Chapter 179 A Talent Picked From a Million

It was winter again, Er Gouzi sat on the top of Shekou Mountain, holding a letter of more than ten pages and reading it carefully.

This was a letter Sima Yi wrote to him from the capital.

The capital was far away, so they only communicated two or three times a year, and they used the post stations throughout the country in the court, otherwise it was unknown whether the letter could be sent out.

According to the letter, Sima Yi was promoted again.

Through the correspondence between the two over the years, he was also very clear about Sima Yi's experience.

This guy was recommended by the King of Qi and promoted since he established his foundation.

With such a strong backing, being an official should have been smooth sailing, but he performed the ups and downs of his official career to the extreme.

He was promoted repeatedly for such a small official, and was demoted again, promoted, and demoted again...

The ups and downs were almost endless.

He was also imprisoned several times during this period.

If it weren't for the King of Qi's strong protection every time, Sima Yi would not have enough heads to chop off.

Sima Yi had the support of the King of Qi, but the officials did not deliberately target him.

But he always made enemies with the entire officialdom by accident.

He broke the rules of the officialdom, or cut off people's financial resources, which was equivalent to destroying people's jobs and killing their parents.

It was not that Sima Yi deliberately wanted to be enemies with the entire officialdom. He just stuck to his original intention, kept himself clean, and did not want to harm others.

For example, he worked as a small prisoner in Tianlao for a period of time.

Those jailers tortured prisoners in different ways every day to ask for money from their families.

If the prisoners did not pay money, they would be locked next to the toilet with iron chains.

Moreover, the height of the iron chain was also very particular. In short, it was to keep people in a half-squatting position where they could not stand up straight or sit down.

Under the torture day and night, the skin and flesh on many people's hands and feet were worn away by the iron chains, revealing the bones.

But as long as they remembered to pay a certain amount of money on time every month, the prisoners could leave the toilet and sit or lie down in prison.

If the price of the property paid is increased by one level, there will be a single room to live in, and even maids and servants to serve.

As long as the property paid is enough, the prisoner can live back in his own home, and his daily life will not be affected in any way.

After Sima Yi became the head of the prison, he abolished the system of paying property according to the level.

This time, he cut off the jailer's financial resources, and the jailers under him complained.

Without income, there is naturally no money to honor the superiors, and the superiors are quite dissatisfied with subordinates like Sima Yi.

At the same time, he also offended those prisoners with extraordinary wealth, who could have paid a sum of money and lived happily.

Now he made these prisoners suffer in prison like those untouchables.

Finally, one time, the two parties joined forces to kill a prisoner in prison and put the blame on Sima Yi.

His career as a head of the prison ended.

For him, this experience of being dismissed from office was nothing unusual.

What was more dangerous was that his subordinates colluded with outsiders and united to assassinate him.

Another time, he was suspected by others just because he was unwilling to accept the benefits when they were distributed.

He almost died at that time, but fortunately he had a few people from the Yi Camp under his command.

Er Gouzi was no longer surprised by Sima Yi's ups and downs.

With his personality, not to mention the officialdom, the entire Zhou Dynasty could not tolerate him.

So Er Gouzi was not surprised to see him promoted again, because he would be demoted again soon anyway.

However, Er Gouzi still admired people like Sima Yi from the bottom of his heart.

After experiencing so many setbacks and being exhausted, he never thought of going along with the crowd.

In Sima Yi's letters, he often mentioned his own experiences in a passing manner without too much detail.

The letter also told him some things about the court and the situation in the whole world.

Through Sima Yi's letter, Er Gouzi knew that he might be promoted again.

He did nothing, but his official career was more prosperous than Sima Yi's.

Because the entire Sanyang County was destroyed by the old demon Ding, the only remaining Xia County Governor was attacked by the blood evil, and now he is stupid and stupid, recuperating at home.

But Sanyang County is such a large area, there must be a local governor to manage it.

The Xia family recommended a good official with noble character and love for the people to the court.

Moreover, this person is the son-in-law of the Xia family, and he knows his roots and is safe to use.

In the past, as long as the Xia family made a request, the emperor would give face most of the time.

But this time, the Emperor Longxing didn't know what was wrong, saying that he wanted to give equal opportunities to the cultivators in the world and to appoint the most suitable candidate.

At present, the number of the new Sanyang County Governor has not been completely determined.

But Sima Yi judged from the information he had inquired that the Sanyang County Governor must be Er Gouzi.

Because the original words of the Holy Emperor Longxing were:

"Now Sanyang County is in a state of disrepair and needs a county governor with practical farming experience.

So the candidate should preferably be someone who has raised pigs, chopped firewood, and is good at farming.

And Sanyang County has no population and needs to recruit people. The new county governor should not have too white skin. It is better to be darker and simpler to appear more approachable!"

The appointment conditions of the Holy Emperor Longxing were almost written with Zhang Ergou's name.

When the Xia family saw this appointment condition, they could only shout: wise and intelligent, good at civil and military affairs, virtuous to the people, long life, the supreme Holy Emperor Longxing, eternal happiness, and longevity!

At present, the court has not yet fully confirmed it, and there should be a result soon.

Raised pigs, chopped firewood, likes farming, and has dark skin...

After checking all the officials of the Zhou Dynasty, it would be difficult to find the second candidate.

When Er Gouzi saw this, he realized that he was also the kind of talent that only comes out in thousands of years, one in a million.

There are benefits to being dark, and his talent was finally discovered.

In fact, I don't want to be an official. It's boring and I might as well be happy farming.

Now since it was Brother Ji's father's wish, Ergouzi wanted to give the Emperor some face, so he could only reluctantly accept it.

Ergouzi took the letter and continued to read. It turned out that the entire Zhou Dynasty was not peaceful now.

