Du Guoying said happily to himself, but he didn't see Lu Boqi's face becoming more and more difficult to look at, this Lord Zhizhou saw that Du Guoying was getting more and more energetic, and finally couldn't hold it anymore, and scolded: "Presumptuous, you are just a martial artist, you are so rude in front of the official, do you have any decency?" ”

"My lord! Didn't you want to tell us about cleaning up the military cantonments? Du Guoying's mouth opened wide.

"Which one wants to share this with you?" Lu Boqi's thin face was flushed with anger, he stood up, flicked his sleeves and brushed the stack of manuscripts that Du Guoying had worked so hard to sort out to the ground: "You say that these are military tuns are military tuns, and this official wants to believe you?" Who do you think you are? ”

"These have atlases in thousands of households, if you don't believe it, you can compare these atlases with the yellow albums in your household!"

Lu Boqi was dumbfounded when he heard this, he didn't expect these Qiu Ba to be so difficult, and he could actually come up with a credential, although his tone was hard, but the few in front of him were all military attachés, and the grade was not lower than his own, and there were second-grade masters like Yang He behind him, and he was

I could only suppress the anger in my chest, and pretended to be embarrassed: "How can things be as simple as you say, according to what you say, this more than 1,000 dumps of fields, and involving so many gentry, where to make it clear for a while, even if there are field books in thousands of households, but the yellow books in the county government, the fish scale books are how many years ago, I am afraid that there are a lot of mistakes, just rely on these books to let so many people let out Tuntian, how easy it is to say!" “

Liu Cheng has been coldly observing Na Zhizhou's expression since he entered the door, and seeing that the other party knows that there must be a following, he smiled and said, "Then may I ask Lord Zhizhou what advice does he have?" “

"Someone!" Lu Boqi shouted, and a servant came out from behind the door and placed a tray in front of Liu and Du.

"Two!" Lu Boqi uncovered the cloth on the tray, pointed to the silver ingots and silver tickets on it, and said, "The army commander wants to clear the fields and acres, presumably because of the lack of military supplies. To tell the truth, this clean-up of the military cantonment will not be able to see the results for a while, the six hundred taels of silver were donated by the gentry of this state for the adults to reward the military, and the two of them can also have an explanation when they take the silver back, how about it? ”

"This, this-" Du Guoying looked at the silver on the plate, and replied with some embarrassment: "My lord, Yang Zhijun asked me to wait to come to Dunzhou to clean up the military camp, not to raise military salaries, and-" Du Guoying looked at the tray, and his eyes turned to Lu Boqi, his meaning was obvious-this silver was too little.

"What a difficult Qiu Hachi!" Lu Boqi scolded in his stomach, he reluctantly let his subordinates take ten taels of silver out, and sneered: "These ten taels of silver will buy a pair of shoes with the two of you, this is enough!" “

"Your Excellency!" Liu Cheng, who had been silent, spoke: "The Lord of the Army asked us to clean up the military camp not to raise money, but to settle those thieves who were appeased, which is related to the overall situation of the entire northwest. Of course, the resettlement of thieves also needs money to buy cattle and farm tools, we have accepted the money, and please make a list of adults, and we will definitely tell Yang Zhijun and commend the gentry! After saying that, Liu Cheng stood up, put the silver on the tray into his bag, pulled Du Guoying to salute Lu Boqi, and then retired.

"What a greedy Qiu Ba, it turns out that he wants money and land!" As soon as the backs of Liu and Du disappeared behind the wall, Lu Boqi jumped up and scolded, he had never seen such a brazen person in his life. But the information in Liu Cheng's words made him calm down quickly, and after pacing back and forth in the house a few times, he shouted loudly: "Come on, prepare a sedan chair!" ”

The butler came in from outside, bowed down and asked, "Where are you going, sir?" ”

"Mafu!"

Ma Ziyi's mansion, study.

Like most of the Ming Dynasty gentry's study, Ma Ziyi's study is located in the back half of the mansion, next to a small pond, separated from the rest of the house by a few locust trees and a rockery, and only a few henchmen can enter it. There are two advantages to this: first, to maintain a quiet and beautiful environment; Second, you can discuss some confidential matters here to avoid leaking.

"Master Lu, do you mean that Yang He cleaned up Tuntian to settle the thieves in Zhao'an, not for money?"

