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Chapter 172 This Damn World

When Lin Jingzhe was in a daze for the second time and his mind was not on the book, Xie Ci'an coughed twice in a mature manner.

"Jingzhe."

"I'm sorry." Lin Jingzhe came back to his senses.

Although Xie Ci'an seldom interacted with the villagers, he must have heard about such a big thing happening to the Lin family.

He was silent for a moment. Based on his understanding of the Zhen family in the capital, they would never allow the seizure of people's property to happen.

But he had been in the Imperial College after all. He had met Lord Zhen with his father, but he had never met Lord Zhen's sons. Therefore, he considered it carefully before speaking his words of comfort.

"Jingzhe, Lord Zhen, the Magistrate of Jialin County, is the youngest son of Lord Zhen, the Minister of the Dali Temple in the capital."

He saw that Lin Jingzhe's expression became more complicated and obviously worried.

Yes, a county magistrate is already a very high-ranking official for the common people.

Now that he knew that the other party was not only the county magistrate but also a young master from a noble family in the capital, his face turned pale.

Xie Ci'an thought for a moment and then said, "The Zhen family has a clean and upright family tradition, and they are humble and polite. I don't think they will do what you think. Jingzhe, you don't have to worry too much."

Lin Jingzhe murmured, "You said that this is the family tradition of the Zhen family, but the sky is high and the road is long here. Even if the county magistrate did this, he would not be stupid enough to let Master Zhen, who is far away in the capital, know about it."

Xie Ci'an stared at Lin Jingzhe, "Although my family has fallen on hard times, I still have a few good friends in the capital. If County Magistrate Zhen really does something like that, I will definitely find a way to let Lord Zhen in the capital know about it. Besides, it's useless for you to worry about it every day, so you might as well calm down and study."

"Okay!" Lin Jingzhe once again felt so insignificant.

So what if the family business is big?

Don’t they have no ability to protect themselves?

If it weren't for Master Gu's support, their family would have been killed by their rivals long ago.

Since ancient times, the people have not fought against the officials, and the same is true for merchants. If County Magistrate Zhen really wants to seize their things, what will Mr. Gu do?

They have no relatives or friends, why would Mr. Gu take the risk to protect them?

Just because of some illusory fortune teller?

"Ci'an, are you going to quit next year?"

Xie Ci'an unconsciously focused his attention, nodded and said solemnly: "Of course."

He shoulders the heavy responsibility of reviving the Xie family.

It is strange to say. Logically speaking, dismissal from official position and confiscation of property is tantamount to confiscation of property, and failure of three generations of a family to pass the imperial examinations often follows. However, there is no such sentence in the imperial edict.

Although he wanted to persuade Lin Jingzhe at this moment, his own future was unknown, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

That’s all.

"As the ancients said, to establish oneself is to establish learning first, and to establish learning is to read books. Jingzhe, even if we rack our brains, there is no solution. Why not work hard, maybe we can find a way out."

"you're right!"

Instead of complaining, it is better to do something down to earth.

In the next few days, Xie Mu, who originally had a gloomy look in his eyes and was depressed, found that his son and the boy from the Lin family were reading so much that they almost forgot to eat and sleep.

"My dear husband, you see Ci'an has never given up studying and has worked so hard, why do you keep dwelling on the past?"

Wang was very disappointed that Xie Lang, who was once a man of great integrity, turned out to be a coward who only knew how to drown his sorrows in alcohol.

"What's the point of studying? I used to be a disciple of the emperor, but ended up like this. Hahahahahaha... Scholars are useless!"

Xie Mu stumbled as he walked, holding the wine jug in his arms.

Passing by the room where Xie Ci'an was studying, his originally cloudy and listless eyes became clear for a moment, but before anyone noticed, they darkened again.

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The weather is freezing cold, with frost covering thousands of miles.

At this time of year in previous years, every household in Shanglin Village had already started hibernating, hiding in their houses and not going out.

But this year, the Lin family's workshop is busy every day.

There’s no choice, we have to rush to deliver the goods.

We can't let the county magistrate's thousand kilograms of sausages affect the goods that the young master wants.

On the third day after that day, Shopkeeper Tong sent a letter saying that the young master had no idea what Magistrate Zhen was planning. He only said he wanted a thousand kilograms of sausages, and as for the rest, he was like a gourd with its mouth sawed off, not saying a word.

The Lin family had no choice but to do as they were told.

Because the county magistrate had buried a large mine for their family and it was unclear when it would explode, Li Taohua was unwilling to spend more money to hire a few more people to rush the work.

Therefore, they had to speed up the work and even their own family members had to go back to their old jobs.

Ten days later, one thousand kilograms of the goods that were originally intended for the young master were first allocated to County Magistrate Zhen, who loaded them onto a truck and escorted them to Jialin County.

"Young Master, County Magistrate..." Shopkeeper Tong was anxious to know the result, but the Young Master gave him a look and he shut up silently.

But my heart sank.

It seems that no money was given, not even a token of appreciation.

Hey.

Shopkeeper Tong shook his head and sighed.

What a damn world!

No matter good or bad, he had to inform Brother Lin.

Before Shopkeeper Tong even stepped out of Ruyi Restaurant, he was stopped by the young master.

"Uncle Tong, wait a minute, the county magistrate wants another 1,000 kilograms of sausages."

Shopkeeper Tong frowned immediately, "Are you eating sausage as a snack?"

The young master frowned, "The county magistrate transported the sausages back to the capital, and I just delivered them. There are already people waiting there."

"Young Master, didn't you originally plan to transport the sausages to the capital to sell?" Shopkeeper Tong knew why the Young Master frowned. Of course he was unhappy that his well-planned business was ruined.

"Let's wait a while in the capital, and ship the goods to Bashu first."

Shopkeeper Tong brought the letter to Lin Dajiang. Upon hearing it, Lin Dajiang complained to Li Taohua with a bitter face: "The county magistrate is going on and on! What should I do?"

"What can I do? I can't beat you with my elbow. I just hope you can stop while you are ahead."

When Lin Xiaoman came here, he felt the power of power for the first time.

Not to mention their family, even Gu Changsheng had no better solution.

Behind them is the Zhen family of Beijing. The Zhen family is not just a small fish in the officialdom, but a prominent family in Beijing.

The second batch of 1,000 kilograms of sausages was ready, and the young master sent someone to deliver them to the county magistrate.

He suffered a loss and had to swallow it, but he still had to present the food with both hands with a smile on his face.

"Tell me, why didn't the young master of Ruyi Tower tell me about the matter of money?" County Magistrate Zhen looked at his attendant and asked with a smile.

The trusted attendant rolled his eyes in his heart.

The young master wants to pretend to be a corrupt official. Since ancient times, scholars have been ranked at the top among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. No one dares to ask the young master for money.

Young master is pretending to be ignorant even though he knows the truth!

County Magistrate Zhen pursed his lips and waved his hand. "I thought Lin'an was a land of plenty and the officials were honest and upright. It seems the pests have taken root."

County Magistrate Zhen picked up the teacup, blew away the tea leaves floating on it, and took a sip of the slightly bitter tea.

The light outside the window is dim, and I don’t know when this winter will end.