Although Su Ziji had faintly denied this possibility, he still felt that this was the most likely when he saw more than 30 large boxes in this row at this time.

But it's true, something happened when I didn't know it.

Don't...... Is there news in the capital?

Thinking about it, Su Ziji had a greeting with this Li Langzhong, and after some greetings, Li Langzhong smiled: "We all used the water division to control the water before, borrowed 170,000 taels, and the tired noble mansion was empty, so I really didn't want to go, and now that the court has allocated silver, I will return it with the silver!"

"Master Su, 170,000 taels of silver, one tael is no difference, they are all here, please count them. ”

As he spoke, with a wave of his hand, someone took off the lid one by one, only to see the shiny silver ingots in the box, arranged in a dense row like dumplings, and the crystal sparkling dazzling, and the officials present suddenly straightened their eyes.

Su Ziji also secretly gasped, and hurriedly ordered: "Please come over with Master Bo and Ku Cao, and immediately count the silver in person, and register it in the warehouse." ”

"Yes!" the official ran out of the house, and in a moment, the lord Bo and Ku Cao, despite the heat, came over in wet underwear.

"Sure enough, it is the wealth that touches people's hearts—that's it, it's up to you to count and put it into the treasury, and there must be no slack or ambiguity. Su Ziji waved his hand and said.

The lord Bo smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, it won't be a tael of silver, alas, with this silver, Shun'an Mansion is empty, and it will finally be flattened." ”

Not to mention the busyness of the counting, when the 170,000 taels of silver entered the warehouse, not only Su Ziji breathed a sigh of relief, but even Li Langzhong, who had always been very polite, also breathed a sigh of relief.

"I heard that the prefect of Qi is treating locust disease, this is really a public loyalty, a model for my generation, and now that it is a business, this official wants to visit, I don't know if it is okay?"

was so polite, and offered to go to the backyard to visit Qi Hongxin, who was sick, of course, Su Ziji did not shirk and led people over.

When he saw Mrs. Zhou and saw her salute, Li Langzhong hurriedly held his hands and said with a smile: "You are the wife of the Qi prefect's mansion, and you really dare not be an official." ”

The attitude seemed unusually polite, and Su Ziji felt more and more that Li Langzhong's words and deeds were very strange, you must know that the prefect and this person are at the same level, and there is no need to be so polite.

Not to mention, the news that Qi Hongxin was seriously ill had already spread, except for the beginning, there were not many officials to visit, but now he came over.

Seeing Li Langzhong talking, Su Ziji couldn't always supervise, and left under the pretext that there was something, but he didn't rush to leave, took a breath of air in the garden, and felt a lot more refreshed, and saw that Cen Rubai had already come, so he whispered: "Mr. Cen, you pay attention to the news from the capital, I suspect that there is already a quasi-letter." ”

He left the Yedao people in the capital, and the things in the officialdom probably can't be known by the Yedao people at the first time, but Jian Qu is also helping, and it's not slow, it's a day or two if it's slow, and it's today if it's fast, or there will be information coming.

Just thinking about it, I saw Li Langzhong come out again, with a smile, and said again and again: "Don't get in the way, don't trouble, I will come to visit again." ”

With that, he left with a smile and went back in an empty car.

"Lao Li, I heard that you returned the 170,000 taels of silver owed to the government today?"

Dushui Division Yamen, Li Langzhong just came back, and he is a colleague who has a good relationship, Zhao Langzhong of the Tuntian Division, sneaked here, as if curious.

Actually, it's to probe the wind.

Although their official positions are not low, some are at the same level as the prefect, and they can be seen in the prefect, but they also have to give three points, and they belong to the Ministry of Industry, which belongs to the Ministry of Industry, and belongs to the Ministry of Works.

But this should be respected, and the relationship should be good, but it does not include Qi Hongxin, who has not been promoted for more than ten years.

Although Zhao Langzhong is polite on weekdays, he is more afraid of wearing shoes and barefoot to the prefect of Qi, Qi Hongxin doesn't think about the consequences, and blindly comes to him, he still wants to be promoted in the future.

Because I look down on it in my heart, on weekdays, this is what I should do, but in addition, I won't do much at all.

And Zhao Langzhong has also heard of the fact that the water control yamen borrowed 170,000 taels of silver and did not pay it back for a long time, so that Qi Hongxin returned several times in vain.

At that time, he was still thinking that Qi Hongxin could rely on the identity of the prefect and ask the yamen to assist in doing things, but as long as he did his own thing, other things were perfunctory to his own yamen, and Qi Hongxin couldn't do anything with them.

But who knows, now that Qi Hongxin is sick, and a new champion from the capital is temporarily in charge of the government, how can he, an old friend, take the initiative to repay the silver?

Li Langzhong is not confused, there must be something here that he doesn't know, Zhao Langzhong came here this time just to ask clearly.

Li Langzhong ordered someone to serve tea to this colleague, and when everyone in the room retreated, only the two of them were there, Li Langzhong smiled calmly and said: "Lao Zhao, you are not well-informed enough." ”

"Oh, how do you say it?" Li Langzhong was shocked, he was not well-informed in officialdom, but it was a big taboo.

"I have an uncle who is an official in the Ministry of Rites, and I got news from him, Your Majesty is very satisfied with the extermination of locusts and water control in Shun'an Mansion this time. ”

"Su Zizhi is the champion of the new department, and there is no official addition. ”

But Qi Hongxin, the prefect, was unexpectedly appreciated by His Majesty, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites followed the eunuch out of Beijing on the way to Shun'an Mansion. ”

"This Qi Hongxin, although he is still the prefect of Shun'an Prefecture, has already rewarded the scholar of Wenge University, what does this mean, you won't understand. ”

Understand, how can you not understand!

The scholar of Fubunkaku is a third-rank scholar, although he has no duties and no pawns, he is only an adviser, but he can be filled by a very person, in other words, he is the reserve of the prime minister.

Qi Hongxin has not been promoted for more than ten years, and he was suddenly promoted to this step, does it mean that the one sitting on the dragon chair in the palace has given up his prejudices?

And as long as the emperor has no prejudice against Qi Hongxin, with Qi Hongxin's qualifications over the years, he can survive it.

Zhao Langzhong never thought that this salted fish would have a day when he could completely turn over, and couldn't help but be surprised: "This is really a dead wood in spring!"

Li Langzhong said with a little pity: "Maybe, as long as Qi Hongxin can recover from his illness, I am afraid that he can indeed have a good future, but it is just ......."

Thinking of what he saw when he came back to visit, he shook his head again: "I'll tell you the truth, Qi Hong's new illness is not light, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have the blessing of the prime minister." ”

"It's hard to say whether you can survive until Qin Cha arrives. ”

If he had known that Qi Hongxin was sick like this, he was already boiling dry oil residue, he was afraid that he would not repay the silver so quickly, but then he thought about it, the deficit of Shun'an Mansion had reached the heavens, and most of it was solved by Su Zi's nationality, and the remaining half was particularly noticeable, and there was a constitutional decree requiring all yamen to sort out the loans.

Anyway, the silver must be returned, even if Hongxin is not blessed, but he will return the silver this time, and the person who will hand over the silver is the same promising new champion Su Da, and he will not suffer a loss if he can have a good relationship with this Su Daren.