After a position was settled and the silver was rewarded, Han Wen and Su Hao had nothing to say. How Su Hao carried out his work in the future was arranged by Fang Mengjin, so Han Wen naturally would not care about these specific matters.

After saying a few more words without oil or salt, Su Hao stood up and said goodbye with tactfulness. Han Wen bowed to him and then told Fang Mengjin to send Su Hao out.

Fang Mengjin accompanied Su Hao out of the second hall and walked out. In the corridor, Fang Mengjin asked, "Su Hao, do you know why the magistrate of the county gave you a reward?"

"The student is stupid, please ask the master to give me some advice." Su Hao said.

Fang Mengjin said: "My lord hires you as a master. The tuition of 2 shi of rice will be given to you in a month, and 24 shi per year. Such a salary is barely considered a middle-class family in the county town, so you will naturally have no worries about your life, but it is just a life. With your talents, this salary is a bit shabby."

Su Hao said: "Students dare not have too many extravagant expectations."

Fang Mengjin waved his hand and said, "It is a common human nature to love money. If you have a mother and sister to raise, you also need to earn more money. I tell you that the workshop is responsible for engineering affairs and handles a lot of money and grain every year. If the business is done properly, it is reasonable to save dozens of taels of silver a year..."

Su Hao was stunned for a while before he understood what Fang Mengjin was saying, and quickly said, "Master, the student is favored by the magistrate, how dare he embezzle money and grain again?"

"This is not considered corruption." Fang Mengjin waved his hand and said, "If the person in charge of the workshop only leaves dozens of taels of silver a year, even if he is very honest, the magistrate will not care about it. However, if his mind is bigger and his desires are hard to fill, it is hard to say. The magistrate rewards you with 20 taels of silver, hoping that you will do your own thing. As long as you do your work for the adults steadily, the adults will not treat you badly."

"Thank you for your advice." Su Hao was enlightened and hurriedly bowed and thanked Fang Mengjin.

When Fang Mengjin said this, he always had a faint tone, neither arrogant preaching nor showed a gesture of gratitude. Su Hao knew that Fang Mengjin's meaning was to stop. As for how to understand, or whether he was willing to understand, it depends on Su Hao himself. Fang Mengjin's words were already very straightforward: If you ask you to go to the workshop, you make some money, the magistrate will not object, but don't be greedy. As long as you work hard, the boss will not treat you badly.

Fang Mengjin sent Su Hao outside the Yimen Gate and turned back. Su Hao walked along the corridor toward the gate, and looked at the yamen runners on both sides, and he felt arrogant. Han Wen had already said that his identity was higher than all officials, and as for the yamen runners, it was even more worth mentioning.

After seeing Su Hao off, Fang Mengjin returned to the second hall, and Han Wen was still sitting there waiting for him.

Seeing Fang Mengjin come back, Han Wen asked, "Did you tell him what you should say?"

Fang Mengjin said: "I have already said it."

"How did he act?"

"I think he must understand what you mean by sir."

Han Wen nodded and said, "That's good. The matter of digging wells is very expensive. If he goes down, he will be in a mess with the officials, digging less wells and reporting more consumption."

Fang Mengjin said: "I think this person has a good ambition, and I think he will not be fascinated by these yellow and white things. Look at him, he behaved well in front of you just now, and he didn't look like a scholar who had never seen the world. I think this boy is definitely not a thing in the pool."

"Why have I never heard of such a talent before?" Han Wen said in surprise.

Fang Mengjin smiled and said, "My lord is in love with him. The so-called "time is creating heroes. If it weren't for such a drought, his ability to survey wells would have no chance to perform. Ms., if Su Hao took over the drilling of the well, he could improve the effectiveness of drilling. Not to mention that every well was well dug, as long as the ratio of the waste well and the good well could be increased to one-on-one, we could also save thousands of taels of money, which is a considerable amount of money."

Han Wen said: "Saving money is only one aspect. It can speed up the drilling of wells, and the losses caused by drought can be greatly reduced. In this way, our Fengcheng County will be covered with shame in front of the prefect and the governor."

"From my impression of Su Hao, I think he will not be despised by the emperor." Fang Mengjin said.

Not to mention Han Wen and Fang Mengjin talking about Su Hao behind his back, Su Hao left the county government alone and saw Su Xiaohu guarding the ox cart, sitting under the shade of the tree, dozing. He walked up, patted Su Xiaohu on the shoulder, and shouted: "Hi, Xiaohu, wake up!"

