Three days later, Lu Huan's two methods were effective!

The Third Division was already short on manpower, so it was natural for them to be able to reduce the number of officials assigned to the Second Division. Not to mention, the Third Division still had the idea of adding insult to injury. They thought that the Second Division would take over this matter and would be overwrought. When the time came, it would become even more chaotic.

However, they never expected that the Second Division would hire another coachman to manage the horses.

They also had someone mediate, hinting that the coachmen would cooperate with the soldiers and civilians. This was an iron rice bowl.

The coachmen were well-trained. Although the monthly salary they received from the Second Division wasn't much, the coachmen thought that they were eating the food of the country. Thus, they didn't mind that their salary was a little less. Instead, they were very happy!

This way, not only did the Second Division perfectly resolve this matter, but it would also reduce their financial expenses in the long run.

The matter of the weapons was also quickly and smoothly resolved.

After the news of the Second Division was released, many of the wealthy merchants in the capital became restless.

Lu Huan had the managers hype up the matter of cooperation, making the wealthy merchants think that it would be a lucrative job and secretly wrestle with each other in their hearts.

When the wealthy merchants were thinking of all sorts of ways and squeezing their heads to take on this job, they would appropriately reduce the profit margin given to them.

This way, while successfully resolving this matter, it would also greatly reduce the manpower and financial resources of the Second Division.

These two matters had always been a headache for the Second Division of the Ministry of War. Every year, when recruiting soldiers, these two matters required many managers to deal with.

Some visited the people of the capital to appease them, while others anxiously tracked down the whereabouts of the weapons. In short, they were in a mess.

However, after the new Minister Counsellor took office, he quickly resolved the two problems of the Second Division. It could be said that he was swift and decisive, and his performance was meritorious.

After this matter, the managers of the Second Division had some subtle changes in their hearts towards Lu Huan.

They originally thought that this youth had relied on his relationship with the Grand Commandant Of Cloud and Prince Ning Fu to enter their government. However, now it seemed that this youth was resourceful and decisive. He was indeed outstanding.

Even if he wasn't compared to them, among the children of the aristocratic families in the capital, he was definitely an outstanding talent that was hard to come by.

Seeing that the troublesome matter had been resolved, the second Langzhong let out a deep sigh of relief. He finally had some favor for his newly appointed young adjutant.

Thinking about it, if this young man continued to stay here as a Minister Counsellor, would he still have to worry about the annual performance of the Second Department?

Was he worried that he wouldn't be able to get promoted?

Previously, he had wanted to get rid of him and let his son take over the position, but now that he thought about it, he was afraid that doing so would be too much of a waste.

The Second Division Langzhong suddenly became cordial. He even specially ordered a few managers to place a few more pots of green plants on the table behind Lu Huan's screen, put more charcoal on the table, sprinkle more water, and clean it up.

When the managers saw the attitude of the standard fifth-grade doctor, they naturally changed their attitude towards Lu Huan …

When Su Xi went online the next day, only three days had passed in the game. However, she widened her eyes. Why did she feel that the Second Division of the Ministry of War, where Zai Zai was, had undergone a drastic change?

She saw Zaizai sitting at the table behind the screen, reading a book. From time to time, she would pick up the pen and dip it in ink to write something.

The ink had just run out, and Zaizai was about to get up and go to the storeroom to get it.

However, a manager suddenly rushed in from outside and said enthusiastically, "Minister Counsellor, please sit down. I happen to have nothing to do, so I'll grind the ink for you!"

After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Zaizai's reaction. He excitedly rolled up his sleeves and leaned on Zaizai's table, not wanting to leave. He attentively grinded the ink for Zaizai.

Zaizai's head: …

Su Xi: …

This was the third manager who had a very obvious fawning attitude.

It was drizzling outside. Zaizai held up the oil paper umbrella and planned to return to the official residence. However, another manager quickly walked over with his short legs and opened the umbrella next to Zaizai. He said in a friendly manner, "Minister Counsellor, why don't we go back together?"

This person even spoke up for Zaizai when the other managers were talking about it, protecting Zaizai.

This was the manager who had a very obvious attitude of admiration.

This time, after Zaizai had swiftly and decisively resolved the Second Division's troublesome matter, most of the managers had changed their views and attitudes towards Zaizai.

However, there was still a group of people who still felt that Zaizai had only secretly learned some management methods from the Imperial College and used it to show off in front of an expert in the Ministry of War. They felt that there was nothing great about it. The matter this time had been resolved, but it didn't mean that Zaizai could solve all the problems in the Ministry of War in the future.

These people who were still unconvinced still centered around Manager A and Manager B, snorting coldly at Zaizai from time to time. During many meetings, they also deliberately said that they were sick and couldn't come to find trouble for Zaizai.

Manager A had an impulsive personality. He was obviously giving Zaizai a hard time and was looking for trouble.

