"I'm used to it! I'm used to it!" Fang Dalian nodded repeatedly, "Fang wanted to say that the boy came back and said that he had received several letters when he arrived at the post station. He took a rest, and sipped Mr. Fang one by one, making that kid smile crookedly."

"Then why are you silent?"

"Silence..." Fang Er frowned slightly, "I'm quite used to silence."

Li Quan wondered: "Did Fang Buyu encounter any difficulties?"

"No... no."

"It's fine if you don't have one." Li Quan didn't point it out, "Although Ambassador He Po is only an ambassador and not a prime minister, his power is extremely important. In charge of fishery taxation, most of the residents of Quxi County and even the entire Bizhou They all make their living from fishing, so fishery tax is an important income of the court. Not only the magistrate is watching closely, but also the court above. There can be no mistakes here. Fang Buyu is still young, let's not be afraid Make mistakes, make all the mistakes that should be made now, so that you will not make mistakes in the future, the key is to be able to correct mistakes.”

Needless to say what Li Quan meant, Old Fang blushed a little, thought for a while, and explained: "My lord, I didn't do anything wrong by not saying anything. It's just...just yesterday when I went to collect taxes and was beaten by fishermen."

"Being beaten? Why didn't you say it earlier!" Li Quan was shocked.

"My lord said yesterday that I would let the two friends go to try it first. Who would have thought that this kind of thing would happen to me on the first day? The villain is afraid that after the lord finds out, he will think that little thing can't do anything..." Fang Da's face turned pale more and more red.

"Who is born capable of doing things? Where is Fang Buyu now? Is he in Hebosi?"

Fang Da didn't expect Mr. Li to be so easy to talk, and his face was touched: "Yes."

"Let's go and have a look."

Li Quan pretended to be righteous and dignified because he wanted to find something to do for himself, so he took Fang Dafang Er to Hebosi.

Hebosi is actually just a dilapidated small courtyard, facing the stream on one side, without even a plaque.

Although the courtyard is a bit dilapidated, it is still clean inside.

Unpopular official positions like Hebo Ambassador are not paid attention to in all states and counties, and even many places have been vacant.But the prefecture and county of Bizhou is an exception, because the fishery here is very developed, so Hebo Ambassador has always been a personal position that attracts a lot of attention, and he can receive a lot of taxes, so it is a fat job, and he can earn a lot with a little effort of silver.

Li Quan also didn't realize the tricks in it, otherwise he wouldn't let someone who didn't understand go.

When Liu Song was in office in the past, there were confidantes here.Now that Li Quan is succeeding, the former Hebo ambassador was afraid of being found out, so he hastily retreated with Liu Song.

Because there are people there for a long time, the inside is kept very clean.

Li Quan glanced at the door twice, and was about to knock on the door.

Fang Da pushed the door open: "Your Excellency will come to the door in person, why is there any need to knock on the door with that brat?"

After finishing speaking, he went into the courtyard first, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Fang is silent! Get out quickly. Master Li is here."

The so-called courtyard is actually a room with a dam, which is completely different from the modern government agencies with dozens of floors.

The door of the room was open, and traces of being cleaned could be seen at the door, but it was not cleaned thoroughly, and the dust was still piled up and left untreated.

After Fang shouted a few times, Fang Buyu stumbled out of the room.

"See... I've met Mr. Li."

After seeing each other for a day, Fang Buyu's wit was gone, and his tongue was a little awkward. It was very difficult to say "Master Li".

There is a steamed bun on the cheek, and the face is full of scars. There are many wounds that have not yet healed, the eyes are also red and blue, and the upper lip is beaten into a sausage.It seems that the injury is not serious!

Fang Buyu supported the door of the room, and it was a bit inconvenient to walk around.Fang Da frowned and said in a low voice:

"Stand up straight in front of Master Li!"

Fang Buyu couldn't express his suffering, and looked at his grandfather pitifully.

"Forget it, you don't need to pay attention to the details when Xiao Fang is injured." Li Quan walked up to Fang Buyu while waving his hands, "The injury is serious! What happened?"

"No...it's okay!" Fang Buyu smiled shamelessly, his appearance was somewhat similar to Li Quan's, "It's all skin trauma, I'll be fine in a few days."

Li Quan wanted to say something, but Fang Da interjected, "My lord, let's go into the room and talk about it."

Entering the room, Li Quan took the main seat: "Sit down, sit down and talk."

After finishing speaking, Li Quan took the teacup on the desk in his hand, as if he wanted to drink some tea. He opened the teacup and found that there was nothing in it.

"Master Li, villain..."

"Stop it, you're not a villain, you're a lowly official." Li Quan corrected.

Fang Buyu was a little shy and proud: "Xiaguan just came here and there is no tea."

Fang Da gave his grandson a hard look.

There was no tea in the cup, but Li Quan didn't put down the cup, holding it comfortably in his hand.

This is the grand master's style, and it will be like this unconsciously.

"Tell me what's going on."

His eyes were focused on Fang Buyu.Thinking of what happened yesterday, Fang Buyu's expression immediately became resentful, and the freckles on his face trembled.

"My lord!" Fang Bu's voice was raised a few degrees, as if he was very excited, "I just took office yesterday, and I looked through the latest tax book and found that I haven't received a penny of fishery tax since I was free in my job. And the time has passed After the deadline for paying the tax, the next official took the official seal to collect it. It went smoothly at the beginning, and most of the people paid the tax according to the amount. This, this, is all here, and there is no loss of a penny."

As he spoke, Fang Buyu took out the tax money he received yesterday from his bosom, and put it on the table, "clang clang" ringing non-stop.

"My lord, please click."

Li Quan waved his hand: "No, you can continue."

"Everything went smoothly, but something went wrong when it was near Zhang San's house in the county!"

"Zhang San? Who is Zhang San?" Li Quan asked.

Fang Er explained: "Zhang San is a big fish farmer in our county, and dozens of households near Zhang San are big fish farmers in Quxi County. Eighty percent of the fish and shrimp in Quxi County come from them. Not only did he buy restaurants from all over the county, but also many outsiders came here to buy dried fish. That Zhang San is a tyrannical man, known for being vicious, and he must have been silent this time because he didn’t want to pay taxes. My lord, this kind of People can't tolerate it!"

"That's right!" Fang Buyu said excitedly, "It's that Zhang San! He refused to hand in at first, and then he and other fishermen refused to hand in! He also said that the official paperwork was fake, and he didn't admit it at all. Hit me! Master Li, you have to make the decision for me!"

Li Quan nodded, didn't say anything directly, but asked instead: "Fang Buyu, can you go now?"

"Can... can."

"Then I will accompany you to Zhang San's house to see what's going on."

"Okay!" Fang Buyu immediately jumped up, his teeth gnashing loudly, "With Mr. Li in charge, I must take revenge today!"

Seeing Fang Buyu's somewhat arrogant expression, Li Quan frowned slightly, and said softly:

"Fang Buyu, do you know why I asked you to be Hebo's ambassador instead of letting Fang want to talk about it?"

Chapter 302: Checking the Water Meter at Home

Fang Buyu was about to go out to seek revenge on Zhang San, but Master Li asked some inexplicable words before he reached the door.

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