Su Xiaohu suddenly woke up, saw Su Hao, and asked with a smile: "Brother Hao, you are out, has the magistrate rewarded you?"

"Of course I'll give it a reward." Su Hao said proudly.

"Hey, where is Xiu'er?" Su Xiaohu then realized that Su Hao was alone and asked hurriedly.

"Oh no, I forgot Xiu'er." Su Hao slapped his head and wanted to run into the county government. When he turned around, he saw Lu Xiu'er walking out of the county government gate. While walking, he turned around and waved to the people inside. Su Hao did not see who was sending Lu Xiu'er out, but only saw a corner of the green skirt flashing in the gate, and then he couldn't see it.

"Brother, don't call me if you come out!" Lu Xiu'er ran towards Su Hao and said in a complaining tone. Her face was flushed and she couldn't help but feel excited.

"Sorry, Sorry, I forgot." Su Hao apologized repeatedly, "Xiuer, who sent you out."

"I am the lady of the magistrate's family." Lu Xiu'er said.

"No one bullies you, right?" Su Hao asked with concern.

Lu Xiu'er curled her lips: "Of course not! The magistrate's wife and the magistrate's lady, but now they insist on giving me something to eat and taking me to the back garden to play. I also went to the lady's embroidery building. The magistrate building is so beautiful, more than 100 times more beautiful than the magistrate building in Xiaohong."

The "Xiaohong" Lu Xiu'er mentioned is the girl from the Su Zhong family. The Su Zhong family is a landlord and has a lot of wealth, so she also imitates the appearance of a wealthy family and builds an embroidery building for her daughter. In fact, it is not a building at all. Su Xiaohong has no talent for being a lady at all, and is even more crazy than Lu Xiu'er all day long. Su Hao can basically guess what her embroidery building will look like. It is probably even more terrifying than the boys' dormitory in later universities.

Lu Xiu'er was taken to Han Wen's inner house by his maid Honglian, so scared that she would not even leave. After arriving at the inner house, she saw Han Wen's wife Song and daughter Han Qian chatting for a few words of family matters, and then gradually relaxed. Han Wen is a gentle person, and his family quality is also very high. Lu Xiu'er is just a 15-year-old girl after all, and she doesn't have much scheming. Seeing that others are kind to her, she quickly threw her restraint out of the sky.

Han Wen's daughter Han Qian is one year older than Lu Xiu'er. She has been learning and studying under the guidance of her father since she was a child. She has a very talented person. Seeing Lu Xiu'er's simple and innocent appearance, she fell in love with her all at once. After a few words, the two started to be sisters. Han Qian had heard her father talk about Su Hao's deeds before, and she was quite curious about this young scholar who could predict the amount of water from the well position. Now when she saw the scholar's sister, she naturally would not let her go. She took a few words and took Su Hao's gossip from Lu Xiu'er's mouth, and Lu Xiu'er herself was still unaware of this.

While the two were having fun, Han Wen sent someone in to inform him that Su Hao had gone out and asked Lu Xiu'er to go out too. Han Qian did not ask the maid to see Lu Xiu'er off, but personally sent Lu Xiu'er to the door of the county government. The social atmosphere in the late Ming Dynasty was very open, and young ladies like Han Qian did not stay in the boudoir courtyard all day long, but could walk around and show up. The county government is Han Qian's home, and she walked around in the county government, without even having to worry about anything.

After sending Lu Xiu'er to the gate, Han Qian looked out the door and just as Su Hao turned around. She quickly dodged and walked to the inner house with her head down. While walking, she secretly said in her heart: This scholar is really young...

Su Hao stopped Lu Xiu'er, who was chatting about the experiences of the magistrate's inner garrison, and said, "It's almost noon. Let's go and have a meal."

"No, Brother Hao, I bring dry food when I go out. Let's hurry up and go back. The village chief said, and I'll hurry up and drive the ox cart back after finishing my business. He has other uses." Su Xiaohu said.

Su Hao nodded and said, "Well, since that's the case, then Xiaohu, you can go back first, Xiu'er and I stay."

"Ah?" Lu Xiu'er said in surprise, "Brother, you haven't finished your business yet?"

"The matters of the magistrate have been completed, but there is nothing else to do." Su Hao smiled.

"When you come to the county town, aren't you just meeting the magistrate? Now the magistrate has seen it, what else is there?" Lu Xiuer asked in confusion.

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Chapter completed!