Li Kui began to recruit people, it doesn't matter if he recruits, but Zhu Gui and Zhu Fu, although their names are rich and noble, these two brothers are poorer than anyone else, and they can't take out a big son in their pockets.

No, on the second day of recruitment, Zhu Gui and Zhu Fu were forced by the store to run outside Liu's mansion.

They didn't dare to enter the door, but Brother Zhu Gui and the shopkeeper were arguing: "Shopkeeper Wan, our brothers have really found something to do, not only that, but it is a matter of three or five years to be an official." Although we are shy now, we may be able to develop that day. Look at this mansion, the ancestral home of Taishi Liu's family, the eldest master of our Yamen is the son-in-law of Taishi Liu. ”

"I'm like you, you guys brought me to Taishi's house early in the morning to ask for accounts. If you don't have money, you can say it clearly, you don't have to pull the tiger skin and pull the banner, and use the old man to press me. To put it mildly, your brothers are tall and big, and they have the strength of their arms, but if you are a person who lives in peace, the dock and the warehouse, there is a way to make money, and you will not even be unable to pay for the room and food. ”

The shopkeeper Wan was annoyed by the shamelessness of the Zhu brothers. But if these two people knew a friend who was an official, they would not even have to owe him this little money.

It's been half a year, and I haven't seen any income just by seeing these two brothers spending money outside.

The shopkeeper Wan saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, he was determined to drive people out, and he admitted it if he couldn't get the house money: "Two, it stands to reason that those who do business in the first month can't do anything to ask for accounts, and they can't afford to lose this person." But the two of you, you touch your conscience and ask, is it appropriate that you always eat me and live with me, but never mention money? ”

"Shopkeeper Wan, we really found something to do. You see, this is our waist card, in a few days we will enter the capital to be a official, and we will be decent people in the future, you will always save some face for us, and we will see each other in the future. ”

Zhu Gui persuaded with kind words, but unfortunately the shopkeeper was unmoved. Weigh the waist card in your hand, press the hand, have weight, and look like a real thing. But the problem is that the shopkeeper Wan lived for almost fifty years, and he had never heard of a yamen called military commander in the Great Song Dynasty. Also in the book province, you lazy lazy people, know that the capital is in the south and north?

Although he didn't dare to step forward and knock on the door, he didn't dare to go forward.

When the court master of the old mansion, can he, the shopkeeper who runs a cheap inn, knock on it? In fact, even if they quarreled, they would not let the people of the Liu Mansion pay attention. After all, across the street, standing far away.

Zhu Fu's huge man was also embarrassed by the shopkeeper, and he blushed and did not agree.

Coincidentally, Ruan Xiaowu yawned and was about to go out. was glanced at by Zhu Fu, and just remembered that this was the second brother's attendant, named Ruan Xiaowu. immediately shouted: "Little Fifth Brother! ”

Ruan Xiaowu took a closer look and found that they were two reckless men who didn't open their eyes yesterday. Long legs took a step, walked straight towards Zhu Fu, got closer, and saw an old man pulling the Zhu brothers, and said curiously: "What's the matter?" ”

Zhu Fu lowered his voice and asked Ruan Xiaowu softly: "Little Fifth Brother, can you lend some money to our brother for a while, and when we get it, we will definitely pay you back." ”

At this time, the shopkeeper Wan decisively let go of his hand.

Ruan Xiaowu is a big man who came out of the old mansion of Taishi. It should be a martial artist, and it is well dressed. It is estimated that he is a steward with a status in the Taishi Mansion, and he can't afford to offend such a person.

Ruan Xiaowu untied the money bag from the belt, touched out all the money inside, and then threw it to Zhu Fu in a chic manner. He walked away without looking back.

Ruan Xiaowu's action of taking out money from the money bag was in Zhu Fu's eyes, and he was anxious in his heart. Zhu Fuxin said: "I met a ruthless master. Ya wears such an expensive Luni winter coat, and the belt around her waist is inlaid with jade, and the money bag is actually the eldest son...... also pretended not to care about the boldness. Brother, you're pretending to be a little too much! ”

Of course, in Zhu Fu's opinion, no matter how vicious Ruan Xiaowu is, he doesn't have to pass Li Kui.

Back then, Li Kui never carried money in his pocket when he went out, and when he went home, the empty money bag when he went out would always be bulging, and sometimes it would not even fit it, which was appalling.

When Ruan Xiaowu gave the money bag to Zhu Fu, and Zhu Fu took over, he was surprised to find that the money bag in his hand was very pressing. Hurriedly opened the money bag, and there was a little golden light in the silver white.

"Is it a gold leaf?"

