Reborn: Imperial Officer Promotion Guide

Soon, Ling and Xino successfully found the house of Grandpa Zanba.

It was a rough thatched house with some farm tools outside the door.

Standing at the door, Ling saw an old man lying on a bed made of wet straw in the house.

His face was wrinkled and his expression looked a little stubborn.

"Who are you? What are you looking at?"

"You must be Mr. Zamba, right? Mr. Badard said that you can hear the echoes of the fields with your ears? You must be very good at agriculture, right? We would like to trouble you to teach us."

Ling smiled and wanted to go forward and say hello.

"Go back to where you came from!" The other person just lay on the bed, waving his hands to drive them away.

"Don't say that. Then we'll bother you~~"

Ling had already walked into the house first, and Xinuo followed behind obediently.

"Hey, hello!"

Ling ran to the bedside.

For such a stubborn old man, only a timely and tough approach can help resolve the situation. This is also the life experience of this girl.

The house was even more plain than expected, with only the bare minimum of daily necessities.

"We want to increase the wheat yield in our wheat fields. Can you teach us?"

"Ha! You're just thinking about increasing wheat production now? What were you doing before?"

"I've told Daryl many times. If this continues, nothing good will grow in the fields. We must quickly restore the fertility of the land and mobilize everyone to work hard on the fields. But that bastard manager told me to give up!"

Old man Zanba became more and more excited as he spoke. Just as he was about to stand up, he held his waist with his hands. His expression looked very ugly, and he must be in poor health.

"...Don't say that. Mr. Daryl and you just chose different means. We all just want to protect ourselves. But, teacher... no, the current lord has forced everyone to pay enough taxes. Now we can only rely on the harvest from the fields. Please, please lend us a hand."

Ling bowed her head deeply.

"Go away! Don't bother me! I don't want to tell you anything!"

"... Then please lend us your wheat field for a while."

"Huh? This is my land! What do you want to do?!"

"You can't use it now anyway. Judging from your appearance, you must have a problem with your waist. You can't even work in the fields now. It's a pity to leave it like this. Can we help you weed and plow the fields?"

"This is my field! I am free to leave it barren or let it grow weeds!"

"If you don't pay the tax before winter, the land won't be yours anymore, okay?"

“…Hey! Who allowed you to do that…ah…it hurts!”

Old man Zamba tried hard to get up, but just as he stood up, he fell to his knees, holding his waist.

Xino immediately ran over and helped him up and sat him on the bed.

"Are you all right, Grandpa?"

"Hmph... Hey... go and stop that little girl for me!" Old man Zanba shouted loudly while enduring the pain.

Without even turning her head, Ling went straight to Grandpa Zanba's wheat field, walked around it several times, observed it carefully for a while, then went back outside the door, took a hoe and ran to the field, and began to turn the soil properly.

"..."

Ling didn't know how to do farm work at all. Her movements were clumsy and she was just imitating the movements at best. She didn't even know the purpose of turning the soil.

The purpose of her doing this was actually to wait for old man Zanba to be unable to bear it anymore, and then expect him to interrupt and give guidance.

Just like when a novice is playing chess, the expert watching nearby can't help but interrupt and offer advice, and few people can resist this instinct.

Xino was standing nearby, supporting old man Zamba.

Ling worked for a long time before stopping.

"Oh my, what should I do next?" Ling placed a hoe that was taller than her next to her, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and pretended to be in trouble.

"Humph... the little girl doesn't know anything and is just wasting time!"

Seeing that old man Zamba was getting a little impatient, Ling chuckled in her heart.

The old man couldn't help but give some advice soon, right?

Just then, "Gulp!"

There was a noise not far away, as if someone was coming.

"Ok?"

Ling looked in the direction of the sound and saw a luxurious carriage coming towards her.

The carriage rolled straight through the wheat field and stopped right in front of the bell, and Hull got out of the carriage.

"Teacher!? Why are you here?"

