Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Offscreen, Su Xi was practically dying of laughter, but the cub was clearly oblivious to the bubbles of his thoughts bubbling out one after another. So Su Xi also pretended to be oblivious to the child’s jealousy.
Seeing that the cub was still very repulsive towards Yun Xiupang, Su Xi, as an old mother who supported freedom of making friends, did not force the two to be friends.
However, according to the system’s judgment, the string of candied haws that she had just grabbed from the cub’s hand and given to Yun Xiupang had been judged as the protagonist actively showing goodwill, so a message quickly popped up on the screen –
“Congratulations on completing Side Quest 5, which involves making your first friend. Mission Reward: +200 Gold Coins, +2 Points!”
In this way, Su Xi successfully obtained 42 points! Her goal was to get 100 points as soon as possible, so that she could communicate with her son without having to pull his sleeves.
And according to the system prompts, big gift packs will also be unlocked in the mall at that time! Now she had gone halfway, and she was still a little excited just thinking about it!
After the servants and guards in Ning Wang’s mansion moved Lu Huan’s luggage to the official residence of the Ministry of War, Lu Huan officially went to the Ministry of War to take up his post.
The uniform of a fifth-rank military official was a dark blue robe with a vermilion cornel pattern and a dark brown green tiger embroidered on it.
Su Xi saw the cub taking off the crimson ninth-grade study suit and putting on this one, which seemed a bit of a pity, because the color of the study suit was really nice after all.
But once the cub put on his new official uniform, Su Xi immediately felt delicious again.
The saying “clothes make the man” was false. The cub looked good in everything he wore and always had a different style.
Wearing the ninth-rank study companion uniform, he looked like a young master carved out of jade, and wearing the fifth-rank military officer uniform, he looked even more elegant like a silver spear and a snow sword.
On the first day that Lu Huan went to the government office, it was morning on his side, but evening on Su Xi’s side. It was almost time to go to bed, but Su Xi leaned on the pillow and decided to play games for a while before sending her son to report for the first day.
So she used the two points she earned from the side quest to unlock the section of the Department of the Military Department.
The head of the Ministry of War was the Minister of War, and his second-in-command was the Vice Minister of War. These two oversaw four departments within the Ministry of War. The First Department was responsible for the selection of military officers and successors, the Second Department was responsible for the procurement and management of war supplies such as horses and weapons, the Third Department was responsible for military rewards and punishments, and the Fourth Department was responsible for the dissemination of military documents and reports.
Each department had a principal position – a fifth-rank military director, and a deputy position – a fifth-rank military assistant. Under them were about ten chief officials, and each chief official had some officials under him.
Lu Huan was to be in charge of the Second Department of the Ministry of War.
His current position was equivalent to the second-in-command of the Second Department of the Ministry of War.
After Su Xi spent some time sorting out these things from the official background introduction in the system, she was very much looking forward to seeing what it would be like for the cub to serve as an official for the first time.
Although this fifth-rank deputy minister of the Ministry of War was only a minor official who did not even have to attend court, he was in charge of more than ten people in charge of the two ministries, so he should have considerable authority.
But what she never expected was that on his first day as an official, the leaders of the second department of the Ministry of War would give him a warning.
When the cub appeared at the gate of the government office, these officials were still gathered together, whispering loudly, completely ignoring the fact that the person involved had arrived, as if they were talking to Lu Huan.
Long paragraphs of disdainful text popped up on the screen.
“I really don’t know how that kid managed to win the favor of General Yun and get assigned here! This backdoor approach is truly despicable!”
“Yes, he’s just a bast**d from Ning Wang’s mansion. He has no merits before. He only went hunting with those princes in Qiuyan Mountain once. Why should he be superior to us?”
“Although not all of us officers come from high-ranking official families, we’ve all been promoted step by step through the proper channels. Official A is the son of the Rongzhou County Magistrate, and Official B was even the top scholar in the imperial examination three years ago! I thought that when the position of Deputy Director became vacant, one of you two would be promoted to this position, but who would have thought that a kid who hasn’t even grown all his hair would come in!”
Among the crowd, the two people with the names of Chief A and Chief B above their heads had particularly strange expressions.
One of them clenched his fists in anger, while the other hid his emotions well and quickly waved his hands, saying, “No, no, no, Brother Bing, it was many years ago that I passed the imperial examination and became the third place in the imperial examination. Now, of course, the younger generation is surpassing the older generation, and I am not as good as the young princes in the capital.”
Su Xi immediately felt that this third place winner was quite cunning. Sure enough, after he said this modest remark, the officials immediately felt that it was even more unfair.
They all said, “We look down on those who inherit through their father’s influence the most. So what if he’s a Prince? Everyone in the capital knows that the Ning Wang Palace has fallen on hard times. What’s more, the new Deputy Minister is just a lowly bast**d! What great things can he accomplish? I’m afraid he’s just a useless piece of trash!”