There are only a few golden leaves like elm leaves, but this is also gold! How much does one or two pieces of gold cost? Zhu Fu looked at the money in the money bag in surprise, and was dumbfounded. It was the first time in his life that he had seen gold, and he couldn't tell the stirring in his heart. But he just felt that gold was so lovely, he couldn't put it down, especially what surprised him was that although he saw gold for the first time in his life, he firmly believed that the small golden metal piece in Ruan Xiaowu's money bag was the legendary gold leaf.

At this moment, Zhu Fu was a little resentful. It seems that Ruan Xiaowu put such precious currencies as gold leaves together with copper coins, which is a great disrespect for wealth.

Immediately, their brothers thought of a small attendant beside the second brother, and there were hundreds of silver coins in the money bag they carried, and their brothers were suddenly full of expectations for the future.

The Zhu brothers were originally poor, and they would not live in a luxurious inn, but chose a dilapidated inn. The cost of housing and food does not add up much.

finally settled the house money and meal money with the shopkeeper Wan, and they held the money bag that didn't move much at all. Touching the firm bulge outside the money bag, there is a kind of arrogance wrapped around the waist.

Suddenly, Zhu Fu said seriously to Zhu Gui: "Brother, we forgot an important event today. ”

Zhu Gui was puzzled: "Isn't it to deal with the shopkeeper?" Now I don't have to deal with it, and I even gave the money for the house and food. ”

"No, brother, after we got up today, we didn't even say hello to the second brother."

Zhu Fu is younger and has no experience as an official. Zhu Gui is not much older, and he doesn't understand the rules of officialdom at all. They were originally poor people in Yishui County, grew up in Yishui, and then for the first time in the rivers and lakes, they met a green forest demon like Yan Shun. Qian Tu didn't see it, but found that the rivers and lakes were just fighting and killing. They are real people, don't ask about the future, only ask about the money, and men can only be tough when they have money.

At this moment, they suddenly woke up. It turns out that being an official is more profitable. Zhu Fu, who was filled with money, remembered that they didn't say hello to the eldest man who sent them Yulu, and suddenly his heart was upset and uneasy.

Zhu Gui said decisively: "Go quickly, go quickly!" ”

"Yes, brother, let's hurry up, don't delay any longer."

After speaking, Zhu Fu looked at Zhu Gui hesitantly, without speaking or moving. Zhu Gui was anxious and asked, "Brother, what are you doing so slowly?" ”

"Brother, why don't we go to the blacksmith shop and redeem the blades!"

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By the time the two brothers arrived at Liu's mansion, Ruan Xiaowu had already told Li Kui what happened to the Zhu brothers.

Li Kui employs people, and he can't just look at the villagers. Besides, Li Yun is not allowed to look at people, so he always has to let people inquire. Ruan Xiaowu went to Li's store in Yizhou and asked someone to inquire.

The situation is okay, and there is no great evil. It seems to be quite moralistic.

When the Zhu brothers came to the Liu Mansion and the steward reported, Li Kui began to ponder whether he had to give the Zhu brothers an official salary?

The finances of the Great Song Dynasty were very planned, and Yuanfeng, who was previously the envoy of the three divisions, set the financial expenditure for the next year at the beginning of the year, and then determined the money that must be spent through the tax collection of previous years, and finally reported to the emperor for review.

After Yuanfeng, the power of the three envoys was transferred to the household department.

Before Yuanfeng, the three envoys included three yamen, the salt and iron supervisor, the degree branch division, and the household department.

After the restructuring, the head of the household department received the power of the three envoys and became one of the most important departments in the court. There was even a sign of surpassing the officials at one point. The only thing lacking is that the treatment of the official department is a little better than that of the household department, and the official department is awarded the golden purple Guanglu doctor, while the other scholars can only be awarded the silver Qingguanglu doctor.

There is a bit of a problem with the timing of the establishment of the Military Command Bureau, which is at the end of the year, and at the beginning of the recent years.

That is to say, at the beginning of the establishment of this yamen, there was no hope for the appropriation of that year, and there was no such thing as a fund at all.

And the second year's appropriation, the time to apply for the budget from the Ministry of Household has passed, and the degree division has already reported the next year's expenditure to the emperor. In other words, there will be no share of the Military Command Bureau in next year's budget. Of course, it is impossible to do this, otherwise Li Kui will definitely have to fry the pot. Dushitang collected the remaining money used by various yamen, and then gave it to Li Kui as if he was calling a flower child.

This amount of money is not enough to repair the yamen, let alone recruit manpower.

Before, it didn't matter.

The huge Military Survey and Statistics Bureau is one of the chief officers of him, and the prime minister Gongzi Zhang, who was deceived by Li Kui, and one of them receives the money in the household department, and just send the housekeeper to collect it. One doesn't care about Yu Lu at all, in order to get out of the shadow of his father's Zhangdun and realize his life ideals, it doesn't matter if he has money or not, the important thing is to have something to do.

So much so that the two of them were very magical, and they didn't want to give their subordinates such a thing as a fortune first.

