Chu Lushan left, and Zhu Cihong obviously felt that Lao Seventeen and Si Qi were much more natural.

Seeing this, Zhu Cihong chuckled and said nothing. Although Si Qi knew that Zhu Cihong was the prince, but now that the white dragon fish suit, he was afraid that he would not be able to enjoy the fun of playing prestige with the prince at all, but he had to be scared, always worried about where a thief would come out and hurt the prince.

As for Lao Seventeen, he was a hard-working veteran a month ago, unable to eat enough and not warm in clothing, and now he has survived with Zhu Cihong, but in the face of the six-grade official, the chief official in charge of the Linqing Tax Division, it would be nonsense to say that there is no pressure in his heart.

However, the two are now back to a stress-free environment, and they are just lively.

I only heard Lao Seventeen sigh heartlessly: "When I entered the door of the tax department, Si Qi was still thinking about finding an inn for the old man and looking for a quiet and clean house." Now when I come in, there are big officials waiting for me before and after, where do I have to spend money to stay in the inn. Our lord is really amazing. ”

Si Qi looked at Lao Seventeen, an old pawn, who didn't hide his rectum, but he didn't have any evil feelings in his heart. He was quite shrewd, otherwise he wouldn't have been pinned on by Si En. To say that with the identity of Prince Si'en's companion, a small six-rank official is naturally not in his eyes. But Si Qi knew that this was outside the palace. The identity of a Linqing tax department symbolizes that hundreds of people can be used for it between applause, and the resources and powerful power that can be mobilized are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. In such a place, a prince who is incognito out of the palace wants to challenge as soon as he takes office, which is so difficult that just thinking about it makes me feel smacked.

Therefore, Si Qi will think about settling down first, and then slowly drawing it.

As for Zhu Cihong, he went straight to the door single-handedly, and came to the door when he arrived in Linqing. As soon as he got to the door, he directly started a surprise attack, which was completely beyond Si Qi's imagination.

Looking back now, I don't have any other thoughts than lamenting that the master I followed was too powerful.

"Such a vertical and horizontal, people's hearts and interests, the master thinks more fully than we do, and he can naturally be invincible." Si Qi smiled and said, "Of course, as subordinates, we also have to do our jobs well." Master, do you want to go to dinner today? The small ones are for the master. ”

"Go, why not. I came to Linqing, and I didn't really come to raid the house. Our first foundation must be stabilized! Zhu Cihong entered the room, changed into a loose plain white robe, walked through the hallway, sat on the edge of a platform leaning on a small pool, leaned, looked at the flowing water, green trees and flowers in the garden, and sighed lightly: "This scenery is so beautiful." ”

After saying this, Zhu Cihong began to lie down, closed his eyes and recuperated, and his expression relaxed.

Si Qi on the side hesitated for a moment, but finally interrupted and said, "Master, where are those accounts?" ”

Zhu Cihong sighed and said with a smile: "Put it in the most conspicuous place in the living room." This thing can ward off evil spirits in the house. ”

Old Seventeen listened, confused. But Si Qi listened carefully, and seemed to understand. But it wasn't long before he came to his senses.

At the reception banquet, Chu Lushan naturally tried his best to curry favor, and also introduced the officials, scribes, scribes, tellers, chief armor, and stewards in the tax division to Zhu Cihong. In this way, although there was no formal handover, this move obviously determined Zhu Cihong's status.

In the next three days, Chu Lushan, the director of the tax division, came to greet him attentively, and he did not dare to slack off at all. At first, Si Qi thought that he had been beaten hard, and he knew how powerful his master was. But soon he understood. Because...... Every time he led Chu Lushan to the door and saw the stack of account books in the main hall, Chu Lushan would feel uncomfortable, as if there were nails on the ground in his buttocks.

It wasn't until three days later that Chu Lushan took out a brand-new file and waited for Zhu Cihong's handover.

"Master Chu has to pay more attention to recuperation recently, often staying up late, which is not good for health." Zhu Cihong said jokingly, touching the smell of undried ink on the careless dossier, and directly skipped the stacks of thick dossier accounts and picked up the thinnest handbook.

Listening to Zhu Cihong's words, Chu Lushan squeezed out a reluctant smile on his face: "I heard that the next post is the prefect of Quanzhou Prefecture, and there are thousands of mountains and rivers, and I am afraid that it will not stop." ”

Zhu Cihong picked up the thin account book, looked at the cover, and saw a few words in the big book on it: "The general ledger of the fourteenth and fifteenth years of Chongzhen of the Taxation Branch of the Linqing Household Department." ”

Sure enough, it's the general ledger.

Zhu Cihong chuckled, let go directly, and saw a few key characters on it.

"The annual income is seventy-three thousand six hundred and ninety-three taels of silver, and the banknotes are three thousand two thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven thousand six hundred and thirty-two yuan."

Zhu Cihong squinted at these two figures, tasted them, and said: "Lord Chu has only been in office for seven months, and he can earn 70,000 taels of tax silver, this is a capable minister." ”

That's a very pertinent statement. Every year, the tariff amount of the banknotes is 100,000 taels, and there are 73,000 taels in seven months, and if Chu Lushan does it for two months, it will be able to exceed three percent of the tax amount.

Well, the tax customs, just collect more silver. Like in the first year of the Apocalypse, the tax silver reported by the Linqing Tax Customs was 500,000 taels, didn't it make Wei Zhongxian happy with something? It's just that Linqing that year was also very miserable, and I don't know what it was like to be tossed by the tax supervisor that year.

Zhu Cihong's praise made Chu Lushan smile a little more sincerely.

But such sincerity has produced a few bitter smiles. Only Chu Lushan knew that here, there were more than 10,000 taels of silver that he planned to be greedy for.

It's just that I never expected Zhu Cihong to rush over so quickly. Just pouted his hooves and planned to play prestige to clean up Zhu Cihong, but he was beaten to death by Zhu Cihong all of a sudden, and he didn't dare to make any more moths.

In this way, it naturally brings out Chu Lushan's outstanding performance.

It's just such a layer, Chu Lushan didn't plan to say it to ask for credit.

There is no problem with the accounts, and the handover is more than half right. As for the rest of the small half, it is a matter of specific government affairs.

It's just that although Chu Lushan looked down on Zhu Cihong at first, he didn't dare to despise it at this time. He knew Zhu Cihong's movements in Beijing, and understood Zhu Cihong's ability in general affairs, so he naturally didn't dare to use his brains anymore, and he also had a head and a brain when he explained. In addition, Zhu Cihong was originally an expert, and the handover in this regard was naturally completed quickly.

When Chu Lushan handed over the big seal to Zhu Cihong in front of the eyes of hundreds of officials in the vast public hall of Huihong, Chu Lushan seemed to let go of a little obsession and showed a real smile.

"Lord Qin Xia, this Linqing Tax Division will be handed over to you. This official will go to Quanzhou Mansion to take office in a few days. Chu Lushan said to Zhu Cihong with a smile.

Zhu Cihong took the seal, but he couldn't say that he was happy or sad, and said: "Lord Chu went to Quanzhou Mansion, but he was also ...... Woe to you, blessing to rely on, blessing, woe to lurk. Linqing is located in the north, and it is far away, which is the place where the soldiers of Jiannu entered the customs and pointed directly. Speaking of near, five hundred miles away is Kaifeng Mansion, which is besieged by thieves. ”