Chapter 43: The Silver Coin Comes First (Part 2)
For lunch, the whole fish feast, even the main food is fish dumplings and sauerkraut fish rice noodles.
As soon as the meal was served, a boat came upstream.
The men on the ship were armed with bows, crossbows, knives, shields, and spears, and their eyes were wary.
A mouthful of boxes were moved down and sent to the chief's house, and the leader handed over to the chief, and the box was filled with silver ingots.
A total of 7,000 taels of silver was sent, and Zhu Wentian stood by and watched, worried.
Why not copper coins? In the event of a treasure banknote, where will the silver go?
"The prince was worried that the village would not have the money to make soap, so he sent the money first." The leader of the humane situation.
"Zhou Sheren, Your Highness is still there, have you said anything else?"
The chief is in a complicated mood, and the money is given first? Do you still need to pay the prescription yourself?
"Say that soap is good, rock candy is good, and if there are any new good things in the future, remember to send it over, and write a letter again."
Zhou Sheren took out the letter, his name was Zhou Zong, and he brought a knife to the people.
Instead of a normal general, he is very capable of fighting, teaching the prince Zhu Biao to practice martial arts.
"Okay." The lieutenant took the letter with both hands, put it in his arms, and looked at the other party silently.
"Rice, hungry! Hey, hey, hey! Zhu Wentian reminded, don't stand stupidly, people came over at noon.
"Yes, eat, don't worry. Zhou Sheren, the village is poor, there are no good things, you can have a meal! ”
The lieutenant hurriedly invited, and the other party came with thirteen people, plus thirteen pairs of chopsticks.
"It's so disturbing." Zhou Zong happily agreed.
He took the task of observing the people in the village to see who looked like a hermit master, this fool was definitely not, and looked at the others while he ate.
He and the twelve men washed their hands first, and the chief also washed them, and just now he counted the silver.
Zhou Zong saw the soap, the soap worth 700 wen in Nanjing, and now he can't buy it anymore.
This thing is made in other people's villages, and the village can use it however you want.
He went to the main table and nodded to each other with the county officials.
The other twelve people sat next to them, gathered a table, and the food was served, and they were hungry.
When I was moving the box, I saw the food and smelled the fragrance.
What's going on in the village today? Open a big table.
When I heard the leader greet someone, I understood, and entertained the county officials.
Zhou Zong was a little confused, what about people? Where are the masters? At the main table, there is a lieutenant, a fool, and four officials, no!
With doubts, he asked, "Zhu Lichang, there is no one else?" ”
"Zhou Sheren, there are clan elders sitting at the main table on weekdays, and today Li Zhixian and others are here, accompanied by me and the village guards."
The lieutenant is a lot more stable, and he senses who the other party wants to ask, and he is by his side!
"Okay, good village guards, Hanhan?" Zhou Zong squeezed out a smile.
"Huh! Hey, hey, hey, me! Uh-huh! Zhu Wentian cooperated.
"Let's smile innocently, Zhou Sheren, try this braised carp." Li Zhixian warmed up.
Other officials followed and livened up the atmosphere while eating, don't look at them also visiting the village, but the village is their own county, home field.
The fish made by various methods is really delicious, and Zhou Zong, who has given away the silver, also dares to drink.
"Rice, rice." Zhu Wentian eats two bites of food and wants the staple food.
A bowl of rice noodles and a plate of boiled dumplings were brought to him, the dumplings were cooked fresh, steamed fragrant, and the fish was boiled.
The chief added vegetables to Hanhan from time to time and took care of it.
Zhou Zong finally had a harvest, and the village guards in Xiaqiu Village were well paid, had a large amount of food, and could eat.
Except for the occasional giggle, nothing else annoys at all.
Zhu Wentian finished eating the rice noodles and dumplings, and hurriedly left the table, not accompanying him, pretending to be a fool and tired.
Seeing the fool leaving, Zhou Zong seemed to be relieved.
"Chief Zhu Li, today is the banquet to welcome Li Zhixian and others?"
Zhou Zong took a sip of fish soup, turned his head to look around, there were tables on the table, and asked casually.
If this is the case, he will go back and tell the prince that the officials have gone into the village to work hard and lose money.
"What's the matter, whether Li Zhixian came over or not has nothing to do with how the village eats, I eat like this in Xiaqiu Village."
To tell the truth, county officials sometimes add just two dishes.
Li Zhixian echoed on the side: "Zhou Sheren, indeed, it's not that I waited until I entered the village to eat well, and a few of us came every three or five days."
Xiaqiu Village is so rich and has few people, so in order to free up manpower, the village cooks and eats together.
I don't believe you don't leave today, you still eat like this at night, and tomorrow morning will be the same, we will go back tomorrow. ”
"Li Zhixian is not busy in the county?" For the first time, Zhou Zong heard that officials were idle and went to the village to eat and stay.
"The current season is okay, the main thing is to eat well, have a clear head, and work quickly.
I'm leaving tomorrow because the village is making smoked fish and grilled dried fish for me.
Tomorrow we will take it back and divide it, and everyone will have fish to eat, otherwise we will not be able to afford fish. ”
Li Zhixian is very honest, we are waiting for fish, there are a lot, and the people in the yamen are all giving.
Zhou Zong: "......"
Is it so straightforward? Isn't enough to eat, and you have to take it back?
He looked at the other three officials, and the three of them nodded in agreement, yes, yes, there were smoked fish and dried fish.
"I'll stay too, Zhu Lichang, is it convenient?"
Zhou Zong decided to observe more, and when he came, the prince told him to act cheaply.
"Oops! That's great! Zhou Sheren didn't say anything, I still thought about how to open my mouth to invite for a while. ”
The chief looked surprised, and said in his heart that you should live! You think you'll find people if you stay?
After the meal, the villagers were busy, and the people who specialized in collecting tableware put them in carts and put them in the dishwashing shed.
The dishwashers are in charge of the flow of water, some people are responsible for passing the water, some people use a rag to wipe the soap and then wipe the dishes, some people wash it a second time, and some people wipe it dry.
Wash the dishes and use water again before the next meal.
Zhou Zong's thirteen people scattered and walked around.
"Yichang, but let me help you sort out the accounts?"
Li Zhixian knew that there were many transactions in the village, and there were many things consumed to eat a big pot of rice.
The lieutenant hesitated: "Okay, oh, thank you!" It happened to be seven thousand taels of silver, and as soon as there was too much money, the accounts were messed up. ”
If you refuse, someone should think about it again, but this is the account......
He took out the account book and placed it on the table: "Trouble everyone. ”
The master book came up first, and I was finally able to help the village, so I would like you to see my professionalism.
He opened the account, and his eyes widened instantly.
What is it? It's all lattice? Horizontally are the current balance, the current amount, and the closing balance.
The first vertical line has the account written on it, and the debit, credit, debit, credit, debit, and credit are written horizontally.
Vertically below, wheat, ginger, rice, copper coins......
There are numbers next to it, one, two, three, and ......
Why isn't one, two, three, four......
He flipped it, and the more he flipped it, the more surprised he became, this fake account is much more difficult than before, so detailed?
"Uh...... Zhixian, take a look. Master Zheng found that he couldn't do it anymore and got out of the way.
Li Zhixian stepped forward: "The accounts in a village, even if he remembers it messily, he can ...... Hmmm......"
Li Zhixian turned a few pages: "Let's take a look, this ...... Ah......h
The lieutenant laughed secretly beside him, help me look at the accounts? My account is simple.
It's okay to say numbers like one, two, three, four, five, but try to get used to one, two, three, and so on.
The accounts are now good, and mistakes are easy to see.