Chapter 132: Debt Collection
Suppressing bandits costs silver, and Fang Rusong knows it very well in his heart, but he thinks that in a huge yamen, there is no silver to suppress bandits.
But Zhou Tizhi's words made him a little kicked.
Wuling County Government ...... Why are you so poor?
The bandits must be suppressed, but where does this silver come from? The hundreds of taels of silver brought out from the Fang Mansion are all used to maintain the normal expenses of the county guard's mansion, and where is there enough to fill the big vacancy in the official mansion.
"In the past, how much was the tax money in various parts of Wuling County every month, and how much were the various expenses of the yamen?" asked Fang Rusong.
"Returning to my lordship, in previous years, the average monthly tax was more than 30,000 taels, excluding the various expenses in the yamen, including the distribution of money, which was almost the same...... This is still the premise of not raising the price, if there is something that needs to be rewarded, you have to wait for the governor to send the silver......"
A bookkeeper stepped forward and replied.
"There is no surplus other than that?" Fang Rusong's face was a little ugly, it seemed that he was a Qingshui Yamen.
It's still the kind that can't be opened.
The chief bookkeeper nodded and said, "There is no surplus, this time the brothers' fortunes have not yet been settled, plus some budget for the bandits, I am afraid that the county guard needs to get at least 10,000 taels of silver for emergency." ”
"10,000 taels ......"
Fang Rusong swallowed his saliva with difficulty, with so much silver, even if he went back to the Fang Mansion now, he would definitely not be able to take it out.
His three fires are estimated to be difficult to burn.
But then, Fang Rusong's eyes lit up, his gaze fell on Lin Yu, and he chuckled: "It seems that the virtuous son-in-law has a lot of silver in his hand, why don't you lend it to your father-in-law first?"
"There is no money, it's in Fang Rulong's pocket, you don't care if he goes. Lin Yu said without thinking.
"Why did you give him silver?"
"The cost of repairs to the house. ”
As a result, the officials in the main hall witnessed the invisible confrontation between the father-in-law and the son-in-law.
Lin Yu said that he would not give in to anything, and he would never do such a thankless thing for him.
"Unless this mountaineering and bandits, I am in charge, and everything costs me. Lin Yu almost touched his chest and said.
Some of the silver that I had saved up was about to go into the pocket of the Wuling County Government in the blink of an eye.
What a heartache!
When Fang Rusong heard this, he hesitated, turned his head to look at Zhou Tishi, and said, "If Lin Yu goes with you, can you guarantee his safety?"
Zhou Yuan swore and said: "It's just to ensure the safety of Lin Gongzi, it's not a problem at all." ”
"Okay! Then Lin Yu will go to Wolf Mountain with you to climb the mountain to suppress bandits, the official doesn't care about the silver. ”
Fang Rusong immediately made a decision, and then as if he was worried that Lin Yu would regret it, he hurriedly left the main hall with a step.
After Fang Rusong left, the eyes of Zhou Yuan and the other officials fell on Lin Yu, and a smile full of kindness appeared on each face.
"Lin Gongzi cares about the people of Wuling, and I will thank Lin Gongzi for his righteousness. ”
"Yes, I didn't expect that Lin Gongzi was young, but he had a heart of concern for the people in his heart, and the official ......was grateful."
Zhou Yuan and several other officials' eyes were slightly red, and they seemed to be really moved.
Lin Yu glanced at these officials who were really not very good at acting, and said indifferently: "Your Excellency, list the expenses you need, and the silver will be prepared in the past two days, so let's climb the mountain to suppress the bandits......"
"Wonderful, wonderful!"
Several officials nodded their heads one after another, their faces full of red light.
After they left satisfied, Lin Yu, who had a somewhat sad face, raised a slight arc at the corner of his mouth, and a fine light crossed his eyes.
In terms of acting, it can only be said that everyone here is scum.
"How can this son do a loss-making business? Xie Mengde, right? Obediently send the silver up......
