"Steward He, you go and settle last night's room and board expenses."

Qian Dai sat in front of the carriage and commanded.

This time he came to Lingtong County, Qian Dai was obviously well prepared, and it can be seen that he attaches great importance to this political achievement, and vows to grab it.

On this trip, he not only brought a lot of guards, including the captain of the guard, Pisso, who was responsible for his personal safety, but also brought a lot of small servants, and Steward He took him to help him deal with the chores around him.

He Guan knew that his son-in-law was very greedy for money, and he was usually stingy, so he whispered: "But after staying overnight and eating some food, do you still need to give money to the post station?" ”

Qian Dai, who was getting into the carriage, was stunned, "You should all inquire more about what Chang Qian has eaten since he came to Lingtong County, and naturally you will know what to do, although the Jing family kid is far inferior to me in terms of status and status, he is the Lingtong County Commander appointed by the imperial court, and this official is ordered to come to assist."

If we really face the conflict, we won't be able to please. ”

After that, Qian Dai got into the carriage, and after sitting down, Yahuan lowered the curtain, the coachman waved his whip, and the carriage slowly drove out of the post station.

Steward He stood respectfully in place until the carriage was far away, then straightened his waist, raised his chin, and asked his subordinates to hurry up and find the Yicheng. After dealing with this matter, he has to rush to the rented place in advance and arrange a lot of things.

The housekeeper is to take care of the house well and not let the master be distracted by the chores at home.

After a while, the post man trotted to the front.

Zhilu Dao was a big man in front of him, so Yicheng bent over and slumped down, very respectful and cautious.

"My son-in-law is a member of the Ministry of Labor, and his official residence is from the sixth grade, and he rested at the post station for a night last night, how much silver should he pay?" Steward He put his hands behind his back and looked arrogant.

When Yi Cheng heard this, he immediately opened the booklet in his hand and looked through it.

Seeing this, Steward He's face was ugly, the Yicheng in front of him was shabby, patched, and he was a real hillbilly, and he was wearing a thick and gorgeous cotton shirt, if he wasn't afraid that he would upset his son, he would be draped in fur on weekdays.

The status of the two is very different, plus the origin of the son, and the reputation of the money!

He thought that the Yicheng in front of him would definitely not dare to take it seriously, and he would throw some copper coins at will and forget it.

But I don't want this blind guy to dare to really look at it in the booklet.

Steward He was surging with anger in his heart, but fortunately, he knew that this was not the capital, and he didn't really have a seizure for a while.

"Lord Qian's official residence is from the six grades, you can bring six entourages, last night in addition to the accommodation expenses of Lord Qian and the six entourages, the Qian family has a total of 316 people living in the post station, each person has a meal fee of 6 Wen, accommodation fee of 5 Wen, a total of 3,476 Wen." Yicheng carefully calculated the results.

And Steward He's face is already as black as the bottom of the pot, this bastard is actually so serious.

After Yi Cheng finished calculating, he raised his eyes to look at Steward He.

Steward He didn't speak for a while, and the two just looked at each other and didn't move.

Fortunately, Yicheng was not really stupid, lowered his head and explained in a low voice, "The meal and accommodation fees are clearly stipulated, and the accounts must be checked at the end of each month, and the amount of grain allocated by the county government to the post station every month is also recorded in detail."

In this account, the small ones dare not be a little sloppy, otherwise they will all have to be compensated by the small ones at the end of the day. ”

Steward He frowned when he heard this, and his face softened slightly, if what Yicheng said was true, then it would be forgivable to be so careful, after all, a small Yicheng, if he really asked him to pay more than 300 people, he couldn't afford to pay for the food and lodging expenses of more than 300 people.

Could it be that Lingtong County is strict in everything?

In other places, it is easy to make fake accounts.

"Bring me the ledger of the inn." Steward He doesn't really believe in Yicheng.

"Yes."

After a while, the post man who ran to get the account turned back and respectfully handed the account book to Steward He.

Steward He took out a snow-white handkerchief from his arms and took it with his hand, opened it, and watched it carefully.

As a housekeeper, he is naturally proficient in bookkeeping, if there is a fake in the account book, he will definitely not be able to escape his sharp eyes, but after looking through for a while, he did not find any flaws, which shows that what Yi Cheng said is really not deceived.

"Humph!" Steward He threw the ledger back.

Yi Cheng hurriedly caught it.

Steward He took out the money bag and threw it to Yi Cheng for three taels of silver.

Three taels of silver is three thousand copper coins.

Yi Cheng took it and weighed it with his hand, and then looked at Steward He.

Steward He's face was gloomy, so he had to ask someone to take out the copper coins and count out four hundred wen.

Yi Cheng carefully counted the money bag he received, and looked at Steward He again.

Steward He was annoyed and took out another seventy words.

"My lord, there are still six Wenwen left." Yi Cheng said with a smiling face.

"Humph!" Steward He casually threw down the six cents, strode away, mounted his horse at the gate of the post station, and galloped out.

Yi Cheng hurriedly bent down and deducted the six coins from the sludge.

