Chapter 279: Long-Term Flow

Outside the government office, everyone was in an uproar.

Who is Liang Qu?

A big celebrity in the River Patrol!

Not to mention the previous deeds of punishing thieves and exterminating the Whale Gang, the day he competed in swimming with Wei Shao, winning by a large realm, was sensational.

Everyone in the River Patrol, whether they knew him or not, whether they wanted to mix or not, knew him.

Eighth-rank River Lord, Galloping Horse martial artist, student of Yang Dongxiong, the Hunting Tiger Great Martial Artist of Pingyang County and the manager of the River Patrol...

Young and famous, indeed extraordinary; being able to become a seventh-rank Water Minister, many people were convinced, seeing him as a model for people at the bottom to rise.

But... not everyone.

Especially Wei Lin's side, who were already at odds, hearing the content of the reward, had many criticisms.

How old is Liang Qu? Has he reached the age of twenty?

Not to mention the great merits, jumping two levels to the seventh rank, and having a fourth-rank Dragon Blood Horse, it was too generous!

The River Patrol is not a thorough martial arts office; whoever is strong rises fast and rises high.

It has a civil service nature within it.

Why does Dashun have imperial examinations?

The reason is very simple: people with strong strength don't necessarily know how to govern a place.

Even if you are in the military camp, if you want to be a general, you have to understand military strategy; if you only know how to bury your head and rush, you can at most be a vanguard general!

In the River Patrol, in addition to martial arts aspects needing to deal with water beasts and the Ghost Mother Sect, civil governance aspects such as water conservancy construction, river management, and water control are also within the scope of duties.

Those two river-opening cows are still helping to open up summer planting irrigation channels in the fields today.

In addition, some people are dissatisfied, not because Liang Qu is young and doesn't convince the public, but because they feel it is unfair.

The Ghost Mother Sect has eighteen branches in total; by killing one branch of the Ghost Mother Sect, why can you jump two levels?

After the entire Ghost Mother Sect is exterminated in the future, are the nine-rank eighteen-level official system enough for him to rise?

Furthermore, Liang Qu's main actions on the battlefield were just supporting with arrows; it cannot be said that the effect was not great, but he had not engaged in close combat, fought with his life, or experienced true danger; how do other martial artists with broken hands and feet look at it?

In short, some are convinced, some are not.

The reasons for being unconvinced are numerous, and the expressions are different, so much so that the envoy from Nanzhili was still reading in front, and there was some discussion below.

Country bumpkins, truly fearless!

The terrifying killing intent spilled out like a tide, thick and viscous like substance.

The few people who opened their mouths to discuss fell into an ice cellar, their legs trembling and paralyzed.

The queue stood tightly, and they were blocked by the people in front and behind, half-squatting and half-paralyzed; some were unlucky, standing on both sides of the queue, falling to the ground.

No one dared to help.

The sound of tides was constant.

The surroundings were quiet again.

"Let you see a joke."

Wei Lin arched his hands, expressionless.

The middle-aged man had heard of Wei Lin's style, even if there was a lot of noise in the court, arguing until their faces were red, let alone the "wild road" people on the scene; he didn't care and continued to read.

In the queue, Liang Qu's eyes flickered.

"People's names, trees' shadows..."

There is no need to mention the front, no one turned back to look at him, but behind, he could feel many gazes projected over.

Clearly there were two people before him, and the rewards were similar, just without the Dragon Blood Horse, and no one made a sound of discussion.

Nothing else, the fame is not big, the attention is naturally less.

Not to mention that Liang Qu himself was somewhat surprised in his heart.

He thought he would be promoted by one rank at most, but he didn't expect to jump two levels, and have a fourth-rank Dragon Blood Horse promotion pill, which was truly unexpected.

The Dragon Blood Horse is a symbol of glory; many people would rather have one less great merit than want to own one.

Nanzhili is truly generous.

How was Xu Yuelong's merit report written?

Learn it another day; no matter how much others say, it's not as good as having an extra mouthful of rice in the bowl.

