Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times - Chapter 107

Jing Xingzhi listened distractedly while chatting with other Northland officials.

He was the number one scholar, a title that sounded very powerful. He was also good at drinking and had a good temper, making him very popular with the people of the North.

“Young Master Jing, you’re a fifth-rank official at such a young age; you’re amazing!”

“You’re welcome, you are all heroes too. Dingbei belongs to our Li Dynasty now, thank you for your efforts! Why don’t I toast you all and show my respect?”

Jing Xingzhi smiled and raised the wine bowl in his hand.

There was a drink on the wine table, but the drinking utensils were all large bowls.

Thinking of Xu Mulang’s embarrassment, everyone collectively shook their heads.

“Don’t drink!”

“Don’t drink, don’t drink!”

“I’m almost done drinking. I can’t drink any more. My wife will dislike me for smelling like alcohol again.”

Jing Xingzhi smiled and said, “My wife doesn’t mind it, but I’m afraid of going back and fumigating the child.”

Some people wondered, “Young Master Jing already has a wife and a son, so why did he bring them here? This place lacks everything. Why coming all the way here to bear hardship?”

Everyone here was either powerful or influential. Naturally, they had been outside and knew how good the outside world was.

Likewise, privately now, they acknowledged the remoteness and poverty of their own place.

“We are already here,”

Jing Xingzhi replied, a little doubtful that what he had just drunk wasn’t wine, but honey.

Otherwise… why was he felt so sweet in his heart?

His words made many people laugh, and the atmosphere suddenly became more relaxed, causing Wang Zikai to glance over several times.

Wang Zikai thought to himself: “Xiao Jing can do it. He got into the other party’s interior in just two strokes. This will make communication easier in the future.”

Wang Zikai felt relieved for a moment, then started to quarrel with the old people, arguing over interests.

The old people had meritorious service and, naturally, could not be mistreated. However, if Wang Zikai wanted to make the decision, he couldn’t let the old people stir him away.

It was impossible for him to agree with everything the old people said. He could only agree to some things and then convince the old people of his stance.

The second dinner lasted until late at night. Because it was too late and Jing Xingzhi was hungry again, he actually ate a bowl of rice before leaving.

After leaving Haoyuan Building, soldiers and horses picked him up as soon as he went outside.

After returning to the government office safely, Wang Zikai left Jing Xingzhi behind again.

“The old people are almost done talking. They don’t have any paper evidence from General Ning. They only have empty promises. It’s up to us to decide.”

Wang Zikai spoke a little more earnestly, “But we can’t chill their hearts. Tomorrow we’ll select a few for government offices, and we’ll also give a few places to those who wish to move to the capital later.”

“Master Wang is thoughtful.” Regarding Wang Zikai’s arrangement, Jing Xingzhi felt that everyone was in agreement. If it were him, he would act the same way.

“Those foreign tribes are really troublesome. After all, they’re not from our tribe, and their hearts aren’t with our court!”

Wang Zikai shook his head and sighed, pressing his fingers on his temples and rubbing them gently.

“Master Wang, do you want to regain your old skills?” Jing Xingzhi asked.

Wang Zikai mentioned that he would select a few people to enter the government office tomorrow. He was afraid that the office would be in a rush to open. If they opened in such a hurry, the next step would be quite large.

And his old skill of solving cases, which could not only establish authority but also divide foreign races, was fair and aboveboard. It was simply perfect.

Kill a few of the most heinous people, and his reputation would rise among ordinary people.

Then, use some skills when killing people, killing this person but not that one.

As a result, people in the family would inevitably be suspicious: ‘everyone does bad things together, so why kill members of my family but others? Did you secretly take refuge with the dog officer named Wang behind my back?’

Wang Zikai raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked with a smile, “You’re quite smart. Do you want to follow me and learn how to solve cases? If you become a magistrate, you’ll be promoted quickly!”

The promotion had clearly been meant to make fun of Jing Xingzhi.

Everyone had been promoted, but he had been the only one who didn’t get a share!

Jing Xingzhi got angry: “I won’t learn.”

“Then what do you want to do?” Wang Zikai thought about the people he had brought with him, including those who had taken care of everything.

Jing Xingzhi could be disciplined, but now the city gates were closed and the city was in such a mess that he couldn’t have time for another trouble.

“Me? Let me take care of the logistics first. The water shortage in the city is severe. I will take people out to transport water and then look for water veins.”

Jing Xingzhi and the others had lived in Fuya Street, which had been considered a very nice place in the city. But there had only been two wells on Fuya Street. One could imagine what the lives of people in other places had been like.

Wang Zikai had also been used to being a high-ranking official, and it hadn’t been pleasant to use a little water all the time.

He nodded quickly: “That’s right, that’s right. You go find some water. Then I’ll make a fool of myself, and you… have a good face!”

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“I guess Old Wang had a conscience!”

Jing Xingzhi laid on the pillow and explained everything about Old Wang instructing him to drink, and finally summed it up by saying that the man had a black face and a white face.

Liu Fang laid in his arms: “Who makes you so powerful? No one else could drink like you.”

Jing Xingzhi was praised, and his heart was ready to share.

But after thinking about it carefully, he finally decided not to tell anyone about his cheating.

He was still thinking about how one day he would get Xiao Fangfang drunk while he was happy, and play happily with the drunk Xiao Fangfang.

Jing Xingzhi said with a guilty conscience: “It’s nothing, it’s nothing.”

Then he changed the subject: “I told Old Wang that when we come back tomorrow to transport water, we will also look for the water veins. In order to keep a low profile, the water veins finding should be slower.”

It was naturally very convenient for Jing Xingzhi to find water wherever he wanted.

But he couldn’t be too powerful. Too powerful could easily cause trouble. He needed to be just a little bit more magical.

Liu Fang thought about transporting water and asked, “Are the current water trucks the ones that sell water?

They used the water trucks in the city. If they were not busy, they could sell some water at a low price.

Liu Fang went out for a walk today. The city had been closed for too long, and the water in the city was extremely expensive.

Jing Xingzhi nodded, thinking of his mission, and hugged the big baby in his arms tightly: “What do you think, how about I let them recognize a few words every day, memorize a few lines of the saint’s teachings, and provide water to those who pass?”

“Haha! That would be awesome!” Liu Fang laughed and analysed from his own perspective, “But in order to maintain operations, we still have to charge low prices.”

Jing Xingzhi nodded and snickered: “Well, then we will say that it was all Old Wang who asked us to do it.”

Comrade Old Wang had sacrificed him to make a fool of himself this night, so why not sing to the end?

Liu Fang laughed out loud: “Look at how bad you are!”

Jing Xingzhi first felt that something was wrong, and then reacted.

‘Xiao Fangfang, if you slander me like this, I’m going to do something bad!’

“Then let’s use some water tonight?”