"Hahaha." Lord Gunshou smiled loudly and said, "I'm relieved that you can think like this." After that, he groaned again, and then said, "Actually, I already know about you and Sanji. When you first entered the officialdom, there are some things that you don't understand very well. Historically, there has been a deficit when the two successive officials were handed over, and when Lord Ben took over as the county guard, he also took over the deficit left by his predecessor. No one can change the practice for many years. This money is ugly and it is not our own, why should we be so serious, for the sake of offending our colleagues for these three melons and two dates? You say no, Brother Clifford. ”

Speaking of which, Clifford couldn't pretend to be stupid, smiled faintly, and said politely: "Lord Keeper is right, I, Clifford, am not that kind of stingy person, if it's a few thousand silver dollars, forget it, I will find a way to consume them during my tenure." But this is 100,000 silver dollars, which is not a small amount for our Heihe County, if I just take it over, I won't be able to pay it for a while. What should I say if the above is traced? ”

Sanji is not an unreasonable person, and when he heard this, his old face blushed slightly, and said, "Lord Clifford, I'm really sorry to embarrass you. Well, I'll give you ten thousand silver dollars to help you pay it back. ”

Ke Lifu sneered in his heart, who is this Nima helping whom, and said a little unhappily: "Lord Sanji, there is something I have always wanted to ask you, since I have talked about this today, then we may as well choose a day than a day." You acted as the prefectural magistrate of Heihe County after Hogg was captured, right? The time added up to the front and back is not long, how can there be such a big deficit? Can you tell me how this money was lost? I think that as the new prefectural magistrate, I always have the right to know this. ”

Sanji was a little embarrassed, and secretly glanced at Lord Commander, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Clifford, it's not convenient to talk about this matter. It's not that I'm hiding it from you, it's for your own good. You see, this is not going to work, I'm getting five thousand silver dollars more, that's my limit, and I can't get any more. ”

Collie looked at his painful look and knew that he was not lying, but this matter must be clarified, he can't pick up people in such a confused way, in this case, people will think that he is so confused, and he also said with some embarrassment: "Lord Sanchi, it's not a question of how much money you pay now, you can't pay back all the 100,000 silver dollars." The problem now is that I want to know the truth, and I can't just leave you in debt. ”

Lord Commander was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that Clifford was so tough, he finally sighed and compromised: "Sanji, you just tell the whole story, Lord Clifford has the right to know the truth." ”

"Okay then." Sanji sighed softly, and said a little frustratedly: "The money was borrowed by Mr. Bruce, a wealthy merchant in Heihe County, who wanted to open a weaving factory, and the capital was not enough, so he borrowed some money from us." In line with the principle of supporting the development of local enterprises, I lent him the money. ”

Speaking of which, Clifford knew very well, he still knew who Bruce was, the dignified Minister of Personnel of the Kingdom, who had just retired at home the year before last. Although he has retired, he has been working in personnel for so many years, and his protégés are all over the world, and his energy is still very great.

As for the nonsense that Sanji said to support the development of local enterprises, Collie must not believe it, after Sanji is handed over, he will be promoted from an acting county order to a formal county order in Chaoen County, and in such a short period of time, from an agent to a formal one, if he does not spend money to trust the relationship, then the dead can be brought back to life.

Judging from the current situation, that kid must have gone Bruce's way, and the 100,000 silver dollars must have been a tribute to Bruce.

You're paralyzed! You kid was promoted with the government's money, but you let Lao Tzu wipe your ass, you are too good at this abacus.

Collie was very unhappy, glanced at Sanji, and then turned his face to Lord County and said, "Lord County Guard, it's not that I don't give you face, it's really a bit of a lot of money, and I can't afford it in a small county." ”

You must be tough when it comes to your own vital interests, and if you are seen by that group of people as weak, then you will be like a little sheep, eaten and wiped out by this group of vicious wolves.

Clifford dared to say this, and he was already sure that the relationship between the county keeper and Bruce was not clean, otherwise he would not personally come forward to help Sanji, who was about to be transferred.

