Water Margin people

Because there were so many people, Sun Lei often just said hello.

Of course, if I meet candidates who interest me, I will chat with them, especially those who are very outstanding in academic performance.

These candidates, Sun Lei, are of great use to you, as they are needed in many research projects.

Not long after, Sun Lei came to Yu Yunwen's table.

"His Majesty!"

Yu Yunwen and others saluted to Sun Lei.

"Now that we know each other, I won't say anything more now. You guys stay for a while."

Sun Lei took a glass of wine and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty!"

Everyone bowed and raised their glasses and said.

Sun Lei smiled and drank the wine in one gulp, and everyone else also drank up the wine in their glasses.

Sun Lei didn't stay long and continued with his men.

"Brother Yu, what does His Majesty mean? He wants to keep us here, doesn't that mean he doesn't want to punish us?"

Some people panicked. They kept thinking back to whether they had offended the emperor that day.

But in the end they didn't find anything wrong that day. It was just a casual chat among friends, and the topics they talked about were not sensitive. Everyone got along well, and they shouldn't have offended the emperor.

"Don't let your imagination run wild. If I really wanted to punish you, would you still be sitting here today? Would you still be able to drink with His Majesty the Emperor?"

Yu Yunwen looked at everyone and said, His Majesty the Emperor is not a petty person. He was on a secret tour that day. Since His Majesty the Emperor concealed his identity, he would not bother with them.

Everyone felt relieved after hearing this. Indeed, if the emperor wanted to punish them, he would not have admitted them at all.

Compared to the laughter in the palace, the restaurants and gambling houses in Liangshan City were in chaos.

"Money back!"

"Money back!"

The gamblers gathered around the restaurant and the gambling house and started shouting. They did not acknowledge this bet because there was no ranking and no winner or loser.

Those who set up the gambling game were also sweating profusely. They did not expect it to turn out like this. They just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, but now they are going to suffer huge losses.

Returning the money is a small matter, but all the investment they have made in building momentum during this period of time has been lost. In order to build momentum, they even provided free drinks and banquets.

"What should we do now?"

A fat man looked at the people in front of him and spoke.

"What else can we do? Give me back my money!"

One person spoke.

“So what do we invest in?”

The others were unwilling.

"If you don't return your money now, the government will come to your door tomorrow! This can be defined as fraud!"

The man continued.

The rest of the people stopped talking. All their properties were in Liangshan City. If it was sealed off, all their wealth would be lost.

Amid the noisy shouting, those who set up the gambling game could only return their money with tears.

The banquet in the palace ended and the candidates began to leave one after another.

Yu Yunwen and his companions were feeling a little restless as they couldn't leave.

"Come with me to the side hall!"

An official came up to Yu Yunwen and others and said.

The group immediately stood up and followed the officials to the side hall.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

The group saluted to Sun Lei.

"Please sit down, no need to be polite!"

Sun Lei waved his hand and said that he had drunk too much and felt a little dizzy. The maid quickly brought a bowl of hangover soup, and after drinking it, Sun Lei felt much better.

"I called you here for something, about how to arrange for you."

Sun Lei looked at Yu Yunwen and others and said.

"Our arrangement!"

Yu Yunwen and the others perked up and pricked up their ears to listen.

"According to your abilities, you will be assigned to work as editors or compilers in the Imperial Academy. After years of training, you will be transferred to other places."

Sun Lei looked at everyone and said with a smile, this is the traditional route to becoming an official through the imperial examination.

Yu Yunwen and others were not happy, but frowned slightly. This was the normal route, but now Qi State was not the same court as before, and these old roads might not be easy to follow.

"The other way is to arrange some official positions for you. They are not big ones, at most they are county magistrates! Of course, there is no place for you in the Central Plains."

"Last time we talked about Shuzhong, and you also talked about how to develop Shuzhong. I will give you a chance now. How about going to Shuzhong?"

Sun Lei looked at Yu Yunwen and others and said.

The first step in the development of Shu is to establish human governance. First, we need to change the ideas of the mountain people in Shu, and then we can start the development. This is a very long process.

"Don't rush to agree. I've said before that it's not easy to get out of Shuzhong. This development may take a lifetime, so think it over carefully."

Sun Lei reminded Yu Yunwen and the others that the youngest of them were only in their twenties, and the oldest were only in their thirties. It was not an easy decision to gamble their entire lives on one thing.

"Your Majesty, I have thought it through. I am willing!"

Yu Yunwen thought for a moment, then stood up and bowed solemnly.

"I'm willing to wait too!"

The others also bowed and said that they could get official positions and do what they wanted to do, so what if they gambled their whole lives? Could it be that their dreams could only exist in dreams?

"Okay, okay! I'm rooting for you!"

Sun Lei looked at Yu Yunwen and said with a smile that the difficulty of this matter was far beyond imagination, and these people in front of him had not encountered anything yet.

"You should report to the Ministry of Personnel tomorrow."

Sun Lei looked at Yu Yunwen and the others and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yu Yunwen and others all bowed deeply to express their gratitude.

"It's getting late, you should go back and rest early!"

Sun Lei waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, please leave!"

Everyone bowed and left. They were now officials of the State of Qi.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to vigorously develop Shuzhong?"

Wen Huanzhang looked at Sun Lei and asked, the country is developing everywhere now, I am afraid it cannot spare so much manpower and resources.

"Of course. Otherwise, I should develop overseas. Wouldn't that be a bargain for outsiders?"

Sun Lei said that the Central Plains was the foundation of the State of Qi, and he would not spend money overseas before developing well here. His current attitude towards overseas was to plunder in order to build the Central Plains.

"We met a lot of talented people today. They can also be sent to Shuzhong. I remember some of them are in civil engineering!"

Sun Lei said that many of the talents admitted this year were in civil engineering, and these people were perfect for mountain excavation and road construction.

"Your Majesty, many projects in the Central Plains will be delayed in this case."

Wen Huanzhang was in a dilemma. The talents admitted this year had already been arranged. If some of them were transferred to Shuzhong, many plans would be disrupted.

"Let's stop some unimportant things for now. Development also needs to be balanced. It will be fine after one or two years."

Sun Lei said helplessly that even though he had vigorously established schools, popularized education, and cultivated talents, when the time came there were still not enough talents, and this was because the time for sedimentation was too short.

"It's not that easy to get people. I have people!"

Li Qingzhao walked over and said with a smile.

"Oh, right? Let the average students in the school go out for internships. They don't care about studying anyway, so it's good to go out and do some work. The key is that they don't need to be paid much."

Sun Lei laughed. How could he forget about these "cheap cattle and horses"? Anyway, the schoolwork is almost done. Instead of wasting time in school, it is better to do something practical. Those who can do it will keep doing it, and those who can't will naturally come back to study hard. (End of this chapter)