There were fresh soft tofu and green onion, ginger and garlic in the kitchen of the post house. Chu Nanzhi used these ready-made ingredients to make a pot of green onion, tofu and crucian carp soup.
After leading Si Bao to bring a basin of fragrant crucian carp soup back to the side room, Lin Jinxiao was sitting at the desk reading books, and Liu Shuyang appeared next to the tea table.
Smelling the fragrant smell, Liu Shuyang immediately stood up and came over to greet them, praising them profusely: "The food cooked by my eldest sister is so fragrant. Just smelling it makes you want to eat."
"You didn't go to dinner with Saburo?"
Chu Nanzhi asked with a smile.
"He accompanied Mr. Hu to the county government office."
After Liu Shuyang finished speaking, a blush appeared on her fair face, and she asked sarcastically: "Sister, this is my first time to go out so far. What do you think I should buy for my cousin and give it back to her?"
"Her."
The corners of Chu Nanzhi's lips raised slightly with an evil smile: "That damn girl, she will be happy if you bring Tuoxiang back to her."
"Oh, where can I buy it?"
Liu Shuyang asked confused.
He had never heard of such a thing and didn't know what it was.
Chu Nanzhi glanced at the dishes on the table and suddenly felt that the crucian carp soup in her hand was no longer fragrant. She slowly withdrew her smile and said solemnly: "Let's all sit down and eat."
He went to the desk and helped Lin Jinxiao sit down, and personally served a bowl of fish soup for everyone. Looking at Liu Shuyang's puzzled expression, he was afraid that he would discuss Xiang's problem with him again at this time, so he quickly gave him a trick:
"Azhu and your second sister are both of the same virtue. What they usually like is some rouge and gouache. Just buy her a box of rouge."
In fact, Chu Nanzhu's temperament didn't require Liu Shuyang to buy anything for her. As long as the little son-in-law could live by her side peacefully, the stinky girl would be satisfied.
But it's a good thing that my son-in-law has such a heart. It's rare that he cares so much about that girl.
"Then just listen to eldest sister."
Liu Shuyang replied with a smile and went to drink the fish soup in large gulps.
Seeing that everyone began to taste the fish soup seriously, Chu Nanzhi warned her son-in-law again: "Shu Yang, after you go back this time, you should learn the craftsmanship from Carpenter Lao Wang.
Once you have thoroughly researched what I said, come to me and get money to buy materials and a shop."
"How can we let eldest sister pay for it again? Master and I will just find a way ourselves."
Liu Shuyang didn't want to be looked down upon by her eldest sister and brother-in-law anymore, so she said firmly.
"You don't have to worry about money."
Anyway, it was only a few dozen taels of silver at most, and she didn't care about the profit or loss. She asked him to do this just to test and experience him.
Chu Nanzhi took a sip of the fish soup and continued after careful consideration: "When the time comes, I will give each of you, master and disciple, 20% of the shares. Any losses will be mine, and any gains will be shared by everyone."
After thinking about it, she added: "If you encounter any problems, please feel free to ask me. I can help you with some advice."
"Don't worry, eldest sister, I will do whatever you ask me to do."
Liu Shuyang replied obediently.
Lin Jinxiao drank three bowls of fish soup in silence, with an intoxicated expression on his face. He looked at Chu Nanzhi with a lively look, the corners of his seductive mouth slightly curved, and he smiled sincerely: "The fish soup is very good, and my husband is very satisfied.
"
After saying that, he took the crutches and hurriedly stood up. While turning out, he continued: "I have to go to the county office to discuss disaster relief and coastal defense with Peng Sanlang. You..."
If you want to be a husband, go to the county government office and glance at her meaningfully, but you are too embarrassed to say what you are thinking.
Seeing that he didn't go out immediately, Chu Nanzhi told him, "I'll prepare some dishes in the afternoon. After you finish talking, let Peng Dianshi and Mr. Hu come to the post house for dinner."
"good."
Lin Jinxiao responded calmly and went straight out of the post house.