On the other hand, Manager B seemed to be peaceful and friendly to Zaizai on the surface, but behind his back, he repeatedly used words to sow discord. He even pretended to stay out of it.

Su Xi looked at the faces of these two little people and wished that he could stretch out his fingers and push them into the mud for Zaizai and give them a good beating.

These two people had taken the lead to disturb the Second Division of the Ministry of War. Even though Zaizai had solved the problem last time and gained the admiration of most people, if these two people continued to stir up trouble, the Second Division of the Ministry of War would still not be under Zaizai's jurisdiction in the long run.

Zaizai told her to calm down and then did something.

He first had the Imperial Bodyguards he brought with him from Prince Ning's Mansion to investigate the whereabouts of Manager A and Manager B after they left the yamen every evening. He found out that Manager A often went to the gambling house, while Manager B hung around the poetry club.

Then, on the first day, when Manager B was on his way to the market, he had his imperial bodyguard deliver some gold, silver, and jewels to Manager A. He had the imperial bodyguard act sneakily, but Manager B happened to see it.

When Manager B saw it, there was a slight change in his expression.

The next day, when Manager A arrived at the yamen late for half a day, Manager A happened to bump into him having a secret conversation with Manager B behind the screen and gave Manager B a poetry book.

Manager A's face immediately turned green when he accidentally bumped into this.

After doing this — —

In less than three days, there were actually some subtle changes!

The relationship between Manager A and Manager B became more and more tense, and their attitude towards Zaizai suddenly changed from their usual uncooperative attitude to that of trying to befriend Zaizai with all their might!

Manager A and Manager B both began to cooperate. As the saying goes, to catch bandits, first catch the ringleader. How could the other managers cause any more trouble for Zaizai?!

At first, Su Xi did not understand what Zaizai had the imperial bodyguard deliver to Manager A that day and what he had discussed with Manager B. Why did these two suddenly fight to be the first to be favored in front of Zaizai?!

On this day, when they left the yamen, Zaizai explained to her on the way, "In fact, on the first day, I had the imperial bodyguard bring the gold and silver to the entrance of Manager A's residence for a while and did not actually deliver it to Manager A.

On the first day, Manager B and I were just casually talking about the weather and did not talk about any alliance. "

Su Xi pulled on his left sleeve, indicating that she was listening.

Zaizai gently looked to the left and said, "However, Manager A and Manager B have always been at odds with each other, afraid that the other would be the first to take the lead. The one who did it did not mean it, but the one who saw it would be full of wild and fanciful thoughts."

"I only needed to use these two people's psychology to give one of them some benefits, and the other person would be anxious when he saw it."

"Manager B suspected that Manager A had been secretly bribed by me and was afraid that if Manager A stood on the same team as me, it would make things difficult for him.

Manager A was also afraid that Manager B would make friends with me first and then kick him out of the Second Division of the Ministry of War with me. That would be the end of him. "

"And these two people have been holding grudges for many years. The hatred and competition that has accumulated over the years is not something that can be easily resolved. It is impossible for the two of them to join forces, so there is only one countermeasure, which is to scramble to curry favor with me.

In this way, wouldn't it be easy for me to do whatever I want in the Second Division of the Ministry of War? "

Outside the screen, Su Xi understood. Not only did she understand, but she also couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Why was her zai so smart?!

She somewhat understood Zaizai's way of doing things. Wasn't this the prisoner's dilemma that was mentioned in the game theory that the teacher talked about?

Since ancient times, the way an emperor controlled his officials was also particular about balance. Let the officials fight among themselves, while the emperor benefited from both sides.

Although Zaizai was only fifteen years old, he was clearly proficient in this way. Although he might not have such big ambitions at this time, his mother outside the screen was gratified and moved when she saw that he was beginning to show the embryonic form of an emperor.

Lu Huan held an oil-paper umbrella. The people on the street thought that he was walking alone on the bluestone road. Even though he held an umbrella alone, half of his shoulder was still wet.

But only he knew that she was by his side.

Sometimes, he didn't want her to see the chaotic Second Division of the Ministry of War. The people who were mocking and disdainful the day before and currying favor the next day were too ugly. If it was possible, he hoped that he wouldn't dirty her eyes.

But the two of them walked on this long road together. The feeling of facing the blade and solving the problem together was so good.

It was so good that he hoped that this road would never end and that it would never end.

Lu Huan didn't know when the continuous drizzle would stop. Feeling his sleeve being pulled, the corners of his brows and the tip of his eyes softened. He thought in his heart, I hope that when the rain stops, I can find a way to let her be like ordinary people, to have a pair of legs that can go wherever she wants, a mouth that can taste whatever she wants, and eyes that can see the world.

He had to find a way.

Just like that, the chaos in the Second Division of the Ministry of War came to an end. For a while, the entire Second Division of the Ministry of War was subdued by Zaizai.

