Lin Mo did some simple morning exercises. After stretching his muscles, he put on neat clothes, dressed up a little and headed to Si Ma Fang Yamen.
As public officials in Huaiping, their working hours are relatively early, and they ask for breakfast around seven o'clock in the morning.
It's just that you have half an hour's rest after you go, during which you can have breakfast in the small canteen inside the Yamen, or catch up on some sleep.
Then I work until about ten o'clock, then take a lunch break, and then I can have free activities in the afternoon.
In terms of time alone, it is indeed free.
Walking on the street, Lin Mo looked at the scenery along the way,
Even though it was still early, there were a lot of people on the street at this time.
There was a constant flow of people coming and going, and the most numerous people were naturally the vegetable men carrying the burdens and the trackers in short skirts.
Obviously, even in a big city like Huaiping, there are still many poor people.
'No wonder so many people want to enter the Yamen.'
He sighed softly.
Compared with working from dawn to dusk and having to worry about livelihood, the system of taking a break in the morning and evening is simply too delicious.
Time passed slowly, Lin Mo's residence was not far from the Yamen, and he arrived soon.
He packed up his luggage, rubbed his face, and walked toward the door.
Si Ma Fang Yamen is very big, and it is also a large house. It takes three times to enter. At this time, there are two cold-faced military men standing at the door.
Just as he stepped forward, a carriage suddenly came leisurely from the other end of the long street.
The other party was not very fast, and the target seemed to be Lin Mo. He drove directly to a stop four or five meters away from him.
Soon afterwards, a man in a smart suit jumped out of the car, holding a delicate wooden box in his hand, carefully placed it at Lin Mo's feet, opened the wooden box, and revealed a corner full of gold tickets.
, smiled, turned around and left in the car.
Lin Mo didn't move. He looked at the carriage that was slowly driving away, and then at the wooden box on the ground, thoughtfully.
"Hey, Brother Lin, what are you doing standing still? Why don't you just accept it?"
Suddenly, a low voice came from behind.
He turned around and saw his colleague Xue Gui, who had been drinking together last night, standing behind him, looking enviously at the wooden box on the ground.
"Is this okay?" Lin Mo glanced at the guard not far away and at the increasing number of pedestrians around.
It means something.
Yesterday, everyone said with serious expressions that they should have some restraint. Now the gifts are delivered directly to the door, and you ask me to accept them?
While he felt strange, the look he looked at Xue Gui gradually became dangerous.
"What are you afraid of? If I really want to do something for you, I won't give gifts here, and I won't put them in boxes. At the very least, I will serve you with an empty stone ring." Xue Gui's eyes were a little red, and his hair was a little scattered, as if last night
He didn't sleep well and didn't notice any changes in Lin Mo, so he explained:
"To be precise, newcomers will receive a greeting gift. This is the custom of Si Ma Fang Yamen, which is regarded as a welcome gift.
In the morning, they were given by the big trading houses that were listed in the queue, and they were also the most valuable. As for other small forces, they would also give some one after another, but they were just small items."
As he spoke, he bent down and glanced briefly at the box, then closed it and handed it to Lin Mo.
"Tsk, your Lingxi Courtyard's skin is better. Your greeting gift is much heavier than mine."
Xue Gui sighed.
When he joined the company, he received only 5,000 taels of gold tickets and three bottles of Luming Pills.
As for Lin Mo's wooden box, just a dime of gold coins exposed was definitely more than ten thousand taels.
"Okay, you can keep it. If you don't keep it, it will be difficult to get along in the yamen." Xue Gui shook his head and whispered again, and gave away the wooden box in his hand again.
Lin Mo pondered for a moment, thought that it was indeed the case, and accepted it.
He made up his mind that if this was really a bribe and what he was asking for was really outrageous, he would just treat it as confiscated.
In his opinion, as long as you accept the gift and do nothing, it cannot be called bribery, and naturally nothing will happen.
However, the rules of Si Ma Fang are really strange.
Lin Mo looked around at his colleagues who were not surprised and even offered congratulations. For a moment, he just felt strange.
"Okay, let's go. You will experience a lot of these things in the future. It's normal. For example, we are still in the right place here at Si Ma Fang. I heard that there are people selling their jobs in the Human Resources Hall next door. Isn't that even more outrageous?
Okay. After all, there is no benefit, who is willing to do this?" Xue Gui took the initiative to comfort him.
In his opinion, Lin Mo was the kind of person who came from a small place and although he had some talents and a fierce appearance, his character was very honest.
When it comes to new and novel things, there is always a fear of inferiority and intimidation.
This is a common problem among people from the countryside, caused by their childhood environment. In short, this kind of person is the best to make friends with, so he does not hesitate to help with small things.
Lin Mo smiled and nodded, but said nothing.
The two of them walked into the Yamen together and wrote their names on the Mao book on time. After drawing the Mao book, they signed in.
Then the two of them went to the cafeteria to eat together.
By this time, there were already many people in the small canteen.
The food in the cafeteria is pretty good, it's self-service, mostly meat products, mostly mountain animal meat. Although it's unlikely to be a beast in the Destiny Realm, in this world, it's good to have meat to eat.
After dinner, it’s normal working hours.
Colleagues who had a drink last night came one after another.
They said hello to each other and then officially got to work.
Lin Mo was not scheduled to go to the ferry for inspection today, and his work was still copying files and classifying them.
This file is the number of merchants in Si Ma Fang, including all large and small merchants. The update time was one month ago.
Specific information includes business operations, staff size, store hours, and corresponding taxes.
It saves him the trouble of asking his colleagues which pharmacy is the best. He can find the answer directly from the file.
He also took the time to look at the wooden box delivered by those people in the morning.
There is indeed a lot of stuff, a full 20,000 taels of gold tickets, and some bottles of medicine.
Of course, the specific efficacy still needs to be tested, but judging from the packaging outside, it should be a good product.
Only then did he understand why Liu Jie and others loved and hated working at Si Ma Fang Yamen last night.
It’s because it’s so easy to get money.
Just a rough estimate, the supplies in the wooden box in the morning, excluding the medicines, were enough to support an ordinary Qi and Blood Realm martial artist for half a year.
If it comes a few more times, is it still worth it?
But while he was surprised, he was also even more fearful.
Others don't know, but he knows that he didn't come here through some back door, but came here to be punished, which means there must be a back-up plan.
But now that he had just arrived, he could only respond unchanged, which made Lin Mo feel aggrieved for no reason.
Sometimes he misses his days in Qingfeng City.
He is truly powerful enough to do whatever he wants and fully implement his will.
How is it like this Huaiping?
He sighed inwardly, thought no more, and continued copying.
But when you are immersed in something, time passes very quickly.
Soon it was time to get off work.
Liu Jie and others asked them to eat and drink together again, but this time Lin Mo refused.
He planned to take advantage of this free time to look for medicine.
As for the target, he has already found it, and that is the century-old pharmacy 'Qingdanfang' in Si Ma Fang.
But just when Lin Mo was about to get up, Xue Gui came over in a panic.