CH 135

Qi Mu's expression was solemn as he hurried away, but deep down, he was thrilled. Working for Boss Lin was exactly what he wanted to do at the moment.

However, Lin Wen's intentions were not solely to fulfill Wolong's trust.

From the conversation between Qi Mu and Qin Luoshuang, he realized that if he could hire more unemployed people and provide jobs for those who were starving, he would certainly gain a lot of good karma.

Although Changshan County didn't lack laborers apart from the county government staff and reserve officers, hiring an unemployed worker would earn him a bit more good karma.

This was a surefire business deal. It would be a pity not to earn more.

Therefore, Lin Wen stated that there was no limit.

No matter how many people there were, Lin Wen had a trump card to play.

In order to cultivate immortality, he had decided to study the laws of the origin world first. Therefore, he had to get into the best physics university to have a better chance of finding a way to traverse this world.

For this, he had forced himself to read many books. Even though he discarded them after the exams, he could still recall them when needed.

Therefore, he had memorized the history of society from scratch. In terms of reasonable organization and large-scale use of manpower, China was a leader.

As stated in Das Kapital, talent is the most precious asset.

For Lin Wen, there was no more correct answer than this. Otherwise, who would he be benefiting? In the world of cultivation, there were White Lady, Spiderman, and Elf King, but in this world, there were only humans.

The empire, which treated people as non-humans and wasted them at will, was the epitome of stupidity and arrogance.

Next, Lin Wen began to look for Wolong's successor.

Logically speaking, there should be many hidden talents in Yaojing Spiritual Capital.

Lin Wen first visited some well-known professors, famous economists, theorists, political scientists, and so on.

As a sheriff, although he was not particularly high in the entire imperial official system, he was almost an existence that ordinary people could only look up to.

Lin Wen's rank allowed him to move freely in various higher education institutions, but the meetings were not very smooth. These famous figures, under the "Observing Qi and People", all seemed ordinary, some even couldn't match Qi Mu, an ordinary person found on the street.

Moreover, many of them had dark auras, and some were even completely black.

Lin Wen activated the "Spirit Cat's Agility" and dealt with these people, preventing them from harming the world, and also conveniently knocked out a lot of ill-gotten wealth.

After a day, he actually gained quite a lot.

Lin Wen was not afraid of being discovered. He had watched over a thousand episodes of Detective Conan and was proficient in over a thousand murder methods, especially good at locked-room murders, and knew more than seven hundred alibis.

The empire's inexperienced detectives could never compete with him in this field!

Even if there was a Sherlock Holmes-like figure who found him, it wouldn't matter.

According to the empire's unspoken (open) rules, he was a high-ranking official of the empire. As long as he insisted that the other party committed suicide, such a level of accusation could not convict him.

This is called "fighting fire with fire". Without Lin Wen's intervention, who knows when they would be prosecuted and tried for their evil deeds. If they died of old age, that would be the greatest tragedy.

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Although he had made some gains, the fundamental problem was not solved.

Lin Wen quickly realized that it was almost impossible for him to directly find someone who could replace Wolong.

He could only take a step back and look for some qualified government officials to train as reserve talents.

Such people were very rare in Changshan County. Currently, there were only Huang Mingxiao, Fang Yaobo, Lei Tiantong, and Yuan Zhimen. Fang Dashan, as the leader of the army, was qualified, but as a government official, he was simply incompetent.

Li Xiaoli was still a fledgling, needing growth. Lin Wen was considering helping her mature a bit when he returned.

In such a large county, there were only a few who could really handle things. This showed that the shortage of officials in Changshan County had reached a very serious level. Even the second highest position in the county, the director of the county government, had been vacant for a long time.

Ever since that bald guy was taken down by Lin Wen, there had been no new candidates.

After Lin Wen's several rounds of purges of the officials, some people who were scared out of their wits chose to resign or transfer.

As a result, almost half of the county government was empty.

The entire Changshan County was almost entirely supported by Wolong alone.

Lin Wen was not unwilling to promote people, but he was very cautious, serious, and careful when promoting officials. He would never use his power to promote someone in a hurry.

This was called "better to lack than to overflow".

Moreover, Lin Wen also found that choosing people by magic was not so reliable.

If he needed to know very accurately whether a person was capable of a certain position, the cost of the magic would be very high, just like when he asked where to find someone like Wolong.

If it was just a vague question, the answer would be inaccurate.

He might choose someone far beyond the upper limit, like when he first found Wolong and Phoenix Nest.

Sometimes it was far below the lower limit, simply because there were no other qualified candidates.

For Lin Wen, high consumption was unacceptable. He could only use vague questions to try his luck. As long as they initially passed the "Observing Qi and People" test, they could barely be used.

