After chatting for a while, Zhao Xuefei coughed lightly, and the other three adults understood and knew that the chatter was over and the time had come to get down to business. They straightened their postures and looked at Zhao Xuefei.

Zhao Xuefei said: "I hired a curtain friend yesterday!" ”

Do all three adults know what Makutomo does? Friends of the curtain and friends, to put it bluntly, are the staff of friends, although they don't have any real power, but the county order hired them to help deal with money, food, and punishment.

When a county order has no staff, the name of the money, grain, and punishment has to be handed over to the county magistrate, the chief secretary, and the canon. With the help of a county magistrate, it is equivalent to taking the money, food, and punishment for such errands as his own.

The three of them felt a pang in their hearts, wondering what Zhao Xuefei wanted to do? If they take away all these errands that come with money, then how will they make money in the future. But Zhao Xuefei is the lord of a county after all, and they can't change the things they decide, even if they have greeted Zhao Xuefei's ancestors for eighteen generations in their hearts, they pretend to be indifferent on their faces.

County Cheng Cao Zhiyuan said: "Although Jiyuan is small, there are many things. The county magistrate is bound by complicated things, so he should ask some staff to help him reduce some of the burden. ”

Lord Bo Hua Xiujie said: "I don't know where the friends invited by the adults are, why don't you invite them out for us to get to know each other?" ”

Zhao Xuefei raised his hand and pointed at Li Feibai and said, "The friend I invited is him!" ”

Li Feibai arched his hand and said: "In the future, if you don't learn to be a friend of the county magistrate, there will definitely be a place to bother you, I hope that you will not hesitate to give advice, and everyone will handle the affairs of the county together." ”

The other three adults arched their hands and said, "Good to say! In his heart, he felt that it was a little incredible for Zhao Xuefei to invite Li Feibai to be a friend of the scene. Don't say anything else, just talk about things like money, food, and punishment, and at that time, you can do it by just pulling someone? For example, which of them has not studied in the country for several years or even more than ten years, and can only do these errands after passing the exam. Although you don't need to go to Guozijian to study, you have to learn bookkeeping and law from a master! Li Feibai is just a farmer who has just come to the county for a few days, can he understand this? It's too child's play to let him be a friend of the scene!

Lin Zhiyuan was the first to come back to his senses and said: "Brother Feibai can not only come up with a way to collect tickets and eat with the governor's mansion, but also think of more ways to get money. ”

Cao Zhiyuan and Hua Xiujie came to their senses and said secretly: "It turns out that Zhao Xuefei hired Li Feibai to find some more ways to make money, not to grab jobs with us." Since they have nothing to do with their interests, both of them also congratulated Zhao Xuefei on finding a talent, with the help of this person, Jiyuan will definitely be a thousand miles a day.

Zhao Xuefei smiled and waited for the three of them to finish, and then said: "The official document of the political envoy has come down, and as I expected, this time for the repair of the temple and the preparation for the rain in the spring of next year, the silver paid is 10,000 taels. I plan to send Li Feibai to do this, I don't know if you have any objections! ”

The three of them knew that this matter had nothing to do with them before, so how could they have any objections at this time. The only one who has objections is Li Feibai, he still has a few important things to do, and he really doesn't want to waste time on going to Kaifeng to receive silver. wanted to excuse himself, but his heart suddenly moved, and he said secretly: "I want to do those few big things, all of them are related to silver, only if the silver is in place, a few businesses can be done." Kaifeng is the capital of Henan, there must be a lot of rich people there, and it is much easier to raise money than Jiyuan, so why not take this opportunity to run to find a way? As for the business of going to Kaifeng, he felt that it was so difficult to just get the silver. didn't shirk it, and said: "I will definitely not live up to the trust of the county magistrate and do this errand well!" ”

Zhao Xuefei said: "Then let's discuss, who to send to assist Feibai in this matter this time!" ”