Su Xi's side mission of [Subduing the hearts of the Second Division of the Ministry of War] was also completed. Another two points were added.

Su Xi hadn't thought of where to unlock the new points, so he excitedly stored them away for the time being.

In addition to Zaizai's position in the Second Division of the Ministry of War, he still had to continue studying at the Imperial College.

Scholar Shangguan was already in prison. Zaizai continued to leisurely read books in the Imperial College.

Zaizai, who was very thirsty for knowledge, took the opportunity to read a lot of books in the library. He read until it was dark.

A few times before Su Xi went offline, she tugged on his sleeve and urged him to go back to sleep. He also agreed. After Su Xi disappeared, he turned around and went back.

But when Su Xi went online again the next day, she found that Zaizai had fallen asleep in the library again.

Looking at Zaizai, who had hastily spread out a mat on the ground and fallen asleep in his casual clothes with a book in his hand, she was furious.

What should she do if her child loved to study too much?!

His bun-like face had become thinner!

Su Xi couldn't bear to disturb Zaizai. Anyway, Zaizai was the second-in-command at the government office. It didn't matter if he was a little late. Thus, she exchanged a sheepskin blanket from the store and gently planned to cover the little bundle on the ground.

After covering it, Su Xi tried her best to take the book "The Way of Governing a Country" from Zaizai's hands.

But at this moment, another book fell from the cover of "The Way of Governing a Country". It almost hit the ground with a bang and woke Zaizai up. Su Xi hurriedly caught it with her hands.

She found it a little funny outside the screen. Was Zaizai the same as when they were in class? There was a novel wrapped under the cover of Chinese and Math classes?

How adorable.

But then, Su Xi fell silent when she saw what book was under the cover.

It was a book that had been flipped through many times, "Resurrection of Summoning Spirits".

Su Xi put the phone screen on the table, rubbed her brows, and looked out the window.

The moon hung high outside the window. There were rows upon rows of tall buildings. Because she hadn't moved to her new home yet, she could faintly hear the sound of traffic coming from the Third Ring Road downstairs.

She looked back into the room. The air conditioner, electric blanket, and computer were buzzing slightly because they were turned on.

All of this reminded her that even if Zaizai wasn't a character in the game, she and Zaizai were in two different worlds.

Since they were in two different worlds, how could they stand together?

Zaizai seemed to have a yearning to be able to see her, but he didn't want her to know. Thus, he had been secretly looking up various methods.

But this was impossible. She couldn't enter the screen.

Zaizai's idea of a ghost being reincarnated was also completely impossible.

The more Zaizai hoped for it now, the more disappointed he would be when he realized that it was all an illusion one day in the future.

On the first day Su Xi opened the game, she didn't feel anything when she saw the little game character carrying firewood back to the small run-down house covered in injuries. She only felt that it was funny and pitiful. At that time, she didn't think that she would gradually develop feelings for him after spending every day with him. Until now, just thinking about how sad he would be in the future made her heart clench.

Zaizai had suffered enough since he was young. Su Xi didn't want to be one of the things that made him suffer.

Thus, when Yun Xiupang came to look for Zaizai in the Imperial College, Su Xi looked at the little fatty and felt even more determined to let Zaizai have friends and family in the other world.

That way, she would feel much more at ease with someone accompanying Zaizai.

That way, even if there came a day when Zaizai finally realized that he was a person from another world, separated from him by a distance that they could never meet, and not some ghost that he could come into contact with, he probably wouldn't feel so bad.

But thinking about this, Su Xi felt a little sour in her heart.

If there really came a day when she saw Zaizai start a family with her own eyes and found someone close to him, she would no longer be the most important person to him.

He would no longer wait for her to appear every day and would no longer send her off alone every time … Would she really be happy?

Whether she was happy or not wasn't important. Su Xi thought that it was fine as long as Zaizai was living well in the other world.

Yun Xiupang wanted to leave with Zaizai. Zaizai saw that this fellow was following him again and felt a headache coming on. He quickly packed up the cloth bag and slipped away from the side door of the Imperial College.

However, he had already slipped away for a few days. Yun Xiupang wasn't that stupid. He actually followed him from the side door today and ran until he was panting. "Lu Huan, wait for me. Why are you walking so fast?!

My father said that I should walk with you more! "

On the screen, Zaizai's head was a string of ellipses: …

Lu Huan was about to speed up again and shake him off when the wind beside him suddenly jumped out and pulled on his sleeve. It pulled him firmly and didn't let him go.

Lu Huan: "…"

His footsteps stopped as Su Xi wished, but the expression on his face was a little unhappy.

He glanced coldly at Yun Xiupang in the distance and kicked the stone under his feet with his boots. He said in a muffled voice, "Do you want to play with that little fatty again?"

