At the end of the next day, Li Sihu said: "The day has come for the townships to collect and release the autumn grain, but the lord has ordered to re-verify the yellow book. The old man has already nodded in agreement......"

When the scribes heard this, their faces changed, if anyone took on this errand, it would be Cao Cao and Jiang Gan - unlucky.

"Xun San, you go." Li Sihu's eyes fell on the oily-headed clerk,

"People, I still have a lot of work on hand," Xun San said with a bitter face: "There are thousands of accounts, and it will take several days just to hand them over, but I am afraid that I can't afford to delay." ”

"There's some truth to that." Li Sihu nodded, and turned his gaze to Wang Xiandao, who was standing at the end: "You don't need to settle accounts, just add chaos here, get out of the water and collect taxes, and it can be regarded as waste!" ”

"......" Wang Xian said in a low voice: "But people, subordinates have not learned how to collect taxes." ”

"It's not for you to collect it yourself." Li Sheng said coldly: "It's the matter of the grain chief, you just go to supervise the collection of everything that should be collected, such a simple errand, if you can't do it anymore, get out of the yamen as soon as possible!" Without waiting for him to agree, he turned and went into the inner room.

Back in the public house, Wang Xian saw that several people looked at him with sympathetic eyes...... Although they only got along for a few days, Xu is sympathetic to the weak, Xu is Wang Xian is thoughtful, in short, everyone's attitude towards him is much better. Although he didn't dare to get too close to him due to Li Sihu's pressure, it was still okay to speak normally.

"What, what's wrong?"

"Well, you're in trouble this time." Everyone sighed and said, "Find a way to take sick leave, otherwise you will have to ......walk around without eating," and said that, shaking their heads and doing their own things.

"At least tell me, what should I do next?" Wang Xian said with a bitter face.

"Go to the grain department and find the warden Wang, he will tell you." Wu Wei patted him on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "Guy, you have to listen." ”

"Thank you." Wang Xian smiled gratefully, left the public room and walked to the food department duty room. It is said that the household affairs are the most complicated, under the three economic officials, there are more than 30 non-economic officials, and there is a special grain department for summer and autumn taxes, and Wang Dianguan is the head of the grain department.

When Wang Xian entered, Wang Dianguan had already prepared a white book, signed a card, and a tax payment notice, and handed it to him: "Relax, don't be pressured, I'll find someone to go with you." Saying that, he called a white servant of Qin Shou to come in, and ordered: "You go with Wang Shuban, he is the first time to go back on an errand, you can remind me of something." ”

Qin Shou nodded in response, and saluted Wang Xian again. The white service is a temporary worker outside of the regular errand service, and there are all rooms for running errands, and the status is naturally lower than that of the secretary.

Wang Xian let Li Sihu grind it into small tofu, and he also politely greeted him, which made Qin Shou flattered and didn't even dare to say it.

The two of them first took the books of the household, went to the Zhuang class room to ask for two people, set up a mule cart, and went out of the county seat to Changxin Township, which is fifteen miles to the north.

On the way, Wang Xian saw Qin Shou and the two Minzhuang smiling faces, and seemed to be looking forward to this errand, and couldn't help but ask strangely, "What is so happy and happy?" ”

Qin Shou is in his thirties, white and fat, with a dog's oil beard, seven roots facing up, and roots facing down. The two small eyes, very focused, look very shrewd, and said with a smile: "White servants and people like us have no money to take it, and they work for the government for nothing." In addition to the above regular 'stay out', all pointing out this kind of errand can be a little fancy. ”

"Oh." Wang Xian nodded and said, "Then why do they look at me like a dead person?" ”

"Hehe......" Qin Shouxiao wanted to be confused, but was forced to ask by Wang Xian, so he had to tell the truth, "Isn't this clear, Changxinxiang is the first to complete the review, and other townships have not yet produced results." They looked at the white book and found that not only was the tax amount higher than the original, but even more than last year, and it was definitely going to be delayed, and they would wait for the other townships to review it and see what their situation was. ”

"I see." Wang Xian nodded, as he guessed, and asked, "Then what can we do to deal with them?" ”

"No way." Qin Shou simply shook his head and said: "The grain chief is a figure with his nostrils facing the sky, not to mention a bookmaker like Brother Wang, even our Li Sihu doesn't pay attention to it, everyone talks directly to Sanya and even the master." What can we do? ”

"......" Wang Xian thought about how often he was arrogant, he simply scolded Hu Zhutou as a pig's head, how could he be regarded by others as a white-shirted bookseller?

"If you want me to say, let's go eat and drink and get something, and then come back and make a difference." Seeing that his face was full of sadness, Qin Shou supported him: "Then tomorrow you will open some crotons to eat, and run for a few days, and Sihu will naturally be replaced." ”

"Good intentions." Wang Xian smiled bitterly: "It's really not good, it's the only way to go." "If you dodge the beginning, you can't hide from the fifteenth, Li Sheng can change his tricks to fix him, this is not a way at all.