Many of the Qian family's entourage who stayed here looked at Yi Cheng with great disdain and displeasure, in the past, the local officials were not careful to accompany them wherever they went, but they were afraid that they would not serve carefully, and if they made the prince unhappy, they would take off his black gauze hat at any time.

But here, this bastard actually calculates the accounts so meticulously that he doesn't even let go of six cents.

A group of people left the post station with a grunt.

It wasn't until these people were gone that Yi Cheng took a sip, "The people who are dressed like dogs, but they don't even give any reward, Lao Tzu and a few brothers were busy last night in vain." ”

The Qian family's convoy drove slowly on the street, and in the carriage of Qian Dai's carriage, the middle-aged scribes praised again and again.

Whoever comes to Lingtong County for the first time will be amazed when they see the wide streets and smooth cement floor roads in Lingtong County.

In the capital, there is no better place than here, just within the Qianfu, that is, most of the capital is paved with expensive, smooth and beautiful marble slabs, but Lingtong County is only a remote county, and this is the whole county is so beautiful.

The streets are spacious, the ground is clean and smooth, and even though it snowed heavily a while ago, prisoners come to sweep the streets every day, so there is no mud or snow on the streets, and there are two rows of three- or two-story buildings on both sides of the street.

The buildings are red bricks and green tiles, and the doors and windows are new.

Hearing the praise of the middle-aged scribe again, Qian Dai was a little unhappy, "The Jing family kid does have some skills, it seems that I have to be more careful." ”

"Hmm." The middle-aged scribe nodded in agreement, and then discovered Qian Dai's abnormality, knowing that he had made Qian Dai unhappy, so he hurriedly shut up and didn't say more, but in his heart, he was stunned, how good it would be if he was under Jiang Long's men.

The middle-aged scribe was born poor, and he also wanted to enter the official career and fight for a bright future.

It's just that the imperial examination did not go well, and he suffered setbacks year after year, and his wife and children would starve to death if he persisted.

Qian Dai naturally didn't know what the middle-aged scribe was thinking.

And the middle-aged scribe only dared to think about it, his wife and children were in the hands of the Qian family, if he dared to betray, then the fate of his wife and children would be very miserable, and even his people would be angry with the Qian family.

"Oh no, no!"

Before the convoy reached its destination, a Qian family entourage suddenly ran from behind to catch up, shouting loudly.

"What's the matter?" Qian Dai's face was unhappy.

The middle-aged scribe immediately got out of the car to inquire, and after a while, he came back to report, "What is the steward who ran his horse on the street and ran into a pedestrian, and was tied with a rope by the county government officer who patrolled the street, and was sent to the county office." ”

In the carriage, Qian Dai played with the teacup in his hand, and wanted to rest and go to the county office tomorrow, but now it seems that he will have a comprehensive relationship with Jiang Long in advance.

"Go to the county office." Qian Dai ordered.

"Yes!" The convoy turned around and headed for the county office.

Jiang Long is busy with affairs at hand, and he really wants to go to Hewu County again to see how the coal mining is going, you must know that digging coal in the road is very dangerous, and some precautions must be explained in advance, but Qian Dai has already arrived from the capital, so he dare not be careless, and must stay in Lingtong County.

Fortunately, it is not easy to get into trouble when it comes to coal mining.

Early this morning, he came to the county office and talked with Cheng Ze to learn about the recent situation in the county.

As a result, Steward He was tied to the lobby.

Jiang Long sat behind the table in the lobby and asked for his name, only then did he know the identity of the housekeeper of Lu Dao.

Steward He was going crazy at this time, he was in the post station before, he deliberately gave silver and copper coins in batches, just to let Yi Cheng recognize the prime minister and ask for a big head to get rid of the change, but he didn't want Yi Cheng to die and even ask for the last six money.

It was precisely because he was in a bad mood, and even when he was in the capital, he rode a horse to the street, so he rode a horse on the street in the county and accidentally bumped into a pedestrian, and then was sadly seen by the street patrol officer, and he didn't listen to what he said, so he was sent to the county hall.

Originally, he didn't want to kneel, but a servant behind him was unceremoniously kicked him in the crook of the leg.

At this time, Steward He was disheveled, with footprints behind him, and he was extremely embarrassed.

Knowing that it was Steward He who was kneeling, Jiang Long was not in a hurry to try the case, and sure enough, after a while, the Qi family brothers who were secretly staring at Qian Dai came and said that Qian Dai had rushed over, so he slowed down the interrogation again.

It's not that Steward He hasn't knelt down, but since he became the housekeeper of the Qian Mansion, it's more that others kneel for him. So after a while, his calves were sore and his knees were painful, he had already identified himself, and he thought that Jiang Long would show mercy to Qian Dai's face, but the reality was obviously not like that.

In half a moment, the Qian family's motorcade came to the gate of the county government and stopped.

There was such a huge and luxurious convoy into the city, attracting many people's fingers along the way.

Yahuan lifted the curtain, Qian Dai slowly walked out, stepping on the back of a small guy and getting to the ground. Immediately, another girl came up to give Qian Dai a big coat and gloves, and a girl followed with a hand stove, and if Qian Dai needed it, she had to serve immediately.

If it weren't for the clean floor, the entourage would even have to lay a red carpet on the floor.