"The county right lieutenant is looking for me?"

This was something Heifu didn't expect. On the way to the Guan Temple with Chen Baijiang, he couldn't help but think about it.

"What will happen? Could it be..." He moved his heart, but he pretended to be confused and knew nothing, and followed General Chen Bai to the county lieutenant's office.

The county-level governments of the Qin State are generally divided into three major parts: civil affairs, economy, justice, and military public security, and are responsible by county magistrates, county magistrates, and county magistrates. Among them, county magistrates are chief officials, county magistrates, and county magistrates are secondary officials, all of which are 400 stones and have their own separate capital and government offices.

Heifu entered the county magistrate's office and county prison lobby, and now he comes to the county magistrate's office next to this wall. The same is that he is not decorated, and the officials come and go in a hurry. The difference is that the military color here is more heavy.

The guards at the door stood facing each other in armor, motionless, and walked straight through the second hall. The guard gradually became tighter. The soldiers standing solemnly with spears gave him a feeling of entering the military camp.

Think about it, the responsibility of a county magistrate is to take charge of public security and stealing. During wartime, or when corvee is recruited on the border, he must also bring the strong men from all over the county to the front line, which is equivalent to the later two units of the Public Security Bureau and the People's Armed Forces Department being put together. Thinking of this, the Heifu feels a little close to this.

Before entering the lobby, General Chen Bai and Heifu were stopped by Wei Shi, asking them to remove their weapons and then take off their shoes before entering.

Chen Bai was in front of him and walked in small steps in his foot socks, while Heifu was embarrassed because he didn't even have pairs of socks!

Heifu had to walk barefoot gently on the cold wooden floor, but he still made a squeaking sound. Fortunately, before coming, he took a shower in cold water and focused on taking care of his feet. There was no smell of soil on it, otherwise it would be even more embarrassing...

It was afternoon, and the sun shone into the lobby from the window. Heifu saw that there was a bookshelves with bamboo slips on the left, and the "Lan Qi" with five weapons, including spears, halberds, bows, swords and spears, was dyed with red paint on it, which was very conspicuous.

In the center of the lobby, Du Xian, the right lieutenant of the county, was wearing a casual outfit and a bamboo-skin crown on his head. He was sitting upright behind the desk, reading the bamboo slips with his pen.

Don’t think that military officials are all rude men. In Qin State, in addition to the Wei Shi and the prison, the travelers and pavilions in various counties who are responsible for social security are all led by the county magistrate. Every month, cases sent from each township and pavilion to arrest and steal documents can be piled up with the case, and there is no ink in the belly. How to deal with these official duties?

Heifu also saw that the county right lieutenant not only had his copper seal and black ribbon on his hand, but also half of the tiger talisman... This is a symbol of military power.

"Report to the right lieutenant, the official Heifu brought it to him..." Chen Bai closed his hands and bowed to the ground for a long time. Heifu must learn from him.

"The villain black husband, pay homage to the county magistrate!"

Du Xian kept looking at Heifu with his pen in his hand, and nodded: "Come on? Just sit aside, don't be restrained."

It is said that it is sitting, but it is actually kneeling on the side of the hall. Although the cushion under the knees is quite soft, Heifu can only imitate Chen Baijiang, with his butt slightly stained with his heels and his upper body straightened. This is called "shou" to show his solemnity to those who are far higher than him. Chen Baijiang said that Du Xian is not only the right lieutenant, but also the sixth-level official, who is even higher than Xi that Heifu once met.

Du Xian had not stopped his work, so Heifu could only sit awkwardly and politely. During this period, Chen Baijiang bowed and leaned over to Du Xian, looking at Heifu, not knowing what he had said to him...

All Heifu could do was to look at his nose and his heart, and secretly guess the intentions of the county magistrate and Chen Baijiang. The right magistrate Du Xian's method, from the day he punished Bin Baijiang and left the left magistrate Yunman to say nothing, could tell that he was not a good person to talk to.

He was right. From the beginning of Heifu's entry, Du Xian was observing him secretly.

I heard from Chen Baijiang that after getting a lot of coins, this black husband did not eat or drink a lot, but gave them all to his brother to take them home. If he could do this to his family, he should be a person who is willing to repay kindness.

During the days of corvee labor, he was also diligent and did not act out of particularity. This man was calm and did not get carried away because of his temporary success.

Before coming to Guan Temple, he took a quick bath and washed away the soil of labor. After entering the hall, he did not look around like some rural villagers, fearing and fearing. Instead, he learned from Chen Baijiang and performed etiquette in a straightforward manner, which shows that he is a smart and knowledgeable person...

Du Xian always believed that he was different from Zuo Wei, who was nepotist. He not only looked at his ability but also his nature. Only such a person is worthy of support.

So Du Xian finally put down the bamboo slips in his hand and asked, "Sir Heifu, I have heard that you have good martial arts skills for a long time, but you can compete with three people. I asked you, can you use five soldiers?"

Behind the Heifu is "Lan Qi". The so-called five weapons are the five most common weapons in this era: spear, halberd, bow, sword, and spear.

Heifu replied truthfully: "Heifu was in service for the first time and failed to contact the military weapons. Therefore, he could only use a sword and could pull the hunter's bow, but he could not shoot accurately."

"You can just know how to use a sword. Sword is the leader of short-selling soldiers and a powerful weapon for a gentleman."

Du Xian smiled and asked again: "I heard that you can still read and write? Where did you learn it?"

"When I was young, my family was still well off. I learned from a father-in-law in the village with me."

"How many words can you recognize? How many words can you write?"

"I generally recognize the words on official documents and laws, but I can only write them three or four hundred."

Heifu answered one by one. After asking Heifu, Du Xian began to go straight to the topic: "I don't like talking around the corner. I'm calling you here today. Are you going to ask you, would you like to be an official?"

Without hesitation, Heifu immediately responded: "Will!"

After more than a month of personal experience, he finally understood that in Qin, the highest social status in addition to the soldiers who have made contributions, are Qin officials of all sizes.

As a Qin official, not only was he a grassroots officer when he joined the army, but he could also accumulate achievements and get promoted on weekdays, and he had more opportunities to make meritorious service and get a title. So he was always thinking about it and wanted to sneak into the civil servants of Qin.

The black husband worshiped: "The villain cannot ask for it! He is just a humble family and has not been able to go to the school to learn the laws and regulations. There is no way to be an official!"

As far as Heifu knows, although there were no imperial examinations in Qin, there were many ways to enter the officialdom. In addition to making meritorious service on the battlefield, there were also "recruiting sons" and "recommended" etc. But the former was the patent of the second generation of officials such as Meng Tian, ​​Wang Li, and Li You, and the latter was equivalent to the "recruitment of filial piety and integrity" in the Han Dynasty. You need to have family background, fame, and wealth in the local area to be elected by the villagers.
Chapter completed!