Young people don't know the severity, they often get into the heat and take care of things that shouldn't be taken care of, which will make the idlers on the sidelines applaud, but it is often not so easy to end afterwards.

There is a way at home, or to press down, or to destroy the wealth and eliminate the disaster, there is no way at home, the beating is light, many people are found to be punished, and in the end even their lives are lost, of course, if the family background is too big, everyone has to bow their heads and submit to softness, and most of the jokes about the evil stories come from this.

The background of Zhu Da in front of him has collapsed, one died in the military disaster, the other does not know life and death, relying on nothing more than ruthlessness and skill, such a role is really scary, but if you really want to do that mindless deed, for example, if you want to take care of this matter of borrowing Tartars to enter the Kou to loot and make a fortune, that is, against the entire Huairen County official, up to the county magistrate, down to the lowest level of the idle white servants, will be his enemy.

Even if this Zhu Da is covered in iron, has three heads and six arms, all the people in Huairen County can refine and shatter him, and completely crush him into meat puree.

When Chang Kai thought of this, the trace of awe that had just risen in his heart disappeared, the sincere smile on his face became a lot stiffer, and he replied with a dry smile: "Everyone has a family to support, and our Huairen County is a poor place. ”

He didn't even ask Zhu Da what he was going to do next, just thinking about how to send off the guests, Zhu Da and Li He glanced at each other, the smile on their faces remained unchanged, and even a little banter.

Chang Kai was just about to find an excuse, but Zhu Da said leisurely: "The yamen has looted so many goods, do you just want to eat it for your own use?" With the appearance of our four miles and eight townships in Huairen County, I'm afraid that we haven't squeezed out much money, it's all given in kind, and you must not lack these things in the yamen, but if you give it to the deputy and white servants below, isn't it too much of a loss? ”

Hearing what Zhu Da said, Chang Kai's excuse for sending off the guest immediately held back in his mouth and swallowed it back, which did not mean to speak righteously, and it was exactly what the Yamen everyone was thinking.

The so-called deputy and white servants are white, and the official language is called "not in the register", and there is a more vivid description of "supernumerary" or "not in the editor" with Zhu Dana's memory of more than 20 years.

But the smallest county also has a population of more than 10,000, how can 30 people, and since the founding of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty has been strictly controlling the establishment of officials, and any increase in the establishment will be attacked as "disturbing the people" and "violating the ancestral system", but the things that should be done at the local level must be done, and the taxes that should be collected must be collected, otherwise there will be no future.

Since there is such an impersonal rule, then there is a flexible way to deal with it, there is no work, food, silver, and no establishment, so find those who do not need to pay wages and food, and do not need to compile, and the remuneration will naturally be paid from the collection outside the tax.

Therefore, in the yamen all over the world, there are always two or three deputy servants around the registered officials and errand servants, but this is far from enough, often there are two or three white servants around a deputy officer, only more and not less, so there are dozens of people in the yamen who are registered to take wages and food, and there are hundreds of people who actually run errands.

You see that this Chang Kai is just an ordinary catcher in the yamen, but he also has more than 20 people in his hands, and he is called "master" and "uncle" outside.

This time, through the invasion of the Mongol horse team, hundreds of people in the yamen were naturally mobilized, and the goods extorted at the city gate, silver, copper coins, gold and silver ornaments, etc., have been taken away by people with status, and the rest is these goods piled up near the city gate.

Compared with the currency cash, the goods piled up on the side of the city gate are more valuable, because the quantity is very large, but a few people in charge of the yamen are worried about this, such a large amount of physical spot is worth a lot of silver, but this soldier is barbaric, these goods want to sell is not easy, but to divide these physical spot or something, there are hundreds of people to divide, even if it is more or less divided according to the level of status, everyone will not fall into the hands of much, hard work has become an equal share of the benefits, which makes the person in charge of the matter really unwilling.

These things are naturally no stranger to Chang Kai, who is in Huairen County, so he didn't take it seriously when he first heard Zhu Da mention it, but he reacted the next moment, how did he know, he couldn't know, what was the intention of saying this?

Chang Kai couldn't say that he wasn't shrewd, and he came to a general conclusion after a little stunned, because he saw a familiar expression on Zhu Da's face, the county master's money and grain master, the clerks in the household, and those merchants would all have similar expressions.

"What does Zhu Gongzi want to do? Let's listen to it, I often can't be the master, just listen. Chang Kai said very implicitly.

"I often catch the head and shout what Zhu Gongzi, call me Brother Zhu or Xiao Zhu, I will get straight to the point, these scraped goods, I buy them with cash, but only 20% of the market price, I am allowed to take half of the credit, and then pay the other half in a month." Zhu Da said it very clearly.

