Raising the Demon

Chapter 441
"Other people?" Master Sun was stunned for a long time before realizing what "other people" meant.

"Oh, it's been a while since no one else came here, and I stayed here because I was bored at home." Mrs. Sun finally finished eating the meat buns, and wanted to wipe the grease on his clothes with his backhand, but look Looking at the official uniform that could no longer be seen on his body, he still took out a handkerchief from his pocket.

"After Lao Jin's great-grandson was born, he didn't come here very much. Xiao Zhang's son passed away a few days ago, so he didn't come anymore..." Mrs. Sun counted with his fingers, counting each person, feeling a little unspeakably melancholy , sighed.

It wasn't a lively place, but these days, it became more and more deserted.

"By the way, a young man just came here a few days ago. He seems to be called Xiaohua. I seem to have seen him yesterday..." Mr. Liu led two people into the yard. The yard was also deserted, but it was cleaned. It is estimated that Mr. Sun cleaned it by himself when he was idle and bored, but there is really nothing in the yard, it is a deserted mess.

"Xiaohua, Xiaohua?" Master Liu raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Have you come yet? If you come, just squeak!"

Zi Baifeng was a little speechless when he heard his loud greeting, why did it sound like he was calling a little flower dog?
With a sound of "squeak", a door next to it opened, and a musty smell wafted out. Then a young man poked his head out from the door and asked in confusion, "Master Liu, what's the matter?"

"Xiao Hua, come here, this is our new Shan Shui Lang." Master Liu waved his hand, as if he was calling a little flower dog.

"Shanshuilang?" The person called Xiaohua looked at Zi Baifeng suspiciously, and didn't realize what the word Shanshuilang meant for a while.

"This little flower is the youngest one here, just a little stunned." Master Liu turned to Zi Baifeng, seemingly lowering his voice, but in fact he said in a voice that Xiaohua could hear. Compare it to your own head.

Xiaohua couldn't laugh or cry, I heard everything, okay?
But why would Mr. Liu care?He was no longer afraid of offending people.

"Master Hua, hello." Zi Baifeng cupped his hands to the young man in front of him, and Master Hua quickly clasped his fists in salute, just like waking up from a dream, he suddenly remembered Shanshuilang's meaning.

"Xiao Hua, what are you scrambling for in the warehouse? Let me tell you, I have already exchanged all the valuable things in the warehouse for wine. Now you don't even think about finding any more valuable things." Master Sun rubbed his hands. Rubbing his chest, he said loudly.

Zi Baifeng and Mr. Hu could only act as if they hadn't heard anything. If they were serious with Mr. Sun, they could send Mr. Sun to prison.

"I... I'm just bored and want to sort out the landscape pictures in the warehouse." Master Hua said.

Zi Baifeng looked at this Master Hua and smiled slightly.

Others couldn't see it, but he could see clearly that there was a faint demonic aura about Mr. Hua.

Unexpectedly, hundreds of thousands of miles away, I saw a monster who was an official in the human world as a human again.

"Cleaning up?" Master Sun grinned and said, "The oldest landscape maps in the warehouse are hundreds or thousands of years old. If they weren't properly maintained at the beginning, they would have decayed long ago. Thousands of years, what? It’s all changed, so what’s the use of tidying up?”

"That's not true. Thousands of years have not changed the landscape so much..." This is not an era of drastic changes in the earth's crust. A thousand years is a very long period of time for humans, even monks. , but to nature, it is a very small moment. If man-made factors are not considered in a thousand years, it is only the time for rivers to divert several times. Mountains and rivers have stood still since ancient times, but there may not be any changes. .

Xiaohua's answer was a little far-fetched, but it was correct, and there was nothing to refute. Mr. Sun seemed to be very disapproving of Xiaohua's hard work. He yawned and said, "My old man is a little tired, so I won't be with you any longer. , and please two adults, Haihan." He turned his back, hummed a little song, turned and left.