Haikang County Government Office
Hu Maoxi and Peng Pai were waiting in the back hall of the meeting hall with the county officials. When they saw Lin Jinxiao coming in with several government servants, they immediately raised their hands in salute and waited for him to sit in the hall. Peng Pai first handed over several documents in his hands.
The roll was handed over respectfully.
Lin Jinxiao listened to Peng Pai say while looking through the copy that was presented:
"Yesterday, my superiors searched the properties of criminal officials and powerful and evil gentry overnight. I confiscated the property from the basement of Kang Mingyuan's house and converted it into silver, totaling 453,000 taels. Nearly 30,000 taels of silver were found in the home of Chief Secretary Tan Miao, and another 453,000 taels of silver were found from Kang Mingyuan's house.
A total of 600,000 taels of silver were found in more than ten homes of Tang Yi Party members, and the rest of the criminal merchants and wealthy property owners listed on the inspection list are still being counted."
Hearing this, Lin Jinxiao slapped the desk in front of him with a heavy slap, and said angrily: "It's just a mere Haikang County, but the level of corruption is so bad."
Hu Maoxi couldn't help but shook his head in anger and sighed secretly: He had served as an official in a big county like Luyan Port, and he had only saved tens of thousands of taels of silver from wealthy families over the years, but Kang Mingyuan actually
To be able to embezzle so much property is indeed true to the old saying that "one term as an official is not as good as one year in Haikang County".
Seeing that Shangguan was angry, Peng Pai half lowered his head and became much more cautious in his next words: "In addition, incomplete statistics show that officials and powerful evil gentry in Haikang County have occupied nearly 80,000 acres of land."
Hu Maoxi gritted his teeth after hearing this, and finally couldn't help but speak out: "Haikang County only has 200,000 acres of arable land, but it has to support a population of more than 300,000 people. These unscrupulous things simply don't give the people a way to survive."
Lin Jinxiao's face was uncertain for a while, and the sullen look in his eyes gradually dissipated. He looked at Hu Maoxi calmly and asked slowly: "Master Hu, what is the statistics of the properties seized in the past two days?"
Hu Maoxi carefully handed over a volume of copywriting in his hand and answered truthfully: "All kinds of gold, silver and jade ornaments equivalent to nearly 300,000 taels of silver were seized from the Dongsang people's hiding place in Qinyuan Village. In addition, the smuggled goods confiscated in the past few days were
The salt merchants and several officials involved under the Salt Road Yamen totaled fifty-nine thousand taels."
After saying that, he took out a few more volumes of letters from his sleeves, handed them to Lin Jinxiao, examined them and said: "These letters were also intercepted from the hiding place of the Dongsang people. They were about to be sent to the county. Presumably these thieves have already
Start preparing to bribe county officials."
Lin Jinxiao had just put the letter aside, and Peng Pai also took a wooden box and handed it to him solemnly, indicating: "These are all the letters and evidence of Kang Mingyuan's bribery to the county postal supervisor and several adults over the years.
Please handle it as appropriate, Mr. Lin."
"I will truthfully report the evidence of Dongsang Ren and Kang Mingyuan to the county officials to the court. What I want to talk about next is about disaster relief and coastal defense."
Lin Jinxiao looked around at the officials in the hall with a deep look and said sternly:
"At the moment, there is only one official in Haikang County, Han Jiaoyu, and many other yamen at all levels have been investigated and punished. Although those who can sit peacefully in the hall today are not like Kang Mingyuan and other heinous criminals, there are many of them.
Over the years, people have plundered the people a lot, and even helped the tyrants to commit crimes. I will not pursue the past, but if someone dares to do it again in the future, I will not be lenient."
As soon as he said this, all the junior and senior officials, including the district guards, meritorious officers, wardens, postmasters, tax ambassadors, warehouse ambassadors, river bank officers, gate officers, etc., all nodded in fear.
yes.
Even Hu Maoxi was a little scared when he looked at this fierce and sinister look.
We have known him for several years, and he always showed a cold and aloof look. To say that his gentlest eyebrows have only been seen in the private room to the east of the post house these past few days.
If they had seen him at his most gentle appearance, I am afraid no one would believe that this guy could be the iron-faced censor who instantly killed the imperial officials in a busy city.