Chapter 16 Rogue Thief
When money is involved, many people will do bad things without their conscience. Therefore, it is very troublesome to manage money. The chief clerk of a county government manages a lot of money and grain. People in need must be greedy. In modern terms, they must be "red and specialized".
People like Wu Ji who are not greedy, who are knowledgeable and have innocent backgrounds are indeed the best candidates for managing money and food.
"Be the chief clerk?" Wu Ji was very surprised. He never expected that he would have such unexpected gains after being sincere, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
"Wu Xiucai, you are from Wujiazhuang and have a innocent background. I just noticed that when you took the money, you gave Mr. Wu without even looking at it. Thirty taels of silver. A person like you, who is from a poor family is not a small amount. You don't even look at it and are not moved at all. It's really rare! It's very suitable and suitable for you to be the chief clerk." As Zheng County Magistrate praised Wu Ji more and more.
"This..." Wu Ji was unable to decide for a while.
Now Wu Ji has received the bounty and wants to open an arms factory. In that way, he can make more money. If he accepts the invitation from Zheng County Magistrate, he will not be able to go to Xiongzhou and can only stay in Guixin County.
If you want to say that the best place for arms is in the north, there is no place that is more suitable than Xiongzhou. If you don’t go to Xiongzhou, but stay in a small place in Guixin County, that means you are unable to get along with your future.
However, if you are the chief clerk, it is not without benefits, but the benefits are quite good. Although the chief clerk is small, he is also an official. If Wu Ji responded, he would bid farewell to the white body and have an official body from then on.
This official body has a very good use, which is to help Wu Ji engage in arms. In the Song Dynasty, the matter of military weapons was mainly done by the court. If Wu Ji wanted to sell bombs to the army, it would be very troublesome if it had no connections. With this small chief clerk, it would still be of great help.
One more advantage is that the chief clerk is very relaxed. Similar to the current accountant, this is the best for Wu Ji now. Although Wu Ji has the principal, he is not good at body and strength, and cannot do too much business.
This chief clerk is definitely tailor-made for Wu Ji. It has both benefits and doesn’t have to be too tired. It is really difficult to make a choice for Wu Ji.
"Wu Xiucai, don't worry. If you want to take the exam, I will help you." Seeing that Wu Ji was hesitant and difficult to decide, the magistrate of Zheng thought that he was going to work hard to pass the imperial examination.
"Do it for a while before talking about it. It is important to maintain a good body. As for the matter of doing arms, if you can do it, do it first. If you can't do it, wait for a while. The body is the most important capital!" After Wu Ji weighed the pros and cons, he finally made a decision.
"Mr. Xie Zheng!" Wu Ji officially replied.
"Haha!" The magistrate of Zheng was very happy, stroked his beard and said seriously: "Wu Xiucai, although the chief clerk is small, he is also a ninth rank official in the court! Congratulations to Wu Xiucai for becoming an official!"
"Mr. Zheng promoted me!" Wu Ji returned the gift according to the etiquette.
"Ji'er, you have become an official! You have become an official!" Wu Qing and the others were so happy that they could not say, and red light appeared on Wu Qing's face.
Wu Ji is a scholar and a big shot in Wujiazhuang, but he is a white person after all. Now, although he is a small ninth-rank chief clerk, he is a real official. In their eyes, this is a heaven and a earth that cannot be compared.
After a while of joy, he gradually calmed down. Without Wu Ji's words, Wu Qing called a few Ding Zhuang and began to pull out bear skins. Several hunters invited by the magistrate Zheng also joined in. They were very skilled in skinning and were extremely skillful in their movements. I don't know how many beasts they had hunted for them, so they were so skillful.
The bear skin and the bear gall belonged to the magistrate Zheng County, so he handed it over to him on the spot. The magistrate Zheng was not wrong. The bear gall was very big and it was really rare. The magistrate Zheng took it in his hand and looked at it for a while, and was very happy.
When hunting, people have a share of the hunters, let alone those hunters are seniors, and they have divided a large piece of bear meat for them. They left a lot of them for the county government, and Wu Qing and the others only had half of the bear meat. They divided the bear meat into pieces, carried by several Ding Zhuang, bid farewell to the magistrate of Zheng and rushed to Wujiazhuang.
