After Su Hao finished these things, he was delayed for nearly half an hour. However, when he walked out of the gate of the county government with a group of workshop officials who went to the countryside with him, he saw that there was no impatience on the faces of the students who were waiting outside, and it seemed that Su Hao was sleeping by himself, and it was a matter of course for them to stand and wait under the sun.

The status of scholars in the Ming Dynasty is very peculiar, on the surface, the scholars who have won the fame of Xiucai are considered to be superior people, and they can not kneel when they see the county, but in fact, they still have many things to be subject to the government, so they easily dare not fight with the poor people in the government.

This time when he went to the countryside to dig wells, Han Wen asked Fang Mengjin to tell the students, saying that the students who won the advanced elements of well drilling can be given priority to get the quota to participate in the autumn examination next year, on the contrary, those who do not perform well in the well drilling activities will be blacklisted, and they will not want to get the examination quota for at least a few years. As for who is advanced and who is backward, Su Hao alone has the final say. This hand is too ruthless, it is equivalent to washing the neck of a cadre and handing it to Su Hao's hand, and Su Hao can pinch whoever he wants.

Hangul linked the quota of the township examination with the drilling of wells, and the students could not find a place to complain. Drilling wells is a major event related to the livelihood of the people, and the political envoy and the Nanchang government attach great importance to it.

"Everyone, long waiting!" Su Hao said to the sentient beings.

The students replied:

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm here to learn from each other, and it's a rare opportunity."

"Master Su has a lot of opportunities, and everything he does is a big deal, so what's the matter if I wait here for a while?"

"Brother Gai works so hard for the people of the county, and he should be a model for my generation."

“……”

Su Hao couldn't help but laugh in his heart when he listened to everyone complimenting himself one by one. Among these talents, the younger ones are less than 20 years old, and the older ones look at least in their 30s, and they all are well versed in human feelings. On the first day, when I went to the academy, I met Wu Zhicheng who embarrassed me, and it was these students who coaxed him below, laughing at him for being just the last talent. Now, when I heard that I had mastered everyone's exam quota, I turned into a human face one by one, and I couldn't wait to call myself a brother, maybe I even planned to send my sister and daughter to the door.

Of course, it does not mean that all people who compliment Su Hao are tending to be inflammatory, people like Ma Yu respect Su Hao's talent from the bottom of their hearts because they have listened to Su Hao's class. These people will also say a few kind words to Su Hao, but at least these words will not make people feel cold.

"Alright, let's get ready. The place we are going to today is Dengxian Township, west of the county seat. Su Hao commanded.

Because it was a group of students who went to the countryside, in order to take care of them, Dai Qi specially hired a few carriages for the students to sit on. According to Dai Qi's meaning, he originally wanted to hire a better car for Su Hao alone, but Su Hao refused. Su Hao climbed into the first car and huddled with six or seven students. This is also Su Hao's consistent practice in the past, he has a high status in the geological team, but every time he goes to the field, he squeezes the car with ordinary technicians.

Dengxian Township is the closest township to the county seat. Su Hao's plan is to go from near to far, first to Dengxian Township, then to Fenghua Township in the south of the county, and then to the east, to Huichang Township and Guangfeng Township. These townships, like Zhegui Township, are the main grain-producing areas of Fengcheng, densely populated, and most affected by the disaster. Further south, you will enter the mountains, where the population and land are small, and there are mountain ponds for water, so the damage is not serious.

The well digging point that Su Hao is going to today is Caijia Village in Dengxian Township, 15 miles away from the county seat, and the carriage will take half an hour. Everyone was talking and laughing on the carriage, time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, Caijia Village had arrived. Seeing Su Hao get off the car, Wang Tiangui greeted him with a smile on his face, and greeted: "Master Su has worked hard from afar, and the little Wang Tiangui is the warden of the household, and he is ordered by Lord Han to dig wells in Dengxian and Jianchi townships, and ask Master Su for advice." ”

Su Hao nodded to Wang Tiangui and said, "Wang Dian's hard work, how is the situation of drilling wells here?" ”

Wang Tiangui said: "So far, we have drilled a total of 18 wells, of which 2 produce more than 300 quintals of water per hour, 4 produce more than 100 quintals of water, and the remaining wells are either dry wells or very little water, which are considered waste wells." ”

"Well, it's not bad that one of the three wells can produce water." Su Hao praised that there were no scientific instruments in that era, and he did not understand the geological principles, and with some experience to select the well location, three wells could have one water, which was indeed a good result.