"Exactly, the military man surnamed Liu said it himself, and there is absolutely no falsehood! But this guy also took away all the money, and said that the settlement of the thieves also needed money to buy cattle and farm tools, which is really hateful! As Lu Boqi said this, his emaciated cheeks suddenly twitched, and it was obvious that he was extremely bitter about handing over such a large sum of money.

"I see! I didn't expect this Yang He to have such a weather in his chest, if he did this, then there must be his name on the Lingyan Pavilion! Ma Ziyi nodded and sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity!" ”

Lu Boqi was a little confused by Ma Ziyi's attitude: "Mr. Ma, why do you say it's a pity?" ”

"I said it's a pity, but I said that if Yang He did this, there would be no room for maneuver between him and my Shaanxi gentry. If he asks for money, then there is still room for negotiation, whether it is more or less, everyone can always raise it for him, after all, he always uses this money to deal with thieves, and it is also for me and other townspeople, and it is also appropriate to give him money. But if he wants to clean up the military tun, he has to measure the acres of land we are waiting for, but this matter is not negotiable in any case, although he is a second-grade member and a feudal official, but if he competes with the entire Shaanxi gentry, he may be able to win for a while, and in the end he will end up in ruin, do you say it's a pity? “

"What Mr. Ma said is very true!" Lu Boqi nodded: "It's just that Qiu Ba, surnamed Du today, said that he already has the field book of Juntun at hand, if he is asked to take this thing and send it up, I'm afraid it will still be a little troublesome!" ”

"Hahaha!" Ma Ziyi suddenly laughed, pointed at Lu Boqi and said with a smile: "Lord Lu, Lord Lu, how can things in the world be so simple, you can relax and go back, I have my own opinions!" ”

"Yes!"

With the vast majority of the guards in the Chongzhen period, there is only a dilapidated shadow left in the Qianhu House in Juzhou, only the watchtower at the four corners of the city wall facing the west is still well preserved, and the other three are only a few wooden pillars left, and there are many damages on the city wall, the biggest gap is the east side - there is a large gap more than two meters wide, which is the result of a week of heavy rain in the summer of the previous year, and the thousands of households in the guard house have no money and food to rest, so they can only be coarsely blocked with a row of wooden fences, and covered with a layer of reed mats. And there are more than 70 families living in the city wall, these are the few pitiful remnants of the more than 1,000 military households that should have been in the city of Dunzhou, and the rest of the military households either fled or became the local gentry and powerful tenants, and the Lord He Qianhu had already moved his family to the city of Dunzhou, and the remaining more than 70 military households except for a few families, the rest have actually become his private tenants, and there is not much left next to the cultivation of thousands of households, but the most fertile US military tun land.

Like most vested interests, this He Qianhu did not like the arrival of Liu Cheng and his party. According to the military tun system of the Ming Dynasty, this He Qianhu is actually the "soil emperor" of these military households - he has the power to dispose of most of the production of the military tun, the whereabouts of the military households and even life and death, and Liu Cheng's arrival is undoubtedly a threat to his rule, of course, the embezzlement of the military tun by the local gentry is also a threat, but this threat has existed for more than two hundred years, and he has long been accustomed to and even accepted this threat. This He Qianhu had to leave his warm and comfortable home in the city of Dunzhou and return to the dilapidated old mansion in the Qianhu House in Dunzhou to deal with these uninvited guests who claimed to be ordered by the army lord to clean up the military camp.

"Lord Liu, these are the newly cleaned and transcribed field books, and they are the last part." Yu He handed a stack of books to Liu Cheng, as a former project manager of a construction company, Liu Cheng may have been the person who knew the most about the modern accounting system and account books in the entire Ming Dynasty at that time, but this did not mean that he could understand those dilapidated and error-ridden field books, thanks to Yu He, an old official who had been in the curtain for many years, after he was taught the basic double-entry accounting method by Liu Cheng, he was full of praise for this new accounting method, thinking that this accounting method is much better than the traditional four-column accounting method. The flow of funds in a business's operation, profit and loss, and the occurrence of each transaction can be very clearly shown in the account books. Without Yu He's help, Liu Cheng would never have been able to complete the cleanup of the thousands of military camps around Juzhou so quickly.

