Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times

After separating from Ning Haibo, the team had almost finished their checking and swarmed toward the streets and alleys where the government office was located.

The army acted roughly, and for the sake of convenience, the entire street and alley where the government office was located had been cleared so that the northbound team could temporarily stay.

Jing Xingzhi, the second-highest official in the team, had been assigned to a second-level courtyard.

Liu Fang had arranged for people to clean up and organize things.

After walking around for a while, Liu Fang discovered that there was no well available in the yard!

When he asked again, he learned there were only two wells on such a big street. With hundreds of people eating, drinking, and defecating, they couldn’t even take a shower.

Liu Fang was on the verge of collapse, holding Ah Deng in his arms and waiting for Jing Xingzhi to finish discussing the matter and come home.

“Ah Deng, it depends on your father!”

Liu Fang held Ah Deng in his arms and fed the little one who had woken up. He couldn’t help but feel lucky for a moment that the milk he was giving was not powdered milk and that he didn’t need to wash it with water, so he could save water.

When Jing Xingzhi came home with a furrowed brow, he found both the baby and Liu Fang looking wilted.

Liu Fang grabbed his sleeve and asked eagerly, “Xingzhi, don’t you know how to read Feng Shui?”

Jing Xingzhi nodded, “Yes, yes. What’s wrong?”

Liu Fang said, “There are only two wells on this street, and the water supply is limited! Look, where is the water?”

Jing Xingzhi coughed, “Ahem. I’m not good at looking for something like that.”

“Ah? Can’t you look for a water?” Liu Fang was dumbfounded and a little sad.

Water was limited, and bathing was difficult.

Not being able to take a shower was so inconvenient…

Jing Xingzhi bent down and pinched his nose. “A man can’t say no.”

So…

“Kiss me, and I’ll find water for you!”

Jing –nothing is convenient on the road- Xingzhi revealed his true face.

However, before Liu Fang could kiss him, little Ah Deng shouted, “Ahhh!”

“Kiii!”

“Hahaha!”

Forget just one sound; it came one after another.

Liu Fang didn’t understand. His son was learning the word “Kiss”.

Liu Fang blushed and covered his son’s mouth.

The innocent little Ah Deng, with his mouth covered, looked at his father pitifully with his big, watery eyes. His covered mouth made an “ahhhhhh” sound.

However, his father, who was on the other side, poked him in the face. “You little fool, you said it wrong again.”

Jing Xingzhi lamented his fate. “When my grandfather taught me those things, he definitely didn’t expect that I would actually be able to read water.”

Liu Fang laughed out loud when he thought of “feng shui” turning into “looking for water.”

After finishing laughing, Liu Fang said, “That’s great. We may go mining in the future. Remember the name Chief Fang gave him, Leshan! Our son will definitely go mining in the future, hahaha!”

Jing Xingzhi smiled, looked at his son, and said, “Leshan, you have to learn from Dad in the future. What will you do if you don’t have our family skills?”

Little Ah Deng’s eyes widened innocently, and in the end, his little head couldn’t figure it out and chose to give up, kicking his legs and laughing.

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The family laughed happily for a while, and then Jing Xingzhi was taken away again and began his daily life as an official.

Liu Fang was a little unaccustomed to this kind of separation. Little Ah Deng was still asleep, so he simply went to the neighbouring houses and met the wives of several officials, which was considered the beginning of interpersonal communication.

Similarly, Jing Xingzhi also went to engage in interpersonal communication.

In the largest box in Haoyuan Building,

A group of men who used to be able to call the shots in the frontier had been divided into three groups and didn’t live in harmony. Due to the new arrivals, the three locations were divided into four locations.

The army was on the upper left, headed by Ning Haibo, and there were several lieutenants.

Wang Zikai and Jing Xingzhi led the people to sit on the upper right side.

On the lower left were a group of tall and strong old people from the Li Dynasty who were a bit dark.

