9 to 5, Clock Out
"Roast…Chicken wings, I... My favorite..." At this moment, a strange tune sounded in the backyard of the Shangyuan County government office.
Ye Jin squatted beside a pot of charcoal fire, holding a brush in his hand and constantly brushing sauce on the chicken wings on the charcoal fire.
When the chicken wings were roasted until they were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, he picked up the skewer of chicken wings and placed it in front of his nose to take a deep breath.
Then, he revealed a satisfied expression and muttered to himself,"" Although there are no cell phones or internet in this era, and there are no beach beauties in bikinis, the ingredients are absolutely healthy. There are no random ingredients. Even if you roast these chicken wings and drumsticks every day, you won't get tired of them…"
As he spoke, he took a bite of the chicken wing.
He felt that it wasn't cooked yet, so he placed the skewer of roast chicken wings on the charcoal fire again and continued to roast it.
Then, she reached out for a bowl of sweet wine with ice cubes and took a sip.
Although it was only April or May, the temperature had already climbed to around 20 degrees Celsius.
Now that he was roasting chicken wings beside a charcoal fire, he really couldn't stand it without drinking some iced drinks.
Ye Jin was not from this era.
Half a year ago, he accidentally transmigrated to this world and found out that he had become a new Jinshi in the 14th year of Hongwu.
However, his ranking was not high.
Thus, after the selection by the Ministry of Official Personnel, he was sent to Yingtian Prefecture's Shangyuan County to take up the post of county magistrate.
What?
An official under Old Zhu?
Was there a mistake?
In the Hongwu Dynasty, being an official was a high-risk profession. If one was not careful, one's head would be removed, and one would be skinned alive.
What was it?
It was to peel off your skin and stuff the grass into it.
Just thinking about it made him panic.
Eh!
There was no need to be careless.
Sometimes, even doing nothing would cause him to suffer an undeserved disaster.
Even a clean and upright official could make a trip to the market.
For example, the famous Hongwu Four Major Case (Hu Weiyong Case, Kongyin Case, Guo Huan Case, and Lan Yu Case), which one of them did not involve tens of thousands of people and kill them?!
Although there was a reason for every case, the main culprit did commit a crime that deserved to be killed (the Empty Seal Case was another matter).
However, it was also a fact that it involved a lot of people.
Every case had killed tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.!
With such a bloodthirsty emperor, how could he still be an official?!
Who knows, his head might move one day.
He didn't even know why he died.
Therefore, it was better to resign early and retire to protect himself.
However, it was unknown whether it was because of the constant wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty that the court lacked talents to govern the local areas, or because the Hu Weiyong case and the Kongyin case (the Guo Huan case and the Lan Yu case had not happened yet) had killed too many officials, resulting in many official positions being vacant. Therefore, Ye Jin's application to resign was actually rejected by the Ministry of Personnel Affairs.
He had no choice but to bring a follower to Shangyuan County, which was 30 miles away from Yingtian.
Half a year had passed since then.
However, when he arrived at Shangyuan County to take over the post of county magistrate, he actually activated the '9-to-5' system.
As long as he punched in and out of work on time every day, he could receive generous rewards.
Yes!
Now, even the system was so humane?!
Aren't those capitalists who say that '996' is a blessing ashamed?!
However, Old Zhu was not a capitalist, but a demon who killed without blinking.
To be an official in the Hongwu Dynasty and want to work nine to five?!
Did he think that he was not going to die fast enough?!
Therefore, when he found out that he was bound to such a system, Ye Jin immediately fell into a dilemma.
Should he cherish his life and enjoy Old Zhu's blessing of 007, or should he clock out from 9 to 5 every day?!
But in the end, Ye Jin still chose the latter.
There was no other reason!
The system had given him too much.
In the past six months, Ye Jin had insisted on checking in every day. Not only did he obtain a large number of body-refining pills and martial arts manuals, but he also obtained some precious high-yield grain seeds, as well as some blueprints of advanced machinery and so on.
Therefore, in just half a year, he had turned from a weak scholar to a peerless expert.
Now, even if Old Zhu sent an army to encircle and annihilate them, Ye Jin was confident that he could kill his way out of the encirclement.
Therefore, since he had the capital to save his life, his fear of Old Zhu had long disappeared without a trace.
There was no other reason!
He had a sword in his hand.
He didn't panic!
"Young Master, we've already skewered half a basin of meat and vegetables. Do you want more?!”At this moment, a maid with two pigtails came out of the kitchen with a small basin of skewers.
This maid was not very old, only around 14 or 15 years old.
She had a delicate and pretty appearance, and her eyes had the innocence that a young girl should have.
Ye Jin put the chicken wing in front of his nose and sniffed it. He found that it was really cooked this time, so he placed the chicken wing on the plate on the tea table.
She said to the maid," That's enough. This much is enough for the two of us to eat. Go outside and take a look. Who is it that has come to my territory to behave atrociously?! You're so noisy and disturbed my interest in eating skewers…"
The maidservant looked confused and asked Ye Jin,""I didn't hear anyone making a noise. Young Master, did you hear wrongly?!”
But just as he finished speaking.
Clang!
The door to the backyard was kicked open.
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