"Isn't there no way, I can't do long-term work with my body. ”

Shen Changting sighed, it seems that losing the book's copying work in the bookstore this time has hit him hard.

Zhao Qingzao pursed his lips and said, "What are you afraid of, the scholar will die of poverty, how is it possible." ”

After Zhao Qingzao finished speaking, he pulled Shen Changting and said, "Let's go, let's go and take a look at the place where the notice is posted." ”

"Okay." When Shen Changting saw this, he didn't refuse, especially when he saw that Zhao Qingzao didn't mention leaving at all, he felt a lot better for a while.

If it weren't for the worry that he wouldn't be able to support Zhao Qingzao, he naturally didn't want the other party to leave, he didn't feel that he was living alone before, but since Zhao Qingzao entered the door, he suddenly noticed the difference, at least his life had vitality.

Zhao Qingzao is not as complicated as Shen Changting thought, she is a man of action, so she immediately pulled Shen Changting and walked around the town.

There are a lot of places to recruit long-term workers in the town, but most of them are the little two who run the hall, and the better one is Mr. Billhouse, and there are very few large families who recruit Xixi, but people want to be famous, at least they have to be a showman, and after looking around, they didn't see anything particularly good for long-term workers.

Zhao Qingzao suddenly understood a little, this place is too small after all, that is, even the landlord's old wealth is pitiful, otherwise, Mr. Xixi Teaching, where would he pay attention to these.

Seeing that the town was halfway gone, and still didn't meet a satisfactory one, Zhao Qingzao was also a little anxious.

However, when they passed by the yamen, Zhao Qingzao's eyes lit up when he saw the notice posted by the yamen, and he pulled Shen Changting and said, "Brother Changting, look, is that suitable for you?" ”

With Zhao Qingzao's cultural level, he barely recognized some words, to the effect that it was to the effect that it was the recruitment of the main book or something, thirty taels a month, and as for what the others were written, Zhao Qingzao didn't know.

Shen Changting looked at it and said, "What's the matter with this yamen, it actually recruits the main book." ”

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Zhao Qingzao said suspiciously.

"Of course it's not proper, the main register and the county official are to assist the county government in taking charge of the official affairs of a county, and they are assigned by the imperial court, so how can they allow private recruitment." Shen Changting explained.

"Will it break the king's law?" Zhao Qingzao's heart jumped.

"Not really." Shen Changting shook his head.

"Why do you care so much, it's a big deal to lose your job, and you won't break the law." Zhao Qingzao smiled brightly, and then pulled Shen Changting and said, "Okay, you go in and try it, if it doesn't work, we'll go home, and there will be no loss." ”

She is very optimistic about Shen Changting, because what Shen Changting said just now is definitely not something that ordinary people can know, even Xiucai, it is absolutely impossible to know it so clearly, after all, it is a matter of officialdom, Xiucai has just started, who will tell them this.

As soon as Zhao Qingzao pulled Shen Changting into the gate of the county government, he was stopped by a yacha, who glanced at the two of them and said, "What are you doing?" ”

The Yacha's tone was not evil, which made Zhao Qingzao feel at ease, pointed at Shen Changting, and said, "I heard that the county master is recruiting the master book, and my parent Brother Ting wants to try it." ”

"Huh?"

Yacha glanced at Shen Changting with some surprise, his tone softened, and said, "What did you do before?" ”

"I used to teach, and I just copied books for people not long ago."

"Are you literate?" Yacha didn't wait for Shen Changting to finish speaking, and then interrupted.

Afraid of Shen Changting's ink, Zhao Qingzao hurriedly replied: "Literacy, writing articles is okay." ”

Zhao Qingzao said that his face is not red and his heart is not beating, and he has to praise it a little bit during the interview, otherwise he will not be able to attract attention.

"Okay, follow me."

The yacha very simply led the two of them directly to the inner hall of the county ya, and said: "The county lord went out today, I'm afraid it won't be until very late to come back, and I don't know anything else, that is, in the county now, except for the county lord, I and another brother, the three of us can't be busy at all, so I have to ask someone to take care of the accounts, and write some paperwork by the way." ”

When Shen Changting heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said, "There are only three people, what about the county and the main book?" Isn't that a court assignment? ”

Seeing that Shen Changting was speaking very well, this official suddenly changed his eyes, and said with a smile: "I heard the county lord mention, our county is less than 1,000 households, and the court did not assign it, saying that it was to cut expenses, otherwise why post notices, isn't this just a shortage of manpower, there is no way, and in this small place, there can be a few scholars, those are all counting on climbing high, and the county lord is not rich, and ordinary people naturally do not want to come." ”

"I see." Shen Changting nodded, and continued, "Then what should I do to get to work?" ”

"Write a few words and see." As he spoke, he took the pen and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there are not many things on weekdays, just write some notices, and by the way, the master is done, and some details are sorted out." ”

"Okay."

Shen Changting immediately picked up the pen and wrote, strange to say, when facing the officials, Shen Changting's bearing was even more stable than facing the bookstore shopkeeper.

After Shen Changting finished writing, the officer's eyes lit up, and he said, "Yes, Mr. is talented, what is your surname?" ”

"The surname is Shen, Shen Changting, this is ......" Shen Changting said and pointed to Zhao Qingzao, a little hesitant.

Zhao Qingzao didn't think about it, so he hurriedly said: "I am his wife, and I just passed the door not long ago." ”

"Oh, where?"

