Chapter 196 I Don’t Want to Be a Loyal Servant!
Si Yuan was on the road with Lin Zhong, so naturally he couldn't arrange for Lin Zhong to practice martial arts properly. He could only wait until they settled down.
However, while crossing mountains and rivers, they also dug up some useful medicinal herbs along the way, and hunted wild beasts in the mountains as a source of food and funds.
After all, the little fortune left to him by the original owner was nothing, not even enough for food and clothing.
The journey from the capital to Licheng in the south of the Yangtze River allowed Si Yuan to save up some money, which was enough for him to buy a house in Licheng and settle down.
Regarding the issue of household registration, Si Yuan had previously obtained the original owner's indenture from Steward Chen, and he had already gone to the government to cancel the original owner's slave status.
However, Si Yuan still did not use the original household registration of the original owner. Instead, he took advantage of the current unrest in the world, the large number of refugees, and the chaotic household registration management, and replaced both him and Lin Zhong with fake household registrations.
Now Lin Zhong has also changed his name to Lin Shu.
The child's name was changed to Lin Shu because he was still young and we were afraid that if we changed his name to a name with a different pronunciation, he would not be used to it and would be exposed in front of others, so it would be better to change it to a homonymous name.
Anyway, he had never been to school, was illiterate, and didn't know which character the "zhong" in his name stood for.
In addition, when Si Yuan wanted to change Lin Zhong's name, he happened to see some 柊叶 not far away, so he changed Lin Zhong's name to Lin柊. They have the same pronunciation but different characters, so it would not be exposed.
Si Yuan used some tricks to get a new household registration, which naturally erased all traces of their past as slaves, and they are now both good citizens.
After settling down in Licheng, Si Yuan disguised himself as an ordinary citizen who had fled from other places. He had a little money. He was not poor but not coveted by others. He could send his son to a private school, but he was not rich enough to attract envy. He behaved in an ordinary and low-key manner.
Because there were so many people fleeing from the north recently, those refugees who were penniless and unable to enter the city were stopped outside the city. Only those with wealth were allowed to settle down in the city.
Licheng was not a big city in the past, and people with wealth were welcome to settle down there. However, refugees with no money and no food were not welcome. Letting them in would cause security problems and increase the burden on Licheng, so the officials of Licheng unanimously decided to keep the refugees out of the city.
These things have little to do with Si Yuan.
Because the tasks in this world are very easy to accomplish, it can be said that he completed them as soon as he came here.
The father of the male protagonist Wen Jiarong had already been beheaded by the current emperor. Now that he is dead, the only thing that can surpass the original owner's cannon fodder father is his status.
The head of the Wen family was beheaded by the new emperor for a host of crimes and had become a criminal. However, Si Yuan is now a good citizen, so naturally he has won over the head of the Wen family, the father of the male protagonist, in terms of status.
Then there is her position in the male protagonist’s heart.
In the original plot, the head of the Wen family was also beheaded and died a long time ago. He was also a criminal, but in the heart of the male protagonist Wen Jiarong, the head of the Wen family, as a father, is more noble than the original protagonist's adoptive father who was once a slave.
Even though the original owner's adoptive father gave up his own son to protect him, he never recognized the original owner as his father. He only treated the original owner as a slave and believed that the original owner should do everything to protect him and that a slave should be loyal to him.
Wen Jiarong's idea is very common. If these big shots are rescued by outsiders, they will repay the benefactor for the sake of their reputation. But if they are rescued by their own guards or servants, then if they can give them rewards or pensions, they are considered good masters. Some even turn a blind eye to it. After all, they think it is natural for the servants to risk their lives to protect them. How can this be called a life-saving grace?
This was Wen Jiarong's idea in the original plot, so the original owner's importance in his heart had never reached the level that could be compared with his biological father, the head of the Wen family.
Now Si Yuan did not protect Wen Jiarong like the original owner did, but sent him to the Yu Mansion, the home of Wen Jiarong’s maternal grandfather.
The Yu family chose to give up their grandson Wen Jiarong and handed him over. Now Wen Jiarong has become the eunuch Xiao Rongzi, a criminal slave in the palace.
Wen Jiarong has no sense of family honor at such a young age. What he is thinking about now is not reviving the Wen family, but hatred towards the Yu family who handed him over and the Wen family who caused him to fall into such a situation.
Although the original owner had no status in Wen Jiarong's heart and was just a servant whose face Wen Jiarong didn't even remember, he was much better than the head of the Wen family who was hated by Wen Jiarong.
As for whether Wen Jiarong hated Si Yuan for sending him to Yu Mansion? Of course Wen Jiarong would hate him, but with the Yu family that abandoned him and the Wen family that got him into this situation, Wen Jiarong couldn't even think of Si Yuan, this insignificant servant.
Therefore, Si Yuan had already achieved all-round strengths over the protagonist's father and completed the task assigned to him by the system.
