On the second day, Li Mingren went to the county government early, thinking that today should be the first to arrive, but he didn't expect Chen Yiqing to be in the hall at this moment to look through the letters sent to the county government in the past.

It's just that Chen Yiqing is still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, and Li Mingren asked with concern: "Didn't Master Chen go home yesterday?" ”

Chen Yiqing raised his head at this time: "My lord, I'm back, I went back to accompany my wife for dinner, but I forgot the time when I was busy, and I could only stay in the county office last night." ”

Only then did Li Mingren notice that a cloak was scattered on the side, and looking at Chen Yiqing's tired face, he must have not slept well last night.

"I'll give you a half-day off this morning, you go back and rest first, and I'll take care of the rest."

Chen Yiqing refused, and Li Mingren hurriedly stopped: "Don't make your body sick because of this, no one will help me at that time." ”

Chen Yiqing was very useful when he heard this, and it was naturally good to be valued. I just thought about it for a while, and I was always not at ease.

Li Mingren saw Chen Yiqing's concerns, and only said: "Don't worry, everything is under my control." After that, he urged Chen Yiqing to go back quickly.

After Chen Yiqing left, Li Mingren took it upon himself to pick up the remaining letters to check, and only after this look did he find that most of the contents of the letters were borrowed from the border gates.

When the sky was bright, Cao Yingfa arrived at the county office.

"My lord, you came so early today? Why don't you take more breaks? Cao Yingfa asked with a concerned face.

Li Mingren replied energetically: "I rested, but Master Chen stayed up all night last night, so I gave him a morning off." This morning, I worked hard for Cao County to take on some more things. ”

Cao Yingfa nodded and smiled: "My lord, we are all doing things for the people, and there is no hard work for the emperor." ”

Hearing this, Li Mingren nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask, "Has something happened in the county government in the past two days?" Is there a new case? ”

Cao Yingfa shook his head: "No, everything is normal." ”

"Well, Cao Xiancheng, you come and help me see who sent these letters, and there is only one word 'An' in this payment."

Cao Yingfa didn't even need to read the letter, but said: "The word 'An' was sent by Cheng An, and it was a general next to General Cheng Ping." ”

"Cheng'an?" Li Mingren obviously didn't know him.

Cao Yingfa said: "He has been with General Cheng since he was a child, and when he didn't join the army before, he was General Cheng's personal guard, and then he came to the barracks with him, and fought a few battles at the border pass, and he also saved some merits and was promoted to a general by General Cheng." ”

Li Mingren: "These letters are all to borrow money from the county government, why do you want to borrow from the county government, didn't the imperial court send silver?" I didn't see any of these accounts when I looked through the ledger before. ”

Cao Yingfa: "At that time, it was the time when the green and yellow were not connected, and the military camp also said that the sound silver was not in place, but we did not borrow it, and then General Cheng found an opportunity to mix a copy of the Qin County Order, and later wrote a letter to borrow the silver, and the Qin County Order had to lend some grain, and the silver was really not lent out." ”

"Have you returned the borrowed grain?"

Cao Yingfa shook his head: "I sent people to pursue it before, but the military camp said that there was no surplus food, saying that the soldiers couldn't even eat enough to defend the territory, and where could they get the food back to us, but it seems that we don't have the righteousness of our family and country." On the contrary, they also gave them another hand, and they detained the brothers we sent to beg for food, on the grounds that there was a shortage of people at the border pass, so they were asked to stay and help, but there was no war at that time, and Qin County had no choice but to send some more grain to replace the people back. ”

"How domineering are they? Can't you report it to the imperial court? ”

Cao Yingfa: "It's reported, Lord Qin wrote an excerpt, but there was no sound, it is said that it was detained and not sent to the front of the case." On the contrary, he suffered a secret loss and was put on the spot by the general's people. They also mixed a book saying that our county government was not sympathetic to the soldiers, and everyone in the county government was fined at that time. ”

Li Mingren fell into deep thought, Master Qin had told him to pay more attention to this Cao Yingfa when he left Shiyang County, but Cao Yingfa obviously had some ability to know so much.

"And then?" Li Mingren asked.

Cao Yingfa: "Lord Qin later hibernated, no longer directly with the military camp, and only took care of the affairs of the county government, and was transferred away after making some political achievements. ”

Li Mingren looked at Cao Yingfa and didn't speak, but it made Cao Yingfa's hairs stand on end.

"My lord, do you have anything on my face?"

Li Mingren shook his head, "Nothing? ”

Cao Yingfa seemed to understand Li Mingren's thoughts, so he said solemnly: "My lord, don't look at me and don't care, but I also have a heart for the people, although sometimes I do have some other requests, but I have never done anything treacherous. ”

This seems to be the first time that Cao Yingfa has shown loyalty in front of Li Mingren, and Li Mingren understands it this way. In fact, after getting along for so long, Li Mingren can still see that Cao Yingfa attaches more importance to money, but he really hasn't turned his back on the yamen, and this person is also organized and logical. just loves to pat on the back, and sometimes he is coaxed by these sweet words and ignores his ability to do things.

"Well, I know that Cao Xiancheng is dedicated to the people, let's do a good job for the people and make Shiyang County bigger and stronger?"

"Bigger and stronger? My lord, we can't expand the land without permission! I won't follow in the footsteps of adults. ”

Li Mingren was speechless for a while: "When I say bigger and stronger, I don't mean expanding our territory, I mean upgrading our county to a level." ”

"Ah, that's it! Okay, my lord, let's become bigger and stronger together. ”

"Okay, you can take a look at these letters, and find out if there is the same handwriting."

"Yes, sir."

The two were busy all morning, reading these letters, and when Chen Yiqing came, the two were drinking hot tea and chatting.

"My lord, have you read all the letters?"

Cao Yingfa didn't wait for Li Mingren to speak, so he replied: "After reading it, didn't you see that those letters were neatly placed?" ”

"I didn't ask you!" Chen had a little temper, so he went back all morning, how could the relationship between the adult and Cao Yingfa be better.

Li Mingren smiled: "Don't make trouble, come and sit down and drink a cup of hot tea, how do you feel about sleeping?" ”

Hearing Li Mingren's concern, Chen Yiqing's mood suddenly improved, "The spirit is hundredfold." Adult, are they all 'An'. ”

Li Mingren nodded: "Yes." I have already sent someone to Motong County to investigate, wait for the news first, the county government can no longer talk about this matter during this time, if someone is found to have leaked the news, it will be dealt with immediately. ”

"Yes, sir."

"I'll put these letters away by myself, let them empty a warehouse, put the three boxes of weapons in and lock them, and hand over the keys to Cao Xiancheng for safekeeping."

Chen Yiqing was a little reluctant in his heart, but he also said: "I'm worried that Lord Cao can't manage the key!" ”

Cao Yingfa replied disdainfully: "Then Lord Chen will see if I can manage it well." ”