Chapter 188: Promotion and getting rich

Approaching the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather was hot enough to burn people.

But it rained heavily two days ago, and the Heavenly Prison entered rainwater, mold grew in the duty room, and mushrooms grew out. As soon as one entered, one smelled a disgusting, damp, moldy smell.

The prison was even more incredible; mushrooms growing in the corners was the base operation, and all kinds of stink bugs were rampant, which was routine. The moldy smell didn't dissipate for a long time, and mold spots grew on the prison door railings. Many prisoners had red spots on their bodies, itching uncontrollably, and when they itched, they wanted to scratch their skin to pieces.

Chen Guanlou was worried about an epidemic, so he hurriedly asked the physician to prescribe medicine to treat the prisoners. If anyone had a cold, fever, or cough, they were all moved to the darkest prison cell inside for isolation; if they could live, they lived, and if they couldn't, it was just their bad luck.

Taking advantage of the sunny days, he ordered people to move all the furniture in the duty room out to the courtyard to bask in the sun.

Liu Daowen also had to bask in the sun, not that he himself had to bask in the sun, although he wanted to very much. Instead, he requested the prison guards to take his bedding and clothes out to bask in the sun.

Looking at the fact that he had paid five thousand taels, Chen Guanlou agreed.

After thinking about it, he simply asked the miscellaneous workers to take out all the bedding in the prison cells to bask in the sun, which could reduce one patient. Treating diseases by the physician also cost money, all of which came from the public account.

The more the public account spent, the less the bonus for everyone.

Reducing one patient and spending less money was equivalent to saving money for himself.

The Jia-character and Bing-character prisons next door saw this and followed suit. In the blink of an eye, the entire yamen courtyard was covered with stinking bedding, making Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan close the doors and windows of the office in the hot weather.

He didn't scold the people below.

The conditions of the Jia-character and Bing-character prisons were worse than the Jia-character prison, and the heavy rain last time caused more water to enter. There had already been deaths.

He was also afraid of an epidemic and afraid of large-scale deaths. It was good to be able to alleviate the situation a little.

Someone from the Ministry of Justice came to notify the Heavenly Prison to collect rice and grain. As soon as he walked into the gate, he was vomited by the smell, and said he wouldn't enter no matter what. Covering his nose and mouth, he said, "The rice and grain for the third quarter of last year have been issued; hurry up and send someone to collect them."

During the New Year, the hunger-forcing method used by the Heavenly Prison really worked.

Under Sun Daoning's supervision, after the first month, the rice and grain for the first half of last year were supplemented first. Now they were notified to collect the rice and grain for the third quarter of last year, and finally, there was no need for mice to run in the warehouse.

Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan arranged for Chen Guanlou to lead people to collect rice and grain.

Chen Guanlou was a bit surprised. "Me?"

The Heavenly Prison had prison clerks specifically in charge of logistics, not just one, but several. After all, the logistics had rich oil and water, and everyone was thinking about it. Arranging a few more prison clerks could also take care of the interests of several parties.

"Yes, just you."

"My lord, is this appropriate?"

"I say it's appropriate, so it's appropriate."

Chen Guanlou obeyed orders.

But he was not at ease and privately asked Private Secretary Li what was going on.

Private Secretary Li, for the sake of his many filial piety on ordinary days, revealed the truth, "The lord is going to be promoted."

"Ah!" Chen Guanlou was greatly surprised, and then said, "Congratulations to Private Secretary Li. This is a great happy event! I wonder what position Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan will be promoted to?"

Private Secretary Li stroked his beard, his expression quite complacent. "The Ministry of Justice has a vacancy for a prison record keeper, and the lord took the relationship of Vice Minister Sun. Vice Minister Sun saw that the lord was very attentive in his duties in the Heavenly Prison, so he recommended the lord."

From the ninth rank to the eighth rank, this was a promotion of three levels!

What exactly did Prison Warden Fan do? Could it be that he gave birth to a son for Sun Daoning? He was promoted to the position of prison record keeper in one breath, directly skipping the Prison Inspector.

