Chapter 113

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Chapter 113: Manor Renovation and Kang Building

Luo Wen held 20 cents in hand and he felt great.

For the past two years, Luo Wen had been serving as a guide for the merchants. His work as a guide was quick and easy. Even though he often couldn't secure himself a deal for days, he still liked it. He threw himself at Lu Lin and his group as soon as they set feet on the territory of Sha County.

"Luo Wen, you saw the new County Magistrate, didn't you?" A man with a blind eye asked with a smile.

There was a terrible scar on one of his eyes. It was from one of his battles.

Luo Wen nodded, "That's true, I guided him the way to his residence. He seemed to be frightened by the way the county yamen looks."

The blind man smiled and said, "These county officials care about nothing but filling their own pockets with public funds. I really don't know why the higher-ups have to send people."

Sha County was originally poor in resources, and there were often enemies attacking them. In the past, Sha County had a county magistrate who hated being stuck in Sha County, he wanted to transfer to a wealthy place, and he fattened himself by drinking the people's life-blood in the hope of bribing his higher-ups. However, the people in Sha County were not easy to mess with. They had killed that magistrate.

Luo Wen shook his head, "I don't know! We are all happy with our general, I don't understand why the Imperial Court keeps sending new magistrate."

"Uncle Tian, you are well-informed, do you know where this new official comes from? I think he is here with his family!" Luo Wen asked.

The blind man smiled. His scarred face looked even more terrifying.

"Our new County Magistrate is not simple. I heard that he didn't get this position through passing the examination, he spent several thousand taels of silver instead," the blind man showed a meaningful smile.

Luo Wen frowned and asked, "The official title is bought?"

The blind man nodded and said, "Yes! If you have money, you can make the devil push the millstone for you. This new magistrate is a big businessman. With money in hand, he started to think about pursuing an official career. This county is probably going to be a disappointment for him though. Our county is improvised, and we have General Ji who swears to uphold justice for us. Chances are this new magistrate was anxious to get things on the cheap and bought the cheapest position available."

Luo Wen rolled his eyes and said, "I think this new county magistrate looks like a good official."

The blind man looked at Luo Wen with a faint smile and said, "You can distinguish between good officials and bad officials?"

Luo Wen grinned and said, "This county magistrate has a good temper. And he gave me 20 cents after I took them to his residence."

The blind man pursed his lips and said, "He's just a newcomer, so he is eager to establish a good name. let's wait and see whether he is really a good official afterhe has a stable foothold in our county."

......

After Lu Lin bought the official position, he sold the commercial house and residence in the town, he dismissed several employees, now he had about 1700 taels of silver in hand.

He was confident they could live comfortably for a while with that amount of money.

Lu Lin asked the Qins to look for help in repairing the house, and soon Qin Yi found a group of people.

Although the people in Sha County were very intimidating, people always had to make a living. Lu Lin offered them a high salary, so naturally, a lot of people were willing to work for him.

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