Chapter 3 The dilapidated yamen dilapidated house

He Cangji coughed lightly and said, "My lord,."

Zhang Zhong turned his head and walked inside, and when he got closer, he realized why half of the door was closed, the door had already fallen, and it was supported there with a stick, if it was opened, it would be too obvious, and it didn't look good.

The group walked inside, passed through the lobby in front, and the courtyard used to do things in the back, and walked back to where Zhang Zhong's family was going to live, and after turning a small corner, the future home appeared in front of him, and Zhang Zhong was dumbfounded.

The yard was overgrown with weeds, and the top of the main house was dilapidated with holes one after another, and the paper on the windows was long gone, only the window frames remained, either open or closed, and when there was a long one, a wild cat came out of the hole in one of the windows, meowed to everyone, twisted his body, and ran away in the blink of an eye.

I have to say that the place here is bigger than the courtyard behind the yamen in Sanshui County, but unfortunately most of the yards don't even have a house, only a pile of mud after melting snow is piled up there, put beams and doors and windows, I think it was taken back for use, or burned on fire.

Zhang Zhongba clicked his mouth and asked He Cangji, "This...... The fact that the previous prefectural magistrate was working in such a dilapidated place is really a model for us. ”

"My lord, Wen Xianling didn't live here before, and there was a house outside, but now it's gone, it is said that it was sold to others, and the people in the family have also moved away, why don't you also buy a house outside?"

He Cangji lowered his voice and said to Zhang Zhong.

"No, it's okay here, in the last few days, my family will find an inn to live in, and then move back after repairing, don't live in the yamen, in case there is an emergency, it is easy to have a big accident."

When he came, Zhang Zhong was already mentally prepared that the yamen would be broken, and discussed with his son that he could repair it and not live outside, but he didn't expect it to be broken like this, but it was okay, his son likes big places, and there is no shortage of money at home, so he handed it over to his son.

"My lord, it seems that there is not so much money in the account of the yamen to repair the yard, if you buy it outside, you can find a few local merchants to raise money." He Cangji had to be reminded.

Zhang Zhong smiled, "I don't need to find someone else, I still have some money at home, I live in my own house, and I paid for it to repair it myself, how can I know how much money is left in the account?" ”

"The small one is not too clear, the small one is in charge of the warehouse, but there is no grain in the warehouse, and there is not a penny left, I heard that there are still thirty yuan in the account, and there are one hundred and ten stone millet."

He Cangji told the truth, that is, to tell Zhang Zhong that it is a deficit now, there is money in the account, but there is no money in the warehouse, and you have to find a way to make up for the money yourself.

Zhang Zhong glanced at his son at this time, Zhang Xiaobao shook his head slightly, that means that the deficit in the warehouse cannot be made up with his own family's money, building a house is one thing, and the things in the yamen are another, not bad for that little money and food, but things can't be done like that.

Zhang Zhong understood, and said to He Cangji: "Don't be in a hurry at this time, just wait for this year's rent and taxes to come up, and then repair the yamen." ”

"My lord, there is no tax this year, and this year's tax has been collected in advance last year, and the matter has been jointly reported by the lord Bo and the county, maybe the Wen County order has now been counted in one, I don't know if I can save my life." He Cangji mentioned one more thing.

Before Zhang Zhong could react, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had already understood that everyone was greedy when they were greedy, and now all the responsibility was put on the surname Wen, and the lord Bo and the county had no responsibility, and it was naturally impossible to spit out the greedy money.

"It's so calculating, I like people like that." Zhang Xiaobao's lips moved.

Wang Juan glanced at Zhang Xiaobao, "Let's think about how to make money, just after spring ploughing, the tax that should be collected in the autumn this year is gone, you can't collect it again, right?" I don't know what happened to the people, do they still have a way to live after paying rent for two years a year? ”

"It's a small matter, take your time, it's not that I don't know what is going on here, it's just that I want to see what my dad will do, I can only live outside today, let my dad get in touch with that county and the lord Bo first."

Zhang Xiaobao didn't care about this at all, he lost this money, and collected a year's tax in advance, not much money, and the officials he met before could lose money for a few years, isn't there nothing wrong.

Zhang Zhong has seen the house, just waiting for the county Cheng and the lord Bo who don't know where to go to come back, even if he officially takes office after the handover, he still has to do something before this, and said to He Cangji:

"Since there is still a deficit in the yamen, I don't think the yamen have waited well, I brought some things here, why don't I find the yamen and some people in the yamen, and take the things back to deal with them for a few days, what are they all about? Xiaobao, when you came, you said that you wrote it down, and you recited it for your father. ”

Zhang Zhong really didn't know what his son brought, so he had to let his son say it himself.

