Tian Yuanwai stepped forward to uncover the red cloth, and sure enough, more than a dozen ingots of gold and silver were placed on it in order. The yellow dazzling eyes were dazzlingly white, attracting everyone's attention, and He Fang and Zhang Ping couldn't take their eyes off.

Over the years, this kind of scene has been seen a lot by outsiders, and it is no longer strange to see this.

He didn't even glance at the others, but directly asked the old housekeeper to send the money to Lin Fan, and said with a smile: "Here are some little intentions of the old man, not respectful, I hope the adults don't dislike it!"

Looking at so many white flowers, it would be false to say that Lin Fan was completely unimpressed. This has nothing to do with whether he lacks money or not, it is purely his nature and possessiveness.

To say that Lin Fan's family is also a strong party, although he has not been a fine man since he was a child, he has never been short of money. It's just that his family education is extremely strict, Lin Ruxian stands up with a positive color, there is no lack of discipline for him, and he never lets him spend money indiscriminately.

Therefore, Lin Fan has rarely seen so much real money and silver, so much gold and silver in front of him, which is much more impactful than a few dry silver tickets.

Lin Fan couldn't help but swallow his saliva when he looked at the money, from ancient times to the present, military training has always been a bottomless pit, and it is almost the same to say that spending money is like flowing water.

Today, there are only more than 120 people in the inspection department, but the monthly expenses are not a small number, and in order to be able to better train the troops, this money cannot be saved.

And now that the money he took from home has been spent, there will be bigger and more expenses waiting for him in the future, and the more money he has, the better, after all, no one will think that more money is not!

But Lin Fan hesitated, but still pushed the tray back, he looked at Tian Yuanwai, and said, "Thank you for your kindness!" However, if there is no merit, the official will never dare to accept this silver! ”

Tian Yuan has seen a lot of hypocrisy in the officialdom, and he is good at observing words and feelings, so Lin Fan naturally can't hide it from him.

He thought that Lin Fan's excuse was just a few hypocritical and polite words, and said: "The old man admires the old man for his clean sleeves and honesty for the people!" However, the adults are running around for the old man's business, and these silver taels are just some tea money provided by the old man for the adults and the brothers. It's hard to express gratitude, but it's also good to ask the adults to accept it and take it to have a few glasses of wine with a few brothers! ”

Lin Fan still shook his head and refused: "There is no need to talk about it outside the staff, it's not that the official doesn't give the staff a son, but the court has its own laws." According to the law of this dynasty, corruption and bribery are serious crimes, if I accept these things, wait until the future, once today's things are used by people with ulterior motives, sue the court, and investigate it, this official can not afford such a crime, and the staff does not want to be skinned by the court one day, Ming Zhengcanon! So I hope that the staff will not be embarrassed! ”

Everyone knows that when Taizu founded the country, the criminal law was strict, and he vigorously suppressed corruption, and it was common for corrupt officials to be punished by peeling the skin of daylilies.

But now is no longer the beginning of the founding of the country, from the founding of the country to the present, after nearly 300 years of evolution, this law is too brutal and harsh, has long been no longer applicable, so it was abolished by the imperial court.

Therefore, except for Jiang Fenggong, who was a famous human saint during the Jiaxiang period and is still remembered by all the people, no one has proposed to reinstate such punishments.

When Jiang Feng was serving as the imperial history of the imperial capital, due to the serious corruption of the Manchu Dynasty, in order to punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, he proposed to the imperial court to resume the punishment of peeling daylilies.

However, at that time, the whole Manchu dynasty, from the king to the small officials, thought that this move was impractical, so it was shelved. At that time, the atmosphere of the court was already corrupted, but no one wanted this to fall on them.

Therefore, the so-called peeling daylilies that Lin Fan said are pure nonsense, just used to scare the field workers.

But the matter has come to this point, Lin Fan has already said this, and the meaning could not be clearer.

Tian Yuanwai understood that Lin Fan had made up his mind, so he had to let the old housekeeper retreat, and said to Lin Fan: "My lord is righteous, the old man is ashamed!"

Lin Fan laughed and said: "Thank you for your understanding, this official will not bother, farewell!"

Then he said to An Ning: "An Ning, take those two people, let's go!" ”

With that, he walked out of the living room.

Tian Yuanwai sent Lin Fan and a few people outside the gate, and Lin Fan said goodbye: "If there is progress in this case, the official will definitely send someone to inform the government, don't do it, there is no need to send it again!"

Tian Yuanwai stopped when he heard the words, but just watched Lin Fan and his party go away.

When the group left the farmhouse, they prepared to return to the inspection department. Since there were two more people than when they came, there were not enough horses. And there are also female dependents, with men and women in the big defense, you can't ride two people together!

Lin Fan spent money to rent an ox cart from the town and let the two of them ride the ox cart.

The driver was an old man, who was reluctant to do things for the official family at first, for fear that even the oxen and the cart would be swallowed by the government without spitting out bones.

It's just that he couldn't resist Lin Fanqing's sincere repeated requests, and promised to give money, so he reluctantly followed everyone on the road.

On the way, An Ning beat his horse to Lin Fan and said quietly: "My lord, we don't have much money from home, the silver that the field worker gave you just now can solve the urgent need of the inspection department, but why don't you want that money?"

As the saying goes, being an official for thousands of miles is only for money, and now there is a miasma in the officialdom, it can be said that there is no official and no greed, and there is no one like Lin Fan.

Although An Ning's voice was small, it was empty, but it couldn't hide it from others. Not only An Ning, but other people were also curious about Lin Fan's move, but everyone was in awe of Lin Fan, so only An Ning dared to ask.

