Chen Xiaocai and Shen Chi stopped and stopped all the way, and it took more than half a month to reach Lin Town.
After entering the territory of Lin Town, the two did not go back to the village directly, but found an inn in the town to stay.
Chen Xiaocai's house in the countryside has been sold long ago, but Shen Chi's house is still there. However, since he hasn't lived in it for so many years, it should be very messy, and he won't be able to live in it for a while.
For these years, Shen Chi has been hanging out with Chen Xiaocai. Sometimes, when he is very tired, Shen Chi will think of his days in the village.
For Chen Xiaocai, the life in the village is really not good. In fact, Shen Chi is similar. Shen Chi's parents died early, and relatives and friends are afraid that he will come to borrow money and things, so they don't communicate much.
However, Shen Chi was a little better than Chen Xiaocai. Before Grandma Shen was alive, she still had a few familiar people in the village, and she also received help from others when life was really difficult.
Sometimes Shen Chi, when thinking about the things in his childhood, would think that he would come back to take a look when he had time, but when he really came back, Shen Chi felt at a loss again.
"Lin Zhen hasn't changed much in recent years!" Shen Chi said.
In Shen Chi's impression, Lin Town should be much more prosperous than Sha County. Back then, when Shen Chi and Chen Xiaolai first arrived in Sha County, Shen Chi felt that Sha County was inferior to Lin Town in every way. How to get used to it, but Sha County has developed rapidly in recent years.
Many villagers have money, and they see a state of prosperity. In comparison, Lin Town is nothing special.
Chen Xiaocai put his hands behind his back and said, "It should be that Sha County is developing too fast, Brother Lin still has some skills."
In contrast, the county magistrate of Lin Town is much more incompetent. After all these years, nothing has changed. However, as long as the general county magistrate does not extort excessively, he can already be regarded as a good official.
Chen Xiaocai nodded and said, "Yes!"
"Master Chen Er." Yang Hengzhi greeted Chen Xiaocai warmly when he saw Chen Xiaocai. "My family's servants said they saw you, Second Young Master Chen. I thought he was mistaken, but I didn't expect it to be true."
"It's Boss Yang, long time no see." Chen Xiaocai cupped his hands at Yang Hengzhi.
"Long time no see, Chen Shaodong's family looks more and more energetic." Yang Hengzhi thought to himself, a few years ago, Chen Xiaocai was a big man who could take charge of his own affairs. After a few years, he seemed to have matured a lot.
"Boss Yang, I'm overwhelmed."
"I haven't won an award. I heard that the young master went to the capital to vote for it two years ago?" Yang Hengzhi asked.
Chen Xiaocai nodded and said, "I've been there, and I didn't make much money."
It was only a little more than a thousand taels. After he came back, Ji Yunan seemed to have revised the story several times and reprinted it a few times. Chen Xiaocai received more than a thousand taels of silver from Ji Yunan and Ji Chengkang one after another. Chen Xiaocai did not publicize the dividends and money.
Yang Hengzhi smiled and said, "Young Master's family is too modest."
According to the news from Butcher Zhang, Chen Xiaocai made hundreds of taels of silver within two months after he went to the capital.
"I heard that Boss Lu is now working as a county magistrate at the border. He has done a very good job and was praised by the Holy Spirit."
Chen Xiaocai smiled, and said, "Brother Lin, you are a county magistrate with a nice name. This Sha County is very poor, and there is no money to pay for it."
When Lu Lin became the county magistrate of Sha County, he really paid a lot of money. However, in the past few years, Sha County has developed well, and many people have come to Sha County to experience the food of Sha County, and they have made a lot of money.
Yang Hengzhi smiled, and said, "Your Majesty Lu is really not an ordinary person to be able to secure the seat of county magistrate in Sha County!" The county magistrates of Sha County have always had ill-fated lives, and several of them died unexpectedly.
Back then, when Lu Lin chose to buy an official, Yang Hengzhi didn't approve of it in his heart. In fact, he was a bit sour. It's not easy to be an official in Sha County, but he is still an official anyway. Being an official is always different from a commoner.
Yang Hengzhi didn't expect that the official Lu Lin did a good job. It is said that Lu Lin has a very good relationship with the land snake patrol Jian in Sha County. Some time ago, a prince went to Sha County.
My lord! What an amazing existence, Yang Hengzhi never expected that Lu Lin would have the opportunity to come into contact with such a big man after being a small official.
"Boss Yang's business is getting bigger and bigger. I think several shops in Lin Town have changed their surnames!" Chen Xiaocai complimented Yang Hengzhi with a smile, and said, "This is also thanks to Master Lu."
Lu Lin was tricked by a county magistrate back then, and after that, he transferred the business to him, and the business also made him a lot of money.
When Yang Hengzhi first took over the firm, it didn't go very smoothly. The former magistrate of Lin County seemed to be crazy about money. He took over Lu Lin's store, and that guy transferred the person he wanted to cheat to him, several times. to trouble him.
Yang Hengzhi regretted it for a while, and was greedy for a while, and took Lu Lin's shop at a low price. However, it didn't take long for the county magistrate to be imprisoned. After that, things went much smoother.
