Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

The land owned by the Qin family was farther away, so Qin Yunhe and Chen Er walked for a while before they got there.

Five or six acres is not a small piece of land, much larger than Chen Er's land. The land has been leveled and divided into several pieces, one of which has been planted with sweet potato seedlings.

After seeing the location of the land, Qin Yunhe finally understood why his elder brother had opened up such a large piece of land this time.

Qin Chong and his family originally had a piece of land close to the river here. Now that they have opened up this piece of land, the two pieces of land can be connected to form a larger piece.

This also makes farming more convenient.

I guess I didn’t get a spot so close in my previous life, so there weren’t many openings.

However, if this happens, the land will be connected to the previous one, and it will be more difficult to sort out the land fees, taxes, and subsequent river encroachment fees. Wouldn't that be very troublesome?

No, I have to talk to my brother about it later.

"Brother Chong has planted a lot of sweet potatoes. I don't dare to plant so many at once."

Chen Er looked at the Qin family's large piece of land with envy.

Qin Yunhe understood that his cousins ​​had a lot of land and a strong financial situation, so they could afford a poor harvest and naturally dared to plant more.

Chen Er only had such a small piece of land, so naturally he treasured it very much and was afraid of planting it wrong.

"Ah Wen, why don't you open a plot of land? And Brother Si didn't come either, so there aren't any good plots of land left."

"Uh……"

The reason why Qin Yunhe didn't want to open the land was because he never paid much attention to farming, and because of his memories from his previous life, he knew that there would be trouble behind this piece of land.

As for Qin's mother and Qin Si, they had no intention of opening up the land, it was entirely because their two families had few people and no heavy labor.

Besides, the original land at home was enough for food and drink, so I didn't think about joining in the fun.

As the sky gradually darkened, the two men looked at the land and then went back to the village together.

When they got home, Qin's mother was preparing things for Qin Yunhe to take back the next day.

It will probably take quite a while for me to come back this time.

The weather is getting hotter, so I need to prepare some light clothes. I also brought pickled vegetables, fermented rice wine, eggs, etc. for Mr. Gu.

Now is the farming season, and there are few people on both Qin Si and Qin Wen's sides. Qin Yunhe had never thought about it before, but now he finally thought about it, but he has to leave to prepare for the exam.

"Mom, if you are too busy to handle the farm work, just hire a temporary worker. Don't save the money I give you. It will take a lot of money to hire someone."

The main laborer of the two families is his fourth brother Qin Si, and his eldest cousin will help out when they are not busy. Although he would participate in previous years, he did not do much.

His mother, sister-in-law and Yu Ru would also lend a hand.

This year, his eldest cousin has a lot more land to work on and is even busier. He is not at home, and Yu Ru is not at home either. The burden falls on his fourth brother, and he feels worried just thinking about it.

"Then forget about it. It's just a small piece of land, and you won't be a big problem. We don't grow anything special, just peanuts and spring wheat. Why would we hire anyone?"

"Life will be more difficult if one person is missing. Fourth brother should also prepare for the annual examination and the provincial examination next year."

My fourth brother said before that he was not very confident and would not take part in the provincial examination for the time being.

Qin Yunhe didn't think much about it at the time, but now think about it, the farm affairs of both families depend on his fourth brother, so he has no time to review his lessons.

Not to mention the provincial examination, I was able to pass the annual examinations thanks to my fourth brother’s solid foundation.

Mother Qin only thought of this when she heard her son say this.

Yes, my eldest son also has to take the annual test, and the time is the same as my youngest son’s.

"Okay, I get it. If you're too busy, just hire someone. Just study hard when you get to the county town. Don't think about it. If you have any questions, ask Mr. Gu."

After talking to his mother, Qin Yunhe went to find his brother and told him to hire someone if he was too busy.

He also told his brother about the money he earned from writing inscriptions, and told him not to save it, but to hire someone so that he could save time and read more books.

Qin Si didn't expect that his younger brother now cared about these family affairs and even earned some money from writing. He felt very pleased and agreed without thinking.

After settling his family according to his own ideas and saying goodbye to his brother and mother, Qin Yunhe boarded the oxcart that he had booked in advance and returned to the county town early the next morning.

Now is the time for spring plowing. The fields are full of busy figures and the scene is thriving.

The river channel that was diverted before is quite long, and the river beaches near other villages and towns along the way have mostly been reclaimed, and many of them have been planted with crops.

No wonder the two successive county magistrates seized the river beach land to collect money. Such a large piece of newly reclaimed land could earn a lot of money.

Life is really not easy for ordinary people. Whether or not you can meet a good official depends entirely on luck.

"Young Master Qin is going to take the exam for the title of Scholar this year, right?"

The driver was a local, and he had known Qin Yunhe for a long time, and he also knew his business. He started chatting with him when he saw him carrying a lot of bags to his teacher's house.

"Yes, I am going to take the entrance exam this August."

"My dear, study hard for the exam. There haven't been many scholars in our area in the past two years. Many people say that it's because the river diversion has ruined the feng shui of our generation, and there are no new scholars."

This is of course nonsense. Even before the river was diverted, this area did not always produce scholars. After all, it is not easy to produce a scholar in a remote and poor area.

But the driver spoke sincerely, so Qin Yunhe naturally would not argue with him whether it was a feng shui issue.

"What do you think of the feng shui of the villages and towns around here? There hasn't been a juren in our area for more than ten years, right? Not to mention a jinshi, there has never been one."

In fact, people in remote areas are satisfied with just having enough to eat, so how can they have spare money to send their children to school?

If you don’t have any spare money to send your children to school, how can you expect to produce any successful candidates?

If the Qin family's ancestors had not had some wealth and were lucky enough to have a scholar, which improved their family's status a little and passed down the tradition of farming and studying, they brothers would have never had the opportunity to study.

After hearing Qin Yunhe's thoughts, the driver said, "Yes, if there is no money to study, how can there be any juren or jinshi? The fewer juren and jinshi there are, the less people will study."

"If we can have a successful candidate here, we can all share in the blessing."

In his previous life, Qin Yunhe's fourth brother was the first juren in several villages near Gushui Town in more than ten years.

Unfortunately, just after passing the imperial examination...

Thinking of this, Qin Yunhe's mood became depressed again and he suddenly became silent.

Seeing that he didn't answer, the driver thought he was not interested in these topics about Feng Shui and fortune, so he changed the subject and said:

"Mr. Qin, if you pass the imperial examination and become an official in the future, you must be a good official. It doesn't matter how much injustice you redress or how much tax you reduce, but at least you should not oppress the people, right?"

This is a compliment to Qin Yunhe, as if Qin Yunhe will definitely become an official.

Qin Yunhe felt guilty, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only say, "Okay."