Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 31: The Boy Grows Up
Old Chen raised his eyes, glanced at Liu He and others with an experienced look, and nodded.

"You are young and promising, filial and righteous, and I am willing to be your guarantor. However, my Taiyuan County only has two quotas for filial and honest officials every year. When they go to the county governor, I cannot guarantee whether they can pass."

Mr. Zhu looked very happy and raised the wine jar to toast the two of them.

A banquet held in the name of celebrating the success of Liu He and others ended while the main characters were still confused.

It was already completely dark at this time, and they didn't want to stay any longer, so they went back home.

On the way home, Zhang Yong asked Liu He a lot of questions.

"Sir, why do we have to work under Lord Wu? And what about Xiaolian? What does he do? What do all the things they said today mean?"

Liu He actually didn't know it completely, but based on the knowledge from his previous life, he could guess it.

The so-called recommendation of filial and honest officials was one of the most important ways to enter officialdom in this era. As long as one was successfully recommended as a filial and honest official, it was equivalent to passing the national civil service examination in later generations.

Zhu Ye's father probably wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to send his beloved son to the army and recommend him as an honest and filial official. This two-pronged approach would help Zhu Ye to become successful and the Zhu family to rise again, or even surpass the past.

In fact, he and others were used by Zhu Ye's father, but this was also a good thing for him. He finally had a chance to gain fame and fortune.

In this way, it is understandable why Mr. Zhu has been so good to me and others in the past two years, sending us food and weapons. It is probably all for today.

As the saying goes, "A man who has received favors from the Zhu family will be soft-hearted, and a man who has received favors from the Zhu family will be obliged to return the favor." Having received benefits from the Zhu family, Mr. Zhu, for the sake of his son's future, gave them more credit for this matter. Liu He and the others probably felt too embarrassed to mention it.

Zhang Yong was outspoken, so naturally this matter could not be explained to him clearly, otherwise it would affect the friendship between them and Zhu Ye. Therefore, he only told Zhang Yong that Mr. Zhu had asked for official positions for him and others, and in four years, when he and Zhu Ye were sixteen years old, they could go to the county to work.

After hearing this, Zhang Yong was very happy and kept saying that Mr. Zhu was a very good man.

After returning home, he simply explained a few things to his parents. Liu Qian and Xu were of course very surprised and said that they would be better to Zhu Ye in the future.

Liu He didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It was only natural for others to consider their son, and he also benefited from it. Otherwise, with his family background, it would be a fantasy to enter the military or political career through official channels. He remembered his hidden mission, which required him to become a county magistrate before the age of 20. Now was a good opportunity.

Originally, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, men had to be at least 40 years old to be selected as filial and honest officials. However, this requirement was completely meaningless during this period. People like Cao Cao and Xun Yu were all very young when they were selected as filial and honest officials, especially Cao Cao, who was not even 20 years old. Although this was related to the fact that both of them came from wealthy families, it also proved that the age limit was no longer important at this time.

What's more, "A person of outstanding talent and extraordinary conduct does not need to be restricted by age" is a legal regulation. What Mr. Zhu did today was nothing more than trying to find a few recommenders to make it a fact that he and his friends possess the condition of "outstanding talent and extraordinary conduct" so that he can take advantage of this loophole to enter the official career early.

After taking a medicinal bath, Liu He lay on the bed and summoned the system again.

"System Boss, please help me check my current points."

Liu He still respected and was grateful for this system. Although he knew that it was no different in essence from the computer program in his previous life and both were inanimate things, it still helped him a lot.

"Reply to the host, current score: 895 points."

Liu He nodded. After checking the attributes of several of his people this afternoon, Liu He knew that his points had increased again, and now he was ready to spend some of them.

"There's no rush to upgrade, let's get some stuff first. Hmm... let's build another herb garden."

The herb garden that was obtained through the lucky wheel has been harvested now, and the remaining herbs have to wait for them to grow slowly, which is estimated to take several years. Without the supply of this herb garden, it is impossible to support He's daily medicinal diet and medicinal bath by just buying herbs, so he still has to change to another herb garden.

"Ding! Exchange successful. One herb garden has been stored in the system warehouse. 80 points consumed."

"Exchange it for a copy of the Grain Cultivation Manual. I will discuss it with my father and Yongzi's father someday to see if we can increase the yield. It's not a long-term solution to always rely on selling herbs for food."

The importance of food in this era does not need to be emphasized. Whoever can possess food and people's hearts is enough to dominate the world.

"Ding! Exchange successful. A copy of the Grain Crop Cultivation Manual has been stored in the system warehouse. 120 points consumed."

Liu He took out the manual directly from the system warehouse in his mind, and then he saw a thick book appear on the bookshelf in the room again, just like last time.

Liu He simply flipped through a few pages and found that he couldn't understand it at all.

"I'd better give it to my father tomorrow. I can't understand this thing anymore, so it's better not to waste my energy on it."

Liu He put the book back on the bookshelf and lay back on the bed.

There were still 695 points left, and Liu He planned to keep them for later use in exchanging for several people's weapon maps, so he didn't move any more.

"System prompt: The host used his wisdom and bravery to kill the bandit leader today and led the villagers to capture the bandits. His performance was outstanding, so he triggered a special system reward and increased all attributes by 1 point. The host's current attributes are: Command 37, Force 70, Intelligence 69, Politics 39."

Liu He, who was just about to go to bed, was startled when he heard the voice.

"Haha, there is actually such an unexpected surprise. System boss, why didn't you tell me earlier that the force can reach level 70 so easily? Under what circumstances can I get such a reward? I will pay more attention next time."

"Reply to the host, there is no fixed situation for this hidden reward. It is determined based on the host's performance. Only when the host does something that ordinary people can hardly do under the current circumstances and reverses the situation, can it be obtained."

After listening to the system's explanation, Liu He roughly understood it.

What happened today was so terrible that not only the children but even the adults were trembling in fear under the threat of the bandits. This was naturally something that ordinary people could not do.

Liu He was so happy that he fell into a deep sleep.

In his dream, they traveled across the world, killed Dong Zhuo, fought against Yuan Shao, captured the Five Tigers, defeated foreign tribes, and finally unified the world. Liu He, who was sleeping soundly, showed an extremely happy smile on his face...

The next day, Liu He got up early and stopped his father Liu Qian who was about to go out to work. He handed him the corn part of the grain crop cultivation manual, still saying that it was taught by his ancestors.

Liu Qian did not doubt it. After reading it, he was pleasantly surprised. However, a lot of the knowledge was incomprehensible to him at the moment, so he called Zhang Tong in person and the two of them started studying it together.

As spring goes and autumn comes, ever since the last bandit attack was wiped out, Huangshui Township has gained some fame in the vicinity. This fame has enabled the villagers to live a peaceful life for several years.

Liu He is now a thirteen-year-old boy, but he looks like he is seventeen or eighteen years old. He is seven feet tall, has a strong face, bright eyes, and is a handsome man.

Zhang Yong is now almost as tall as him, and Zhu Ye is half a head taller than Liu He. Even Zhang Yu, although thin, runs around in the mountains every day, and occasionally plays with bows and arrows and other weapons with Liu He and others. She is also very healthy. Now she has grown from a little girl into a beautiful young lady.

(End of this chapter)