Outside the screen, Su Xi was about to die from laughter. However, Zaizai clearly didn't know that his mental activities had turned into bubbles that popped out one after another.

Su Xi also pretended not to know the little thoughts of the child fighting for affection.

Seeing that Zaizai was still very repulsed by Yun Xiupang, Su Xi was an old mother who supported the freedom to make friends, so she didn't force the two to be friends.

However, according to the system's judgment, the stick of candied haws that she had given to Yun Xiupang by grabbing Zaizai's hand had already been judged as the protagonist taking the initiative to express goodwill. Thus, a message quickly popped up on the screen —

"Congratulations on completing the fifth side mission of making your first friend. Mission reward: + 200 gold coins, + 2 points!"

In this way, Su Xi's side smoothly had 42 points!

Her goal was to spend 100 points as soon as possible. When the time came, she wouldn't have to rely on her sleeves to communicate with Zaizai.

And according to the system's prompt, when the time came, the store would unlock some kind of big gift bag!

Now that she was already halfway there, she was a little excited just thinking about it!

After Prince Ning Fu's servants and bodyguards helped Lu Huan move his luggage to the Ministry of War's official residence, Lu Huan officially went to the Ministry of War to take up his post.

The lower class, rank five minister counsellor of the Ministry of War's uniform was a dark green robe with a dark brown tiger embroidered on it.

Su Xi saw that Zaizai had changed out of his dark red, rank nine study uniform and put on this one. After all, the color of the study uniform was really beautiful.

However, when Zaizai really put on the new official uniform, Su Xi immediately felt that it was really good.

Clothes made the man, but it was all fake.

Zaizai actually looked good in everything and had a different style.

When he wore the rank nine study uniform, he looked like a young master carved from jade. When he wore the rank five military officer uniform, he looked even more elegant with a silver spear and a snow sword.

On the first day Lu Huan went to the government office, it was already night time for him. It was almost time for Su Xi to go to bed, but Su Xi suddenly leaned on the pillow and decided to play games for a while and send Zaizai to report on his first day.

Thus, she used the two points that she exchanged for the side mission to unlock the section of the Ministry of War's four departments.

The head of the Ministry of War was the Minister of War, and the second in command was the Assistant Minister of War. These two were in charge of the four departments under the Ministry of War.

The first department was in charge of the selection of military officers from the Chengxi Dynasty. The second department was in charge of the purchase and collection of war supplies, such as horses and weapons. The third department was in charge of the reward and punishment of military merits. The fourth department was in charge of the transmission of military books and military reports.

Each department also had a chief official — a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of War, and a deputy official — a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of War. Subordinate to him were a dozen or so managers, and each manager had a number of officials who worked for him.

Lu Huan was going to serve in the Second Division of the Ministry of War.

His current position was equivalent to the second-in-command of the Second Division of the Ministry of War.

Su Xi spent some time to understand the background of the officials in the system. He was looking forward to seeing how Zaizai's first official position would be.

Although this Vice Minister of the Ministry of War was only a minor official who didn't even need to attend court, he was still in charge of a dozen or so managers of the Second Division. He should have quite the authority of an official.

But he never expected that on Zaizai's first day as an official, he would be taken down by the managers of the Second Division of the Ministry of War.

When Zaizai appeared at the entrance of the yamen, these managers were still gathered together and whispering to each other. Their voices were also very loud, completely ignoring the fact that the person involved had already arrived. It was as if they were talking for Lu Huan to hear.

Large chunks of disdainful text popped up on the screen.

"I really don't know how that brat managed to gain the recognition of the Grand Commandant Of Cloud. He actually arranged for him to be here!

This method of getting in through the back door is truly despicable! "

"That's right. He's merely the son of a concubine of Prince Ning Fu. He didn't have any previous achievements. He only went hunting with those heirs at Mount Autumn Swallow once. What right does he have to suppress us?"

"Although not all of us managers were born in high-ranking officials' families, in any case, we were all promoted step by step.

Manager A is the son of Rongzhou's County Chief. Manager B was the Tanhua Scholar from three years ago!

I originally thought that after the position of Minister Counsellor became vacant, one of you two would be promoted to this position. But who would have thought that a brat who hasn't even grown out of his hair would come! "

In the middle of the group of people, the two people with the names of Manager A and Manager B above their heads had strange expressions.

One had a resentful expression and clenched his fists. The other hid his emotions very well and hurriedly waved his hands, saying, "No, no, no. Manager Brother B, how many years ago was it that I became the Tanhua Scholar? Now, it's only natural that each new generation surpasses the previous one. I'm not as good as the young heirs in the capital."

