After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 262 Waiting for Xibao to make me a high official

Liu Shuigan led Lin Xi to the outside.

Sanfu unfolded a small folding bench for Xibao to sit on.

He also prepared drinks and a bunch of snacks for her.

It's like going on an outing.

Lin Chunniang put another straw hat on Lin Xi to prevent her from being exposed to the sun.

"Uncle, Xibao will be left to you."

Liu Shuigan: "Don't worry, I will take good care of Xibao. You can compete with peace of mind."

Shang Hui, who changed into the official uniform of the county magistrate, walked up the high steps and turned to face the crowd.

Behind him was the majestic Sanqing Hall, with the glazed tiles on the roof glistening with a layer of golden light coated by the sunlight.

He didn't talk nonsense, and after re-introducing the rules of the game, he announced the start of the game.

Zhang San, standing below him, rang the gong and loudly announced: "The game begins!"

In an instant, people from more than 100 villages who came to participate in the competition started to move almost at the same time.

Over in Mingshui Village, Lin Chunniang opened the black cloth covering the threshing machine with a loud bang, and Sanfu sat on it.

Lin Dayou quickly rushed to the center of the square and returned with a large bundle of rice.

There are piles of rice as high as a hill, which are the props for this threshing competition.

Lin Chunniang threw part of it into the drum of the threshing machine, and Sanfu stepped on it skillfully.

After a while, a bundle of rice was ready. Lin Chunniang took out the rice seedlings from the drum and replaced them with a new bundle of rice.

Lin Dayou kept running back and forth, responsible for getting the rice back.

The three people have a clear division of labor and are very efficient.

In contrast, contestants from other villages threshed grain manually.

Looking down from the high steps, the style of painting here in Mingshui Village is obviously different from others, and it is very conspicuous.

Shang Hui pointed to the Lin family's threshing machine and asked, "What is that?"

Zhang San: "My lord, my subordinates don't know either."

Shang Hui: "Let's go over and have a look."

As soon as he got closer, a man complained loudly to him: "Sir, the people in Mingshui Village are cheating!"

The person who complained was none other than Zhao Ye.

At last, he could only turn his grief and anger into motivation and beat the rice crazily, as if beating a non-existent enemy.

He thought that with his strength and bravery, it was certain that he would win this competition and get first place.

Unexpectedly, Mingshui Village actually took out an unknown thing, and relied on that thing to thresh grain very quickly, leaving them far behind.

Zhao Ye was so jealous that when he saw the county magistrate coming, he immediately complained to him.

Shang Hui's eyes lit up when he saw the threshing machine. This machine seemed to be specially designed for threshing grains. It threshed millet quickly, well and with low effort.

"Why did they cheat?"

Zhao Ye frowned: "This is a threshing competition. We all thresh the grain with our own strength, but they use this thing. What is it if it's not cheating?"

Shang Hui: "Did I say that machines cannot be used in competitions?"

Zhao Ye: "No, but -"

Shang Hui: "There is nothing wrong with it. Using a machine in the competition does not count as cheating."

This is not cheating, it is clearly here to solve his problem!
This threshing competition can be said to be a grand event in the entire Qingyuan County.

The county magistrate Li Rui, the county lieutenant Zheng Tao and others who were supposed to appear together with the county magistrate Shang Hui did not show up.

These officials, headed by Li Rui, who came from aristocratic families, had always looked down upon Shang Hui, a civilian magistrate.

At this moment, they were all gathered in a teahouse opposite Changchun Temple.

Looking out from the private room on the third floor where they were, they could just take in the scene inside Changchun Temple.

Li Rui: "Oh, clay-legged people are clay-legged people. Even if they put on official uniforms, they can't get rid of their earthy smell. They even held a threshing competition and brought a group of mud-legged people together to compete in threshing. It's really funny. He's dead." Zheng Tao: "Let him go, if he can't do it, his position as county magistrate will be over by the end of the year."

Li Rui: "That's right. The emperor created an official assessment system and wanted to use it to get rid of officials like us who came from aristocratic families. But he didn't know that the only ones who would fall in the end would be the losers he promoted."

