farming female castellan

Chapter 132 Cui Inspector

Zhang Ci's expression remained unchanged, watching those people busy, looking at the people from far to near.

Chen Fan's right hand was grasped again, and she patted the back of Chen Xiu's hand with her left hand to express comfort.

She saw the leader clearly, there was a familiar face, it was Cui Yunlang.

The other two are one man and one man.The civil servant got off his horse and saluted Wu Cishi: "Master Wu." Wu Oufu returned the salute: "Master Cui, what brought you here?"

Master Cui smiled: "The same wind as you."

Wu Oufu's face darkened.

Lord Cui bowed again to the generals beside Wu Oufu, and introduced himself: "I have met you, Lord, I am Cui Yongning, Governor of Qingzhou."

The general snorted, didn't return the salute, and didn't speak.

Master Cui smiled, and looked at Chen Fan: "Miss Chen is tall, but she can be seen in the crowd at a glance."

Chen Fan and others saluted him: "I have met Master Cui." Then, everyone looked at the general again, but Governor Cui did not introduce him.The general didn't dismount either.

Wu Oufu looked displeased: "Master Cui also came here for sweet potatoes?"

Cui Jieshi smiled all over his face, stretched out his hand, and an official behind him stepped forward and handed him a ledger.

"This is the account book of the governor's office in Gyeongju, Lord Wu, please have a look." He turned to a certain page and presented it to Wu Oufu.

Wu Oufu didn't need to take it, but he could clearly see a line of words on it.It was a deposit paid to Zhang Ci a month ago, ordering 30 catties of sweet potatoes, receiving the goods on the eve of Frost's Descent, and paying the balance in full.

Wu Oufu's face was flushed red, and he sneered: "It's ridiculous! A month ago, the sweet potatoes hadn't fully grown yet, and they didn't know how much they could harvest. How dare you order 30 catties of sweet potatoes! You are really daring to do this!"

Cui Shishi’s smile was still bright: “In order to gain political achievements, you always have to take some risks. It doesn’t matter if you don’t receive 30 catties. If you beat up this Zhang, get back the deposit and ask for some compensation, I won’t do it.” It's a loss. If I really have 30 catties of sweet potatoes, I will take a big credit."

Wu Oufu sneered: "The Gyeongju governor's office is really rich and powerful, and they are willing to pay for so many sweet potatoes that don't know what they look like. It's a blessing for the people to serve the country. Where do you need money from the government?"

"Master Wu is right, but, alas—" Cui Jieshi sighed heavily: "I am just a fool with a lot of money, and Gyeongju also has a lot of money. I saw it, a new thing, how can I not spend some money?" How about money to buy it?"

Wu Oufu's neck was swollen, and his eyeballs were about to pop out, but Cui Shishi added: "Not to mention, it's really cool to buy hundreds of thousands of catties with a wave of your hand. The taste of spending money is OK."

Wu Oufu's breathing was a little rough.

Chen Xiu's body trembled slightly, and she didn't know whether she was scared, angry, or laughing this time.

The general who came with Wu Oufu had a loud voice, and immediately yelled: "Don't be so sly here, isn't it just because of how much money you have in Qingzhou government office? If you come to this poor place in Pingzhou, you will still have money." Can you be arrogant? We dug up the sweet potatoes today, and you don’t want to take any of them away!"

The last roar made many shoulders shrug in fright.

Cui Shishi spread his hands: "It doesn't matter, the sweet potatoes are given to you. I will pay the money, and you take the sweet potatoes. If you say I will tell the higher level."

Another official came over behind him and put a box on the ground.

Cui Jieshi opened the box and motioned Wu Oufu to take a look.

Inside is a bunch of copper coins, piled full.

"Miss Chen is polite, three catties of sweet potatoes are only sold for one penny, and 30 catties of sweet potatoes are worth one hundred thousand yuan, which is one hundred guan. If Governor Wu is willing to pay, it is not impossible. you?"

Wu Oufu's eyes were burning, his fists were clenched tightly, but he didn't dare to swing them up.

At some point, Chu Sheng moved a table, put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone away, and began to grind the ink.

The official who handed over the account book took out a piece of paper: "This is the receipt of the last deposit, please have a look at Mr. Zhang. Last time the deposit was paid ten guan, and today I will pay another ninety guan. We will pay both money and goods." .”

Zhang Ci smiled: "How dare the grassroots disbelieve your lord? I'll just write the receipt."

Zhang Ci quickly wrote the receipt, put his fingerprint on it, and handed it to Governor Cui.

Chen Fan's heart couldn't help but tremble. He sent his handprints in front of so many people, isn't he afraid of being discovered later?
The official turned back the account book and added a sum to it.

Wu Oufu watched the whole process, angry all the time, but he had nothing to do with Cui Shishi.

Cui Jieshi looked at Wu Oufu with a pleasant smile: "Master Wu, do you want this sweet potato or mine? Make a quick decision, the sky is so dark, it will be completely dark soon, you have to hurry up and load the car."

Wu Oufu was panting with anger: "Miss Chen, please pay these people's wages first."

Cui Jieshi said: "How can I ask Ms. Chen to pay for this? It's not Ms. Chen who invited me here. Let me pay. I bought all these baskets and bags by the way. As a parent official, you have to love the people."

The official holding the money brought another small box.Cui Jieshi took the small box: "Every person pays 25 Wen, is [-] Wen enough? Is [-] Wen for the basket enough? Hurry up, I'm busy." Then he pushed the small box into Wu Oufu's hands, waved.

The group of people he brought took action immediately, carrying those baskets or sacks into Chen Fan's yard one by one.

Wu Oufu held the box of money in his arms, neither throwing it nor leaving.

Zhang Ci spoke: "We have agreed before that we will give two acres of sweet potatoes to the Shengping County Government. Let's just follow the highest yield, and ask Mr. Wu to bring back [-] catties."

The general who came with Cui Shishi walked up to Wu Oufu and said, "Master Wu, I will accompany you to watch them move sweet potatoes."

In the end, Wu Oufu didn't drop the money box, turned around and stuffed it into the hands of an official, and left.

Cui Jieshi had already walked into the yard, and Chen Fan followed with the children into the yard.

Xiang Jian poured a few cups of tea and served Cui Jieshi and other officials one by one.

Chen Fan bowed to Governor Cui: "Thank you, sir, for your help!"

Cui Shishi smiled: "You don't need to thank me. I paid for the things and came here to receive the goods. The credit for offering hundreds of thousands of catties of sweet potatoes is mine. Logically, I would also like to thank you for providing me with sweet potatoes."

Zhang Ci took over the words: "I still want to thank you for being our big customer. Others will not be as straightforward as you."

Cui Jieshi laughed out loud.

Cui Yunlang smiled and looked at Chen Fan: "Miss Chen is very good at farming, and she grows sweet potatoes so well. In the future, Daxiang Dynasty will have another crop that can fill your stomach."

Chen Fan smiled: "This sweet potato is already there, I just tried to grow it. Anyway, I just bought it, and the land is very barren. If you can't grow it, you can pick more sweet potato vines to eat as wild vegetables, and bury it in the field to fertilize the field."

Governor Cui laughed again: "As expected of a member of the Liu family, he is rich and powerful, and he is not afraid of failure."

Uh, can this also involve money?
(End of this chapter)