Chapter 896 Ambition (Thanks to the reward from the book friend "Xiangsidou1968")
Manbao sighed sadly, "I'm reading."
Mrs. Tang asked with a smile, "What kind of book are you reading so hard?" She glanced at County Magistrate Yang and asked, "Could it be that you've been forced to do hard labor?"
County Magistrate Yang held Tang Dalang in his arms, took a piece of dessert from the plate and gave it to him, with a smile on his face, as if he didn't care what they were saying.
Manbao said, "I read all kinds of books. Madam Tang, is this your first time in Luojiang County?"
Mrs. Tang glanced at Manbao with a reproachful look, knowing that she was just trying to give her a perfunctory answer. However, seeing that she was smiling broadly and showing no sign of guilt or embarrassment, she knew that she was thick-skinned. It would be difficult to get anything out of her, so she could only follow her words and change the subject. "Yes, it's your first time. Will you take me out for a walk tomorrow?"
Mrs. Tang has never been one to waste time or make unreasonable demands. If this road doesn't work, then she won't go on.
Manbao, who had been planning to introduce her to a few places, paused and said, "Actually, the most interesting thing about our Luojiang County is the county government office. Other places are very ordinary and far inferior to Yizhou City. So, I think you don't need to go out, Madam Tang."
Mrs. Tang: "...Don't lie to me, what's so fun about the county government office?"
"Lord Yang's garden is very beautiful. It is the most beautiful garden in the entire Luojiang County."
Mrs. Tang asked, "Is it prettier than mine?"
Manbao said honestly, "That's not comparable."
Mrs. Tang snorted and asked, "What about the Biji family?"
Well, that's even more incomparable.
Cui on the side smiled and pushed Madam Tang, "Cousin, you must be dissatisfied with the simplicity of my place."
Mrs. Tang laughed angrily and said, "Who am I doing this for? It's for the two of us. They don't know what to do all day long. They won't show you this, and they won't tell you that. Now, whenever I think of Tang Zhihe's face, I get angry."
Having said that, Yang Heshu could only stand up and bow, repeatedly apologizing, "It's official business. I beg for forgiveness, sister-in-law."
"Okay, I'd like to blame you, but my sister is here, and I can't hurt the jade bottle just to kill a mouse."
County Magistrate Yang didn't care at all about being compared to a rat, and bowed again with a smile.
Everyone had a welcoming banquet in peace. Manbao and Baishan Bai Erlang were extremely well-behaved when they returned to their own guest house. They said goodbye well-behavedly and walked well-behavedly on the path back. As soon as they entered their guest house, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Manbao said, "I feel like Madam Tang is like a hen that can't get any worms to eat. How scary."
Bai Jilang: "I always feel like she's about to burst into flames."
Bai Shan: "Fortunately she restrained herself."
The three of them looked at each other, shuddered, and said, "Let's continue working in the study tomorrow. It's too dangerous outside."
The next day, Mrs. Tang also wandered around outside the study and found that the gatekeeper, Wan Tian, was particularly ruthless and refused to let her in, so she had to leave angrily.
Cui hurried to comfort her.
Madam Tang pulled her into the garden to talk, angrily saying, "How could I not know they had something important to do? But this man and woman are one, and they've sent me here, and they're also sending me back to the capital. This is obviously a matter of life and death, and he won't tell me anything. I can't even sleep well every day. He's worried about me, but he's worried about the three children knowing. How come he knows I can't compare to them and tells others?"
Cui was stunned for a moment and asked, "Cousin, are you going back to Beijing?"
Mrs. Tang paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "I have to go back to Beijing to take care of my sick son."
This was naturally just an excuse, and Cui Shi could hear it. She couldn't help but feel worried. "My husband and I just got married, so I can't ask too much about his official business. But my cousin and her husband seem to have a good relationship. Could it be that her husband hasn't said anything either?"
"Yes, that's why I'm worried. He didn't hide the fact that he had taken such a big piece of land from the King of Yizhou from me before. I don't know what he is hiding so well now."
The two looked at each other and became a little worried.
County Magistrate Yang didn't care about all this. He just ordered his men to guard the study and not let anyone in except Manbao and the other three.
Manbao and his colleagues worked overtime every day, and with the help of County Magistrate Yang, they finally sorted out the account books and calculated various values.
After seeing the data they calculated, County Magistrate Yang couldn't help but pat the booklet and praised it, "As expected of students taught by Mr. Zhuang himself, you are really good."
All three of them puffed out their chests proudly.
Manbao also made a table for him, "I found that the numbers are changing, and the fluctuations are very large, so I made a table for you to take a look."
County Magistrate Yang took it and looked at it. The smile on his face slowly disappeared. He flipped through the iron tools Bai Shan had calculated, and his expression became more serious. "This matter cannot be delayed. You guys quickly copy these books. I want to take the originals away."
Three people: "...There are so many, do we have to copy them all?"
County Magistrate Yang patted someone on the shoulder and said seriously, "I believe you."
The three men slumped their shoulders. They didn't want his belief at all, really.
Counting things is somewhat interesting, but copying things is really not interesting at all.
This is just an account book, not an article you haven't read before. You can copy it and appreciate it.
County Magistrate Yang had already sat down at the table and said, "You must also make a copy of all the things you have sorted out and keep them here. I will send the rest to the capital."
Bai Erlang's scalp tingled, and he covered his stomach and said, "My stomach hurts a little."
Manbao said, "I have needles there, and medicine in the storeroom. Do you want an acupuncture or medicine?"
Bai Erlang put his hands down, sat back at the table with his head drooping, and said with a pout, "I don't want either of them!"
County Magistrate Yang saw this and a smile flashed in his eyes. He said to Bai Shan and Man Bao who were still standing, "There will be many more difficult things in the future. This is the simplest one. Do you think investigating a case is so simple?"
The two men sat back down, sighing as they took out white paper to copy the account books. While grinding ink, they asked, "Master Yang, is this why you don't like investigating cases? I heard from County Magistrate Tang that your family background is better than his, and your exam scores were better than his, yet you didn't go to a large county, but came to our lower county instead."
Yang Heshu smiled as he copied the book in his hand, "I don't like the struggle of collusion. The upper county is usually Guo County, with a governor and a military governor above them. If you're unlucky, there might even be a vassal king. Countless things are waiting for you every day when you open your eyes. If that's the case, I might as well stay in the Hanlin Academy. Why bother being sent out?"
He said, "I was sent out to see the people's livelihood. Lord Tang and I have different ambitions. He wants to be like Lord Tang and wish for no unjust cases in the world, but I just want the granaries to be full and the people to have enough food to eat and clothes to keep them warm."
Manbao couldn't help but clap his hands and said happily: "This is a good ambition, it's similar to mine. Well, of course, Lord Tang's is also good."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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