Su Xi immediately felt that this Manager B, who was the Tanhua Scholar, was very scheming. As expected, after he said such a modest sentence, the other managers immediately felt that it was even more unfair.

They all said, "We look down on those who inherit their father's shadow the most. So what if they're heirs?

Who in the capital doesn't know that Prince Ning Fu has already declined? What's more, the new Minister Counsellor is only the son of a concubine!

What can he accomplish? I'm afraid that he's just a good-looking but useless piece of trash! "

The dozen or so people in the crowd said one after another that Prince Ning Fu was the son of a concubine, degrading Zaizai to the point that he was worthless.

Su Xi didn't expect this kind of situation and felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

But this kind of situation was normal. After all, these managers thought that the new Minister Counsellor would be chosen from among them. Who would have thought that someone would suddenly appear out of nowhere? It would be strange if they didn't act strangely.

It was just that Zaizai's situation wouldn't be too good after this.

He didn't know how these people would make things difficult for Zaizai.

Lu Huan was followed by two of Prince Ning Fu's imperial bodyguards who helped him carry his bag. He heard every word of these people's sarcasm, but his expression didn't change.

His footsteps paused at the entrance of the yamen and let the two imperial bodyguards go in first to help him clean up the table. Then he whispered to his side, "You haven't left yet?"

Su Xi had just told Zaizai that she was about to leave. But after washing up, he couldn't help but turn on the screen on the bed.

Su Xi sullenly pulled Zaizai's right hand and felt a burst of bitterness in his heart.

Zaizai had worked very hard during this period of time. From Yong An Temple to Qiu Yan Mountain, to Yunzhou's temporary imperial residence, he had finally gotten rid of Prince Ning Fu's predicament.

But it didn't seem to be enough. In these people's eyes, he was just a concubine's son who could be bullied at will.

It was the same in the Imperial College. Although those students seemed to be on good terms with Zaizai and copied his homework, they still thought that he was just a concubine's son of Prince Ning Fu.

And when these adult officials bullied a young man, they didn't even try to cover it up.

… She didn't expect a story about Zaizai's past to appear in the game as soon as possible. She only hoped that Zaizai could stand out and not be looked down upon by these people.

Although Lu Huan couldn't see the expression of the person beside him, nor could he see her movements, he could tell that she didn't seem to be in a good mood just from the way she pulled his hand.

Lu Huan thought for a moment and guessed the reason. He said to her, "Go and rest. Take a nap first. When you come back, I promise you that I won't hear these people say such things again."

On Su Xi's screen, the sixth side mission suddenly popped up — —

[Side Mission 6: Tidy up the Second Division of the Ministry of War and solve the headache of the Second Division over the years. Initially attract the attention of the Zhenyuan General and the Minister of War!

Mission Reward: 2 points!]

Even if this wasn't a new side mission, he still had to help Zaizai deal with these bastards!

Su Xi hooked Zaizai's left hand, indicating that he would go offline.

But when she saw Zaizai walk into the government office on the screen and the group of managers walk away as if they didn't see him, she couldn't help but feel a ball of fire in her heart.

For a moment, she couldn't think of how to deal with these people, so she opened the shopping mall and searched for the Ministry of War. After searching for a long time, she only found a simplified account book of previous years' war preparations.

This simplified account book was something from the Second Division, so it should be useful.

So she pulled Zaizai to the back of the government office and handed the account book to Zaizai before going offline.

Su Xi was really too sleepy. He was still thinking that this side mission probably wouldn't be completed in a short period of time. His eyelids began to droop, and he fell asleep in a short while.

On Lu Huan's side, seeing that his bodyguard had tidied up his desk, the group of managers looked up and glanced at him. Someone let out a strange snort.

Lu Huan glanced at these people, and his gaze quickly locked onto Manager A and Manager B.

The other managers seemed to be centered around these two, so their identities should be more prominent.

But the relationship between these two didn't seem to be very good. Each of them had their desk on one side, far away.

Lu Huan understood and didn't say anything else. He turned around and went to his own seat behind the government office's curtain.

Seeing him go in, the managers were no longer deathly silent. They began to whisper to each other again, saying that this young man had such great authority. They didn't know what was going on.

Lu Huan began to flip through the Second Division's account books from previous years.

About four hours later, there was a sudden clamor outside. It seemed that an official had come to report that something had happened.

There were two things that had happened.

One was that the manager was in charge of purchasing horses. The officials guarding the barracks didn't guard them well, and dozens of horses ran away!

