"People with little silver are worrying about how to earn silver, but people with more silver are thinking about how to spend the money they have, this world, why is it always so contradictory, don't you say?" Shen Chongming said with a serious face.

The second brother smiled awkwardly and said, "This guest officer is really good at laughing, how can anyone think that silver is tricky." ”

"Hehe, that's what you don't know. Ben Gongzi has always felt that this silver is too tricky, and he always tries to spend it, but he has no chance. Shen Chongming said with a look of regret.

After a pause, Shen Chongming said with a smile: "Otherwise, this son will give you some silver, which is enough for you to go home and do some small business, it is better than looking at people's faces here." ”

Just saying that he didn't practice the fake style, Shen Chongming directly took out two ingots and two taels of official silver and put them on the counter. The little second brother was startled, hurriedly put it into his sleeve, and said quickly: "Don't hide it from the son, the adults in the yamen often go to the small shop to eat and drink, and the meal money is paid monthly, counting the delicacies of the county magistrate, no less than three hundred taels of silver every month!" ”

With that, he wiped the counter again. Shen Chongming smiled slightly, and whispered: "Since it is the end of the month, then you should have accounts here, and I will find an opportunity to send the accounts to my son's room and give you five taels of silver!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for the little second brother to answer, he turned around and walked out of the Yuelai Inn.

Just after noon, the streets of Kaocheng are bustling with people, Shen Chongming walked around and walked into a simple tea shed, since ancient times, the tea shed is a good place for idlers to talk about the world, and it is very likely to hear some news here.

"Everyone, have you seen the grand scene of the ferry today, the pomp and circumstance is really big, and the gongs and drummers of several funeral teams in the city have all been pulled away by Huang Zhixian, and they are very lively." A man who looked like he was working as a coolie at the ferry said loudly.

Shen Chongming, who had just taken a sip of tea, couldn't help but squirt out, I will go, it turned out that he was pulling the funeral team to greet us, this Huang Zhixian is really bold enough.

The people in the tea shed ignored him, a stranger, and talked about it in a gossipy manner.

"I heard that it is an adult from the capital, so the position must be not small, otherwise how could the iron rooster in Huangzhi County be willing to spend money to invite a gong and drummer to greet it." A half-grown boy said this, which immediately caused everyone to boo, the hairy child is the hairy child, and he has no knowledge at all.

"Fart, that Lord Niu has come to our Kaocheng County every year, and although he lives in the Yuelai Inn, he lives in that backyard. Everyone in the city knows that the house is idle or used by passing caravans, and how high their position can be if they live in such a place. An older man said with disdain on his face.

"You don't know this, that Lord Niu is a big official of the third grade, but it's a pity that he is in the position of the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, and he is blind to the position of the third grade." Someone said with a look you don't understand.

"Even so, that person is also working by the emperor's side, it stands to reason that Huang Zhixian doesn't have the courage to treat him like this." The boy wondered.

"Hehe, Huang Zhixian also has people in the capital, and even the prefect has to be polite to him. And this Lord Niu is here to repair the river embankment, and the silver can be paid by Huang Zhixian, of course he is not happy, who doesn't know that Huang Zhixian loves money like life. Someone said.

"That's it, I heard that when we had a big drought here two years ago, the imperial court allocated a lot of relief food, and in the end, it was all greedy by Huangzhi County." Someone said mysteriously.

Everyone was shocked and couldn't help asking, "Why don't we know about this?" ”

"Of course, let me tell you, my neighbor was on an errand in Yamen, and two years ago I was returning home from work at the ferry two years ago when I saw two big carts parked in front of his house, full of sacks. Although I didn't know what was inside at the time, when my mother-in-law visited the door, I saw that his house was full of big white steamed buns, and I realized that the big car was all white noodles! Someone said in shock.

Everyone was in an uproar, and one of them said angrily: "Damn Huang Fatty, more than 100 people starved to death in our Kaocheng two years ago, and it was all caused by this dead fat man!" ”

"No, since it's disaster relief food sent by the imperial court, why does the fat man want so much food, can't he eat it all by himself." Some people have questioned whether this is not silver hidden in the ground and cannot rot.

"Cut, that's what you don't know. Have you forgotten that two years ago we had very little work at the ferry? It is estimated that Huang Fatzi should have sold that batch of grain to the southern merchants, and they returned directly. Someone said analytically.

