Chapter 495: Welcoming the Saint

Liang Qu asked Li Libo to run an errand and move the box home.

He put on his waist badge, changed into an official uniform, and headed for the government office.

It was only a few miles away.

There were workers everywhere tamping the earth with big wooden hammers and leveling the road, making the ground dusty and so dusty that you couldn't see your feet when you looked down.

When you walked to the square in front of the gate, you saw a group of low-ranking yamen runners sweeping the floor, sprinkling water, and mopping the floor with brooms.

The small port in front of the yamen where the boats were moored was particularly lively, with soldiers measuring the water depth with bamboo poles and checking the degree of silt accumulation.

If there was something wrong, they would call a small boat to dig the river mud and expand the water depth.

The boat for digging river mud was called "claw bucket", a small wide-bellied boat. When digging river mud, one person rowed the oars and the other used the "claw bucket" to grab the river mud and put it into the boat.

There was no need to find a special place to bury it. When the boat was full, it would lean against the shore, and the villagers who had been waiting for a long time would come forward to grab it.

River mud is a good thing.

Dried and mixed with soil, whether it is a crop field or a mulberry forest, it is all the best fertilizer.

Such a strong sense of déjà vu.

A big cleanup.

Liang Qu complained in his heart.

Fortunately, he is a sixth-rank official and does not need to do cleaning work.

Crossing the threshold of the government office.

The chief clerk who can be seen and not seen at ordinary times is busy all the time.

The neatly arranged pages, documents, and notices behind the desk, the abacus beads for counting the warehouse are pushed into a piece, and the pages of books are flipping.

Originally you put up a layer, I put up a layer, and the notice board that was like moss was completely new, neat and tidy, and clear at a glance.

"Great..."

"A Shui!"

Xiang Fangsu leaned on the railing on the third floor and waved.

Without taking the stairs, he jumped lightly and climbed upstairs.

There were many people crowded in Xu Yuelong's study, including Lu Kaiyun, Bai Yinbin, and Ran Ying.

After greeting, Liang Qu asked knowingly: "What's the matter? Who wants to come for inspection?"

"Hey, let you see the world today!" Xiang Fangsu grabbed Liang Qu's shoulder, "The Marquis of Weining, who became a martial saint last year and made a name for himself, will pass through our territory in a few days!"

"The martial saint is coming, there is no need to mobilize so many troops."

Liang Qu pointed to the servants running back and forth in the hall.

"Hey, you don't understand this." Xiang Fangsu leaned against the railing, tilted his neck back, and stretched his back. "It's said that he passed by. Can Pingyang Prefecture watch him? Don't invite the martial saint to go ashore to rest?

When the county magistrate takes office, the post stations along the way must prepare supplies and horse feed, and the local county magistrate will invite him to visit and give him some money.

Now that such a big martial saint is passing through our Pingyang Prefecture, several of us in the prefecture must invite him ashore, the same reason! Maybe the one who will go to pick up the martial saint is our Hebo Office."

Liang Qu raised his eyebrows.

"If we invite him, will the Martial Saint come ashore?"

"One thousand people, one thousand toilets." Bai Yinbin walked out of the study, "Marquis Weining issued a letter of invitation in April, and the fleet must have a large group of people.

The servants, servants, officials, and their families are not a small number, and they all need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate.

But to the south of Pingyang Prefecture is Chizhou, and to the south of Chizhou is Ningjiang Prefecture. Although Chizhou is a direct-controlled prefecture, it is actually only two or three counties.

The large fleet cannot get any good supplies there, and we are the last major stop before Marquis Weining arrives at his fiefdom."

"More than that. "Ran Zhongshi grabbed the escalator and walked up the stairs. "Marquis Weining is going to take office in his fiefdom. The fleet will not only have the martial saint team recruited along the way, but also a group of old officials in the imperial capital.

They will be responsible for various matters, etiquette, and handovers after Marquis Weining takes office. They will not return to the imperial capital until a year or so later, or even longer.