A biological son would be nothing more than this.

He was really greatly surprised.

He blinked, really wanting to ask how Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan managed to do it.

Private Secretary Li saw through his thoughts at a glance and smiled. "Are you surprised? Are you curious about how the lord's promotion was so fast?"

Chen Guanlou nodded heavily. Yes, yes. Too surprised!

"For the sake of our deep friendship, I will reveal a truth to you. Vice Minister Sun has an illegitimate son outside." After saying this, Private Secretary Li revealed a smile that you understand, laughing meaningfully.

Chen Guanlou was confused; he didn't understand. What did Sun Daoning having an illegitimate son have to do with Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan? It couldn't be that Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan was a substitute.

Besides, Sun Daoning having an illegitimate son was definitely known by more than one Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan. Why didn't others walk through this path, but let Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan walk through it?

It could only be said that luck came, and it couldn't be stopped.

Sun Daoning's illegitimate son, perhaps because of his background, had been rebellious since childhood, growing up to be a rebellious youth, causing trouble and making trouble.

Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan often visited brothels, and they were the relatively high-end kind. He happened to meet this illegitimate son and saw the illegitimate son causing trouble and being beaten by a crowd. Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan didn't know he was Sun Daoning's illegitimate son at the time, just out of the mentality of being a fellow patron, he helped and paid to settle the trouble.

Later, this matter was known by Sun Daoning, but he didn't make it public, just silently remembered it in his heart.

Learning that the Ministry of Justice had a vacancy, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan had thoughts, thought left and right, and felt that the old boss's path probably wouldn't work, so he thickened his face and found Sun Daoning, offering heavy money, trying to walk Sun Daoning's path.

Originally, he just tried it and took a chance. Unexpectedly, Sun Daoning had been remembering his favor, accepted the money, and pushed the boat along the river to recommend him.

The surprise came too suddenly, and even Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan himself couldn't believe his luck was so good that he could stand out.

A tiny prison record keeper, with no less than ten competitors, but no one could be harder than Sun Daoning, and no one's words could be more useful. A dignified Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice recommending an eighth-rank prison record keeper was just a matter of one sentence. Whoever came, couldn't grab this position from the Left Vice Minister.

Thus, this heaven-sent pie fell on Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan's head.

After understanding the cause and effect, Prison Warden Fan was also very emotional; an unintentional good deed actually really formed such a big good fate for himself. Without Sun Daoning's help, even if he worked hard for three or five years, he couldn't be promoted from Prison Warden to Prison Clerk.

Officialdom rules, promotion must be level by level. Unless your father is a Prime Minister, a Minister, your family is a great family in the world, your teacher is a great Confucian and famous teacher in the world...

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan is going to be promoted, this is a great happy event. It's just, what does this have to do with me going to the Ministry of Justice to collect rice and grain?"

Chen Guanlou asked about the key.

Private Secretary Li sold the secret first, smiled mysteriously, and then said, "The prison clerks in logistics, the lord has always been displeased with them. Because of the people behind them, he has been enduring it. So, you understand."

Chen Guanlou suddenly realized.

Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan, don't look at him as the number one person in the Heavenly Prison; in fact, in this one-acre-three-centimeter land of the Heavenly Prison, not everyone would listen to his orders. What he could really manage were the three major prisons of Jia, Yi, and Bing; the logistics with the richest oil and water had never been plugged in by him from beginning to end. That place had long been the private land of some people, and no one who came could think of moving it. Unless, the background was hard enough.

However, people with hard enough backgrounds, why would they come to the Heavenly Prison to be a Jiang Jiang Yucheng and suffer?

So, this logistics piece, for so many years, no one dared to move.

Now, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan was going to be promoted, so he was fearless. Before leaving, he had to disgust those grandsons in logistics.

Chen Guanlou:...

Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan was leaving, but he still had to work in the Heavenly Prison!

This matter was messed up; if he didn't do it well, he would become the target of public criticism. ===== CHAPTER 189 =====