Royal Gold Magistrate

After a vigorous scrubbing, Chen Siwu’s whole body turned bright red.

He washed himself once more with the bathhouse soap and then came out.

After coming out, his whole body felt light… who knows how many pounds he had lost.

The people behind him also finished washing and returned to the changing room one after another.

A group of people stood in the changing room, staring at each other for a while, then all sat down on the long benches in tacit understanding, speechless.

No one wanted to put on clothes, and the atmosphere became silent for a moment.

The reason for not wanting to wear clothes was simple.

The old clothes were too dirty. Having just washed, no one wanted to put them back on.

A group of naked people sat together, feeling uncomfortable in their hearts.

After a while, someone spoke up: “Weren’t they… supposed to give out new pants?”

“Yeah! I heard that too, I wonder if they’re still giving them out…”

After these two sentences, everyone fell silent again. Chen Siwu also sat dumbly in the crowd, letting out a soft sigh.

As they were sitting in silence, suddenly they heard noisy voices coming from the door.

Then they saw a person come in, carrying a tall pile of clothes.

Upon entering the changing room, he spoke loudly: “New clothes are here! Make room for me to put down the clothes!”

Everyone’s eyes lit up with joy, and they hurriedly moved aside, standing up.

The clerk put a large pile of clothes on the long bench with effort, panting as he said: “New clothes and pants are here! Change into them. If you want to take your old ones, you can. If not, we’ll throw them away for you!”

“Put on the clothes first, your naked butts are hurting my eyes! Shoes will be sent over in a while. Don’t be in a hurry to leave after changing, we’ll arrange everything together!”

Chen Siwu’s eyes lit up with surprise, and he asked urgently: “Weren’t we only supposed to get pants?!”

The clerk waved his hand: “That was just for the first batch. Master Fang thought it wasn’t decent enough, now everyone gets a full set!”

As soon as they heard this, the whole room became excited. They knelt down, shouting emotionally: “Thank you, Master Fang! Master Fang is a good official!”

The clerk impatiently said: “Get up, get up. Your shouting here won’t reach Master Fang’s ears. If you want to shout, go do it on the street!”

The clerk had seen this situation several times already and had reported it to Fang Zheng.

Fang Zheng personally instructed on the correct way: let the people shout on the streets!

Chen Siwu got up and happily changed into the new clothes.

After changing, everyone looked at each other. They saw that the clothes and pants were printed with all sorts of colorful words.

【Cheng’s Pharmacy】

Strengthen your kidneys and body!

Be a confident, true man of Jing! ╰ひ╯→?！

Address: ………..

“Eh? What’s printed on this? It looks quite nice. Master Fang truly cares for the people!”

“Such good clothes and shoes, and there are even words on them. This must have cost a lot of money.”

“Waaah… I haven’t worn new clothes in several years…”

Hearing the discussions around him, Chen Siwu’s eyes reddened, and he couldn’t help rubbing them.

Soon, the shoes were also delivered. Like the clothes, they were colorfully decorated all over.

And there were words on them too.

In the simple minds of the common people, anything with words on it must be a good thing! No doubt about it!

Once everything was put on, some people said they didn’t want their old clothes anymore!

Master Fang truly kept his word. He said he would make everyone rich, and before even starting, they had received such good clothes.

To hell with those old rags!

However, most people still couldn’t bear to part with their old clothes, so they carried them along.

Under the guidance of the clerk, they walked out of the bathhouse door and headed to another place.

This new location had nothing but a few tables and several clerks.

Behind them were piles of wooden boards as high as small mountains.

Chen Siwu, full of curiosity, started queuing again.

When it was his turn, the clerk pulled his hand to look at the content on his tag, then took out a wooden board from behind.

Using a thick brush dipped in ink, he wrote two large characters.

【Laborer】

Then he handed the board to Chen Siwu and said, “Alright!”

“Take this board and go into the city. Go wherever you want, find a corner to squat in, and wait to get rich!”

Chen Siwu took the board, looking at the two big characters on it, lost in thought.

Could it be… these two characters would make him rich?

Surely money doesn’t fall from the sky!

So he plucked up the courage to ask: “Sir… sir, what do these two characters mean? Can you tell me?”

The clerk’s face reddened, and he looked at the board, speaking vaguely: “Um… don’t worry about it. Just know that it’s useful! The higher-ups said this will make you rich!”

As he spoke, the next person’s board was already written.

It said “Mason” in three characters.

Chen Siwu caught a glimpse and frowned deeply.

I have two characters, he has three. Doesn’t that mean he’ll get richer than me?

He continued to ask: “Then… then sir, why does he have three characters and I only have two? Can you write two more for me?”

The clerk glanced at Chen Siwu and smiled: “Hey! You’re quite interesting! Why so many questions?”

Seeing his good attitude, Chen Siwu continued to ask: “Sir, can you write more? Can you?”

The clerk smiled and beckoned to him: “Alright, come here. I’ll add two strokes for you.”

Chen Siwu grinned from ear to ear and handed over the board.

The clerk quickly added two more characters: 【Premium Laborer】!

Looking at the four characters on the board, Chen Siwu was overjoyed.

“Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!”

Saying this, he left, holding the board as if it were a treasure.

After wandering around the city for a while, he saw many people holding boards similar to his own, squatting by the street. Judging by their clothes, they had also just changed into new ones.

Chen Siwu followed suit, found a crowded place, and squatted by the wall.

Holding his board, waiting to get rich.

Soon, a richly dressed person appeared on the street and shouted: “The Sun mansion needs a group of people to level the street. Are there any suitable candidates?”

The “coworkers” around Chen Siwu all rushed forward.

“Master! Am I suitable?!”

“I’m good! I’m good! I eat little and work a lot!”

Manager Wang was answering questions from the crowd when he suddenly saw Chen Siwu squatting by the wall, his board saying “Premium Laborer.” His eyes lit up.

Walking to Chen Siwu, he asked: “Oh! Premium Laborer, that’s a first. How premium are you?”

Chen Siwu looked up at Manager Wang and timidly asked: “What does premium mean?”

“It means how capable you are!”

Seeing the group of people beside Manager Wang looking at him enviously, Chen Siwu felt a surge of excitement. Was this his chance to get rich?

“I… I can work as hard as an ox without food, and as hard as three oxen after eating!”

Manager Wang chuckled: “Oh my! I wouldn’t have guessed that such a small frame at your age could be so capable!”

“Come with me then!” Then he said to the people behind him: “Don’t argue! We’re recruiting a lot of people this time. Our Sun mansion will take all of you!”

Chen Siwu licked his lips and asked expectantly: “Then… if I work at the Sun mansion, can I get rich?”

Manager Wang had heard this question too many times.

He smiled and answered: “Not right now! Look, who has money nowadays? In the future! You’ll definitely get rich in the future. Just work hard at our Sun mansion!”

“Ah! Alright!”