Master: “???”
What does this mean?
Want to fire him?
wrong--
This is implying that he is bribing!
The master reacted and said with a smile:
"Master County Magistrate, I have been an aide for ten years. Over the years, I have worked with the county magistrate to solve problems for the people and put the people in my heart. Naturally, I don't want to lose my position as an aide. If I lose it, how can I serve the people in the future? Don't you agree?"
The lawyer was praised so highly without blushing or getting out of breath.
It seems as if I am really a good person who is dedicated to serving the people.
Then, he touched his sleeve and took out the purse that he had specially prepared when he came to the yamen this morning.
The purse was quite swollen, and with the slightest movement, the silver ingots inside would be squeezed together, making a slight sound.
Placing the purse on the table, the lawyer smiled flatteringly:
"This is a small gift I prepared for the county magistrate to show my appreciation for his service to the people. It's a little small, I hope you don't mind."
"You are worthy of being the aide chosen by the upright and honest Magistrate Zhang. You are truly a kind person with great love in your heart and who is wholeheartedly dedicated to serving the people."
Chu Qi opened her purse.
The master looked at Chu Qi's greedy behavior of opening his purse impatiently, and while he felt relieved, a bit of disdain appeared in his eyes.
Just a corrupt official, he caught him easily——
Karma.
No, what are you doing?
The disdain in the master's eyes quickly turned into shock.
Chu Qi counted the silver slowly and then wrote down the master's name, Liu Dongsheng, on the official account book, and noted at the end:
In the 669th year of the Qian Dynasty, a staff member who was wholeheartedly serving the people presented 15 ingots of silver, saying: "Please take it and do good things for the people, county magistrate."
The lawyer's face twitched. He didn't expect that the new county magistrate was so ceremonial.
What's the use of writing it down? Someone will definitely find an excuse to secretly swallow it later.
But he was willing to write my name, which seemed to indicate that he had some conscience. Liu Dongsheng was somewhat surprised. For the first time in his life, the money he bribed had given him a positive return.
Chu Qi’s thoughts at the moment were.
In a word, the master spent fifteen taels on me.
Fifteen taels was equivalent to half a year's subsidy from the emperor.
With the money, Chu Qi began to assign tasks to the yamen runners under him.
First, the drum used to appeal for justice must be repaired.
This thing is very simple to make. It consists of two parts, the drum skin and the drum body. The drum body is made of a wooden barrel, and the drum skin is made of cowhide.
The Gan Dynasty valued culture over military power, and as for livestock, horses were valued. Cows were also very valued and would not be slaughtered easily. Only cows that were about to die or were about to die of illness would be slaughtered.
Because of this, the quantity of cowhide is very limited, and the price is even slightly more expensive than the fur of wild animals such as tigers.
After all, things are valuable because they are rare.
There was only one largest slaughterhouse in Pingyao County that sold cowhides. A piece of cowhide, the size of a drum skin, cost three taels of silver.
Just a drum skin cost three taels, Chu Qi felt a little distressed, but fortunately, it was his master's money, so he could just spend it, as long as the local account expenditure did not decrease.
However, the subsidy from the county government has not been issued yet, and Chu Qi now has to pay for all his food, clothing and other expenses out of his own pocket.
Well...even if it was paid, with that meager salary alone, after paying the servants at home every month, there would be only a little over a thousand coins left, which is not enough to support the family's monthly expenses.
Now that Chu Qi has her own side job to earn money, she doesn't have to worry too much.
But, it is not a long-term solution after all.
If one day the story stops making money, we will have to find another way out.
After ordering someone to repair the drum skin, Chu Qi and the lawyer asked some questions about Pingyao County.
The people of Pingyao County, like the people in other areas, rely on farming for a living and there is no extra work to earn money.
Except for merchants selling things and landlords renting out land to people for farming.
Since passing the imperial examination, Chu Qi began to learn medicine from the old teacher.
That day, Chu Qi stood with his hands behind his back looking at the barren Pingyao County, and a plan took shape in his mind.
Maybe she could develop a side business.
That is, growing herbs to sell.
Although it is a peaceful time, the dynasty is not truly worry-free.
From time to time, the border herdsmen, the Huns, would come to harass the border of the Qian Dynasty, robbing women and supplies, and their behavior was extremely abominable.
In order to defend their homes, the soldiers on the frontier would have frictions with the Huns every year, and bloodshed in battles was common. When people got injured in battles, medicine became extremely important.
The emperor has always been generous in allocating funds to the soldiers to purchase medicine.
If Chu Qi planted it, he might not only be able to develop a side business for himself, but also provide job opportunities for the people.
What a beautiful thing.
Although I had a plan in mind, it couldn't be realized all at once. It would take some time to prepare. First, I would plant a part of it, and then discuss it with the emperor.
Before that, Chu Qi used the remaining ten taels to fill up the street in front of the county government office.
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In fact, Chu Qi had just come here not long ago. After figuring out the situation at home, she had the idea of studying medicine in her mind.
Whether it was the grandfather’s legs that were broken and not properly reconnected and thus suffered from chronic pain, or the original owner’s biological father’s madness.
She wanted to be cured.
Obviously, the medical level of the Gan Dynasty is very low now, and there is no figure like Hua Tuo in ancient times like Chu Qi's previous life.
If Chu Qi could learn medical skills from the old master, maybe he could cure his grandfather and Ye Ping.
However, before receiving treatment, I have to finish my official duties first.
She had never been a smart person, and she was well aware of that.
So one must do things step by step. First, pass the imperial examination, and then when she has room in her brain to study medicine, she can study it.
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