Mr. Hu looked at his back and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Fortunately, there was another Mr. Hua who quickly grabbed him and said, "Take us to Shanshuilang's office quickly."

He couldn't wait to finish this task as soon as possible and leave this depressing place.

"My lord, please come with me." After all, Master Hua is still young, so he is not so lifeless, and he is not so dissatisfied with them. He turns around and leads the way, and takes them to the door of the main room, saying: "Shanshui Academy only In such an office place, everyone works here, but I am the only one here on weekdays..."

When he opened the door and walked in, there was a smell of dust, and it could be seen that this Mr. Hua basically didn't work here.

Fortunately, the furnishings here are still normal. Master Hu glanced left and right, and arrived at a desk in the center, opened the drawer, took out a large seal in a brocade box, opened it and confirmed that it was indeed After Shanshuilang's big seal, he straightened his clothes and handed the big seal to Zi Baifeng with both hands.

Zi Baifeng took over with both hands, which is considered to have taken over the position and officially became Shanshuilang.

"Master Zi, although this place is deserted, it is also clean. During these days, the entire Zaitian Mansion will not be clean. It is not necessarily a bad thing for you to stay here. The situation will become clearer in the future..."

Mr. Hu suddenly realized that he had talked too much, so he quickly stopped talking and said with a smile: "Then I will leave now."

Zi Baifeng is also a sixth-rank official, the same rank as Shanshui envoy Mr. Sun, the higher one is just a real power.

But the real power of Shanshui Academy.

Ha ha.

Zi Baifeng sent Mr. Hu out of the door, but Mr. Hu repeatedly asked him to stop, and Zi Baifeng stopped at the door.

What Master Hu said is actually correct, now the entire Zaitian Mansion has been pushed to the cusp of the storm.

Gao Shan'an has been operating in Zaitian Mansion for ten years. During these ten years, the entire Zaitian Prefecture has been operating according to his pace and preferences. Now that the sky has changed suddenly, how can the entire Zaitian Mansion not be in turmoil?

The greater turmoil was actually felt by Mr. Hu. He is Gao Shan'an's confidant, and Gao Shan'an lost power, and he is also having a hard time. He really felt it just now.

But if he has too much sympathy for Zi Baifeng, that's not necessarily true. No matter how he is demoted, it's impossible for him to come to a place like Shanshui Academy.

In a short time, the new governor of Zaitian Prefecture will arrive. At that time, whether to rely on him or give up on himself, Mr. Hu must think clearly now, it is time to go back and think about it.

Which is more important, integrity or future?
Maybe Mr. Hu was still hesitating before, but after he actually came to the Shanshui Academy, he thought it through.

Standing at the gate of Shanshuiyuan, looking at the wall of Zaitianfu outside the opposite alley, and Mr. Hu who was hurrying towards Zaitianfu, Zi Baifeng suddenly had a feeling of standing on the cusp of the wind and yet hiding in the eye of the wind. strange feeling.

Around him, the situation was changing, but he was standing right in the center, as if nothing could affect him, and could not shake the hem of his clothes.

Like mountains and rivers, the changes of thousands of years are just a change in the flow of the river, and for the majestic mountains, it is just a blink of an eye.

It depends on his own choice whether he wants to be a towering mountain or a river that changes with the trend.

"Anyway, this is my site." Zi Baifeng stood at the gate of the Shanshui courtyard for a while, then looked back at his own landscape courtyard, seeing the completely peeled red paint and some rotten plaques, Looking at the small courtyard and several tile-roofed houses behind the plaque, Zi Baifeng suddenly felt dumbfounded.

As the largest landlord in Zaitianfu and the richest man in Zaitianfu, after passing the university entrance examination and getting Yayuan, which doesn't look very good but is definitely not bad, the final reward is actually such a small In a courtyard, there is not even anyone who can use it.

Everyone is struggling to obtain fame, but what is this fame?