So, after failing to visit the celebrities, he immediately used magic.

"Who around me is suitable to be a government official of Changshan County?"

Consumption: 18% of the original spirit.

Acceptable.

Sure enough, once he used magic, the people he found were much stronger than those who were famous in name only.

But the problem was, a large part of them were officials of Yaojing Spiritual Capital.

How could an official of a nearly top-tier city give up their generous treatment and developed environment to go to the remote and poor Changshan County?

And the other part of the people, upon hearing the specific situation of Changshan County, also changed their words, saying they would consider it.

In fact, it was a polite refusal.Lin Wen had used two spells in the Spiritual Capital and approached seventeen people in total, but not a single one agreed.

In fact, it was a polite refusal.

Feeling frustrated, Lin Wen returned to the hotel, only to find that the deputy mayor of Yaojing Spiritual Capital, Liu Sheng, had been waiting for him.

"Mayor Liu, what can I do for you?"

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On the other hand.

Unlike Lin Wen, whose progress was not going well, Qi Mu's recruitment had caused a huge sensation from the start.

Having experienced a long and painful job search himself, he deeply understood the desperation of these job seekers. Therefore, he made a large sign and wrote on it in eye-catching words what they cared about and needed to see the most:

Stable job!

Stable income!

Food and accommodation provided!

Holidays!

Overtime pay!

Open recruitment by the Imperial Government Department!

No job seeker could ignore these six lines.

The moment this sign was put up, it definitely attracted attention.

Then, at the bottom, Qi Mu wrote the detailed information in smaller text.

Work location, job position, job benefits, etc.

Since Sheriff Lin asked him to decide for himself, he wrote the requirements according to his own imagination:

County Hall Affairs Officer, Reserve Officer: Graduates from first-class universities with relevant experience.

Ordinary government staff: Graduates from third-class universities or above.

Laborers: Graduates from medium-level institutions or above.

He didn't have the nerve to ask Lin Wen for money, so he paid out of his own pocket to hire two people, carrying the sign to the employment market in the eastern part of the lower city.

He didn't go into the employment market, but rented a stall on the street outside.

Opposite the stall was a long queue, and he was right in the middle of it.

This area was part of the old city of the Spiritual Capital, with low-rise buildings, old infrastructure, narrow and cracked roads, and power poles haphazardly standing on the road, looking chaotic.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was shining from the west, everyone was sweating and thirsty, but no one wanted to leave. They had been queuing all day, and leaving now would mean all their efforts were in vain.

But when Qi Mu had the sign raised, in an instant, everyone's eyes turned.

However, no one acted rashly.

Everything was too good to be true.

They watched, until the first person took the plunge.

It was a delicate girl with a big braid and big glasses.

"Hello."

She said in a soft voice.

"Is what you wrote on the sign true?"

Qi Mu hurriedly replied, "Of course it's true. We are public servants of the Imperial Government. How could we lie and deceive people?"

The girl whispered, "I am a recent graduate from the University of Spiritual Capital. My name is Tian Jiajia. This is my resume. Can I apply for the position of ordinary government staff?"

"Of course."

Qi Mu quickly raised another smaller sign.

"The details of the job are here. We are staff of Changshan County Government. If you are successful, you will need to work in Changshan County. It is a poor area and the environment is much worse than here. Can you accept that?"

Upon hearing this, the girl seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and smiled, "Yes, my mother always says I'm a child who can endure hardship."

Qi Mu nodded, briefly looked at her resume, and began to ask, "You are a mathematics major, hmm, your graduation thesis grade?"

"A-1."

"College unified exam?"

"First in three years."

"What about the other year?"

"I took the Imperial National Mathematics Exam."

"Score?"

"Second."

"I have a question, give me the answer within 3 minutes. There are 15 female staff in the Changshan County Hall. They walk in groups of three every day. How can they be arranged so that each woman walks with any other woman only once in a week?"

The girl adjusted her glasses and quickly gave the answer.

Qi Mu smiled and said, "Congratulations, you have been officially hired. Please fill in your personal information here and report to the Changshan County Hall within 7 days. This is your proof of successful application."

He handed over a shiny silver anchor badge.

This was a souvenir provided by the Captain's Hotel for officials. It was made of pure silver and very finely crafted.

Lin Wen, adhering to the spirit of not wasting anything, directly brought back several boxes.

Originally, this souvenir was placed in the hall for everyone to take at will.

Since they were all officials and their entourage, this small souvenir wasn't worth much. It was basically ignored when placed here, so no one was watching it.

But they never expected that Lin Wen, this oddball, would sneak into this joint meeting.

In his eyes, as long as it was money without bad karma, it was his money, it was the money of all the villagers in Changshan County.