Brainwork and physical labor each had their own share of misery.
But compared to physical labor, Morton at least had some advantages when it came to brainwork.
Although Morton had yet to fully mature, he could still handle some simple documents.
In fact, for a newcomer, his performance was quite impressive.
Once he started processing documents, he quickly got into the swing of things.
That said, at this stage, Morton still knew very little about the national conditions of Great Zhou, which led him to handle some matters less appropriately than he should have.
But experience in this area had to be accumulated slowly. Besides, the documents handled by these secretaries still had to be reviewed and vetted by Li Bowen, the Secretary-General, before being assigned. So it was not as though anything serious would go wrong.
From Li Bowen's perspective, he was already very satisfied with Morton's performance. Recently, he had even begun personally taking Morton out on fieldwork quite often.
Within the Secretary Office, anyone could tell that Li Bowen valued Morton's talent and was grooming him as a key candidate.
Although fieldwork was tiring too, Morton generally quite liked it.
It felt like finding an excuse to go out for a stroll halfway through the workday.
Of course, in reality, he never had any time to wander around...
When the relevant departments of Great Zhou handled many matters, they made a point of conducting on-site inspections.
"His Majesty once said that if you want to handle something properly, you first have to understand it. If you don't understand it at all, then what exactly are you handling?"
After several days of fieldwork, Morton found himself developing a measure of admiration for Zhou Xu as he listened to Li Bowen.
As he kept going out into the field,