With the arrival of Cheng Xu, the leaders of the three parties of the Lion City's politics, finance, and military are gathered, according to the convention, this first city meeting generally has no substantive content, that is, the newly appointed officials and subordinates get to know each other, knowing that you Zhang San and Li Si are responsible for this piece, and that piece is it, but others think so, he Zhu Wei doesn't think so, in his opinion, this is clearly a great opportunity for Liwei!

"The city lord of Qiyu, Xiaguan Xuda, is in charge of people's livelihood and farming, after the summer of this year, there has been no rain for a long time and the river canal is blocked, and the water supply for the seedlings in the field is gradually insufficient, and the city lord is asked to order the dredging of the river to ensure the harvest after the autumn."

On the first day of taking office, I had the courage to take eye medicine, and it seems that this Xuda has already stood in line. Win Xiaosi glanced at Zhu Wei who was under his head with his spare eyes, only to see his old god squinting, looking like he didn't want to pick up the stubble at all, Win Xiaosi scolded in his heart, this guy is waiting for me to take the initiative to ask him!

"Xuda, have you calculated the cost?"

"Back to the city lord, the calculation has been completed, and together with the consumables for the husband, a total of three thousand taels of silver will be needed."

Tsk, if it really falls on the head of a person, let alone three thousand taels, he won't even be able to take out ten taels if he wins the small four, but now that he is the lord of the city, this Lion City must have its own silver deposits, and when Shi Yong was in office, it was a good time for the development of the Lion City, and there must be a lot of silver in the province.

Thinking of this, Ying Xiaosi nodded and said: "Farming is a major plan for the people's livelihood, and you can't be negligent, and when it disperses in a while, you can go to Caichang Zhu to get it." ”

But as soon as these words fell, Zhu Wei, who was originally squinting, suddenly became energetic, and he could only hear him clear his throat and say: "Win City Lord, Xia Guan has checked the treasury in the past few days, and there are more than 20,000 taels of silver in it, although the accounts are clear and there is a lot of silver, but there is no cash, because all the silver has been spent. ”

"Flowers out?"

Ying Xiaosi sneered and said: "Chief Zhu, I'm afraid what you said is a little insincere, I have also looked at the treasury, and the silver deposits in it are clearly there, how can you say that it has been spent?" ”

"Oh, my city lord, you don't know how expensive tea and rice are if you don't have a family, but the silver you see is all there, but after tomorrow, it will be gone."

Zhu Wei is obviously confident, and he is waiting to win the little four into the urn.

"Tomorrow is the day of the salary, the officials up and down have to be paid, the city guards of General Cheng have to be paid, and the silver taels owed to those military dealers have to be settled. There is really no way for the lower officials. ”

Ying Xiaosi's face sank, and he said unhappily: "Didn't those merchants' money be settled at the end of the year in previous years, why do they have to pay it off in less than half a year now?" ”

"Lord of the city, this is also something that can't be helped."

Zhu Weipi said with a smile: "Those merchants in the city have just experienced a military rebellion, although they have not caused any big losses, but this fear is always indispensable, and the money of their own family is always not guaranteed outside, so it is better to take back their own family to rest assured." Besides, these businessmen gathered together to ask for accounts, and I can't beat everyone out, so who will dare to do the business of the army in the future? ”

"Well, that's really a good consideration."

knew that he Zhu Wei was going to make a difficulty, but he didn't expect him to make a quick move, if this is not good, it will really be a dilemma.

"Finance Minister Zhu, how much does this official and the army's salary cost?"

I know that you will use your hands and feet on the salary, as long as you dare to deduct the salary, then this prepared second hand can be used!

Zhu Wei remained silent and said lightly: "It's probably less than 10,000 taels, if the city lord needs it, the lower officials can tighten their belts and hold on for a few days, if you add your colleagues, it's not a problem to get together 3,000 taels." ”

"Good!"

Ying Xiaosi clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Finance Minister Zhu really understands the general situation, takes into account the overall situation, and is really a model for my generation, do you say yes!" ”

When Ying Xiaosi asked this, he blinded everyone below, but there was no disadvantage to Zhu Wei in what he said, and everyone had no reason to say bad things about Zhu Wei, so there was a lot of praise in this hall, and all kinds of flattery were endless.

But even so, there was one person who never spoke.

Cheng Xu looked at Ying Xiaosi's smiling face, and suddenly remembered that day in Sanjiang Pavilion, the same smile, the same tone, facing the same person, Cheng Xu had a hunch that Zhu Wei was going to be unlucky again this time.

"Since Treasurer Zhu took the lead in donating the salary, the city lord can't say nothing, but well, the city lord's family background is thin, and it can't compare to the wealth of Treasurer Zhu, so the city lord will symbolically donate one or two, as for you, you can donate if you want to, and if you don't want to donate, you don't want to donate, it's all voluntary."

Zhu Wei never expected that Ying Xiaosi would suddenly come to such a hand, but at the same time, he didn't know what his plans were, even if these officials donated a little bit, the gap of three thousand taels was still a drop in the bucket, and it would definitely not be enough.

"Xuda, in a few days, I will allocate all the three thousand taels, you don't need to worry about the husband, materials or anything, I will give it to you when the time comes, but there is one, if I find any greed for ink - at least I will be dismissed, and at worst I will die!" Don't doubt my determination, this is the privilege given by the king before the lord of this city takes office, and there are more people who want to be officials, not bad for you, do you understand? ”

When these words came out, he was so shocked that Xuda's back was wet, he had already hugged Zhu Wei's thighs, and became this bird of loyalty as a leader, but he didn't expect that this winning city lord was not a good match, and he pressed Xuda's net worth and life in a few words, if this errand is really not done well, then my career is afraid that it will really come to an end.

"Down, the lower official understands, understands."

"Okay, it's nothing, that's all for now, by the way, Chief Zhu, if those military quartermasters who are chasing you want to account come again, you can directly ask them to go to the city lord's mansion to find me, and I will naturally give them an answer."

"Yes, got it."

Zhu Wei is also confused now, Ying Xiaosi seems to have some countermeasures, but he doesn't seem to have done anything, is it possible that he really has a way to solve this problem? Since I don't have an idea after thinking about it, I simply let those merchants go to trouble winning Xiaosi, I want to see where he made so much silver from winning Xiaosi!

"Little Four, you're crazy! Where are you going to get so much silver? ”

Since she came back, Su Zi has not stopped, in her opinion, this is simply impossible, even if she takes her father in, it is not enough! Not only Su Zi, but even Bai Ning, who has always been steady, couldn't sit still, looking at Ying Xiaosi several times and stopped, I didn't know what she wanted to say.

At this moment, Jiao Zan suddenly ran in sweating, shouting as he ran: "Fourth brother! Fourth brother is not good! Suddenly, a large number of merchants came outside, saying that they were here to collect payment! ”