After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, some villages harvested grain in advance. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the entire county’s grain harvest was finished one after another. Mr. Xiao had notified the whole county in advance of this year's tax standard of one-tenth, and the people of the whole county had a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.

At the end of August, Officer Shi came from Chuanzhou City, holding a warrant from Lord Tongpan. He was accompanied by a young general with more than 20 officers and soldiers, who came to collect grain taxes.

There is no inn in Qu County, and the county government cannot accommodate so many people. When Xiao Qingshan was worrying about how to arrange it, Chen Xiaoliu came in and said that the head of the Huang family was here.

It turns out that when there was no county magistrate in Qu County, the people who collected grain taxes lived directly in the Huang family. The young general's surname was Liu, and the head of the Huang family seemed to be familiar with him. The two met and chatted very warmly, and Xiao Qingshan was not embarrassed to stand aside.

Seeing that Mr. Xiao was not going to say anything, Director Shi just stood aside and said nothing like Mr. Xiao. The two of them just stood quietly watching Liu Xiaojiang and the head of the Huang family exchanging greetings.

Earlier, Xie Boyuan told Xiao Qingshan the investigated relationship between the Huang family and General Li. The truth about the Huang family's so-called relationship with the guard, General Li: the head of the Huang family sent his biological daughter to General Li's house. Became an aunt.

Originally, no one in my aunt's natal family paid much attention to her, but the Huang family's daughter got a boy at one stroke, and it was General Li's son who came from old age. He is currently the youngest son in the family, so the Huang family will also benefit from it.

However, no matter how favored she is, she is still an aunt. General Li would not openly treat the Huang family as serious relatives if he wanted to show his face. However, every year, he transferred people from the garrison generals to collect taxes, and the magistrates of each county were responsible for entertaining them.

There was no county magistrate in Qu County, so the Huang family offered to entertain them. For the sake of his younger son, General Li didn't mind letting the Huang family gain some face in Qu County through this incident. After all, the Huang family has benefited, and the annual gifts for the Huang family's daughters are also generous.

At the Dong family's banquet, the Huang family's mistress provoked the Dong family several times, but Mrs. Shui blocked her back. Ming Jia told her father everything afterwards. Husband and wife were one, and it didn't matter how respectful she pretended to be in front of him.

As for Director Shi, it's even simpler. Before he came to Qu County, his immediate boss, Lord Tongpan, had warned that this year's Qu County would be different from previous years. Mr. Xiao is a man of plans. Director Shi has been working in Chuanzhou Fuyamen for many years, and he is also aware of the farce at the entrance of the Fuyamen.

On the way to Qu County, the young general Liu said many times that the county government in Qu County could not accommodate so many of them, so they should go directly to Huang's house.

Director Shi found it a bit funny. The Huang family was destined to live under Mr. Xiao. Such a big thing as tax collection may be the only big thing in the county in a year. To be so blatantly disrespectful to the county magistrate, this is really a domineering thing in Qu County.

Director Shi would not wade into this muddy water, and immediately said that Magistrate Xiao was a county magistrate from the seventh grade, while he was only an officer from the ninth grade. When you arrive in Qu County, you must first report to the county government office and follow Mr. Xiao's arrangements. If the young general is tired, he can go to Huang's house to rest on his own.

Now Xiao Qingshan was just standing there with a smile on his face, as if he was patiently waiting for Liu Xiaojiang and the Huang Family Master to finish talking, and he was very polite and had no intention of interrupting. Director Shi was afraid that he would laugh if he couldn't help it, so he and Master Xiao were half-way apart, looking down at the patterns on his outer robe.

Liu Xiaojiang and Huang Family Master chatted for a long time, and they already talked about the recent study status of General Li's youngest son. No one came to interrupt them. The head of the Huang family gritted his teeth secretly: In the past years, he served delicious food and drinks. This manager Shi really knows how to be grateful at all.

Really unable to continue talking, the head of the Huang family turned around as if he had just seen Xiao Qingshan and Director Shi, and hurriedly saluted the two adults and said hello. Xiao Qingshan and Director Shi both stood in place and received the salute steadily.

"Master Huang, why are you coming to the county government office to look for me at this time?" Xiao Qingshan rarely took the initiative to ask the Master Huang.

The head of the Huang family also realized at this moment that he was too impatient and had already fallen behind in rushing over in such a hurry. He gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "The common people heard that the grain tax collector has arrived. Knowing that there will be soldiers from the garrison accompanying him, I really miss my daughter and grandson, so I couldn't help but come here to inquire about the news."

Xiao Qingshan was stunned for a moment. The Huang family leader's answer was beyond what he and Xie Boyuan expected. However, it was more shameless than they expected. "The Huang family is really busy. General Li's house is not far from the county seat, so he can't spare time to see the children. Alas!"

Xiao Qingshan looked distressed for the head of the Huang family, and Director Shi's shoulders began to shake. He had missed the big drama in front of the government office before, but now the drama in front of the county government office was also good.

Now that the meeting is almost over, Xiao Qingshan doesn't want to look too bad. Will he really ask the Huang family for help in entertaining these soldiers?

He said directly: "Master Huang has arrived at just the right time. I am worried about how to arrange the arrangements for General Liu and these soldiers. I think we can make arrangements for them to come to the Huang family and they will be placed in your home soon. The state government has approved their subsidies and will provide them with food according to the standards. , when the time comes, you can come to the county government office to find the cashier to settle the bill."

The head of the Huang family was stupid. Was he ordering himself? Liu Xiaojiang was also dumbfounded. He struggled to get an errand in Laiqu County just because the food served by the Huang family was good and there was plenty to eat and take. According to the standard offer, they might as well stay in the camp.

Xiao Qingshan ignored their astonishment and turned to look at Director Shi, "Director Shi is alone and our county government can still accommodate him. Just stay at the county government office!"

Officer Shi quickly saluted: "Thank you Mr. Xiao for the hospitality, then I won't disturb Mr. Xiao." After saying that, he nodded with the Huang family head and Liu Xiaojiang, and then followed Mr. Xiao into the county government office.

In the evening, Mrs. Dong led people to prepare a table of ordinary home-cooked dishes. Xie Boyuan and several clerks from the county government accompanied him, which could be regarded as a simple support for Director Shi.

There was tax collection the next day, so we had tea instead of wine. We ended early and arranged for Director Shi to rest. Xiao Qingshan took Xie Boyuan back to the study and saw that Mingjun brother and sister were still in the study.

Now Mingjun has officially become a disciple and studies with Xie Boyuan. Xie Boyuan never avoids Ming Jun in these matters, and even Ming Jia listens openly to his father and uncle Yuan talking about county government affairs.

Xiao Qingshan talked about what happened at the yamen gate, worried that there would be trouble in the taxation process, and also focused on Director Shi's attitude. He felt that the relationship between Li Zhizhou and the general was probably not harmonious.

After listening to Xiao Qingshan's analysis, Xie Boyuan was so excited that he almost burst into tears. It’s worth noting that he taught him for so long, Xiao Qingshan was finally able to think about something deeper. It is true to say that he is Ming Jun's master, but he teaches Xiao Qingshan more often.

After hearing this, Ming Jia also felt that the Huang family and General Liu might have some tricks up their sleeves. She suddenly thought of a very damaging way, which was a good way to win the hearts of the people by stepping on the Huang family and General Li.

But it was too damaging. I guess Dad couldn't bear the revenge of the Huang family and General Li, so he had to give up.

Xiao Qingshan, Xie Boyuan and Ming Jun looked at Ming Jia, smiling evilly and sighing helplessly, feeling that someone was going to be unlucky.