Captain Li only wants young people and doesn't want any older ones.
How can you be so picky about people? It's like breaking up a family.
Everyone was anxious and looked at Mu Wanqing. Mu Wanqing's mind raced, "Wait a minute, our family..."
Captain Li glared at her fiercely, "The men are all here, when is it the women's turn to speak? I don't talk to women."
Oh, you are still an extreme male chauvinist.
Mu Wanqing looked indifferent and threw out a piece of silver. "Can I talk now?"
Captain Li weighed the silver, which was five taels, and said, "This is just a small amount of money, and you want to..."
Mu Wanqing threw out another piece of silver, "Is that enough?"
A trace of greed flashed in Li Baihu's eyes. "Hand over all the money you have. Exiled prisoners are not allowed to have private assets. None of you are allowed to hide money."
Well, you want to rob openly.
This is the rule, but it also does not say that people are not allowed to keep some money on them.
Mu Wanqing frowned slightly. This person is not good. "Master Zeng, they want to steal your money."
Lord Zeng stepped forward without hesitation, "What? Are you trying to make things difficult for me?"
He was wearing a black fox fur cloak and a sable warm hat. The fur was extremely dense and smooth, and it looked like it was not an ordinary item.
First respect the clothes and then respect the person. Li Baihu saw that he was rich and noble, so he dared not offend him. "Excuse me, who are you?"
Lord Zeng said calmly, "My surname is Zeng, and I am the official in charge of escorting prisoners from the capital."
Captain Li was extremely shocked. Are the officials in the capital so rich these days?
This black fox fur cloak alone is worth hundreds of taels of silver!
Maybe, the family is rich?
No matter what he thought in his heart, he was still polite on the surface, "So it's you, Lord Zeng, why are you helping these heinous exiled prisoners?"
Mr. Zeng sighed softly in his heart, "It's not a favor, but, this money is given by me, you have to get my consent before you can take it."
"What?" Li Baihu suspected that there was something wrong with his ears. The officials gave money to the prisoners? Who was sick?
Lord Zeng looked at Mu Wanqing, and Mu Wanqing made a two gesture to him, indicating that she was going to start the second plan.
Lord Zeng immediately put on a proud look and looked at the chief officer, "Sir, I want to buy some land both inside and outside the city, but I don't know where to go to inquire about the situation."
The chief officer and Captain Li looked at each other. Is this because they have money but nowhere to spend it?
"Aren't you going back to Beijing to report?"
"I want to set up some business. I think there will be great things to be done here." Lord Zeng said this with great certainty. Miracles usually happen where Miss Mu is.
The chief officer was dumbfounded. "Didn't you pay attention to the situation in the city when you entered?"
Mr. Zeng originally wanted to buy a house secretly, but now the situation has changed and his plans have changed accordingly.
"I see. Only the cross commercial street is relatively lively, and the market is also OK. Everything else is not good. There are a lot of wastelands and mountains outside the city. It can't be compared with the capital, nor with other prosperous cities."
But, this is a frontier town, and there are wars all year round. If the enemy attacks, no matter how prosperous it is, it will be destroyed.
The people living at the border have only one request, which is to stay alive.
Seeing that he was serious, the chief officer called his men and said, "Go, inform Lord Qian to come over. Someone wants to buy the land."
Mr. Qian came soon and asked excitedly, "Do you really want to buy land? How big do you want to buy?"
Where did this sucker come from? We must seize it firmly.
Mr. Zeng looked at Mu Wanqing and asked, "Miss, what do you think?"
Lord Qian was shocked, and the chief officer and Captain Li were even more shocked. What was going on?
Why would you ask an exiled prisoner such a question? And in such a respectful tone? This is wrong. Very wrong.
Mu Wanqing pursed her lips and said, "Buy 10,000 acres, and there must be water sources and mountains nearby."
Mr. Qian rolled his eyes and said, "Someone wants to sell a ranch. It's 25,000 acres. It's a bit big, but it's cheap. It's only 15,000 taels of silver. Are you interested?"
Li Baihu rolled his eyes. That's all? His ancestors for three generations had never seen so much silver.
There is no way. The people in the border areas are poor and the officials can't make any money.
Mu Wanqing raised her eyebrows, "Why would you sell it for no reason?"
Mr. Qian couldn't help but ask, "This is..."
Mr. Zeng introduced solemnly, "Ms. Mu Wanqing, the head of the Mu family, is very interested in farming. She suggested that I buy land here, saying that the land here is cheap, and a field only costs one or two taels of silver. Where can I buy it here? Is she right?"
Mr. Qian felt very complicated. A girl was the head of a clan? What was wrong with the world?
Also, it was ridiculous that a young girl who had never seen the world could fool an official from the capital and refuse to believe anything he said.
But, he still had to bite the bullet and say, "No, she has good taste."
Mr. Zeng smiled with satisfaction, "I want her to be my advisor when I buy the land. Is that feasible?"
Mr. Qian's mind is full of taxes and silver. As long as they can make this deal, they will have a good New Year.
"No problem, whatever you think is okay with it."
A clear voice rang out, "No, I have to report to the guard post. I will be fined if I am late."
It was Mu Wanqing. She held her father with her left hand and her mother with her right hand. "Let's go, Lord Li. Let's go now."