Chang Kai opened his mouth wide again, he guessed a little, but he didn't expect Zhu Da to have such a plan, Chang Kai subconsciously said: "Zhu Gongzi, Brother Zhu, only give 20%, is this too low?" ”

"Brother Chang, you are not in charge, how much can you get if you sell a few percent, the benefits between our brothers are not this, you pass this over first, if the person in charge is not allowed, it is nothing more than to talk about it." Zhu Da smiled and rounded the conversation.

The mother-in-law of the Chang family over there brought the tea up, and enthusiastically left Zhu Da for lunch, Chang Kai did not bombard people or interject, but only muttered there.

After a while, Chang Kai patted his thigh and said in a muffled voice: "Chang will believe in Brother Zhu for a while, presumably Brother Zhu will not lose my benefits, Brother Zhu will go back first and wait for the news, and I will go to the Yamen to spread the word." ”

"Please rest assured, Brother Chang, I am not a person who treats my friends badly." Of course, Zhu Da understood Chang Kai's hint and responded with a smile.

The relationship between the two sides has not yet reached the point of being a guest for dinner, Zhu Da thanked the Chang family's mother-in-law for her warm stay, and took Li and Chang Kai out together, before leaving, Zhu Da introduced Li He to Chang Kai, and when he heard that he was Zhu Da's sworn brother, Chang Kai's attitude was much more polite.

When he was still in the courtyard, Chang Kai couldn't help but say: "Brother Zhu's style seems to have been working as an errand in the yamen for generations, but even if the people who have been on errands for generations, those who are the same age as Brother Zhu or even older than you, can't do what you do, this is what it looks like to be an old man doing official business." ”

To this question, Zhu Da just smiled and did not speak.

Chang Kai just got out of the hospital, the three young men who were squatting on the side all stood up, smiled and greeted each other, and said "Chang Ye is well", these three young men were barely neatly dressed, they were all ordinary half-used cloth robes, there was a little frivolity between their eyebrows and eyes, they didn't look like the children of good people, don't look at Chang Kai to treat Zhu Da very politely, but in front of these three people, he took a big one, just nodded indifferently, pointed to one and said: "Black stone, you take this son to the south of the city to have a look, if someone asks, Let's just say that it is a distinguished guest of the Yamen, you have to serve well, otherwise you will be skinned! ”

The one who was called a black stone was a black and strong young man, who was a few years older than Li He, and when he heard Chang Kai's command, he hurriedly bowed down flatteringly and made a big salute, and said in a loud voice: "Please rest assured that Chang Ye, the little one must serve Young Master Zhu well, otherwise I will not wait for Chang Ye to do it, I will pick up this layer of skin myself." ”

Zhu Da smiled and nodded, and said hello to Chang Kai again, the three young people all noticed Chang Zhutou's polite attitude towards Zhu Da, and the black stone waist bent down a lot.

Flattering and slippery, and respectful to Chang Kai, Zhu Da already has a rough judgment of these three people, they should be Chang Kai's deputy servants and white servants, etc., who should have a higher status than usual, and can be regarded as cronies.

"Big brother, rest assured, the market price of this little brother is clear, and the old shopkeeper in the business house admired the little brother's ability." Walking towards the south gate, Li He boasted a few words.

Zhu Da nodded, Li and many people praised this ability in front of him, Zhu Da admonished: "Now that the war is in chaos, the daily price of livelihood will rise, but the commercial goods will fall, Huairen County is not a commercial route, many goods can only be sold at a price when they go out of Shanxi, they have nowhere to sell, they can only keep it, they are anxious, and the price will be low." ”

The city is not big, it didn't take too long to go to the south gate, yesterday everyone still entered the city in a hurry, today is a noisy out of the city, even with the street is not so chaotic and dirty, the officials did not think about not letting out of the city to extort money, because anyway, there is no hurry, the mind of being slaughtered is gone, you don't let me go out, then I will wait a few days.

There were even people who went to the shed where the goods were stacked to ask for it, and this did not end well, and the officials and officials did not show any mercy when they smashed down with sticks.

"There are such neat leather goods, and these horns are not ambiguous."

"Back to the words of the two masters, the Tartars were in a hurry at that time, and some caravans ran away and threw their goods away, and the masters in the yamen went out of the city to transport the things back."

"Then what's the matter with these cloths, the Tartars came and went quickly, killed the caravan, and left before they had time to set fire, and a group of poor men thought they had won the lottery, and they were confiscated by the old men after entering the city."

Zhu Da and Li He both shook their heads, but this black stone should be the truth, so openly placed outside, there shouldn't be too many surprises, the Mongols came so suddenly, many caravans did not react, and they didn't know how fast to come and go, for the caravan, at that juncture, it was a matter of life and death, money was something outside the body, but it was cheaper for outsiders......