Wang Tiangui said: "Master Xie praised, but the first few wells we had in front of were drilled in other villages, and the water output was not bad." Since coming to Caijia Village, five wells have been drilled in a row, all of which are abandoned wells. Hearing that the master's method of surveying the well was superb, the little one asked Master Han to send Master Su to me first to give me some advice. ”

"No problem." Su Hao was not polite, and directly took the work of well exploration to himself. He turned around and shouted to the students and servants who had just gotten off the car, "Come here, everyone, let's arrange the survey." ”

Wang Tiangui said: "Master Su, everyone has worked hard all the way, and now it is time to catch up with dinner, the chief of the village has arranged a few tables of light meals, why don't we eat together and then go to the well, how about it?" ”

As soon as Wang Tiangui finished speaking, a lewd-looking man stepped forward and saluted Su Hao: "Master Su, the grass people are the head of Caijia Village, called Cai Youshou. I heard that the master personally came to survey the well for the village, and I expressed my gratitude to the master on behalf of the 700 people in the village. The village has now arranged wine and food, so please go and eat first. ”

After walking all the way, everyone was indeed hungry, so Su Hao did not refuse Cai Youshou's kindness, he nodded, and some villagers came over to lead the students and officials to the village. Wang Tiangui smiled weirdly at Su Hao, and also left first, leaving Cai Youshou and Su Hao at the end. Su Hao was wondering why Wang Tiangui was so rude, but saw Cai Youshou gently patting his hand and handing over a small paper bag.

"What is this?" Su Hao subconsciously took the small paper bag, felt that the weight was quite heavy, pinched it, and already understood a little bit in his heart, this was clearly a piece of silver weighing four or five taels. In the past, I heard that the officers of the county government could receive red envelopes when they went to the countryside, but now I have seen it. Presumably Wang Tiangui has already introduced Su Hao's identity to Cai Youshou, so Cai Youshou is quite generous, and the red envelope of four or five taels of silver is worth Su Hao's salary for several months.

"Cai Lichang, what do you mean by this?" Su Hao asked.

Cai Youshou said with a smile: "Master Su came to benefit us, this is a little meaning of the people in the village. ”

"This ...... Not so good. Su Hao began to hesitate. If it was in his previous life, Su Hao would never have received this kind of money, after all, he had the right to hold a position at that time, and his income was quite rich, so he didn't need to rely on this gray income to subsidize his family. Now it is not the case, all his family property is only 20 taels of silver that Han Wen rewarded him, and after paying 10 taels to his mother, renting a house and buying some daily necessities, there are less than 3 taels of 20 taels of silver left, and it is probably very difficult to live in the city with this money.

He came up with a way to promote the saving of firewood stoves to collect money, but he didn't know how long it would take to really collect the money. At this time, someone handed over five taels of silver in the snow, and he couldn't be moved.

Alas, to receive, or not to receive? Su Hao struggled fiercely in his heart.

"Cai Lichang, Master Su is a scholar, how can you use such a yellow and white thing to defile Master Su's eyes?"

When Su Hao was fighting with the celestials, a righteous and awe-inspiring voice sounded in his ears, and Su Hao turned his head to see that it was Chen Guanyu, a god stick who came with him. I saw Chen Guanyu wearing a Taoist robe, wearing a Taoist crown, and a few beards seemed to be waxed, oily and slippery, standing there, looking like a fairy wind and bones.

"Uh-uh...... Yes, yes, I came to dig a well on the order of Zhixian, how can I collect the hard-earned money of this people? Cai Lichang, you better take the silver back. Su Hao was embarrassed by Chen Guanyu's words, although he didn't understand what Chen Guanyu meant, he still had to make an honest appearance, and reluctantly stuffed the money back into Cai Youshou's hands.

"This ......" Cai Youshou was also stunned for a while, and he couldn't figure out who the Taoist priest in front of him was.

"Master Su, you go first, and I'll tell Chief Cai about your integrity." Chen Guanyu glanced at Su Hao, Su Hao's heart moved, he arched his hand to Cai Youshou, and left first.

Cai Youshou was about to chase Su Hao, but Chen Guanyu grabbed him: "Cai Li stays for a long time, and Poor Dao has a few words to tell you." ”

"Where are you a veteran, what are you talking about here?" Cai Youshou said to Chen Guanyu angrily.

Chen Guanyu smiled and said, "Cai Lichang, Poor Dao forgot to say just now, Poor Dao is now a staff member hired by Master Su, and he is doing errands for Master Su, you ...... Do you understand? ”

"Oh......" Cai Youshou comprehended, he handed the paper bag that Su Hao had just handed back to him to Chen Guanyu's hand, and said, "Dao Chief, this little meaning......

Chen Guanyu hooked his two fingers, and the paper bag was gone, and he said to Cai Youshou with a smile: "Poor Dao is good at surveying feng shui, and when Master Su surveys the well, he will inevitably have to discuss a thing or two with Poor Dao." This incense money for Feng Shui was accepted by Poor Dao first, and Cai Lichang's generosity, Poor Dao would report it to Master Su. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, Taoist please."

"Captain, please."

The two old foxes tacitly walked shoulder to shoulder with affection and walked towards the village.