Cao Zhiyuan was in charge of the household, and it was his duty to go to the political envoy to receive the silver, not to mention that there was still a lot of oil and water to be fished here, so he wanted to break the thoughts of others, and said: "It is time to quickly arrange the people to receive the silver, and as soon as the official document arrives, he will immediately get up and rush to Kaifeng to announce that the political envoy will receive the silver." If the action is slow, let the prefect of our Huaiqing Mansion get the news and send someone to intercept us, then five thousand taels will be scraped off another layer of skin, and there will be only two thousand five hundred taels. ”

He coughed lightly, with an extremely reluctant expression, and continued: "I am afraid that it will take ten days and a half months to go to Kaifeng to do business." Lord Zhao is the lord of a county, in charge of all major and minor affairs in the county, and he is busy with official business, so he really can't leave for a moment. I think I'd better go and work hard. ”

Zhao Xuefei said: "Whoever is going to receive the silver, I already have a candidate in my heart, so I don't need to worry about Cao County." I called everyone here today to let everyone nominate two capable people to help him succeed! ”

Hua Xiujie and Lin Zhiyuan originally wanted to compete with Cao Zhiyuan, even if they couldn't compete for this fat difference, they would be disgusted and disgusting Cao Zhiyuan. At this time, after listening to Zhao Xuefei's words, he knew that Zhao Xuefei was going to fish for oil and water himself, so he stopped talking.

Cao Zhiyuan was unwilling, but there was no way, and he said in his heart: "In the past, Zhao Xuefei used to share some oil and water, and never competed with the subordinates, how could he go into battle in person this time!" As for what kind of right-hand man to choose, even if he chooses someone who is close to him, since he is not in charge, there is nothing to make money, so he lost interest and said perfunctorily: "After I go back, I will definitely consult with Hua Zhubo and Lin Dianshi, and choose two right-hand men for the adults, so as to handle this matter properly and beautifully." ”

Zhao Xuefei said: "Please bother the three of you." ”

Cao Zhiyuan said secretly: "Zhao Xuefei will definitely scrape five thousand taels of silver this time, and the silver for repairs at that time is not enough, so he has to eat with the governor." Why don't I take this errand, and then I will receive a hundred taels, and I will add fifty taels to receive it, and a hundred people will not get five thousand taels? There is still oil and water to be fished. He said, "My lord, after I go back, I will check the yellow book and list the rich gentry who can afford a hundred taels of silver for your reference." ”

The so-called yellow book is a booklet in which the name, age, person, farmhouse, property, etc. are registered in detail on a household basis. Because the cover is yellow, it is also called the Yellow Book.

Zhao Xuefei nodded and said, "Whether it's okay to collect donations to repair the temple, we will discuss it after the silver is returned." However, it is also possible for Cao Xiancheng to do enough of these things in advance. There is an old saying among the people, so that if you have food in your hands, you will not panic in your heart. Cao Xiancheng has found out all the capable people, and we will have a target at that time. ”

Cao Zhiyuan was reassured. Since Zhao Xuefei asked him to make preliminary preparations, ninety percent of this matter has fallen on his shoulders, and basically he will not change to someone else to do it, and he will have a thought of five thousand taels of silver. He pondered which cronies he should send to do this.

Hua Xiujie saw that the matter of the silver was solved, and he could borrow the repair house to make a lot of money, and began to plan which shops to order repair materials, anyway, there is only one principle, whoever gives more benefits will go to whom's house.

Lin Zhiyuan also began to think about which township elder was obedient and asked him to borrow hundreds of 1,000 people to maintain law and order in the county at that time. In this way, there is hope for a few hundred taels of silver.

None of the five people spoke again, and Ma Kun, who was standing at the door listening to the movement, walked in lightly, saluted all the adults, and even saluted Li Feibai, and said, "Lord County Order, the meal is ready, can you use the rice?" ”

Zhao Xuefei nodded.

Ma Kun hurriedly stretched out his hand and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, please come here!" ”

Zhao Xuefei moved his buttocks, and the others had quickly got up from the stool and asked, "The county magistrate, please!" ”

When you go out, you can see a table of eight immortals in the main hall, Zhao Xuefei sat down on the top seat, and everyone else sat down in order. Li Feibai saw that there was nothing to do with himself here, and was about to say goodbye and leave, Zhao Xuefei said: "Feibai, let's eat together!" ”

The other three adults had just seen Li Feibai's means of making money, so they naturally wanted to be close, so they no longer cared about their status as officials and invited Li Feibai to the table.

To be honest, Li Feibai really didn't want to eat with these people, these people were too pretending, all of them were extremely hypocritical, and they were not real at all. But whoever calls the people is the official and he is the people, even if he is reluctant, he has to eat at the table.

The king of the workshop clerks outside must be thrifty and understand it, and you must know that the officials only eat with the officials, who has ever seen a meal with a common people? To use a bad word, isn't that a loss of face? But what he saw was that none of these usually high-ranking old men felt embarrassed, and they all greeted him with a smile.

Probably because he had fought with Lord Zhenfu, Ma Kun arranged for him to eat at his table and let him sit side by side with him.

Wang Yaojian leaned sideways and said softly: "Leader Ma, where did Li Feibai come from?" ”

Ma Kun stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, and said, "What can I do?" A businessman! ”

The king shall be thrifty and a hundred will not believe. Shinong industry and commerce, from ancient times to the present day, the status of merchants is very low. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu even stipulated that merchants could only wear ordinary clothes, and if they dared to wear a little better, they would be guilty of killing their heads. Nowadays, businessmen rely on their wealth and status have risen a lot, and they can talk and laugh when they meet officials, but what about eating at the same table with officials? Perhaps, he hadn't seen it anyway.

Can a businessman stand shoulder to shoulder with Lord Pacification? Can a businessman discuss matters with the prefectural magistrate? A businessman can eat at the same table with the county magistrate, and the adults who accompany him greet each other with a smile and are not disgusted? No way!

Wang Yaojian said secretly: "Merchant? Fool it! But he didn't dare to refute Ma Kun, after all, he was the head of the government, and he was just a workshop scrivener. He made up his mind in his heart that in the future, he would take advantage of the fact that he had fought together to move around with Li Feibai more.

Li Feibai finished eating like a pins and needles, and said goodbye to several adults and left. When he got out of the gate of the Jidu Temple, he couldn't see the officials at all, and the kind of unhappiness in his body disappeared completely, and there was a kind of joy of rebirth. He trotted all the way, first leading the donkey away, and then running to the shop.

When Hou Yanmin said goodbye and left, she asked him where the shop was and said to move in as soon as possible. He was afraid that he would stay in the Jidu Temple for too long, and Hou Yanmin would wait too long in front of the shop. Besides, it is now past the time to eat, and it would be a sin to starve this little girl again.

When he arrived at the shop, he saw that there was no one waiting, only two large boxes at the door. The box was not locked, and when I opened it, I saw that one box was full of clothes, and the other was filled with the four treasures of the study, as well as all kinds of books about painting.

No need to ask, these two boxes belong to Hou Yanmin. People are no more, maybe they go to eat, or they may go to wander around. However, the box was thrown at the door of the shop without locking, this little girl's heart is a little too big, isn't she afraid that people will steal her things?

He opened the door and moved the box into the shop. I just finished moving the first mouth, and I was moving the second mouth, and a person came in the house.