Just by hearing what Ma San said, and combining it with what she had learned from Yan Jiuniang about the Wu San Guan (Martial Official) in the past few days, she understood what Ma San was implying.
Ma San meant that the Prince of Zhenbei would not send anyone to the capital to deliver the official document concerning her. After all, bestowing an official title upon a young girl was not only rare, but practically unheard of.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this was going against the grain, but the Prince of Zhenbei still didn't want too many people to know that he had to grant an official position to a young woman.
Therefore, Li Shiyue's official position was recognized as long as he stayed in Andong.
Or rather, as long as the Prince of Zhenbei is alive, he has to accept whatever the Prince of Zhenbei says!
However, once they leave Andong, things become unpredictable.
But does Li Shiyue care about this?
She could never actually serve under the Prince of Zhenbei; all she needed was a legitimate title!
So, Li Shiyue smiled and cupped her hands to Ma San, saying, "Brother Ma San, thank you so much!"
Brother Lao, please thank the General for me!
"General, if you ever need my assistance, I will be ready to give my life for you in October!"
Li Shiyue's words left Ma San stunned. "You educated people are different. You speak much better than a roughneck like me!"
Ma San then remembered what Li Shiyue had said to the Prince of Zhenbei that day: "I will dedicate myself to the cause until my dying breath."
After seeing Ma San off, Li Shiyue also bid farewell to Yan Jiuniang.
Even though Yan Jiuniang repeatedly begged Li Shiyue and the others to stay with her for a few more days, Li Shiyue was too eager to go home. She hadn't been back for quite some time and didn't know how her mother and the others were doing.
What about the paper mills, paper shops, schools, and inns? How are they now?
Most importantly, now that she has the official document in hand, she must hurry back to find someone to take her four acres of land back into her possession!
Otherwise, who would know where these job fields are assigned?
In that case, she would have to rent grain, but if it were distributed in Liujiatun, she could manage it herself.
How to plant it? What to plant? How to harvest it? These are all decisions she can make!
Moreover, these four qing of land are 400 mu, which is nearly 70 mu in modern terms.
What is land?
Land is an important material foundation for survival and development; it is the best thing that can produce food and fill people's stomachs!
Just for the sake of this land, I won the contest against the Turks with my accumulated inner strength and got this official position. It's worth it!
Riding their horses, the two sisters, Li Shiyue, Li Qiutian, and Li Xiatian, sped back to Liujiatun.
The group naturally didn't return empty-handed; Yan Jiuniang wished she could bring back all the good food and useful items for Li Shiyue.
After crossing the bridge and passing the riverbank, Li Shiyue and his companions were noticed by the villagers and their dogs.
"That was October?"
Oh, October is back!
"Oh? October's back? Let me see... Hey, it really is October's horse. I've touched her horse before, it's so strong!"
"Come on, you actually touched it? I bet you got kicked by a horse's hoof! Haha, haha!"
After pulling the reins at the doorway, Li Shiyue dismounted and called out into the courtyard, "Mother? Mother?"
Li's mother came out of the kitchen carrying a large winnowing basket in both hands. As soon as Li Shiyue saw her, he ran over to her.
With a little effort, Li Shiyue "snatched" the winnowing basket from Li's mother's hands and put it aside, then picked her up.
Her hug startled Li's mother. Before she could react, Li Shiyue hugged her waist and spun her around, shouting in her ear, "Mother, your son has become an official!"
My son has become an official!
My son was granted the rank of a sixth-grade military officer!
From now on, Mother will be an official's wife! Haha!
Haha! Mother, your son has become an official!
When Zheng Meiniang rushed out of the kitchen with a fire poker, this was the scene she saw. She could only look at the Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian sisters, who were leading their horses into the courtyard.
"Mother, I really got an official position in October!"
"Become an official? What do you mean by becoming an official?"
Having had enough of his excitement, Li Shiyue hurriedly took out the official document and robe from the bundle on his back and showed them to his mother and Zheng Meiniang.
While Li's mother and Zheng Meiniang were looking at the documents, Li Shiyue's excitement hadn't diminished. She bent down and picked up Xiao Hei, who had grown quite a bit, from her feet, and cuddled the dog in her arms for a while.
"Haha, Little Black, your master is an official now!"
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