Struggle in Ancient Times

Chapter 116.1

Linxian County was where General Zhao located.

Liao Tingyu was shocked when he was assigned to this place. He missed on about General Zhao because of the exam.

Liao Tingyu knew that it was described in the book that the terrain of Linxian County was flat, but the land was not fertile.

Many people made a living by herding sheep and farming, but despite this, they still didn’t have enough to eat.

And these understandings only came from books and had never been experienced personally.

When he came to Linxian County, he really felt the situation here after seeing it all the way.

He originally thought that the village he was in was already poor, but here it was indeed truly poor.

The villages he saw along the way didn’t have a single brick house. Many were made of wood and straw, with holes here and there. Some were rickety, but there was a family of seven living inside.

Moreover, the people here didn’t have much flesh on their faces and were very skinny.

And children as young as seven or eight were already doing the same workload as adults.

Those children who were no bigger than adults were already carrying logs to loosen the ground. They couldn’t afford iron hoes, so they could only thin one end of a log and then loosen the soil.

Basically, everyone’s clothes were not without patches.

Huang Zilan looked at the sad scene on the road with Mi Gao in his arms and sighed: “You must be a good official for the people.”

Liao Tingyu nodded heavily: “I will definitely do it and work hard. I will help these people live a good life.”

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General Zhao received the news that Liao Tingyu was coming early in the morning and was waiting for him at the gate of Linxian County: “I was shocked when I received your letter. I didn’t expect that we two brothers are so destined. Let’s work together as officials here.”

“Yeah, when I found out that I was assigned to Linxian County, I was also surprised. Sure enough, we were destined to meet each other thousand miles away. Now that I’m here, you have to take good care of me.” Liao Tingyu looked at him, seeing the mighty army in front, he said with a smile.

It was so embarrassing. General Zhao greeting him with such grandeur, those people might think differently.

“Come on, I’ll take you to see what’s going on here. You’ll be familiar with it. As long as I’m here, no one will dare to touch your affairs.” General Zhao, Zhao Yuan, patted his chest and promised.

The young soldier next to him, Zhao Han, also came today.

Liao Tingyu looked at him and said, “Of course, I believe you. Hey, why is he coming here? Do you miss me? But I didn’t bring you any gifts.”

“Tch, who is waiting for your gift? I didn’t come to pick you up. I came here to see if anyone with ulterior motives is approaching my uncle. Stop being so sentimental?” Zhao Han said harshly. In fact, he was the one who pestered Zhao Yuan to follow him here.

“Seriously, you are really incompetent. The person who was an official here was a Juren. You are a Jinshi but being send here to be an official…” Zhao Han was filled with indignation. The court was really disgusting, people with ability would never be reused, but those without ability were standing in the high palace.

Liao Tingyu smiled, Zhao Han had a sharp-tongued, he was obviously complaining for himself, but he still said that he was not familiar with him.

Liao Tingyu pretended to be sad and said: “There’s nothing we can do about it. Who made me weak? There was also a Juren who didn’t pass the exam with me. They relied on the county magistrates in the Jiangnan area for their share. Alas! I’m so pathetic.”

“Even if everyone is doing better than you, you are really unlucky. If you went to our mansion with the jade pendant that your uncle gave you, you would be better than you are now.” Zhao Han said unfairly.

“Actually, I wanted to do that when I was assigned to it, but when I thought about being able to see our General Zhao, I was happy. Who made me like you so much!”

Zhao Han’s face flushed when he heard this. His face turned red immediately, this old man was not serious.

“You…you…” Zhao Han pointed at him and couldn’t say a complete sentence for a long time: “You are shameless.”

“Don’t taint my innocence. I am just innocent man. It expresses an uncle’s love for his nephew. After all, I have become acquainted with your uncle, so you should call me uncle.” Liao Tingyu felt very interesting when he saw him like this.

“You have a beautiful idea.” Zhao Han couldn’t bring himself to say this and called him uncle.

“Okay, stop teasing him, I’ll take you to eat the delicious food here.” Zhao Yuan still couldn’t bear that his nephew was bullied, and he went to find the bully himself.

“Then hurry up. I haven’t been able to find anything good to eat on the road these days, so I finally have a food festival here.” Liao Tingyu said with a smile.

The two people walked side by side in front. Zhao Yuan looked at Liao Tingyu’s face and there was no look of depression at all.

“Brother, you are so open-minded. I’m afraid I won’t have the courage.”

“What does this have to do with the courage? For me, being an official is already a very good choice.” Liao Tingyu said with a smile.

“Actually, what he said is quite right. If you give him a jade pendant, our family can help find connections. Generally speaking, this jade pendant is given to the most important person.” Zhao Yuan said.

“I want us to have a good relationship. Besides, it would be fine if it were somewhere else. I am willing to come here. Although this is a remote place, I am confident that I can turn it into a rich place.” Liao Tingyu said.

“That’s right. When I came here, the military camp here was still full of defeated soldiers. Now our soldiers can scare others. I believe my brothers will be the same. If you need help, just ask.”

“That’s for sure. Wait until I need it. Let’s talk about it later. The most important thing now is that I want to eat meat. I haven’t eaten mutton for a long time. It’s so cold. Mutton is good.”

“Then I’ll take you to drink haggis soup.”