Sophia and Mingzhu also saw that Muchuan was worried about this matter, and both women burst out laughing.
Seeing the two of them laughing like this made Muchuan very puzzled: "What are you two laughing at?"
Sophia: "Do you care about Xin'er very much?
If you care about her, you can just go to Fang's store to find her, there is no need to ask us."
"I...I'm not sure whether I should look for her or not."
Muchuan said hesitantly.
Things have changed a lot since she left Chang'an City for nearly a month. Could it be that Xin'er was angry with him for leaving so well?
If she was angry, Muchuan would be asking for trouble if he went directly to her.
It was precisely because of this that he did not want to look for it.
Mingzhu looked at Muchuan's soft appearance, stretched out her hand and pinched Muchuan's arm hard. This pinch caused him great pain.
"Mingzhu, what are you doing...Why are you pinching me for such a good job?"
Muchuan touched his red and swollen arm and said.
"I'm complaining that you are cowardly. You are invincible in the official battlefield, but you are such a mother-in-law only emotionally. Isn't this what you are doing as a man?"
Well, now that Sophia and Mingzhu have scolded him so much, Muchuan feels that he is too cowardly. Now he is not going to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but he is just going to ask Xin'er what's going on. What's wrong with this?
Open.
Now Muchuan was not resting anymore, and was preparing to leave for Fang's mansion.
However, when Muchuan just walked out of the threshold of the main hall, he heard urgent shouts from outside, "Lord Muchuan, Lord Muchuan, are you back?"
Hearing this voice, Muchuan immediately knew who it was. It was Ouyang Bufan!
This Ouyang Bufan is really good and well-informed. Muchuan just came back from the border and he knew it immediately.
Soon you can see Ouyang Bufan himself, wearing a square crown and white uniform, moving vigorously and fiercely.
"Mr. Muchuan, you are finally back! It's great! Come on, follow me back to the Hubu Mansion!"
When Ouyang Bufan spoke, he grabbed Muchuan's arm and looked like he was going to kidnap Muchuan away.
Muchuan shook the boy away with a flick of his hand and asked the other party what was going on. Even if there was an urgent matter, it had to be explained first. There was no way he could follow the other party right away.
Ouyang Bufan complained endlessly: "There is a lot of work in the Household Department waiting for you to handle! Mo Zhu fell ill just two days ago! Now the whole work of the Household Department is on me!"
No wonder Ouyang Bufan is so arrogant. He was not good at handling paperwork. Now that everything is burdened on him, of course he can't stand it.
The problem was that Muchuan was about to go looking for Xin'er, but so many things happened in the Ministry of Household Affairs. However, after weighing the balance, the work in the Ministry of Household Affairs was more important. At the moment, he could only follow Ouyang Bufan back to the official residence of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
In the main hall of Hubu's official residence, there are four tables on the left and right sides, with many books, folds and bamboo slips stacked on them.
Beside the table, several officials could be seen lying down with thick black circles under their eyes, looking like zombies.
It seemed that the situation was much more serious than Muchuan thought. When he left Chang'an City, the whole household was still full of vitality. Unexpectedly, it had only been a month since he left and it would be like this. If others didn't know, they would have thought they were in a cemetery.
When Muchuan and Ouyang Bufan returned to the official residence of the Ministry of Revenue, Ouyang Bufan shouted loudly: "Colleagues, Lord Muchuan is back!"
This sound seemed to give many officials a shot of blood. All the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs looked over, and then they all started to cry and howl.
"It's Master Muchuan! Master Muchuan is finally back!"
"The sky has eyes and will not destroy our household department! If Lord Muchuan does not come back, I am afraid that the entire household department will collapse."
"It's great, great, it's finally saved!"
All the officials shouted excitedly, as if they saw the Daluo deity descending to earth to save the world.
It's just that they are really exaggerating. No matter how much work they have, Muchuan is just one person, and there is no way he can solve everything immediately.
At this time, Muchuan strode straight to the maple chair in the main hall and ordered his servants to make a pot of tea.
"Everyone, please stop what you are doing. Let's take a rest first."
Gengqing Muchuan was going to have tea and cakes with everyone, which made all the officials anxious.
There are many things pressing on the household department's head right now. We are so busy that we don't have time to drink tea and eat cakes.
"Sir, since you are back, let's help with the work together. Mr. Mo can't survive due to illness, and we don't know how to deal with many things."
"The funds from the national bonds you issued previously have been used up, but many projects are still short of funds. You have to think of a way."
"There is also the field reclamation work in the Chang'an Plain, which is tense and not going well."
The officials all acted very anxiously and their voices were like a barrage of cannonballs. It was obvious that they were in a state of hysteria.
The more they are in such a state, the more they need to take a good rest. Their nerves continue to be tense and their condition is not good. Dealing with work under such a situation will only affect work efficiency.
Muchuan waved his hand and asked them to sit down and rest first. If they had something to say, they had to pay attention to the balance between work and rest.
After Muchuan said this, everyone finally sat down to drink tea and eat cakes.
"These tea leaves are a specialty I brought from Dongyang County on the border. As for this red bean cake, it is made with high-quality white sugar. You must taste it."
When the officials ate it, their eyes lit up and they were full of praise.
Suddenly everyone's attention was diverted, they were all enjoying the delicious food, which was very enjoyable.
Seeing that everyone had relaxed, Muchuan asked them to report on the recent work of the Household Department. It took half an hour before they finally understood.
"I already know the situation of the household department. The main reason now is nothing more than manpower."
The lack of manpower has led to a significant drop in the work efficiency of the entire household department, and the root cause of this problem is to dispatch more manpower.
Muchuan then made work arrangements. First of all, he concentrated on letting the "elites" in the household department take a good rest first.
At present, the main staff of the household department are working hard, are in low spirits, and have more or less physical problems. Mozhu is a typical example.
"Master Liu, Master Zhang, Master Li... you five have a day off today. Go back and have a good sleep."
The officials were all shocked when they heard what Muchuan said. They just went back on vacation like this?
Who will do the work of the household department?
Muchuan said with a smile: "Everyone takes turns to rest and take turns to do... Of course, so much work is not so easy to do, so next everyone's responsibility is to learn to arrange for others to do it."
