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Chapter 706 The Dignity of a Petty Official

When Yunchu returned to Wannian County, the county yamen was in a bleak state. Even the official documents on the notice walls on both sides of the yamen were off by a corner, shivering under the scorching sun by the breeze.

The bright white sunlight shone on the ground, and after some water stains evaporated away, a faint trace of soot was left behind. Two gatekeepers stood in the shadow under the gate with water and fire sticks in their hands, drowsy.

A crisp sound of horseshoes suddenly appeared at the empty yamen gate. The bay red horse snorted impatiently, and the two drowsy yamen servants woke up immediately. They were so familiar with this snort.

The yamen guard at the gate saw that the county lord came back, and happily opened the gate to the maximum, took the reins of the county lord's horse, and urged the servants to boil water quickly for the county lord to wash.

When Yunchu came back, the county government office that had been as silent as death immediately came to life, and the officials immediately returned to their busy appearance.

After Yunchu washed his hair and face with warm water, before he could dry his hair, the county magistrate, chief secretary, and six officials from Cao Tang, big and small, crowded the room.

Yun Chu sat in the middle with loose hair, looked at Mr. Liu and said, "Are you in a hurry?"

Master Liu said with a smile on his face: "Without the county lord, the officials will have nothing to rely on in their hearts. When you come back, everything will be fine."

"Hahaha, is it because there is no money in the warehouse that makes you lose confidence?"

Zhang Jia squeezed out an ugly smile and said: "The 70 yuan of silver has been spent in just three months. Master Liu followed the order of the county lord and did not leave any money. The days to come How should I live?"

Yun Chu looked at Mr. Liu and smiled, "Is it true that you didn't keep any money?"

Master Liu said with a smile: "Although it is said that 70 guan was spent in the past three months, our Wannian County still has new income that has not been recovered. If the big guy is willing to do his best, Qujiang The running water money in Chang’an City, the sanitation fee in Chang’an City, the land money leased to merchants, the pollution fee for mules, horses and livestock entering the city by large caravans, the security money for food stores, teahouses, inns, and taverns everywhere, and the peach blossoms in Pingkangfang If the money...is collected, the little salary of the brothers will not be a problem."

Yun Chu grabbed a handful of hair that had become wet again, and Master Liu immediately stepped forward to wipe it with a towel.

Yunchu said to the rest of the officials: "Didn't the master tell me to take back all our money?"

Zhang Jia and the others were overjoyed when they heard the words. In the past, these money could only be collected by the small officials under the Ministry of Cao. Now, it has been handed over to them, and there will naturally be a new collection method.

The county lord came back, but he didn't have any money at hand. This is absolutely impossible. First collect all kinds of money for half a year to see if the county lord will get angry. If the county lord doesn't get angry, Zhang Jia feels that he can collect it for a year first. Let's talk.

After all the people in the yamen had left, Yunchu said to Mr. Liu: "Speak up, if there is anything you want to avoid talking about."

Master Liu put away the towel in his hand, bowed his waist and said, "Master Cui is willing to buy our Abode No. [-] on Zhuque Street."

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "No, No. [-] is the place I'm going to give to the old god to practice. Besides, they, Cui Shi, are not afraid of making taboos about which abode they want?"

Mr. Liu nodded and said: "Of course the best one is for the old god. The concierge of the Cui family can't compete with the old god. Cui is willing to want the second best."

Looking at Master Liu's old face, Yun Chu sighed and said, "I don't know how much you have benefited from the Cui family, and you are willing to speak for their family like this.

Forget it, in Wannian County, your old Liu has served me for many years, and you can be regarded as capable in doing things. Give you this face and tell Cui that you can give him a [-] yuan account for the county government, and you can give it to him. "

Master Liu said with a smile on his face: "Xie County respects you, and the next official will go and inform Cui to take the money and wait for the yard to be collected."

Yun Chu smiled and said, "Don't you think this is the official opening his mouth at the lion?"

Director Liu smiled and said: "Cui Shi wants to get a result from the county lord. Didn't the lower official get it? As for the status, it's Cui's business. Is it possible that the lower official, the Wannian County Master, wants to eat inside and out?" Can't help them suppress our own income?"

Yun Chu smiled and said: "You old fox, forget it, let you show your face to the end in front of Cui Shi, and tell Cui Shi that this is the only house that you can live in directly with money, and there will be no possibility in the future."

Master Liu said with a smile: "Your officer will remember."

When Yunchu saw Master Liu leaving lightly, he went back to the desk and looked at the mountain of documents and worried.

After leaving the official office of the county lord, Master Liu returned to his official office and put on his regular clothes. He held a Chang'an specialty folding fan and opened it with a bang, revealing the ink landscape on the fan. The folding fan went to the most famous Yuquan Pavilion in Dongshi.

Yuquan Pavilion is a restaurant for drinking and eating. It has always only entertained high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Therefore, the two maids standing at the door to welcome guests are also very good-looking and well-proportioned. Unlike the maids at the gate of Pingkang Square, their chests As if swollen by someone, his eyes are full of kitsch.

A person like Master Wannian is flattering in front of Yunchu, and he is willing to flatter him. As long as he leaves the official office, he will only be flattered by others.

Yunchu's iron-fisted means of not entering the oil and salt has elevated the status of officials in Wannian County to a high level. Although their rank is not high, they can even come to the government's mansion, the general's mansion, and the envoy's post to ask for it. People with various taxes and fees can't afford to offend them. Once they are rejected, they will lose their temper. In the end, it is definitely these noble families who will suffer.

