Transmigrating To The Ancient Times With Lu's Convenience

Chapter 111

Chapter 111: Buying an Official Position

In the Sino Commercial House.

Chen Xiao Mi sat on the bed and said sullenly, "This is too much."

Lu Lin looked at Chen Xiao Mi and said, "The people don't fight with the officials. Our County is about to resign soon. This should be his strategy to make a fast buck. However, the Secretary-General must have something to do with this."

It seemed that it wasn't just their store that had been targeted. There were several other stores that had met the same farce, including Good Luck Restaurant. Luckily, the county magistrate was afraid that things would get out of control, so he just releases everyone after their family paid a big amount of bail.

Lu Lin felt this incident should have something to do with Lu Cheng Yu.

Lu Lin suddenly felt that in this world, money wasn't enough, one needed to have power in hand to protect himself.

Yang Heng Zhi had remined him a few days ago, saying that there might be some upheaval soon, he told Lu Lin to watch out. However, it was hard for ordinary people to contend with the officers.

In the past few years, the commercial house had enjoyed a great reputation. He and Chen Xiao Mi had no backing, so they were targeted easily.

Chen Xiao Mi said sullenly, "I envy those government officials!"

Lu Lin nodded, "Yeah!"

Chen Xiao Mi looked at Lu Lin excitedly and said, "Do we have enough money to buy an official title?"

"It's not enough to buy a high-ranking official title, but it's enough to buy an inferior one. I heard that the county magistrate in Sha County can be bought for three thousand taels," Lu Lin said.

Lu Lin had been considering the matter of buying an official title, so he paid great attention to the pricing.

Chen Xiao Mi said, "Then let's buy that title in Sha County."

With the official title in Sha County, they would be on an equal footing with the county magistrate in Forest Town. In the future, it would not be so easy for the other party to create difficulties for them.

Lu Lin hesitated for a moment and said, "The county magistrate decree of Sha County is not an easy job."

"Why is that?" asked Chen Xiao Mi.

" Sha County is on the border with Liao Country. Liao Country is puffed with ambition. If Liao Country invaded us, Sha County would be the first to be affected."

"The original residents of Sha County have almost died. Most of the people who are still staying there are soldiers who have their armors removed and returned to the fields. Many of them were stained with blood on the battlefield, they are very hard to tame."

"The soldiers left in Sha County know the generals in the capital city. Once the county magistrate is not doing a good job, the soldiers have access to file complaints directly to the generals."

"Natural disasters is a regular occurrence, it's bitter cold all year round and the land is not fertile. The residents have a hard time paying taxes in any form, and they require the government's relief all the time."

"After the war, the population there is decimated or fled, in order to attract the people to settle there, the imperial court has passed a law that the residents there will be exempted from taxes and military service for 10 years. That law had made it impossible for the local officials to fill their own pocket with embezzlement. Even if the local officials wanted to collect money, they might not necessarily get it considering how poor the local residents were.