Liu Yuan, the head of the household in Jianchang County, was depressed.

Although the treatment of the six houses in the county government has always been the best, Liu has also won the attention of Lu Zhi County, but Jianchang County is not big, and it is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is rare to have any engineering projects all year round, and the tax money of the household is handed over to the treasury a little bit every month, and then the county government officials pay some wages, plus the predecessor of Lu Zhi County, the former county Wang Xian, although the government affairs are not very good, but it is also honest and honest, and he can get by, there is no three-year Qing Governor's Mansion, the idea of 100,000 snowflakes of silver, Later, Xu Liang's patrol battalion collected the import and exit tax at the Jianchang River Estuary, and finally did not enter the county treasury, and was directly under the internal management of the patrol battalion.

All of the above, Jianchang County has not had much money in the past few years, and Liu Yuan, the owner of the house, has no taste.

When he heard that the court had requisitioned 3,000 stones of grain and grass for further study, Director Liu was really overjoyed, because a rare opportunity for labor money came.

Given by Wang Xian, the former governor of the county, although there is not much silver in the Jianchang County treasury, the grain is enough, not only enough, but the old grain from three or five years ago is still in the warehouse, and it has not been cleaned up.

Director Liu was originally going to make a report to deal with it, but at this time, the official document of the court's grain collection came down. Naturally, there is a grain levy for grain collection. In Liu's mind, as long as the quantity is paid on time and some old bad millet is mixed in it, it is naturally possible, and then he sells the new grain on the book as military rations, and the money can fall into his pocket silently.

The perfect plan, the beginning of the implementation is also very smooth, Lu Zhixian is Liu Yuan's old superior, just say it. Xu Liang and Xu Xiancheng, who were in charge of money and grain, Liu Yuan originally planned to put some effort into it, but he didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and Xu Xiancheng agreed without thinking much about it.

Yiqiē is going according to Director Liu's plan.

Then, halfway down the road, a bag of bad grain was scattered, and it was seen by Huang Daozhou, a cultivator of the Hanlin Academy, who was passing by, and Huang Xiu, who had a strong sense of responsibility, intervened and made a temporary cameo appearance as an overseer.

As soon as qiē is broken, it is broken in the hands of Zodiac Zhou. This incident also alarmed Xu County Cheng and Lu Zhi County!

Director Liu had no choice, knocked out his front teeth and swallowed it in his stomach, honestly changed into good food, and also put on a lot of wages for changing clothes, and he also owed Xu Xiancheng a big favor.

Because Xu Liang did not expose him.

Lu Zhixian knew that Huang Xiu in the capital was at Jianchang Wharf, so he put up a guard of honor and planned to meet this Huang Daozhou.

However, Lord Huang's temper seemed to be very big, and Lu Zhixian was closed.

Lu Zhixian returned to the Jianchang County Ya with a black face, and it was said that he smashed a good teapot that night. Lu Zhixian felt very angry, although the grade of Zodiac Zhou was higher than him, but Lu Zhixian's qualifications were older than Zodiac Zhou, and when Lu Zhixian was the inspector of the Imperial Envoy, Zodiac Zhou was estimated to be still a showman.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Lu Chengyuan has been an official for nine years.

Xu Liang inquired about Lu Zhixian and ran into a wall in Huang Xiu, and was very surprised. Recalling the teachings of Uncle Gan Huang Weizhong, some people in Jingli and Nankang Mansion had opinions about themselves, and in line with the principle of making more friends and less enemies, Xu Liang brought a generous gift and also went to Jianchang Wharf.

It was the tenth day of the fifth month of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and the weather was clear and cloudless.

Four large ships were parked on the Jianchang wharf, which were prepared for the transportation of grain and grass. Huang Xiuzhu was not on the ship, he stayed in a small inn near the river on the edge of the dock, to be precise, the entire inn was covered by Huang Daozhou.

When they arrived at the door of the inn, two soldiers stopped Xu Liang and said in a stiff tone: "Lord Huang has ordered, and there will be no guests." ”

With Lu Zhixian's experience, Xu Liang was not surprised at all by being rejected, and his smile was still the same when he heard the words: "The cultivation of the Lord Gao Feng Liang Festival, the lower officials have admired it for a long time, since Lord Huang has spoken, then the lower officials will not bother." With that, he waved behind him, and the two guards carried a large box and placed it at the door.

"Lord Huang said it, and he didn't accept gifts!" Seeing this, the soldier guarding the door looked at the box and said expressionlessly.

"This brother smiled!" Xu Liang smiled and said, "How dare the lower officials give a gift to Lord Huang!" These are the most famous three-step drunkenness in Jianchang County, with a strong aroma of wine, which is for a few errand brothers, please be sure to accept it. ”

"This ......" The soldier was stunned, and it was the first time that he saw that he didn't see the official giving gifts, but brought the soldiers below to deliver things, and he didn't dare to respond for a while.

"This doesn't break the rules!" Xu Liang said sincerely, and then waved his hand to leave. When he was leaving, he left a sentence: "Tell Lord Huang that the next official will come back next time." ”

The soldier guarding the door stepped forward to open the box, and the box was indeed two large jars of wine, and one of them turned around and ran into the inn, and went upstairs to report to the Zodiac Zhou.

Huang Daozhou stood by the window of the guest room, and saw the whole process of Xu Liang's arrival from beginning to end, the soldiers came up to ask for instructions on what to do with the two jars of wine, Huang Daozhou was silent for a while, and nodded to accept it.

In the afternoon of the same day, just after Shen Shi, Xu Liang of Jianchang County arrived at Jianchang Wharf again, accompanied by Liu Yuan, the head of the house.

The goalkeeper is still in the way.