It wasn't like this before, but when Yunchu ordered to transform the surrounding area of ​​a wealthy family who had offended him into a Yexiang collection point, a temporary garbage storage place, and even set up a seepage pit not far from the well, no one wanted to. Offended them.

Master Liu was in a very happy mood. He put his hands behind his back, and the folding fan gently patted his back with the wind. Poluo, poured drippingly, a thousand cups are not drunk."

The guy who greeted Mr. Liu upstairs suspected that Mr. Liu was reciting an excellent text, but he didn't know that Mr. Liu learned it from the county lord. When the county lord got drunk with them at a party recited.

As long as the poems come from the mouth of a first-class romantic person like Xianzun, they are naturally excellent. Master Liu suspects that after Xianzun recited such words after drunk, he might have forgotten them.

Therefore, he took it out and recited it from time to time. No matter who came to ask questions or compliment him on the good reciting, he would just smile and say nothing.

However, the number of times he recited these poems became more frequent, several times in front of the county lord, and the county lord praised him for his good recitation.

Mr. Liu, a person who climbed from a young official to a high position step by step, was not qualified to meet Cui's son.

Now that the county magistrate is back, he is eligible.

When entering the private room, Mr. Liu tried his best to show himself as a scholar instead of an official. He felt that only in this way could the Cui family of the thousand-year-old Chinese look at him highly.

So he entered the private room with a smile, saluted Cui Mian, son of the Cui family, with one hand, and then naturally put his butt on the brocade couch opposite Cui Mian.

Cui reluctantly endured the unhappiness in his heart, looked at a group of petty officials sitting on the brocade couch opposite him, then picked up the teapot on the small stove and poured a cup of tea for Mr. What do you think when the county lord knows what Cui Shi is asking for?"

Master Liu held the teacup and said: "The county lord agrees, but it's not the number one, but the second number."

Cui Mian sat upright, and asked with a smile: "But I don't know who the No. [-] family is, so that I, Cui, can only take a back seat?"

Master Liu said with a smile, "Young Master Cui, don't be angry. The Abode No. [-] is the residence left by my family's county lord for Elder Sun, and no one else can touch it."

When Cui Mian heard this, the look of surprise on his face faded immediately, and he said with a smile, "Is it really the fairy house of the old god?"

Master Liu said: "My family's county lord never deceives others. Besides, it is disrespectful to the old god to attack the old god."

Cui Mian laughed and said, "It's Cui's honor to be a neighbor of the old god, why don't we go to the county government office and go through the formalities with General Cao?"

Master Liu laughed and said, "Don't you ask the price, my lord?"

Cui Mian shook his head and said: "No need, you can report as many flower heads as you want to Mr. Liu, and Mrs. Cui will accept them all."

Master Liu shook his head and said, "Young Master, I'd better listen to the quotation from my county lord before considering other things."

Cui Mian smiled and said, "Let's listen."

Master Liu sat up straight, leaned forward slightly, looked at Cui Mian and said, "My county lord said that one hundred thousand guan is the same price."

Hearing the number of [-] guan, Cui Mian's upbringing was very good and he did not get angry immediately, nor did he lose his composure as a disciple of a wealthy family. Instead, he added tea to Mr. Liu: "Mr. Cowardly and incompetent?"

Mr. Liu shook his head and said, "My county venerable will never deceive anyone about any transaction involving money. This kind of thing has often happened in the past. We thought that a few hundred pens could be sold, but my county lord insisted on it." The asking price reached thousands of guan, but some brave people bought it.'

As a result, within a year, the people we thought were fools at the beginning turned out to be extremely courageous talents, and the place we bought at a high price turned out to be a good place to make money every day.

Therefore, everyone who deals with my family's county lord feels like a spring breeze. "

Cui Mian laughed angrily, "Do you know how much money one hundred thousand guan is?"

Master Liu said with a smile: "In three months, the money that passed through the hands of the old man exceeded 70 guan.

A mere [-] guan is really not worth mentioning. Just such an opportunity was given by the county lord because of the good service of a certain family for many years.

If Mr. Cui doesn't want this place, a certain family will go to Zheng's mansion to inquire. "

Cui Mian suppressed his anger, looked at Mr. Liu with a half-smile and said, "Do you think Mrs. Zheng can buy it if Mrs. Cui doesn't buy it?"

Mr. Liu shook his head and said: "I can't guarantee this, but I have to make it clear that if Cui Shi doesn't want this land, if he wants another place in the future, he will have to grab it from everyone.

As Mr. Cui, would you say that you are willing to huddle with a group of merchants and bid for it? "

"Who are those people who will buy it?" Cui Mian felt that his patience had reached its limit.

Master Liu said: "The families listed in the "Clan Records" appointed by the Emperor Taizong, as for the officials to buy, they need people with a fifth-rank official or higher."

Cui Mian stood up and said, "A certain family has found out."

After finishing speaking, he got up and left the private room, not even bothering to say another word to Mr. Liu.

Master Liu sat on the brocade couch with peace of mind, drank the pot of good tea, then picked up the folding fan and got up and recited: "Yu Ruyi, commanding suavely, I am surprised when I sit; Jinpoluo , poured dripping, a thousand cups are not drunk."

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