The county magistrate is transferred every three years, but the county officials, county lieutenants, chief bookkeepers and other officials are all locals of Pingcheng, and Jiang Zhi County will be transferred, but these people will not, so it is necessary for Li Qiao to maintain a good relationship with these people.

These people have close contacts with Jiang Zhi County, although the results of the county test have not yet come out, and Jiang Zhi County has not revealed any style, but when they talk to Li Qiao in Jiang Zhi County, Jiang Zhi County laughs.

From this detail, it can be known that Li Qiao must pass this county test.

When these people got together with Li Qiao, they secretly revealed the result to Li Qiao.

Li Qiao was not surprised or pleased, but replied: The results of the list shall prevail.

In the blink of an eye, there are only two days left before the release of the list, and Li Qiao finally cleared the social account accumulated some time ago.

During this time, he bought 200 acres of land.

There is not much wasteland left in Sanliu Village that belongs to the imperial court, but if you look for it from the entire Sanli Town, there are still some wastelands.

After the field investigation, he and Tao Zhu went to the county government with the money box containing the silver tickets, spent the silver tickets in the money box, and he and Tao Zhu got a few land deeds.

The names of him and Tao Zhu are written on the field deed, both of which are high-quality fields, with fertile soil, convenient irrigation, and high yield per mu of crops.

Spring ploughing is coming soon, and so many fields are either rented out or hired to be cultivated.

It is easier to go out, and you only need to wait for the rent to be collected after the spring harvest and autumn harvest.

But Li Qiao has lived two lives, and he has just become a small landlord, and it is the time when it is fresh, and he does not want to be tenant out.

However, if you hire someone to farm, you must find a foreman to be the overseer, and you must also be responsible for recruiting people, paying wages and other work.

Who should be entrusted with this work?

Li Qiao pulled his own family members, but he couldn't make up his mind, so he simply asked their opinions one by one.

If he becomes the foreman, he will be responsible for the cultivation of these 200 acres of land in the future.

Like seeds, fertilization, irrigation, harvesting, all responsible.

Because of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, the corresponding salary is also high, eight taels of silver a month, and there are red envelopes during the New Year's holidays.

Eight taels of silver a month, which looks very high, but now Sanliu Village is rich.

For example, Han Xiaoyan can earn thirty taels of silver by working in the sweet potato workshop for one winter, and now the sweet potato workshop has not stopped, and he can make noodles for another month.

Therefore, if calculated according to last year's situation, the sweet potato workshop runs for five months a year, earns 300 taels a day, and can get 9 taels of silver a month, and 45 taels of silver in five months.

The average of these forty-five taels of silver was twelve months of the year, and that month was nearly four taels of silver.

If he had been his foreman, he would no longer have been able to work in the sweet potato factory, nor would he have time to work in his own fields.

Therefore, the salary he gave eight taels of silver a month was actually not high.

Li Dao definitely wanted to do this job, but Li Dazhong directly refused.

The foreman has to settle the wages for long-term and short-term workers, and it also involves buying seeds, manure, etc., so the foreman has to control the money.

So, Li Dazhong, Li Dao, and Zhao Erniu had another big quarrel.

Li Dazhong, as before, withstood the pressure, only locked Li Dao and Zhao Erniu in his house, and did not let them go to Li Qiao to make trouble.

When Bai Yu heard about this, he took advantage of the fact that he had come to Sanliu Village to choose a site for a new house - the yard he wanted to build was too big, so he had to choose another homestead, and he proposed to Li Dazhong: "I have a lot of land, why don't you let your father go to my village to be a foreman?" ”

At this time, he and Li Dazhong were standing in the open space not far from the south of Li Qiao's house, Li Dazhong heard what he said, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no." ”

"As far as my father's temperament is concerned, I can't get used to it, otherwise it will definitely become more and more excessive."

He didn't dare to look at Bai Yu's face in the first place, and at this time, when he mentioned the ugliness of the family, he lowered his head and stared at the weeds on the ground that were already high as his feet and neck, very embarrassed.

But suddenly, he panicked, in terms of his father's mother's quality, there was no difference from Bai Yu's ex-in-laws.

Afraid that Bai Yu would be worried, he immediately raised his head, stared at Bai Yu and said anxiously: "If my father and mother ask you for money, don't give it, you let them come to me, if there is anything you push on me, don't be angry with them, otherwise you will be angry." ”

White grapefruit: "......"

He looked at the anxiety on Li Dazhong's face, a little stunned.

Before he even crossed the door, he started to stand on his side?

Biting his lip, a mist rose in his eyes.

Li Dazhong suddenly panicked, and subconsciously stretched out his hand, wanting to wipe his tears for him, but he felt that it was inappropriate, so he hurriedly put his hand down again, and scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously: "Did I say the wrong thing?" I'm a big boss, I can't talk with my brain, if I make you unhappy, you just scold me, beat me, don't hold it in your heart. ”

Bai Yu looked at him as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and the mist in his eyes was more, but the corners of his mouth were upturned: "I'm happy." It was the first time someone had spoken to me like this, and I was told to just look for him. ”

"You're so nice."

Li Dazhong: "......"

Looking at Bai Yu's teardropping eyes that were bent into crescent moons, he couldn't help but hold his breath.

The heart is numb.

I can't say whether he feels sorry for Bai Yu, or he is happy because Bai Yu praised him, or both.

