The intelligence network finally showed signs. Even if it was just to collect the simplest types of cultivation in the village, the process made Huo Chong feel that he was taught a lesson.

These are things that must be experienced during the journey, and Huo Chong didn't care at all. The survey results showed that most farmers planted wheat, and the land where they could not grow wheat was planted with sorghum and other crops. Only on the rotten land would they plant some sweet potatoes. The planting types of crops were far lower than Huo Chong thought.

It has been almost a year since I saw these reports again, Huo Chong felt so kind that it was hard to describe. He had to do everything himself for so long. Now he can see the information provided by the reports again, and many things can be planned based on them.

No matter how bad the intelligence is, as long as you don’t have excessive beliefs and expectations about it, you can use the intelligence to do a lot of things.

After several days of training for these young people, Huo Chong issued an order to them again, "I told the villagers in the three villages that they would pay off all the money for growing blessings before the New Year. You go back to the village and tell the villagers that I will go to various villages."

After sending people out, Huo Chong started preparing copper coins. He used up all the copper coins a few times before, so this time he had to go to the county town to exchange them. Huo Chong took this opportunity to go to the county town to see if there was a house that he could buy.

The New Year is coming, and the county town is more lively than in the countryside. People who buy New Year’s goods walk around the streets, and the store’s business looks good. Huo Chong first went to find Yang Youfang, a local snake, and asked him to introduce several stores and exchanged some copper coins from the store.

Then he asked if there was a house to buy. Yang Youfang sighed: "Brother Huo, there are more and more people coming to the county town now, and the land prices are rising. Where can I buy houses?"

When Yang Youfang said this, he looked embarrassed. Huo Chong felt like he heard a large number of migrant workers working in the city, causing a sharp rise in urban housing prices. This feeling was so familiar that Huo Chong was not at all unhappy.

After chatting for a while, Huo Chong changed his official uniforms to Yang Youfang and went straight to the county government office. The concierge saw an official coming from afar and immediately came to greet him with energy. He met Huo Chong. The more he looked at Huo Chong, the more embarrassed the doorman looked. It seemed that he recognized Huo Chong.

Just when the gatekeeper didn't know what to say, someone behind him said, "I wonder which adult he is?"

Huo Chong turned his head and saw that it was Captain Li. He smiled and said, "Captain Li, I haven't seen him for a long time."

Captain Li quickly recognized Huo Chong, and his expression seemed even more awkward than the concierge. Huo Chong knew why Captain Li was like this, so he first gave the visiting letter to the concierge, and then said to the captain: "Captain Li, you were ordered to act last time. He also took good care of me along the way. I only remember your benefits. Other things have nothing to do with you, so don't worry."

After hearing what Huo Chong said, Captain Li pointed at the yamen, "Brother Huo... Lord Huo, go in and talk."

When he arrived at the yamen, Captain Li quickly bowed to Huo Chong, "Mr. Huo, I am really ordered to act."

Huo Chong replied: "Captain Li, I know. You don't beat or scold me along the way, it's enough to take care of me. How could I bear your grudges?"

While he was talking, the county chief clerk also came out to look around. The headmaster saw that there were too many people and quickly found an excuse to leave. The gatekeeper took advantage of Huo Chong's conversation with the headmaster and reported that Huo Chong had already come in and told Huo Chong that the county magistrate Xu was waiting inside.

In the Qing Dynasty, there were magistrates and county magistrates. The magistrates were basically from Jinshi and arranged by the state. The county magistrates were appointed by the state. Although they were all heads of a county and were dignified by the marquis of Baili. The difference of one word had already determined their status.

However, this is only for the people in the officialdom, and the people do not understand this. The people only know who the person is in charge of them. As for what this person looks like in the eyes of officials, it is completely beyond the imagination of the people.

