Although he already knew that his promotion would be a problem, Shi Zhongkui still couldn't help but feel a little excited after hearing it with his own ears.

At this point, it was as if the minister had already waved to him again, and even half of his feet had already entered the cabinet.

Think about the history of Huang Guan, who was personally appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty and was the first person to win six yuan in a row. It only took him 5 years to reach the position of left minister of the Ministry of Rites.

During the Jianwen Dynasty, he reached the second rank.

He was only 37 years old at that time, and it only took 9 years.

There is no reason why I should be slower than him.

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After cleaning up the moat, I will formally hand over the river affairs to the River Governor's Office.

After he saluted and said 'obey the decree', the merit bar in the space farm began to beat rapidly.

It jumped from 4030 to 6030.

Shi Zhongkui was happy at the same time, but also a little regretful at the same time.

If the downstream river is also cleaned up, 1,000 merits should be gained.

Fortunately, there are many ways to obtain merit. Since it is not necessary to obtain merit from the river, the main conflict becomes self-preservation.

When Shi Zhongkui was in his imperial envoy's sedan, he changed into the red robe official uniform that could only be worn by fifth-rank officials.

There is also a jade belt that can only be worn by special bachelors, and a silver medal that can only be worn by top scholars, which immediately makes people feel awe in their hearts.

Xue Jinping, Xue Biao and all the officials from the field camp, big and small, all knelt on the ground and saluted, "Congratulations, sir."

Seeing dozens of officials wearing green robes, green robes and military attaché uniforms around him, as well as hundreds of soldiers kneeling in front of him, Shi Zhongkui finally let go of his dissatisfaction at missing 1,000 merit points.

After being polite, Shi Zhongkui got on the sedan and returned to the camp, thinking about his promise to the emperor to borrow 50,000 taels of silver and pay back 40,000 taels.

Since only two-thirds of the project has been completed, he cannot really repay only 40,000 yuan of the 50,000 yuan he has.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to return 46,000 taels to the court.

The remaining 4,000 taels, and more than 20,000 shi of grain, were simply used to buy off the top and bottom of the field camps in Wanping and Daxing.

After all, the rice grown and the fish raised in the more than 10,000 acres of paddy fields of the Tuntian Division still need these people to take care of them.

Gathering people into the big tent, Shi Zhongkui soon discovered that even Xue Jinping had a smile of relief on his face.

With a smile on his face, it seemed that these guys were really scared by him.

Even when Xue Jinping heard that his imperial mission was over, he had a feeling of joy as he sent himself away from the Tuntian Division.

Arrangements were made to start cleaning the moat tomorrow. Shi Zhongkui left Xue Jinping, several fifth-rank officials and the seventh-rank director of the Ministry of Industry, hinting that out of the 23,000 shi of grain in Wanping City, he would only report the remaining 4,000 shi.

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Xue Jinping and others really smiled knowingly.

"Don't worry, sir. I will prepare the accounts later and I won't make it difficult for you."

When the others heard this, they all smiled and promised again and again.

19,000 shi of grain, even if the wheat has been harvested at this time, is still worth about 18,000 taels of silver.

If everyone shares one point, they can still get three to five hundred taels of silver.

At this time, everyone understood that it wasn't that Shi Zhongkui didn't know how to make money for his subordinates, but that you had to do things well first, and he would naturally reward you.

Moreover, everyone calculated in their minds and suddenly realized that this grown-up of their own is really capable.

The imperial court only gave 50,000 taels of silver, and only 3,000 shi of food. The remaining 5,000 shi were donated by Wanping squires.

But these 8,000 kilograms of grain were basically enough for digging ditches in rice fields, clearing wasteland, and dredging rivers.

In other words, after the mission was completed, there were still more than 20,000 shi of food left.

If it had been anyone else, the 50,000 taels of silver might have been spent long ago and would have been in the red.

Xue Jinping and others looked at each other, and together they bowed their hands to Shi Zhongkui and said, "Your Excellency, we are convinced of your plan."

Shi Zhongkui laughed and said, "When today's rice fields are harvested, I will still have a reward, and I will report it to the court to ask for merit for you."

"Thank you, sir." We have already been rated as excellent by the officials for opening up wasteland. We are waiting to discuss our merits together after the autumn harvest.

If this is rated as an excellent one again, a few seventh-grade officials from the Ministry of Industry spend some money to move around, and there will be no problem at all if they are transferred to a county magistrate with real power.

Xue Jinping, on the other hand, will definitely be promoted to the rank of Fourth-Rank Dusi as he wishes and truly take control of Wanping County's military camp.

Wait two or three years, and after Shi Zhongkui reaches another level, there should be no problem in transferring him to the capital camp.

