The Golden County Magistrate

"Ah? Your Majesty, what's the mystery here?" Li Rui was puzzled.

She was standing aside. She saw what Tang Yun saw, but she didn't see any bigger mystery.

Tang Yun moved her finger and pointed to the last item.

This item was originally about the overtime delivery, but in this document, there was also a content that if the delivery was early, a bonus would be given on a daily basis.

For every day early, the bonus was 2,000 taels of silver.

Li Rui was puzzled and asked, "What's the mystery of this item?"

Tang Yun's eyes flashed: "I am sure that Chen Yan must have certain investigation results in his hands. It is even possible that he has done all the investigation items I asked for!"

Li Rui finally reacted: "This guy is so thief! I must not agree to him!"

If Chen Yan really has the results of the investigation, then when this document is returned to Qingshan County, he can immediately hand over the results of the investigation.

According to the time, it is more than fifteen days early!

That is to say, according to this clause, Tang Yun still has to give Chen Yan more than 30,000 taels of silver!

Compared with the 10,000 taels of remuneration, this is more than three times, how can I agree to it?

But Tang Yun shook her head: "No need, why should I bother with such a profit-seeking person? Moreover, this person is indeed extraordinary. He can find out so much in such a short time. In comparison, my Fengling Guard..."

The rest of the words were not finished, but the meaning was obvious.

If Fengling Guard can find it, then there is no need to give this silver.

Li Rui blushed and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, please punish us, our ministers are incompetent."

Tang Yun said calmly: "But it is not so easy to earn my silver. Call Bai Lu, I want to use her pen."

Not long after, Bai Lu was called over.

Tang Yun dictated and asked her to add some content to the document with a fountain pen, and then signed and sealed it.

After sealing the document into the envelope with her own hands, a cunning look flashed in Tang Yun's eyes.

Want more money? Okay, I'll give it to you, as long as you have the ability to do what's written in the letter!

...

That afternoon, Bai Lu personally rode a fast horse back to Qingshan County and returned the document signed by Tang Yun to Wei Han.

Wei Han opened it and took a look, and said in surprise: "The conditions are so harsh, I'm afraid Chen Yan won't agree."

Bai Lu said respectfully: "The emperor said he would agree."

Wei Han hesitated for a moment before saying: "Okay!"

Seeing her expression, Bai Lu hesitated to speak.

Wei Han had noticed her expression and said, "If you have something to say, just say it directly. Don't hide it in your heart."

Bai Lu bit her lip for a while before finally saying, "Princess, please forgive Bai Lu for being bold. You seem to have...changed a little."

Wei Han was stunned: "Why do you say that?"

Bai Lu mustered up her courage: "If it was in the past, would the princess feel that these conditions listed by the emperor were harsh?"

Wei Han was stunned for a moment.

Yes, she is Tang Yun's person, so she should consider things from Tang Yun's perspective. Seeing these conditions, she should only do her best to help this matter to be completed.

Instead of standing on Chen Yan's side and considering whether these conditions are harsh, as she did just now.

She knew why there was such a change.

After spending so much time with Chen Yan these days, it is really difficult for her to control her thoughts now.

Seeing that she couldn't answer, Bai Lu became suspicious and was about to speak.

Knock, knock, knock!

There was a knock on the door outside.

"Who is it?" Bai Lu hurriedly shouted.

"It's me!" Chen Yan's voice came from outside.

Wei Han quickly cheered up and nodded.

Bai Lu then went over to open the door and let Chen Yan in.

"I heard that Miss Bai was here, and I knew that your boss must have replied, so I came to ask." Chen Yan did not hide anything and smiled, "You have signed the agreement, right?"

"Yes, our boss said that we can add money, but we can't add it for free, and we have to add some clauses." Bai Lu said seriously.

"Oh? What clauses?" Chen Yan narrowed his eyes and asked calmly.

Wei Han hesitated for a moment before stepping forward and handing the documents in his hand to Chen Yan.

The few clauses added by Tang Yun were all about the results of the investigation.

There were only two requirements for the investigation before.

The first was to find out who was behind the scenes, and there must be corresponding evidence.

The second was to find out what means this person used to incite civil unrest.

The third is where this person is now.

But in the new agreement, she added two more requirements.

The first is to provide details of the activities of the person behind the scenes in the past two months, mainly how he contacted the rebels and how he successfully persuaded them to launch the rebellion.

The second is to provide the whereabouts of the rebel leader of the rebellion.

Now the rebellion in Jizhou has gradually calmed down, but most of the leaders of the rebellion have escaped and have not been caught. Knowing their whereabouts will be enough.Capture and punish them.

The number of requirements does not seem to be too much, but the first thing requires a huge amount of investigation to accomplish, which is very time-consuming and labor-intensive, and cannot be accomplished in a short time.

The second thing is a new requirement, which means that Chen Yan has to start the investigation from the beginning, which will take more time.

In particular, the directions of these leaders' escape are different. Unlike investigating a single target, the manpower and material resources required are multiplied.

Some people may have even fled outside the Great Zhou, or to remote places such as deep mountains and old forests, which are even more difficult to investigate.

Therefore, the two tasks combined are actually several times larger than the previous three tasks!

"Our boss said that one tael of silver is worth one tael of silver. She can agree to increase the price, but correspondingly, Lord Chen should also accept these requirements. Otherwise, this agreement is not worth modifying."

Seeing Chen Yan's brows gradually frowning, Bai Lu said, feeling proud in his heart.

The emperor's move is really clever!

In this way, Chen Yan's plan would not work. Even if he could find out, it would take countless days. The tricks of early delivery would not work.

Maybe he could not deliver on time in the end, and he would have to pay the penalty for breach of contract.

For every day of delay, there would be not only a fine of 2,000 taels, but also a 10% reduction in remuneration!

Wei Han sighed when she saw Chen Yan frowning while reading the document.

But her position was there, and even if she really sympathized with Chen Yan, she could not say anything.

After reading it, Chen Yan sighed, raised his head, and seemed to be in a trance.

Bai Lu said proudly: "The boss said that if Mr. Chen feels that it is impossible, then why not maintain the previous agreement, and she will not embarrass you."

Chen Yan still did not answer, looking up at the beams at a 45-degree angle.

Wei Han couldn't help it: "Master Chen? Are you okay?"

Chen Yan woke up as if from a dream and turned to look at her: "Oh, I'm fine, I'm just calculating. The amount is large, and mental arithmetic is a bit difficult. I'm too focused. Sorry, sorry."

Bai Lu was stunned and said: "Calculating what?"

Chen Yan grinned, didn't say anything, suddenly took out a fountain pen from his arms, signed the document in a few seconds, and stamped it.

It took only a moment, and all the procedures were completed.

The two girls looked at him in confusion as he finished all this, and they were very confused.