It's snowing in Yangzhou County.

It was ten days earlier than the expected time.

As soon as Truman left the house, he saw that the sky and the earth were white, and patches of snow swirled, swirling and falling on the eaves and railings.

There is a tender pine in the yard, which was sent by Li Fansheng, saying that it is to add a little green to this yard.

Truman did not refuse.

The snow fell on the pine needles, and when the breeze blew gently, it fell lightly to the ground and turned into a small stream.

The snow is not heavy, but it is enough excitement for the people of Yangzhou County.

When the snow comes, it means that the bandits will not go down again.

When the snow comes, it means that the tiring days of the year are over.

Truman was equally happy that this was the first time he had seen snow in this world.

It's beautiful.

A smile appeared on his face for the first time in a long time, and he went into the house to change into a thick robe, and walked out.

Of course, the happiest thing is that he has money.

Although the mansion given by Mrs. Luo is what Truman wants most at the moment, he did not move in it, but sold it.

Together with the treasures given by Zhao Dahai, they were sold together, and according to the market price, they were exchanged for 5,000 taels of silver.

Therefore, in his hand there was a whole twenty-five thousand taels of silver.

With this amount of money, the yamen was finally able to operate.

Very happily sent out the money of the catcher and the soldiers, and after taking out another 3,000 taels for the necessary infrastructure in the county, he still had 20,000 taels left.

How should I spend these 20,000 taels?

Of course, it's used to make money.

Truman's head was already full of ideas.

......

When Truman came to the lobby.

The crowd was already waiting.

Wang Hongru sat on the first chair on the side, looking at the documents in his hand, and from time to time holding a brush to annotate.

Li Fansheng and Li Lianyi also sat on their chairs, looking at the snow scene in the distance.

Not far away, there was also a catcher standing respectfully aside.

Truman was pleased.

The previous Yangzhou County was bad, and the most important thing is that the county order of Yangzhou County was bad.

On the contrary, other officials are fair, honest, and upright.

But the corruption of the upper echelons of officials is enough to destroy a county.

When Truman walked in, everyone stood up and respectfully called out to their lords.

Truman smiled and waved his hand, motioned for them to sit down, and then sat at the top.

When he sat down, Wang Hongru reported: "My lord, this month's tax has been reduced from 15 taxes to 50 taxes according to what my lord said, and all of them have been collected, and at the same time, the construction of dams and canals arranged by adults has also begun, but the river has gradually frozen in the past two days, and I am afraid that it will not be able to continue, and it is expected that the completion time may be delayed by about two months." ”

Truman nodded and said, "It's okay, you can arrange it." ”

"Yes, sir."

Wang Hongru retreated, and Li Fansheng arched his hand again: "My lord, in the past few days, I have arranged manpower on the avenues and roads in Yangzhou County, and I have not found any suspicious phenomena, and even tax evasion rarely occurs. “

Truman nodded, expectedly.

It seems that after he caught Qian Dekai that day, the other three families have reined in.

"Well, go ahead and don't let up."

"Yes." Li Fansheng nodded and stepped aside.

Truman smiled slightly and turned his head to look at Li Lianyi.

This female catcher doesn't know what's going on lately, and she has restrained a lot, especially the laundry, the weather is getting colder and colder, but she has never been absent.

"What about you? Is there anything to report? ”

Li Lianyi stood up, it was very cold, and she didn't wear that set of light armor anymore, but wore a white cotton coat that looked a little homely.

She was tall and her cotton clothes were thick, but her tall figure still showed off.

Li Lianyi shook his head and said, "No." ”

The voice was calm, with a somewhat distant taste.

Truman didn't bother with this, he looked at the three of them and said, "Okay, you three should disperse." ”

......

The crowd left, and only one person was left in the field.

This catcher was the first person who made his impression on him in Yangzhou County, and it was the catcher who saw that he wanted to go to Wanhualou on the afternoon of the day he came to Yangzhou County.

"What's your name?"

Truman got up from his seat and walked up to him and asked.

"Tell your lord, your subordinate's name is Zhu An." Zhu An lowered his head and said.

"Zhu An, how are you doing with this catch?"

Zhu An didn't understand what Lord County Ling meant, but he still replied: "Lord Yu, Li Zhutou is very good to us. ”

"I mean, you're good enough to live well with your family?"

"Thanks to the blessing of my lord, my income has risen a lot this month, which is enough for my family to have a good year this year."

"Do you want to make more money? Have a good year every year in the future? ”

Juan's eyes rolled, and he quickly decided.

He knelt down heavily and said, "Please command." ”

"Good."

Satisfied, Truman helped him up.

Then he walked to the table in the lobby, took out dozens of pieces of paper, and handed them to Zhu An.

Juan took the paper, not knowing why.

"Do you know how to read?"

Juan nodded.

Truman sat on top of the lobby and said with a smile: "You take a look, and then say what you think." ”

After a long time, after reading it, Zhu An's face surged with unconcealable fanaticism.

He said excitedly: "My lord, this article, this book is written by an adult?" ”

Truman snorted and said, "No, but the man has given me the book completely......"

"Thirty years in Hexi, thirty years in Hedong, don't bully young people and be poor, adults, this article is a great talent, such articles ......"

Juan was so excited that he couldn't speak.

It took him a long time to calm down.

"My lord, is there a follow-up to this book?"

"Naturally, there is."

Zhu An asked suspiciously; "I don't know if it's a little person...... What does that mean? ”

Truman asked directly: "If you sell it, how much silver can you earn?" ”

"My lord, there is no such type of article on the market now, if you sell it, it will be a precedent, and the specific income is really hard to say."

"It's okay, just tell me."

Zhu An said: "In fact, the most important thing for this kind of article is to mobilize the enthusiasm of the officials, if the book is released together, the enthusiasm of the officials will soon dissipate, and there may be a lot of piracy, so the income will not be too high." “

Truman smiled faintly and continued to listen to him.

"If we divide the book and release only two or three articles at a time, so that the enthusiasm of the officials will not be dissipated, and at the same time, although there is theft, but they can't make a lot of money at one time, then they may not take risks, and then the theft will be much less, and the profit will be ..... then."

Zhu An said, his voice getting lower and lower, as he saw the county magistrate's expression change.

The originally calm and calm face began to become puzzled.

Didn't you say something wrong?

Zhu An was shocked at the moment and hurriedly knelt down.

"The subordinate said the wrong thing, please atone for your sins."

Truman was naturally puzzled, he was wondering if this Zhu An had also crossed over, otherwise how could he be so similar to the operation of the novel platform in his previous life.

But if he crossed over, how could he not know that I gave him "Breaking the Sky".

The doubts in his heart were dispelled, and Truman said: "You are not wrong, get up." ”

"Yes." Zhu An's hanging heart was relaxed.

After Zhu An stood up, the corners of Truman's mouth pursed slightly, and he smiled again.

"Very well, according to the plan you said, how much do you expect to earn?"

"About 10,000 taels." Juan gestured a finger.

Truman nodded, just as he thought.

"This is my test for you, I will give you 1,000 taels as the principal, if you can sell this book for 20,000 taels, you don't have to be a fast catcher in the future, and you will take care of the follow-up business of this book for me full-time, and at that time, people outside will call you Boss Zhu."

Juan knelt down heavily and slammed to the bottom.