Chen Mo held the imperial edict in both hands and stepped back slowly.
Many second and third grade officials looked at each other. They would have known about Chen Mo's strength and identity long ago.
However, they never expected that the emperor would directly reward Chen Mo with a birth certificate.
In addition, the imperial martial arts examination will be held in a while, and this meaning is extremely obvious.
The emperor hopes that Chen Mo can win the position of Wu Zhuangyuan, so that he can be promoted.
It can also be seen from this how much today's people attach great importance to Chen Mo.
Although the martial arts exam has not yet started, they probably all understand that Chen Mo must be the winner of the martial arts championship.
If he didn't get it, someone might have committed fraud.
However, although many officials were surprised that the emperor valued Chen Mo, no one had any objections to the emperor's arrangement, because Chen Mo really had the hard power to be the top martial artist.
After the reward was given to Chen Mo, the court meeting was not over yet. The rewards would not be delivered to his mansion one by one until the court meeting was over.
In addition, this time he is not the only one to be rewarded, everyone who has made merit will be rewarded, but he has the greatest merit, starting with him.
In addition, many officials have been dismissed and demoted, so of course a new group of people will have to be promoted.
"Xingyuan Mansion guards Sun Shouren." The palace minister shouted loudly.
Chen Mo is his adopted son and his subordinate. Chen Mo has made great contributions. Even if his boss has done nothing, it can still be considered meritorious.
"The minister is here!" Sun Shouren said with a slightly excited tone and stepped towards the front.
"The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven," the edict said.
Sun Shouren, who guards Xingyuan Prefecture, knows people well and is responsible for their duties. He was now promoted to the rank of fourth-rank commander of the Imperial Guards of the South Guard City, and was given a Tongxuan Pill. "
Among the several acropolis near the capital, the southern acropolis is neither the largest nor the most important, so the imperial troops guarding there are only of the fourth grade.
Unlike several other acropolises, the imperial guards are all third-grade military attachés.
However, this can be regarded as a great promotion for Sun Shouren. After all, this fourth-grade ruler really has real power in his hands.
What's more, the main credit this time was not made by him, he could only be credited to Chen Mo.
If His Majesty hadn't valued him, this official position would have easily passed to him.
The higher the official rank, the harder it becomes. Sometimes it's still a carrot pit. If you don't get rid of the people in front of you, it will be difficult to advance to another level in your life.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Sun Shouren said excitedly, and he also stretched out his hands to hold the imperial edict.
Immediately afterwards, other people who made meritorious services also received rewards, and many people were promoted one by one to fill the vacant official positions.
Of course, only a small part of the imperial edict is read out, and only those with official positions of fifth rank or above have imperial edicts.
The promotion of officials below the fifth rank will be decided by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, and the results of the discussion will be sent to the emperor. Only after receiving the emperor's seal can the order be issued.
After the last few imperial edicts were read out, the palace official shouted in anger.
"The court meeting is over, all officials have withdrawn from the court!"
Naturally, it is impossible for any official to present a memorial at a large court meeting. After everything is read out, the court meeting will be dismissed.
Under the guidance of the palace officials, many officials slowly dispersed and left.
"Master Chen, please come with me. Your Majesty has ordered me to take you to see your house in the inner city. The various rewards given to you previously will also be sent to that house."
A palace official wearing blue clothes walked over with a smile.
"Father, I'll take a step ahead. I'll go back to the outer city to find you." Chen Mo bowed to Sun Shouren and then left with the palace attendant.
After walking out of the palace city, we came to the inner city.
Unlike the outer city, the inner city is very quiet and quiet. There are few pedestrians on the streets paved with bluestones. Occasionally, some servants living in the palace palace are walking. When they see Chen Mo, they also stay away from Chen Mo.
"Master Chen, you see this is the house." The palace minister led Chen Mo to a house and said softly.
This house must have been newly renovated recently, the plaque was newly engraved, and the mahogany door was repainted.
“The land in the inner city is not as expensive as the outer city, but the courtyard is also four-thirds of an acre, with pavilions and pavilions in the front and gardens and stables in the back.
In addition to the main entrance, there are side entrances and back entrances for servants and grooms. "
The palace attendant carefully introduced the courtyard to Chen Mo.
This courtyard is actually quite large in area. A large courtyard is divided into two smaller courtyards.
However, it is a bit small, covering an area of about one acre. Even if there are 17 or 18 people living there, it will not feel crowded.
Although it was not as spacious as his adoptive father's mansion in the outer city, it was quite good in the inner city.
The most important thing is that Chen Mo can see that there are layers of formations guarding the house and guiding the direction of the feng shui of heaven and earth.
This formation is not only arranged in his own courtyard, but also connects the palace city with other courtyards in the inner city, making this place a paradise that is not affected by mirages. This is the highest value of this courtyard.
"Master Chen, this is the formation token of the courtyard here. You can use it to mobilize most of the formations in the courtyard." The palace minister took a wooden box and handed it to Chen Mo with both hands.
Inside the box was a white jade token. Chen Mo took it and used the internal energy to directly refine the token.
There are indeed many formations in this house, but most of them are focused on protection. What is really useful is a formation that absorbs the power of heaven and earth. It can attract the power of heaven and earth faster and help warriors refine and practice.
