Wei Yan was actually very unhappy.
It's not that I'm unhappy with what I'm doing now, it's just that I feel unhappy.
Wei Yan is a subordinate of Liu Bei, and he must obey Liu Bei's orders unconditionally; he is also the nominal leader of the recruitment hall, and it is also his responsibility to lead the wise men to take office.
Wei Yan had no dissatisfaction with the work he was ordered to do. What he was dissatisfied with was purely Zhang Xi.
In Wei Yan's view, Zhang Xi is a flatterer who likes to talk about words and pretend to be a scholar. This makes Wei Yan uncomfortable to look at.
It's not like Wei Yan has never seen literati speak before. Gentlemen Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, and Yi Ji didn't speak like this Mr. Zhang. They didn't all speak in a straightforward manner.
Anyway, Wei Yan's first impression of Zhang Xi was very bad. Now that he came to welcome Zhang Xi to take office, he naturally didn't have a good look on his face.
As for Zhang Xi, his expression was not good either.
Zhang Xi was originally given the strange official position of Chief of Grain and Grass Registry. Zhang Xi was still thinking about what he would do after taking office. However, the person who came to greet him early in the morning was actually the big man who looked at him with a look on his face.
Zhang Xi didn't know that this big man was the official head of the talent recruitment hall. He thought he was a gatekeeper.
Although Zhang Xi is the soul of modern people, after a month of revolving around, he has somewhat acquired the temperament of the scholars of this era... How could he send a gate security guard to welcome him when he takes office? !
Another thing is that Wei Yan doesn't like Zhang Xi, and Zhang Xi doesn't like Wei Yan... Although Zhang Xi still doesn't know that the big man in front of him is the future general of the Han Dynasty conquering the west.
Wei Yan came to welcome Zhang Xi to take office with a black face, and Zhang Xi also followed Wei Yan to take office with a black face... Those who didn't know better thought that Wei Yan was here to arrest someone.
Little Qibao was really worried about his master and refused to leave his side.
Wei Yan complained a bit, but considering that his lord Liu Bei had warned him to treat others with courtesy, and Zhang Xi insisted, he didn't say anything.
Anyway, the place where Zhang Xi took office was not an important military base, so Wei Yan was a rare accommodation.
As for Zhang Xi, under the guidance of Wei Yan, he finally arrived at his workplace.
"This is where sir conducts official business!"
Wei Yan led Zhang Xi to a warehouse and said this to a table placed at the door of the warehouse.
Zhang Xi resisted the urge to twitch the corner of his mouth and carefully observed this warehouse... There was nothing interesting to see, this was just a granary.
Co-authoring the so-called "Grain and Grass Master Book", is it really just a job of managing a granary? !
What the hell...
Forget it, considering that we only have two hundred stones of corn a year, we can bear it.
According to the Han system, two hundred shi of corn a year is really a lot. The salary of the governor of the state is only 600 shi a year. A chief clerk is only in charge of grain and grass... Thinking about it this way, Zhang Xi felt much better instantly.
"Sir, since you have taken office, I can't interrupt you, so I'll take my leave!" Wei Yan said politely with a straight face.
After saying this, regardless of Zhang Xi's reaction, he turned around and left.
The angry Xiao Qibao made a face at Wei Yan's back.
Zhang Xi can't stand it...how can a fifteen-year-old still act like a child?
Oh, it seems that fifteen years old is really a half-grown child, and a twenty-year-old adult like me will not join in the fun with the children.
Zhang Xi faced Wei Yan's retreating back and slowly stretched out one of his fingers.
Well, this is much more comfortable.
office.
Zhang Xi sat down in his "office", and a treasurer immediately sent him documents, checked with Zhang Xi on the current inventory of grain and grass, and then explained his scope of responsibilities to Zhang Xi.
Little Qibao stood aside obediently, helping Zhang Xi study ink, prepare brushes, carve knives and other things.
With the introduction of the treasurer, Zhang Xi finally figured out the specific work of his "grain and grass master".
He is really not just a warehouse manager.
From the distribution of grain and grass to each battalion of the army, the payment of rewards and punishments, to the adjustment of meals in the army, and the preparation of various camping materials, all need to be coordinated by the "grain master book".
To put it simply, it is the governor's logistics and food supply, which is a very important position.
Well, it feels a bit like what Yang Yi did back then.
It's just that Yang Yi is the governor of the entire Northern Expedition, while Zhang Xi only manages the three thousand troops and horses currently under Liu Bei's account, and only manages four or five warehouses, which looks a bit shabby.
But thinking about Yang Yi's future achievements, Zhang Xi suddenly felt that what he was doing was not so hopeless... Although Zhang Xi himself hated Yang Yi, a villain.