Although Shi Zhongkui didn't know what these people were thinking, he wouldn't care even if he knew.

If you want to gain a foothold in the court, how can you succeed if you don't have many officials to rely on you?

After letting Xue Jinping and others go out to do things, Shi Zhongkui finally did not dare to directly distribute the remaining 4,000 taels of silver.

After thinking about it, he simply handed over all 50,000 taels of silver to the emperor.

But then I thought, it would be better to hand it over to the Ministry of Accounts, and I could only pay back 40,000 taels of silver.

After all, Emperor Jinglong was not the Jiajing Emperor who was obsessed with money, and giving him money would definitely be suspicious of the entire civil and military officials in the court.

After finishing these trivial matters, Shi Zhongkui then led the people on horseback to run around the moat.

Because of his supernatural power, it can be said that any ghost hiding in the moat cannot be hidden in his eyes.

That night, using his magic skills, he came to the moat under the escort of the Night Travel God and the Yinsi soldiers.

Because it is the capital city, and under a hundred years of peace, there are residential buildings even in many places outside the city.

Following the Golden Mouse to an abandoned courtyard, Shi Zhongkui kept taking out things from the warehouse of the space farm and setting them up as a simple altar.

Putting on the red official uniform, he took out the Xuanli Sword, released three soul-drawing charms that absorbed the power of incense, and began to chant the soul-drawing spell.

As the incantation was finished, the three incense charms floated with spiritual light, attracting three deep-hidden ghosts in the moat who were ready to move.

After Shi Zhongkui sensed it, he shouted loudly, "If you don't come out now, how long will it take to wait?"

Following these words, the surrounding air quickly became colder.

The female ghost who was the closest and had the highest cultivation level soon appeared in the courtyard.

Shi Zhongkui's luck-traveling technique allowed him to easily see clearly that this female ghost, who was wearing a white robe and looked pitiful, was actually just an evil ghost with a swollen body and was as disgusting as she wanted.

Not willing to talk nonsense at all, he ordered Ye Youshen, "Send her to the underworld quickly."

"Sir," the female ghost saw this and hurriedly knelt down and cried out, "This little girl was originally from Suzhou and Hangzhou. She was bought by Jinfeng Tower in the capital. She taught chess, calligraphy and painting and became a housekeeper. Unexpectedly, she met Mr. Liu.

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"Stop", how can Shi Zhongkui care about such bad things?

Not to mention that this female ghost has at least a hundred years of cultivation. In other words, no matter how many grievances she has, her enemies are already dead, or even reincarnated in two lives.

To avenge him is to cause trouble for a reincarnated person who has been sentenced by the underworld for his sins during his lifetime?

This is a slap in the face of the underworld.

"If you have a grievance, just go to the underworld judge to redress your grievances. How can I, a human judge, judge the ghosts?"

"this,,."

The interrupted female ghost was stunned for a moment, and then her expression became ferocious.

"Bold," Shi Zhongkui yelled angrily, "I will kindly help you enter the underworld and give you a chance to complain and be reincarnated. If you are ungrateful and ungrateful, you will definitely die in despair."

After saying that, the Xuanli Sword in his hand glowed with aura, and more than a dozen thunder talismans appeared out of thin air in the air, faintly emitting thunder light, and aimed at the female ghost.

The thing that ghosts fear most is thunder. Once hit, their power will be greatly reduced, or their soul will be scattered.

Not to mention the Xuanli Sword. According to Wang Hu, the Royal Horse Superintendent, this thing is invincible in the Golden Core.

To deal with a female ghost with a hundred years of cultivation, it would be easy to get hurt or die if you hit her.

The female ghost was so frightened that she regained her senses and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.

Shi Zhongkui then nodded with satisfaction, "I think you have done no evil in the past hundred years, so I wrote a letter and asked you to take it to the underworld as a document and hand it to the judge."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."

When she heard that Shi Zhongkui was actually willing to help her write the petition, the female ghost couldn't help but get excited.

Shi Zhongkui hurriedly recounted his experience again. After hearing this, Shi Zhongkui became helpless.

This is another bad thing about a heartless young man who not only betrayed the friendship of the brothel girls, but also killed people.

From a modern perspective, this girl is indeed pitiful and wronged.

But from the perspective of the ancients, this girl couldn't figure out her own birth and actually dreamed of becoming the daughter-in-law of the Liu family. She was simply seeking death.

Of course, taking human life is a serious crime worthy of the death penalty for Chinese people, no matter what era.

"If the young master of the Liu family is reincarnated, he will have already lived through two generations. You can't let go of the hatred in your heart, so I beg the judge to let you meet the man named Liu again after reincarnation.

What will happen next depends on God’s will.”

"Thank you, sir."
To be continued...