As for the formation used to guide the geomantic omen, Chen Mo couldn't mobilize it at all.
This is normal, after all, once this Feng Shui array is destroyed, the entire inner city will also be invaded by mirages.
Therefore, this formation cannot be easily faked by others.
"Then Master Chen, please take a look at this house first, and I'll ask someone to deliver the other rewards."
The people in the palace smiled and left immediately.
Chen Mo reached into his arms, took out a stack of banknotes from his storage bag and handed it over, "Trouble!"
"Yeah! Then I'll thank you for the reward on behalf of the brothers!" Seeing the banknote, the palace official smiled happily.
The so-called servants in the palace, except for some eunuchs, are mostly ordinary officials who walk in front of the palace and deal with sundries for the emperor.
If a eunuch is promoted to a palace servant, it means he has a rank. This is a gift given by the emperor who values and trusts him very much.
The vast majority of eunuchs are ordinary eunuchs with no rank and no rank, and it is absolutely impossible for them to achieve the official position of palace servant.
Although the eunuch in front of him has basically no martial arts ability, he still has an official position, which shows that your Majesty trusts him and there is nothing wrong with having a good relationship with such a person.
After the palace attendants left, Chen Mo checked his residence. The courtyard was very empty and quiet. It should have been cleaned before.
If you really want to live in such a big yard, you have to arrange a maid and a housekeeper.
Even if you don't live in it, you still have to arrange for someone to clean it, otherwise the house will be abandoned soon.
Chen Mo didn't wait long before people started sending various rewards one after another.
The court uniforms and ceremonial seals of men from Aoki County are all packed in wooden boxes.
As for the lumi of the salary, it is directly converted into silver and distributed.
One kilogram of fine pearl white rice costs thirty cash in the market, and one hundred kilograms is three thousand cash, which is three taels of silver.
With the title of county baron, Chen Mo can receive 2,400 taels of silver from the court every year even if he does nothing in the future.
And not only him, but his descendants can also receive it, at least for three or four generations. This is the most important thing about the title.
Two thousand four hundred taels of silver, this is not a small amount of money. It can be used to train martial arts to support two or three foreign warriors.
His adoptive father spent his whole life in the army, and only then did he get the title of county baronet, which shows that the title of knighthood is rare.
In addition, the imperial court also granted him a thousand acres of fertile land. This thousand acres of land was not near the capital, but outside Nanshou City.
They are also fields, and the prices of fields near the capital are far beyond those in other state capitals.
This thousand acres of land is worth at least thirty thousand taels of silver.
If used to grow food, after deducting various costs every year, it is estimated that there will be about 1,500 taels left.
With a title and land, Chen Moruo is determined to stay in the capital. This is the family property he has set aside.
But these things are not the most important to Chen Mo.
"Sir, you see this is a Blood Spirit Deer. It was caught just this morning and it is still alive."
Four palace servants lifted a heavy iron cage from the carriage.
Inside were two fawns that were harmless to humans and animals, but their blood energy was a little too strong.
"Just eat this directly? No need to ask the Qi Refiner to deal with it?" Chen Mo asked carefully with a slight hesitation in his tone.
"My lord, just eat it directly, but be careful when bleeding. This deer is very strong. If the deer's blood is accidentally spilled, it will be a big loss." Gong Zhongshe came to deliver the reward. The man explained with a smile.
Immediately, he showed the rest of the rewards to Chen Mo for inspection.
Apart from these two deer, the rest of the rewards are not too special.
"I'm sorry for bothering you this time." Chen Mo smiled and took out his banknotes to reward everyone.
After everyone left, Chen Mo grabbed a ginseng from the wooden box in front of him.
Xuanyuan Shen is huge, more than a foot long and as thick as an adult's arm.
Said to be ginseng, this head is similar to a large white radish.
Chen Mo didn't hesitate and decisively took a bite first to taste the taste.
As a spiritual creature of heaven and earth, this ginseng tastes great, like a crisp apple. Not only that, it also has a sweet taste.
After swallowing it into his belly, boundless blood energy poured in, and he was sent into the Ordinary Transformation Pearl.
This Xuanyuan Ginseng is extremely potent, and just one mouthful contains a lot of blood energy.
If a warrior with insufficient physical strength swallows it, he will not be able to replenish his body, but may even damage himself.
While Chen Mo was chewing ginseng, he put away the Blood Essence Stone, Blood Accumulating Pill and other rewards this time.
The storage bag he carried has been emptied by him, and the coffin and the two pairs of hammers used have been taken out, which is now enough to contain this reward.
After packing up, Chen Mo sat in the pavilion in the courtyard and continued to chew the ginseng on his hand.
As for the remaining ginseng, Chen Mo was going to give it to his adoptive father.
Ginseng is a spiritual creature of heaven and earth, different from elixirs or blood essence stones, this is definitely a good thing.
Even if the cultivation level has reached the bottleneck, as long as the physical body is strong enough, it can absorb part of the medicinal power to replenish and recuperate itself.
If you give it to him, it's up to him whether he wants it or not, but you can never not give it to him.
After chewing the ginseng, Chen Mo looked at the iron cage in the courtyard. There were two blood spirit deer inside, and they also had extremely abundant qi and blood in their bodies.
(End of chapter)
