Great Tang Broom Star: Chapter 163 Yang Deli Niub

  Chapter 163 Yang Deli Niubi

  Du He returned with three servants.

   "Meet my husband!"

Du He had a look of joy on his face, "The lowly slave eats and sleeps well in Mars Bay, but he is worried that there will be no one to serve you by your side. The lowly slave was overjoyed when he got the news that he was back to serve him, and wished he could fly here with wings ..."

  He said these words incessantly, with a pair of brows for a while, and then raised and lowered...

  In addition to Du He, a cook came.

   "I have met Mr. Lang."

  The cook is called Cao Er, he is a bit strong, but he looks like a cook.

  Jia Pingan said: "Let my cousin teach you cooking later on."

   Cao Er happily knelt down and said, "Thank you, sir!"

  The one who does chores is called Song Bubu, and he looks tall and powerful.

  The corner of Jia Ping'an's mouth twitched, "Your name...is there a reason?"

  Song Bububu said angrily: "When I gave birth to a lowly slave, the family had three older brothers, and the family wanted to give away the lowly slave. Who knew that no one wanted it... so it was called Song Chubu."

   Wonderful!

   There is also a maid who is sixteen years old and looks ordinary.

   "Nu Hongyan, I have met Mr. Lang."

   "Each perform their duties, do their own duties well, and there will be what they should have." Jia Pingan thought for a while, "There is no need to call yourself a lowly slave, and it is still a common name."

   "Lang Jun..."

  In an instant, the eyes of several servants lit up.

  There were four more people in the family, and it suddenly became lively.

  Ah Fu was lying on the side, enjoying the game while watching the newcomers busy.

  Yang Deli came back in a hurry when the gate was about to close.

   "How are you doing in Cangbe these days?"

   "It's okay." Yang Deli washed his face, and said happily: "In the past few days, I used the method you taught me to settle accounts, and slowly re-checked the things in the warehouse... Although I am tired, I find it interesting."

   This is what it feels like to be fulfilled.

good.

  Jia Pingan felt that such a cousin was more lively.

  The next morning, because there were more servants in the house, there was more commotion.

   Jia Ping'an practiced the knife, Cao Er cooked, Hongyan tidied up Jia Ping's room, Song did not come out to chop firewood...

   Well organized!

  But what about Du He?

   "... I will wait here from now on, please take care of Fangzheng."

"polite…"

  The voices of Du He and Jiang Rong came from outside.

  Jia Ping'an nodded, feeling that Du He took the initiative, and knew to greet Fangzheng first when he came, so that he could handle things easily afterwards.

  After breakfast, the two brothers went to the Yamen and told Du He to take good care of Ah Fu.

   "Don't worry, sir."

  Du He smiled, and his handsome appearance reminded Jia Ping'an of his previous identity, official!

   Turning his head, Du He couldn't help laughing when he saw Ah Fu lying by the door with a simple and honest look on his face.

   "Mr. Lang is really different. People in other houses raise cats and dogs, but Mr. Lang raises ferocious iron-eating beasts..."

  He was about to close the door when he saw something black and white roll out of the corner of his eye...

   "Ah Fu is out!"

   "Second, get rid of the chickens and ducks! Watch out for the dog, if the dog scares Ah Fu, I will kill it!"

   The outside suddenly boiled.

  …

  Hubu Shangshu Yang Zuan entered the duty room slowly, sat down tremblingly, and then sighed.

  He is old and not in good health. He is taking medicine recently.

   "Yang Shangshu."

  The servant and the doctors of all ministries have come.

  Yang Zuan nodded, and after everyone sat down, he first said some words of encouragement, and then got to the point.

   "It's approaching the end of the year. I'll go back to Chaozhong and His Majesty to ask for the general account of the year's income and expenditure. How much was paid, how much was collected, and how much is left..."

  Yang Zhuan's eyes became more stern, "This is a major national matter, we must make clear calculations, whoever is negligent and makes mistakes, whoever wants to take something if his hands are itchy...severely punished!"

   "Cough, cough, cough!" He coughed, and there was pain in his eyes.

   Everyone quickly stood up and responded.

  Yang Zuan took a few breaths, and said to Chang Lin, the doctor of the Cangbu: "The Cangbu is in charge of the grain and grass in the army. The salaries of the officials are distributed, and they have to manage the Changping warehouse...There are many things, you have to work harder."

  Smiled to Changlin and said: "Yang Shangshu, don't worry, the Cangbu will be able to make a clear calculation with the concerted efforts of the whole department."

