Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

Xiao Tongtai didn't let Cheng Wan wait too long. Soon, he appeared in Cheng Wan's sight again, "Master Cheng, let's go."

After saying that, Xiao Tongtai walked straight in the direction of his office.

Cheng Wan followed Xiao Tongtai staggeringly, still flattering Xiao Tongtai.

"...It turns out that Mr. Xiao is responsible for calculating and distributing the monthly salary for everyone in Xingnong Yamen. I heard that since Mr. Xiao came to Xingnong Yamen, our Xingnong Yamen is calculating and distributing the salary. There has never been a problem in this regard, which shows how meticulous and serious Mr. Xiao is in his work!

Mr. Xiao, you must teach Xiaguan more. If Xiaguan can learn even a little bit from you, it will be enough for Xiaguan to benefit a lot!

Mr. Xiao..."

Xiao Tongtai felt so relaxed as he listened to Cheng Wan's flattery, and his tone of voice when he spoke to Cheng Wan became much more relaxed.

"Master Cheng, we're here."

Xiao Tongtai is not high enough and does not have his own independent office. He shares an office with another eighth-grade official.

Ordinarily, Xiao Tongtai, as an eighth-grade official, is not qualified to have an independent office, and Cheng Wan, a ninth-grade official, is even less qualified.

Cheng Wan was able to have his own office only because Cheng Wan was the only female official in Xingnong Yamen. In order to avoid some avoidable conflicts and messy troubles, Xu Zhuocheng arranged for someone to organize it directly for Cheng Wan. There was a separate small office.

This was also agreed by several other major officials of Xingnong Yamen.

However, they agreed that Xu Zhuocheng's arrangement was not for Cheng Wan's benefit, but to isolate Cheng Wan.

At this time, Cheng Wan followed Xiao Tongtai into the office in front of him, and immediately saw an "acquaintance".

"Thank you, sir." Cheng Wan's eyes lit up again.

Mr. Xie was also one of the officials who chatted with Cheng Wan yesterday.

Master Xie, who was lowering his head to tidy up the table, looked up when he heard the sound, with a look of surprise on his face, "Master Cheng?"

Cheng Wan came forward happily and said, "I'll see you, Sir Wu Cong."

Xie Hongxu, the eighth rank servant, helped Cheng Wan with a gentle attitude, "Master Cheng, there is no need to be polite. I wonder why Master Cheng is here...?"

Xie Hong looked at Cheng Wan with doubts in his eyes.

"I asked Master Cheng to come here." Xiao Tongtai answered Xie Hong's question for Cheng Wan, "I asked Master Cheng to come and help with some small work."

Cheng Wan bowed to Xiao Tongtai and Xie Hong with a serious expression, and said in a sincere tone: "I will definitely learn from these two adults. If I do something bad or wrong, please feel free to criticize me. The official is all ears."

Xiao Tongtai and Xie Hong looked at each other and saw the satisfaction in each other's eyes.

Needless to say, this humble and studious attitude is really annoying.

The smile in Xiao Tongtai's eyes deepened a little. He picked up two brochures from his desk and handed them to Cheng Wan.

"This is our Xingnong Yamen's current official roster and past official annual gift record book. Please use these two books, Mr. Cheng, to calculate and list what annual gifts each of our Xingnong Yamen officials should receive this year.

The annual rituals of most officials are the same as last year. Master Cheng only needs to focus on calculating the annual rituals of officials who have changed. "

Cheng Wan looked at the booklet in Xiao Tongtai's hand with hesitation on his face, "Mr. Xiao, the official roster and the official annual ceremony record book. This kind of book... can the lower official really read it? Will it cause you any trouble?"

Xiao Tongtai was stunned. After staying in the officialdom for a long time, he could naturally tell whether Cheng Wan's concern for him was just a show or sincere.

"Take it. Since I have given them to you, they are naturally something you can see."

Xiao Tongtai looked at Cheng Wan with a hint of formality and intimacy.

Xie Hong also comforted Cheng Wan and said, "The two brochures Mr. Xiao showed you are not confidential. Mr. Cheng need not worry."

Cheng Wan's eyebrows were crooked, and she took the two booklets from Xiao Tongtai's hands with both hands, "Thank you two adults. I will carefully calculate and list the relevant amounts. If there is anything I don't understand, I will ask the two adults for advice. I hope you two adults will spare no expense."

Cheng Wan returned to her office holding the two booklets. Xiao Tongtai and Xie Hong looked at each other and laughed.

In Cheng Wan's office, Cheng Wan sat on a chair, opened the New Year's Ceremony Record Book, sighed and shook his head, "In the same department, things like New Year's Ceremony are actually different. They are strictly divided according to official levels..."

Cheng Wan flipped through the annual ritual record book in his hand from beginning to end and found that the annual rituals of Xingnong Yamen had not changed much in the past few years.

It has always been rice, noodles, meat, cloth, plus one month's salary.

Cheng Wan closed the annual ritual record book and opened the official list.

"..., seventeen, eighteen, nineteen."

Cheng Wan used her fingers to count down the names on the official roster and whispered: "The number of officials in Xingnong Yamen is not small, but most of them are junior officials of the eighth or ninth grade."

Cheng Wan pulled out a blank piece of paper from the table, pressed it down with a paperweight, and then used a pen to draw a simple table with rows and columns on the paper.

The header of "Annual Ceremony List for Xingnong Yamen Officials" is written.

Then Cheng Wan filled in the column headers into the form in order from right to left.

Serial number, name, official position, rice, noodles, meat, cloth, money and signature.

It is not difficult to calculate how many annual gifts each official should be given, and it can even be said to be very simple, especially since most of the officials in Xingnong Yamen are the same as last year.

But to take a step back, if this matter was more difficult, Xiao Tongtai would not leave it to Cheng Wan.

Although the matter was very simple, Cheng Wan did it extremely seriously.

This is the first thing she does in Xingnong Yamen, and she must work hard to do it well.

But it can't be too perfect, otherwise the leader will have no room for performance. Cheng Wan deliberately left the year at the bottom of the table unwritten, waiting for the leader to add.

"Ten jins of polished rice, ten jins of fine noodles, two jins of pork, a piece of fine cotton cloth, and two liang and six qian."

Cheng Wan lowered his head and filled in the corresponding number in the annual gift form corresponding to his name.

King Rui only said that Cheng Wan would be fined three months' salary, but he did not say that he would also fine Cheng Wan for other treatment.

Therefore, Cheng Wan filled out the New Year's gifts for herself very confidently.

Taking Cheng Wan, a ninth-rank official, as the standard line, for every half-level above that, five more pounds of polished rice, five more pounds of fine noodles, one more pound of pork, and half a bolt of fine cotton cloth, plus one month's salary per person.

Below Cheng Wan, there is only the rank of ninth-grade official.

The annual gift for a ninth-rank official is five pounds of polished rice, five pounds of fine noodles, one pound of pork, half a bolt of fine cotton, and one or two eight cents of silver.

Cheng Wan filled in the number of various annual gifts for the last official one by one, and this small task was considered completed.