Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 12 Onboarding
"Chu Liecao, this is the governor Zhang Hong." Early the next morning, Chu Nan went to the state capital by himself. Although Lu Lingqi said yesterday that someone would come to take him, but Liecao, who is just a mere Liecao, still wants someone to come to invite him?

"Chunan met the envoy." Chu Nan bowed to Zhang Hong.

"Zi Yan." Zhang Hong's figure was slightly fatter, and he was about 40 years old. He always had a smile on his face but did not lose his majesty. Look at it, it really looks like a talent."

Appearance is not only useful for women, it is also useful for men. Even if you are a son of a famous family, if you are too ugly to enter an official position, you will be rejected by others. Naturally, Chu Nan has a good appearance, which is a business card in itself .

"It's a coincidence, a coincidence." Chu Nan shook his head humbly. He was new here, and he didn't know much about the interpersonal relationship here. Before that, he always thought that Lu Bu was the governor of Xuzhou, but he didn't expect the governor to be someone else. Zhang Hong doesn't seem to be the Zhang Hong of Jiangdong, he shouldn't be some historical celebrity, right?

After hesitating for a while, Chu Nan didn't read the other party's information. He wasn't sure if everyone could detect his peeping like Lu Bu did. The memory of yesterday's moment is still fresh, so that now Chu Nan is very concerned about someone who has a little identity or looks People who are more powerful don't dare to pry into their information at will.

"Since Marquis Wen asked Ziyan to be the Jincao, I think Ziyan must be superior. From now on, the matter of salt and iron in this state will be called yours. This salt and iron is an important tax in the state and should not be underestimated." Zhang Hong smiled and encouraged, and praised Chu Nan by the way.

Chu Nan is only young now, if he is really a stunned young man, maybe this sentence will make him feel a little swollen, but Chu Nan is only on the outside, and the method of flattering and killing is basically a newcomer entering an official or The first hurdle faced by the workplace, the first lesson of many people's life usually comes from this.

But to Chu Nan, Zhang Hong's words were nothing more than fart. Regardless of the workplace or the officialdom, if you take the praises of others seriously, you are not far from bad luck. Maybe there are some pitfalls waiting for you.

Although the times are different, the truth should be the same. Chu Nan laughed and said, "Your Majesty speaks seriously, and I will definitely do my best. However, I am new to this. If there is something I don't understand, I hope you can give me some advice."

I try my best, but I'm a novice, so don't blame me if I don't do well.

Zhang Hong looked at Chu Nan with surprise for a moment, then nodded and said: "It's natural, Li Zheng, and you will explain the specific things."

"Here!" The scribe who welcomed Chu Nan in earlier nodded.

This debriefing is considered complete.

Li Zheng, whose full name is Yi Yan, and whose name is Li Zheng, is the Chief Registrar of the Governor's Mansion, assisting Zhang Hong in handling government affairs, and then helping Chu Nan with some handovers.

"Zi Yan, here are the dossiers that Jin Cao has recorded over the years. Take a look first, and ask me if you have any doubts." Yi Yan took Chu Nan to a room where the dossiers were piled up, facing him. Chu Nan smiled.

"I'm sorry, brother Lizheng. I'm new here. I still need brother Lizheng's advice on a lot of things I don't understand. I don't know if brother Lizheng is free. How about having dinner together today?" Chu Nan put down the file and looked at Yiyan with a smile .

"Ziyan is so kind, I shouldn't have refused, but I've already been invited today, so it's hard to refuse, why don't I invite Ziyan another day?" Yi Yan shook his head regretfully.

"Then let's try another day." Chu Nan nodded without forcing.

Yi Yan said with a smile: "Since that's the case, I won't bother Ziyan anymore. I'll take my leave first."

Chu Nan sent Yi Yan to the door. After he left, he came back to continue looking through the files, but his brows gradually frowned.

Lie Cao is an official. Although it is not considered an official official, it is a must in the government office of a state capital. Most things are carried out by Lie Cao.

For example, officials are usually sent from outside. For example, Tao Qian is from Danyang, Zhang Hong is from Donglai, not to mention Lu Bu and Liu Bei. Moreover, they are from the local wealthy family. Although these people have no official positions, they have a lot of connections. Generally, without these people to help with things, no matter how big an official you are, you can only stare blankly.

Chu Nan is a native of Xiapi, but he is neither from a wealthy family nor from an aristocratic family. Naturally, he does not have those connections. To be an official, it is enough to maintain a good relationship with those wealthy families in the local area. But as an official, if you do not have a certain background, No matter how powerful you are, it's useless!

For example, he is now Jincao, in charge of the salt and iron trade, but now he doesn't even know where these things are taxed. Even if he knows, he will give it to you obediently?Think too much.

After understanding what I had to do on weekdays, my heart began to sink gradually.

Not only because I don't have these contacts, but more importantly, Jin Cao, who is in charge of salt and iron, is actually idle, so I can make up for it?

After reading the salt and iron account books from Tao Qian to Liu Bei to Lu Bu, Chu Nan understood that this is clearly a trap!
During Tao Qian's period, there were still some checks and balances. The salt and iron trade was basically in the hands of Tao Qian. Every year, Xuzhou could pay a lot of taxes just for the salt and iron trade, accounting for [-]% of the entire Xuzhou tax.

In Liu Bei's period, the trade of salt and iron was obviously let out by Liu Bei a lot. From the numerical point of view, the income brought by the trade of salt and iron was nearly half less than that of Tao Qian's period!

But up to now, so far, Xuzhou’s salt and iron trade has not had any income. It is said that this kind of tax is collected once a season. Although it has not been long since Lu Bu took Xuzhou, according to the records, it should be catching up with a wave of income. Income, but there is no record here, apparently confiscated.

No wonder this lucrative position can be vacated!If Lu Bu asked himself to do this job, there is a high probability that no one else would do it, so let him do it!

You must know that even if Lu Bu is the master of Xuzhou now, the various positions like Lie Cao in the prefectures and counties should not be replaced casually.

In my impression, Lu Bu seems to be very greedy. Yuan Shu's 200,000 shi, grain and grass can make Lu Bu send troops to help attack Liu Bei. But after entering the government office, Chu Nan discovered that there may indeed be a personality factor, but the more important factor may be here, no money!

What he didn't realize was that Lu Bu couldn't collect the tax on salt and iron, and other aspects might not be any better than here.

Just like Chu Nan now, when he came up, his eyes were smeared, and he didn't even know where to get the tax of salt and iron, and who to ask for it.

Difficult to do~
Chu Nan rubbed his temples, sat cross-legged on the mat, leaning his back on the bookshelf, thinking about the gains and losses in his mind, whether he should do it or not, if he did, he would definitely offend the local rich if he wanted to make achievements, but if he didn’t Or if you can't do well, it's a trivial matter for Lu Bu to be unhappy, but if you do nothing, if Lu Bu falls down and then votes for others, others may not think highly of you.

Becoming an official, being a bigger official and gaining more luck is the goal Chu Nan has set for himself at this stage. He doesn't want to be a fool for the rest of his life!

Bored, Chu Nan turned on his Luck Enhancement System and took a look. After seeing it, he couldn't help but sit up!
(End of this chapter)