After hearing this, Qiu Wuhen was naturally happy and said, "So, you have learned the dialect since you were a child?"

"Of course, not only can I speak it, but I can also speak it very fluently. Even the locals may not be able to tell whether I am a local."

"That's great." Qiu Wuhen nodded.

"Then I'm relieved. I was worried that you were only half-full. If your translation for me was inaccurate, wouldn't it be embarrassing?"

"Okay then, when do you leave? I can make preparations."

"We may have to leave after we get the official documents from the Ministry of Personnel."

"In this case, I will open a medicine shop in Qianshan. You can treat the locals and get medicine from me, and I can make some money. And the medicinal materials dug by the locals can be sent directly to my place for sale. This is not

Just kill multiple birds with one stone?"

Qiu Wuhen said: "You can also ask two doctors to practice medicine locally."

But Qian Jinzhi shook his head and said: "This is a bad idea, because the local people do not seek medical treatment when they are sick, so they have no idea that the herbs on the mountain can be sold for money."

"What if they get sick?"

"Find the local wizards and you can help them by doing the magic dance or something like that. You sound like a god, but it's true."

Not only does it sound like a god, but it also makes me feel a little nervous. The use of dancing gods to treat diseases was eliminated more than a thousand years ago. Of course, there are still such combinations of wizards and doctors in some remote mountainous areas.

A hybrid, treating others.

"So if you ask a doctor to go there to practice medicine, you are asking for trouble, and you might even be beaten up. I can't bear to let these doctors go there and suffer, and they won't be willing to do it. There once was a doctor who went there to treat people.

I went to see a doctor and was beaten with a stick, so no one dared to go there anymore."

"Then you still dare to sell medicine?"

"I was touched by what you just said. Of course I wouldn't have dared to go there before, but with you here I am not afraid anymore. Aren't you a patrol inspector? The biggest local official, who else can compare to you?

?”

When Qiu Wuhen heard what she said, he was naturally a little proud, and said: "This is somewhat true. Okay, but then again, I won't stop you from opening a pharmacy there, but you

If your medicine shop is destroyed by locals, don't ask me to accompany you."

"Of course, don't talk about yourself as having everything in the world."

A few days later, they went to the office and everything returned to normal.

Qiu Wuhen's official appointment document has just arrived at the county government office. It is indeed much slower to send it through the normal channels, and it is not as fast as an eight-hundred-mile horse.

Everyone in the yamen who knew him came to congratulate him.

The cow butcher also came. He had heard that his son's master Qiu Wuhen had become an official. He was so happy that he took a knife of pork and kowtowed to Qiu Wuhen to congratulate him.

Then, he came to his son's room and said to him happily: "You must study hard and become an official like your master in the future."

"I can't be a master. I can't learn no matter how hard I try." Niu Shuitan said in frustration.

"You have to work hard if you can't learn."

"There's no point in trying hard. I'm too stupid and I don't want to learn anymore."

"Fart!" The cow butcher didn't expect his son to say that. He was so angry that he slapped his butt several times, "There is a saying that you haven't heard? The stupid bird flies first! If you know you are stupid, you will work harder."

The cow-water tank rubbed his butt and said, "Even stupid birds don't fly first."

"What's the meaning?"

"There are three types of stupid birds. One is the one that flies first, and the other is too lazy to fly."

"What about another kind?"

"There is also the most annoying thing. If you can't fly by yourself, you will lay an egg in the nest and make the little cub fly as hard as possible."

"You bastard, if you dare to amuse me, I can't beat you to death...!"

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Fei Zhixian County has made arrangements these days to call Chief Ke and ask him to follow Qiu Wuhen to the local area. Because the inspection is actually equivalent to a small local magistrate, and he has to take care of everything. Of course, he is in the local area

The Ming Dynasty officials were responsible for the things under the command of the chief officials. It was said that they were responsible for maintaining public security in the local area. In fact, they could not command the local people at all. Those natives did not take the Han officials seriously in private. If they did not have any at hand,

It is still very difficult for a few obedient people.

The county magistrate had already expected this, so he arranged for several policemen to follow Qiu Wuhen. It would be much easier to handle it if there were people who could command and move.

Qiu Wuhen also specifically warned Master Yin Ling, who had been practicing in the Xie family. He also told Qiu Wuhen that she would never go wrong by entrusting the safety of the Su family to her, and she would do her best.

Qiu Wuhen bid farewell to the old lady and his wife, rode on horseback, took five students, and three detectives with letters of appointment, and headed to Qianshan, accompanied by the chief secretary, who was required to accompany him to handle the handover.

In fact, Qianshan is only a day's journey from the county seat. You can start in the morning and arrive in the evening. However, they are all mountain roads with difficult terrain. In some places, you cannot ride a horse and you can only lead a horse. Entering the Qianshan area, the mountains are high and the forests are dense.

, it was dark, and as expected, I saw that various animals were not afraid of people at all. Some monkeys even jumped directly on the back of the horse and tilted their heads to look at them.

Fortunately, it's still just the beginning of spring, and many places on the mountain are still covered with snow, so there are no snakes or anything like that, so there's no need to worry too much.

In the evening, they finally arrived at the inspection department.