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When he arrived in Changxin Township in the evening, Wang Xian held the household book and found the house of the chief of Chaoliang in this area. Sure enough, it is another dog household, and the grandstand door alone is on par with He Yuanwai's family, and the porter also has the superiority of the squire's family, and ignores Wang Xianai.

When Wang Xian showed out the book, Menzi looked at him and said: "My family went to visit friends fairly, but let the officials run away in vain." ”

"When will you be back?" Qin Shouxin sighed, he wouldn't even have lost his money for his legs and feet.

"This is not counted, it is possible to have as little as three or five days, or as much as ten days and half a month." Menzi replied unhurriedly.

"That's not a delay." Qin Shou hurriedly said: "Can't you go and find it?" ”

"I can't find this, my family has a wide range of diplomatic friends, it is possible to play chess with the abbot in Qiaoshan Temple, or to go to Xianxialing to find a secluded adventure, every time we return with fun, we can't find it." Menzi said with a smile: "There is only Mrs. and Miss in the house, so I won't invite a few masters in." As he spoke, he took out a stack of half-new and old banknotes from the page of his boots, handed them to Wang Xian and said, "You can't let a few masters run away, be careful, and drink tea." ”

That kind of expression that doesn't treat you as a dish makes Wang Xian hate you so much that the roots of his teeth itch, grandma, Li Sheng looks down on me, and you doorman also looks down on me! But looking at the three people on the left and right, they were all drooling from the pile of money, and it is estimated that they are just humiliating themselves when they have a seizure...... He finally held back his anger and turned around and left.

Qin Shou hurriedly took it and said with a smile: "Thank you, thank you, let's go." ”

The three of them followed Wang Xian out of the gate of the village, the man pouted contemptuously, turned in, and came to the backyard, where he saw an old man in a Taoist robe, who was playing Tai Chi there.

"Master, I've been sent away." Menzi waited patiently for him to accept the invitation before he said respectfully.

"Hmm." The old man is said to have traveled to Changxin Township Grain Changchao Tianjiao, and when he heard this, he stroked his beard and said: "I heard that we should pay grain for our township first, but I was still a little confused. Unexpectedly, Li Sihu sent someone to say that he just prevaricated and took care of him. What kind of medicine is bought in the gourd? ”

"The old man doesn't understand, and the little one naturally doesn't understand either." Menzi said with a smile: "But it's a little offspring, with a few white servants, like the autumn wind, who came to collect taxes." ”

"Huh." Chao Tianjiao took the towel to wipe his sweat and said: "It doesn't matter what kind of trick he plays, anyway, this year, according to the previous negotiation of the release, the extra two will be added to the five, this is even he Li Sihu can't change it!" ”

"That is, our imperial power in the Ming Dynasty does not go to the countryside, and the government cannot interfere in the collection of taxes and grain, how much is collected, how much is given to them, and it is not all up to the lord?" Menzi flattered.

"Hmm, haha......" Chao Tianjiao laughed proudly.

Some people are happy and some people are worried, when Chao Tian was smiling, Wang Xian was walking depressedly on the way back to the city. Qin Shou suggested that he should make a point on the road and then talk about it, but he also ignored it.

It's really unbearable, if it goes on like this, I have to be played to death! The surname is Li, you forced me!

Thinking of this, Wang Xian touched his arms, there were nine financial problems that he audited, and he didn't believe that he couldn't kill you, Lao Wang!

Back in the county seat, it was already past dinner, Wang Xian ignored the three of them, jumped out of the car and went home.

I don't know if he is too careful, it seems that the neighbors are not as enthusiastic as before when they greet him. There is a way that good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and he was killed and brought back to life by the surname Li, and it is estimated that the whole county knows the Tao......

Sure enough, the sixth uncle no longer gave him oranges, and the seventh brother didn't have any fish to give, let alone Zhu Chang's pig's trotters. Although the family still politely called him a petty official, he walked over and whispered:

"Li Guanren really wants to deal with Wang Er?"

"That's still fake, Wang Er's mother followed Wang Xingye back then, not Li Sheng, he hated it all his life. Now you can seize the opportunity, can you not send the second child? ”

"That little two is miserable, not like a grasshopper to be pinched?"

"No, alas, this kid is really unlucky......"

"It's a pity that my orange is ......"

"Shut up, I didn't say anything about my four pigs' trotters, you two rotten oranges are a fart!"

They thought they were saying it behind Wang Xian's back, but they didn't know that those words were all floating to his ears along the wind. Wang Xian sighed, it seems that no one is really optimistic about me......

Thinking wildly, he entered the alley, pushed open the door and said, "Mother, I'm back." ”

"Why, you were fired so soon?" The old lady was taking the soles of her shoes and looked at him with a sneer.

"Mother......" Wang Xian was depressed and wanted to bang his head against the wall, I was depressed enough outside, and I had to be ridiculed by you when I came back......

Who knew that the old lady picked up the sole of her shoe, pumped it on his head, and scolded while pumping: "You are still not a man, don't want to you, you just let him do it?" Kill him! Come back and ask for comfort, you haven't been weaned yet! ”

Wang Xian hugged his head and shouted: "I wasn't opened, I just came back to see ......" (to be continued)