In this world, Si Yuan has nothing else to do. He just wants to raise the original owner's cannon fodder son well.
After all, the child is so young and so pitiful in the original plot. He can afford to raise him, so why not raise him well? He has a lot of experience in raising cubs.
Si Yuan's way of raising cubs is scientific. He adopts a laissez-faire approach towards Lin Shu, but not completely laissez-faire. He teaches Lin Shu whatever he wants to learn, preventing him from going astray, nor allowing him to be too pedantic, stubborn and inflexible.
Lin Shu was a gifted child, otherwise how could he, who could not read a single word in the original plot and was abandoned by his father and entered the palace as a criminal slave eunuch, climb to the position of the Lord of Beichang and the Nine Thousand Years Old Emperor of the dynasty?
Although in the original plot Lin Shu was just a mad dog raised by the emperor to balance the court and a knife in the emperor's hand, it would be impossible for him to go from being a criminal eunuch to appearing in front of the emperor and gaining his appreciation without ability and skill.
So when Si Yuan first started to teach Lin Shu, he found that he had a very good memory. Although he couldn't be said to have a photographic memory, he could recite it after reading it a few times. The most important thing was that he had a very good attitude towards learning and cherished the hard-earned learning opportunities.
Si Yuan originally wanted to send Lin Shu to a private school as soon as possible, but after seeing Lin Shu looking at him with eyes longing for knowledge every day, Si Yuan softened his heart for a moment and started to teach him himself.
Forget it, just think of it as worrying that the child won’t be able to keep up with the teacher’s teaching progress in the private school.
But he still had to go to a private school, otherwise it would be difficult for Lin Shu to make a living with all his knowledge.
If he did not go to a private school, and after showing outstanding knowledge, he told others that he was taught by his father Si Yuan, people would inevitably inquire about the background of his father.
Although Si Yuan thought he had handled his identity perfectly, it was still better to avoid complications if possible.
After Si Yuan gave Lin Shu cultural knowledge enlightenment, he began to teach him martial arts.
The world is not at peace now. If you don't have some skills, you may be robbed and killed by bandits if you want to go out to study. Naturally, you need to be proficient in both civil and military affairs.
Lin Shu didn't ask too many questions and just learned whatever Si Yuan taught him.
Then Si Yuan was pleasantly surprised to find that Lin Shu had a good understanding of martial arts. Although his aptitude was only above average, his understanding was top-notch.
Si Yuan does not attach much importance to physical aptitude, because there are ways to improve these talents after birth. Only innate understanding is the foundation of a person's cultivation.
Just like whether a person is strong or thin can be changed through exercise, but whether a person is smart or stupid, and whether his IQ is high or low, is determined by nature. What you gain from studying is experience and wisdom, not IQ or understanding.
Lin Shu's talent might be mediocre compared to those immortal geniuses in the Tiancang Realm, but in this small world, compared with these ordinary mortals, he is very outstanding.
As expected of him in the original plot, he was able to struggle out of such a harsh environment and become the ninth thousand year old man of the dynasty. If he had not fallen into the devil's barrier and insisted on seeking revenge on the male protagonist Wen Jiarong, and lost the emperor's trust, he might have continued to enjoy glory.
What Si Yuan is most satisfied with about Lin Shu is his attitude towards learning. No matter what kind of learning task Si Yuan assigns him, his first reaction is never "This is too difficult and too much, I can't complete it", but "How can I complete this learning task?"
Just looking at his learning attitude, Si Yuan is willing to train him.
After Lin Shu studied with Si Yuan and his cultural knowledge caught up with his peers of similar age in the private school, Si Yuan sent him to the private school.
However, he still received a lot of private tutoring, and going to a private school was just a superficial excuse for the source of his knowledge.
Lin Shu is a very obedient child. As his father, Si Yuan always does whatever he is told to do and never asks for reasons.
It was like he was studying well with Si Yuan, but was suddenly arranged to go to a private school to learn some knowledge from a teacher that he had already learned, and was also asked to hide his shortcomings a little. He didn't ask the reason and just did it.
Si Yuan suddenly understood why Lin Shu was able to make a name for himself in the palace in the original plot.
In a place like the palace where there are many shady things, the most popular kind of servant is one like Lin Shu who does things obediently without asking for reasons and keeps his mouth shut.
However, since he was able to make it in the treacherous palace, I guess Lin Shu is not the kind of person who is so loyal that he does things for others without asking any questions or knowing anything.
After all, in the original plot, Lin Shu's trust in his biological father and his willingness to do as he was told without asking any questions brought him a great blow, so he had to be more careful.
Of course, Lin Shu has not experienced the same blow as in the original plot when he is with Si Yuan now. His obedience is simply out of trust in his father, and it is also a bit naive.
Si Yuan didn't want to teach the child how to make sesame rice balls right away. After all, the child was still young and had just started learning. It wouldn't be too late to teach him the art of making evil later.
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