Now An Ning asked for them, and they all secretly pricked up their ears to listen, for fear of missing a word.

Lin Fan laughed out loud and jokingly scolded: "An Ning, in your heart, am I such a greedy person?" With just such a little money, can I look at your young master? ”

The financial tranquility of the Lin clan in Jiangzhou is clear, and I am afraid that those just now are not even a dime.

Hearing Lin Fan's words, An Ning shook his head, but did not answer.

Lin Fan knew that An Ning was born in slavery after all, and he didn't have enough knowledge, even Lin Fan had rarely seen so much money, let alone An Ning.

Although the two are as close as brothers, but the gap in identity still makes An Ning's vision a little shallow, and it is understandable that he is moved by this money, no wonder he.

Lin Fan continued: "You also know how all this money came from! It can be said that all of them are some people's fat and people's ointment, which are squeezed from the people of Qingyang Town, and the people's survival is already difficult, if I accept this money, wouldn't it be like eating the flesh and blood of the people. If so, how is it different from him? ”

"Besides! In this theft, the Tian family suffered a lot of losses, and after losing so much money, Tian Yuanwai will definitely intensify their efforts to loot back from the people, or even more. If I take it again, won't they be more at ease when they loot it, and then I won't become his accomplice? ”

"Also, the most important thing is that the money is moving, and I accept it this time, so I don't dare to guarantee that there will be a next time. You can comfort me and say that he is a bully, and that his money is for the oppression of the people, and that I am doing this to take it from the people and use it for the people. But what's the use of this, you know, there is no turning back when you open the bow, and once some things start, it will be difficult to turn back. And the best way to solve this problem is to never have a beginning! An Ning, you don't want to become a corrupt official who seeks mercenary one day, do you? ”

He said earnestly: "An Ning, let's come out of the house and rush here all the way here, for what?" If it's just for money, how much silver can a small nine-grade inspector make? We have so many properties in our family, do we lack this silver? Wouldn't it be better to stay at home honestly and wait for the money to be counted, why come here to suffer this hardship and suffer this sin? And now that he has come out to be an official, he is doing something for the people, not simply for his own selfish interests! ”

An Ning nodded, he took a deep breath, then let out a long breath, relieved, the two looked at each other and smiled.

He Fang, Zhang Ping and Liu Erniu were also in awe of Lin Fan, and even the eyes that looked at Lin Fan's back were different from before. In the past, everyone in the inspection department admired the force of the two more, but now they have a deeper understanding of Lin Fan's character, and they admire him even more.

It's just that they are more curious about Lin Fan's background, but no one dares to ask.

There was no word all the way, and the ox cart carried the man and woman, swaying back.

Everyone was anxious and wanted to bring people back to the inspection department as soon as possible for training. But no matter how you urge, this old cow pulling the cart is as steady as Mount Tai, not impatient or impatient. Sometimes I would lower my head and eat two mouthfuls of roadside weeds, chew slowly, regurgitate back and forth, and not take a few people in my eyes at all.

Everyone was helpless, so they simply stopped being in a hurry and slowed down, anyway, now the affairs of the Tian family are almost busy. Lin Fan looked up at the sun, the sun was already in the west, and it was already the time of Shen.

Lin Fan bowed his head and was silent, thinking to himself: In another hour or two, it will be dark, and it will be too late to go to the Qiu family in Boliu Town, and the affairs of the Qiu family can only be put aside for a while, and it will be said tomorrow.

After being busy for most of the day, several people were really tired, and after everyone came out of the inspection department, in addition to drinking a few sips of tea when they were in the field, they still haven't eaten water.

Lin Fan asked everyone to take out some dry food that they had brought with them, took out water bladders, and let everyone eat while walking. He also let the old man and the man and the woman share some of them, counting the belly pads.

Dry and hard dry food is not delicious, but it is enough to fill the stomach.

By the time the group returned to the Inspection Division, it was already more than half of the hour, the sky was starting to darken, and the torches of the Inspection Division had already been raised.

Lin Fan and An Ning saw that in their absence, the teams of the Inspection Division were still able to perform their duties in an orderly manner, so they also nodded secretly.

After entering the camp, Lin Fan settled the car payment with the old man who drove the car, and said to the old man who drove the car: "Uncle, you see that it is getting late, and it is not safe on the road if you go back, I think it is better for you to rest here for one night first, and then go back tomorrow!" Luckily? ”

Unexpectedly, the old man was too nervous to enter the barracks for the first time in his life, and the officers and soldiers had always acted recklessly and oppressed the people, which made him shocked and frightened, which made him misunderstand Lin Fan's meaning, thinking that Lin Fan was going to levy his ox cart.

He was so frightened that he knelt down directly in front of Lin Fan, kowtowing like garlic, he didn't know what Lin Fan's official position was, what he did, and he didn't know what to call it.

And at this time, even if he knew that he couldn't care so much at this time, he just cried to Lin Fan: "Master Jun, the little old man's family is pointing to this ox cart to live, and please ask the official to be gracious, leave my family a way to live!"

Lin Fan couldn't cry or laugh, he helped the old man up, and said: "Old man, you misunderstood, I'm just worried that you are going back too late now, and it will be unsafe on the road, I want you to rest here for one night, and I don't mean anything else, let alone ask for your ox cart, you can rest assured!"

The old man quieted down and asked tremblingly, "Master Jun, what you said is true, don't lie to me?"

When he saw Lin Fan nodding, he was relieved. Lin Fan asked people to take the old man who drove the car down to eat and rest first, and settle down. waved away a group of people who had nothing to do and rushed over to see the excitement, so that he had time to arrange the next thing.