Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 495 Welcoming the Saint (asking for monthly tickets)

Liang Qu asked Li Libo to run an errand and move the box back home.

After putting on the badge on her waist, Long Lingxiao changed into official uniform and headed towards the government office.

Just a few miles.

Everywhere, workers were using large wooden hammers to tamp down the earth and level the roads, making the ground so dusty that one couldn't even see their feet when they looked down.

When I walked to the square in front of the gate, I saw a group of low-ranking yamen runners sweeping, watering and mopping the floor with brooms.

The small port at Yaqian where ships were moored was particularly busy, with soldiers using bamboo poles to measure the water depth and check the degree of silt accumulation.

If there was something wrong, they would call in a small boat to dig up the river mud and increase the water depth.

The boat used to dredge river mud is called a "claw bucket", a small boat with a wide belly. When dredging river mud, one person rows the boat while the other uses the "claw bucket" to grab the mud and lift it into the boat.

There is no need to find a special place to bury the waste. When the boat is full, it can just pull to the shore, and the villagers who have been waiting for a long time will come forward to grab the waste.

River silt, good stuff.

When dried and mixed with soil, it becomes the best fertilizer for both crop fields and mulberry forests.

Such a strong sense of déjà vu.

A complete cleaning.

Liang Qu secretly complained.

Fortunately, I am a sixth-rank official and don’t have to do cleaning work.

Crossing the threshold of the government office.

The chief clerk, who can be seen or not, is busy all the time.

The neatly organized albums, documents, and notices behind the desk, the beads of an abacus used to count the warehouse, and the rustling of book pages.

Originally you put up a layer and I put up a layer, and the rough and psoriasis-like notice board has been completely transformed, neatly done, and clear at a glance.

"sharp……"

"A water!"

Xiang Fangsu leaned on the railing on the third floor and waved.

Instead of taking the stairs, he jumped lightly and climbed up the stairs.

There were quite a few people crowded in Xu Yuelong's study, including Lu Kaiyun, Bai Yinbin, and Ran Ying.

After greeting each other, Liang Qu asked knowingly, "What's going on? Who wants to come for inspection?"

"Hey, let's let you see the world today!" Xiang Fangsu grabbed Liang Qu's shoulders, "Last year, the Marquis of Weining, who became a martial saint and made a name for himself in the world, will pass through our territory in a few days!"

"The Martial Saint is coming, there's no need to mobilize so many troops."

Liang Qu pointed to the servants running back and forth in the lobby.

"Hey, you don't understand this." Xiang Fangsu leaned against the railing, tilted his neck back, and stretched his back. "Just because they say they are passing by, can Pingyang Prefecture watch over them? Why not invite the Martial Saint to come ashore and rest?

When a county magistrate takes office, the post stations along the way have to prepare supplies and horse feed, and the local magistrate will invite him to visit and give him travel expenses.

Now that such a great Martial Saint is passing through our Pingyang Prefecture, the people from our prefecture office must invite him to come ashore. It's the same reason! Maybe the one who goes to pick up the Martial Saint is our Hebo Office."

Liang Qu raised his eyebrows.

"If we invite the Martial Saint, will he come ashore?"

"One thousand people, one thousand toilets." Bai Yinbin walked out of the study, "Marquis Weining issued a letter seeking talents in April, so the fleet must have a large group of people on board.

Those servants, maids, officials, and their families are not a small number, and they all need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate.

But to the south of Pingyang Prefecture is Chizhou, and to the south of Chizhou is Ningjiang Prefecture. Although Chizhou is a direct-controlled prefecture, it is actually only the size of two or three counties.

A large fleet can't get any good supplies there, so we are the last stop before Marquis Weining reaches his fiefdom."

"Not only that." Ran Zhongshi grabbed the escalator and walked up the stairs, "Marquis Weining is going to his fiefdom to take office. The fleet will not only have the martial saint team recruited along the way, but also a group of old officials from the imperial capital.

They will be responsible for all matters, etiquette, and handovers after Marquis Weining takes office, and will not return to the imperial capital until a year and a half, or even longer.