As for the lower right, there was a foreigner who spoke Chinese. His skin colour was fair, and his eyes were blue or green, like a cat’s eyes.

Another interesting fact was, except for Jing Xingzhi’s side, the other three parties had people with knives standing behind them, as if they were here to fight in a group.

Ning Haibo sat in the main seat and raised his glass. “Minister Wang and his people, have come all the way. Let’s propose a toast first!”

Everyone was very considerate of the strength of the troops, and even the foreigner on the lower right, who had a bad look on his face, raised a toast in welcome.

Jing Xingzhi sipped a little, took a taste, and then put down the cup, thinking about the people around him. He sighed. This wine didn’t taste good.

Not only did the wine taste bad, but the people drinking with him were also hard to get along with.

Ning Haibo’s army would definitely help them, but the people on the other two sides were too disharmonious.

The old people of the Li Dynasty had made meritorious deeds, and they wanted benefits. They intended to bully the blue-green-eyed side severely.

But the blue-green eyes side must still have some forces and people, and because of the sense of danger, they concentrated their strength. Jing Xingzhi feared that his side would be unlucky, because everyone was now tied together, and the enemy wasn’t weak.

They didn’t want to be bullied. They wanted to continue to be rich and protect themselves.

So, the biggest contradiction at present was how to reconcile the fatal contradiction between the lower right and the lower left.

Jing Xingzhi wasn’t the boss for the time being, and with questions on his mind, he followed the team and ate food with a smile.

He didn’t drink much wine. Jing Xingzhi didn’t like drinking unless it was necessary.

But if he didn’t look for trouble, someone else would.

The old people had worked hard and exerted their strength during the war, but Ning Haibo was shameless and never fulfilled the promised benefits and official positions, saying that he was waiting for the court to send someone to deliver justice.

In the end, when they came, they still sat across from the blue-green eyes side. Of course, they knew in their hearts that Ning Haibo probably wanted people from the court to perfuse them and ignore their benefits!

Looking at the bunch of newcomers coming to the imperial court, the tall old people who had grown up in the frontier looked at each other. One of the tall men stood up and started looking for trouble.

“You don’t have any soldiers for our official positions, so how can you take them based on your little strength?!”

“My lords, it’s really hard for you to come all the way! I am Xu Mulang, here’s a toast to you all!”

As he spoke, Xu Mulang, who was as big as a small tank, raised his glass and drank it all.

The North was known for strong liquor, and the liquor served to officials was, of course, the best and very strong.

Watching Xu Mulang pour a cup, many new officials frowned.

They could drink this cup, but what about the next one?

If they were drunk when they arrived, how could they establish your authority later?

Wang Zikai found that the old people who were supposed to be on his side weren’t cooperating, and his eyes couldn’t help but glance at Ning Haibo in confusion.

Ning Haibo smiled and avoided looking at Wang Zikai.

It wasn’t that the army couldn’t control these people, it was just that the old people were getting tired of chasing after them.

To put it bluntly, they were in a hurry to find civil servants to come over and clean up their mess.

Wang Zikai and the others thought clearly about this in the blink of an eye.

He glanced at Ning Haibo, then turned to look at Jing Xingzhi. “Xingzhi, you’re a good drinker. Come and have a couple of drinks with Mr. Xu!”

Ning Haibo’s emphasis on Jing Xingzhi was noticed by Wang Zikai.

‘If you make trouble, of course, I will make trouble for your son.’

Seeing Ning Haibo’s sudden change of expression, Wang Zikai sneered inwardly. He thought to himself that Ning Haibo was really not worthy of being a father. He didn’t even know that  Jing Xingzhi was a good drinker!

Jing Xingzhi’s face was pale, and his beard had been shaved off, making him look white and tender. So even though he had been wearing a fifth-grade official uniform before, others hadn’t paid much attention.

But when he stood up, the other Northlanders laughed.

A good-looking pretty guy must not be good at drinking!

Even if he could drink, he would never be able to keep up with their alcoholic Xu Mulang.