After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

Early on the next morning, Ming Jia came to the hall to have breakfast in high spirits. As soon as she entered the hall, she happily greeted Chen Shao'ang, "Uncle Shao'ang, good morning~!"

Chen Shao'ang raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at Ming Jia. He didn't say anything in response. They looked at each other as a greeting.

Ming Jia found that Chen Shaoang was particularly quiet today, his face was a little bad, and he even had dark circles under his eyes. "Uncle Shao'ang, you haven't had any rest, okay?"

Chen Shao'ang picked up the porridge bowl and started drinking the porridge, giving Ming Jia a meaningful look.

After breakfast, Mingjia continued to follow Chen Shao'ang to the government office. There were indeed no officials coming to make trouble today.

Chen Shao'ang finished all the official documents that needed to be processed yesterday. Today he came over to sit across from Ming Jia's desk and looked at the account books with Ming Jia.

Since Chen Shao'ang ignored her, Mingjia did not take the initiative to chat with Chen Shao'ang. Unexpectedly, Chen Shaoang took the initiative to talk to Mingjia.

"I have been in Xuzhou for more than half a year, but in fact, when I was in the capital, I had already started investigating Xuzhou's accounts in the Ministry of Household Affairs for previous years!" Chen Shaoang did not come to Xuzhou rashly without making any preparations.

Mingjia raised his eyebrows, so Chen Shaoang had already investigated a lot of things. "Second uncle, did you find anything?"

Chen Shao'ang shook his head, "There is nothing wrong with Xuzhou's various accounts. The Ministry of Accounts is Daliang's money bag, and the officials who can stay in the Ministry of Accounts are all masters of various schools!"

What Chen Shaoang means is that the accounts sent to the Ministry of Accounts from Xuzhou must be true, or there are no major flaws in the accounts.

Mingjia nodded. Since the conversation had reached this level, Mingjia felt it was necessary to chat with Chen Shao'ang to see what investigations Chen Shao'ang had done in Xuzhou in the past six months to avoid duplication of work.

"Second uncle, should we tell each other?" Ming Jia suddenly blinked at Chen Shao'ang a few times, looking a little naughty.

Chen Shao'ang also wanted to know what Mingjia had found. He thought about it all night and didn't realize what he had missed.

Chen Shaoang felt that the problem he had not found for half a year was found by Mingjia in one day, which made Chen Shaoang very frustrated.

If he hadn't been able to find fault, Chen Shao'ang would not have chosen to stir up trouble in Xuzhou City.

Therefore, Mingjia obtained the background information of each family in Xuzhou from Chen Shao'ang, including the kinship relationships and the forces behind them, and of course the properties registered in the government records.

When Mingjia heard that Chen Shao'ang came to Xuzhou, he actually checked Xuzhou City's business tax accounts for the previous five years. All the major families failed to catch any problems.

Ming Jia couldn't help but ask: "Second uncle, there is nothing wrong with Xuzhou City in such a huge city, haven't you ever doubted it?"

Chen Shao'ang gave Ming Jia another look that said, "You think I'm stupid!" "Of course I know there must be something wrong, but I can't find any evidence! So I know very well what you said yesterday."

Mingjia understood, she felt empathy with her!

There is no map of Xuzhou City in Chen Shao'ang's room, so it is difficult to explain many things clearly. "Second Uncle, I need someone who knows Xuzhou City and its surroundings very well!"

Chen Shao'ang nodded and went out to find his own men. Ming Jia also got up and asked Chen Zhai to help her get the simplified version of Xuzhou map she drew herself.

Chen Shaoang found a man about fifty years old. Judging from his appearance, he should be a handyman of the government office. "Old Zhou is a native of Xuzhou whose ancestors have been in the family for generations. He also went to sea when he was young. He knows Xuzhou very well." "

Mingjia heard that he had actually gone to sea, which was really great. Shi Shi also quickly returned to the government office with the drawings.

Chen Shao'ang was surprised when he saw the drawings drawn by Mingjia. Mingjia said casually: "My master taught me, and his ability to draw maps is much better than mine!"

Mingjia first clarified the specific locations of various coastal defense dams in Xuzhou City, as well as the ownership of the land and hills near the coastal defense dams.

Lao Zhou was very familiar with the former, and Chen Shao'ang was very familiar with the latter. The two divided their labors and talked to Ming Jia, while Ming Jia used a paintbrush to add to the drawings.

Soon a more detailed drawing of the coastline outside Xuzhou City was completed. Chen Shao'ang waved to Lao Zhou to go down first, while he waited for Ming Jia to continue talking about new discoveries.

"Uncle Shao'ang, after checking the maintenance of the sea defense dam, he must have checked everything from raw materials to workers!" Mingjia was the first to ask Chen Shao'ang.

Chen Shaoang nodded. These must be checked, especially the raw materials. It is too easy to pass off inferior products and enrich one's own pockets. However, Chen Shaoang still found no problem at all.

"Uncle Shao'ang, let's change our thinking! You see, these sea defense dykes were built almost two years ago, and the materials and workers are almost the same. But why is this dyke the only one that has never been repaired for so many years?"

Mingjia asked, pointing to one of the sea defense dykes. After Chen Shaoang came to Xuzhou, all his eyes were on the several embankments that had been repaired repeatedly, but he really didn't consider the embankments that had never been repaired.

Most of the tidal flats and wasteland on the coastline near Xuzhou City belong to various villages, and some are the private property of certain families.

The mountainous area near the dike that Mingjia pointed to happened to be the junction of the lands of the Cao family and the Song family.

Everyone in Xuzhou City knows that the Cao family and the Song family are at odds with each other, and they fight several times every year over various trivial matters. It is said that the dike at the junction of the two families' territories is guarded by many servants. As long as someone from the other family crosses the boundary, it will be a fight.

Chen Shao'ang is very smart. The reason why he didn't discover the problem here is that in the past six months, all eyes have been attracted by the cost of repairing Xuzhou City's huge coastal defense.

The main thing is to give Chen Shaoang a little more time, he will definitely notice this place, and Mingjia has just arrived in Xuzhou and there are no other factors that affect it. At first, he just noticed it out of curiosity, why all the dams have been repaired, but only the dam here is so strong.

Chen Shao'ang seemed to have been looking at Xuzhou City through a layer of window paper, and now he was suddenly exposed by Ming Jia. yes! What he can see now is what various officials and families in Xuzhou want him to see.

Chen Shaoang immediately wanted to send someone to check the dam, but was stopped by Ming Jia. "Uncle Shao'ang, I arranged for someone to go check it out last night. If your subordinates are useful, please check carefully about the true relationship between the Cao family and the Song family!"

Chen Shao'ang naturally thought of it, and immediately got up and went out to order the men.

Mingjia looked at the embankment. There were hills on both sides, with the sea on one side and a mountain stream on the other. How much space there is behind it is still a mystery!

Chen Shao'ang couldn't be so lucky that he would encounter a group of border troops and a group of private soldiers at sea!