It is only now that the couple finally understands what it means that children are debts.

Aren't these children the debt they owed in their previous lives?

Especially that son! Cui Pu said secretly in his heart. He definitely owed him a lot of money in his previous life, otherwise why would that kid be smarter than him and be so attentive to his mother? In the future, he must isolate him from Mu Jiaojiao, unless it is necessary, he will never be allowed to get close to Mu Jiaojiao for half a step!

Thinking so in his heart, he began to think - or else, just throw his son to Guo Tingshi?

In a few months, the leisure villa in Yangzhou City has begun to take shape, and the residences of Hejian Junwang, Guo Shushi and other people have been settled, and these people have also moved out obediently.

Before that, he asked his son to practice martial arts with Guo Yao every day. It's just that because Guo Tingshi moved away later, he didn't want to trouble people anymore, so he asked his son to follow Hu San and them instead, and only took a few days a month to let Guo Yao come over and accept the results. But now, he deeply feels that his son is older, and he must start to let him learn to be independent as a man!

Poor Cui Dalangjun, he was not yet two years old, and he was directly dumped by his heartless father to Guo Tingshi, and then began the miserable time when he was thrown around like monkeys by a group of old men all day long.

However, later facts also proved that Cui Pu's choice was very correct. Da Langjun has been personally guided by Guo Tingshi, Lu Guogong and others since he was a child, not only is he strong in martial arts at a young age, but he is even more outstanding in arranging troops, and he actually compares Cui Pu's father to him.

When Cui Pu found out about this fact, he was inevitably unhappy for a while.

I'll take my time with these things later.

It is only said that after Mu Jiaojiao and Cui Pu were severely punished, the eldest lady and the eldest Langjun were honest for a while.

In the blink of an eye, spring and summer passed, autumn arrived, and the harvest season came.

When the people put away the grain and dried it, the annual grain collection activity of the imperial court followed.

This is the first time that Cui Pu has presided over this matter since taking over as the prefect, so he attaches great importance to it.

Yangzhou is the land of fish and rice, and the rice grain handed over to the imperial court every year is an important source of supply for the army. Especially now with sweet potatoes, Yangzhou's annual output has almost doubled, and it is bullish every year.

So seeing that the season was coming, Chang'an sent someone to supervise the matter. After the others arrived in Yangzhou City, Cui Pu also specially invited people to Wei's Restaurant to enjoy a meal. Those people are full of food and drink, and they call Cui Pu a brother and brother, and they are so affectionate.

Cui Pu also greeted them with a smile.

But after sending people down, he said to Mu Jiaojiao in private: "I think the people below are going to suffer a little." ”

"What do you say?" Mu Jiaojiao hurriedly asked.

"The grain chief Wan Tianci who came this time is the person who ordered Li Linfu in the middle book. I tried this man at the banquet and found that he had no ink on his chest and was extremely vulgar. I inquired again, and sure enough, he was the son of Li Linfu's beloved concubine and nurse, and he didn't learn or know how to do it since he was a child, but because of Li Linfu's relationship, he actually got such an important position!" Cui Pu gritted his teeth and said.

Moreover, at the banquet just now, he expressed Li Xiang's appreciation for me, and it seemed that he wanted to pull me to Li Linfu's side. It's a pity that his speaking skills are too clumsy, and he was directly blocked back by me, and then he drank high, and actually began to pull and pull, saying that he had a big deal to do with me. What else do you say, as long as I make it easy for him, we will have a lot of benefits!"

Mu Jiaojiao frowned when she heard this.

Cui Pu also sneered: "I don't need to say it, you can guess what's going on, right?"

Mu Jiaojiao's head was bright.

Cui Pu sighed again: "It's hateful that the bigger my official does, the less daring he becomes." I knew what they were going to do, but I didn't stop him, I just politely refused his wooing. ”

"Grain was levied in various places, and more was levied every time, in the name of preventing grain spoilage halfway. But how could the newly harvested grain be spoiled when it was delivered to Chang'an? It was just for those people to get some benefits from it. This is a common rule in all dynasties, and the people have long been accustomed to it, and I think they can understand it. You don't have to take it too seriously. Mu Jiaojiao persuaded softly.

"Of course I understand this rule, when I was in Tianchang County and Hailing County before......, I didn't release water? Hey, I always have a bad premonition, I'm afraid that his food will be too ugly!" Cui Pu sighed, "The people have worked hard all year round to grow such a little thing, and most of them have to be handed over to the state treasury. Now it's easy to grow sweet potatoes, the yield is a little more, and the days are getting better. But this time...... Hey, I'm just worried!"

