Chapter 10

When tying the first re-walking grass puppet, its movements were swaying and unstable.

The second re-walking grass puppet, although walking unsteadily, its body was already stable.

The third re-walking grass puppet, its walking gradually became fast.

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When Xue Wenzhong came back from the front yard, he was shocked to see a grass puppet in the backyard walking like flying; the second grass puppet jumping between haystacks; the third grass puppet swinging under the locust tree; the fourth grass puppet turning grain on the side; the fifth grass puppet weeding in the vegetable garden.

Although there were several 'failed products' that knocked over vegetable baskets, knocked down clothes poles, and startled chickens and ducks, Xue Wenzhong ignored them directly.

He stared at the several re-walking grass puppets that had initial charm and walked quickly to Zhao Xing, who was tidying up clothes racks and collecting vegetable baskets: "I've only been out for half an hour, and you made these?"

Zhao Xing looked at the somewhat messy backyard and felt somewhat apologetic: "Sorry, Old Xue, I can tidy it up quickly, it's just that one duck has already flown outside the fence... I'll compensate you for one!"

The wrinkles on Xue Wenzhong's face squeezed together because of his smile; he grabbed Zhao Xing: "What does a mere duck count for? Don't worry about it!"

He patted Zhao Xing on the shoulder: "Work hard, strive for an A+ in the winter evaluation, and then pass the temple exam in the spring, officially becoming an official, there will definitely be a place for you."

Zhao Xing was stunned for a moment, and after realizing that the old agricultural official wasn't blaming himself, he smiled and bowed: "Thank you, Teacher."

"It's just that the Office of Agriculture is full of experts, and I have a low status, so I might not be able to compete..."

Xue Wenzhong understood the part Zhao Xing stopped at, referring to the phenomenon of other agricultural officials accepting benefits from subordinates, privately opening small stoves, and helping vigorously.

"You have such talent, I actually ignored it in the past, it's truly my mistake; from now on, you can come to the backyard every day and learn for an extra hour."

Zhao Xing wanted this effect when he stopped just now; Xue Wenzhong's words already meant he regarded himself as a disciple, so how could he not know how to climb up the pole?

Instantly, the address changed, and he bowed: "Student thanks Teacher for the cultivation grace."

Xue Wenzhong was also on a whim; in the past, he didn't compete or fight, but seeing a good seedling when he was old, he moved some thoughts, so he formally accepted this bow:

"Keep working hard, don't waste your talent, do things well, sooner or later there will be a day to stand out. I don't care what others do; if you still can't enter next year, then I will abdicate and leave the position to you!"

If other leaders said this, Zhao Xing would think it was drawing a big cake.

But if Xue Wenzhong said so, the credibility was still very high; first, his personality was heavy on faith and promises, and second, he was old and could have chosen to retire long ago.

If the quota was not enough by then and Zhao Xing's ranking was just on the edge, maybe he would really abdicate and leave the position to him.

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"Thank you, Teacher, I will work hard and definitely not live up to Teacher's expectations."

For the next three days, Zhao Xing learned the fourth grass puppet weaving method from Xue Wenzhong.

Even Xue Wenzhong was surprised by Zhao Xing's progress; you must know that Zhao Xing practiced the "Willow Transmission Weaving Method" only in the extra hour of practice!

Zhao Xing was also very emotional inside:

"The dual blessing of Qi Luck and treasure not only accelerated my cultivation speed but also gained the attention of the old agricultural official; the Great Dream Academy is indeed a good place. Just getting a little bit of benefit leaked out has brought such a big change."

However, he tried to enter the Great Dream Academy again these nights, but found that even the Heart-Asking Platform was hidden, and he didn't know if it was because he was too weak and there was no suitable level for him to pass.

At this time, Zhao Xing was walking on the fields in the eastern suburbs.

Petty agricultural officials usually study in the morning and work in the afternoon.

Besides these, there are miscellaneous tasks such as persuading farming and acceptance, as well as responsible land, of course, all depending on which aspect the superior is responsible for.

Having many people has disadvantages, but also advantages; it is relatively relaxed under Xue Wenzhong. Because there are many people, the miscellaneous tasks assigned by the superior are fewer, so it is not so busy.

You can extract more time to study and prepare for the evaluation.

The job change of an agricultural official has multiple parts.