Not only are they fighting against the Ten Thousand Monsters Kingdom in the south, but they are also fighting against the Taoshan Kingdom in the west and the Kraken Clan in the east.

Only the giants in the north are stupid and like to eat human brains alive. The Zhou Dynasty sends 1,000 boys and girls there every year, which can temporarily calm their hearts and ensure peace.

There are also undercurrents surging within the dynasty, hungry people are causing trouble, some local officials have different intentions, etc. No place is good.

Ergouzi's scalp went numb when he saw this huge mess. Fortunately, he was not the emperor, so he didn't have to worry about it.

In such a mess, Brother Ji's brothers are still rushing to get it.

At the end of the letter, Sima Yi also reminded Er Gouzi to be careful.

Originally, Sanyang County was a piece of meat in the Xia family's bowl, but now it was forcibly fed into Er Gouzi's mouth by Emperor Longxing Sheng.

The Xia family might hate Er Gouzi.

Ergouzi folded the letter and put it away, feeling that the cold wind on the top of the mountain was a bit biting.

More than half a month later, Er Gouzi received another imperial edict, appointing him as the governor of Sanyang County.

At the same time, he also served as the captain of Nongdu and the captain of Sanyang County.

He was promoted again in a daze.

The person who came to deliver the imperial edict was the same white-faced and beardless man from last time. He also received a large sum of spiritual stones before he was willing to give the imperial edict to him.

Ergouzi already had a few spiritual stones left, but now it was even worse, and his pockets were completely empty.

However, after this promotion, no one came to congratulate him except a group of people under his command.

All officials in Sanyang County died.

None of the living officials from the surrounding counties came, and they obviously didn't want to interact with him.

The Xia family didn't send anyone to congratulate him.

This is fine, as it suits Ergouzi's wishes.

He was not good at communication and did not like to socialize with those people. He only said some high-sounding words.

Now that I have become the Sheriff of Sanyang County, I have to look like a Sheriff and do some serious things.

He didn't have many people he could use. First of all, he temporarily handed over the position of Jun Cheng to Huang Laocai.

Huang Laocai has been a small landowner all his life, and he has never seen such a big official before.

Ergouzi appointed him the position, and the old man was so flattered that he almost jerked him away.

However, this guy was really good at what he did. It didn't take long to find out all the remaining population and land in Sanyang County.

After being tortured by Old Demon Ding, Sanyang County now still has a population of 20,000.

Except for the group of people who were stopped by Huang Mancang, the rest of them lived in very remote places and escaped by luck.

These 20,000 people only control a small part of the land, and the rest is unclaimed land.

They are all ownerless things, which can easily cause many people to have strange thoughts and lead to many unnecessary disputes.

Some people just wanted to occupy fertile land, and fights broke out, and even lives were lost.

As the county governor, Er Gouzi had the obligation to register all these lands in his own name.

In this way, no one will fight for these ownerless lands, and the world will be peaceful from now on.

It's just that spring is about to begin, and the entire large area of ​​Sanyang County is uncultivated.

This makes Er Gouzi very distressed!

The more than 2,000 people under his command can only hold Sanyang County and cultivate all the spiritual fields.

As for abandoning the land, he could never make up his mind to do so.

After thinking about it, I can only learn from Ding Laomo and build myself into the Qingtian Master of Sanyang County to attract people from other places to settle here.

He asked people to let out the news that immigrants who settled in Sanyang County as tenants would only have to pay 20% of the land rent.

After paying 20%, the remaining grain belongs to the tenant himself.

There were so many people without land in the Zhou Dynasty that most tenants had to pay more than 50% of the rent.

Now that I heard the news, a large number of people came, braving the severe cold to help the elderly and the young.

Ergouzi refused to refuse anyone who came, and let people live in those uninhabited villages.

He also strictly restrains his subordinates, and is not allowed to extort money or extort money, and is not allowed to beat or scold outsiders at will.

Anyway, he has a large number of young wives and girls under his command, so Qiuyue takes these women to be responsible for their reception and placement.

Ergouzi repeatedly told him to look kind and treat the outsiders as a family, and to give the outsiders the warmth of home.

Qiuyue is really good at this, making everyone feel like a spring breeze, and feel the warmth of home in the cold spring.

In order to improve the efficiency of farming, Ergouzi learned how to refine a type of farming equipment from the inheritance of Old Man Qianji.

This kind of equipment is made using the weapon refining method. As long as it is equipped with spiritual stones, it can run very fast in the ground.

It is used for plowing and plowing the land many times faster than oxen and horses. As long as you have the spirit stone, you will never tire.

However, this device is extremely useless to the world of immortal cultivation.

Even if thousands of people are exhausted, it is not as valuable as a spiritual stone, so it is not cost-effective at all.

Therefore, although there is such a device, the world of immortal cultivation has never seen anyone using it.

However, for Er Gouzi, it is still very cost-effective, and it is simply tailor-made for him.

He only needs to take out these spiritual stones before they are exhausted and put them into the gourd to replenish the spiritual energy.

It can be recycled all the time, with almost no consumption.

Recently, Er Gouzi took the time to refine two sets. At that time, the efficiency of farming was so great that everyone was shocked.

"Wow, this iron bull can replace hundreds of people."

"I'm afraid it can replace hundreds of people."

"People always have to eat, drink water, sleep and pee, but this iron bull can work without sleep."

Seeing an iron lump made of hundred-fold steel running fast in the field, everyone was shocked and sighed.

They never thought that there would be such an object in the world.

Let the men take turns to plow the land with these two iron bulls. The men rest, but the iron bulls don't.

The farming efficiency has increased countless times, which can solve part of the problem of insufficient population.

After Er Gouzi settled all these things, he finally rode on the big white goose and flew to Qingzhou City.

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