Magistrate Wang held on to Mr. Ye and refused to let go.
Seeing this, Chen Ping had no choice but to come to the rescue and ask what happened.
If war really breaks out again, I'm afraid I'll have to take the teacher and escape first.
County Magistrate Xu Shiwang realized that he had lost his composure and felt embarrassed. He quickly straightened his clothes and regained his magisterial demeanor in an instant.
But the dirt on his body makes him look a little funny.
He bowed deeply, apologized profusely and told Mr. Ye the whole story, and said, "I am completely relieved that Mr. Ye can come to help me."
"Otherwise, the cunning little officials below will swallow up a lot of people's wealth and wealth."
"If you add in the labor strikes and riots, then the hard work that this county has done in the past few years will really become a joke!"
After hearing what County Magistrate Wang said, Mr. Ye breathed a sigh of relief. At least the situation was not too bad, but it still had to be dealt with quickly, otherwise things would change later.
Without wasting any more time, the few people abandoned the carriage and ordered them to follow. With the support of Chen Ping and Magistrate Wang, Mr. Ye quickly walked towards the gathering place of the people.
Mr. Ye said as he walked, "The first thing we need to do now is to immediately inform the workers that work will not start until half past noon today, and let them rest in the work shed for an extra half hour."
"In addition, don't rush to investigate the corruption of the petty officials. Let the kitchen prepare the spare ingredients. Seize the time and make sure that the civilians eat before going to work."
After hearing this, County Magistrate Wang hurried to make arrangements. Mr. Ye looked back at Chen Ping and asked, "Tell me, what is the greatest significance of such an arrangement?"
Chen Ping helped Mr. Ye forward alone, thinking about the teacher's questions.
Everyone knows that you can work only when you are full, and the teacher's arrangements should be considerate and people-oriented.
It’s so simple, why does the teacher ask questions?
Chen Ping raised his head and glanced at County Magistrate Wang, who was not far away and was giving orders to several minor officials.
I suddenly realized, "Teacher's arrangement is not only benevolent, but also trustworthy!"
"If people don't have faith, they won't be established; if officials don't have faith, they won't have authority!"
"An official without trust and power will end up in a mess if he tries to do anything!"
"Teacher, this is protecting Magistrate Wang's benevolence."
Hearing this, Mr. Ye's clear eyes instantly shone with excitement.
He reached out and stroked Chen Ping's little head, and the smile on his face could not be hidden.
"Hahaha, good, what a person of kindness and trust!"
"If you can become an official in the court in the future, you must remember these two words of benevolence and trust, and never throw them away!"
Chen Ping nodded fiercely, indicating that he had taken note of it.
When the two walked into the temporary warehouse set up next to the construction site, they couldn't help but frown.
Various items are piled up haphazardly and without any rules.
Mr. Ye and Chen Ping picked up several account books on the table and opened them. The records of inputs, expenditures, and inventory were unclear.
No accounting firm of any size would dare to fool the owner like this.
After all, collecting land taxes, calculating various additional taxes, and calculating the distribution of taxes that should be paid to the court and local governments should be personally presided over by officials. But in fact, officials are neither familiar with this nor willing to do it, and the household clerks
Although he is familiar with local conditions and proficient in financial files, he cannot gain the trust of his supervisor.
Therefore, well-trained masters who are good at accounting and planning appeared to help officials manage this government affairs.
That is, the full-time "Master Qiangu" is also called "Master Qianliang".
Professional people do such unprofessional things.
It seems that this is not a question of ability.
However, this is not the time to pursue these matters. We should resolve the most important matters first.
With a stroke of his pen, Mr. Ye wrote a note saying "Three thousand kilograms of brown rice will be spent" and handed it to the kitchen steward who just arrived.
This steward's job is as a subordinate of the county government office. According to common sense, when the money and grain master is away, the household clerk can take over the county government's revenue and expenditure account books.
Yesterday, this person directly asked Wang Zhixian for the account books in front of everyone, and said that he was doing things in accordance with the usual practice.
Fortunately, Wang Zhixian was not a stupid official. Not only did he not follow the so-called conventions, but he personally took over the chores of managing the income and expenditure of the account books.
Master Qianliang dared to embarrass himself openly, without even considering his future job. This thing is weird in every aspect.
Wang Zhixian couldn't find the specific reason for a while, so all he could do was treat it with caution.
The steward took the note from Ye Laopi, looked at the numbers on it, and was stunned for a while.
When he raised his head again, he was smiling and looking very affectionate.
"Mr. Ye can understand the suffering of those of us who are working below. It seems that he really understands the rules."
"In this case, I can guarantee that Mr. Ye's share will not be less than that of me, a small official!"
After saying these two words with a smile, he ignored Mr. Ye and Chen Ping's reaction, showed an "I understand everything" look, turned around and left quickly.
Mr. Ye turned around and smiled at Chen Ping and asked, "How much do you understand?"
Chen Ping naturally would not question why the teacher spent more than 30% of the quota on brown rice.
Since the teacher wanted to make amends, Magistrate Wang almost lost his credibility with the people.
If you want the common people to have a full meal, you shouldn't be frugal at this time.
But he still had doubts in his heart, and immediately asked: "Teacher must not have any friendship with this kind of person."
"Then why can we conclude that after taking the grain, they will only take away 30% of it and will not resell 40% or even more?"
"If they have a darker heart, then this meal will not have a positive effect!"
Mr. Ye pulled Chen Ping to sit on a soft chair in the warehouse and said slowly.
"In the officialdom, many tacit agreements are reached without the need for the two parties to be familiar with each other, let alone the establishment of written documents. Most of them are completed silently."
"I just took over the account books and immediately gave them a bite of meat. They naturally and subconsciously regarded me as someone who could cooperate."
Chen Ping thought of this.
If you want to take something, you must give it first.
If they were not allowed to let down their guard in the first place, how could Mr. Ye have the opportunity to find evidence and help Magistrate Wang eradicate these borers?
Seeing that Chen Ping seemed to have some understanding, Mr. Ye nodded happily and continued talking.
"And the reason why I just put on the aloof face of a scholar was deliberately."
"I just want to tell them that I care about face. Don't go beyond the bottom line I gave, otherwise everyone will look bad."
"My bottom line has been clearly written on the note, which is 30%!"
Hearing this, Chen Ping was already a little surprised.
Is this how the minds of ancient people worked?
Looking at him on weekdays, Mr. Ye is clearly an old boy with a hot temper and an innocent temper.
Who would have thought that once he met the cunning officials in the county government, he would immediately reveal his extremely sophisticated side.
The so-called understanding of world affairs is all knowledge.
It seems that what I have to learn in the future is far more than what is taught in books.
When he thought of this, Chen Ping suddenly realized something and looked at Mr. Ye with a smile on his face.
Perhaps, this is the reason why the teacher is willing to take him here to experience.