Facing Lin Yanchao's questioning, Chen Xinggui and Zhang Haoyuan both glanced at each other.

Lin Yanchao's words were not very harsh, but Chen Xinggui and Zhang Haoyuan were both shuddering. Just now, they were still talking and laughing, but in an instant, Lin Yanchao's face sank.

Chen Xinggui and Zhang Haoyuan are now hairy in their hearts, and Lin Yanchao is not the person who does not recognize his six relatives after he gets the position of power, but he will do business.

Lin Yanchao asked in a deep voice: "Who is the shopkeeper of the farmer's money village in Zhe County?" ”

Zhang Haoyuan said: "I will take care of it for the time being." ”

"Then why don't you keep the accounts? At least pinch from head to end. ”

Zhang Haoyuan said: "It's my inconsiderateness." ”

"You have been the shopkeeper for a long time, even if you are confused, why doesn't the shopkeeper Chen remind you?"

Chen Xinggui said: "Futai, to be honest, when we worked together in the past, Mr. Sun took care of the two of us, and he was the most important master in Futai, so although Haoyuan felt that something was wrong in his heart at the beginning, he felt that this matter was not taken care of by Mr. Sun's face. Later, the shopkeeper Zhang informed me, and I thought at first, try to poke to the side of the house, but I didn't say anything. But then the gap was too big, so I came to tell the government. ”

"I and Haoyuan are also at fault, it's not Mr. Sun's business alone, and I ask Futai to investigate, Haoyuan and I both think that Mr. Sun must have a hard time."

Lin Yanchao said: "You can't escape the responsibility. But I don't understand, when Sun Zhisheng was doing things under my curtain, he was extremely steady, why did he go to the place but did such a bad thing? I will summon Sun Chengzong to ask about this matter. ”

Chen Xinggui and Zhang Haoyuan glanced at each other and asked, "Do we still have to allocate the river work money to Zhexian County?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Now that everything is stopped, you can't favor Mr. Sun because he is a former staff member of the mansion." How are other counties and how Zhexian is doing, and they are doing business. ”

After Chen Xinggui and Zhang Haoyuan said that they left, Lin Yanchao paced and thought for a while, and immediately instructed Chen Jichuan on the side: "You go to Zhexian County immediately, and after finding out this matter, ask Mr. Sun to come over again." ”

After Chen Jichuan said yes, he went to Tuoxian that night.

A few days later.

Chen Jichuan and Sun Chengzong came to Guide Mansion together.

When Lin Yanchao saw Sun Chengzong, he saw that he was wearing a shabby cotton coat, his face was a little sallow, and his beard was unkempt.

Lin Yanchao saw that Sun Chengzong was so haggard, so he sat in front of him and said, "I heard that the child rope is sick, let you rest in Zhexian for a few more days, why are you still in a hurry?" ”

Sun Chengzong propped up his body and saluted, and then said: "Sun Mou knows that he has done something wrong, and he has the trust of the government, so he came to ask for the crime today, it is too late." ”

Lin Yanchao ordered someone to bring a charcoal basin to Sun Chengzong's side, let him warm his body, and ordered someone to serve a drink.

Seeing that Sun Chengzong's face was a little ruddy, Lin Yanchao spoke: "This mansion is not blaming you, it's just that you have always been extremely safe, how could there be such a big dredging this time, I really can't understand it." ”

Sun Chengzong smiled bitterly: "Yes, Sun is confused, and he is entrusted by the government, which is really hard to blame." ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Childish rope, let me ask you." Does this matter have anything to do with Li Zhi County, Zhe County? Or was someone else involved? ”

Sun Chengzong hurriedly said: "Qiyu Futai, this dam and dredging matter was done by Sun Mou, and the county respected Sun Mou, so he entrusted all the things with one hand, yes, Sun Mou failed him." This matter has nothing to do with anyone else, it is all the fault of Sun. ”

"One person's fault, you take it all on your shoulders? Then tell us what is wrong with you? ”

Sun Chengzong pondered for a while and then said: "When Sun used to do things in the house, he held the reputation of the house, the officials and officials were polite and respectful to Sun, what is in the face of the house, they will not worry about Sun, so Sun is arrogant, thinking that many things are done in one effort, but they forgot that they are just the master of the house, they do not respect Sun, but respect the house, they know the skill of the house and the fineness of the work, even if they can hide it from Sun, they can't hide it from the house, so it can be done in the next place, all because of Tuofutai. ”

Now Sun Mou knows that the paper is finally shallow, everything in the yamen is someone else's hand, Sun only needs to review it, but when it comes to real things, all aspects must be considered. When going to the local area to build dams and control rivers, and to do real things by damming and dredging, all aspects must be taken into account. Sun is still able to strategize, but he personally decides everything, but he is not Sun Mou's strength. ”

"Among the counties, Zhexian River Engineering has the heaviest work and the most silt, and the government and Taiwan entrusted such a heavy task to Sun, but Sun made the mistake of talking on paper, and he really failed to be entrusted by the government."

What Sun Chengzong said was indeed sincere.

