It was a coincidence to meet these guys who sent porcelain, and Chu Xian also wanted to see if these hundreds of pieces of porcelain were really not enough as these guys said.

"A few people, I know some methods of counting, and I'm idle and bored, so I'll help you calculate the accounts, don't worry, don't charge money, help you for free." Chu Xian said to those guys at this time.

Those guys are rough people, although this is not the first time this kind of thing has been done, but they are also happy to have a master who knows how to count to help, so they nodded in agreement.

In this way, Chu Xian watched them unload the goods and help with the inventory, in this process, the local businessmen who hired those guys also came, and they were the largest merchants here, because there were many businesses involved, and they also had a lot of financial resources, and since ancient times, officials and businessmen have to have a good relationship, so it is common to walk around on weekdays.

The merchant was not tall, but he was very fat, and his clothes were rich, and on his fingers alone, his two hands were counted, and there were six large rings, some of which were pure gold, and some of which were inlaid with precious stones and jade, and it can be said that each of them was of great value and showed luxury.

He also brought a bookkeeper to use statistics, and after seeing Chu Xian and asking about the situation, the businessman didn't stop him, so he could save one person, how cost-effective.

Next, it's time to distribute.

The merchant had a list of local county officials in his hand, and from above, there must have been hundreds of them, of course, not all of them had to be sent, and some of the officials who did not enter the stream were not sent, but even after this kind of cut, there must be more than fifty.

The next step is door-to-door.

In this process, there were some unexpected things, such as the wife of a certain official's family, who had to ask for a few more porcelain, and those guys did not dare to offend, so they could only take a few more.

A few guys are okay, the merchant is worried, not enough points, there must be someone unhappy at that time, then he did not achieve the purpose of doing this, there is no way, in the end, he paid another money, temporarily purchased some local porcelain, which is barely enough.

Chu Xian followed the whole process, and it can be said that he was deeply touched.

And at this time, a woman came with a few people dressed as subordinates and asked for porcelain, saying that it was not sent to their family, but there was no surplus at the moment, and the woman made a fuss.

"This person is also an official?" Chu Xian asked a guy next to him, and the latter whispered: "Yes, but this is an official who eats dry food and doesn't do things." ”

Chu Xian was stunned for a moment and asked, "There is still this kind of official?"

"Yes, this is not a rare thing, this kind of person is generally a relative of a big official in the county government, and is arranged to be an official's seat, just say this, it is also a tax history, but it only occupies a seat, in fact, I can't go to the county government once a month, I heard that there is a rice shop outside, two oil shops, it is said that the business under his name, that is not taxed. The man whispered, for fear of being heard.

Chu Xian was really a little angry this time.

However, he knew that there were still many officials who occupied seats and did not do anything in various prefectures, and some prefectures and prefectures were strictly managed, and the situation was slightly better, but sometimes they could not really be eradicated.

The guy over there said: "Isn't this the way things happen in their official family, obviously one person can do it, but you have to arrange three or four people, and they each have official positions, eat well, and have a lot of silver, to be honest, if it weren't for the poor family and no study, I also want to take the exam for a list of students, and then spend some silver, you can arrange a seat, at least every month you can get the silver, and the days are not too nourishing." ”

Obviously, the situation in a state is different from that in a state, although there were many officials in the place where Chu Xian was in charge back then, there was no such thing as occupying a pit and not, and it seems that this kind of thing is very common.

These are all what Chu Xian has seen with his own eyes, and it can be regarded as a deepening impression of the official system, not to mention the local government, let's just say that the Ministry of Officials is not rigorous enough when dealing with the number of officials, how many officials should be equipped with a county, can't the Ministry of Officials at all levels figure it out?

The reason why Chu Xian chose to come to Changshui County, Huzhou this time was because the article in the newspaper was from an official here, and there was no signature on the article, so Chu Xian could only find the imperial history platform that recommended this article.

It is not difficult to find out where the other party is, and the supervision of the imperial history does not belong to the jurisdiction of the local government, but only obeys the orders of the imperial history of the city government, and the imperial history of the city government obeys the imperial history of the state government, and then up, it is the imperial history platform of Jingzhou, which belongs to the institution that supervises the government at all levels.

Chu Xian found a place, in front of him was a rather quiet house, buckled the door, and an old servant inside opened the door and came out, asking Chu Xian about his origin and intentions, Chu Xian said that he was from Jingzhou and came to find Li Yushi, the old servant saw that although Chu Xian was plainly dressed, he was extraordinary, and he did not dare to slack off in the slightest, so let Chu Xian wait, he went back to report.

