I have a fortune book

Chapter 72
After his parents settled down, Zhou Bai didn't return to Hongni Township right away, but stayed in the county for a few days.

His soul is suffering now, and it is difficult to benefit from reading Taoism, so he simply deals with the trivial matters of human relations.

For example, as a scholar in the first examination of the county examination case, he must be a granary student in the county, and he can freely choose whether to enter a government school as usual.

Zhou Bai naturally wouldn't go, the county school only has one teaching level that is a little higher, and the other teachings are based on the scriptures, so there is nothing to teach.

So he went directly to Jiaoyu to report, completed the registration as a janitor, and chose not to enroll in the county government school.

When I went to Jiaoyu, I would definitely have to communicate with the recent scholars in the county, and dinner and entertainment were essential.

It's just that the status of a scholar has so many people and sophistication, and Captain Yunqi will naturally only have more.

In addition to the edict and county magistrate, the rank officials of the county government will also visit the three sitting officials of the county magistrate, the master book, and the county lieutenant.

It means that I will be regarded as a person in the system in the future, and I will enjoy the eighth-rank treatment. If there is anything in the Pingcang land, I must inform him.

Zhou Bai didn't look down on Duan Dehou, the Congjiupin patrol inspector in the county. He even made an appointment to have a meal specially, and mentioned the routine given to him this year.

That's right, it wasn't the small inspection that gave benefits to Zhou Bai, Captain Yunqi, but Zhou Bai gave Duan Dehou money on behalf of the Zhou family.

This is the way of the local tyrants, not to mention inspections, even the little officials in the sixth house can share some benefits every year.

Because the various industries of the Zhou family have developed smoothly for so many years, all kinds of taxes are also collected according to the lowest level that can be collected.

Duan Dehou saw that this young upstart was not difficult to greet at all, he became more attentive, and he didn't hug his thighs.

So he immediately patted his chest and promised that there would be more inspectors during the period of land reclamation in Hongni Township, and secretly reported a few names to Zhou Bai.

They are all Duan Dehou's confidantes in the inspection station in the nearby villages. As long as you give his name, you can order one or two.

This is also what Zhou Bore was keen to see. The county soldiers in charge of the county captain are too eye-catching, and these patrolling soldiers that no one cares about can be considered to develop a relationship.

There is a usage of fighting a tough battle, but there is also a usage of not being able to fight.

After finishing the official affairs, before he could go shopping with Yu Yueyun, Zhou Bai was invited by Chen, Qian, Shi, Yu and other county rich families.

For example, the Chen family wanted to take advantage of Chen Yun's trace of contact to completely confirm the title of half-master. They could see that in front of this kind of Tianjiao, there was no difference between the county and the township.

And historians like this just want to get married and find a potential stock like Zhou Bai for their granddaughter. Even if Shi Hongmao dies in the future, they are not afraid that the family will have no one to take care of them.

To be honest, Zhou Bai was very tempted, because as long as they got married, the historian would definitely fully support the development of the Zhou family, and in the future he would have a reason to take over his family's business.

Apart from Shi Hongmao, a senior official in the capital, the historians only have the forging skills passed down from generation to generation that are worthy of special attention. The farm tools and even weapons made by their family are first-class, and they have a good reputation in the counties near Cangshan Mountain.

Even the Prairie Kingdom once tried to spend a lot of money to buy the historian's forging secrets, only to be warned by the court before giving up.

And marrying historians is tantamount to bringing the Yu family into the alliance.

Because the Yu family also has a small population, their pillar industry is mining, and they own several small iron ore and copper mines in Pingcang and even Bei'an County.

Business is interdependent, and they have always been friends with historians, and they often advance and retreat together.

This is also the biggest reason why the two families, as the least threatening and weakest county families, can still gain a firm foothold in Pingcang and prevent Zhao Chenqian and other families from being annexed.

As long as they get married, they are expected to get the support of the two county magnates, which can greatly shorten Zhou Bai's savings time.

However, it is a pity that Shi Hongmao wants to get married, and even wants Zhou Bai to marry him, saying that if he has children in the future, one of them can inherit Zhou's family.

It can be seen from this that this famous man is not just as simple as a great benevolent person as rumored outside, he still has ideas to revitalize the family, but he just borrows the power of his son-in-law.

Before Zhou Bai won the exam, this condition must be enough for outsiders.

The temptation was indeed not small, but Zhou Bai couldn't possibly agree. In this world, it has never been heard that a son-in-law can achieve success and open up a foundation.

If you do this, I'm afraid the newly established small team will lose their hearts and no longer be loyal to him.

Zhou Bai thought about it later, even if we talk about it again, maybe Shi Hongmao will at most give in, the position of wife is certain.

However, he can accept political marriage, but he cannot accept that his wife has no feelings, especially if the other party is just a mortal.

So Zhou Bai still politely declined Shi Hongmao's temptation, saying that he needed to take the Juren and Jinshi examinations in the end, and he would not be distracted for the time being.

In the future, if he is a Jinshi, or even a celestial being, it will be easy to talk to historians about conditions.

After a series of contacts, it was the end of April when Zhou Bai and Yu Yueyun returned to Hongni Township.

As the drought eased, Ji Hongzhe officially supervised the implementation of the New Deal, and Zhou Bai also ordered the family to respond to the New Deal.

In fact, before the Zhou family, they did not reclaim the family land to the highest standard of 99 mu. In addition to wasting energy on running various shops and businesses, the land around the Zhou family land was all Hongni.

The ancestral land of the family is twenty miles away from Cangshan Mountain. When the ancestral hall was established, it could have moved forward. However, there is an extremely precious water source here. Two streams gushed out from the cracks in the ground. Therefore, the choice of the family that bound the future of the family Field expansion.

It cannot be said that the ancestors of the Kai clan made mistakes. There is a water source in Pingcang County where they can settle down and no one is willing to leave.

And it is precisely because of sufficient water sources that the family currently has more than half of the paddy fields of more than 6000 mu of land, and the annual harvest ranks among the top in the county, which is completely enough to feed the entire village.

Speaking of which, Zhou Mingxuan had no choice but to develop business in the past few generations. The family farm was surrounded by red soil and could not grow food.

In this way, Zhou Bai appointed Zhou Qi to dig the red mud, and then set the clan farmland reclamation target near Cangshan Mountain, which was also a success.

As for the most critical issue of water sources, except that he knew that there were several hidden mountain springs above Cangshan Mountain that could lead water down the mountain.

Then there is the main direction of his current work in the inner government, which is to try to grow drought-resistant crops. The sweet potatoes, corn, yams and other exotic things that the Qi family bought at a great price have all been tried and planted in Zhou Bai's manor.

The humane dynasty of the Central Plains had many feudal states around them, all of which were descendants of the emperor's lineage who migrated and divided into feudal states. This type of state was a vassal state just like the Jin state.

In addition, there are also human races settled overseas. These small countries have different races and cultures from the Central Plains, so they are called Fanbang.

At present, the germination and growth of Fanbang crops is good. Zhou Bai assured the tribe that if there is a problem with the yield during harvest, they will never be planted on a large scale.

But in fact, because of the experiments in his previous life, Zhou Bai has full confidence in this point, and the harvested Fanbang grain seeds can also produce high yields in arid areas.

(End of this chapter)