Sure enough, when the county keeper saw that Clifford was so tough, he pursed his lips and said, "That's it, Brother Clifford." Sanji is indeed not able to pay for a while, brothers, you can't ruin someone's future for such a small thing, right? You have to bear this money first, but I won't let you do it in vain, how about the wasteland in the south of the city will be given to you in Heihe County? ”

The problem of wasteland in the south of the city is a long-standing problem, and it used to belong to the area of Heihe County and Linxian County, because the land in this area is very barren and basically cannot grow food, so no one likes to ask for it.

However, in recent decades, the rapid development of ports, mining, textiles and other industries in Heihe County has caused the land price in Heihe County to soar, almost to the point where every inch of land is valuable, and the importance of the wasteland in the south of the city has been highlighted. However, at the same time, the economy of Linxian County has also developed, and it has also taken a fancy to that wasteland, and the two counties have been fighting lawsuits to get that wasteland, which has been pending for so long.

Collie didn't speak, bowed his head and tasted the wine, quickly calculating the gains and losses, he already had a plan to open a large weaving factory and winery, he had the technology, and it was easy for people to solve, and the most important thing was the land problem, the good places in Heihe County had been occupied, and it was really not easy to find a big vacant land.

At this moment, he suddenly felt Winnie touch him with her leg, and when he turned his head, he saw Winnie nodding softly at him.

It turned out that she also agreed to this exchange. Clifford thought that the benefits of this matter outweighed the disadvantages for him, not to mention how much money he could make after his weaving factory and winery were opened, but after he got the land, he could earn some of it by bidding. It's decided, so let's do it.

Collie was secretly happy in his heart, these natives didn't know that they had a golden finger and could turn a wasteland into an industrial power, in this case, they would first keep a low profile, let them think that they had taken a little cheap, and then wait until the end to blind their dog eyes, and said with a smile: "Okay, Lord County Guard." As your subordinate, I am very touched by the sincerity you have given, so be it, and I agree to Mr. Sanchi's request. ”

"Thank you so much. Master Clifford. Sanji was obviously overjoyed, raised his glass and smiled, "Thank you for doing me such a great favor, I toast you." ”

Clifford didn't drink, smiled faintly, and said, "Lord Sanchi, don't be busy drinking yet. I want to ask you a question, since Mr. Bruce asked us to borrow money, he naturally wrote an IOU. ”

Sanji was stunned for a moment, he didn't know what medicine was sold in the Coolford gourd, the IOU must be written, this is to shirk responsibility in the future, but it is another matter not to pay it back, with Bruce's status, even if he doesn't pay it back, no one dares to ask him, and said: "Naturally, it was written." ”

Although he wrote an IOU, according to the laws of the kingdom, Sanji, a seven-rank sesame official, did not have the right to lend so much money to others, so he asked Clifford for help.

Clifford raised his glass, touched it with him, and said, "Then there is nothing else, this matter is settled." ”

Sanji and the county keeper looked at each other, they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in this young county magistrate's gourd, should this product really go to Bruce to ask for money, right? Regardless of him, even if he really asked for it, it was because he offended people, and it had nothing to do with himself, so he also raised his glass and clinked glasses with him.

The dinner began again in a peaceful atmosphere until the end.

After the meeting was dismissed, Clifford took Winnie to salute the Warden and the Warden's wife, and then discharged the Warden's Mansion.

Collie did not bring his own carriage, according to the rules, it should be the county guard who sent someone to send him back, but at this time, the deputy county guard stood up and smiled slightly: "Lord County Guard, I am on the way with Lord Clifford, let me send him this time, you don't have to be busy." ”

The county guard couldn't excuse himself, and said, "Okay, this old brother of mine will be handed over to you, you must send him home for me." ”

"Don't worry, Lord Gunjo." The deputy county guard smiled slightly, bowed to the county guard, and then smiled at Clifford and Winnie, "Beautiful lady, dear sir, would you like to ride in my carriage?" ”

Naturally, Clifford and Winnie would not slap their faces and refuse, and smiled, "That's our honor, sir." ”

"Please." The deputy warden made a gesture of please, and let Collie into his carriage. His wife and Winnie followed in another carriage.