The other thing was that Zhenyuan General Mansion had been recruiting soldiers recently, which led to an increase in the demand for weapons. The Second Division had no choice but to increase the number of long spears, silver swords, and other weapons they purchased.

But there was a problem. On the way to transport the weapons from the forging site to the armory, the commoners protested, saying that the handcarts were noisy and disturbing.

In addition, when the weapons were transported, the officials didn't do a good job and lost a lot of weapons along the way. The Yan Dynasty prohibited commoners from purchasing weapons privately. They were afraid that there would be evil people in the capital who would pick up the weapons from the barracks and commit crimes.

These two problems weren't small. The managers outside were in a terrible fix, and there was a lot of discussion.

Lu Huan pretended that he didn't hear.

A moment later, the doctor of the Second Division arrived.

This doctor had long wanted to put his son in the deputy position of Minister Counsellor. But who would have thought that before he could do so, the position would be recommended by the Grand Commandant Of Cloud?

He was very dissatisfied, and there were some disagreements.

But he was much more tactful than those managers. Moreover, he worked under the Grand Commandant Of Cloud. No matter what, he had to give the Grand Commandant Of Cloud some face. Thus, he didn't dare to make things difficult for Lu Huan in front of him.

But now that there was a problem, it would be better to ask the new kid to come out and solve it.

If the problem couldn't be solved, then it wouldn't be them who made things difficult for the kid.

He had someone call Lu Huan out and asked, "What does the new Minister Counsellor think about these two urgent matters?"

Lu Huan raised his eyes and asked, "If I give a countermeasure, will the managers definitely carry it out?"

The managers felt contempt in their hearts.

This youth was clearly just a youth. Even if he was wearing official robes, no matter how good his figure was, no matter how handsome his face was, he was still just a young and inexperienced youth.

It wasn't known who said in a low and disdainful voice, "He's just a bastard who came in through the back door. He hasn't even attended the Imperial College for a few days. What kind of brilliant plan can he have?"

The doctor of the Second Division still had to keep up appearances. He immediately scolded, "Don't speak nonsense!"

He warmly said to Lu Huan, "Please speak."

"It's very easy to solve these two problems."

Lu Huan said, "First, the reason the horses ran was all due to the negligence of the guards. Originally, we just needed to point out the mistakes of the guards.

But now the guards are from the Third Division. Our Second Division is weak and inconvenient to have a conflict with them. That's why this has become a headache. "

"Then we just need to negotiate with the Third Division to reduce the number of soldiers guarding the horses and increase the number of coachmen.

The soldiers aren't good at managing horses and often leave their posts without permission.

But the coachmen are hired with silver and are all commoners. They don't dare to neglect their duties under the Ministry of War's nose.

This way, we can guarantee that this kind of thing won't happen again. "

The manager from Rongzhou sneered and retorted, "How do you know that the Third Division will agree with us doing this?"

Lu Huan's expression was calm as he said, "I'm afraid you didn't pay attention to the official document of the Zhenyuan General Mansion recruiting new soldiers. Some of the recruited soldiers will be sent to the Third Division.

This means that the Third Division is clearly lacking people.

Why wouldn't they agree to reduce their manpower?

Moreover, the money to hire the coachmen will come from our Second Division. "

Manager B, who came in third, had a difficult look on his face as he tactfully said, "But, these silver taels are another expense. Wouldn't it increase the financial expenses of our second department …"

Lu Huan glanced at him and calculated the bill, "Hiring one coachman costs one and a half taels of silver a month. Five coachmen would only cost two or three taels of silver a month."

"And I just flipped through the Second Division's frequent incidents over the years. I found that incidents of horses running away, big and small, happen at least twice a month.

Every time we expend soldiers to catch them and compensate them for the damage to the fields caused by the horses, it's already more than ten taels of silver.

Which one will increase the Second Division's financial burden? Can't you figure it out? "

Manager B, who came in third, had an embarrassed expression on his face.

Although the managers didn't want to admit it, they had to admit that this youth's countermeasures were reasonable.

"Then what about the second matter? Could it be that this genius youth also has a countermeasure?"

Manager A looked around him and saw that some of the managers' faces actually revealed expressions of approval. His heart burned with anger and he mocked unwillingly.

Lu Huan ignored the rudeness in his words and turned to the Second Division's doctor to analyze, "The second matter, disturbing the people and losing weapons is the negligence of the transportation officials.

But why is it like this?

Transportation itself isn't a difficult matter. How could so many weapons be lost?

It's really strange.