Wu Ji still took turns carrying it back to several Ding Zhuang. Now, Wu Ji has changed from a white body to an official body. Ding Zhuang has worked harder to carry Wu Ji and smiled even more happily.
This time, I came to return to my return and gained a lot. Wu Ji went from white to officialdom, which was the pride of Wujiazhuang. They thought they had unique face. Moreover, Wu Ji was righteous and had thirty taels of silver. Thirty taels of silver were distributed to the entire village. Calculated, each household had less than one tael, which was a considerable income, which was almost a year's expense.
Wu Qing and the others laughed so hard that they couldn't close their mouths. The one they talked the most was Wu Ji, who praised Wu Ji as much as a flower.
"Ji'er, you don't have to give us any money." Wu Qing looked at Wu Ji, and he liked him no matter how he looked at it.
"Uncle San, I am from a poor family. If you hadn't taken care of you, how could I have been today? Maybe I would have been dragged to death long ago. I originally wanted to take some money from the bounty and thank you. Lord Zheng bought the bear skin and bear gall. I got the bounty alone. How could I take the money again?" Wu Ji said sincerely.
After only a few days of coming to Wujiazhuang, Wujiazhuang's villagers felt the simplicity and kindness of Wujiazhuang's villagers. They took care of Wu Ji a lot. If they hadn't been taken care of, Yang Xiuxiu would have been hardworking, after all, she was too young, so how could she take care of her? The Wu Xiucai would have died long ago.
Wu Ji inherited everything about Wu Xiucai and regarded it as paying his favor.
"Ji'er, where did you say you went? We just put in some effort and didn't have much money to help you." Wu Qing was very helpful when he heard Wu Ji's words. Wu Ji was a junior. He was good to them, but he was filial. As an elder, how could he not be happy?
I talked and laughed along the way, and soon returned to Wujiazhuang.
"Haha! Let's tell them what's going on and let them be happy!"
"It will definitely jump up!"
"This is a great joy in our Wujiazhuang!"
Everyone said something, I looked forward to giving the people of Wujiazhuang a huge surprise.
However, they were too happy too early. As soon as they arrived at the village, they saw a large number of people rushing out of the village and greeting them. These villagers all looked frightened and fearful, even more afraid than the Song army was bandits that day, as if the end of the world had come.
The bears were hunted and the disasters were apart. There would be no more trouble in the village. We should be happy. Why are we so shocked and frightened? Wu Ji couldn't understand.
Not only Wu Ji couldn't figure it out, but Wu Qing and others could figure it out. Everyone looked surprised.
"What happened to you?" Wu Qing finally reacted and hurriedly asked: "Is something wrong? What happened?"
"Dad, something big happened! Something big happened!" Wu Jian was speaking, and his little face was full of fear and he was stuttering: "Dad, Liufeng Thieves are here!"
"The Wind Thieves!"
Wu Qing and a few Ding Zhuang who had just returned from the return screamed, and the smile on his face disappeared in an instant, replaced by panic and fear. He was so frightened that he made a strange "gurgling" sound in his throat.
"Big!Big!"
Wu Qing and a few Ding Zhuang sat down on the ground, their bodies became weak, as if they had exhausted their strength, and their face was pale and bloodless. They were so scared that they didn't even know how to turn their eyes.
"The thief of the wind will eat people and never spit out bones!"
"The thief of Liufeng burns, kills, loots, and the woman passes by will be ruins!"
"The thief of Liufeng is even more terrifying than the demon. They don't even let the boy go!"
The villagers talked about the matter about Liufeng Thieves, and they all looked frightened. The more they talked, the more they became more and more scared, as if Liufeng Thieves had arrived. Later, many cowardly people fell to the ground in fear.
The thief is synonymous with sin and is used by villagers to scare children.
This is a group of robbers and bandits. It is said that they were officers and soldiers before. Under the leadership of the leader Zeng Dainian, they turned out of the government and went up the mountain to become robbers. Killing, setting fires, and looting are endless, which is the biggest disaster nearby.
Wherever this group of robbers pass, they will be killed regardless of gender, age and age. The village will turn into ruins, which is even more terrifying than the bloodthirsty demon.
In the minds of the villagers of Wujiazhuang, Liufeng Thieves are synonymous with the doomsday. I heard that Liufeng Thieves are coming, how can they not be afraid?
Chapter completed!