The official simply asked a few questions, and Shen Changting answered them fluently, but when he learned that Shen Changting was a foreigner, he was still a little hesitant, but with Zhao Qingzao on the side, and Shen Changting didn't look like a traitor, he didn't take it to heart.

After asking this, the official smiled and said: "Don't worry, the county lord is not so difficult to speak, and he is a good official who can make decisions for the people, even if the salary is not high, your monthly salary can only be considered the highest for thirty taels, if there is a shortage sometimes, I am afraid it will have to be less, if you don't want to, we don't blame you." ”

"As long as it's not less than half, it's okay." Zhao Qingzao smiled and hurriedly spoke.

"Not really."

The official said, and introduced the matters of the weekday.

Maybe it's because the salary is too low, but it's also very easy on weekdays, unless there is an emergency, so I only need to work half a day on weekdays, and I come and leave at noon in the morning, but even if I don't have food.

What I do on weekdays is also simple, that is, what measures are there in the county order, write some posted notices, and then sort out the accounts, occasionally deal with the documents, the documents have templates, and the changes are directly applied, and the others are gone.

Shen Changting was hired like this, and became a colleague with the officer.

After becoming a colleague, the official was much more polite to Shen Changting and Zhao Qingzao, and he talked more, and from the mouth of the officer, Zhao Qingzao learned a lot of things.

Their county, called Yushun County, the wind and rain are smooth, the name meaning is very good, speaking of which, this is the first time that Zhao Qingzao knows what the name of the county he lives in, but he can't help but secretly complain, this county seat, just this broken town in front of him, even half of the city wall has fallen, it really can't be called a county.

In such a poor place, naturally no one is willing to come, after all, it is very rare to make achievements, and only this county order is hard, and it is spread in such a place, Zhao Qingzao estimated that this county order either offended people, or had no background.

The county order is not a local, and he was transferred from other places, and he was given the official seal of the county order, and then due to the insufficient population of the county, he was not assigned the main book and the county at all.

In the end, the county magistrate brought two domestic servants, and he didn't even bring his family members, so he rushed over, one of these two domestic servants, which was the official in front of him, and there was no choice but to let the two domestic servants serve as the official servants.

Zhao Qingzao sighed when he heard it, just such a bitter county order is really enough to toss.

After talking briefly for a while, Zhao Qingzao pulled Shen Changting and left, this official was very generous, and did not let Shen Changting stay today, let him hurry up tomorrow.

After leaving the yamen, Zhao Qingzao couldn't hide his smugness, and asked Shen Changting: "Brother Changting, what do you think of this long work?" ”

"It's good, it's better than copying books, but it's hard to say." Shen Changting frowned.

"Ah, will there be a change?" Zhao Qingzao was shocked.

Shen Changting shook his head with a smile and said, "That's not true, but the head of this county is not good, and I'm afraid there will be no less things in the future, I hope the county order is a benevolent person." ”

"Why do you care so much, don't think too much, you won't know when you see someone." Zhao Qingzao didn't care, and teased: "Are you worried that you will have too many things at that time?" ”

"How could it be, but there will be no less things, and you don't understand it." Shen Changting smiled and shook his head.

Zhao Qingzao was unconvinced when he heard it, and snorted angrily: "I don't understand anything, as long as you don't make trouble and don't make random ideas, even if something happens at that time, it has nothing to do with you." ”

"That's not what I said."

Shen Changting sighed and said, "Do you know who are in a county?" ”

"The county order, the officials are arrested quickly, and the others are not busy with Li Zhengting." Zhao Qingzao pursed her lips, she really didn't know how to answer this question.

"Yes, but the yamen itself has a lot of things, in addition to the county order, there should be a county officer, the overall management of the clerical warehouse, etc., as well as the master book, the overall management of taxes, money and grain, etc., in addition to the history of the bureaucracy, these need to be hired by the county order itself, there are too few people, they can't be busy at all, no one is omnipotent."

Shen Changting seemed to think of something, and said quietly, "So this county lord either has some means, or he doesn't care about things at all." ”

Zhao Qingzao understood, Shen Changting was worried about the title of the master book, and when the time came, he would be dragged into the ditch by the county order, and he couldn't pick it out, after all, if he met a greedy master, sometimes it was really difficult to do.

"But it's still the same sentence, you can suggest acting as a master or something, don't take the name of that master bookkeeper." Zhao Qingzao thought about it, and finally thought of a suggestion that was not a suggestion, and then said: "But looking at the temperament of the eldest brother today, presumably the county lord is not a wicked person, anyway, you do your duty first, and then change it if you have other things at that time." ”

"Yes, that's fine."

While talking, he was almost at the place of the ox cart before he knew it, and Zhao Qingzao just lined up his head and said, "Oh, I almost forgot something." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Didn't you mention before that you used to copy books for a large family? Why don't we ask again, do they still want to copy the book? ”

Zhao Qingzao also remembered this when he first came out of the county yamen, after all, Shen Changting only used half a day of work, and the rest of the day was idle, so it was better to copy books to pass the time, after all, she felt that if Shen Changting was idle and bored, she probably couldn't sit still.

"That's good." Shen Changting's eyes lit up.

Zhao Qingzao said proudly: "That is, in the future, you will work in the morning, and you will come back in the afternoon, and you will encounter scattered work, and you will take it over when you are busy, and if you are too busy, you will rest, how good." ”