Fortunately, fortunately, I still have tiles.

Zi Baifeng suddenly laughed.

Just let me be the most powerful Shanshui Lang in the entire history of Zaitianzhou!
What's so great about being born with power?It is challenging to make a career in such an idle official position.

Not to mention, how great is the hidden power of this official position.

Zi Baifeng played with the big seal in his hand, and then pressed it in his palm.

The Great Seal slowly sank into Zi Baifeng's palm. He had never absorbed the Great Seal so slowly before, but it was normal, because the area of ​​the entire Zaitian State was larger than that of Zhuan'er Kingdom. It's just that Zaitian Prefecture is too barren, and there are only a few places that are barren enough to be prosperous.

But this is the first time that tiles have accepted such a large area of ​​territory, and it is normal to be slow.

At the door, Zi Baifeng closed his eyes, patiently sensing the changes in the tiles.

His territory is no longer a pinpoint-sized white spot on the tile, but has become a little white spot. At least, he can finally see that there is a concept of "area".

Finally, finally came to this step.

But it is still far away from the entire tile, so far that it is almost unreachable.

It is too unrealistic to reach the sky in one step. Take one step at a time, step by step, and one day you will be able to conquer the whole world.

Because standing at the gate, Zi Baifeng's consciousness did not actively sink into the world of porcelain tiles. Zi Baifeng opened his eyes and looked up at the plaque.

"First of all, this plaque needs to be replaced." He smiled, "Looks like I need to ask Dad to make a plaque."

Zi Baifeng returned to the study, and told Master Hua about his plan, Master Hua immediately widened his eyes, and said: "Master Zi wants to do this, of course it is possible, it's just...just..."

"Just what?" Zi Baifeng froze for a moment.

"Zi, our Shanshui Academy doesn't have these office funds. The Shanshui Academy only has a very small survey fee every year. It's just hiring people to maintain these maps every year, and it's already completely spent." Although Master Hua is also the so-called A newcomer, but this newcomer has been here for more than a year, and only in a place like Shanshui Academy for decades, will he be regarded as a newcomer, and he can't even recognize his face.But even so, he knows much better than Zi Baifeng, and he understands the various systems and regulations of the Shanshui Academy very clearly-in fact, the entire Shanshui Academy probably has only one task, and that is to preserve the drawings. Turn it out to dry occasionally.

As for the landscape survey in charge of the Shanshui Institute, I am afraid that it will not receive a survey task once in a hundred years.

"I thought it was something." Zi Baifeng didn't care, he patted his chest and said, "I'll pay for it."

"My lord..." Mr. Hua carefully reminded him, and said: "The salary of our Shanshui Institute is also the lowest. Although you are a sixth-rank official, my lord, your salary is at most the same as that of a seventh-rank official. Once Gaozhi Prefecture leaves, you will not know what is happening now." What kind of regulations are there? A few days ago, an official of the Dredging Department was forgotten, and he forgot to pay his salary for 12 years, and starved to death at home."

Zi Baifeng stared, what kind of monster is this Mrs. Hua, why does he know such gossip?Moreover, how much are their salaries...

Furthermore, if Zi Baifeng remembers correctly, the silver that keeps the entire Zaitian Mansion running is actually provided by him, and now he is the one who pays the salaries of many officials, and these people dare to give him such a small amount of money ?

Aren't you afraid that he will cut off the money of the entire Zaitian Mansion in a fit of anger?
Fortunately, his son Baifeng really doesn't live on this little money, otherwise, wouldn't the whole family want to drink the northwest wind?
"The salary is so little, how do you live?" Zi Baifeng asked a question.

In fact, the salaries of officials, no matter how small they are, are still higher than those of ordinary people, but it may be impossible to maintain the basic dignity of officials.

"I still had a little savings before..." Mr. Hua was vigilant when he spoke, for fear that Zi Baifeng would use his savings to buy a new plaque. In his opinion, the new official took office three times, this Zi Bai Feng is no exception, even in Shanshuiyuan, a poor place that doesn't even make a sound, he has to burn three fires abruptly.

