The residence prepared by the magistrate for the Qin Cha was a mansion of nearly 2,000 square meters, which is said to have been generously provided by a gentleman from the county, and Xu Jin was arranged to live in a separate courtyard in the southwest corner of the mansion.

When night fell, Xu Jincai dragged his tired body back to the small courtyard, and Erniu followed behind him step by step, holding a stack of account books that are often closed in the county in his arms.

As soon as Xu Jin entered the hall, he sat down on a chair and rubbed his two thighs that were sore from standing for too long, and couldn't help laughing at himself in his heart.

It is said that as soon as he got off the ship this afternoon, Xu Jin followed Xiao Huai to the granary of the county to check whether there was any deficit. Lao Xiao is obviously a meticulous person, but he doesn't just go through the motions, seeing the granaries that are full of them, they are still weighed according to the rows of people, which makes the faces of those local officials green, but in the end, the result of the weighing is to confirm that the warehouse is not empty.

Although the scale of Changping grain storage in Shouzhang County is only 10,000 stones, it is not a small amount, and hundreds of county officials worked tirelessly for several hours to finish the scales.

Of course, Xu Jin also understands that the reason why Lao Xiao is so aggressive is nothing more than knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, warning those magistrates not to have a fluke mentality, if you really want every warehouse to check like this, then you don't have to do anything else, just weigh the grain every day. You must know that the Changping warehouse in Shouzhang County is only a small local warehouse, if it is a clearance, Yanzhou warehouse, these large warehouses that often cost tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of stones, don't think about finishing the scales in a few days. At present, the main task is disaster relief, and checking whether the granary is in deficit is secondary.

Xu Jin sat paralyzed for a moment, then eased up a little, reached out and picked up the teapot on the coffee table, and found that it was empty, so he called Erniu a few times, but there was no response, and he didn't know where to run.

Xu Jin couldn't help but shake his head, a little regretful that he didn't take Yue'er with him, Erniu is okay to do rough work, but it's really not good to serve people.

Xu Jin picked up the teapot and was about to go to the kitchen to get some hot water, when he saw a young woman in a thorn hairpin cloth skirt walking in, carrying a steaming tin pot in her hand.

This young woman is about twenty years old, holding the hair of a married woman, she looks very pretty, but her skin is a little thicker, she stands there with a tin pot and looks nervous, and she eats and says, "Big ...... Do adults want tea? ”

Xu Jin nodded, put the teapot back on the coffee table, the woman hurriedly walked over, rubbed for a while before taking out the small porcelain jar containing tea leaves from under the coffee table, grabbed a handful of tea leaves and threw them directly into the teapot and added boiling water to brew.

Xu Jin asked quietly, "What's your name?" Is it the original descendant of this house? ”

The woman timidly replied, "Slave...... The slave's name is Li Xiuzhen, and he is not a subordinate in the house. ”

"Oh, then why are you here?"

"The slave family fled from Fan County, the Yellow River lacked embankments, our village was flooded, many people died, and my man was estimated to have also drowned. It just so happened that the poor master of the county government said that he would choose a few people who looked good to serve Lord Qincha, and I would come here and earn a few dollars to live. ”

Xu Jinjian's brows furrowed, although the woman's expression was calm when she spoke, the bitterness and sorrow contained in her words were moving.

"Tea, sir!" The woman quickly poured Xu Jin a cup of tea, and then withdrew.

Xu Jin took a sip of tea, it was very bitter, the tea was too strong, alas, the natural disasters were ruthless, this time the Yellow River lacked embankments, and I don't know how many families were separated, and Yin and Yang were separated.

Although the tea is very bitter, it is undoubtedly very refreshing, Xu Jin picked up a granary account book and flipped a few pages and dropped it, this flow account-style bookkeeping method is chaotic, making people look at headaches, even if they move their hands and feet, it is difficult to find out. What's more, Ma Xian Ling dared to hand over the account book generously, so naturally he flattened the accounts in and out, and it was unlikely that he would find out the clues.

At this time, the young woman named Li Xiuzhen came in again and said, "My lord, the water is ready, please take a bath." ”

"I'm tired of the Li family's sister-in-law!" Xu Jin nodded, now that the weather is hot and he's been busy for another day, he feels sweaty and uncomfortable, and he really needs to take a bath comfortably.