Su Xi, who was outside the screen, was afraid that he would misunderstand that he cared more about the little fatty. He quickly tugged at his right sleeve and pushed him on the back, pushing him towards the little fatty. He anxiously expressed a series of thoughts.

Zaizai was very smart and immediately understood. He said, "You want me to play with that little fatty?"

Su Xi wanted to give Zaizai a thumbs up. Zaizai, you're just like a reading mama machine!

However, Zaizai still didn't look very happy. He lowered his eyelashes and after a while, he said in a muffled voice, "Got it."

With great difficulty, Yun Xiu Pang finally caught up. Wiping the sweat on his forehead, he gasped for breath and said: "You, why did you, go, go so fast, I also have to make a trip to the government office today, can I go with you?"

Lu Huan glanced at him. It was rare that he didn't turn around and leave. Instead, he said, "Up to you."

Yun Xiupang immediately became excited. He walked side by side with Lu Huan on the street.

Because of his cowardly personality, he didn't have many friends in the Imperial College and was even bullied. Now that he was walking beside Lu Huan, he felt that he had finally become friends with this person. He felt a sense of security and excitement in his heart. Thus, he continuously asked Lu Huan the questions that the scholar had talked about today.

Lu Huan answered all of them one by one. There was no impatience in his expression.

Yun Xiupang was overjoyed at the unexpected turn of events. On the other hand, he was somewhat moved.

As for Su Xi, who was watching from outside the screen, he also felt a sense of comfort like an old mother.

After sending off Yun Xiupang, Zaizai returned to the yamen.

He sat down and brewed a pot of tea. He gulped down two mouthfuls. It seemed that talking to Yun Xiupang was too strenuous, and his mouth was dry.

Su Xi suddenly felt a bit guilty. Zaizai, it's hard for you to take care of a bad student.

Then, Zaizai didn't speak for a long time.

He sat there in silence. The words "…" kept popping up from the top of his head. It seemed like he was considering something, but he couldn't open his mouth.

In the evening, the light in the game gradually dimmed. The setting sun in the yamen's courtyard penetrated through the thin paper window and fell between his eyebrows. His eyes seemed a bit bitter.

Su Xi patted his head, indicating — What's wrong?

Zaizai looked down at his round face and pursed his lips. He was silent for a long time before he couldn't help but ask.

"You … Do you feel that Yun Xiupang was once in the same situation as me? Do you feel pity for him and see him as the second me? That's why you made me, made me …"

He couldn't finish his sentence. He seemed a bit embarrassed. His eyelashes trembled, and he stood up and walked to the courtyard.

In the courtyard, the setting sun fell on Zaizai's body. Zaizai was small, and his shadow was also small.

… Su Xi was stunned. He never expected Zaizai to think this way.

Did he think that he had always asked him to take care of Yun Xiupang because he saw the little fatty as the second him and sympathized with the little fatty?

This was a huge misunderstanding!

Su Xi quickly switched the interface to the courtyard and tried to find a way to explain. This game was too unfair. There was a dialog box when Zaizai spoke to him, but he had to wait until 100 points before he could speak to him!

After playing this game, Su Xi felt like he was about to become a mute who could only gesture with his hands!

The little dumpling continued to be sad in the courtyard. She scratched her head and saw a pile of firewood in the corner. She immediately pulled Zaizai to the pile of firewood.

A sad question mark appeared on top of Zaizai's head.

Su Xi took out a piece of firewood and threw it in front of Zaizai. She meant, "Do you see? There are so many firewood. Mama only wants one."

Zaizai didn't seem to understand what she meant. There was still no expression on his face, and there was still some sadness between his brows.

Su Xi was anxious. He put the piece of firewood back and took out two more pieces of firewood. One was tall and thin, and the other was thick and fat. He stood in front of Zaizai.

Then, he slapped the fat one away. She meant, "Do you see? Mama doesn't want the little fatty. She only wants the skinny bun."

The corners of Zaizai's mouth seemed to curl up quickly, but the next second, he frowned and stood there with his hands behind his back. His round face was full of sadness as he asked, "I don't understand what you mean."

Su Xi was about to go crazy. "Ahhhhh!"

She scratched her head and put another piece of firewood on Zaizai's left and two on his right.

Then, she let the piece of firewood on the left stand alone and threw the two pieces of firewood on the right out of the courtyard.

This time, Zaizai's eyebrows moved. He seemed to understand. After pondering for a moment, he asked slowly, "You mean, I'm unique?"

Su Xi pulled his left hand frantically.

On the screen, Zaizai stood still, but the corners of his mouth couldn't be lowered. His ears were slightly red, and his eyes were brighter than the setting sun. He said faintly, "Oh, is that so?"

He said so faintly, but a white bubble filled with happiness jumped out of his head. "I knew it."

Su Xi was speechless.

'Zaizai, aren't you a little too dramatic?'