"Good!" Liu Cheng took the stack of field books to the candlelight, carefully examined them one by one, and then carefully put them into an iron box, locked them and patted the lid of the box: "As long as you hand over this thing to the army master, you won't be afraid of those gentlemen who invade the military camp to play tricks!" “

"Lord Liu, I'm afraid things are not so simple!" Yu He is not as confident as Liu Cheng: "Which of those gentlemen is not hand-eyed?" How can you obediently spit out the fat that you eat in your mouth? “

"Hehe, I'd like to see what tricks they can play!" Liu Cheng smiled and put the iron box under the kang: "If you want to write, we will fight a civil lawsuit, and if you want to come to the military, the twenty people I brought this time are all carefully selected elite soldiers, firearms, bows, and crossbow armor are fully prepared, and they will accompany them to the end!" “

Yu He looked at no one on the left and right, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "My lord, have you heard of Zhu Kun and Zhu Zichun?" “

"No!"

Yu He sighed and explained in a low voice, it turned out that this Zhu Kun was a jinshi in the sixteenth year of Zhengde, an official to the right deputy capital of the imperial history, and in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, he supervised the military affairs of Fujian and Zhejiang coastal defense, and patrolled Zhejiang to fight against the Japanese invaders. At that time, many wealthy families in Fujian and Zhejiang were forbidden to build two-masted ships, and colluded with the Japanese to carry prohibited goods, and the local generals did not dare to inquire because of their forces. After Zhu Kun took office, he sent troops to attack Shuangyu, the lair of the Japanese and an important stronghold of smuggling along the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian, and severely dealt with those local wealthy families who violated the ban and colluded with the Japanese bandits, thus arousing the resentment of the local wealthy families in Fujian and Zhejiang, and also deepening the contradictions with officials in Fujian and Zhejiang. In March of the 28th year of Jiajing, Zhu Kun captured Li Guangtou and other 96 pirates, and executed all of them, but was impeached by Chen Jiude, the imperial historian, for unauthorized killing, so he was dismissed from his post and arrested in Beijing for interrogation.

"My lord, Lord Zhu sighed before he died: 'If the Son of Heaven doesn't want me to die, the people of Fujian and Zhejiang will kill me. When I die, I should be self-defeated, and no one is needed! 'As long as a high-ranking official like Lord Zhu touches the anger of the public, he will not escape death, let alone today? From the villain's point of view, this matter of cleaning up the military cantonment must be carefully considered! “

Liu Cheng didn't speak, just nodded, Yu Fangcai's example gave him a deep impression, did he think about the problem too simply? Just as he was thinking about it, there was a burst of voices outside, and as soon as Liu Cheng stood up, Du Guoying pushed the door in.

"My lord, that He Qianhu is here."

"What is he here for?" Liu Cheng frowned, this person left a very bad impression on him, when he first came, he reluctantly handed over the field book in the guard, and then he was sneaky all day long, and he didn't know what he was doing. At this time, he suddenly came to find himself, thinking of everything that Fang Cai Yu He said, Liu Cheng couldn't help but be vigilant in his heart.

"Brother Du, you asked the soldiers to raise their vigilance!" Liu Cheng instructed while dressing: "Let's come this time to snatch food, don't take away the food, swallow it yourself!" ”

"Well, I let Totobuhua take half of the people to ambush under the hall, and Wang Xingguo took the remaining half of the people with firearms, bows and crossbows to guard the backyard, and if the situation is not good, go to the roof!"

"Good!" Liu Cheng nodded, hid a dagger in his sleeve, and walked out after a pause. At this time, He Qianhu had already sat in the hall for half a cup of tea, and the cup of tea had been added several times, and it had long been as light as white water. ”

"Congratulations to thousands of households!" Liu Cheng hurriedly helped him up, and said with a smile: "I live in this thousand households these days, and I ask for the forgiveness of thousands of households if you disturb them!" ”

"What did Lord Liu say!" He Qianhu said with a smile: "Your Excellency's inventory of Tuntian is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, how can the lower officials not do their best to help?" If you wish, you will move to the city and stay for a few days, and it will be cleaner than here. “

"No need, although it is rough here, it is also very quiet, there are many rights and wrongs in the city, and there are many troubles, He Qianhu, did you say?"

Hearing Liu Cheng's words, the muscles on He Qianhu's cheeks twitched twice, and he was immediately covered by a smile: "What Lord Liu said is the same, but the lower officials thought badly!" Speaking of this, he patted his palms twice, and a few men carrying a flat burden walked up to the hall, he pointed to the bamboo baskets on both sides of the burden and smiled: "Lord Liu, there are a few jars of village brew and a few fat sheep here, so I will give the brothers a tooth sacrifice, please forgive me for the inconsiderate entertainment!" ”