No matter what, when a new official takes office, he must first familiarize himself with the work.
On the first day of work, Zhang Xi, under the leadership of the treasurer, checked the account books and determined the quantity of materials in the warehouse. He worked very hard all day long.
After get off work, he didn't go back to the inn directly. Instead, he asked Xiao Qibao to run an errand, ordered some food at the inn, and treated some treasury officials to some dinner.
It was a pity that there was no wine, but Zhang Xi still asked Xiao Qibao to ask the innkeeper to buy some bacon to entertain several colleagues.
You need to get in touch.
Otherwise, when you take office as a new official, you don’t understand anything, and if these treasury officials secretly try to hinder you, you won’t be able to do anything.
Zhang Xi knows the truth that "officials are as slippery as oil", and he doesn't expect these people to break out with you as soon as they come up, as long as they don't cause trouble for him.
The first day of work passed so smoothly.
In the next half month, Zhang Xi still went to and from work every day, taking inventory of the warehouse... which was quite busy.
There are rules for distributing food and grass to the army every day, Zhang Xi just needs to follow them.
It is winter now, and although the army is practicing, it is not very frequent, so there is no arrangement of rewards and punishments, and there is no need to set up camp.
The most busy thing for Zhang Xi during this period is preparing for the year-end reward.
The New Year will be over in just over a month. Before the end of the year, there will be a routine reward ceremony for the entire army. Each battalion will be given different rewards based on their performance, which is a kind of incentive.
Zhang Xi has been busy with this matter recently.
The amount of rewards given to each camp was not decided by Zhang Xi. Liu Bei made the decision himself based on the daily records of the military judge.
After all, Liu Bei is just a grassroots team at the moment, with only 3,000 people under his command, so Liu Bei still has time to take care of such small things.
If there were 300,000 people, it is estimated that Liu Bei, the master, would not care so much.
Zhang Xi is mainly responsible for the distribution of these reward materials.
Don't underestimate this distribution.
You know, the supplies these days are not industrialized products. At the end of the year, everyone can take home the exact same New Year supplies... Things these days are all in pieces.
For example, when it comes to bacon, we can’t give out the same thing in every camp.
Some camps may give out pork, some may give out dog meat, and some may even give out a few pickled fish, to name a few.
Sorry, no mutton.
Mutton is something that princes enjoy. Although the world is in chaos and etiquette is corrupted these days, mutton is still something that only nobles or generals can eat.
There are very few mutton reserves in the warehouse, which are basically supplied to the lord Liu Bei and a few close generals.
Although eating meat is a very luxurious thing these days, the sergeants don't care whether it is "expensive meat or cheap meat", whether it tastes fishy or smelly, they are very satisfied if they can eat meat.
But in everything, we don't worry about the scarcity but the unevenness.
Why are we all serving as soldiers? The camp next door can eat pork, but we only have fish? !
They are both generals, so why can so-and-so eat mutton, but I can only grill a fish for a taste? !
So how could Zhang Xi, a newcomer, take good care of everything here?
Fortunately, in the past half month, Zhang Xi treated the old officials to several meals, and finally gained their initial trust. With the help of these people, Zhang Xi finally completed these tasks without any danger. Assign work.
Of course, there are times when things almost go wrong.
For example, a certain gangster came to the warehouse to receive the best end-of-year reward. Instead of telling him, he actually said, "Why don't you get any wine during the Chinese New Year?" He just stayed in the warehouse and insisted on drinking wine, without caring about the master at all. Liu Bei's alcohol prohibition.
But Zhang Xi really can’t be blamed for this. There is no such thing as wine in the reward list, not to mention that the lord Liu Bei has repeatedly banned alcohol. The wine stored in the warehouse is used for the lord Liu Bei’s official banquets. , when one jar is used, one jar will be lost.
Zhang Xi originally thought that this black guy was rude, and thought about imitating Dong Xuan and making a strong command, but considering that the black guy in front of him was not a public housekeeper, and his fist was really bigger than a bowl, Zhang Xi felt that his small body It may be too much to bear.
In addition, although this guy acted shamelessly in front of Zhang Xi and used a loud voice to scare people, it was useless in the end. He couldn't stand the treasurer's persuasion at his side, and even whispered to Zhang Xi before Zhang Xi had to secretly stuff it in. A jar of rice wine was used to gag this black guy.
The black guy left with satisfaction, but what the treasurer said in Zhang Xi's ear made Zhang Xi a little upset.
"The third general is the sworn brother of the lord. He drinks secretly on weekdays, but the lord turns a blind eye. Why should you offend him for nothing?!"
Well, just this sentence made Zhang Xi feel that something was wrong.
