The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 92 Secretary Zhu’s busy and fulfilling day

Jiedu Mansion, in charge of the secretary's office.

When Guan Tieshi arrived, Zhu Xiu was sorting out the account books of Zhangyi Town's income and expenditure over the years.

"Is there any news in the Xue family?" Zhu Xiu looked up from behind a pile of documents and glanced at him.

Guan Tieshi said: "The brothers who were guarding near Xue's house came back and reported that there has been nothing strange in the Xue family these days. The Xue brothers are still observing filial piety for the old man. Xue's house is deserted and there is not much movement."

Zhu Xiu was stunned, stopped what he was doing, and asked doubtfully: "Song Shen and Pei Jin changed their families, Brother Wei also came back, and they deliberately celebrated in Jiedu Mansion that night. Didn't the Xue family react at all to this?"

Guan Tieshi said: "I also think the Xue family is a little unusual in their coldness. According to Xue Xiuliang's temper, he should have rushed to Song Shen and Wen Tai's house to question him, and then broke into Pei Jin's house to beat him up."

Zhu Xiu pondered for a long time, "The Xue family is too calm and a little abnormal. Let the people who are following them cheer up and not relax. By the way, send people to Zhecheng City to see if there are any changes in the two thousand foreign soldiers stationed there. !”

Guan Tieshi responded, then smiled and said: "Let me guess, the Xue family pretends to be calm, but in fact it is a mess! The two thousand foreign soldiers in Xue Xiuliang's hands are mostly refugees recruited from Yuanzhou, and they usually neglect training. How can a ragtag group of soldiers with lax military discipline be a match for the elite tooth soldiers of our Changyi Army!

The Xue family knows that once they take action, they will definitely lose!The only thing I'm thinking about now is how to escape from Jingzhou, I don't dare to mess around! "

Zhu Xiu shook his head and said: "Pei Jin revealed that the Xue family has sent people to Qizhou to report the funeral, and Fengxiang Jiedu envoy Jiao Jixun may come in person to express condolences to Mr. Xue. If this is true, we should deal with it carefully. The Xue family will invite Jiao Jixun. , maybe there is another agenda.”

Guan Tieshi said: "There are many ways to enter Jingzhou from Qizhou. Even if Jiao Jixun comes, I don't know which way he will take. Jiao Jixun is a vassal commander from another state. He leaves his residence without the approval of the court and enters the jurisdiction of other vassal towns. "This is a big taboo"

Zhu Xiucai smiled and said: "Jiao Jixun was a general under Shi Jingtang, the great ancestor of the Jin Dynasty, with the late emperor. He has great seniority. Now he is the dignified Fengxiang Commander, with strong soldiers and horses under his command. Do you think he will take the small town of Zhangyi seriously?"

Guan Tieshi spread his hands and was speechless. Among the several surrounding vassal towns, the Changyi Army was indeed the weakest, the weakest, and the least established in the imperial court.

Zhu Xiu stood up and walked to a map of Jingzhou. After looking at it for a while, he suddenly said: "Is Wu Xingyuan, the magistrate of Quaigu County, a member of the Xue family?"

Guan Tieshi thought for a moment and said, "Yes, Wu Xingyuan used to be a scribe around Xue Xiuming, and he was very flattering to Xue. Xue Xiuming saw that he was loyal and helped him get the position of Quaigu County Magistrate.

Wu Xingyuan was quite uncooperative in the implementation of the salt policy this time. He agreed on the surface, but in fact he repeatedly pushed back and delayed. The Jiedu government ordered him to go back to Anding to report on his duties, but he refused because of illness.Wu Xingyuan holds the Quail Army and dominates the county. Except for the Xue family, no one can command him. "

Zhu Xiu stared at the marked point in Quaigu County for a while. He went north from Qizhou and entered Jingzhou. One of the only roads he must pass through was passing through Quaigu County.

"Send someone to Quai Gu to find out about Jiao Jixun's movements. Hurry!" Zhu Xiu's tone sounded urgent.

Guan Tieshi was startled and said hurriedly: "Are you worried that Jiao Jixun is coming from Quaigu? I know, let's do it right away!"

Guan Tieshi left in a hurry, and Zhu Xiu paced around the room with his hands behind his hands, feeling a little irritated for no reason.

"Ma San, find Pei Jin!"

Zhu Xiu shouted to Ma San who was waiting outside.