Xu Jin entered the room, and saw that most of the bucket of warm water had been put in the bathtub, and he was taking off his clothes and soaking in the water, but the door of the room was creaking open, and the young woman walked in and closed the door, and took off her essence with a red face, and then walked over with a cowardly expression, and the pair of mountains on her chest trembled.

Xu Jin was stunned, and hurriedly turned his face and said, "Sister-in-law of the Li family, you don't need to wait here, go out!" ”

"Oh ......!" The woman's face was flushed, and she quickly picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on, and left the room as if she had fled.

Xu Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but the woman's figure was indeed attractive, the place where it should be big was big, and the place that should be round was round, especially the scenery when bending down to pick up clothes. Xu Jin shook his head, waved away the unbearable thoughts in his mind, and secretly despised himself, but at this time, Master Xu regretted even more that he didn't take the beautiful maid with him.

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It was late at night, in the back hall of Shouzhang County, the study of Ma Zhi County was still lit, and the three of Yanzhou Governor Song Chi, Tongzhi Zhang Wensheng, and Zhixian Ma Debing were sitting at the coffee table talking.

Ma Zhixian said with palpitations: "Today is scared to death, Xiao Huai actually weighed all the grain in the warehouse, it is really ruthless, fortunately, the prefect is clever and has made sufficient preparations, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"I still know a lot about Xiao Huai." Song Chi took a sip of tea with a little triumph, long before the arrival of the Qin mission, he had already ordered Ma Zhi County to borrow grain from the gentry of his county, and transported part of it from the neighboring county to make up for the grain storage gap in the warehouse of Shouzhang County, so he was lucky to escape the catastrophe today.

Tongzhi Zhang Wensheng said with a worried face: "Adults can't take it lightly, if Xiao Huai continues to investigate like this, sooner or later he will find the problem, and then we will be in big trouble." ”

Ma Zhixian nodded thoughtfully.

Song Chi said calmly: "Xiao Huai is just knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger today, just making a show, it is impossible to check warehouse by warehouse, we have more than 20 counties in Yanzhou Prefecture, more than a dozen often close positions, can he check it?" However, we still have to make sufficient preparations, and the granaries of Fanxian, Caozhou, Yuncheng, and Puzhou must find ways to fill the deficit as soon as possible. ”

Ma Zhixian shook his head and said: "Let's not say that the flood over there has not yet receded, even if it recedes, after the catastrophe, everyone will be short of food, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to borrow food." ”

Song Chi frowned and nodded: "It's really not good, we can only take risks and gamble, let's try to find a way to drag Xiao Huai, so that he doesn't have time to free up his hands to check the granary." By the way, what about Xu Jin, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission? ”

"According to this official's observation today, although this son is young, he is old and serious, and he treats people exquisitely and thoughtfully, not a fuel-efficient lamp!" Tongzhi Zhang Wensheng replied.

Song Chi smiled and said: "It's good to be exquisite, it's easier to deal with than that pedantic and stupid old guy, Ma Zhixian, has that woman Xu Jin moved?" ”

Ma Zhixian shook his head and said, "This son is quite self-controlled, according to the woman, she took off her clothes and was still kicked out." ”

Song Chi couldn't help but be a little surprised, and said lightly: "It is said that this Xu Hanlin family has a beautiful wife and a beautiful maid, and it is not clear to be involved with the three girls in Feige's hometown. ”

Ma Zhixian asked: "What should I do?" It's hard to find high-quality beauties for a while. ”

Song Chi said lightly: "Another day, use some yellow and white things to test this son, by the way, what about Huang Gonggong?" ”

Ma Debing said with a little disdain: "Hey, the eunuch doesn't have that thing, his mind is nothing more than money and power, Xia Guan asked people to hide fifty taels of gold in his house today, and there has been no movement so far, it is estimated that it has been put away." ”

Song Chi nodded and said: "Well, this Huang Gonggong can be wooed, but don't be too obvious, the amount can't be too big, this person has just made a fortune, and I'm afraid I won't dare to accept it if the amount is large." ”