Xu Youlin transported more than 2,000 kilograms of solid alcohol and left. Huo Chong took another mouthwash mixed with salt and alkaline noodles, slurped in his mouth for a while, and vomited it out.

The junior brothers and sisters also did the same thing, spitting out mouthwash in a rude or elegant posture. Even if they didn't drink it, they felt that their teeth were a little soft. If they didn't have mouthwash, Huo Chong was worried that he would lose all his teeth if he did it again or twice.

When Huo Chong returned home, he felt uneasy. Even when he taught his juniors and juniors to recognize words and learn arithmetics, he often thought about himself when his juniors and juniors recited it. When his juniors reminded him, he remembered that he was giving lectures.

The junior brothers were just a group of fools and had no reaction at all. However, the old Qi Qian Qing came over and said while he was resting, "Senior Brother, are you tired?"

Seeing that the junior sister was also a cultural person, perhaps this cultural person who was worthy of Liujia Village. Huo Chong couldn't help but tell the story of donating fame to his junior sister. Qian Qing clearly understood it. She did not show a look of surprise, but just asked in confusion: "Senior Brother, don't you want to be an official?"

"Be an official? Haha!" Huo Chong laughed dryly. In Huo Chong's mind, the Qing Dynasty was a dynasty that must be eliminated, but Huo Chong also found that human adaptability was really terrible. Even the rat tail of money, which was regarded by Huo Chong as a symbol of a strange shame and humiliation of the barbarians, has made Huo Chong accustomed to it in the past few months.

Even so, Huo Chong was still unwilling to be an official. First of all, if he became an official, he would lose a lot. Although he couldn't explain what he would lose, at least Huo Chong had no chance to do projects among the people. Secondly, Huo Chong could not rebel and had no intention of serving the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, the price proposed by Xu Youlin is indeed not cheap. Six hundred taels of silver is just money for donating fame and fortune. If Xu Magistrate Xu wants to recommend Huo Chong, he also needs to give Xu Magistrate 400 taels of silver.

The magistrate Xu's term of office will be reached by the latest spring next year. Xu Youlin's hints have almost become explicit, and Huo Chong wants to raise all the money before the end of the year.

If it was sixty taels of silver, Huo Chong would not frown. If it was two hundred taels, Huo Chong could accept it. Because Huo Chong earned 300 taels of solid alcohol this time. By the end of the year, he might earn 600 taels. But Xu Youlin said it clearly, no one thousand taels per son can be less.

Just as he was thinking, Qian Qing whispered: "Senior Brother, I heard from my father that it is not good to take the exam for fame and fortune. If there is any benefit, there is a place to reason."

"Ah?" Huo Chong was so confused that he didn't know how to react. Qian Qing was really interesting. What does it mean to have a place to reason? This... Huo Chong only felt that this was indescribable and reasonable, but it was difficult to grasp where the reasonable point was.

So he asked, "Lao Qi, where is this reasoning place?"

However, Qian Qing's face showed sadness from the bottom of his heart, his eyes were wet and his nose was red. After a while, she covered her face and choked up.

Huo Chong didn't go to coax him, but just fetched a basin of water and put a hand towel on the basin. Qian Qing cried for a while, then wiped his face with the hand towel and said to Huo Chong: "Make the eldest brother laugh."

"It's okay." Huo Chongfa comforted from the bottom of his heart: "I felt angry when I thought about your family's literary inquisition. I just didn't know what to say to you. Lao Qi, don't worry, I don't want to be an official because of this. These dogs... dogs are all bad people!"

Qian Qing obviously didn't want to mention this matter, so she calmed down and continued, "Senior Brother, my father was also admitted to the juren. My mother asked my father why he spent so much effort to study. My father said that he didn't want to be an official either. He just didn't have any fame and fortune, and he couldn't make any sense. My father had to go back to his hometown every year. If he didn't go, the servants would only collect copper coins. Copper coins were exchanged for silver, and 850 coins were exchanged for one or two taels of silver. After taking the copper coins for silver, they earned 150 coins after replacing them. My father returned to his hometown, and the servants would not dare."

Originally, Huo Chong didn't expect Qian Qing to say anything, but when he heard it, he suddenly felt enlightened. It turned out that the word "there is a place to reason" made Huo Chong intuitively agree with it.

It is said that the King of Hell is hard to get rid of the little devil. If he does not have any fame and fortune, Huo Chong will not be qualified to face the officials directly. Those black-hearted servants can kill the people below.

Whether to pay taxes is to pay copper or silver is the simplest and straightforward. The so-called tax that adds a penny can be added to one or two when you get the tax collection. This is the intermediate link that exploits it layer by layer.

Seeing the current situation of the Qing Dynasty during this period, Huo Chong did not think that he was lawless in this store after donating his fame and fortune. Therefore, he was unwilling to spend the money. However, Qian Qing's reminder made Huo Chong understand that donating fame itself means benefits. Especially for guys like Huo Chong, an official can avoid too much trouble. Avoiding trouble itself can save Huo Chong a lot of money.

"Lao Qi, thank you. I figured it out." Huo Chong couldn't help but express his gratitude to Qian Qing.

Qian Qing hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Senior Brother, are you short of money?"

Huo Chong was stunned for a moment and smiled and said, "Don't you tell me what treasures do you know?"

Perhaps he had never heard of such a joke, Qian Qing was stunned. She did not ask, but continued: "I have relatives in Linzi. Since it is a matter of donating fame and fortune. My relatives can probably help the senior brother find money lenders."

Huo Chong couldn't laugh anymore. After looking at Qian Qing up and down, Huo Chong asked, "Lao Qi, do you want to go to a relative's house?"

Qian Qing waved his hand quickly, "No. I don't want to. Brother, please don't get me wrong."

Huo Chong didn't think that Qian Qing was wrong to join his relatives. Even if Qian Qing didn't speak so zigzag, he said that he had relatives in Linzi, and Huo Chong would have sent Qian Qing to his relatives' home.

It was a very unexpected thing to save Qian Qing. Huo Chong was just interested in the tough girl who dared to kill wolf. Seeing that Qian Qing kept denying it, Huo Chong did not expose her and said readily: "Lao Qi. Linzi is not far from Zhangdian. It's all the time. I also want to go to Linzi to see you. You can go with me."

Qian Qing lowered his head, pondered for a while before saying, "I'll go with my senior brother."

Zhangdian is a little bit west of Zibo City, and Linzi is dozens of miles east of Zibo. These two places were both a district in Zibo City in the 21st century, but they are not now. Huo Chong has money now, so he really wants to go to these places to take a look. Although Zibo is definitely bad now, it has things that cannot be seen in the 21st century.

The next day, Huo Chong hid the silver and didn't prepare much. He brought some money and took Qian Qing and the fourth and sixth brothers to set off together.

Walking on the road, Huo Chong thought of the hidden silver and couldn't let it go. Lao Liu asked, "Senior Brother, you frowned, what's wrong?"

Huo Chong also felt that he was really unable to let go, so he simply told his junior brothers the story of "There is no silver here, but the neighbor xx did not steal it."
Chapter completed!