After a while, the old servant went and returned, and invited Chu Xian to go in, saying that it was Yushi please.

After entering, through an inner courtyard door, you will arrive at a small living room, it can be seen that this house is not big, except for this old servant, I have not seen other people, but such a small house, it is enough to have a person.

After Chu Xian walked in, he saw a middle-aged man standing there, looking at the other party's appearance and the official talisman on his waist, he knew that this was Li Hua, the superintendent of Changshui County.

The county-level supervision of the imperial history is only the ninth grade, although the official level is not high, but because it is responsible for inspecting the county government officials, basically the local officials dare not provoke.

And most of the imperial history is very incorruptible, look at this Li Hua's home, the yard is small, but it is quiet and quiet, there are no precious things in the house, there are a lot of calligraphy and painting books, but it can be seen that they are not masterpieces.

Li Hua saw Chu Xian coming over at this time, his face was puzzled, obviously, he thought it was an acquaintance visiting, but obviously, he didn't know the person who came in, so he thought about it and arched his hand: "I don't know where the guest came from?"

"Jingzhou!" Chu Xian didn't hide it.

"Oh, Jingzhou!" Li Hua suddenly couldn't figure out where the strings came from, and when he looked at Chu Xian, he actually felt a trace of fear, this feeling rarely happens, he thought about it and said: "Jingzhou, I don't have any acquaintances, but the guest is looking for the wrong person?"

Chu Xian shook his head: "It's just looking for you, Li Yushi, when the guests come, they don't invite people to sit down?" ”

Li Hua reacted and hurriedly gave up his seat, but the doubts in his heart were even greater.

You must know that he is also an official, big or small, and he is also an imperial history, even if the county magistrate of this county sees him, he has to be polite, but at this moment, he actually feels extremely restrained in front of this strange guest who suddenly came to visit. Whether a person is really imposing or bluffing, sometimes it is really easy to tell Li Hua thought about it for a while and felt that he could describe the guest in front of him in three words.

Superior.

And it's a real superior.

People also said that they were from Jingzhou, so Li Hua already had a guess in his heart, afraid that the officials from Jingzhou would come to inspect.

There are many high-ranking officials in Jingzhou who have the habit of coming down to inspect, especially as a superintendent of the imperial history, this kind of thing is actually used to it, sometimes, there will always be a few times a year to receive high-ranking officials in Jingzhou who come down to visit, at the moment, Li Hua has a guess, and he also smiled: "I don't know what this adult is called?"

Chu Xian didn't answer immediately, but took out a copy of the Wensheng Academy's newspaper and handed it to Li Hua: "There is an article in this regard, which is said to have been recommended by Li Yushi?"

Li Hua was stunned for a moment, took it and looked at it, and immediately understood which article Chu Xian was talking about, so he nodded: "Yes, this article is indeed recommended by me, but I didn't expect it to be included in the newspaper, but I really didn't expect it at first." ”

Chu Xian said without hesitation at this time: "I like this article very much, I don't know if it is from Li Yushi's handwriting, if so, then we can discuss one or two between us." ”

Chu Xian didn't say this casually.

This article is indeed highly consistent with what he has been thinking about during this time, and he can see that the person who wrote this article has extremely high insight and excellent foresight, and whether it is the Li Hua Yushi in front of him or not, nested in this small Changshui County, it is all Qu Cai.

Therefore, Chu Xian's visit this time is not just as simple as coming to Weifu to inspect, his main purpose is actually to find the person who wrote this article, discuss it face-to-face, and see if the other party wrote this article, whether he has hit the luck or has real talent.

If there is real talent and real learning, Chu Xian will directly promote the other party, or summon him to Jingzhou as an official and train him, or directly accept him as an adjutant to the order, in short, they will be reused.

This is the purpose of Chu Xian's coming.

Careers.

At this moment, Chu Xian really hopes that this Li Hua is the person who wrote that article, to be honest, Chu Xian observed that this Li Hua is an honest and upright, and knowledgeable and capable official, if you can be sure that the article was written by the other party, and then discuss one or two, Chu Xian plans to identify himself, and then pull the other party to Jingzhou to reuse.

However, Li Hua's answer next made Chu Xian a little disappointed.

Seeing Li Hua hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, this article is not from Li, to be honest, Li is also very good because he saw this article, so he cherished it very much, so he couldn't help but recommend it, and he just hoped that more officials could see it." ”

Chu Xian nodded: "Since it is someone else, can Li Yushi tell me which person with outstanding literary talents wrote this article?"