"This is my territory, why can't I come? There is a social gathering for the nobles in the next area tonight, and I want you to attend with me."

"Now!? I'm at a critical juncture here!"

"I didn't ask for your opinion. I just came to inform you. Now put down your work and follow me."

"..."

What a self-centered speech, it's so self-centered, it really ruins the atmosphere!

Ling pouted and walked to Hull very reluctantly.

"As your replacement, Goliath, I'll leave this to you."

After Hull finished speaking, a burly man got off the carriage, walked over yawning, picked up a hoe and put it on his shoulder.

"Ling, you are too small to do this. If you leave it to Goliath, he can take care of this wheat field in one night." Halfway through Hull's words, Xino also came over with old man Zanba.

"Your name is Xinuo, right? You will also attend the noble social party tonight with us."

"Wow, am I going too?" Xino opened her eyes wide, pointed at her face with her finger, a drop of sweat ran down her forehead, and her expression was very surprised.

"I won't let you make this trip in vain... Ling, if it were you, how much would you be willing to pay this girl?"

Hull looked like an examiner giving Ling a question.

Ling rolled her eyes and pointed to two with her fingers.

"Two silver deer."

This price is a bit too high. When Hull was still a second lieutenant, he only earned three silver deer a month.

"There's no sympathy or anything like that included in this price, right?"

"of course."

Heer thought about it for a while, and nodded soon after: "From now on, you will follow my instructions. When I am not around, you will follow Ling's orders and be her secretary."

He took out two silver deer from his bag and handed them to Xino, then nodded towards the carriage, motioning her to get in.

Xino hurriedly took the two precious silver deer coins. With this money, she could buy a small wheat field of her own, and the adopted children would not have to worry about food for the next one or two months.

At this moment, old man Zamba cast a contemptuous look at Ling.

"What the hell... They are still nobles after all. They like to play tricks on us common people. They said they wanted to increase the yield of wheat fields, but they changed their minds right away! It's really unbelievable!"

"No! This is all the teacher's fault! Sister Qian Nuo and I really want to increase the output of the fields!"

All the plans were ruined by Heer, and Ling cried to old man Zamba in tears.

Qian Nuo also echoed: "Grandpa, we are serious! Please believe us!"

Heer listened to the conversation between the three people and bowed deeply to old man Zamba.

"I'm very sorry. The time value between you and Ling is 10,000 times different. I don't want Ling to waste her precious time here. Please forgive me."

"Wha...what!?"

There was no doubt that Hull's words contained a hint of contempt.

Zamba was so angry that his beard stood up.

Hull seemed very calm: "Did I say something wrong?"

"Because of your back injury, you can't take care of the wheat field or farm, and you are unwilling to give advice to young people. Because of a word from others, you gave up on yourself and even abandoned your own wheat field."

"She has to stay in bed for eighteen hours a day, and Ling has been busy since she got up this morning. She and this girl named Xinuo have been trying to find a way to open up the situation in the Kraken area. Compared with them, it is obvious whose time is more precious."

As Heer said this, he suddenly grabbed old man Zamba's collar and stared into his eyes.

"Listen to me, I'm not as gentle as Ling. I'm lending Goliath to you as a valuable laborer for free. He will take care of this wheat field. In exchange, you must tell him how to increase the output of the wheat field. Otherwise, I will bury you in the ground!"

"Ah...ah..." Old Man Zanba was pushed to Goliath by Hull.

Goliath quickly supported him: "How are you, old man? Are you okay?"

Zamba was so shocked that he was speechless.

"Time is running out so we have to set off now. There are still many things to do next."

Hull turned around and walked directly into the carriage.

Ling turned around and bowed deeply to old man Zamba, apologizing on behalf of Heer.

Before getting on the car, Ling glanced at the driver.

The man was wearing a gray cloak that covered his head and his face could not be seen clearly.

But Ling still realized that this groom was not the one who had brought her and Heer to the Kraken area before.

(Did they change people?)

With such questions in mind, Ling was helped by Xino to sit in the carriage.