Passing by Jiangyan, Zhang Guangcheng was sent ashore.

After passing Baimi, he handed the letter written on the boat to the Baimi Tuan clerk who was guarding the dam to interrogate the passing ships, and asked the library to quickly send it to the Baimi Tuan supervisor Li Zhiyong. After passing Qutang, he asked Lu Daming to go ashore and call Yu Jiansheng. When he was about to arrive at Hu's family, Han Xiufeng seemed to remember the alchemy who had been following behind.

Fang Shimei did not dare to disobey Mr. Xu, nor did she dare to offend Han Xiufeng. As soon as she got on the boat, she said bitterly: "Brother Han, I didn't expect that this is your fault. It really has nothing to do with me..."

"Brother Fang, do you think I will take my anger on you because of this?" Han Xiufeng couldn't help asking.

"No, what a person Brother Han is? Not to mention that there is a reason for this lack of trouble. Even if there is no thieves and bandits causing trouble, you won't take it seriously if you are a ninth-grade sesame seed, you won't take it to your heart!"

"That's it, please use tea, let's talk while drinking tea."

"I'm not thirsty, I just drank it."

"Okay, let's talk about the serious business." Han Xiufeng looked at the sky outside and asked bluntly: "Brother Fang, is there any other explanation in Xu Tongzhi besides asking you to take charge of Hai'an inspection?"

"Yes." Fang Shimei didn't dare and had no need to hide it. He took out Xu Laogui's constitution from his arms and said helplessly: "Mr. Xu asked me to persuade the country gentry under my jurisdiction to donate money and grain after taking office, and asked me to raise 5,000 taels of silver and 500 stone of rice within ten days. He also asked me to summon forty young and strong people to help the Tongyamen to suppress the area."

"Five thousand taels, plus five hundred stones of rice!"

"I'm just a headache about this. I said I was trying to donate money and pay, but in fact I was levied and consumed. The land and silver of the flower households could not be collected, so how could I donate money? The gentry and the wealthy households had money and surplus food, but were they so easy to talk to!"

Whether it is to collect land, silver or grain, the gentry collects one method, and the big households receive one method, and the ordinary people are another method. Although it is also necessary to collect fire consumption like gentry and big households, the fire consumption of gentry and big households is much less than that of ordinary people. If you treat gentry and big households like you treat ordinary people, then this official will do the best.

Thinking of this, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile and said, "It's not easy to get a job, but it's just like this official. I thought Mr. Xu valued Brother Fang more, and he originally planned to put Brother Fang on the fire and roast him."

"I only know what kind of evil I did in my previous life, and I was actually doing this unlucky errand!"

"Brother Fang, it's useless to just complain. The most urgent thing is how to deal with Mr. Xu."

"How to submit the job?" Fang Shimei became more and more frustrated as she thought about it. She said hatefully: "I'm already like this. What's the point of being afraid of? At worst, I can lose my official position. Anyway, this official has nothing to do."

Han Xiufeng thought to himself that although Old Gui Xu promised to help Li Changjing's plan for the lack of the lack, he might not be able to plan. Even if he could be appointed as a member of Shangzhou, he could only be a shaking master who did not count. Fang Shimei not only had no courage, but was even timid and afraid of things. It would not be a bad thing to ask him to be a Hai'an inspector.

"Brother Fang, there are no outsiders here, don't have any scruples."

"No, I have anything to worry about, and I have anything to say to Brother Han, but it's okay to say it."

"How much money can you make in a year when doing inspections?"

Fang Shimei didn't expect Han Xiufeng to ask this, and after thinking about it, he said embarrassedly: "Brother Han, I am not promising, timid and timid, so I can't compare with you. But if I can do it steadily, I can still earn five or six thousand taels."

Han Xiufeng pondered: "Make two thousand taels a year?"

Fang Shimei said awkwardly: "It's only so much."

"Brother Fang, I think so. No matter what Mr. Xu is thinking, since he asked you to take the Hai'an inspection, you can't give it up easily. Think about it, how long he had been moved to Taizhou, he persuaded him to donate so many magnanimous people. People spent money not just for the sake of decency, and maybe they would go to Beijing to invest in the capital soon. Of course, even if they were to have a magnanimous person, they would not return to Taizhou to become officials. But in other places, especially those gentry in Guangdong, Guangxi and Huguang who donated magnanimous people. In short, magnanimous people are becoming less and less valuable, but magnanimous people are becoming more and more valuable. There are more and less wolves, don't you think?"

"It's true, it's so difficult to sign a vacancy now, but it will only be even more difficult in the future!"

"So since you have entered the Hai'an Patrol, you can't let it go easily. You grit your teeth and work for a year. I'll help you find a way to find a real teaching, and you have to work for three or five years."

Don’t say this, Fang Shimei won’t believe it easily.

Fang Shimei felt that Han Xiufeng said this, because he had already inquired about Han Xiufeng's background and knew that Han Xiufeng had "someone in the court".

Just as he was about to thank him, he thought of the errand assigned by Mr. Xu, and said sadly: "Brother Han, who doesn't want to do an official? But this official can't do it! If you can't raise all the money and food within ten days, Mr. Xu will definitely transfer me back to Taizhou to defend the city, and will definitely let other alternate inspectors come to Hai'an to take over."

"Then find a way to solve it."

"How to make up? This is not something you can do just by thinking about it. Maybe it will arouse civil unrest!"

Han Xiufeng patted his shoulder and looked at him with a smile and said, "Brother Fang, the five thousand miles of silver plus five hundred stones of rice is a lot less, but not much more. You must have a thousand taels of silver, and the gap is only three or four thousand taels. I will help you talk to the pawn shopkeeper to see if you can borrow three or four thousand taels of rice from the town. As for the five hundred stones of rice, I will ask Dean Gu and others to help you think of a solution."

Fang Shimei asked laughed and cry: "Brother Han, what's the point of asking me to pay for the court to do things for the court? What's more, not only to ask me to pay for it, but also to borrow it!"

"If you stay in the mountains, you will not have to worry about burning firewood. As long as you can be the previous inspector, you can make money back sooner or later if you borrow money from the pawn shop."

"Although that's it, the reason is the same. But now the world is not peaceful, and the bandits are about to kill to Taizhou. This official can't do it for a long time if he wants to do it!"

"Brother Fang, it's not as terrible as you thought." Han Xiufeng patiently analyzed the situation with him, and then changed his subject: "Think about it, as long as we can grit our teeth and survive this level, what will the court think and see us? This is what wealth and honor are sought in danger. I'll leave it here. If you miss this opportunity, you will definitely regret it in the future."

Thinking that the bandits might not be able to look at Taizhou, nor would they see the corner of Shanghai An. Moreover, the army of the imperial envoy Xiang Rong and Qishan were rushing to support Yangzhou. Fang Shimei suddenly found that Taizhou, especially Hai'an, was not that dangerous. He scratched his neck and weighed it, and asked, "Brother Han, you can try it out, but the pawnshop's silver is not that easy to borrow. Don't say that I may not be able to borrow it, even if I can borrow it, there will be no less interest."

"Brother Fang, you borrow money not for yourself. You are not only for the sake of your work for Mr. Xu, but also for the people of Hai'an!" Han Xiufeng stared at him and nodded, and said, "Believe me, President Gu and others have a scale in their hearts. You can definitely borrow this money and grain, and you won't calculate a penny or a cent of interest. However, after taking office, you have to discuss with President Gu and others.

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