Shen Chongming couldn't help but nodded, it made sense. couldn't help but interject: "Do you have evidence for this?" ”

The stranger suddenly interjected, and immediately made the noisy tea shed fall silent, and the factory guards were all over the world, don't mind that this person is an official family who collects news, and the ordinary people are involved, it is absolutely no good.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Shen Chongming understood what was going on after a little thought, and said with a smile: "Merchants in Lower Shaoxing, pass through your place to rest for a few days. Everyone has curiosity, and the biggest hobby in this life is to listen to stories, and I ask you to continue, and this tea should be invited to you. As he spoke, he took out a small corner of silver and handed it to the owner of the tea shed, who was also standing in it and listening to the story.

When everyone heard him say this, they were relieved, and listening to this person's accent was really from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there was no such thing as the legendary factory guard's accent of a Beijing master and the posture of a fresh clothes and angry horse.

Put away your vigilance, and everyone will talk more, anyway, the tea is free and you are not afraid of squirting too much saliva. "This minister asked a good question, if you want to say that this evidence, we really don't have it. However, everyone in the yamen must know, otherwise my neighbor would not have sneakily driven two carts home in the middle of the night. ”

"Oh, I see, teachable." Shen Chongming said with gratitude on his face, and he thought that he was too excited to speak.

"Then dare to ask you, has the fat man only done such a bad thing?" Shen Chongming's yellow fat man immediately attracted the favor of everyone.

The old man just now waved his hand and said: "Of course it's not just that, this fat man has been in the city for nearly ten years and has sat down in a lot of bad things, including such and such taxes on the merchants who come and go, so that many of the merchants who passed through my test city would rather take a detour to Kaifeng than go through the city, today the big guy can sit in the teahouse so leisurely and chat with the prince, all thanks to him." As soon as these words came out, the group couldn't help laughing, but most of them smiled bitterly, there was too little work, and it was difficult to support their families.

"Come to the shopkeeper and pour tea for the villagers." Shen Chongming took out a small corner of silver and said. When the shopkeeper saw it, he was busy picking up the teapot and starting to fill it with tea.

In this way, everyone's interest was higher, and someone took over the conversation and complained: "It's just a matter of bullying the merchants, and what's even more hateful is that this yellow fat man ate the defendant and took the plaintiff when handling the case, and there have been countless confused cases over the years. ”

It's not easy to clean up as soon as this mouth is opened, and it won't be until the sun is in the west that everyone disperses, and Shen Chongming, who is the east, also paid nearly one or two silver for tea, which is really wealthy.

But these two pieces of silver were not spent in vain, and more than a dozen people talked about the things that the yellow fat man had committed over the years, if all of them were true, the dead fat man's head would be light if he was cut off ten times.

Returning to the Yuelai Inn, the little second brother with a basin followed quietly, and just walked into the guest room and put down the basin and whispered: "Son, here are the accounts, which are all the expenses of the yamen for eating and drinking!" As he spoke, he took out a thick account book from his arms and said it in front of Shen Chongming.

Shen Chongming took it and flipped through a few pages, smiled slightly, took out five taels of silver and handed it to the little second brother, "Get out of here and hide for a while, understand?" ”

"The little one understands, and the son can rest assured." After saying a word in a hurry, the little second brother walked out quickly, the packing has been packed, and now the silver is also in hand, let's go!

Closing the door, Shen Chongming lit a candle and carefully checked the account book, originally the second brother said that the officials of the yamen ate three hundred taels of silver a month, and he still didn't believe it, but at this time, when he looked at the account book, there was no doubt.

There are almost all luxury foods on the market that are rare to comment on in this account book, what bird's nest abalone is a must-have thing for every meal of the yellow fat man, I can't complain that this kid is fat and a pig, it turns out that it can spoil things.

Shaking his head, Shen Chongming took the pen and ink in his bag and began to write a letter, this is for Gao Gong, with his status, he can naturally poke this matter out easily, but not only is the fat man finished, but even his uncle has to be unlucky!

sprinkled a large article, almost all of which were the crimes of the fat man, blowing dry ink Shen Chongming got up to find the cow waiter, this matter must be informed to him, otherwise his complaint is not right.

"Okay, Shen Gongzi understands the people's livelihood, and he deserves to be the proud disciple of the tall man!" As soon as he saw this letter, Niu Shilang became excited, he originally had the intention of letting Shen Chongming expose the yellow fat man through the high arch, but he couldn't speak, he didn't expect Shen Chongming to do it himself, which really made him overjoyed.

"Since the adults have no opinion, then please send a servant to send it to the capital immediately." Shen Chongming said with a smile.

"Okay, without further ado, this official will arrange it." As he spoke, the cow waiter went out in a hurry, choosing a reliable person to deliver the letter.

After a while, an ordinary-looking errand changed his clothes and hurriedly walked out of the Yuelai Inn and went straight to the ferry.

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