First is the harvest of the responsible jurisdiction, which is counted by the county government and not managed by the Office of Agriculture.

Most towns are about the same, but there are three grades of land: upper, middle, and lower; being assigned to a good jurisdiction is naturally better, but Xue Wenzhong doesn't compete, so the good ones were all divided by other agricultural officials.

Second is the moral evaluation, which includes many things, including the completion of miscellaneous tasks assigned by superiors on weekdays, learning attitude, reputation, etc.; there is no specific standard because the authority is in the hands of the superiors.

Third is the ability evaluation, which is assessed according to the content of the twenty-four solar terms, among which the four seasons and eight festivals, namely: Beginning of Spring, Spring Equinox, Beginning of Summer, Summer Solstice, Beginning of Autumn, Autumn Equinox, Beginning of Winter, Winter Solstice are mandatory, and several other key planting and harvest solar terms are also within the scope of investigation.

For example, Grain in Ear a month ago tested whether the last wave of Yuan Rice planting was completed and the survival rate.

The person who sets the questions and the person who evaluates are both Principal Ninth Rank Agricultural Officials, Chen Shijie.

The above three are counted as 'weekday scores'; those with high scores are recommended by the Office of Agriculture to the 'Nanyang Prefecture' at the end of the year, and the three are combined, which is the 'Winter Evaluation'.

Sometimes there will be another test in the winter evaluation, but it depends on the situation, mainly looking at the performance of the entire Nanyang Prefecture in the previous year. If they can compete with other prefectures and the quota allocated by the imperial court is enough, then there may be no need to test again.

In the spring of the coming year, they have to go through a temple exam.

The imperial court sets the questions to further screen the quotas reported by each prefecture.

Passing the temple exam is considered settled.

After that is 'official appointment', the imperial court issues an official appointment document, and they accept the baptism of Qi Luck in the temple, becoming a part of the Great Zhou Qi Luck dynasty system.

To put it bluntly, this is a chain job change mission.

Zhao Xing also changed his job in the era of Emperor Jing in his past life and was very familiar with this process; this period is still a bit difficult.

It won't be until the recovery version that it will be much simpler.

But difficulty has its benefits; many things are simply out of print later.

"With the blessing of Qi Luck and treasure, changing jobs and getting ashore shouldn't be difficult." Zhao Xing was full of confidence and walked lightly toward the public field.

Summer Solstice has passed, and Minor Heat is coming soon.

The Yuan Rice in the county government public field has begun to mature.

This year's ability evaluation for the winter evaluation did not test 'Summer Solstice', so Minor Heat will definitely not 'skip', otherwise it will not be able to complete the basic sessions of the winter evaluation assessment.

At this time, most of the petty officials in the Office of Agriculture basically run to the public field, and the exam doesn't wait for people, so at this time, there are many petty officials waiting here in the Gucheng public field.

"Everyone is squatting for the Minor Heat exam, how is it a bit like the scene in my past life." Zhao Xing looked and felt that this was a bit like the feeling of grabbing public elective courses when he was in college in his past life.

But it is also reasonable; if you miss an evaluation, although you won't be brushed off, the impact is also very large. No one can guarantee that they can pass the exam if they miss a subject score.

Zhao Xing walked into the range of the public field and obviously felt the heat, his body began to sweat, even if he cast the [Cloud Walking] spell to block the sun, he couldn't resist it.

After waiting for a while, he saw Chen Ziyu and Qian Dong who also rushed over to squat for the exam, as well as Li Chengfeng, Wen Nanxing, and others.

Without exception, everyone was panting and sweating by the field, truly as hot as dogs.

"It's clearly only Minor Heat, yet the sun is as vicious as Major Heat; Agricultural Official Chen really has some strange tastes, Brother, what kind of tricky exam questions do you think he will come up with this time?" Chen Ziyu asked.

"How would I know, aren't you surnamed Chen?"

"Although it's the same surname, he is a flowing official, his hometown is in Xishan Prefecture, and it has nothing to do with me." Chen Ziyu curled his lips.

"Better save some energy and wait." Qian Dong waved his straw hat listlessly.

Just when everyone was wilted from the heat, a sudden exclamation came from the south.

"Look, what is that?!"

"It's the exam question, the exam question is here!"

"My God, it's actually..."