New and dark light years

Chapter 148 Registrar of Households
It's clear that Huang Yan genuinely wants to mentor Li Lin.

There is one reason for this: the Li family of Jin County is a family of alchemists, and they have always been closely related to the matter of 'cultivating immortality'.

Li Lin's alchemy skills further illustrate his relationship with the Li family of Jin County.

The Huang family has served as officials for generations, holding high positions several times. They are virtually unmatched in terms of connections, but their resources for cultivating immortality are relatively limited.

In fact, the vast majority of aristocratic families do not have the resources for cultivating immortality.

This is something that ordinary people cannot access.

Li Lin nodded: "Okay, I will consider this matter when Taishan returns to Beijing."

Huang Yan nodded in satisfaction.

In Huang Yan's view, Li Lin's agreement was a sign that the former was willing to get closer to the Huang family.

This is a good thing.

In the following days, they marched during the day and camped at night, although they could occasionally hear the strange, delirious voices outside.

Although some people with weaker constitutions may find it uncomfortable to hear, overall it's not a big problem.

After seven days, they finally arrived in Tianjin.

The local militia stopped at the city gate.

According to the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty, during peacetime, local militias were not allowed to enter the prefectural city without the prefect's order.

That's why they're called "local army." The county seat has its own military system, and although they are also local armies, their status is quite different.

They are generally referred to as the Xiang Army.

Can city dwellers be treated the same as country folk?

A group of officials and yamen runners came out from Tianjin to greet them, especially the magistrate, a middle-aged man who looked thin and shrewd.

This man didn't even glance at Li Lin and the other minor officials from the county town. Instead, he walked directly towards Huang Yan, clasped his hands in greeting, and spoke to him with a friendly smile.

Huang Yan gave him a few perfunctory replies, then smiled at Li Lin.

Li Lin understood Huang Yan's meaning. He waved his hand, and a group of captains brought out all the southern barbarian women.

At this moment, a young man stepped forward, clasped his hands in a fist and smiled, "Are you the laundry department personnel mentioned in the document?"

Li Lin nodded.

The so-called Laundry Bureau was originally a place in the Great Qi Palace where punished concubines did hard labor, such as washing clothes for others.

Later, the functions of the laundry bureau were decentralized, and many large prefectures also established such bureaus to take in the wives and daughters of criminal officials.

It was also a disguised state-run brothel, but relatively speaking, life in the laundry department was better than in ordinary brothels.

After all, there are no requirements regarding... turnover.

Generally speaking, privately owned brothels have such requirements.

If you don't meet the standards, things will go very badly.

"Thank you for your hard work, County Magistrate." The young official recognized Li Lin's identity from his official robes, then clasped his hands in a fist and asked, "Are there enough people? Were there any casualties along the way?"

"No." Li Lin shook his head and handed over the record.

The young official took the document and pointed to the group of women behind him, where the yamen runners were standing.

Then a dozen or so constables went over to count the heads.

He returned a while later and said, "Reporting to the military advisor, there are a total of two hundred and seven men."

The young official glanced at the document, nodded, and said, "That's enough people."

Then I signed my name on it and stamped it.

He then ignored Li Lin and walked away.

Other officials drove the southern barbarian women into the city.

At this moment, Bai Zhiwei walked over and said, "Pretty arrogant, huh?"

Zhao Hao also came over and said with a smile, "That's Fang Fengyi, the Registrar of Households, a seventh-rank civil official. I estimate that after another two or three years of training, he will be sent down to the county town as a county magistrate. It's normal for him to be a little arrogant at such a young age to have achieved so much."

Zhao Hao is from Tianjin, so he is quite familiar with the 'celebrities' here.

"So, are we going back now?" Bai Zhiwei asked.

Zhao Xiaohu walked over and asked in a low voice, "Brother Lin, I'd like to stay here for a few days."

Li Lin frowned: "We've all gone back, and you're leaving here alone... that's not good. It'll be hard for you to come back later."

Zhao Xiaohu said shyly, "I'm not alone." Li Lin looked at Ding Yingqiu standing not far away; she seemed to avoid looking in their direction.

Li Lin immediately laughed: "Okay, be careful."

Zhao Xiaohu nodded vigorously.

Bai Zhiwei, being an experienced and shrewd man, guessed what it was.

Zhao Hao thought for a moment and said, "How about I stay in Tianjin for a couple more days? I have some things to take care of."

"You should all go back together then, so you can look out for each other."

Zhao Hao patted his chest and laughed, "No problem, I guarantee I'll take good care of Brother Zhao during his stay in Tianjin."

They don't want your help.

Li Lin shook his head helplessly, then walked to Huang Yan's side, clasped his hands in a fist and smiled, "Your Excellency, I'll take the local militia back first."

The officials standing nearby looked somewhat displeased.

When these high-ranking officials are discussing serious matters, what are you, a mere county constable, doing here?
To show off?
Huang Yan smiled and said, "My dear son-in-law, be careful on the road."

Li Lin clasped his hands in a feint, then turned and left.

The officials' expressions improved at this point.

Since he's Huang Yan's son-in-law, then this is no big deal.

The local militia began to turn back, and their morale seemed to have dropped significantly.

There were many women in the group before. Although the villagers could see them but not touch them, they still enjoyed teasing them and saying some lewd things.

Now only the men are left, and they're having trouble accepting it.

Without women slowing them down, the marching speed increased significantly.

After setting up camp for the night and having dinner, Yan Han found Li Lin.

“County Commandant.” Yan Han looked at Li Lin, his tone somewhat ingratiating: “I heard that you possess a powerful lightning strike spell.”

"It does have a lightning strike spell, but it's not very powerful, just average," Li Lin said modestly.

"Could you teach me?" Yan Han said softly. "Of course, I'm not that shameless. I'm willing to exchange it for my family's Wind-Soothing Sword Technique."

Swordsmanship!

Li Lin was actually not very willing to learn.

Well, in the early stages, swordsmanship is generally inferior to spearmanship, unless there is a significant skill gap between the two.

Later on, once everyone had mastered enough vital energy and understood sword and spear attacks, there was no difference between a spear and a sword.

It's just a difference in artistic conception; it all comes down to whose realm is higher.

Therefore, Li Lin felt that he didn't need to learn swordsmanship.

But then he thought of his two wives at home. It wouldn't be good for them to learn to shoot, but learning to shoot swords would be much better.

Moreover, Li Lin had seen the Yan family's Fufeng Sword Technique before; it was quite elegant and indeed suitable for women to practice.

“Okay.” Li Lin smiled and said, “When we get back to the county, I’ll write a book of annotations for you when I have some free time.”

Yan Han breathed a sigh of relief, his face filled with gratitude: "Thank you, County Commandant."

"You're welcome. We've simply taken what we needed."

Li Lin now enjoys exchanging resources.

You can get good things with very little conflict.

He used the Lightning Strike Spell to exchange for three 'things'.

Maybe I can change it a few more times in the future.

Besides, he has more than just the Lightning Strike Curse as a good thing.

With more and more good things accumulating, he will naturally have more and more to trade with others in the future.

This will create a virtuous cycle.

Li Lin and more than 500 local soldiers returned to the county town, and when they looked at the transparent peach tree image in the sky, they all gasped in astonishment.

After the initial shock subsided, Li Lin ordered several captains to lead the local militia back to camp, while he went to the county government office to meet the newly appointed magistrate.

Zhang Guangqi.

(End of this chapter)