The village of the Inspection Department is formed by a winding mountain beside a stream. There are several families scattered throughout the mountains, not very crowded. The village does not have the kind of walls mentioned in the Water Margin. After all, the local people live and work in peace and contentment, and the natives

There were no disputes or wars with the Han people, so there was no problem of fighting each other, and there were no soldiers on guard.

They went straight to the Inspection Department. The Inspection Department had a small courtyard in a stilted building not far from the creek. After all, this was a cottage, and the terrain was relatively steep, so there was no way to build a large yard here. The yard was also

It's only half the size of a basketball court, which is considered a big yard in a cottage.

After entering the yard, he saw the old inspector. When he saw the old inspector, Qiu Wuhen was a little dumbfounded, but he saw that he was sallow and thin, and Ichigo was lying on the bed like he was terminally ill, and he couldn't get up.

After the chief clerk made an introduction, the old inspector bowed his hands and said to Qiu Wuhen: "You're here, I can finally go home. I don't have a few days left to live, and I don't want to leave my old bones behind."

On this barren mountain, thank you very much."

The chief clerk comforted the old inspector and told him that he might have to stay here for one night, and would return to the county with him at dawn tomorrow, and then return to his hometown. He had to do some handover work today.

The old inspector shook his head and sighed, looked at Qiu Wuhen and said: "In fact, there is no handover, just some account books and not much money, just stay here. In fact, the court does not expect us to do anything here.

What? If I stay here, I have fulfilled my duty. I have been here for more than ten years. Just because no one wants to come, I can't do it anymore, so I finally sent someone here."

He called an official over. This official did not wear official robes. The official was a junior official, equivalent to a deputy inspector. He was a very capable middle-aged man, thin and small, with a big head.

The eyes are shining, just like those of monkeys in the mountains.

After coming over, Zuo Yi said: "I have met Mr. Qiu in my humble position."

Qiu Wuhen said: "I'm new here and I'm not familiar with this. I hope you can help me more in the future."

"My lord is too modest."

After Qiu Wuhen asked briefly, he found out that these officials and inspectors were not passed the imperial examination, nor were they scholars. They were promoted directly from the scribes in the yamen. Because in the Ming Dynasty, officials had to be scribes.

There is a certain probability that a clerk can be an official, but the highest official position is only the seventh rank. And most of the official positions held by scribes are only low-level officials, or minor officials such as the ninth rank. And they are all located in remote areas.

Belonging to lower-level prefectures and counties, other imperial examination candidates are not willing to work as officials, and many of them are local people.

The same was true for the official and the old inspector, so they were somewhat in awe of Qiu Wuhen, an official with a reputation as a scholar and a serious official who had passed the imperial examination.

At this moment, a fat old man, a middle-aged man, came in through the open door of the courtyard. He was chewing an unknown fruit in his shiny hand. Two followers came in behind him.

Then he raised his voice and said: "I heard that the new inspection master is here. I'm sorry that I didn't go to greet him. You didn't even notify me."

The chief secretary said to Qiu Wuhen: "This person here is a local official from the village near Qianshan. His name is Balu. The imperial court appointed him as chieftain, which is the eighth rank."

While speaking, Chief Balu had already stepped into the room. After a quick glance, he set his sights on Linghu Ding. He actually walked up to Linghu Ding and cupped his hands and said, "This must be the new Qiu Inspector. Fortunately,

meeting!"

Linghu Ding was still a little embarrassed, so he quickly waved his hand and said, "That's wrong, that's wrong, I am Mr. Qiu's student. This is Mr. Qiu who is the second patrol inspector."

Nabalu was stunned for a moment, turned to look at Linghu Ding, looked up and down, and said: "You have become an official at such a young age."

Qiu Wuhen heard that he spoke Chinese fluently. Although his accent was a bit weird, it was good. As long as he knew Chinese, it was good. After all, he needed to deal with Han people. If he didn't know Chinese, it would be troublesome to communicate.

. He then raised his hands and said, "Lord Chieftain, it's polite to lower your rank."

If someone is a member of the eighth rank, and he is a slave, of course he will be given a humble position or a lower official position, and he will be working on someone else's property. If he still makes excuses, it will easily lead to a rift in the relationship. The imperial court is not willing to inspect the relationship with the local officials.

No, that will cause trouble. What the court wants now is stability on the border.

Upon hearing this, Nabalu burst out laughing. He stepped forward but did not give up his hand. Instead, he slapped Qiu Wuhen on the shoulder twice and said, "Very good. I like to deal with young officials. The old inspector now

He doesn’t drink, he doesn’t look for women, he doesn’t go hunting in the mountains, he doesn’t do anything, it’s really boring. You can’t be like him, do you like drinking?”

Qiu Wuhen didn't expect that Balu was so cheerful, and said happily: "Of course, how can a man not drink?"

"Hahaha, I like to hear this. It's my temper. So, you just arrived today, I didn't get the news, and I didn't go to greet you. I'm really sorry. I'll take care of you and apologize at the same time. My home is right in front.

It's just around the corner, and they all know it. You're here too, Chief Secretary. By the way, these are all your students, right? Come with us, old inspector, I know you don't like this kind of excitement.
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