Since the three of them couldn't benefit from this matter, they didn't worry much about it, and said, "It's all up to the county magistrate's assignment." ”

Li Feibai thought that he didn't need to be cooked or raw, and Yang Zhen also made such a big investment, so he couldn't let him taste some sweetness, and said: "Yang Ku of Xida Library is well-informed, and he can help me complete this errand!" ”

Zhao Xuefei groaned: "This is to get money, and it is inevitable to give gifts for entertainment." Yang Zhen is in charge of the West Warehouse, and he makes friends with merchants who come and go from the south to the north. I have also dealt with him twice, that is a man who sees the wind and steers, and he can't do big things, but he can definitely make a lot of effort in the matter of entertainment and gifts, and nodded and said: "Well, there is still one person missing." ”

Li Feibai said: "This is going to Kaifeng, the boat and car are tiring, in case the carriage and horses are damaged, I don't know how to repair it, I am afraid that it will delay the big event." The scrivener of the workshop Wang must be thrifty, and he is very skilled in carpentry, and if the carriage and horse are damaged, he will be able to repair it in time and will not delay the matter. In fact, he and Wang Yaojian also dealt with Jidu Temple, as for whether the carpenter is skilled, I don't know at all, I just feel familiar with Wang Yaojian, but I ordered this person's will. Of course, he didn't just praise the king for being thrifty, and wanted to check the damage to the Jidu Temple, and the workshop would not send someone who didn't know anything to check, since he sent the king to be thrifty, this person must have something extraordinary.

Cao Zhiyuan saw that there was one person in the household under his jurisdiction, and Hua Xiujie saw that there was one person in the workshop under his jurisdiction, and the two had no opinion. Lin Zhiyuan still begged Li Feibai on the matter of collecting tickets, so naturally he had no opinion.

Zhao Xuefei said: "Then it's decided!" After speaking, he handed over the paperwork of receiving the silver to Li Feibai, and gave Li Feibai a bill to go to the house to withdraw three hundred taels of silver and attached a list of names, so that he could buy more souvenirs, and give gifts according to the list in Kaifeng.

Li Feibai accepted these things and said goodbye. When he went out, he and Ma Kun first went to the household to check the bills, and then the people from the household led them to the account to withdraw the silver.

The two of them went out of the yamen, and Ma Kun said with a smile: "If it weren't for me leading the errand of the head of the yamen, I really wanted to go to Kaifeng with my brother this time." ”

Li Feibai said with a smile: "The yamen has no Brother Ma, wouldn't it be messy." After that, he said goodbye to Ma Kun and returned to the shop.

Originally, Li Feibai and Hou Yanmin agreed that if he was not in the shop for something, he would bother her to help take care of it. Hou Yanmin readily agreed, but as soon as she mentioned giving her some money to reward her for taking care of the store, Hou Yanmin was unhappy again, feeling that Li Feibai was pitying her and looking down on her. Li Fei wasted a lot of words in vain to make Hou Yanmin understand that this was not because she was pitiful and looked down on her, but because of her labor income. He also threatened that if Hou Yanmin did not accept it, he would have to find another person to come to the store, and Hou Yanmin reluctantly agreed.

Unexpectedly, Hou Yanmin hasn't seen the store yet, the goods in the store have been sold out, so there is no need to visit the store. It seems that there is another way to make this proud little girl not have to be too difficult.

Li Feibai opened a false door panel, entered the shop, sat on a chair and poured a cup of tea before taking a sip? Someone knocked on the door panel and asked, "Shopkeeper Li, is Shopkeeper Li at home?" ”

Li Feibai hurriedly got up, poked his head out of the uncovered door panel, and said happily: "Grandpa Wang, why are you here?" ”

Wang Dingyi, who was standing outside the door: "Make a batch of cool oil and bring it to you to take a look." ”

Li Feibai said: "Grandpa Wang, come in and talk!" "Hurriedly went to remove the other door panels.