Li Baihu was about to say something when Lord Qian rushed over and covered his mouth. "Rules are one thing, and the actual operation is another. Buying land is a big deal for Lord Zeng. I think Li Baihu will not object."
"Old Li, what do you think?"
Faced with two pairs of eyes full of warnings, what else could Captain Li say? He was forced to nod.
Mu Wanqing saw this and felt very embarrassed. "It's too much of a stretch. This is not good. I'm afraid I'll be bullied later."
To make things difficult for someone? Everyone understood what it meant after a brief thought. This metaphor is quite vivid.
Mr. Qian patted his chest and promised, "I promise I won't."
Unexpectedly, Mu Wanqing said, "I don't believe in men's lies."
Mr. Qian: ...
"So what do you want?"
Mu Wanqing's eyes rolled around, "Master Qian is in charge of money and grain. Do you need any help? My eldest brother is very good at accounting. He can finish several years' account books in half a day."
This really hit the nail on the head for Master Qian. His subordinates were not good at calculating accounts, which gave him a headache every time. "Are you sure?"
Mu Wanqing smiled slightly and said, "Of course, whether it's a horse or a mule, just take it out for a walk."
Mr. Qian thought for a moment and said, "Go and find the account book from five years ago."
After a while, a pile of account books were brought to Mu Zicheng. Mu Zicheng glanced at his sister, and Mu Wanqing nodded slightly at him.
Mu Zicheng took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and put all his skills into play.
The room was very quiet, with only the sound of beads being moved. Mu Zicheng was moving beads very quickly with one hand, and drawing on paper with a pen in the other.
Mr. Qian stood behind him the whole time, watching the whole process.
At first, he was a little unconvinced. What was written here? 1234? And there were strange tables.
But later, his eyes became different, and they became brighter and brighter.
Mu Zicheng finally finished the calculation and presented the result with both hands.
Mr. Qian took the report and asked impatiently, "Please explain this form."
It is a new system that is simpler and clearer than the old bookkeeping method and saves a lot of work.
Mu Wanqing had previously given special lessons to a few of Mu Zicheng's students with good test scores. Mu Zicheng also taught ordinary students and had already memorized the knowledge and was good at expressing himself.
He explained it in great detail and clearly, and anyone with a basic understanding could understand it immediately.
Mr. Qian's eyes were full of surprise. This report is good, and this... Arabic numerals are also good. "Old Jiang, I want this person."
He wants to promote this system to benefit others as well as himself.
Every time he checked the accounts, he got a headache because the people under him were all messed up.
With this form, all you have to do is fill in the data. How easy is that.
The chief officer had no objection, "Okay, just complete the formalities and take me away."
Captain Li jumped out and said, "I don't agree. This is my man."
Mr. Qian's eyes widened, "Have you completed the formalities? Have you completed them? Have you completed them?"
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to fight.
Captain Li couldn't tell who was the military officer for a moment. "Old Qian, please be reasonable. First come, last served. I came first..."
He dared to fight with Lao Qian, all the money and grain transfers had to go through Lao Qian's hands!
Mr. Qian said unreasonably, "I was here first and I have always been here."
This is his territory.
Captain Li rolled his eyes in anger, "You are a living bandit."
Mr. Qian retorted wildly, "You speak as if you are a gentleman. If you can rob, why can't I?"
What he said made so much sense that it was impossible to refute it, so Captain Li had no choice but to retreat.
In this way, Mu Zicheng became Mr. Qian's little follower. He did not receive any salary, but was provided with food and accommodation.
This is a hundred times better than joining the army, and it can also protect the family. Everyone is so envious that their eyes turn red.
Mr. Qian turned around and looked harmless again, "There is a piece of vacant land in South City, why don't we go take a look now?"
"Okay." Lord Zeng didn't say anything, and Mu Wanqing made the decision directly, "Lord Li, let's go together."
"Go." Captain Li wanted to see what she was up to and what she had done to deserve so many people's attention.
The group went there by car, and Captain Li then discovered that this group of exiles all had horse-drawn carriages, and their clothes were clean and very warm.
He felt bad. These people used to live a life of luxury, and even though they were down and out now, they still lived more comfortably than ordinary people.
"You hid a lot of silver when you searched my house. I will report you unless you hand over the silver."
The unhappiness in these words came out, and Mu Wanqing looked at him steadily, "Do you have any misunderstandings about the Wuyi Guard's ability to do things? Otherwise, you can write a letter to Wu Dongming, the deputy commander of the Wuyi Guard, to question him?"
Captain Li disliked her particularly. With her father and brother both around, it was really not a good look for a girl like her to show up in public.
"You make it sound like you can get in touch with Deputy Commander Wu."
"I can't." Mu Wanqing paused, then changed the subject, "Lord Zeng can, they are playmates who grew up together, and this trip to the west was also suggested by Lord Wu."
Li Baihu: ...
No way, no way, he didn’t offend Lord Zeng just now, right?
As expected, no one from the capital can be offended. God knows who is standing behind them.
Or, whether their relatives or friends are any powerful people.
Mr. Zeng smiled slightly, "Look at what you said, it's not like you don't know Brother Dongming. I came here to escort you. Only if you are well, can everyone be well."
Captain Li's heart skipped a beat and he secretly cried out inwardly, "Oh no!"
Where does this girl come from? Isn't she the descendant of an ordinary criminal official?
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