Xu Qiang: "You can't say that. The person above is obviously playing a big game. While using the official evaluation system to weaken our family, he also issued a promotion order to recruit talents from all over the world. He obviously wants to use those common people. Come and replace us."

Li Rui was full of disdain: "Apart from us, the children of aristocratic families, where are the talents in this world? Those mud-legged people don't even know the words, and they still want to be officials? Dreams come faster."

Xu Qiang: "That's right. If there are talented people in the world who learn ten buckets, then our family will account for eight buckets. The remaining two buckets have been taken underground by our ancestors, haha."

Just as these people were discussing government affairs with high-level opinions, a follower came in and reported to Li Rui: "Sir, something happened at the threshing competition."

Li Rui didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at this time. He held the wine glass and asked casually: "What happened?"

Attendant: "There is a Mingshui Village. The people who came to the competition took out a threshing machine. The threshing machine threshed out the millet very quickly. It took only one bucket of millet for others, but they have already beaten ten buckets!"

Li Rui stopped turning the wine glass in his hand and frowned: "Threshing machine? What the hell?"

He knew nothing about farming, and he had no idea how powerful the threshing machine his entourage said was, and what kind of changes it would bring.

Zheng Tao: "How about we go over and take a look?"

Li Rui: "Those mud-legged people smell bad. If you want to go, you can go. I don't want to go anyway.

"Besides, it's just a threshing machine. If you're interested, just ask Shang Hui to send it to us for a look. Why bother running around in the bright sun?"

Zheng Tao was given up by his words, "That's right."

Several people put the threshing machine behind and talked about the Golden Scale Pavilion in Linjiang City with looks of longing.

Here in Changchun Temple, the threshing competition ended in the middle of the morning.

Not surprisingly, Mingshui Village won the first place.

Shang Hui announced in public that Mingshui Village would not have to pay taxes this year, and also commended the village chief Liu Shuigan. The swarthy man turned red with excitement.

Lin Chunniang and the other three also received substantial rewards - a bonus of thirty taels of silver and a box of Sanyuanzhai mooncakes each.

Although it is not the most expensive gift box, one box costs dozens of yuan.

The three of them were holding mooncake gift boxes and were all very happy.

After the competition, Shang Hui invited a group of people from Mingshui Village to the county government office to inquire in detail about the threshing machine.

When he learned that the threshing machine was made by Sanfu, Shang Hui was filled with admiration: "It's true that a hero comes from a young age!"

Sanfu was ashamed and ashamed. He lowered his eyes and did not dare to agree. He only swore silently in his heart that he would truly make artifacts that benefit the country and the people on his own in the future.

Otherwise, he will have a troubled conscience for the rest of his life.

After talking about the threshing machine, it was time for dinner.

Shang Hui was born a commoner, and he had no rules about eating and sleeping, so he chatted with a few people while eating.

He also learned that the two Lin brothers and Lin Erxi, the chef who had helped him, were actually brothers, and they were both literate.

Even the woman Lin Chunniang is no exception.

He was immediately overjoyed. He didn't expect that this threshing competition would actually help him find several talents!

"Brother Dayou and little brother Sanfu, are you willing to come to the county government office to help me?"

Lin Dayou and Sanfu looked at each other, feeling uneasy but also eager to try.

Lin Chunniang was happy that the brothers were appreciated by the county magistrate, but at the same time she felt disappointed.

She thought to herself that she was no worse than her two younger brothers, but the magistrate had no intention of using her at all.

Lin Xi held her hand and sent her a message: "We don't care about working for the county magistrate. With Chun Niang's talent, I will work for you in the future for bigger officials. Those high officials will have to bend down when they see you." salute."

Lin Chunniang couldn't help but laugh. Listening to Xibao's tone, it seemed as if a high-ranking official could be taken care of casually.

But it was undeniable that she was moved and moved.

"Okay, then I'll wait for Xibao to make me a high official."

In the end, neither Lin Dayou nor Sanfu agreed on the spot, but they didn't refuse either. They just said they would go back and think about it for a few days.

Shang Hui nodded to express his understanding: "That's right. After you think about it, you can come directly to the county government office to see me."

(End of this chapter)