Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 19 How to look down on others
The cargo ship docked again, and it had already reached the territory of Hongdu Prefecture. It only needed to change to a horse-drawn carriage and travel for a day to enter the city.

"They say that in the past, the carriages were slow, and people could only love one person in their lifetime. Damn it, the carriages were slow, but it shows that people should love one person at a time." Xia Lin complained while sitting in the hot carriage, "In the future, I will have to pave this asphalt road. Anyway, I love one person I meet, so I might as well make the carriages faster so that I can love more people."

Old Zhang was so used to this guy's crazy remarks that he had been infected by them a long time ago. However, the scholar who was traveling with them felt that Xia Lin was a very interesting person during their day's interactions. He always made some shocking and crazy remarks, some of which were quite arrogant.

"Be more restrained. We are here to collect debts." Lao Zhang, who was standing nearby, advised with a mature look on his face, "If you are a scoundrel, you should behave like a scoundrel. Don't hold your head up so high."

"Ah..." Xia Lin sighed: "Yeah, but he's just a jerk."

At this time, the scholar finally couldn't help it, and he asked curiously: "Excuse me, what is this idiot...?"

"He invented it." Old Zhang pointed at Xia Lin and said, "He always comes up with new words. Just follow his example and don't bother to find out the details."

Xia Lin nodded, "Bie San, Bie San is the dialect in my area. It's said that a man's wife had an affair with someone, but he didn't report it to the police or divorce her. He just stopped the man and said, 'I already know about your affair with my wife, you need to give me three coins of silver'. After that, the man would give the man three coins of silver every time they had an affair, and the man would occasionally give people an old turtle to replenish their bodies. It just so happened that the man was having an affair at home, so everyone called him Bie San, and later it gradually became the dry and shriveled one, also called Bie San. It means cowardly, useless, and waste. Lao Zhang and I are now shit, so naturally we can only shrink our heads and be Bie San. Here, this is the meaning of Bie San."

"Hahahaha...Brother Xia is really funny. By the way, if you really have nowhere else to go, you can come to Qiantang to find me."

Xia Lin waved his hand and said, "Hey, big brother, we don't even know your name, where can we find you?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I've neglected it. I'm Chu Suiliang, also known as Dengshan, from the Chu family of Qiantang, Henan. You can just go and ask. I see that you two are very talented and knowledgeable. My father is in charge of the Hongwen Academy in the court. Now the court attaches great importance to editing books. If you two really have no other options, I will recommend you two to edit books. Although it is a bit hard, at least you won't have to worry about food and clothing."

"Oh, Chu... Chu Suiliang? You Chu Suiliang?"

"Hmm? Brother...know me?"

Xia Lin groaned twice and smiled dryly: "No, no, I was just joking. This is also the custom in my family. Even if you see someone you don't know, you have to raise your voice and shout twice in fear. This will make people feel that you are famous and comfortable. It is much more useful than admiring someone for a long time."

“Hahahahahahaha…” Chu Suiliang laughed heartily: “Okay, okay, brother, this trick is useful. I’ve learned it.”

Xia Lin looked at him and smiled, but he felt his lips dry. Who is Chu Suiliang? During the reign of Emperor Taizong, there were many famous ministers, but there were only two ministers entrusted with the care of the emperor's son, one was Zhangsun Wuji and the other was Chu Suiliang.

There's no point in saying too much. Anyway, let's just say that he is known as one of the "Four Great Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty" along with Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, and Xue Ji. He was also the minister entrusted by Li Shimin along with Zhangsun Wuji. Even when Empress Wu was in power, she only dared to demote him. After the Shenlong Incident, he was rehabilitated and posthumously awarded the title of "Wen Zhong", and was allowed to be enshrined in the temple of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and was awarded the title of Taiwei.

This shows that this person is extremely awesome. Although the current scene takes place in the background that the Tang Dynasty no longer exists, the imperial court is still the imperial court, and the awesome people should still emerge.

Fortunately, Xia Lin now met the innocent scholar Chu Suiliang. If he had met the prime minister Chu Suiliang, he would not dare to speak so recklessly and nonsense.

However, being able to be on good terms with Chu Suiliang seemed a little subtle.

But he didn't have time to express his feelings too much. The carriage drove into the city in the evening. Chu Suiliang of course invited them to join their fellow townsmen's gathering, but Xia Lin finally declined. After all, he did have more important things to prepare. Tomorrow he would not only need money, but also report population, geographical and hydrological data to the provincial government office. There was no small amount of work to do.

After spending a night in an inn, they went to the government office as soon as it opened the next morning. After announcing their identities, they met the chief clerk. When they heard that they wanted money, they ridiculed them.