Scratching his head, he lowered his eyes in embarrassment.

Li Qiao's house.

Tao Zhu lay on the desk in the bedroom to settle the accounts.

Just now, Li Gu and Li Ershan came over and listed the wheat seeds and labor costs needed for 200 acres of land, and he wanted to calculate this part of the silver money for these two people.

After discussion, the work of the foreman fell on Li Gu and Li Ershan.

Li Gu is an elder, and he is an old man who grows crops, and he is very relieved to hand over the work of the foreman to him.

As for Li Ershan, he is sixteen years old this year, he only knows dozens of words, and he can't read books, and the maltose business will be left to Li Dashan in the future, so Li Qiao arranged a job for him and asked him to be Li Gu's assistant and follow Li Gu to learn to do things.

These 200 acres of land are the roots of Li Qiao and Tao Zhu, even if the two of them will not be in Sanliu Village in the future, then these 200 acres of land are still their own, and someone has to take care of them.

Therefore, Li Qiao arranged for Li Ershan.

Tao Zhuzheng was serious in his calculations, and Li Qiao's voice came from outside: "Brother Zhu'er, Brother Dazhong and Baiyu are here." ”

Li Qiao was originally fiddling with the keel waterwheel in the front yard, and when she saw Li Dazhong and Bai Yu coming, she came to the backyard to call people.

Tao Zhu put down the brush in his hand when he heard this.

Bai Yu came over to take another look at the shower room, Tao Zhu saw that his eyes were red at a glance, but he didn't ask, but took him to the shower room in the backyard.

"It's a wonderful design."

Although it was not the first time I saw it, Shirakuzu couldn't help but marvel.

When he first saw it, he just thought that this way of bathing was very novel, and it was completely different from the bath tub.

But at this time, he has something more in his head, if the two of them wash together......

He looked at Tao Zhu with a smile: "Li Qiao is really a genius. ”

Tao Zhu: "......"

He smiled: "Then you and Brother Da Zhong must be arranged." ”

"It has to be arranged." Bai Yu said and walked out.

However, after taking two steps, he turned to look at Tao Zhu, and a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

"What's wrong?" Tao Zhu asked hurriedly.

"That's it...... The list will be released the day after tomorrow, but I heard yesterday that there is a rumor circulating among the candidates this time, saying that no matter what kind of answer Li Qiao answers, for the sake of him just won the Shengshang's commendation, he will be the head of the case. ”

Bai Yu frowned, and explained the main purpose of his coming to Sanliu Village today.

Choosing a site for a new house, looking at the shower room, it's all secondary.

That's the most important thing.

Because of his father's relationship, he has been in contact with more scholars since he was a child, especially this time in order to spread the rumors between him and Li Dazhong, he bought off a talent in the county school who was not very good and needed silver.

The rumor he heard was revealed to him by this show.

This Xiucai has a bad family background, he is not a student, and he does not have subsidies from the imperial court, so he often goes to the bookstore to copy books to earn money, and he will also give private tutoring to some scholars who have not been admitted to Xiucai.

Therefore, this showman is more well-informed.

This rumor is not only circulating among the candidates in this year, but also in the county school.

After Baiyu heard about it yesterday, he came to Sanliu Village today.

Tao Zhu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then walked a few steps, grabbed his wrist at once, and asked anxiously, "Where did you hear that?" ”

"I went to the bookstore yesterday to buy a book and overheard it."

Shirakuzu moved out with an excuse that had been prepared a long time ago.

He took the initiative to spread rumors about him and Li Dazhong, and he couldn't tell Tao Zhu at this time.

"I'll go find Li Qiao."

Tao Zhu walked to the front yard as he spoke, his lips pursed tightly, and his eyes were full of anger.

He was very confident in Li Qiao, and felt that even if Li Qiao was not the head of the case, he would definitely be in the top five.

The article is not like a number, one is one, two is two, and the results of the article are more based on the preferences of the critics.

Although Zhuang Wen, Huang Youming, County Cheng, County Lieutenant and others said that Li Qiao would definitely be able to pass, but he felt that Li Qiao was likely to get the case.

But as soon as this rumor came out, did Jiang Zhixian give Li Qiao the head of the case?

If it is given, it is a rumor.

If it was to avoid suspicion, then Li Qiao would really have died unjustly!

When he came to the front yard and saw that Li Qiao was talking to Li Dazhong, he raised his hand and rubbed his face, so that the anger on his face would dissipate.

Squeezing out a smile, he beckoned to Li Qiao: "Li Qiao, you come, I have something to look for you." ”

Li Qiao looked at him when he heard the voice, and at a glance he could see that his mood was not right, Li Qiao smiled and asked Li Dazhong to wait, and then stepped into the backyard.

Entering the backyard and closing the courtyard door, Tao Zhu grabbed his hand and hurriedly walked towards Baiyu: "Brother Yuzu said that there are rumors about you in the county!" ”

He gritted his teeth and repeated Shirayu's words.

At this time, he came to Bai Yu, and Bai Yu nodded: "That's right." Eighty percent of these people spread this out of jealousy. ”

"It's too bad!" Tao Zhu grinded his teeth, and the small flames in his eyes burned very strongly, but his heart was more aggrieved: "They don't know how hard Li Qiao is, and they don't know how powerful Li Qiao is!" ”

"Brother Zhu, don't be angry."