The Golden County Magistrate

Gu Wei left the posthouse dejectedly. He had no choice but to call the guards and post notices on the street.

"Sir, how many meals will be provided per day?" the guard asked smartly.

"..." Gu Wei looked at him with a dark face.

"I understand! Two meals, right?" the guard said quickly when he saw that his eyes were not right.

"What do you mean by providing meals? You have to pay for employment!" Gu Wei said angrily.

"Ah? If the silver was given to those young people, wouldn't you..." the guard was stunned.

"Shut up!" Gu Wei was startled. He was afraid that he would say something, so he said quickly, "The employment silver is 20 coins per person per day, no, 50 coins, write it down quickly!"

He knew that although 50 coins was a high price for ordinary hired workers, it was probably not worth it for the people here.

After all, yesterday, people had tasted the sweetness of 1,000 coins a day!

Now we can only hope that the people will not be too picky because of yesterday's sweet treat. After all, Jizhou is poor, so it should still be able to recruit people.

An hour after the notice was posted, Gu Wei was outside the posthouse, looking at the empty surroundings with a sullen face.

No one came to apply!

"Sir! Sir! I have found out!" A guard ran over from a distance, panting.

"What do they say?" Gu Wei asked anxiously.

"They said it was too cheap..." the guard said, panting.

Bang!

Gu Wei slammed the table and said angrily: "How can this be! Sooner or later, I will punish these rioters one by one!"

The guard hurriedly said: "Sir, how about I take people to capture some strong men?"

Gu Wei glared at him: "Why capture? This is a serious matter. What if they become disloyal and cause trouble? Can you take the responsibility or can I? Increase the salary to 100 coins!"

However, 100 coins only brought a few applicants.

And most of them were skinny and did not meet Chen Yan's requirements at all.

In desperation, Gu Wei had to keep increasing the price of the salary.

150 coins, 200 coins, 300 coins...

When it was increased to 500 coins, enough people finally came, and 600 people were successfully recruited.

Gu Wei looked at them all smiling so brightly, and his heart was bleeding!

He was just a prefectural chancellor, so naturally he could only make a limited amount of money from the silver allocated by the court this time.

The original hiring price was only about 10,000 taels of silver, and he only got less than 2,000 taels.

In other words, as long as the price of each hired worker exceeded 60 wen, he had to pay out of his own pocket to make up for the shortfall!

But now, it has reached 600 wen, ten times the silver he coveted!

Suddenly, he regretted greedily for the silver.

If he had used 20 wen at the beginning, he might have been able to hire a suitable hired worker.

Unfortunately, it was too late to regret!

Half an hour later.

On the small boat, Chen Yan glanced at the hired workers on the shore and nodded: "Okay, that's about right. Then hurry up, don't delay the business, let's go!"

Xueyan, who was next to him, looked at Gu Wei, who was dejected on the shore, and felt secretly amused.

At first, she thought that Chen Yan only set the hiring price of one tael of silver a day to win the bet.

Unexpectedly, this move was a backhand, and stabbed Gu Wei so hard!

"This matter is not over yet. The family of Mr. Gu is definitely not just this little bit of silver." Chen Yan saw through her thoughts and whispered, "Just wait and see! I will make Mr. Gu lose everything!"

"So the lord hates corrupt officials so much?" Xueyan also whispered.

"Wrong! I don't hate corrupt officials."

"What I hate is those corrupt officials who are eager to enrich themselves before even feeding the people!"

"What is the purpose of being an official? Isn't it just for power, fame and profit?"

"If you want all officials to be honest officials, how many people in the world would be willing to do that?"

"So, it's okay to let them be a little greedy."

"But the premise is that they really fulfill their duties."

"If they make the people rich, the silver they are greedy for can only be regarded as a little bit of the people's oil and water."

"But if you make the people poor and still greedy, that is to skin the people and suck the people's bones!"

Chen Yan said with great sorrow.

Xueyan looked at him strangely: "Sir, why do you feel like you are trying to excuse yourself?"

Chen Yan coughed lightly: "Don't talk nonsense! I earned my money with my own hard work, how could I take advantage of the people?"

Xueyan smiled.

The team finally set off, leaving Jiyuan City and heading north.

All five ships of the fleet were left at the ferry, and Chen Yan followed leisurely in his carriage.

However, when they set off, Xueyan suddenly found something wrong.

The team originally had fifty mule carts, why are there so many more now?

She went forward to check in confusion.Look, his face suddenly turned black.

These cars are filled with Chen Yan's personal belongings!

He really thinks this trip is for sightseeing, right? He has everything he needs to eat, drink and use, and even brought stoves, spatulas, etc.

Adding up everything, there are more than ten mule carts!

These mule carts were hired, but these ten or so were naturally paid for by Chen Yan himself. One mule cart costs 40 coins a day, which means more than 500 coins a day.

It means he has a lot of money and is willing to enjoy it like this!

However, if Jin Ze knew about this, he would probably hate Chen Yan even more.

Xueyan felt helpless when she thought of this, and had to pretend not to know and let the team set off.

This time, she didn't insist on riding a horse herself, and stayed in the carriage, continuing to serve Chen Yan personally.

Gu Wei rode on the horse, watching the mule carts and the laborers passing by, with a hint of cruelty in his eyes.

No one can do this to him!

Mr. Chen, this feud is too big, I will make you pay the price!

Capital, Yingwu Marquis's Mansion.

"Two hundred and seventeen, two hundred and eighteen..."

Wei Han lay on the ground, doing push-ups one after another.

Tang Yun had locked her up during this period and did not allow her to go out. But Wei Han did not mind, after all, she was at fault in this matter and deserved to be punished.

What's more, she had something else in her mind, so she stayed here to wait for that person.

Of course, the premise is that if Chen Yan did not predict wrong.

"Princess! Someone outside wants to see you." A guard came quickly.

"Who is it?" Wei Han climbed up, panting slightly.

"The other party refused to say, just said to mention it back to Liangdukou, the princess naturally knew who he was." The guard reported.

Wei Han's eyes suddenly lit up.

Sure enough, he came!

"Bring him in through the side door." She said immediately.

"Yes!"

Soon, the visitor was brought to a flower hall in the mansion.

Wei Han was already waiting there. As soon as the visitor entered, he immediately knelt on the ground: "I greet the princess!"

Wei Han was even more overjoyed when she saw the other person's appearance.

It was indeed him!

But on the surface, she did not show any joy. Instead, she frowned and asked the guards to leave.

When she and the other person were the only ones left in the hall, she said: "Gongsun Cheng, you are so brave that you dare to come here to find me! Aren't you afraid that I will capture you and hand you over to the emperor!"