Lin Yu decisively stood up to climb the mountain to suppress the bandits, and the anger in his heart was part of it, and it was also part of it to burn a fire for his father-in-law's new official.
Actually, it's more ...... He took a fancy to the huge wealth that Xie Mengde had amassed over the years.
A guy who has been the king of the mountain for many years and has not been exterminated, there are hundreds of brothers who are desperately following, and there is definitely a treasure mountain behind him.
People die for money, birds die for food, if Xie Mengde does not have a huge amount of wealth, where will someone work for him.
At least Lin Yu felt that these people who licked blood on the knife edge were just like those black bosses in their previous lives, with a lot of money......
It's just that...... Originally, I wanted to make a ticket with a million profits, but who knew that I would need to pay the money in advance in the early stage, Lin Yu felt that his wishful thinking was a little empty.
"It's time to collect the bills......"
Lin Yu then remembered that it seemed that he hadn't gone to talk to the shopkeeper Zhou of the Imperial Study for many days.
......
After leaving the county guard's mansion, Lin Yu walked on the streets of Wuling City, and his mentality was completely different from before.
It's like the castle is your own back garden.
"Inflated, inflated......"
Lin Yu hurriedly adjusted his mentality, although he is the son-in-law of the current county guard, but this is not something that belongs to him after all.
Unless he enters the court as an official one day, the swelling is about the same at that time, and if he swells now, he may be dragged to the streets and alleys by some people who don't like the eyes.
I don't know who hit it when it's over.
Familiar streets, familiar imperial study, after such a long time, the craze of Liang Zhu has not faded, but under the advertising effect of the Qintian edict, the literati of Wuling County have gone crazy.
Some big families even bought hundreds of copies, which are said to be intended to be used as family heirlooms, thinking that Lin Yu's great talent will gain fame and fame in the examination, and after entering the Beijing Saint, the future is limitless.
In the future, children and grandchildren can also show off well.
In just over half a month, Zhou's shopkeeper's workshop opened three in a row, the number of employees increased by four or five times, and the wages rose by a few cents without hesitation.
Lin Yu bought a folding fan from the stall next to him, and squeezed into the imperial study with his face covered.
It wasn't until I entered the Imperial Study that I woke up to the fact that I didn't seem to be the kind of big star that everyone was familiar with.
It's just that the name 'Lin Yu' is hot.
It doesn't matter if you show your face or not.
Lin Yu smiled bitterly, inserted the folding fan diagonally into the waistband of his trousers, and walked to the counter where the shopkeeper Zhou Ziqing was with a smile.
"It's been a long time, Shopkeeper Zhou!" Lin Yu chuckled.
"Who...... Lin ......"
Shopkeeper Zhou, who was fiddling with the abacus, was startled by Lin Yu who appeared in front of him, and almost said Lin Yu's name.
Fortunately, Lin Yu was quick and made a boo gesture, and Shopkeeper Zhou also understood.
Otherwise, with Lin Yu's current fame, as long as his identity is exposed, it is estimated that he will be squeezed into pulp by these crazy guys.
"Young Master Lin, let's go to the backyard ......"
Shopkeeper Zhou naturally knew the purpose of Lin Yu's coming, and directly pulled Lin Yu, then quietly entered the backyard and entered a room with four locks.
The corners of Lin Yu's mouth twitched slightly, and he glanced at the wooden door that could be kicked with one kick, and didn't understand what the meaning of the four locks on Zhou's shopkeeper was?
There were four brand-new wooden boxes in the dim room, Shopkeeper Zhou opened the lids one by one, Lin Yu just glanced at them, and couldn't help but close his eyes and take a deep breath, as if these wooden boxes were exuding dazzling jewelry.
He couldn't even open his eyes.
Silver......
Boxes and boxes of silver......
Lin Yu was excited in his heart, and he didn't have to guess to know that these were the silver he had earned from selling books in the Imperial Study Zhai during this time.
(End of chapter)