"Dad, you are a test child, the child remembers, a bag of white noodles, a bag of rice, a bucket of twenty catties of vegetable oil, twenty catties of meat, two chickens, and a little cucumber, the bag of rice and noodles each five buckets, and when the people are ready, they can be given."

Zhang Xiaobao had to hold his father at this time and counted out the things on the side.

He Cangji and the two officials were happy when they heard it, especially the two officials, they usually can't be greedy for things, they can only bully the people, and the people don't have much money in their families, so it's good to get a few eggs, and the ruthless ones will catch and kill other people's chickens, and a few people get together to eat them.

I didn't expect the new county order to send so many things, rice is good rice, noodles are good noodles, and that kind of vegetarian oil, the most lacking thing in the family is oil, if there is oil, you can eat some wild vegetables, you can eat food without oil, plus meat, chicken and cucumbers, you can make a lot of good dishes.

"My lord, are you telling the truth? You wait, the little one will go and find someone, and there will be no shortage of sixty-seven officials, and there will be other people in the yamen, and there will be thirteen in total. ”

One of the two officials, when he heard Zhang Xiaobao's later sentence, he could give it when the people arrived, and immediately ran out, Zhang Zhong looked at it and didn't speak, and the other thirteen people were naturally people like He Cangji.

The county magistrate and the lord Bo don't care about this thing, it doesn't matter if they come or not, and they don't know where they are going, otherwise when they go out to do things, how can they not bring the officials, if they do, the officials will not say that they will find a lot of them.

Zhang Xiaobao originally thought that the two people could meet with their father first, test each other, and then consider whether to confront or compromise when the time comes, but he didn't expect to directly use this kind of unacceptable approach, and he expressed his meaning at once, and he could only be opposed in the future.

Waiting for the other officials to come back, they began to unload things from the car, half of the twenty guards were divided to help, and the other half continued to be on guard, and some of the people from the Zhang family who came with them were also doing it there, and even He Cangji and the rest of the officials did not watch from the sidelines.

also went up to help, Zhang Zhong stood there, watching the bags of rice and noodles being moved down and put away, and watching the barrels of vegetable oil gathered there, and he couldn't find a topic.

Zhang Xiaobao had to help at this time, and said to He Cangji: "My father said when he came, this is only a part, and there will be in the future, in Sanshui County, our Zhang family can send some needed things to the officials, not to mention the people under him?" When you take something, you have to do things well, and whoever doesn't do it well will not give things in the future. ”

Zhang Xiaobao deliberately said the words that were easy to offend people in the back, only in this way can people feel that children are ignorant.

No matter how ugly the words were, the servant who helped carry the things nodded and promised, "I will do things well in the future, so many things are enough to eat for two months, and I will sell the cucumbers when I turn around, hehe!" ”

He Cangji was also not angry, stopped what he was doing, stood there and thought for a while, and finally bowed his head and came to Zhang Zhong, saying:

"My lord, to be honest, I didn't go to pick up the adult today at all, I went by myself, I didn't do it well here, I heard that the adult has the ability, so I took the risk to go over, and the same is true for the two of them, the two of them are usually crowded out, and they can fight if they can."

Zhang Zhong listened, and didn't know whether to believe it or not, mainly because his son had used a trick, and it was estimated that he had arranged for someone to let Jia Shan win him over, in case they were too, so he had to say:

"It's okay, it's not easy for everyone, it's good to work together more in the future, if you want to get some benefits, no matter what, you have to let the people in the county live well, Sanshui County is like this, write a few notices tomorrow, let the people in our county know what I want with this new county order."

"What do you think, sir?" The servant threw the chicken down and inquired curiously.

"What I think is, Sanshui County can be pushed into Shang County, Huayuan County can also be pushed into Shang County, Sanshui County has a wharf, isn't there a wharf in Huayuan County to be built?" Zhang Zhong repeated what his son said, looking very confident.

He Cangji and the official didn't expect Zhang Zhong to have such a plan, his eyes lit up at the same time, and Zhang Zhong continued to use this topic:

"As long as you do things well, it won't take long for Huayuan County to change, and when the time comes, the money that should be added will be added, and the people who should be mentioned will also be mentioned, I could have been a six-grade official in Beijing, but I feel that I should come down to do something in Huayuan County, and when things are almost over, I will go to the capital, the benefits here, stay for the next term, and don't care about anything else."

Zhang Zhong's words made He Cangji excited, glanced at the officials, and said, "We must follow the adults to arrange the affairs in the county." ”