Eternal traitor

"As for the pregnant woman." Li Hua was silent for a moment, and then said: "Let her give birth to the child and deal with it later."

"My subordinate understands."

Although the third captain felt a little helpless towards Li Hua's womanly benevolence, this was not something he should care about.

"Eighteen, have you encountered any obstacles over there??"

Li Hua looked at the frowning Gu Shiba and asked.

"Back to the son, the villain purchased grain according to your order, but the grain merchants raised their prices when they heard that they wanted to buy a large amount of grain. In the end, we only had enough grain for less than two hundred shi. As for the swill, we harvested a lot. Five hundred shi."

Gu Shiba truthfully reported the situation, this time he did not fulfill Li Hua's order, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"Have you reported the name of the county?"

Li Hua frowned lightly, then asked Gu Shiba.

"This... this... the subordinate said it. Yes... yes..."

Gu Shiba faltered and hesitated to continue talking.

"Don't act like a little girl, say."

Logically speaking, as Li Hua is the county magistrate, what can the owners of these grain stores say if they still sell grain obediently? ?

"Yes, the people in the grain store said that they didn't know Li County Magistrate, and they also said that the county magistrate can't grab grain..."

Gu Shiba conveyed the original words of those people who didn't know what to do, to Li Hua. Originally, he thought that Li Hua would be angry, but he didn't expect that Li Hua just nodded without saying anything.

"How about the thing that asked you to inquire?"

"My son, [-]% of the food in Fenglan County is controlled by the Ma family, and they control most of the business in Fenglan County. More than half of the land deeds are in the hands of the Ma family."

Gu Shiba replied respectfully.

Li Hua didn't continue talking, but walked slowly with the carriage.

Soon, a group of people came to the county government office in Fenglan County.

The county government is not very big, and there are some cobwebs, it looks more like a place where no one lives.Walking into the county government office, more than a dozen officers and soldiers were lazily standing in the yard, chatting with each other in disheveled clothes, sitting, lying, and leaning on the wall.Every posture is strange and strange, and the weapons are so lazy that they are rusty.

"Where is Ma County Magistrate?"

Li Hua asked a soldier with a cold face.

"Magistrate Li, please wait a moment, County Magistrate Ma will come out soon."

The officers and soldiers named by Li Hua hurriedly adjusted their clothes and replied with a smile.When Li Hua came just now, some brothers had already reported inside.It stands to reason that it should come out by now.

"Magistrate Li is really a young hero, the old man is far away."

Ma Hua, the former county magistrate, walked out with a dozen or so entourages with a smile. At this time, Ma Hua no longer had the previous government office, but a casual attire.

"You are welcome, this county is here to hand over related matters in the county."

"It should be, it should be."

Ma Hua raised his hand with a smile, and a group of people behind him quickly moved out several boxes placed in the corner, and then carried them to Li Hua.

One, two, three...nine.

There are a total of nine boxes, and each box contains dozens of wooden boards, and densely packed numbers are recorded on the wooden boards.According to MCA's account, it contains the accounting records of Fenglan County for the past three years.

"Master Li, these are the counting houses of Fenglan County brought by the villain for your errand." Ma Hua indeed had four men with different appearances behind him, "Don't you still salute Master Li??"

"I met Mr. Li."

Hearing Ma Hua's order, several accountants quickly knelt on the ground and bowed.

"Dare to ask Mr. Ma, how much is the surplus food in the county? How about the tax?"

These two things are what Li Hua is most concerned about. Now the food collected is not enough, so he can only rely on the surplus of the county government.

"This...Master Li doesn't know something. In recent years, there have been many droughts, and with the help of refugees, there is only 31 taels of silver and 560 pennies left in the government office. As for the surplus food??" Ma Hua shook his head and sighed Said: "In order to help the refugees outside the city, there are no grains left in the government office. Ashamed to say, the officers and soldiers in the county government have not even paid their salaries for two years. But in one month, they will hand over to Fenglan It's time for the county to collect taxes, and the county magistrate Li is ashamed."

The elderly MCA can even shed a few tears, looking like he is serving the country and the people.

"yes??"

Li Hua hated this old thing in front of him so much, he didn't need to look at Li Hua to know that when this old thing left, he emptied all the things in Fenglan County, and now he was left with only an empty shell.Li Hua believed that even if he searched the ledger for a short time, he still couldn't find much useful information. Even if he found the old fox's loophole, he probably would have prepared for it, right? ?

"Master Li still needs to check and accept?"

Ma Hua stroked his beard and asked with a smile.

"It's good to have a look."

Li Hua opened a box as if nothing had happened, took the wooden ledger inside and looked at it carefully...

Chapter 122 If you want to destroy people, you must first make them crazy

In half an hour, Li Hua asked the accountant to read these ledgers. Yes, you heard me right, it took half an hour just to read it once, and there is no statistics yet.If it is counted, it will be quite troublesome.

"stop."

Li Hua yelled, and the accountant who was reading the account book stopped immediately.

"Master Li, what's the problem?"

Ma Hua doesn't believe that this young man can understand the doorway inside. After all, there is a specialization in art, and there is a lot of knowledge in the accounting room.

"Hey, the world is impermanent, Mr. Ma is also dedicated to the people. So, I am worrying too much."

Li Hua sighed with emotion, as if he was concerned about his empty money, and there was indescribable sadness between his sighs.

"You are serious, this is what parents should do."

Ma Hua wasn't too polite, he shied away and accepted the compliment.But how the MCA has become an official these years is obvious to all.The Ma family covered the sky with one hand in this small Fenglan County, and they could count on more words than King Qin. These little people dared not speak too much, and they couldn't afford to offend them.

"You go down first, the county has something important to discuss with Mr. Ma."

"Yes."

When Li Hua gave an order, the people around dispersed, leaving only Li Hua and Ma Hua under the eaves.

"Master Ma, please sit down, I have something to ask in this county."

Li Hua moved a soft seat behind Ma Hua and gave a gesture of please.