"A village chief has come all the way to ask the government office for two thousand taels of silver. Don't you have a county magistrate?" The chief clerk of the government office said sarcastically, "If the prefecture is responsible for all these matters, then today your village asks for it, and tomorrow other villages ask for it. Wouldn't the prefecture become a market? I don't blame you two for overstepping your authority because you are young. Wait until your county magistrate comes to ask for the money."

"No, our township was just separated from Poyang County and is directly under the jurisdiction of the prefecture. There is really no county government office to be found." Xia Lin patiently explained: "Look, these two thousand taels are not much. You approved it. It should be a pity for the people of that township."

"Look at what you said. What's the point of me being pitiful? I am just following the court rules. If I approve this money for you, I will lose my life. Go quickly, don't delay other important things."

Of course Xia Lin refused to leave, and in the end, he, an official appointed by the imperial court, was dragged out of the door by the guards of the prefecture government and thrown to the side of the road like a rag. Xia Lin stood up and looked at the tall prefecture government office with his hands on his waist. He was not angry. After all, getting angry when you are most useless is like falling in love with an excellent girl when you are most incompetent. It is not only useless but also makes people laugh.

"What should I do?" Lao Zhang patted the dust off his buttocks and said, "I think you, an official appointed by the imperial court, are too cowardly."

"What a jerk." Xia Lin spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Now what?"

"What should I do? Of course I'll kill him! Throw him to me and I'll parade him through the streets as a warning to everyone. It's never too late to take revenge, as the saying goes. I'll kill him within three days!"

Xia Lin didn't say much and went to find a butcher to buy half a pound of raw pig blood. He endured the fishy smell of blood plasma and started writing on a large white cloth with his fingers dipped in the blood.

"What are you doing?" Lao Zhang came forward to take a look: "Menglang...what are you doing?"

But when I continued reading, I saw a very vivid short story, which portrayed the faces of the fierce officials and wolfish clerks so vividly that I couldn't help but applaud.

After finishing writing, Xia Lin wiped his nose and came to the door of the provincial government office again. He spread the white cloth on the ground, put his identity certificate as a village head on it, and knelt behind the white cloth without saying a word.

He also knew how to choose a place. He found one under the shade of a tree, out of the sun, and even a little refreshing when the breeze blew.

"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang, go buy some sour plum soup and feed me a few mouthfuls when no one is paying attention."

So he started to set up his stall here. As the sun went up, more people walked around. Some curious people came forward to read the story. The story was spicy and he was only a ninth-rank official, so it was an interesting thing.

However, as more and more people gathered to watch, many of them figured out what was going on, and then started discussing it. As the discussion got louder, the people in the yamen were naturally alarmed, but faced with so many people, it was not easy for them to drive them away directly. It was not until the governor Guo Minghuai, who was on his way to work, passed by that the people around him dispersed a little.

Governor Guo stepped forward to watch. After seeing the article, he couldn't help but frowned, so he asked, "What do you want to do?"

Although Xia Lin didn't know this person, he could tell from the tone and volume of his voice that this person was definitely someone important, so he decisively seized the opportunity, took a deep breath and began to speak.

"I was originally the head of Xinping Township. Xinping Township originally had 1,500 households, but now there are only more than 900 households left. There is no young man in each household, the farmland is abandoned, and the trade routes are blocked. I saw that the old people had no one to rely on and the young had no one to support, and I was anxious. So I wanted to set up a workshop and a wharf near the mountains and rivers, but Xinping Township has not received any funding since it separated from Poyang County. These days, even the fees for the township’s yamen runners have been paid out of my own pocket. The money for setting up the workshop and the wharf is really a case of a skilled cook having no rice to cook, so I traveled through mountains and rivers to the provincial capital, just to ask for money to save the people. The people in the capital told me to look for the county, but Xinping Township has no superior county. I explained in every possible way but to no avail, and finally threw me out."

When he said this, Xia Lin stood up and showed everyone the hole on his buttocks caused by being thrown out and rubbed on the ground. This behavior was indecent, but it was extremely sad to see in everyone's eyes.

"I didn't mean to file a complaint this time. After all, the government said they were following the law, so I can't blame them. I was just feeling depressed, so I wrote a little piece... a little piece of writing to vent my anger."

Lord Guo frowned and asked, "What do you want to do by kneeling here?"

"I feel ashamed to face the people in my hometown and the elders of Changjiang."

Wonderful! Old Zhang secretly gave Xia Lin a thumbs up. This grandson's ability to speak nonsense is really at the pinnacle, and the key is that it is reasonable and logical.

"Come with me." Lord Guo walked into the provincial government with a cold face and his hands behind his back. Xia Lin picked up his ID and ran in after him.

But he didn't know whether he left the story of the tiger official and the wolf official there intentionally or unintentionally for people who came and went to read and browse at will.

(End of this chapter)