If we look deeper, it's nothing more than the officials filling their pockets during the transportation process. When it comes to the officials at the bottom, they can't take out this money and take the weapons to sell. After selling the weapons, they call it 'lost'. "

Manager B said awkwardly, "It's not that we don't know about these tricks. It's just that there are many officials under the Second Division, and there are layers upon layers. If we really want to find out who's responsible, I'm afraid it'll be a big matter that will take several months to investigate.

Right now, the Second Division's tail can't be removed and we don't have the energy to punish these officials one by one.

What's more, if this matter gets out of hand and reaches the Emperor, we'll be held responsible for dereliction of duty. "

The doctor's eyebrows were tightly knitted. He obviously also thought that this matter involved a lot of people. He asked Lu Huan, "Do you have any ideas?"

Lu Huan concisely said, "It's better to let the merchants in the capital take over this matter.

First, we can save the Second Division's soldiers and get rid of some of the miscellaneous soldiers and reduce expenses.

Second, the merchants transport goods all year round and know how to safely transport goods better than the half-baked officials. This can reduce the losses on the road and avoid complaints from the people. "

"Third, we can also reduce the link of the officials lining their pockets and avoid the day when The Emperor investigates and holds this matter accountable.

Fourth, we can evaluate the merchants. There are no less than ten merchants in the capital. Let each of them show their sincerity and choose the most suitable merchant to take over. It's a healthy competition, and it can also make the merchants responsible for this matter more cautious. "

The cooperation between officials and the people wasn't something that didn't exist in the Yan Dynasty. The Second Division of the Ministry of War also had the right to do this.

It was just that the subordinates had never thought of this method!

When they were thinking about this matter, they had been having a headache about how to warn the people lining their pockets. But they never thought that when they thought about the problem from a different perspective, their vision would suddenly be broadened!

As soon as Lu Huan's countermeasure was spoken, the expressions on the faces of several of the subordinates immediately changed.

The rest of the people were also greatly surprised. They felt that the countermeasure proposed by this youth wasn't an armchair strategist. Instead, it directly addressed the problem and solved the Second Division's current predicament.

However, this youth was only a mere fifteen years old. How did he think of these solutions?!

Although the Second Division's doctor had the intention to let his son take this position, he had to admit that his son definitely wasn't as capable as this youth in front of him.

If it was solved according to what he said, the Second Division's problem that had been troubling them for a long time might really be easily solved!

The doctor's face immediately showed an overjoyed expression.

In fact, many of the subordinates were already convinced. No wonder the Imperial College was the number one college in the Yan Dynasty. It taught all the princes. The teacher of the Crown Prince also came from the Imperial College. The students taught by it were indeed extraordinary.

Although this youth was still young, he really wasn't an embroidered pillow. He was truly capable. His knowledge and strategy were also admirable!

However, although they were somewhat convinced, they still couldn't show it on their faces.

They were all young people in their twenties or thirties. There were even some officials in their forties or fifties. How could they listen to a youth's orders?!

Manager A looked around. Seeing that everyone was silent and had no choice but to agree, he was a bit angry. He couldn't help but say, "Do you know the situation of the previous years?

If you can't solve the current predicament, what will you do? "

The youth behind the desk glanced at him and asked, "Do you know the situation of the previous years?

How many horses were there last year?

How many officials were there?

How many weapons were there? "

"…" Manager A naturally couldn't answer all of them.

He only heard Lu Huan answer fluently, "The year before last, there were three thousand two hundred horses. Last year, there were no wars, so there were only five hundred horses.

The year before last, there were one hundred and twenty-three officials in the second department. Last year, there were a lot more, one hundred and sixty-three people. Some of them were probably bought in.

The year before last, there were two and a half warehouses of weapons. Last year, many of them were rusty, so there were two full warehouses. "

There were more than ten of these account books, and they were recorded in a very messy manner by Tanhua Manager B. Only Tanhua Manager B could understand them. But why was it that he had only been in the second department for half a day, and in such a short time, he was able to memorize all of it?!

What kind of genius memory was this?!

This time, everyone turned pale with fright and fell silent!

Lu Huan thought to himself, I don't know where she found it, but the account book she got just happened to come in handy.

Just now, he roughly glanced through it and found that it was all simplified useful numbers. In a short time, he glanced through it and memorized it all. At this time, being able to use it to scare people was also due to her efforts.

The second department's Langzhong stared at Lu Huan for a long time, his expression changing again and again.

After a moment, he waved his hand and said to the manager below, "Do as the Minister Counsellor says."

When the words' Minister Counsellor 'came out of his mouth, it meant that he had already acknowledged Lu Huan as the fifth rank Minister Counsellor.