The place where the people went was not far away, in the wing room next door.

There are several chairs, and at the top of the chairs is a large lacquered wooden board with the direction of the canal and several specially marked places.

Gu Yanzhang stood at the front and motioned for everyone to choose a seat to sit down, but he didn't sit himself, but pointed to the appearance painted on the wooden board and said, "This is Bianqu." ”

He paused, and then said: "This time, a total of two hundred and sixteen officials have been transferred from various ministries and departments, and the errands that require arithmetic in Daoluo Tongbian have been divided into six parts. ”

Cao Dajing's heart was pounding, but he didn't know it, and the people on the same side looked at each other.

Gu Yanzhang above already said: "You are the best in arithmetic, so you have this leading position." ”

After he said this, everyone was still waiting for him to praise a few words and say some polite words, but Gu Yanzhang had already jumped over, pointed to a few places above, and said: "This time, the things that need to be helped by the calculation are divided into several cases, one is to recheck the depth of the dredging and the location of the silt according to the data obtained from the water superintendent. ”

Speaking of this, Gu Yanzhang suddenly stopped, named one of them, and said, "You will have thirty-one people in charge, and you will be in charge of accounting for the correctness and error of the data here." ”

He briefly said the requirements, and Fu Cai said: "I will have my own water supervisor in a moment and talk to you in detail." ”

The man hurriedly answered, and then asked several questions according to Fang Cai's words.

Gu Yanzhang answered them one by one, and then shouted: "Cao Dajing." ”

Cao Dajing hurriedly said: "The lower official is here." ”

Gu Yanzhang said again: "If the court wants to dig a ditch between Shakou and Heyin Wating, from that place, how long the chisel is, how long the manpower is divided, etc., all need you to wait and calculate—there are a total of thirty-seven people in your group. ”

"The third is on the south embankment of the Yellow River, and the DPRK wants to build a water tank, in addition to the fixed valve, there is also a water discharge and other purposes......"

He named them and gave them their own errands.

A small official on the side had already handed the roster to the corresponding people one by one.

Cao Dajing hurriedly took it, looked down, and saw that the roster on it contained the names, origins, and directors of the thirty-seven people under his control.

Seeing that everyone was looking at the roster, Gu Yanzhang said: "Time is very tight, although you are good at arithmetic, but if you want to finish what you need to do in the given time, what is more important is not the talent of arithmetic, but the talent of co-ordination." ”

"Each of the two hundred and sixteen people selected this time can be counted as a nucleus, and how to divide it will be handed over to you."

Speaking of this, he explained a lot of important matters, and finally said: "This time is very tight, in order to save time and effort, where to receive the send, where to go to run errands, a moment to gather the people under his control, be sure to inform them of this matter, today everyone will go back to the house to pack their luggage, tomorrow morning, according to the hour to the water prison to set off." ”

The six people looked at each other, but none of them dared to question, because they didn't know each other, they didn't even dare to say much, and when Gu Yanzhang left first, sure enough, there were several water supervisors outside, and each of them named the names of the six people, and explained to them what they had to do one by one.

Gu Yanzhang was no longer here, and Cao Dajing finally couldn't help but ask the water supervisor of the capital: "When I came, I heard the official explanation of the company, and I came to estimate the material, why doesn't it seem to be the case now?" ”

The other party only said "oh", and said meaningfully: "Material transfer is in charge of official affairs, but you don't have to worry." ”

Cao Dajing put his mind at ease, and listened to the other party's explanation very carefully, although there are documents to give down, but there are too many matters, too detailed, there are always unclear places, hurriedly found the little official to ask for pen and ink, while asking, while remembering it, it was easy to tidy up, and hurriedly went back to the room just now and ordered the people in his group, and notified everyone to go back to the house to pack up their things.

***

Not to mention this place, the officials who were transferred from the various ministries and departments arrived in the Dedu Water Prison, and they were not prepared at all, so they were told that they would go to the foreign envoy on a business trip the next day, and they hurriedly went back to pack their things. In another place, in the wing room of Jinliangqiao Street, several girls are also directing people to pack up their things.

Qiu Yue drew up a list and handed it to Qiu Shuang and Qiu Lu to stare at one by one, but she stood behind her, and asked hesitantly: "Madam, I heard you talking to officials yesterday, and there was a matter that I really didn't understand. ”

Ji Qingling was also sorting out the files on the table and the scattered pages, and when she heard Qiu Yue's question, she didn't react much for a while, and said strangely: "What do you not understand?" ”

Qiu Yue said: "It's the matter of transferring officials from all over the place......

She had been thinking about it all night, and couldn't think of a reason, so when she opened her mouth, she no longer hesitated, and hurriedly asked the unknown place, and said: "Madame said that if you want to transfer people who are proficient in arithmetic from various departments and divisions, it is better to ask the yamen everywhere to assign them themselves than to ask for the roster of Liu Neiquan and ask around. ”

Ji Qingling never expected that it was this thing that made her care, thought about it, and asked: "Our family's field in Yongzhou, it is Li Jin who is helping to take care of it, and there are several capable account offices with the steward, if there is something urgent in the capital, for example, because you want to take care of the newly bought field of Jingshi Zuo, and plan to transfer back the account room in his hand that is neatly calculated, do you say he is willing or unwilling?" ”

Qiu Yue didn't think about it, and immediately shook her head and said, "He's not stupid, so naturally he doesn't!" ”

Who doesn't have the number at hand? Get rid of the old hands, and train new people, new people may not be used, when things happen, it is impossible to say that they are in a hurry, do not do well, or the top people carry things.

Ji Qinglingfu asked again: "If I think that your matter is more important than the fields in Yongzhou, and I send him a letter, and let you take the letter to the account room that you choose to use by yourself, do you say he is willing or unwilling?" ”

Qiu Yue nodded and said, "Of course it's willing, the main family has spoken, can he still not?" ”

"Separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, you go to a good place, and if you are not familiar with the place, how do you know which one is a good account room and which one is not a good account room?"

Qiu Yue thought for a while and said, "I took the accounts they made to see, whoever does a good job is a good account." ”

Ji Qingling listened to it funny, and said: "There are more than 20 account rooms in Yongzhou, and they are in different counties and townships. ”