What if Mr. Zi really wants him to contribute money?It costs a lot of money to make a plaque, how many bones can be sold for this money...

"Master Sun still has some money." Seeing that Zi Baifeng's eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking, Master Hua suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis, and he quickly said: "Master Sun has money, ask him for it."

"Master Sun is rich?" Zi Baifeng was stunned, Master Hua lowered his voice, and said, "Master Zi, don't say that you heard this from me..."

Zi Baifeng is speechless, it's just the two of us here, if I don't say I heard it from you, then where did I hear it from?

Even so, he still nodded and said, "Don't worry, God knows this matter, you know it and I know it."

"It doesn't need to be so exaggerated..." Mr. Hua pointed to the door, and said: "Actually, this small courtyard was bigger than it is now. Mr. Sun found a small place in the world and rented it to the person who sells breakfast. Extra money."

Zi Baifeng felt like crying.

That's it, you have to be careful?

That's right, this is indeed greedy and perverting the law, filling one's own pockets, but this is a dignified sixth-rank official, who is considered a well-known figure in Zaitian Mansion, and even wants to rent out the house to those who sell breakfast to supplement their families...

And this will be reported by subordinates, who are called "very rich".

My subordinates, even if they are poor, have no complaints or regrets. They just want to be able to turn around one day, but they have no hope in their lives. They are getting more and more wasted day by day. , What kind of life do you have?

Zi Baifeng stood there blankly for a long while, thinking for a long time, he really couldn't bear to snatch Mrs. Sun's pension money, so he could only shake his head, and said with a wry smile: "I should pay for it myself."

"That's okay, that's okay, Mr. Sun is not easy." Mr. Hua immediately breathed a sigh of relief, that's great, his fleshy bones were saved.

Zi Baifeng stared at him, what kind of monster is he so mean.

Master Hua was still counting his fleshy bones in his heart, completely ignoring Zi Baifeng's strange gaze.

Zi Baifeng turned around and asked again: "How many servants does our Shanshui Institute have? There must be a few."

"The servants of Shanshui Academy?" Master Hua said, "My lord, our Shanshui Academy does not have standing servants, only some servants. They were our servants at first, but later Shanshui Academy couldn't afford to support them, so we sent them away. Became a servant."

"Servant household?" Zi Baifeng frowned. Such things as servant households are actually very common, and they are a way of substituting servants for taxes.The most common one is military registration. Once included in the military registration, if the country has a war, it must send out strong men to join the army to fight for the country.

In addition to military status, there are post households, which are also a way of replacing taxes with service.

And the servants of Shanshuiyuan are similar to these.

The Shanshui Academy couldn't pay them, so they reclassified their status as ordinary households, but they don't have to pay some taxes and fees. When the Shanshui Academy needs them, they must also serve the Shanshui Academy for free. Must come to serve.

Of course, this kind of service is not unlimited, as long as there is one person per household.

"There are quite a lot of servants in our Shanshuiyuan." Mrs. Hua found a book somewhere, and Zi Baifeng took a look at it. Years later, he flipped through the books and said, "There are 320 households in our Shanshui Academy."

"So many?" Zi Baifeng was stunned for a moment, but the number of servants in the Shanshui Academy exceeded his expectations.

"Landscape exploration every hundreds of years also requires a lot of people." Master Hua said, "Besides, these years... the team has grown stronger."

After thinking about it carefully, Zi Baifeng understood the reason.

It is a very sought-after job to become a servant of the Shanshui Academy, because the Shanshui Academy only has one event every few hundred years, but it can save a lot of taxes and fees on weekdays.

This may be the only hidden benefit of the Shanshui Academy, and these servants are probably naturalized by the adults of the Shanshui Academy in the past.

　Ask for a recommendation ticket.

　　


(End of this chapter)