Even if Cai Jing was coaxed to come to the capital, this person who doesn't care about Yu Lu, Cai Jing is good at writing signboards. Many signboards in the capital were written by him, and the pen polishing fee was also considerable.

Of course, Cai Jing will also see the stitches to gain benefits for himself, this is the master who will never suffer.

"Say hello to the eldest master."

After the Zhu brothers asked Li Kui for peace, Zhu Fu returned the money bag that Ruan Xiaowu gave him in the morning. Sorry: "Little fifth brother, I used fifteen times, and our brother will return you another day." ”

Ruan Xiaowu is not a poor boy from a fishing family, he is only fifteen times, he really doesn't care about it, and he doesn't care at all: "You and my brother, don't be polite." ”

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Zhu Gui smiled flatteringly.

Then the brothers looked at Li Kui with blank eyes, and Li Kui knew it. These two goods don't even have money for food, I'm afraid they are just waiting for him to give them money.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty, the Beijing officials, and the six grades or above went to the household department to receive the Lu. If you are below the sixth grade, you can get it in the yamen.

Since the preparation of the Military Command Bureau, there has been no such thing as a fortune at all.

Especially where does the money come from?

Li Kui can't do this game-breaking seat, so he has to put money in it, right?

He doesn't care about these three melons and two dates, but there is no distinction between public and private, which is a taboo in officialdom. Li Kui couldn't know that this was the case, and he still went to the mouth. Li Kui said to Ruan Xiaowu: "Go to the account and get them a hundred pieces of silver back, which is considered to be given to them by the official." In the future, after returning to the capital to make a book, it will be distributed on a monthly basis. ”

"Second Brother Xie reward!"

The Zhu brothers were overjoyed, but they didn't expect to get a windfall on the first day of working with Li Kui.

But Li Kui pondered that he had to open source.

He looked at Zhu Gui for a while, and suddenly asked, "Zhu Gui, what are you good at?" ”

"The villain is good at finding out the news and visiting everywhere. The main thing is that the villain knows some other local slang dialects, which are easy to obfuscate. Moreover, after more than half a year of wandering the rivers and lakes, the villain has been to many cottages on Jingdong East Road and knows the news of thieves. Zhu Gui said respectfully.

Li Kui suddenly had an idea in his heart, and said with a smile: "Very good, this official now orders you to find out the news of Yanshun's nest, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Gui was puzzled, but he still readily agreed: "Don't worry, the villain will definitely handle it for the adult." What should I do after just inquiring about the news? ”

"Attack its lair and destroy this bandit." Li Kui explained: "Zhu Gui, our yamen bears a very important mission in the Great Song Dynasty, which is to assess the strength of the forbidden armies in various places. How to determine the strength of the forbidden army? It is unlikely that there will be a war, so you can only try it with the easiest way to suppress bandits. Your task is to find out the situation of the cottages in various places, and then wait for the forbidden army to come and fight the chaos. It not only pacified the bandits and bandits, but also punished the villains, and carried forward the prestige of our Great Song Army. ”

"Second brother...... Isn't this what you used to do? ”

Zhu Gui swallowed his saliva with difficulty, how did this sound familiar. Didn't Li Kuiqiang eat the thieves of Niubei Mountain at the beginning, under the guise of punishing evil and promoting good?

Subsequently, Zhu Gui began to worry about his life.

If it were known that he had betrayed the entire Green Forest, he would become the public enemy of the Green Forest, the kind of assassination that would go out.

Li Kui's big hand abruptly slapped Zhu Gui's shoulder, and his tone was extremely demagogic: "Zhu Gui, you will gain as much as you give." This officer is not a stingy person. Exterminate the capture of the bandits, our yamen and the forbidden army split in half, if your information is reliable, you can raise half of the reward. ”

Although Bancheng doesn't sound much, it's the whole cottage's goods!

In particular, Li Kui whispered to him: "When this official destroyed Niubei Mountain, his property and head, and various incomes were nearly 50,000 yuan. The gold, silver, and silk money alone is almost 30,000 yuan. ”

Zhu Gui's eyes were straight, 50,000 guan, let alone 50,000 guan, even if it was 30,000 guan, the commission was half a percent, and he alone could get 1,500 guan.

Such a good deal, he still needs to ponder?

Zhu Gui immediately knelt on the ground and swore to Li Kui: "My lord, the villain promises to inquire about the detailed news for the adults, if not, come to see you." ”

Li Kui was very satisfied with Zhu Gui's determination, waved his energetic hand, and encouraged: "Go ahead, pay attention to safety." Let Zhu Fu answer in Qingfeng Village, after your waist card goes to Qingzhou to show Zhizhou, he should know your identity. The first time I do something, the official will come later. ”

"Adult, villain is gone!"

Li Kui watched the two brothers leave, and said in a low voice: "They are all honest people!" ”