  Yang Zuan took a deep breath, feeling a little more comfortable in his throat, "That... Jia Ping'an's cousin is in the Cangbu, is there anything weird about it?"

Well!

  Everyone has weird looks on their faces.

   Logically, a small official can't get into the eyes of these big guys, but he can't stand that he is the cousin of the broom star! No, even Yang Zuan was worried that Yang Deli would bring disaster to Cangbu.

  He stroked his slender beard to Chang Lin, "That man is serious about his work."

  Yang Zuan nodded, "That's good."

   Later, Xiang Changlin returned to Cangbu and convened his subordinates to discuss matters.

   "Our warehouse department manages a lot of things, and we pass countless money and food every day. The first thing is to take care of your own hands and don't stretch them randomly. The second is to be serious! Serious! Serious again!"

  Everyone agreed, Ji Shi Yan Shuo got up and said: "Mr. Xiang, because of His Majesty's ascension to the throne this year, there are more rewards, and it will take more time."

   Accounting history is the accountant of the warehouse department, who is responsible for the statistics and accounting of various money and food inflows and outflows.

  Cangbu only has such a history, so even Xiang Changlin was more forgiving, "It's good not to make mistakes."

   Later, Yan Shuo returned to his valet room and called a few Lingshi to help him with his calculations.

   "Strictly calculate the history." A Ling Shi said with a smile: "Then Yang Deli is also doing accounts. He has recorded the money and food that goes in and out every day. These days, he is calculating the accounts for the second half of the year, saying that he needs to know..."

   This is stealing Yan Shuo's job!

   Everyone is a small official, but because of the different directions of responsibility, the dignity is also different.

  Yan Shuo naturally wants to be superior to others, so some people report him in order to curry favor with him.

   Yan Shuo raised his head, frowned and said, "Do something!"

"yes."

  …

  Zhang Gu is the lowest-level official, who takes care of the warehouse and does miscellaneous work.

   There are four palm guards in the warehouse department. In their spare time, everyone is resting and chatting, but the crackling sound of abacus inside is a bit noisy.

   "This person... the calculation has nothing to do with him, he just wants to do the calculation. You say he is trying to gain profit, but this person is dull when he sees the doctor. It's really strange."

   "It's more than strange? When I was eating yesterday, someone left half of the meal. You didn't see his eyes, and you were so sad! Hahahaha!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

  Everyone couldn't help laughing.

   Three days later.

  Yan Shuo and others made out the accounts of Baiguan Lumi, and called the small officials to Changlin to discuss matters.

   "This time the calculation is timely, Shangshu said, Cangbu is capable, well done!" Xiang Changlin smiled and won Yang Zuan's praise, which made him feel very good.

   Yan Shuo got up and said: "How can a certain person do it? It's all thanks to everyone."

  The most taboo thing in the officialdom is to eat alone.

  The little officials all smiled, knowing that this year has passed the test, and there will be some rewards at the end of the year.

  Praised them a few words to Chang Lin, and was about to disperse each other, when Yang Deli was hesitating, and then got up...

   "Master Xiang, here..." Yang Deli took out an account book, "something is wrong here."

   Shouted to Chang Lin, "What's the matter?"

   Yan Shuo's face darkened.

  The complexions of those little officials are not very good-looking.

  Everyone has just been praised by the Shangguan, and you come out and say something is wrong. This is embarrassing people!

  Yang Deli opened the account books he had made, "Xiang Langzhong, I found out that the loss of Lumi for Baiguan is wrong!"

  Hmmed Chang Lin, and said casually: "What's wrong?"

  Warehouse storage has losses. This is common sense. The loss of the household department has always been maintained on a line, which is very stable.

  Yang Deli said: "Most of the food loss in the warehouse occurs when it is turned over and transported in and out, but someone found that the loss is higher. The loss of the Lumi warehouse is more than 300 shi per year. This is not right!"

  Three hundred stones...

  There is so much food to be distributed every year, this is really not a problem!

   Yan Shuo stood up and said, "The loss of Lumi warehouse has been like this for nearly twenty years. What's wrong? You just arrived at the warehouse department and you don't understand anything. You should learn more and ask more questions. Don't worry about it!"

  He said very politely, but Yang Deli stuck his neck and said: "That's three hundred stones! It's enough food for a certain person for hundreds of years, how can this be called troublesome?"

  Yan Shuo's expression was serious, "Sit down!"

  He had the prestige of the leader of the officials in Cangbu, so he sipped casually, and even nodded slightly to Chang Lin to express his appreciation.