Lin Yanchao listened to it for a while, then took the account book from the table, put it in his hand and said: "You said that it was a paper talk, so that you missed the river work, but the government looked at the account book, even if it was a paper talk, at most it would not be able to repair the embankment, but it would not be overspent by 16,557 taels for the river work." ”

"Sixteen thousand five hundred fifty-seven taels? Zhexian County's taxes in the whole county last year were not enough to offset it, what happened to the extra expenses? Who will fill this shortfall? ”

Sun Chengzong was silent for a while and said, "Sun is ashamed. This time, I deliberately apologized to the government, even if it was a ...... family."

"Mr. Sun, you and I have a relationship, how could I let you get to this point, but there are some words, this government still has to ask for you," Lin Yanchao opened the account book and said, "This government has seen your accounts, and has also sent people to check your embankment, and the embankments you have built in Tuoxian County are all good work and good materials, far better than the materials purchased by other counties." As for each section of the embankment, it is used as much as 30% more than in other counties. ”

"For example, this section of the embankment at the mouth of the old river, the river engineering department has built the specifications of this embankment to a height of one zhang and a width of half a zhang. But you have built two zhang high and one zhang wide. That's right, the embankment section of such an old estuary can become a strong embankment that can withstand a big flood once in a hundred years, but such labor and materials far exceed other counties in the prefecture, so it is natural to overspend. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Futai is really discerning, Sun just wanted to ......"

Lin Yanchao said: "You just want to do practical things for the people, right?" Therefore, at the expense of good work and good materials, they are used on the embankment, and they can be used as much as they can, and the dangerous places are heightened and thickened. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Futai Mingjian, Sun does have this intention, in fact, Futai has already given Sun a long time ago, this time the river is dredged and dammed and silted, with damming and silting fields first, and the river is second. It was Sun who was greedy and thought that he could kill two birds with one stone, taking into account both silting the fields and controlling the river, so he didn't measure his own strength, and finally lost his calculations. ”

Lin Yanchao shook his head and said: "You didn't care, you used the money just right, this is your plan from the bottom of your heart, you want to use the least amount of money to help the people do the most things, so you changed the original intention of this mansion." ”

"Of course, I don't think you alone can be sure, but the officials who repaired the river for you below made up your mind after giving you a ticket."

Sun Chengzong coughed violently a few times, and then said: "Futai didn't go to the place in person, but he knew everything about the place. ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Clear? No, not only that, I think you are aggrieved at the moment, thinking that you are piling up all the good work and materials on the embankment, and the cost is overrun, but this government thinks that it is more than that. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Sun asked Futai to make it clear." ”

Lin Yanchao shook his head and said: "When you were in the River Engineering Department, the government left a wealth of money for river repairs to all counties, do you know why?" When the counties brought the money for the work to the government, the government did not say anything, but they allowed them to report an extra percent in private, do you know why? ”

Sun Chengzong instantly understood something.

Lin Yanchao sighed: "At that time, you asked the mansion, but the mansion is not good to talk to you. But now when it comes to your work, in order to take care of the two things of river control and silting the fields, you have used the funds allocated by the government for a penny, and a lot of money, which is just right. This is because you are worried that the officials below are greedy for ink, so they strictly control the budget and refuse to leave a little oil and water. ”

Sun Chengzong closed his eyes and said half-loudly: "Futai, it was Sun who didn't listen to what you said at the beginning, when the embankment was estimated in each section of the river, the following officials who supervised the dam repair promised Sun the cost of dam repair, which was 30% less than when the original question was estimated. Sun questioned it at the time, but they patted their chests and vouched for it, and I believed them at that time in order to save work. ”

But I didn't know that after they deliberately underestimated, Sun checked the embankment afterwards, but found that he couldn't build the embankment at all. At that time, I thought that they were also as dedicated to saving work as Sun, so they were negligent and undercounted, did not pursue them afterwards, and vouched for them, and finally overspent the project. ”

Afterwards, Sun Moufang felt that something was wrong, but at the beginning, Futai repeatedly explained to Sun that the officials were available, but they were never credible, because Sun did not take it to heart. Sun used to rely on the prestige of the government and acted smoothly in the house, but he did not expect that the officials below were not afraid of him. ”

Chen Jichuan also sighed, he found out about this matter and told Lin Yanchao.

Sun Chengzong's status in Lin Yanchao's heart, and he is also very good friends with him, so he can't help but feel sorry for him.

Sun Chengzong estimated each section of the embankment with the most economical wages, and as a result, the oil and water of those officials were squeezed clean. The officials joined forces to rectify Sun Chengzong, don't you want to save money and do more?

Okay, let's follow your wishes, you want us to save 20%, and we will report you to save 30%, enough to give you face. Afterwards, Sun Chengzong found that the embankment could not be built, even if he knew that he had won the plan, there was no way to hold them responsible, because the responsibility for this matter lay with Sun Chengzong. Therefore, Sun Chengzong can only increase the budget head-on, otherwise the dam will not be repaired at all.

So the end result was that the project was well over budget. Sun Chengzong's lesson is too great.