"Not much else to say. You will work hard when you go back. Only if you achieve results will you have the possibility of promotion."
She dismissed the five magistrates from Lu County with one sentence, and also told them that she accepted the surrender; as long as they worked hard, she could help them get promoted.
After seeing off the person, Minghua personally wrote a letter and handed it to Aunt Luo along with the box containing the banknotes. She asked her to take it to the inn and rush it to Ji Jin of the Ji family in the capital.
People were free again.
More than twenty days later, Ji Jin, who was far away in the capital, received Minghua's letter and banknotes. He shook his head and laughed. He asked someone to call the steward in charge of cement production and handed all the banknotes to him.
"We are stepping up preparations to send sixty thousand taels of cement to Xianyun County and hand it over to the county owner. The cost of transportation is also included. Please check it and put it in the warehouse."
The money they earn is not just for them, they must submit accounts to His Majesty at the end of each month; the accounts must be clear and clean, even if he himself needs to use cement, he must add money to the accounts.
"Yes, young master."
After the steward took the banknotes and went out, he summoned his people to count them urgently. If there was not enough money, he had to work faster. After working hard and slowly, he finally produced 60,000 kilograms of cement worth 60,000 taels of silver in half a month.
Then, the problem came.
The transportation cost of 900 taels is not enough to transport 60,000 kilograms!
The steward found Ji Jin again and asked Ji Jin to explain the problem.
Ji Jin said: "Send it over first, and ask the county magistrate for the missing silver. She asked for the cement for the magistrate of Xianyun County, and will make up for it later."
"I understand, I will resign."
On that day, the steward counted 60,000 kilograms of cement, dispatched the guards in the palace, and hired a group of people from the escort agency; the cement was transported out of the capital in a mighty manner, and the road went smoothly. Even if there were robbers, they would be surprised when they saw that it was cement. I have no interest in robbing anymore.
Cement is not food and drink, let alone money; why take it back? Paving the way? Is it laid out so that people can knock on the door?
What's more, they may not be able to successfully rob.
Therefore, the journey was uneventful, and they successfully entered Xianyun County one and a half months later; the huge team attracted the attention of the people, and also attracted the attention of the magistrate and officials of Xianyun County.
When the police got the news, they quickly ran back to the county office and informed the county magistrate.
"Sir, a team of troops has just entered Xianyun County."
Magistrate Lu and his staff suddenly stood up, "Is it really here?"
"There will be no difference. What was escorted was exactly cement. It was packed in the same bag as the cement sent to the county chief last time. Even the color has not changed."
"Walk."
The magistrate of Lu County walked out in a hurry, followed closely by his staff and the arrester. After that, three more arresters followed and went to the street to watch together.
as expected.
A large team passed through the middle of the road, and the people took detours one after another. There were too many of them; the team was so huge that it was hard to imagine. The head of the team was walking in the center of Xianyun County, and all the tails had not yet entered.
"Sir, it's really cement. I saw the cement that was escorted last time on the street. It's just like this. It hasn't changed at all. You see, the person in the front is the escort, and he is the same this time." Staff Wang was excited. Pointing to the guard sitting on the horse.
Magistrate Lu nodded repeatedly, "It's a good thing, it's a good thing; hurry up, let someone prepare the carriage, I'm going to Xiaojiacun."…
"It's time to go, I'll go with you, sir."
"I'm going too."
The people who followed said so.
When Magistrate Lu returned to the county office, the coachman led the carriage over, and the staff and Magistrate Lu got on the carriage; while the arresters rode on horseback. This behavior was done in a hurry and could not delay the journey.
On the road, Yu Cement walked together. The staff lifted up the curtains of the carriage and looked outside. There was a long queue, and there were many people escorting them.
"Fortunately, the road here in Xiaojiacun is wide enough, otherwise we wouldn't be able to walk together." We had no choice but to follow the team.
Cement and Magistrate Lu and others arrived at Xiaojia Village at the same time. Magistrate Lu could not rush forward to talk to the leader being escorted; he could only follow the crowd.
They went outside the yard of Minghua's house together.
In the yard, Grandma Tian heard the commotion and came out to watch. She saw Magistrate Lu getting off the carriage, accompanied by the same staff as before. Looking at the guards next to her who got off their horses, she had a smile on her face. .
"Shiwei Feng, you've got it right. The county boss was talking about you yesterday. I wonder if the journey will be smooth."
Guard Feng stepped forward and bowed, "I've seen you, grandma. Thanks to the county master, the journey went very smoothly. We didn't even see any bandits. All the 60,000 kilograms of cement accompanying us have been escorted over. Please report it to grandma." County Lord, please ask someone to come out and check."
"The person doing the research is right here." Aunt Tian smiled and nuzzled at Magistrate Lu and others, "This is the magistrate of Xianyun County, surnamed Lu. If you call me Lord Lu, he should know cement when he comes here. I'm here, I came here specifically to check, so if there's anything you need to do, just tell him."
"Yes." Guard Feng took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Granny Tian, "Mom, please give it to the county lord, the young lord's personal letter."
Grandma Tian took it with both hands and said hurriedly: "Okay, I understand, you go ahead."
Aunt Tian turned around and entered the courtyard. She handed the letter to Minghua first and explained some of the situation outside.
"Just let them hand it over. There is too much cement delivered, and we don't have enough manpower. Let's give Magistrate Lu a headache." With so much cement, can it take a day or two to count it? During this period, the escorts cannot be kept away, and this salary must be paid separately. "Arrange a place for them to live in the village and take turns to be on duty. If they have food issues, they should go to Magistrate Lu. They come here because of his entrustment." Serve good food."
"The county master is considerate, I will go right away."
After Granny Tian went out with a smile, Minghua dismissed the people waiting in the room and opened the letter to read. In the letter, her senior brother told her to keep her mind safe. Even though they were from a farm family and were of the same clan, there were some people with evil intentions. , if there is not enough manpower, the guards on this trip can call on five people to use it, and then return it to the Ji family when they return to Beijing.
Minghua felt this sentiment in her heart, but she couldn't arrange it if there were too many guards.
After Granny Tian went out, she went straight to Magistrate Lu; Guard Feng stepped aside with a smile, leaving space for them.
"Mommy is here, does the County Lord know about it?"
"I understand, the county boss asked you to take over. After that, I will go to the village chief of Xiaojia Village to arrange the accommodation of these people. Do you think you should mobilize people to guard the cement inventory, or let them help?" Granny Tian asked. He did not convey Minghua's meaning directly, but reminded him tactfully.
Magistrate Lu slapped his forehead and said, "Mommy, I've thought about it very carefully. The people I brought here are too few and the tools are not complete. I'm afraid I'll have to borrow some help from Chief Xiao later. I'm sure I can't defend the place with so many carriages. I have to ask my fellow guards for help."
"Well, in addition, you have to ask someone to solve their food problem. We can only solve the housing problem here."
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