This group of old scholars are best at counting the treasury and checking the accounts. Every time a king is crowned, they actually have the intention of "counting" and "checking" the big mansions along the way. They won't check too much, but if they do it too roughly, they will easily be reported. "

No wonder.

Liang Qu thought of the clerk downstairs who was counting the beads on the abacus.

I thought that since the Martial Saint had arrived, it would be fine if we just did some face-saving work, but why did we also have to work on the substance?

He was originally a half inspector.

Bai Yinbin gave a thumbs up.

"Gao, Brother Zhongshi is in charge of logistics after all, he knows everything." Ran Zhongshi was too lazy to argue and reminded him, "Marquis Weining is an old title. Everyone was used to it before, and it didn't matter if we called him that in private. Now that he has achieved the status of a martial saint and was granted the title of Ningjiang Prefecture, he should be called the King of Yue in public! Don't make a mistake!"

Everyone nodded.

Worried that Liang Qu didn't understand, Xiang Fangsu added in a low voice.

"Ningjiang Prefecture belonged to Yue in ancient times, so it was called the King of Yue. In fact, it doesn't matter if you want to call him the King of Ningjiang. It's an old custom in ancient dynasties, and everyone still thinks that the word is noble. In fact, it has long been blurred. It's just a habit."

Liang Qu just thought it was a funny story.

He must have followed the crowd.

At any time, being an eccentric without any benefit is foolish.

"Huo, are they all here?" Ke Wenbin jumped up to the third floor and climbed over the railing. "I'm not late, am I?"

"You're one short, but it's not too late."

Everyone is here.

Xu Yuelong put down the documents in his hand, asked everyone to go into the study, closed the door and said a few simple words.

The stuff is old hat.

It's nothing more than that Marquis Weining is coming. Don't run around in the next few days. Stay at your workstation as much as possible.

Patrols should be stepped up in nearby waters to prevent any water monsters from eating people from happening during the past few days.

Ke Wenbin poked Liang Qu.

"I'm going to meet the Martial Saint in a few days. Are you nervous?"

"Okay."

Liang Qu thought about it and said, he knew from Su Guishan several days in advance that Marquis Weining was coming, so he had been mentally prepared for several days. Besides, he had seen toads before.

"true and false?"

Ke Wenbin was suspicious.

The Martial Saint, a divine figure who can live for eight hundred years!
Not excited but nervous to see it in person?

Liang Qu shrugged.

"Ke Wenbin! Liang Qu! Stop whispering to each other, both of you. Listen carefully!"

Ke Wenbin: “…”

After a long while, he finished speaking.

Everyone left.

Xu Yuelong stopped Liang Qu and asked him to close the door.

"I didn't have time to ask you yesterday, what happened to the dead purple snake? Did you instruct the white ape to kill it?"

"That's it."

"What do you mean by considered? What about the four snake demons that presented you with gifts on June 6? I saw them. They haven't left in the past few days. What on earth do they want to do by staying in the shallow water?"

Liang Qu thought about it and spoke briefly.

"The white ape and the snake demon have a grudge, the kind of blood feud that cheated on the dragon, so the snake demon wanted to bribe me to split the white ape and me, and kill the white ape to gain merit, so the white ape and I took advantage of the situation and planned to trick them, that's about it."

Xu Yuelong: “?”

No.

What and what?
"Wait, how did the snake demon know that this wasn't a trap set by you?"

"So it only paid a deposit." Liang Qu said proudly, "But I killed the purple snake yesterday and I have already cheated all the subsequent money. Anyway, it's quite complicated to explain."

Xu Yuelong hesitated to speak.

He couldn't understand why he could have cheated the remaining money after killing the purple snake.

But there is a huge loophole in the whole process!
"After you trick the snake demon, you should deal with the four snake demons, right? You can't trick them forever. If they get desperate, who will you find to clean up the mess?"

"I've found it, cough." Liang Qu coughed, "Uncle, ugh, Lord Su has given me a good plan! It's all according to the plan!"

Uncle?

Xu Yuelong looked suspicious.

"Yesterday, the white ape gave me half of the snake's gallbladder. I made two jars of it. Brother Xu..."

"drink!"

(End of this chapter)