Xu Magistrate Xu was a seventh-rank rank, only one level lower than the sixth-rank bought by Huo Chong. Moreover, Xu Magistrate Xu was a decent imperial examination. When he saw Huo Chong, he looked dull and did not have any intention of showing weakness because of this level gap.

Huo Chong was not angry at first. When he saw Magistrate Xu like this, he felt it was just right. He bowed and said, "Magistrate Xu, I'm here to pay a visit this time."

County Magistrate Xu replied calmly: "Brother Huo, you are already an official. It is always bad for us to meet in private."

Huo Chong could only smile at such a cold answer. But Xu Magistrate asked Huo Chong to speak in the back hall very politely. When the servant brought tea and water to him, Huo Chong couldn't help but think of that famous story. In the Zeng Guofan era, literati recited poems and wrote pairs. Someone mentioned a very difficult couplet, and the first couplet was "Madam Ru", so some people were right "Same Jinshi".

Although Zeng Guofan had a very high status at that time, most of his friends were Jinshi. For example, Li Hongzhang's father and disciples also had Jinshi, such as Li Hongzhang. However, Zeng Guofan himself was a fellow Jinshi. So Zeng Guofan was furious and felt that he had been insulted.

The Jinshi is divided into one, two, and three. There are only three people in the first list, the top scorer, the second scorer, and the third scorer.

Generally no more than twenty people on the second list are awarded the title of Jinshi.

The number of people on the third list is uncertain, but generally no more than forty people. They were awarded the title of "Same Jinshi".

So the real Jinshi refers to those on the second list. Huo Chong actually wanted to ask Xu Zhixian which level of Jinshi was. But he felt that he was really unfamiliar with this aspect, so he simply cut off this idea.

But without saying this, Huo Chong didn't know what to say. His official position was looked down upon by the genuine imperial examination, but he really didn't know what these literati would say.

After thinking about it, Huo Chong suddenly remembered a topic. "Brother Xu, I have a ruthless request. My official position is like that. But I am afraid that I have done something wrong, so I would like to ask Brother Xu for advice on the key points."

Hearing this, Magistrate Xu frowned. After a while, he said, "I saw that Brother Huo could still answer questions in the prince. How could things in the officialdom be difficult for Brother Huo?"

"There are like a mountain across the mountain. If Brother Xu asks me to tell you how to make glass fire, I will definitely be able to speak up and tell you something to Brother Xu. But when Brother Xu talks about the rules of the officialdom, I can only bow my head and listen to Brother Xu's teachings."

After hearing this, Xu Magistrate seemed to be angry, but he seemed to not know how to refute Huo Chong's words.

Huo Chong continued, "I don't understand the rules of the officialdom at all. Even if I don't want to do something wrong, I don't know what the rules are. It's wrong to speak when I shouldn't speak. It's wrong not to speak when I should speak. It's not wrong not to speak when I should speak. I don't ask Brother Xu to talk about the exquisite details of officials who are from the imperial examination. I just ask Brother Xu to talk about some of the major qualities that Brother Xu should keep. I don't know if Brother Xu is willing to give me advice."

When Huo Chong said this, County Magistrate Xu's face disappeared. He stared at Huo Chong for a while before asking, "Brother Huo has read a book?"

"I haven't read a book, I just recognized some words."

"Then Brother Huo's teacher is not ordinary." Xu Magistrate sighed. However, he did not delve into it and said, "A preparatory officer like Brother Huo does not need office work on weekdays. If you have something to do, the government will naturally send someone to call Brother Huo. If Brother Huo wants to make up for the actual shortcomings, he has to go to the provincial capital more often."

The last sentence was very ridiculous, and Huo Chong pretended not to hear it.

"It's just that Brother Huo has to come to the county town more on weekdays. The Fourteenth Master has told the prefect that Brother Huo has to transport some things to the capital recently. The Fourteenth Master asked Shandong to escort it. Brother Huo also talked about how many he built, and caught the county off guard when moving the province."
Chapter completed!