  Things that haven’t been touched in twenty years, you, Yang Deli, have only been in the warehouse for a long time, and you are going to ask for trouble. Isn’t this full of food?

But Yang Deli refused to sit down, holding up the account book and said: "I am from a farming family, and the family stores food every year, and I know exactly how much it is wasted. For the extra loss of three hundred stones, how much land do I have to bend down to plant? I don't understand Those great principles, but... I can't see the food being wasted, I see it... My heart hurts!"

   So he didn't want to challenge a certain authority?

  Yan Shuo looked pale, and said: "That is the practice for many years. The warehouse department has inspected many times, and no one has been found to be corrupt. You can rest assured."

  Xiang Changlin admired Yan Shuo more and more, and wondered if he would be recommended for promotion next year if there was a vacancy.

"I don't feel at ease if I don't check XX!" Yang Deli said with tears in his eyes, "So... I can't see such a thing. Xiang Lang, if there is no mistake in the investigation, XX... will go home and farm! If XX doesn't believe it, then is there a Lumi warehouse? Big rats? But they can’t eat three hundred stones!”

  Xiang Changlin wanted to reprimand, but Yang Deli said that if there is no problem, I will go home and farm.

   These words did not leave any room for himself, which shows that Yang Deli is reckless.

  But this matter can no longer be ignored.

  If he ignores it, and then the news spreads, some people will say that he is lazy.

   Isn’t this looking for trouble for nothing?

   Fuck!

   There was more anger in his eyes, he glanced at Yang Deli, his lips moved, and finally held back the scolding, "Then investigate!"

   Then Cangbu began a self-examination.

  After some inspections, the year-end accounting was also delayed. Angry at Changlin, he called Yang Deli and cursed: "There is nothing wrong with Lumi Cang. You are a petty official who keeps pestering you. Why? If there is something wrong... go home and farm!"

  Yang Deli thought there was something wrong, "Mr. Xiang, this is Datang's granary! I don't know the rules, but I take good care of the granary and don't waste food. I think this makes sense. Go check it out!"

  You little official, who will check your face?

   But Xiang Changlin finally just waved his hand, "Go."

  If it weren't for the sake of Jia Pingan's recent prosperity, he would not have given Yang Deli a chance.

  Yang Deli went to Lumicang and immediately became a public enemy.

  Those petty officials and coolies left him aside and wanted to carry grain to investigate. Do it yourself, don't look for us.

  Yang Deli searched by himself. It was cold in winter, but his armpits were wet with sweat.

  Xiang Changlin thought of it by chance, so he took a look. Seeing that Yang Deli was sweating profusely and steaming all over his body, he couldn't speak those scoldings.

   This is a serious young man, let him suffer.

   And this kind of people has an advantage, that is, they can make Shangguan feel at ease when they do things.

   "How about... let him be the head of the pavilion?"

  There are several pavilion chiefs in the household department, who are responsible for guarding the gate and conveying news.

   People like Yang Deli are serious, so they will feel like ducks in water.

  As for resigning, Xiang Changlin felt that although such things were troublesome, they would not drive Yang Deli home.

  Yang Deli searched in the Lumi warehouse, but found no clues in the end.

  He sat there in a daze, while several minor officials sneered at him.

   "Much ado about nothing, find trouble yourself!"

   "There's nothing to do in the past twenty years, but you have a lot of things."

  They thought Yang Deli would be depressed.

Can…

   That's Yang Deli!

   Since those losses were not corrupted, where did they go?

  Yang Deli returned home, thinking hard.

   Seeing this, Jia Pingan asked, "Is something wrong with my cousin?"

  Yang Deli said: "The wear and tear of the Lumi warehouse is wrong. Someone said to check it, but I can't find it after checking it."

   "Waste?" This Jia Ping'an really doesn't understand.

   "Someone feels wrong, this year will cost an extra three hundred stones, which is too much."

Well!

  Three hundred stones... not much!

  Datang inherited the granary of the former Sui Dynasty. It is said that there are countless grains. In addition, the weather has been good and the weather has been good in the past ten years, and the harvest is bumper every year. Three hundred shi of grain is simply a drop in the ocean.

  Jia Pingan smiled and said, "Let's put this matter aside for now, and go and have a look when Lumi is distributed."

Yang Deli raised his head, with a look of resentment in his eyes, "Ping An, our family was poor in those years. I remember that at the end of the year, there was only a little wheat flour left in the house. You were so hungry that you just looked at XX, and XX took that I made half of the wheat noodles..."

  He stretched out one hand, probably the amount of wheat noodles in one hand would not be enough for a child.

