Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times

The city couldn’t be closed forever. If it were closed for too long, the people in the city wouldn’t have enough food to eat. Therefore, they had to seize the opportunity to find the mountain first and get it into their hands. Then, they could learn to determine the north and continue to make money silently for a while. Once they had saved up enough capital, they would tell the Holy Emperor. They found something good and dedicated it to him!

The two men, like two foxes, looked at each other and smiled.

Wang Zikai said, “You’ve done a good job in this matter. We must be trustworthy. If others tell us news, of course we must help.”

Jing Xingzhi thought: ‘You old fox, you just want to make a fortune secretly.’

What Dingbei lacked most was money. They said there was a lack of water and food, and the land was not easy to cultivate. But as long as there was money, even overseas and in the centre of the desert, people would rush to get the treasures!

Jing Xingzhi smiled and said, “As long as we don’t suffer any losses in Dingbei, we will naturally be trustworthy.”

This was the first time Wang Zikai encountered such a good thing like giving money away before even arriving at the place. He tapped his fingers on the table.

“We can’t forget Anbei. When we come back and have something, we can express condolences to them. We can’t bear the responsibility just by ourselves. The Emperor Party and Old Hong will also be involved.”

Jing Xingzhi listened obediently and said nothing.

Anyway… he was a newbie, and no one else would believe him if they said he did it. If Old Wang didn’t drag others into trouble, he would have to take the blame himself. Jing Xingzhi expressed his understanding.

Wang Zikai glanced at Jing Xingzhi and seemed to sense the cleverness of his new subordinate. He smiled and said, “What do you think of this, Xingzhi? You’ll be the one to deliver the things then, so that Old Hong and the others won’t be suspicious.”

Jing Xingzhi was inexplicably dragged into the water: ??

‘Old Wang, are you the little roundworm in my belly?’

But there was nothing he could do. Jing Xingzhi nodded, with a pure and positive look on his face. “Okay! I’m young, so I just want to run around more.”

‘If you want to take the blame, let’s all take it together.’

Jing Xingzhi thought that he was not afraid of burning the pot. He had a secret decree, but he couldn’t talk about it. In order for him to work well, the second senior brother had given him the right to act conveniently.

.

After resting for one night in Zhenmaguan City, the northbound team started again the next day.

Jing Xingzhi nestled in the carriage, started work mode, took out a lot of local geography, and began to fill in the gaps in his knowledge crazily.

Reading the book first was to understand it in advance, and then he could make some preparations in his mind.

Thinking of Li Yunxi’s new method of enlightenment, Jing Xingzhi also felt a little pressured.

What was going on with Li Yunxi’s new method? To put it simply, it was just six words: [get rich first, then educate.]

This method was different from the previous routines and wasn’t easy to implement.

Without him, this was actually two tasks. The first was to get rich. The second was education.

The first was a prerequisite for easy implementation of the second, but the first was very difficult. Officials who could achieve development were all capable ministers.

More capable ministers worked in important places of the Li Dynasty and would not be sent to small border areas on a large scale.

This time, Wang Zikai and Wen Changchao were sent here because of the great significance of Dingbei and Anbei.

These two places originally belonged to the Li Dynasty and were robbed. Neither Li Yunxi nor Li Dynasty wanted these two places to be taken away again.

Li Yunxi had left the problem to Jing Xingzhi without even discussing it.

When Jing Xingzhi saw the map, he and the old fox smelled the aroma of roast chicken and couldn’t let go.

So, he was very active and reported it to Wang Zikai, and the two foxes reached a consensus.

Three days later, the northbound team finally arrived in Anbei. Then, the group of people was divided into two teams, and half of the people in the northbound team were missing.

Another day later, the remaining team finally arrived in Dingbei.

The people who greeted the team were the troops that had been stationed previously. Ning Haibo stood at the top of the city, looking at the long line of northbound teams that were slowly approaching, with mixed emotions.

He hadn’t expected that his own son would actually come to Dingbei.

Of course, he hadn’t expected that Jing Xingzhi would win the first place.

Ning Yongyuan, at home, was a spoiled child who couldn’t bear the hardship of studying and had given up his studies early.

The last time he returned to Beijing, Ning Haibo had taken the time to find a pretty good position and had pushed Ning Yongyuan in through the back door.

Comparing the two sons, it seemed that the biological son was more powerful. At the same age, he had extraordinary literary talent.

But his temper was really smelly and tough. Ning Haibo frowned when he thought about it.

The soldiers had already known about Ning Haibo’s family affairs. Someone looked at the team and went to flatter Ning Haibo: “Master Marquis, I heard that the number one scholar is in the team! It’s true that a brave father has a great son!”

Ning Haibo forced a smile: “Just an unruly bastard!”

“Master Marquis! It’s not easy to teach your son. This soldier has a way.”

One of the soldiers rolled his eyes with a sly eyebrow and gave an idea: “When the young master first becomes an official, everything will definitely not go well. When the time comes, the Marquis will help him secretly, and he will definitely remember it! Help secretly, and then let him know.”

Ning Haibo pondered for a moment and felt a little moved: “Is it useful to help secretly? He doesn’t even care about my title…”

This soldier’s mouth wasn’t good enough, so he hadn’t followed him back to the capital last time. But he had the best brains. He had heard that the last time a group of people had come to the door to make trouble, he was the one helping calming the scene.

It came in handy this time. The soldier patted his chest and said: “Master Marquis, of course, some people won’t be happy with it. But scholars have the character of a scholar and are hard-core! People with hard-core will eat soft food and not hard food!”

“Master Marquis, Ning Ba’s brain is very good, let’s give it a try!” Other soldiers also agreed.

Accompanying them through life and death, Ning Haibo felt some friendship with these people. Listening to their fuss, he nodded in a good mood.

“Okay, I’ll give it a try.”

Then, he looked up and looked ahead. Ning Haibo said, “They are almost here, let’s go down and pick him up.”

Ning Haibo was currently holding a first-rank official position, and he had no intention of going down to pick this team up. After all, Wang Zikai was only a third-rank official.

But when he thought about the idea of a scholar eating soft food rather than hard work, and the little grandson he had never met, he changed his mind.

The soldiers gathered in a group, surrounded Ning Haibo, and went downstairs, waiting at the city gate.

In the blink of an eye, the team arrived at the city gate for routine inspection.

Wang Zikai and Jing Xingzhi got off the carriage and went to meet with the current city managers.

Seeing Ning Haibo from a distance, Jing Xingzhi’s face darkened.

Seeing that, Wang Zikai joked: “Do you recognize the person?”

“Minister Wang, why didn’t you tell me earlier!” Jing Xingzhi was a little angry because he hadn’t received the message.

Wang Zikai frowned: “If I had told you earlier, you would have worried all the way, so it was better not to say anything.”

After saying that, Wang Zikai took the lead and walked forward.

As soon as the two sides met, Ning Haibo exchanged greetings with Wang Zikai and glanced at Jing Xingzhi, and then he couldn’t help but look back, his thoughts and purposes were very obvious.

Jing Xingzhi lowered his head and said nothing, imitating Wang Zikai and putting on an indifferent face.

Wang Zikai chatted for a while, barely managed to deal with Ning Haibo, and said directly: “General Ning, we’ve been traveling all the way. The adults and children are tired, so we will go to the government office to rest first.”

Ning Haibo glanced at Jing Xingzhi, nodded, and said, “Okay, I’ll have my soldiers escort you there, and I’ll meet you at Haoyuan Building in the evening.”

“Thank you for your hard work, General Ning. See you in the evening.”