Two days later, the royal driver was ready to leave for Yingchuan, which was the top priority of Tuoba Tao's southern tour and was a must.

The army escorted Tuoba Tao out of the city slowly, Tuoba Tao looked at Wan Yutong beside him, waved his hand to the rear, and the officials, generals and cavalry soldiers behind him all stopped, only Tuoba Tao and Wan Yutong continued to move forward.

"Sister Tong'er, I'm about to leave Suiyang, have you decided whether to leave with me?" Tuoba Tao asked.

Wan Yutong knew that Tuoba Tao would definitely ask this, she hesitated in her heart, after all, this was a major event related to her own life, she hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "Didn't Brother Buddha say to give me a month to think about it?" It's only been a few days now, I'm used to being here, I'm really reluctant to let me leave suddenly, can Brother Buddha let me think about it again? ”

Tuoba Tao also knew that it was difficult to make Wan Yutong change his mind in such a short period of time, and he also knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so he agreed: "Okay, you think about it slowly, I'm waiting for your reply!" You go back, you don't have to send it! He waved his hand backwards.

The accompanying officials, generals and soldiers and horses moved slowly, and kept up with Tuoba Tao faster, Wan Dugui took the Suiyang officials and garrison generals to bow down and shout: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

The others didn't have to follow, but Zhao Junsheng still had to take the cooks and helpers with him, and they had to continue to arrange meals for the emperor and his party in the past two days.

It wasn't until the emperor walked out of the border of Liang County that Zhao Junsheng returned with the cooks and helpers, but this was already four days later.

At night, the room was lit with oil lamps, a wooden box was placed on the table, and Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan sat facing each other.

"What's in the box?" Mulan asked.

Zhao Junsheng smiled: "Open it and take a look!" ”

Hearing this, Mulan stretched out her hand to open the box, saw that there were a lot of gold cakes inside, and asked, "Where did you come from?" ”

"Prepare meals for the emperor and the army of ministers and horses! This errand is really good, but it's a pity that they don't want me to go, otherwise let me go with me to prepare meals for the imperial driver and the accompanying soldiers and horses, or I will have to become the richest person in Dawei in two years! ”

Hua Mulan pouted and said, "You think it's quite beautiful, do you think those soldiers and generals usually have this kind of food?" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it, shook his head and smiled: "That's right!" ”

Hua Mulan thought of something, frowned, and said, "Are you considered to be filling your own pockets?" ”

"Of course, if this is not a private pocket, what is a private pocket?" Zhao Junsheng said and counted sixty-six gold cakes from the cash box and piled them on the table and said: "Here, this is the payment for the beef and mutton provided by Huajiabao, a total of sixty-five gold and eight hundred yuan, I will make up sixty-six gold for you!" ”

Hua Mulan pointed to the remaining gold cakes in the cash box and said, "This money is not legitimately earned, we can't ask for it, you can return it tomorrow!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was stunned and said with a wry smile: "No, Mulan, you let me return such a large sum of money?" Oh, I see, you mean it's something I got from all my pockets, and it's not the right money, right? ”

Hua Mulan said with a straight face: "Then what do you think?" Isn't it? ”

Zhao Junsheng raised his hands and said: "Okay, you are right, this money is indeed from the wrong way, but it is not robbed, not stolen, and not a crime. Do you know why everyone wants to be an official? Because being an official can make money, filling one's own pocket is one of the legitimate means to make money, and the officials above know very well that if they want their subordinates to do their best, they must let their subordinates have oil and water to fish, otherwise why should subordinates work for him? The difference lies in the question of how much each official fishes and how little he gets! Of course, for the commanders, as long as they don't exceed a certain limit, they don't care how much their subordinates make, as long as they do things beautifully! Wife, this is the norm of Dawei officialdom, if you don't make it, Shangguan will think that you have made it, do you think I can swallow this money alone? At least give it to General Wan and Lord Liu! ”

Hua Mulan really didn't know what to say after hearing this, although she also knew some information, but it was the first time that she intuitively heard Zhao Junsheng tell these dirty things.