With the lessons learned from the previous county magistrate, the new county magistrate is much more low-key than the previous county magistrate.
Yang Hengzhi sized up Chen Xiaocai, and felt that Chen Xiaocai seemed to have a lot of style. Before Lu Lin bought an official, he was just a merchant. Now he is a county magistrate, and he has made friends with the people above him. It depends on the person.
"Master Lu is alright."
Chen Mai nodded and said, "Brother Lin is fine."
Chen Maimai thought to himself: Lu Lin is indeed very good, this guy always has a lot of ideas, but he always spends money to hire others to do it, and he only needs to use his mouth. , Lu Lin is really leisurely.
"Actually, Mr. Lu is very prescient! In the past two years, the higher-ups have abolished the system of buying officials, and now we can no longer buy officials." Yang Hengzhi sighed.
In the year when Lu Lin bought an official position, several vacant official positions were offered at once, but none of them were very good. At that time, although many rich people took a fancy to them, they were hesitant because the price was too expensive. There are also some people who think that they can wait a little longer, but after waiting, nothing will be left.
After all, Lu Lin was very courageous when he was able to buy an official position without hesitation.
Chen Xiaocai shrugged, and said, "Although the county magistrate's name sounds good, but when he just passed by, it was really not that good."
The roofs of this county government office are all leaky, and fortunately they still have money, otherwise, they can only build dilapidated houses, and they can make do with it these days.
"I heard that Sha County has been well managed by Mr. Lu recently!" Yang Heng said.
Chen Xiaocai nodded and said, "It's okay."
Chen Xiaocai's popularity in the village wasn't very good, but in the town he was pretty good. Knowing that Chen Xiaocai was back, several members of the town teamed up to hold a reception banquet for Chen Xiaocai.
Many people in this town know that Lu Lin went out to be an official back then.
Back then, Lu Lin was just a businessman, but now he is an official. Chen Xiaocai's status has also risen with Lu Lin's.
Many outsiders said that they were trying to catch up with Chen Xiaocai, but in fact they wanted to get close.
Lu Chengyu and a classmate walked past the door of the Fortune Restaurant, just in time to see a banquet being held inside.
"What's going on, it seems very lively!" Lu Chengyu said.
Sun Hu glanced at Lu Chengyu, and said, "A member of the staff came back to visit his relatives, so the boss in our town will welcome him."
Lu Chengyu asked curiously, "Which one is it?"
Sun Hu said with a strange expression: "It was the shop that sold dolls in the past. Later, he sold the shop and went to become an official. You know him, and he has a close relationship with you!"
Lu Chengyu couldn't help but stiffen his face, "Are you talking about my cousin Lu Lin?"
Lu Chengyu frowned, this Lu Lin is already an official, can he leave his post without authorization
"It's not Lu Lin, it seems to be his brother-in-law."
"It's not Lu Lin!" Lu Chengyu suddenly felt relieved. Although he didn't want to admit it, Lu Chengyu didn't want to see Lu Lin.
In the first two years, Lu Chengyu went to take the Jinshi examination and spent a lot of money, but it was a pity that he lost his name to Sun Shan.
During that assessment, Lu Chengyu saw the difficulty of being a Jinshi. Candidates from all over the world gathered together, and many of them were outstanding. Many of them were talented in writing, and they had deep pockets. It was really too difficult to stand out from these people.
In contrast, it was much easier for Lu Lin to buy an official just by spending money.
Two years ago, after the Holy Majesty's commendation order came back, the villagers always talked about Lu Lin with admiration. Every time they heard the villagers talk about Lu Lin, Lu Chengyu would feel very uncomfortable.
In the past two years, the situation at home has not improved much. The old man passed away two years ago.
The old lady is alone, although she still likes to make trouble, but after all, she is getting older and because the old man is gone, the old lady's confidence is not as strong as before, and she hasn't gone to the village to make trouble recently, just pointing fingers at home.
Standing at the door, Lu Chengyu saw Chen Xiaocai and Shen Chi surrounded by several big shots from Lin Town.
Everyone gathered around Chen Xiaocai to persuade them to drink. Chen Xiaocai was too busy dealing with the people who persuaded him to drink, but he didn't pay attention to the person at the door.
Shen Chi vaguely noticed Lu Chengyu's gaze, and looked towards the door, Lu Chengyu immediately walked away.
Sun Hu looked at Lu Chengyu's face and said, "I said, that cousin of yours is cold enough. He's already an official, so he doesn't know how to help you."
Lu Chengyu's face was sullen and he didn't speak. Even if Lu Lin was different now, Lu Chengyu still couldn't hold back his face if he asked Lu Chengyu to rely on Lu Lin.
"I don't know what Chen Xiaocai is doing when he comes back?" Lu Chengyu was a little puzzled. This Chen Xiaocai and Chen Xiaomi are the same thing, so they won't make too much money, so they should share it with the Chen family.
Thinking of Chen Xiaocai who was surrounded by everyone, Lu Chengyu suddenly felt inferior. Although he was a talented man, those outside the town didn't pay attention to him. These guys were very polite to Chen Xiaocai, even It can be said that flattering Lu Chengyu suddenly felt a lack of interest, and walked away with Sun Hu.