Chapter 436: Unintentionally planting willows and flowers bloom

Xiao Bei had many problems. She wanted to know the approximate economic situation in Zhua County and the number of merchants coming and going.

But when she was waiting for her to eat, the stall set up a restaurant next to her and found the money to give her nothing. She didn't get any useful information from the other party.

Zhua County does not have any public notice on government affairs, so naturally they will not tell the people how much money there is in the county and how it comes from.

From this, Xiao Bei judged that the magistrate Yan of Zhua County was not clean and was about to deal with an official before waiting for the large army to arrive.

It was too late at this time, and the children's group was full of children. Some people could not help but yawn, just like an infectious disease. A yawned, and anyone who saw him would follow him.

Xiao Bei's sore eyes, he twitched his mouth twice, lowered his head and walked towards the brightest inn in front of him with a guise, muttering, "You'll be cheap all night, and I won't deal with you tomorrow."

The next morning, Xiao Bei and his group had breakfast slowly, came to the inn and rushed directly towards the local yamen. The road caused many people to be curious. There were a group of little kids coming from where they didn't look like students in the school.

At the front of the yamen, two guards looking at the sky bored, wearing thick cotton coats and looking listless. When they saw Xiaobei and others, one of the yamen runners' eyes lit up and smiled. He found that the protected children were almost ageing to the children in his family, but they were much more energetic than the children in his family.

Asking amiably, I heard the voice of the smartest girl in it.

"I am a senior official, and I know the censor's affairs..."

The yamen runners were only concerned about listening to Xiaobei's nice voice, but they didn't understand the specific content. Until Xiaobei glared at her eyes and repeated it again, the yamen runners realized that they didn't believe it first.

"Whether you believe it or not, go in and inform your county magistrate and say we are here to check the accounts and let him prepare himself. Don't make false claims. If you don't go quickly, you can't afford to cause trouble."

What Xiao Bei hates the most is that others regard themselves as children, and he is also an official.

The yamen runners didn't think that a group of children were officials, and they thought that the children from a wealthy family knew the county magistrate, so they came over to play, agreed with a smile, and ran in to report.

I didn't go to the entrustment room, nor did I go to the study room, nor did I run to the empty hall. Instead, I turned the courtyard twice and came to the third place behind. I said to a man wearing coarse cloth clothes and a greasy face: "Sir, please take a break first. I don't know whose children come to play outside. The younger one should see that they are dressed from a wealthy family. Do you know how to recognize them?"

The adult with an oily face was adding coal to the stove under a large iron can. When he heard the yamen runner's words, he straightened his waist and said ah, and it took him a while to stretch it out and asked, "What did you say? Come on, I will continue to add more to the adult."

The yamen runner took the shovel, so he could reply, "Sir, there is a girl among them. She said she was a junior doctor, and she knew the affairs of the censors, and there was a group of children around her, saying that she wanted to check the accounts, but she didn't know which old friend's family it was."

The yamen runners said it easily, but it was not easy to hear the words when they were heard by the adults with a greasy face.

The oily adult who had an indifferent expression just now grabbed the yamen runner who was still working and asked nervously: "How many children?"

"A group, there are still 180, sir, you..."

"There are the best ones to wear, so I want to be careful." asked the oily man again.

"Jiang Xiao thought about it, seven? No, it seems to be eight, not right, oh, I remembered it, little ones, there were nine, a group of children around the outside were round, and a square in the middle. The girl who was talking was standing in the middle, and the adult guessed who it was?"

The yamen runners still didn't take it seriously, and they thought about it and said it out loud.

The oil-dirty man staggered, his face suddenly turned pale, and he murmured: "After, I was finally targeted by them. Alas! If I had known this, I would not have chosen Zhua County as an official at the beginning. I would not have stopped adding coal, I would have recognized it."

"Sir, sir? Lord Yan, you are..." The yamen runner was startled and didn't understand why the adult who usually seemed very calm about anything happened to him and hit him today.

"No, no, that girl is the junior doctor. You don't know, you don't know, this road leads to Jilizhou and the capital. I have always felt restless recently, but no matter what, I didn't expect that the matter was on them."

County Magistrate Yan muttered, waved his hand, and walked out with his back hunched over.

He knew who was here, and he thought of the consequences. He was greedy, but he was indeed greedy. If an official came to investigate, he might be able to hear the news in advance and make some preparations so that there would be no big problems.

But who would have thought that the nine children of Zhang and Wang's family came. The news in the capital had just been heard along the way, but he didn't expect that the people would arrive.

When County Magistrate Yan moved his legs that had almost lost all his strength to the door, Xiao Bei used a colorful pen to remove the painted drum edges at the door, and stepped on a big stone under his feet, which seemed very laborious.