This group of old scholars are best at counting the treasury and checking the accounts. Every time a king takes office, they actually have the intention of "counting" and "checking" the big mansions along the way. They will not check too much, but if they do it too roughly, they will easily be reported. "

No wonder.

Liang Qu thought of the chief clerk who was counting the beads on the abacus downstairs.

He thought that when the martial saint came, it was enough to do the face-saving project, but why did he have to do the inside work.

It turned out to be half an inspector.

Bai Yinbin gave a thumbs up.

"Gao, Brother Zhongshi is in charge of logistics after all, so he knows everything."

Ran Zhongshi was too lazy to argue and reminded: "Marquis Weining is an old title. Everyone used to call him that. It doesn't matter if you call him that in private. Now that he has achieved the status of a martial saint and has been granted the title of Ningjiang Prefecture, he should be called the King of Yue in public! Don't make a mistake!"

Everyone nodded.

Worried that Liang Qu didn't understand, Xiang Fangsu added in a low voice.

"Ningjiang Prefecture belonged to Yue in ancient times, so it was called the King of Yue. In fact, it doesn't matter if you call him the King of Ningjiang. It's an old custom in ancient dynasties, and everyone still thinks that the word is noble, but it has been blurred for a long time. It's just a habit."

Liang Qu just thought it was a funny story.

He must follow the crowd.

At any time, being independent without gaining benefits is stupid.

"Huo, are you all here?" Ke Wenbin jumped up to the third floor and climbed over the railing, "I'm not late, am I?"

"You're missing one, but it's not too late."

Everyone is here.

Xu Yuelong put down the documents in his hand, asked everyone to go into the study, closed the door and said a few simple words.

Things are old-fashioned.

It's nothing more than that Weining Hou is coming. Don't run around in the next few days. If you can, stay at your "workstation" as much as possible.

Patrol the nearby waters more. Don't let any water monsters eat people in the few days since he's here.

Ke Wenbin poked Liang Qu.

"You're going to see the Martial Saint in a few days. Are you nervous?"

"Not bad."

Liang Qu thought for a while and said, he knew from Su Guishan that Weining Hou was coming several days in advance, so he had prepared himself mentally for several days. Besides, he had seen toads before.

"Really?"

Ke Wenbin doubted.

Martial Saint, a god-like figure who can live for 800 years!

You are not excited or nervous after seeing it with your own eyes?

Liang Qu shrugged.

"Ke Wenbin! Liang Qu! You two stop whispering and listen carefully!"

Ke Wenbin: "..."

After a long time, he finished speaking.

Everyone left.

Xu Yuelong stopped Liang Qu and asked him to close the door.

"I didn't have time to ask you yesterday, what happened to the dead purple snake? Did you instruct the white ape to kill it?"

"I guess so."

"What do you mean by guess so? What about the four snake demons that presented you with gifts on June 6? I saw them, and they haven't left in the past few days. What do they want to do by staying in the shallow water?"

Liang Qu thought about it and said it briefly.

"The white ape and the snake demon have a grudge, the kind of blood grudge that cheated on the dragon, so the snake demon wanted to bribe me to split me and the white ape, and kill the white ape to make merit, so the white ape and I took advantage of the situation and prepared to trick them, that's about it."

Xu Yuelong: "?"

No.

What and what?

"Wait, how did the snake demon know that this wasn't a trap set by you?"

"So it only paid the deposit." Liang Qu was very proud, "But I killed the purple snake yesterday, and I have already cheated all the subsequent money. Anyway, it's quite complicated to explain."

Xu Yuelong hesitated.

He couldn't figure out why he could cheat the rest of the money after killing the purple snake.

But there was a huge loophole in the whole process!

"After cheating the snake demon, you should deal with the four snake demons, right? You can't cheat them forever. What if they are desperate, who will you find to clean up the mess?"

"I've found it, cough." Liang Qu coughed, "Uncle, ugh, Lord Su has given me a good trick! It's all in the plan!"

Uncle?

Xu Yuelong looked suspicious.

"Yesterday, the white ape gave me half of the snake gallbladder, and I soaked two jars, Brother Xu..."

"Drink!"