"So, there should be a county official planning this matter behind the scenes? Lao Dai, according to your judgment, who should it be? Su Hao asked.

Dyche's face became embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say. He asked Su Hao to talk, the purpose of which was to remind him of the political struggle in the county government, but if it was to point specifically at a certain official, he did not have the courage to do so. Besides, with his position, he really doesn't know who is behind this incident, so he can't say it.

Su Hao actually just wanted to test it, and when he saw Dai Qi's embarrassed appearance, he smiled and said, "Old Dai, I'm just joking, how can you know about such a confidential thing." ”

"Yes, yes, this kind of thing, how can people let me know." Dyche hurriedly descended the steps.

Su Hao suddenly remembered something again, and asked, "By the way, Lao Dai, Wang Fengshao, do you usually have a lot of contacts?" ”

Dai Qi was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "Master Wang is in charge of money and grain, and he has some connections with the workshop, so we have a lot of contacts." ”

"What about personal relationships?"

"Personal Relationship...... There is also a point, Wang Zhushu likes to drink, and he also has some hobbies for the things in this cup, so he has also had a few opportunities to drink together. ”

Su Hao said: "That being the case, have you ever heard him say something dissatisfied with me?" ”

Dai Qi didn't understand why Su Hao would single out Wang Fengshao's master book to ask, he thought about it seriously and said: "I haven't heard him say it, but once when I was drinking, everyone mentioned digging a well, and Wang Ji Shu still had a little appreciation for you. ”

"Well, that's fine." Su Hao said.

Dai Qi asked, "Master Su, why did you suddenly remember to ask him?" Could it be that Master Fei has heard any rumors? ”

Su Hao didn't want to hide it from Dai Qi, so he told Dai Qi about the matter in Caijia Village. At that time, Li Yuanwai, who opened a sauce shop in the city, took a fancy to Cheng Yi and asked Wang Fengshao to greet Cai Youshou, the mayor of Caijia Village, but was rejected by Cheng Yi. After that, there was a matter of digging wells and occupying fields, and Su Hao asked Han Qian to help and introduced Cheng Yi to the county government to be a cook. Su Hao did not particularly consider whether Wang Fengshao would have any ideas, and only after thinking about it afterwards did it seem to be a bit of a disgrace to Wang Fengshao.

After listening to Su Hao, Dai Qi thought for a while and said: "The friendship between the king and Li Yuanwai, that is, when he was drinking, may have received some filial piety from Li Yuanwai in private, but this is also a general exchange of courtesies, as far as I know, the two do not have too deep contacts." The king went out to talk about the Cheng family's lady for Li Yuan, I'm afraid it's just a help, and the matter will be over, and I won't take it to heart, let alone resent you because of it. ”

"Oh, it looks like I'm overthinking." Su Hao said.

Dai Qi changed his words and said: "However, since there is such a thing, if some people with intentions provoke it, it is inevitable that the king will have some misunderstandings about you." After all, you haven't had any dealings with him, and maybe he still thinks you're a little arrogant. ”

"Am I arrogant?" Su Hao pointed to his nose and said with a smile, "How do you say this?" ”

Dai Qi said: "Master Su, with all due respect, you have been on an errand in the county government for more than a month, but you have never visited the three officials of the county government, the master bookkeeper and the canonical history, how can this not make people think that you are high?" ”

Su Hao couldn't cry or laugh: "Old Dai, others don't know, you don't know?" Although I have been on an errand in the county government for more than a month, I have spent most of my time in the countryside, and I have not been in the county government for a total of three days, so how can I have time to meet these irrelevant people? ”

Dai Qi smiled slightly: "Whether there is time or not, it depends on what the master thinks." For example, this afternoon, if you have time to go to the academy to chat with those masters, can't you stay in the county office and pay respects to the officials? ”

"This ......" Su Hao was speechless, and suddenly realized that he really didn't pay attention to this way of being an official.

In his previous life, Su Hao was a technical eater, and because of his outstanding talent, he was appreciated by the big leaders, so no one dared to criticize him from the small leaders below, which also developed the habit of not paying much attention to communicating with the leaders. With his IQ, it's not that he can't understand these cats in the officialdom, sometimes the newly assigned young people in the unit are not tactful enough, and he will go to point one or two, but back to himself, he really has a bit of the arrogant character that Dai Qi said.

