He had been so busy these days that he had forgotten about them, and he was extremely happy to see that Fu Lei was able to stand.

"Brother Fu is already well? It's just wonderful. ”

"Thank you, sir!" Fu Lei bowed down.

"Isn't Miss Li here yet?" Lu Yuan helped him up and asked.

The woman in white once said that she would pick up Fu Lei seven days later, and with Lu Yuan's understanding of this woman, she would not lose her words.

"The young lady has already been here in the morning, and when she saw that the adult was not there, she left."

Lu Yuan was quite disappointed in his heart, and a strange thought arose in his heart: "Isn't she afraid that I will like her and deliberately avoid me?" ”

"Miss left a message, saying that she didn't see the adult, it was for the sake of the adult, I hope you don't blame her."

Damn, really, this woman is really narcissistic to the extreme, Lu Yuan was a little speechless in his heart.

He wrote a note, handed it to Fu Lei, and said, "Lao, you will hand it over to your young lady." ”

Fu Lei thought that he had written a love letter, and sighed secretly, thinking that Lord Lu really fell into it, but Miss hated love rafts the most, and he would only disgust Miss by doing so.

After all, he was saved by Lu Yuan, so it was really hard to refuse, so he put away the note and said, "Lord Lu, Fu said goodbye." ”

"I'm not far away."

Out of the county office, Shan Hu muttered:

"Miss is too ruthless, Lu Xianggong also saved Brother Lei's life, and he is a good official, Miss actually refused to say goodbye."

"Really?" A cold voice came from behind him.

Shan Hu was about to say yes, but suddenly his whole body was smart, and when he turned around, he saw that it was his own young lady standing behind him, who changed color and instantly turned pale and fell to his knees.

Li Ruozhen walked around him, stretched out his hand to Fu Lei and said, "Take it away." ”

Fu Lei hurriedly took out the note, thinking: "Miss must have been hidden in the dark just now, she was actually willing to watch the love raft, it seems that she has a really good impression of Lu Xianggong." ”

Li Ruozhen walked to the side alone and spread out the note, and after reading a few lines, his face changed slightly, of course Fu Lei would not be stupid enough to step forward and ask what was written on it, but Li Ruozhen handed the note over.

Fu Lei was taken aback, and after reading it, he realized that he had guessed wrong, and the note said that Lu Xianggong would secretly deploy troops to exterminate the eleven villages in the near future, so that Miss should not worry.

Fu Lei was about to hand it to Shan Long, but was snatched away by Li Ruozhen, she said: "Don't tell others about this matter, including Jing Che and them." ”

Fu Lei thought about it for a while, and knew that this matter was indeed extremely confidential, and Lu Xianggong told Miss that it was his trust in her, and Miss would never allow news to leak from Yufeng Village.

"You go back and restrain the people in the village, don't go out in the near future, you can go." Li Ruozhen said.

"Miss, won't you go back with us?"

Li Ruozhen nodded and walked in the other direction.

"Get up, Miss is gone." When she walked away, Fu Lei said angrily.

Shan Hu stood up and glanced left and right, and said with a smile: "It almost scared me to death." ”

……

In the county government study, Lu Yuan was discussing with Hou Kaishan.

"Brother Hou, are the five hundred pieces of official uniforms ready?"

"My lord, my subordinates have counted in the warehouse, and there are only about two hundred pieces to spare, and I still need to find a way to make three hundred, and I am thinking of a way."

"How can you figure out a way yourself, go to the treasury to get some money, and let people make three hundred!" Lu Yuan said with a smile, he thought that a large amount of money would be credited to his account soon, and he didn't have to worry about the county treasury running out.

In spring and autumn, the county government is required to hand over ninety percent of the tax revenue to the Assassin's Office, and the Assassin's Mansion will hand over ninety percent of the county's tax revenue to the imperial court.

Therefore, these local governments will leave a percent of the tax as public funds, which are generally used to repair cities and roads, and are planned and used by the county government itself.

Different states and counties have standards for the amount of money to be paid, the standard of the upper county is high, the standard of the lower county is low, if the standard is exceeded, there is a reward, and if the standard is not reached, there is a punishment.

However, if the state sets up a Jiedu Envoy Yamen, the tax revenue of the Assassin's Mansion will be handed over to the Jiedu Envoy Yamen, and the Jiedu will make the Yamen only need to pay fifty percent of the taxes to the imperial court, and the remaining taxes will be used to raise the army.

It is the financial power possessed by these festival envoys that enables them to divide one side and faintly claim the king, and although the court guards against them, it has to rely on their power to protect the territory.

Hou Kaishan nodded yes, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Lord Lu, Miss Su is gone." ”

"Did she leave anything behind?" Lu Yuan breathed a faint sigh of relief in his heart.