"It's useless for you to worry about it now. If you have this in mind, you might as well hurry up and instruct Wang Seventeen to let him keep an eye on them all the way. Once you find out that his behavior is excessive, immediately give a reminder. You are also the prefect of Yangzhou, and they always have to take care of your face. Mu Jiaojiao said.

"That's all there is to it. Cui Pu sighed again, unable to close his eyes.

Although he presided over the requisition of grain. But he is a prefect, and he is as busy as a dog all day long, where does he have the time to run from county to county? Therefore, he has always handed over this kind of thing to Wang Seventeen, the master bookkeeper, to do. Wang Seventeen has also done well over the years.

This time, Cui Pu naturally handed over this important task to Wang Seventeen.

Wang Qilang used to be only the head of a county, and every time he collected grain, he could only run to each town below. But this time, he was upgraded from the main book next to the prefect to the main book next to the prefect, which was more authoritative, and the burden on his shoulders was naturally heavier. Needless to say, Cui Pu is also very serious about this matter.

Before accompanying Wan Tianci and his party to the county, Cui Pu specially called him to his side, and the two of them discussed for a long time behind closed doors. Then, Wang Qiqi went with a solemn face.

The first thing the group went to was Hailing County. In this place, Wan Tianci's performance was not excessive, but he collected three hundred more stones of grain than before and left.

Gradually, however, his appetite grew.

Cui Pu looked at the briefing sent by Wang Seventeen every day, and his face became more and more ugly.

It wasn't until the third day after this group of people arrived in Tianchang County that another letter was delivered to the desk, and Cui Pu opened it and immediately became furious.

"The surname Wan is looking for death!"

He slapped his palm on the couch angrily, and it turned out to be a crack on the couch of yellow rosewood.

The little maid who was waiting on the side was startled when she saw this, and hurriedly went to report Mu Jiaojiao. Mu Jiaojiao rushed over with her stomach up, and quickly took his hand to take a look, and immediately gasped.

I saw that it was only half a cup of tea, and the palms of his hands were already high and swollen! You can imagine how hard he used this palm just now.

"Mung Bean, bring me the jar of blood circulation and blood stasis medicine I just made yesterday!" Mu Jiaojiao hurriedly ordered.

Mung Bean hurriedly brought the medicine, and Mu Jiaojiao scolded while giving Cui Pu the medicine: "Look at you, how many times have I told you? Still yelling like a hairy boy, where is there still a bit of the majesty of the prefect?"

"I'm angry!" Cui Pu shouted angrily, grabbing the piece of paper and showing it to her, "Look at it, look at what the person surnamed Wan has done! Do you think I'm in a conflict with the person surnamed Wan? Why does everyone who comes to me with the surname Wan be half angry with me?"

Mu Jiaojiao didn't look at it, and only said lightly: "Doesn't he just want to kill two birds with one stone and pull both of you off the horse?" Concubine Wu Hui is already dead, and Li Linfu is ashamed to mention the matter of conspiring with Concubine Wu Hui again, so he naturally wants to eliminate those who know about the old things, and Wu Lixin is one of them. And you...... He must want to take this opportunity to test your attitude! If you turn a blind eye, he will show weakness to you, and he will definitely not care about you in the future. But if you insist on being the master of the people, you are sinning against him. Do you remember what Uncle said about him?"

"There is honey in the mouth, and a sword in the belly. It's a person on the face, and a ghost on the back. Cui Pu said in a low voice.

Mu Jiaojiao's head was bright. "This is a man of extreme cunning. If you go against him, it won't do you any good. ”

"But ......"

"I know what's going on in your mind. I just want to ask you one thing now, do you want to continue to do good deeds for the people in office, or do you want to fall short and lose because of a small thing, and all the glory of the past will become a thing of the past?"

Cui Pu clenched his fists, his eyes full of embarrassment.

Li Linfu is a cunning person, which is well known. He thinks that he can't compare to this person, otherwise Daddy wouldn't have repeatedly told him before he left Chang'an that the higher he is, the more he must learn to forbear, and he must not offend someone who should not be offended because of a trivial matter.

And before Wan Tianci arrived, Cui Ge's words in the old letter were even more explicit, and he almost directly named him not to do it against Li Linfu!

But is it just for him to give in?

"I can't do it!" he exclaimed, after some thought, "no matter who it is, I will never compromise with him!"