But this time Xu Liang was very persistent, he said: "Please report to Lord Huang, the lower officials are here to report their work." ”

Hearing that it was a report work, the soldier did not dare to slack off, ran back to ask for instructions, and then came back and said: "Lord Huang is in the hall on the second floor, please allow Lord to go up." ”

Xu Liang nodded and went in. Director Liu also wanted to follow in, but was stopped again, on the grounds that Lord Huang only invited Lord Xu.

Director Liu was helpless, so he waited outside the door of the inn, left and right, and waited until it was dark, only to see Xu Liang come out of it, Director Liu wanted to see the clue from Xu Liang's demeanor, but he was disappointed, Xu Xiancheng looked as usual, and waved his hand after coming out, and ordered to return to the city.

The Zodiac Week is taken on the 12th day of May.

The matter of grain and grass has come to an end for the time being. Except for some money that Liu took in, Jianchang was as usual, at least temporarily.

On May 16, Nankang Prefecture General Judge He Lunzhi brought nearly 200 craftsmen, laborers, guards and other people to Jianchang, and the construction of Yunshan Wei Se Temple officially began.

He Tongju is a co-maker, Xu Liang is also, but the contradiction between He Xu and the two is not a secret in the entire Nankang Mansion, in order to build the Wei Gong Ancestral Hall wholeheartedly, Sun Yiping, the prefect of Nankang, also specially visited Jianchang County, specially found the two, and encouraged them, to the effect that the construction of the Wei Gong Ancestral Hall is a big thing, and the grievances of the two are a small matter, and I hope that the two will focus on the overall situation.

Xu Liang naturally nodded again and again, and took the initiative to judge He Tong, hoping that Lord He would give Yunyun more advice.

After Governor Sun's encouragement was finished, he began to divide labor. According to his meaning, the specific construction of the Wei Gong Ancestral Hall is the responsibility of He Tongju. And the logistics support is Xu Liang's responsibility.

The so-called logistics support is nothing more than the accommodation of craftsmen, the recruitment of workers, the procurement of materials, etc., after Xu Liang took over, he called Liu Yuan, the head of the house, and asked him to arrange people to implement it.

Putting aside the issue of factions, Liu still has some ability to do things. The affairs were arranged in an orderly manner, which made Xu Liang a little impressed.

At the end of May, in this half a month, the Wei Gong Ancestral Hall has completed the foundation construction, the foundation has been built, and the outer wall has begun. Xu Liang went to see it a few times, and the entire Baihua Valley was full of wood, bricks, tool racks, and craftsman tents, and more than 300 people were working in full swing in the Baihua Valley, which was a bit of a big construction.

met with He Tong a few times, but the two still didn't have any topics.

At the end of the month, a group of people from the patrol camp came into the Xu Mansion, and they all looked very angry, sitting in the living room and smashing the table and scolding their mothers.

Xu Liang has been running at both ends of Xu Mansion and Yunshan for half a month, and he didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the patrol battalion, and when he came back from Yunshan and entered the living room, he saw several backbones of the patrol battalion, all with thick faces and necks, as if he had just finished fighting with someone, and even the always gentle Deputy Envoy Ge blushed.

Xu Liang was surprised: "What's the matter?" ”

"Brother," Huang Ziren was the first to shout: "You only have that ancestral hall in your eyes now, and something big is going to happen to the patrol battalion." ”

"What's the big deal?" Xu Liang asked, pointed to Ge Qiao, and said, "Huang Ziren, sit down and let Ge Lao speak." ”

Xu Liang spoke, and the people in the room stopped, waiting for Deputy Envoy Ge to speak.

Ge Qiao glanced at everyone, stopped his gaze on Xu Liang, and said in a heavy tone: "Early this morning, that Jiang Zhunan called us to a meeting and announced the approval of the Jianchang County Ya, saying that the patrol battalion was strictly overstaffed and needed to be laid off. ”

"According to Jiang Zhunan, when the patrol battalion was first established, the approval document stated that the patrol battalion was 200 people, but now we have six or seven hundred people, and we have strictly violated the rules and must lay off personnel."

"Master Ge, don't say it," Huang Ziren shouted: "He, Jiang Zhunan, is nothing more than looking at Lao Tzu unpleasantly, and trying every means to cut Lao Tzu's power!" Hmph, Lao Tzu doesn't agree to cut, see what he can do with Lao Tzu? ”

"Don't get bored!" Xu Liang glared at Huang Ziren, and then asked, "How many people is Jiang Zhunan going to lay?" ”

"According to the approval documents, only two hundred people will be retained!" Sentinel Hu Xiaoyong replied sullenly.

"What about the others?"

"It's disbanding, fending for itself!" Xing Zhongshan has always spoken with one sentence.

Xu Liang was silent for a long time and asked Huang Ziren: "Have you provoked the surname Jiang recently?" ”

Huang Ziren rolled his eyes: "He is a patrol envoy, how can we provoke him?" ”

Xu Liang naturally didn't believe it, and asked others again, Xing Zhongshan didn't say it, Hu Xiaoyong didn't say it, and in the end, Ge Qiao revealed the mystery. To put it bluntly, since the day Jiang Zhunan took office, Huang Ziren and Xing Zhongshan put Jiang Zhunan together in public, the relationship between the three has been very tense. Huang Ziren's strange temper has come up, he will oppose anything Jiang Zhunan agrees with, and he agrees with everything Jiang Zhunan opposes, purely not doing things to people. Jiang Zhunan was very annoyed, but he couldn't do anything about Huang Ziren.

Recently, Jiang Zhunan wanted to adjust the candidates for several captains and sentinels, and put a few cronies in, but Huang Ziren disagreed, and also said that two of the sentinels were the commanders of the general flag, which made Jiang Zhunan lose his temper.

Then there was the layoff.