Zhao Junsheng got up and found two small boxes, put one of them with fifty gold, the other with twenty gold, and pushed the remaining two hundred and thirty-two gold to Hua Mulan: "Fifty gold is for General Wan, twenty gold is for Lord Liu, and the remaining two hundred and thirty-two gold is ours, put it away!" ”

"Isn't it, you keep a lot of money for yourself, but only give a little to General Wan and Master Liu? Your heart is too dark! ”

Hua Mulan's words made Zhao Junsheng's whole face darken: "How can you say that about your husband?" Who am I doing this for? You, you don't understand anything, and you are also knowledgeable about sending filial piety, especially sending filial piety to Shangguan, you give too much for the first time, and you have to give the big head to Shangguan every time in the future, as long as you give less once, then you will wait for bad luck! Besides, Shangguan may have guessed how much oil and water I pumped, but he would never know how much I had pumped, and if I gave him two hundred gold, it would be very abnormal. If you think about it, if you only receive a total of 1,000 gold for ingredients, but you can give him 200 gold for filial piety, he will think about how much oil and water there is in this! It's normal to give fifty gold, so that it won't arouse suspicion, and he'll be able to take it with peace of mind, and maybe he'll reward me with some! ”

Hua Mulan opened her mouth and couldn't speak, and it took a long time before she said to Zhao Junsheng: "How do I think you don't look like you have just entered the career at all, but an old fritter in officialdom?" ”

"You just bury your husband so hard. Alright, put your things away, wash up and go to bed early! ”

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day Zhao Junsheng still got up very early to practice, and the emperor had fallen behind in the days when he came, and he hadn't practiced for several days.

After practicing for more than an hour, Zhao Junsheng sweated, washed up and ate breakfast made by Mulan, Mulan returned to Huajiabao, and Zhao Junsheng came to Taishou Mansion with two boxes.

After finishing the morning exercise, Zhao Junsheng commanded two scribes to carry the cash box to the meeting hall, and happened to meet Liu Zhubo.

"Zhao joins the army, this official is looking for you!" Liu Zhubo raised his hand to say hello.

"What is the matter with Master Liu looking for the next official?"

Master Liu Bo said: "The general asked this official to come to you and say that he has something to talk about!" ”

"Okay, the lower official is about to see the general. That's right, here you go! Zhao Junsheng said and handed a box to Master Liu.

"What is this?" Liu Zhubo said and took the box, the box was too heavy, he almost didn't catch it, he held the box and opened it to see, it was full of gold cakes, roughly counted, there were twenty, pulled Zhao Junsheng aside and asked in a low voice: "Zhao joins the army, what is this?" ”

"There are some leftovers when entertaining the royal driver on the southern tour, these are yours, don't make a noise, making a fortune in a muffled voice is the king!" Zhao Junsheng said in a low voice and smiled mysteriously, "Next time you have such a good errand, please ask Master Liu to take care of the lower officials, and your benefits are absolutely indispensable!" ”

Lord Liu was relieved, and hurriedly said: "I understand, I can't forget you!" ”

The two immediately parted ways, and Zhao Junsheng came to the meeting hall with two scribes with cash boxes, except for a few scribes, only Wandu Guizheng knelt behind the desk and looked at the official documents.

"Subordinates meet the general!"

Wan Dugui looked up and saw Zhao Junsheng commanding two scribes to put a large box in the middle of the lobby and asked, "What is your box in?" ”

"This ······" Zhao Junsheng looked left and right, but did not answer.

Seeing this, Wandu Gui waved his hand to the scribes: "Let's go down!" ”

The scribes rushed out, Zhao Junsheng turned his head and saw that there was no one at the door, opened the lid and took a few steps back, "General Rongyu, the last batch of riding pants sold to the army has been settled, and the lower officials have deducted all the costs, and the balance is eighty gold, according to the rules of eighty-two account sharing agreed between the general and his subordinates, the subordinates left sixteen gold, and the remaining sixty-four gold belonged to the general." In addition, this time His Majesty's southern tour, the county spent a total of 928 gold, the remaining 72 gold, the official took the initiative to give Liu Zhubo 20 gold, to the general 50 gold, and the subordinates left two gold, here is a total of 114 gold, please count the general! ”

Wandu got up and took a small box from the desk and came to the money box to look at it, took out five gold cakes from the big wooden box and stuffed them in the small box and stuffed them into Zhao Junsheng's arms, and said: "Good job, you only took two gold before and after running, you are too wronged by you, this is the general's reward for you!" ”

Zhao Junsheng burst into tears, not only did he get the affirmation of his boss, but also the reward, this errand is really worth it, fat and poor!

"Thank you, general, the subordinate is grateful, and I feel guilty!"

Wan Dugui waved his hand: "Okay, okay, don't give this set to General Ben!" Come, sit down, General Ben has something to tell you! ”

"Yes, the lower officials are listening!"