After the middle-aged man finished reading, Xu Yuelong stepped forward to invite the other party into the government office to rest.

"The weather is hot, and Master Pei has come from afar; why not stay for a while and drink some ice milk to relieve the heat?"

The middle-aged man shook another folder and declined the kindness.

"This official first went to the River Patrol; the Demon Suppression Division has not yet received the merits, so it is not convenient to stay for long."

"So that's it; it's really not appropriate to let the colleagues of the Demon Suppression Division wait for a long time; I respectfully send the master off."

Xu Yuelong bowed.

"Respectfully send the master off."

Everyone bowed together.

The middle-aged man nodded, turned on his horse, took away most of the queue, and left a small part of the accompanying officials to distribute rewards.

Several registrars flipped through the name list and called names.

Liang Qu was in the front, and he heard his name in the first few; he came to the front and received a small sandalwood box, a copy of identity documents, a token, a seal, official uniforms, etc.

The official distributing rewards asked Liang Qu to check if there were any omissions or wrong distributions.

The token and seal were fine; Liang Qu opened the small sandalwood box containing the Dragon Blood Horse promotion pill, his eyes showing surprise.

"What a big pill!"

He originally thought the Kirin pill the size of a human eye he had swallowed was big enough, and his throat was uncomfortable after eating it; he didn't expect the Dragon Blood Horse's promotion pill to be the size of a fist!

A horse's throat isn't that thick, right?

Won't it choke to death?

Liang Qu looked up at the registrar who gave him the box.

"How to feed it? Swallow it whole?"

The registrar bowed when he heard this: "Master Liang, the promotion pill is not swallowed whole; crush it and mix it into the forage, or prepare it into mud, and let the Dragon Blood Horse swallow it all; but don't worry, this matter should have been done by us, wait a moment."

"Trouble you."

"Master Liang is too polite."

The registrar bowed, arranged the matters on hand, and while other colleagues were still distributing items, took another small official to the River Patrol stable.

Liang Qu rode Chishan when he came, and naturally let it stay in the River Patrol stable during the few hours of waiting, taken care of by the horse servants in the River Patrol.

On the way, the registrar bowed and congratulated: "Master Liang is a young hero, and he has been promoted to the seventh rank before reaching the age of twenty, which is truly enviable."

"What is there to be enviable about? I think you have also seen that there are many unconvinced people."

"Those who know people are wise, those who know themselves are clear; those who are not wise and not clear, Master Liang doesn't need to pay attention to them.

And I observe people from below; there are many who are unconvinced, but there are also many who are convinced; right now, there are people who can discuss, it's just that Master Liang's official position is not big enough to manage them; if he rises two more levels and becomes the Hengshui Envoy, who would dare to speak?"

"It's just a frog at the bottom of the well, not knowing Master Liang's merits; if they knew, in Nanzhili, Master Liang's name would be much louder than in Pingyang County."

Liang Qu didn't understand: "How do you say that?"

He was naturally known to everyone in Yixing Town, after all, he had done many practical things; what is the situation in Nanzhili?

He hadn't even been there himself.

The registrar was surprised: "Master Liang, have you forgotten the Pinyin method? Since the summer solstice this year, almost all academies in Nanzhili have begun to promote this method.

Anyone who is literate and enlightened uses it; even my little boy knows that using the Pinyin method to recognize characters is extremely simple.

Your fourth-rank promotion pill came from this; you don't know?"

Liang Qu was stunned.

He really didn't know, and even thought the promotion pill was given by the superiors because he did well in the River Patrol.

Is this the third time?

The first time he gave Chishan, he became the River Lord of the River Patrol.

The second time he supplemented the Great Title, even if it was low, it was a title.

Right now it's a fourth-rank Dragon Blood Horse, there won't be any lingering rhyme later, right?

Liang Qu guessed boldly.

No matter how fast the Pinyin method is, for ordinary children, it takes a year to recognize characters.

He belongs to the foundation himself, plus he received systematic education in his previous life, so he could recognize them all in two or three months.

This reward is truly a long-term flow. ===== CHAPTER 280 =====