"No, Miss Su didn't say goodbye." Hou Kaishan whispered, hesitated for a long time, he suddenly knelt down and said:

"My lord, it's Miss Su who is angry, please condemn your guilt."

Lu Yuan was taken aback by him, and hurriedly helped him up to ask about what happened, and Hou Kaishan told him one by one.

"Xiao Yue is also unintentional, Brother Hou doesn't have to mind." Lu Yuan said comfortingly.

Seeing that Lu Yuan was not surprised, Hou Kaishan breathed a sigh of relief, and after confessing his guilt, he withdrew from the study and went to the main bookkeeper.

The county government treasury has always been in the hands of the master bookkeeper, and when he entered the master bookkeeper's office, he explained the situation to the master of Yuan, only saying that the official clothes reserved by the treasury officials were not enough.

Master Yuan glanced at him lightly and asked, "How many pieces are missing?" ”

"Three hundred."

"Why is there so much missing?" Master Yuan frowned and asked.

"My clothes were all damaged and I can't use them anymore." Hou Kaishan bowed his head and said.

Master Yuan suspected that Hou Kaishan was lying, and took the opportunity to embezzle public funds, so he didn't blame him in his heart, and said with a smile: "So that's the case." ”

He opened a certificate of access and thought, "As long as you have the handle in my hands, I am not afraid that you will not obey in the future." ”

After Hou Kaishan received the certificate and left, he sent a small official and ordered him to keep an eye on Hou Kaishan to see who he was looking for to make clothes and how much money he spent.

After taking the silver taels from the house, Hou Kaishan thought about who it would be better to find to make clothes.

He just asked Si Huzuo, and the county government only had less than one hundred taels of public funds left, so he wanted to save some silver for the adults, and he didn't know much about the county tailor shop, so he wanted to find an acquaintance to inquire and find a sincere shop.

Suddenly, he remembered that he once heard the officials laughing at Master Dong behind his back, saying that his lady was selling shoes on the street, and his heart moved, and he decided to go to Master Dong to ask.

Walking to the staff room, he first arched his hand to Qin Li, and then walked to Dong Yuan's table.

In addition to the official position, the status of the officials in the county government also depends on the time of following the county order, Qin Li, as the first person to follow Lu Yuan, although he was suspended from prison, no one in the county government dared to be rude to him.

"Brother Hou, I don't know what to do with me?" Dong Yuan asked.

He and Hou Kaishan have the same temperament, and their personal relationship is not bad.

"Brother Dong, I heard that my younger brother and sister are very good at craftsmanship, I don't know if it's or not?"

"What do you mean by that?" Dong Yuan's face changed.

"Brother Dong, don't get me wrong, that's the case, the warehouse official clothes are not enough, my brother thinks that my brother and sister may know some tailor shops with good craftsmanship and fair prices, and I want to ask her for advice." Hou Kaishan hurriedly explained.

Dong Yuan looked at Hou Kaishan's expression, saw that he did not mean to laugh, and said, "Okay, I'll help Brother Hou ask after I get off the office." ”

"Thank you so much!" After saying that, he took his leave and left.

In the staff room, Dong Yuan was busy with his work, and suddenly heard Qin Li's voice.

"Brother Dong, you can go to the Ya, you're tired for a day, let's go have a good meal together!"

Dong Yuan looked up at the sky outside the window, and then noticed that it was time to go to the next office, he and Qin Li had a meal together, and the meal was evenly shared, and that meal cost him a penny of silver, which made him feel distressed, so he didn't dare to eat with Qin Li anymore.

"Neiko has prepared a meal at home and is waiting for me, please forgive Brother Qin." Dong Yuan said with a smile.

Qin Li smiled and nodded, packed up his things, and got up to leave.

Dong Yuan worked for another hour or so, until all the official documents were processed, then he got up and stretched his waist and hammered his back.

Walking out of the room, he knocked on the door of the study, but no one answered, thinking that the county magistrate had already returned to the back house.

Then, he looked around the rooms and saw that the rest of the people were gone, so he bolted the door of the second hall and went out through the side door.

All the way back home, the house was empty, Dong Yuan washed his face, took a hand towel and washed it, and hurried out of the door.

Walking all the way to Eryuan Street, where he used to set up a stall, he saw the figure of the virtuous wife behind the shoe stall from a distance, he quickened his pace, and when he got closer, he saw his wife talking to an old man in front of the stall.

Dong Yuan's wife, Huang, saw her husband coming, smiled at him, and continued to talk to the old man.

Dong Yuan walked up to his wife's side and heard the old man say:

"So that's the case, I didn't expect a small head catcher to be able to cause so much damage to the people, no wonder the people called him Ding Peel."