Ma San trotted away in a hurry, and soon Pei Jin entered the room: "Master Zhu is looking for me?"

Zhu Xiudao: "Can the inventory of the grain depot be completed?"

Pei Jin said: "It's over. There are a total of two thousand two hundred and seventy dan of grain. In addition to the original old grain, save some food and it will be enough for the Ya army for two months. When the salt money is available, let's buy some from Xiongwu, Fengxiang and Jingnan. Grain, it will not be a problem to cope with the summer harvest."

Zhu Xiudao: "Immediately organize manpower to transfer the grain from the county warehouse to Yacheng and send more people to look after it."

Pei Jin hesitated and said: "But the warehouse in Yacheng is narrow and dilapidated and cannot hold more than 2000 grains." Zhu Xiu shook his head and said: "We can store as much as we can. If we can't, we can move it into Jiedu Mansion and use the warehouse in the government." , vacant houses.”

Seeing Zhu Xiu's solemn expression, Pei Jin hurriedly said: "I understand, but it's too late today, so we can only organize the people first, collect mules, horses and vehicles, and start moving early tomorrow morning."

Zhu Xiu looked at the golden afterglow outside the window and saw that Pei Jin's face was tired and he had two big dark circles under his eyes. She couldn't bear to let him do this all night, so she could only smile bitterly and said, "I have to thank Pei for your hard work for two more days."

"It should, it should~" Pei Jin cupped his hands against his will.

Since he ran away from home and lived in Jiedu Mansion, he no longer has to endure the abuse of his cruel wife, and the pain on his body has gradually improved.

But a lot of arduous work followed, and Zhu Xiu paid great attention to the financial situation. He checked three years ago and asked for a budget for this year.

After reporting to Shi Kuangwei, Lao Shi pretended to pick up two account books, flipped through them, and said: "The matter of money and food expenditure shall be decided by Song Shen and Zhu Xiu through discussion!"

Then Lao Shi left happily and leisurely, either going to study spring silkworms, ants, and moths with Shi Xiangwen, or taking Shi Lingyan for a walk on the street, and from time to time he would go to the Yajun camp to drink and chat with Wei Hu and a few Yu Hou.

Song Shen also moved to live in Yacheng, but he still has his mother to take care of, so he can stay in Jiedu Mansion for less than two hours a day.

Zhu Xiu is in charge of the judge's seal, and now he alone has the final say on money, food and taxes.

However, Zhu Xiu seemed to be quite proficient in accounting. When he got an account book, the records were so dense that Pei Jin had to organize scribes to calculate for a long time. Zhu Xiu could do the calculation clearly in less than half an hour.

Pei Jin was very curious and secretly observed it, and found that Zhu Xiu converted the accounting data into a strange symbol, and then wrote and drew for a while, and the accounts were settled.

The current year's income, expenditures, balances, and differences are all clearly arranged. If there are any unreasonable things in any month, they should be pointed out immediately, and then Pei Jin will be asked to find someone to recheck.

In this way, the accounts of Zhangyi Town's deficit over the years were settled, but it was a pain for Pei Jin and his staff.

It feels like I have done a whole year's work in a few days, draining my body and mind, and I am extremely tired.

Pei Jin complained secretly. His physical injuries were healed, but his mind was tortured.

He even secretly missed the days when he was severely beaten by Xue's wife.

At that time, he could be lazy and fish for fun, and he would not be as tired as he is now.

But think about it, if you suffer domestic violence from Xue's wife all day long, you may lose your life one day and work in Jiedu Mansion. After all the hard work, you won't have to worry about your life.

Alas, every advantage has its disadvantages, and this may be my fate of hard work.

After Pei Jin left, Zhu Xiu sat back on the grand master's chair, and the irritability in his heart calmed down a little.

Ma San sneaked into the room in a sneaky manner and whispered: "Little official, there is someone outside who wants to see you! He said his name is Tao Wenju!"

"Pfft~" Zhu Xiuzheng picked up the tea cup and all the tea he had just drank spurted out, "What?!"

Some water stains sprayed on Ma San's face. He raised his sleeves to wipe it, and reminded him helplessly: "That's the person in the portrait, his name is Tao Wenju!"

Zhu Xiu was stunned. Tao Wenju wanted to see him?Could it be that my conscience makes me want to surrender?
(End of this chapter)