The Little Lucky Girl

Magistrate Tao was one of the few people who had the honor of receiving a sachet from her, so he naturally knew the powerful effects of the herb.

He glared at me and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you had this good thing? Give it to me, and I promise to get you greater benefits."

"Okay then. I'll leave it to you." Ming Youyou nodded happily. She was still very afraid of Captain Jin.

Thinking about how Captain Jin seemed to have brought back a few people and some goods after disappearing for a while, she felt that she should still remind Lord Tao.

"Sir, the flowers over at Hongling are blooming. They are so beautiful." She said with her eyes wide open.

Lord Tao is really something. She has hinted at it several times. How could someone who is usually so smart be so stupid about this matter?

Magistrate Tao watched her eyes widen and almost pop out of their sockets. He couldn't help laughing in his heart and said vaguely, "Okay, I'll go and see when I have time."

Seeing that he still didn't understand, Ming Youyou sighed and stopped worrying about it, "I'll go get Zheng Huan and the others."

Magistrate Tao smiled and nodded. When she was far away, he looked at his advisor and asked, "Has anyone been keeping an eye on Hongling?"

"Don't worry, there are people guarding there day and night."

Master He looked at the county magistrate's face and added carefully: "It's almost the beginning of the month again, you see..."

Magistrate Tao felt a headache.

Captain Jin's men were very skilled in martial arts, so in order to prevent them from discovering him, he specially asked His Majesty for several masters from the palace.

Your Majesty was very generous in giving money to people, but why didn't you think of transferring the salaries as well?

The master was indeed skilled in martial arts, but he was also very generous in asking for money, so his small county government had to squeeze out a large sum of money every month.

Alas, Your Majesty can be quite annoying sometimes.

Magistrate Tao's eyes became deeper. They initially sent people to investigate because they felt that Xiao Ningyi's injury was indeed a bit strange.

The timing of the injury was too coincidental, as it happened to be when the Censor of Qi State came over; the choice of the place of exile was also too coincidental, as it was just over the mountain and he could reach the Great Qi State.

He and His Majesty both suspected that Prince Xiao might be hiding among these masked guards.

Although Prince Xiao in the capital doesn't go out often due to headaches, he can still be seen at some important banquets.

According to people who knew him well, his speech, demeanor, and movements were all normal, without any doubt. The scar on his head was also very obvious, and the imperial physician said it was the same wound he had seen that day.

So, are they overthinking it?

Tao County Magistrate felt a little regretful. If Prince Xiao could really come, it would be good. He would not mind giving some help in secret. After all, if Qi State was in chaos, Dayu would be able to develop better.

He retracted his gaze from afar, turned around and saw Zheng Huan and the others coming over, and smiled and said, "Do you really want to study in the academy?"

The three of them nodded, and Feng Xu asked anxiously: "Sir, can you help Zheng Huan?"

This time, Magistrate Tao was very straightforward: "Okay, I'll go talk to the guards."

The three of them were so happy that they bowed immediately and were ready to pour out nice words without paying.

Magistrate Tao smiled and stopped them, "Don't worry, I'm only responsible for Captain Jin. As for whether the academy will accept you, it depends on whether you can pass the exam."

Although he had already discussed the admission matter with Principal Pei, he did not want them to get in so easily.

These bastards had such good conditions in the capital but they skipped school every day. Now they are suffering and finally they understand a little.

He handed over a list he had just written. "President Pei's questions are very tricky. If you want to have more confidence, you need to at least memorize all the books on this list."

Zheng Huan and the other two took it with some concern, but after taking a quick glance they breathed a sigh of relief, thank goodness, they were all familiar.

Books like "The Analects of Confucius", "The Great Learning" and "Mencius" are books they have copied many times and now they have almost memorized them.

The main thing is that when they are copying, if they make a mistake in a word, the whole page of paper will be ruined. Not only is it a waste of effort, but also a waste of ink and paper. So they always read it carefully before they start writing.

Seeing that the few people did not look embarrassed and even smiled, Magistrate Tao was surprised for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and added: "However, if you are lucky enough to pass, you will have to pay for the repairs and miscellaneous expenses yourself."

This sentence successfully changed the faces of the three people. One of the important reasons why studying is so difficult is that the tuition fee is too expensive.

They had a lot of things to buy, and almost all the money they earned was spent again. So now, let alone three people, they couldn't even take out the money for one person.

Zheng Huan took a deep breath and said, "Or I'd better not go."

Feng Xu also said: "I won't go either. Let Lu Tai go. He has the best brains. He can come back and teach us."

Seeing that the three were about to argue again, Ming Youyou coughed and cleared his throat, then stepped forward and said in a dignified manner, "It's okay. I'll pay for it."

Everyone stared, "How do you have money?"

She said proudly, "I'm supposed to get 10% of Jinxiufang's profits, right? I can just pay it in advance."

Magistrate Tao paused and forgot about it.

"Okay." He agreed. He was just testing them and didn't mean to embarrass them. "But you have to pay for the miscellaneous expenses yourself."

Ming Youyou waved her hand and said, "This is easy. I still have 10% of the candy and 10% of the steamed buns. I will also have money for herbal tea and lotus leaf chicken in the future. It should be enough when added together."

But her current and future purses are going to be empty, alas.

Feng Xu felt embarrassed after hearing this, and quietly asked Zheng Huan and Lu Tai, "Does this count as being a gigolo?"

Zheng Huanlu Tai:............It's so embarrassing, stop talking.

The three of them returned to the village and hurried to find Village Chief Guo, "Have you surveyed the situation in the back mountain?"

Village Chief Guo smiled and nodded, "It's almost done. I think it will be finalized tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and then we can start building the road."

"Okay then, when the time comes, you can ask someone to tell us so we can come and repair it together." said the three of them.

Village Chief Guo immediately declined, "This is a very physically demanding job. The three young masters are all very skilled, I'm afraid they can't handle it."

"Then we'll do our best," Zheng Huan said with a smile, "The main thing is that we'll have to walk this road often in the future, and we'll be embarrassed if we don't do something."

The pressure on them to make money has increased many times, and they also want to take advantage of the time before school starts to sell more things on the official road.

Seeing their sincerity, Village Chief Guo also agreed with a smile, "Then you can do as much as you can, but don't get too tired."

After the capable person sent by the county government determined the route, my uncle called everyone together and announced the start of work.