County Magistrate Yan saw the goldfish bag hanging around his waist when he saw Xiaobei and a few others. After looking at the group of children, he confirmed that it was undoubtedly true.

"My lords, I am the magistrate of Zhua County, Foreman Yan Jiangyan. I don't know how many of them came and have not come to welcome you. Please forgive me."

While talking, Yan Jiang no longer considered bribery and made fraud, waiting for the final verdict.

Xiao Bei tried his best to paint the painted area on the drum with bright red color, jumped off the stone, shook his hands hard, looked at Yan Jiang very dissatisfiedly, and said, "Mr. Yan, why is this Dengwen drum so high? Do you want to be exhausted to the point of playing drums? How can you beat the old man when he is old?"

"Yes, I will order people to lower the heights." Yan Jiang agreed, and stopped talking and waited there.

Xiao Bei put his arm on his face, looked at Yan Jiang, and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing when standing outside? You won't invite us in."

"Yes, yes, let's go in now. Please, let me send the account immediately." Yan Jiang gritted his teeth, hoping that his attitude would be better, and the little kid would be coaxed, and he would take the initiative to admit his mistakes and be able to deal with them with ease. He did not want to lose his official position and planned to continue to be greedy, otherwise the plan would not be realized.

Xiao Bei was asked to go in, then snorted as saying that he would agree to Yan Jiang's order to go to the account book.

When he entered the yamen, Xiaobei did not go to the living room to rest as Yan Jiang told him, but walked straight backwards and said as he walked: "I heard that your yamen always makes a big noise. Let me see what you are playing with?"

"Xiao Bei, look behind, it's smoky." Xiao Bei, who has the most detailed observation of the environment, pointed to the sky.

Xiao Bei looked up and said, "Isn't it? There was obviously no smoke from the kitchen there. After listening carefully, there was a rumbling movement. He rushed inside without saying a word.

A group of children followed closely, Yan Jiang was full of bitterness behind him. He was afraid that Xiaobei and others would like to take his things away as a toy, so that was his hard work. He wanted to stop him but didn't dare to stop him.

When Xiaobei and his group entered the third yard, the obedient yamen runners were still delivering coal to the stove.

"Hey? This thing is fun, it's so big, brother, do you look a little familiar?" Xiao Bei saw the jar that was almost as tall as one side of the house at a glance, and suddenly felt it looked a little familiar.

"It looks familiar." Xiaoyuan spoke.

"I didn't ask you, I asked my brother." Xiao Bei didn't give any face.

Xiaohai was also looking at this thing and nodded, "Isn't this the steam engine that my brother and sister asked the craftsmen to study? I haven't studied it well yet, and I didn't expect to see one here first. I don't know how far I have studied it."

At this time, someone had already taken the county account book and sent it to Yan Jiang. Yan Jiang pinched the thin account book with his hand and handed it to Xiao Bei helplessly.

Although the account book is true, there are fake ones. If another official checks, Yan Jiang will take out the fake ones. Even if the other party really checks it seriously, it will take a lot of effort to find out the problem, and it will be a small problem.

Today, he was facing the nine people of Xiaobei. Yan Jiang didn't plan to take out the fake account book. Otherwise, a group of little guys would be tired to check the account book, and in the end he couldn't find any problems. After crying, Zhang Xiaobao behind him would definitely be angry. When he came to check it, it would be more than that simple.

It’s better to be happy, and the anti-corruption campaign is not good, and nine people come to me, so don’t expect any luck.

"What's this?" Xiao Bei asked, looking at the thin account book.

"The account book contains the county's income and expenditure this year, as well as the part that I used on him." Yan Jiang sighed and introduced.

"Oh~! Let's take a look." Xiao Bei opened the account book as he spoke. Some of them didn't know, and some of them knew, but fortunately she knew the key numbers.

After turning two pages, he exclaimed: "Wow~! Zhu A County's rental tax revenue this year has actually reached 820,000 guan? How did you do it? How much was it last year?"

"I am... I thought about it after hearing my younger brother's affairs in Jili Prefecture and Baoxin County. I found a way to do it at home. It was 140,000 guan in the first half of last year and 60,000 guan in the second half of the year. All the money was invested by me for breeding, so I naturally gained more after this year's harvest."

Speaking of the income in the county, Yan Jiang was still very proud. He quadrupled the number in one and a half years.

Xiao Bei was very surprised. If the result was made by his brother and sister, it would be nothing, but an ordinary official also did it, it would be different.

"Then how many did you report?"