There were more than a dozen people gathered together, talking one after another, calling the boy a lowly bast**d from Ning Wang’s Mansion, and belittling him as worthless.
….
Su Xi didn’t expect this to happen and felt very uncomfortable.
But this situation was normal. After all, these people in charge thought that the new deputy director would be selected from among them, but who knew that someone would suddenly appear out of nowhere? It would be strange if they didn’t feel weird.
But from now on, the cub’s situation might not be very good.
She didn’t know how these people were going to make things difficult for the cub.
Lu Huan was followed by two guards from Ning Wang’s Mansion, carrying his bag. They listened to every word of their sarcasm, but his expression remained calm.
He paused briefly at the entrance to the government office, letting the two guards go in and clear his desk. Then he whispered to the person beside him, “Aren’t you leaving yet?”
Su Xi had just said hello to the cub and was about to leave. But after washing up, she couldn’t help but turn on the screen in bed.
Su Xi tugged at the cub’s right hand sullenly, feeling bitter in her heart.
Although the cub had worked very hard during this period, from Yong’an Temple to Qiuyan Mountain and then to Yunzhou Palace, and finally got rid of the predicament in Ning Wang’s Mansion.
But it seemed that was not enough. In the eyes of these people, he was just a bast**d from a declining royal family of a different surname who could be bullied at will.
The same was true in the Imperial Academy. Although the students were on good terms with the cub on the surface and copied his homework, they secretly thought that he was just a bast**d from the Ning Wang Mansion.
These adult officials were even more blatant when it came to bullying a teenager.
…She no longer expected the story about the cub’s life experience to appear in the game as soon as possible. She just hoped that the cub could succeed as soon as possible and no longer be looked down upon by these people.
Although Lu Huan could not see the expression of the person next to him, nor her movements, he could tell from the way she pulled his hand that she seemed to be in a bad mood.
Lu Huan thought about it, guessed why, and said to her, “Go and rest, get some sleep first. Come back later, and I promise you, you won’t hear these people say such things again.”
And the sixth side quest suddenly popped up on the screen in Su Xi –
[Side Mission 6: Bring the Second Division of the Ministry of War under control, solving the problems they have been facing for years and initially attracting the attention of General Zhenyuan and the Minister of War! This mission rewards 2 points!]
Even if this was not a new side quest, she must help the cub deal with these bast**ds!
Su Xi hooked her left hand at the cub, signaling him to log off. But as she watched the cub walk into the government office on the screen while the officials walked away as if they hadn’t noticed, she couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger.
She couldn’t think of how to deal with these people for a while, so she opened the mall and looked through it, searching for the keyword “Ministry of War”. After searching for a long time, she only found a condensed account book of war preparedness supplies from previous years.
This streamlined account book was from the second department and should be useful.
So she pulled her son to the back of the government office, handed the account book to him, and then logged off.
Su Xi was really sleepy and was thinking that this side quest might not be completed in a short time. Her eyelids then began to droop, and she felt sleepy, so she fell asleep in a short while.
….
On Lu Huan’s side, seeing his guards had tidied up the table for him, the group of leaders raised their eyelids to take a look, and someone uttered a sarcastic snort.
Lu Huan glanced at these people, and his sight quickly locked onto the two people in charge, A and B.
The other people in charge seem to be centered around these two people, who should have more prominent identities.
But the relationship between the two people seemed not very good. One of them was sitting at a desk on the side, far away.
Lu Huan understood and said nothing more. He turned around and went to his seat beside the curtain of the government office.
Seeing him go in, these officials stopped being silent and started whispering to each other, saying that this young man had great authority and they wondered what real abilities he had.
Lu Huan began to look through the account books of the Second Department from previous years.
About two hours later, there was a sudden noise and commotion outside, as if an official had come to report that something had happened.
There were two things that happened.
A person in charge of purchasing horses said that the horses were not properly guarded by an officer in the barracks, and dozens of horses ran away!
Another thing was that the Zhenyuan General’s Mansion had been recruiting soldiers in recent days, which had led to an increase in demand for weapons. The Second Department had thus had to increase the number of weapons it purchased, such as spears, silver swords, etc.
But a problem arose here. When transporting the weapons from the forge to the armory, the people protested, saying that the carts were noisy and disturbing.
In addition, many weapons were lost during the transportation of weapons due to improper handling of the officials’ work. The State of Yan prohibited ordinary people from purchasing weapons privately, as they were afraid that some bad guys in the capital would pick up the weapons from these barracks and commit crimes.
These two issues were not small, and the people in charge outside were extremely anxious, talking about them and arguing with each other.
Lu Huan pretended not to hear.
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