Shen Sijie wanted to help, but he didn't know these medicinal herbs.

"Lord Shen, these medicinal materials must have cost a lot of silver, right?" Chu Mohan asked in a light tone.

Shen Sijie's expression changed slightly.

"The boss of the pharmacy is also a kind-hearted person, I told the boss that these medicinal materials are used to administer medicine to the people, and the boss said that they can be given to me at cost price, and these medicines are ordinary medicinal materials, and they don't cost much silver, not to mention that the yamen has treasury silver, and these medicinal materials are bought with treasury silver."

These medicinal materials were indeed given to him by the owner of the pharmacy according to the purchase price, although the medicinal materials were not expensive, but he asked for a lot, and it was a lot of money.

Chu Mohan. looked at the two people who were putting the medicinal herbs into the small cloth bag.

The tone was a little lazy: "Although the yamen has treasury silver to use, but there is also a fixed amount, these medicinal materials, without spending a few hundred taels, it can't be done, and the Xiajiang County Ya is really not short of money." ”

Beads of sweat were already on Shen Sijie's forehead.

He looked sideways at Chu Mohan and asked with a puzzled expression; "I don't know what His Royal Highness the Night King means by these words?"

Chu Mohan glanced at him lightly and said; "Lord Shen, this king doesn't mean anything else, Lord Shen knows what this way of being an official is?"

Shen Sijie thought for a moment and said; "Those who are officials do not seek glory and wealth, but they seek to be worthy of the sky, worthy of the people, and worthy of themselves."

As soon as Shen Sijie's words fell, Chu Mohan laughed.

Shen Sijie frowned slightly; "Why is His Highness the Night King laughing? Could it be that the lower official is wrong? ”

"You're right, that's how officials should be."

"Why is His Highness the Night King laughing?"

Chu Mohan smiled and looked at Shen Sijie coldly; "Those who are officials should fulfill their duties, they should be full of ambition for the country, and they should be like relatives to the people, there are thousands of officials in this world, and there are thousands of ways to be officials, and everyone's way of being an official is different, but there is one thing in common, that is, knowing how to be flexible."

Shen Sijie was stunned; "Flexible?"

Chu Mohan said with a smile; "In this huge Xiajiang City, in addition to your small county order, there are also many officials, large and small, in addition to these large and small officials, there are also many powerful and rich businessmen, your small county government, can bear this first time, can bear this second time, the third time."

"I'm afraid not, right? So you need to take silver from the hands of these officials, big and small, as well as from the hands of these rich businessmen and magnates, and most of their silver is looted from the people, and you should also ask the people to do something. ”

Shen Sijie knew in his heart that those people's silver could not be so easily taken out.

"Yes...... Xia Guan is just a county magistrate, how can they be allowed to take out the silver, not to mention that if they take the silver, they will intensify their efforts to loot the money from the common people. ”

"It's easy to let them pay for the silver, as for how to prevent them from stepping up their efforts to loot the silver from the people because of the loss of the silver, this is what you, the parent official, do."

Shen Sijie's thin lips pursed.

After a moment, he said with a serious expression; "Thank you, Your Highness the Night King, the lower official knows how to do it."

These medicinal materials put into the river and in the well need to be replaced regularly, and this time the Xiajiang County Ya will be hollowed out, not to mention the second and third times.

Su Wan and Bi Xiaoyao were busy for a whole afternoon, and the two of them divided all the medicinal materials and put them into cloth bags.

The two of them were tired and had back pain, and they couldn't lift their arms.

"We've got the medicine divided." Su Wan Dao; "But these medicines, I'm afraid they are not enough."

Su Wan looked at Shen Sijie.

Shen Sijie said respectfully; "Xia Guan immediately asked people to buy medicinal materials."

Shen Sijie immediately ordered his subordinates to go down and buy medicinal materials.

Su Wan raised his eyes to look at Chu Mohan and asked; "What did you all talk about?"

Chu Mohan said lightly; "We talked a little bit about being an official."

Su Wan said "um".

Bi Xiaoyao walked over, he rubbed his stomach; "I'm dying of hunger, when will I be able to eat?"

Su Wan gave him a blank look; "Eat, eat, you know how to eat."

Bi Xiaoyao said with a look of grievance; "Since I came to Xiajiang County, let alone food, I haven't even drunk a sip of water."

"There are tea sets in the room, you can pick up the water yourself if you want to drink water, I think you are too lazy." Su Wan said.

Bi Xiaoyao frowned slightly; "You haven't been to my room, my room has nothing but a bed."

Su Wan didn't quite believe Bi Xiaoyao's words.

Seeing that she didn't believe it, Bi said freely; "I'm not that idle, lie to you, you can go to my room and have a look."

Su Wan really didn't believe it, even if it was an ordinary people's house, it was impossible for the room to have only one bed, not to mention where the county master lived.

What's more, this Jiangcheng is very close to the capital, and it is much richer than those more remote counties.

Chu Mo Handao; "In that case, let's go to Bi Xiaoyao's room and have a look."

The three of them came to the door of Bi Xiaoyao's room.

Bi Xiaoyao pushed open the door; "Go in and see for yourselves."

Chu Mohan and Su Wan entered the room.

This room, like the one they lived in, was very clean, and as Bi Xiaoyao said, there was only a wooden bed in the room that looked a little shabby, and there was no furniture except for this wooden bed.

Bi Xiaoyao was a little dissatisfied; "You have also seen it, I am not joking with you, I think I am the second young master of the Bi family, and it is the first time I have seen such a shabby county government."

Su Wan looked at Chu Mohan and said with some doubts; "Shen Sijie has been in office for less than a year, and it has been more than half a year, how can this county government be so dilapidated?"

Chu Mo Handao; "This can't be blamed on him, when he took office, the Jiangcheng County Ya was already the shabby and dilapidated appearance it is now."

"Even more dilapidated than it is now."

Su Wan was even more puzzled; "How is this possible?"

"Although this Xiajiang City is very close to the capital, it is precisely because of this that there are many dignitaries and dignitaries in this Xiajiang City, and most of these dignitaries are related to the officials in the capital, and even more are relatives of the emperor."

"Xiajiang City is corrupt and playful, my father has already heard about it, and he specially filmed someone to investigate, and the result can be imagined, and the officials protect each other."

"Before Shen Sijie, my father sent several county orders, some of these county orders did not take office for a long time, and died of strange diseases, and some of them resigned not long after taking office, so for more than ten years, Xiajiangcheng did not know how many county orders were changed."

"There are exceptions to this, such as Shen Sijie's predecessor before taking office, he stayed in the position of county commander for five years, not only that, but he also rose to prominence and became the Taishou of Jiangcheng."

The corners of Bi Xiaoyao's mouth are slightly hooked; "This person is quite capable, this person can sit in the position of the county commander for five years, and he can still rise to the top and sit in the position of Taishou, this person must be not small!"