"Seventy-sixty-three thousand coins." Yan Jiang answered truthfully.

Xiao Bei nodded, "That is to say, you have greedy for a total of 60,000 yuan, right? Is it the entire fiscal revenue in the second half of last year, right?"

"right."

"What did you use the money?" Xiao Bei admitted when he heard the other party's question. He felt that he didn't have any sense of accomplishment, but was more interested in what others did to make money they greedy.

Yan Jiang pointed to the big thing in front of him, "Just make it, a few broken, this is the last one, it's about to succeed, how many days will it take for me?"

"Okay, okay, this guy has only spent 60,000 yuan." Xiao Bei started to turn around the angry thing, and returned the account book to Yan Jiang and stopped paying attention to it.

After turning a few times, Xiao Bei stopped and turned his head to ask Yan Jiang, who was nervous, "What can this thing do? Can it be placed in the car and let the car go by itself? Can it be placed on the boat and let the boat go by itself? Can it be used to generate electricity and make the lights light up? Can it be placed on the lathe to help make tools?"

Every time Xiao Bei asked one, Yan Jiang's eyes lit up. After Xiao Bei finished asking, Yan Jiang nodded to Xiao Bei as if he had found a confidant.

"Why don't you move? Is there a switch or something? Turn it on quickly and don't explode in a while?" Xiao Bei suddenly thought of a very critical question.

Yan Jiang was slightly stunned, rushed to the round thing, picked up a stick from the ground and inserted it into an air and started to rotate. He then shouted to the yamen runner who was still adding coal, "Stop, stop, don't add it."

The yamen runner then threw down the shovel and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

As Yan Jiang moved, larger vapor appeared, and then a group of people saw several poles connected to the can start to move up and down, and a wheel on the other side also rotated.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Beijiu's eyes were wide open. They could always see craftsmen at home working, and they knew that as long as there was something that could move, they could be converted back and forth into different directions. The most common one was the washing machine.

"Yeah!" Xiao Bei rushed to Yan Jiang happily, stretched out his hand and pulled Yan Jiang's hand and slapped each other, and said to Yan Jiang: "Mr. Yan, it's successful, we've succeeded, the steam engine has come out, how did you make that sealed place? Use gum?"

Yan Jiang was also confused by the joy. He picked up Xiao Bei, kissed him hard, and said, "Don't use gum, just seal it with iron. Find the kind of tough one to make iron sheets and press it on the key areas. Use other glue to apply where there is a leak."

"Well, I'm so smart. Let's go to the best restaurant in the county to celebrate and tell me about my brother and sister." Xiao Bei hugged Yan Jiang with one hand and clenched his fists with the other hand and waved excitedly.

Yan Jiang nodded repeatedly, walked out with Xiao Bei in his arms, and when he suddenly stopped when he reached the hall in front, he remembered what he was doing.

"Well, the best restaurant, I'll treat you." Xiao Bei was wondering why he stopped.

"This..." Yan Jiang put Xiaobei down and pointed at the hall. "Mr. Zhang, aren't you here to check the accounts?"

"Ah? Check the account? Ah! After checking, you know it." Xiao Bei only realized after being reminded by someone.

"Then, is that going to be impeached?" Yan Jiang said what he didn't want to say the least.

"What are you impeached? The county accounts are clear, the local economy is prosperous, Lord Yan is the first to be the best. If there are a few more officials like adults in our dynasty, why worry about the people not being able to live and work in peace?

Xiaoyuan, please help me draft a memorial and have someone send it to my brother first. Then you can transfer to the capital. How can you be more generous to the world if you don’t reward a good official like Lord Yan?”

Xiaobei looked righteous and said something that made Yan Jiang stunned. He suddenly realized that he was in a dream. He shook his head hard and asked, "Where is the sixty thousand coins?"

"Sixty thousand guan? Which guan? Oh, it's the special agency fee that Lord Yan said was ordered to study steam engines by the Ministry of Industry. Well, it's a little less, and we should also increase our investment. A person with insight like Lord must not lose the determination to continue to study because of money."

Xiaobei raised his hand and wanted to pat Yan Jiang on the shoulder, but found that the height was a bit disparity, so he had to pat Yan Jiang on the leg to show encouragement.

Yan Jiang stood in the local area and thought for a while, and finally figured out Xiao Bei's words. Not only did he not pursue his own corruption, but he also made the matter sound. It seemed that everything was because of the steam engine.

Xiao Bei didn't care what Yan Jiang thought, and finally there was a steam engine. The family had not yet developed it. My brother and sister only gave me one idea and had no time to guide them personally. Now that I have done it, my brother and sister will definitely be very happy.
To be continued...