After coming to the Ming Dynasty, he won the favor of Hanwen with his skills in digging wells, and was appointed as the master of the workshop, directly obeying Hanwen, so he also neglected to communicate with other officials. Coupled with the fact that he was very busy digging wells, he couldn't put these thoughts of office politics in his head.

As Dai Qi reminded, when digging a well, Su Hao can find an excuse not to visit Shangguan, but when he comes back from digging a well, he should report to the county and others as soon as possible, and say hello.

But Su Hao forgot about this, held a meeting in the workshop in the morning, divided the money with great fanfare, and went to the academy in the afternoon to recruit students to be his helpers. He was originally an unintentional move, but in the eyes of those court officials, he was arrogant and did not treat officials as cadres.

"So, old Dai, what do you think I should do?" Su Hao was as good as a stream, and humbly asked Dai Qi for advice.

Dai Qi said: "It's not too late to make amends." Why don't we go to the county and the other people's homes together to visit them in a while, and you say that there are some things that are difficult to say in the county government during the day, so you choose to come to the house at night to visit. Isn't there still some savings in the silver we collected from promoting Han's stove? Just take some out and send them to all the officials separately. ”

"Okay......" Su Hao reluctantly agreed, this can be regarded as following the local customs.

Xiao Er brought the wine and food, because he decided to go to the homes of several officials to meet him later, so Su Hao and Dai Qi didn't dare to drink too much, so as not to be full of wine for a while, causing the officials to be displeased. After the two of them ate a few bites of food, Su Hao asked:

"Lao Dai, the rule in this county government is that the money earned by each house must be shared with all the officials, otherwise it will cause right and wrong?"

Dai Qi said: "According to the general rules, there are officials in charge of each room, and the money earned in the room is mainly to honor the county and the officials in their own room, and other officials just need to mean it." However, it also depends on how much money you make, and if you make too much money, I'm afraid everyone will be red-eyed. ”

"So, if our workshop earns 10,000 taels of silver a year, why do we have to take out a few thousand taels to honor the officials?" Su Hao asked. Thinking that so much money had to be used as filial piety, Su Hao felt unjustly panicked. But this time, the lesson is here, if you refuse to share the money with other officials, then all kinds of open guns and hidden arrows are indeed beyond your ability to deal with.

Dai Qi said: "Master Su, this is also something I want to discuss with you. The things you said you were going to do in the workshop this morning sounded exciting at first glance, but in the afternoon I sat down and thought about it, and I thought there was something wrong with it. ”

"What's wrong?" Su Hao asked, in fact, he had already realized that there was a huge loophole in his plan. This loophole, in the final analysis, is because he is not adapted to this era, if it were not for today's ruffians, I am afraid he would not have thought of so much, and not only will things not be done well, but he will not even understand how he died.

Dai Qi said: "According to the master's plan, our workshop will come out to mine coal, burn lime, and smelt iron, even if all these things are done halfway, in a year, it will be a profit of several thousand taels of silver." As soon as there is more of this silver, there will be more right and wrong. ”

"Tell me about it." Su Hao said.

Dai Qi said: "This silver, since it is earned under the banner of the workshop, it belongs to public funds, not only do we have no right to divide it privately, I am afraid that even Han Zhixian will not be able to decide its use." ”

"Won't it?" Su Hao said, "The money we earned by promoting Han's stove in the early stage, didn't Han Zhixian let us distribute it independently?" ”

"It's because the money is small." Dai Qi said, "Our workshop has never had any income, and everyone doesn't care about such a sum of money occasionally, so Han Zhixian gave it to us with a big stroke of the pen." But if we can continue to earn money in the next step, and it is a few thousand taels as soon as we earn, there will be more people who want to share this money.

When the time comes, don't say that the people who haven't received the money are unhappy, even if they do, they will feel that they don't have enough money. If anyone goes to the Nanchang Mansion to file a complaint, I'm afraid you and I will be charged with embezzlement of public funds. ”

"Damn!" Su Hao couldn't help but want to scold, Lao Tzu worked hard to earn money for the county government, and he had to be charged with a crime, isn't this TMD a system problem!