   "When the water is boiled, pour the wheat noodles into it, and stir it while pouring...Put some salt, the food you eat will be delicious..."

  Yang Deli had tears in his eyes, "At that time, I was thinking, if there is food, a certain grain of rice will not be wasted, and I will cook it all for you. So I really don't see anyone wasting food!"

  Jia Pingan's heart was shaken, he patted Yang Deli on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Someone knows. This matter came..."

   "No!" Yang Deli shook his head, and said stubbornly: "I can't find out where the loss went, and I can't sleep well at night. Don't worry about it, I will just check it."

  Yang Deli then seemed to be obsessed, even thinking about where the loss went when he was eating.

  When he returned to Cangbe, he also looked like this, completely forgetting himself.

  Even Yan Shuo smiled wryly and said: "When you encounter such a serious person, so...don't bother with him."

  One day, he sat there staring blankly at the account books.

   "It is said that there are internal thieves in Wang Shilang's house."

   "What thief?"

"The servants in his family deduct some money every day when they go out to buy things, and they accumulate a lot. Over the years, they have done fifty or sixty times. His wife, who claims to be shrewd, fell ill, saying that she was too angry. .”

   "Then how to deduct it? Don't buy less things?"

   "It's not about buying less, it's about exaggerating the price."

   "I understand. Wang Shilang doesn't go to the market, so he naturally doesn't know the prices of those things. He reports them casually, and no one knows."

   "Hey! Diao slave!"

   "The servants now have to watch closely, otherwise they will be greedy for money if they find an opportunity."

  Yang Deli slowly raised his head.

  He thought...

   "Someone has something to ask for leave." He went to ask for leave, and then went to the grain store in Dongxi City to check.

   "Someone asks for advice..."

  The guy dozed off and ignored him.

  Yang Deli took out a bunch of copper coins, set aside ten coins, and after thinking about it, he got another five coins, and handed them over with a heartbroken heart.

  The guy seemed to have clairvoyance, and opened his eyes, "What's the matter with the guest?"

  Yang Deli held down the fifteen coins and asked: "If you know about something, the fifteen coins are yours."

  The buddy's eyes became more greedy, and he glanced at Yang Deli's purse.

   But he obviously didn't know Yang Deli's disposition, a ruthless character who claimed to be able to eat a handful of rice for three days.

   "Families of those high-ranking officials...have they ever come here to sell grain when they receive Lumi every year?"

  The man frowned, and said vigilantly, "Why do you ask this?"

  Yang Deli shook his head, "A certain person wants to do grain business, but he doesn't understand these things. A family member of an official said he could sell it to a certain person, but a certain person doesn't dare to accept it."

   Dude was just watching his money bag.

   Do you feel that you don’t have enough money?

   Too greedy!

  Yang Deli didn't want to give it at first, but in the end he touched another five cents and came out, gritted his teeth and said, "No more."

  The man said: "Those are too many. Every year when Lumi is received, many servants of officials come to sell grain. The amount is not certain, and the price can be lower than the market price."

  Yang Deli was overjoyed, and asked again: "How much can it add up?"

  The buddy thought about it, "A certain place can collect about 30 shi a year."

  Yang Deli did some calculations, there are quite a few grain shops in Dongxi City, if they are all like this one, at least four or five hundred shi are in and out every year.

  He returned to Cangbu later, please meet Xiang Changlin.

  There is a charcoal basin in the duty room, which is so warm that it makes people want to doze off.

  Xiang Changlin just took a nap, and was not happy to be woken up.

  Seeing that it was Yang Deli, his face was elongated.

  When this product arrives, it probably won't be a good thing.

   "What's the matter?" He carefully stroked the small tuft of beard on his chin, and yawned.

"ah…"

  He stretched by the way.

  Yang Deli said excitedly: "Xiang Langzhong, I know where the loss is!"

   It’s best not to stop halfway through stretching, otherwise it’s easy to lose your breath.

  Xiang Changlin's body froze, feeling the pain in his armpits and waist.

   "Broken!"

  His hand was just held up like this, and it was uncomfortable when he tried to put it down.

   "It's easy." Yang Deli went over and slapped Xiang Changlin on the back.

   "Hiss..." Xiang Changlin gasped, feeling that the breath had just dissipated.

"What did you say?"

  Yang Deli said: "I know where the loss is."

   "Where are you going?" Xiang Changlin moved his arms, feeling very comfortable.

   "Our people have sent out more."

What?

  Xiang Changlin felt a dull pain in his waist and ribs.

  (end of this chapter)