Collie knew that the deputy county guard had something to say to him, and sure enough, after the carriage left the county guard's mansion, the deputy county guard said with a bitter and hateful look: "Brother, my brother really feels unfair for you." ”

It seems that this product is going to pull itself over, and sure enough, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there may be a natural contradiction between the first and second leaders.

Collie Fu smiled faintly and said, "Why did the deputy county guard say this?" Where did I encounter something unfair? ”

"Do you really not know or are you pretending to be confused?" The deputy county guard said a little angrily, and the tone was like an elder's hatred for a junior, and said: "Today's matter is obviously that the county guard and Sanji are partnering to dig a pit for you." 100,000 silver dollars, is that a small amount? Can you carry it? How much is that wasteland worth? Even if someone wants to open a factory there, it is not a matter of one or two days, and if you want to rely on it to return to your capital, I am afraid that I don't know when I will have to wait. ”

"Besides, you've just been here and don't know what's going on here. In Heihe County, all those who have the ability to open factories are powerful families, and they will give you money if they take the public land? At most, it will give you a symbolic handling fee, and you will say that you are not willing to charge more if it is to support local enterprises. In short, you exchanged that piece of land for eighteen silver dollars, which is a big loss, I really don't know what the county keeper has to settle down, in case the top is traced, what do you say you should do? You're a young man who has just taken office, and it's a time when you have a great future, and it would be a shame if you fell into this matter. ”

Clifford smiled faintly, this sentence is obviously this deputy county guard to sow discord, it seems that he has a deep contradiction with the county guard, and he wants to pull himself to his side as soon as he comes over and fight against the county guard.

Frankly speaking, Collie Fu also felt that the county guard was doing this very fucked up, if it wasn't for the system, he would never agree, but since he dared to agree, he was sure that this matter was good for him, who let himself have a system?

Collie knew that he couldn't talk nonsense at this time, although he didn't like the county guard, but after all, people were his top bosses, so it was better not to make conflicts. In front of this deputy county guard who is hostile to the county guard, if he accidentally says the wrong thing, he is likely to use this to make a big publicity, so that the county guard has an opinion about him, so as to force himself to follow him.

The deputy county guard was still chattering there, sighing and saying bad things about the county guard, expressing sympathy for himself. Collieford's left ear went in, his right ear went out, and finally seeing that he was about to arrive at the post station, he smiled faintly and said, "Thank you, Lord Deputy County Guard, I will definitely be careful." ”

The deputy county guard didn't expect to pull Coliford to his side by today's words, he just wanted to plant a thorn in Colifor's heart, and now that he saw that the goal had been achieved, he stopped and said, "You're welcome, brother." We are very close to each other, and we will have to move around a lot in the future. ”

"That's natural." Collifer smiled faintly, jumped out of the carriage, bowed to the deputy county guard, and said, "Thank you for sending us back, Lord Deputy County Guard." I will definitely visit you when I have time. ”

"You're welcome, Clifford." The deputy county guard smiled slightly and said, "I have prepared good wine and good food waiting for you." ”

With that, he ordered the coachman to drive and leave slowly.

Winnie had already stepped out of the other carriage, grabbed Clifford's arm, and smiled sweetly: "Master, the deputy county guard seems to have said a lot to you. ”

Collie sneered, these politicians really didn't have a fuel-efficient lamp, and said, "He wants to pull me to his side against the county guard." ”

Winnie "ah", her eyes widened, she is a young lady from the official eunuch's family, and she naturally knows the gap between the first and second in command in the officialdom, it is simply the gap between ninety-nine and one, one has the final say, and the other says it doesn't count, there is no comparison at all.

Count, there's no comparison at all.

She was afraid that Collie Fu would be impulsive to the deputy county guard, and said with a worried face: "Master, you didn't promise him, did you?"