Liao Jia still didn't sleep well that night.
He even wanted to turn around and strangle Qi Yuanliang to death.
It's like hurting the enemy by 800 and hurting your own 1,000!
When he woke up early in the morning, he didn't see Zhao Wei, but he saw a note she left behind, saying that she had made an appointment with the girl named Lu Ji to do morning exercises together. Liao Jia read the note and put it away. He endured the sleepiness and washed up. After breakfast, he went to the government office to report for duty. After clocking in, he went to the salt fields to supervise the work. Unexpectedly, as soon as he and Qi Shan arrived at the government office, they felt that the atmosphere was not right.
Even the air of heaven and earth around him trembled a little.
The source was his new master.
Liao Jia guessed: "Could it be that the salt well is not progressing smoothly?"
Qi Shan shook his head and said, “I don’t know.”
Based on his understanding of his lord, this kind of thing would not make her so emotional. She would just ask the warriors under her to work harder. If a salt well does not produce brine, then get more. The warriors are all-purpose tools.
There's no need to get so angry.
Gu Chi, who had come out to hide because he couldn't stand the atmosphere, saw Qi Shan staying up late for two days in a row and looked bad, so he kindly reminded her: "The lord is very angry and murderous right now. If you two meet, be careful not to offend her."
Qi Shan asked: "What happened?"
Gu Chi looked around, flicked his fingers and cast a spell to prevent Shen Tang from hearing it, then said, "What else could it be? The master's precious money bag disappeared inexplicably yesterday, but Han Zhang hasn't used any large spells recently..."
Qishan: “…!!!”
Oops, he finally remembered what he had forgotten.
Liao Jia didn't care much: "How much money is in that purse?"
If he saw it on the roadside, he wouldn't even bother to bend down to pick it up.
Gu Chi looked at him in surprise when he heard this. His colleague's words contained a lot of information - he had only been there for one day, how could he know how much money was in the lord's purse
Three people, all with confused faces.
Gu Chi took a deep breath and asked, "Shaomei, tell me the truth - the master's money bag is missing, is it with you..."
The rest of the words came to an abrupt end.
He saw Liao Jia take out the familiar coin purse from his sleeve.
Liao Jia recounted the details of yesterday with an innocent expression.
For a moment, Gu Chi didn't know whether to sigh or laugh.
Finally, he patted Liao Jia on the shoulder.
A word of advice: "Shaomei, you—just wish for the best."
Liao Jia held the money bag blankly, with a puzzled look on his face. He really didn't understand. After all, his lord was the head of a county and the leader of a small force. Although he was not extremely wealthy, he shouldn't let his subordinates "fend for themselves" for such a small thing, right
Gu Chi understood his inner confusion.
He suppressed his laughter and said, "It would be fine if it was just you, but unfortunately there are not many people under the lord's command who are worry-free. As for her - ah."
Liao Jia asked: "Why do you say that?"
Gu Chi briefly described the situation of the other people.
Liao Jia's expression changed from novelty, shock, sympathy, to complete speechlessness. He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.
The group of literati is very large, and most of them are well-behaved. Only a small number of them are as eccentric as him. Liao Jia likes making friends, and among the many people in his circle of friends, there are only a few who are special, including himself.
Never thought -
There are not many normal scholars under Shen Tang.
He murmured, "No wonder, no wonder his master hasn't been killed by him in the two years since he prayed for Yuan Liang. He really has a special fate."
For a normal lord, it would be difficult to carry even one of them.
Shen Tang is still alive and well while carrying so many strange burdens. In a sense, he is the prince charming!
Gu Chi: “…”
There is some truth in this.
Adhering to the principle of "leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist", Liao Jia took the initiative to return Shen Tang's money bag and said some nice words before she opened her mouth. Shen Tang figured out the cause and effect of the matter, and even though she felt wronged, she could only suppress her emotions.
God!
Can't you give her a normal subordinate
"It's okay, Shaomei, don't blame yourself." Her heart was dripping with blood, and Gu Chi heard her voice with a tearful tone, but she still spoke generously, "How can these worldly things, just rubble, compare with Shaomei, the pearl?"
result-
Less than an hour passed.
The money bag, which had just been returned to its original owner, had not even had time to warm up before it disappeared again in front of Shen Tang.
Shen Tang: “…”
Looking at the familiar money bag in his hand, Liao Jia: "..."
This time, he is innocent.
He could pat his chest and guarantee that he was not thinking of tricking Qi Shan this time, but thinking of Zhao Wei who was also in Yantian District! He thought that Zhao Wei's favorite thing was the spear, so he could return it in person. Who knew that this would be the result.
When Liao Jia returned from the salt fields, he immediately returned the money bag to its original owner. Shen Tang covered his face with his hands, feeling despair inside.
He could only whisper his suggestion.
"My lord, why don't you change your preference?"
Shen Tang opened his eyes and said in a gloomy tone: "My other favorite thing is the government affairs to be handled..."
Losing your purse will at most cause you some heartache.
Lost paperwork delays work.
Choose the lesser of two evils.
Liao Jia: "...then forget it."
After trying for a few days, she found that Liao Jia's ability to seize people was specifically aimed at Shen Tang, so she became completely indifferent and could only secretly comfort herself - she came to the world to experience hardships, and without going through 81 difficulties, how could she obtain the True Scriptures of the West!
"I envy Tang Sanzang???..."
They are working in a group to clear the dungeon.
She was being brushed by a group of people, and everyone around her was a nobody.
After all, this was just a minor incident. Apart from Shen Tang being injured, the others had more material to talk about after dinner, which greatly relieved the pressure of work. In just half a month, 18 salt wells were dug. Such efficiency was so good that even Qi Shan and his companions were amazed.
You have to know that these are deep wells, and the previously abandoned salt wells are just shallow wells with large openings, unstable structures, and limited resources. They were abandoned because the shallow brine was exhausted and collapsed from time to time, and it would take several months to repair them.
In other parts of the mainland, there are small-opening Zhutong wells, that is, deep wells, which use machinery to a certain extent to make the drill go up and down to dig the well. The principle is somewhat similar to the foot pedal of pounding rice, which can greatly save manual labor.
It takes months or even years to build a deep well. If there is water seepage or improper reinforcement, the well will be scrapped. If no brine is produced, it is also considered a failure. However, the brave warriors who followed Shen Tang had already figured out a rough survey experience after the experience of digging tunnels underground by Shiwu. Except for the two abandoned wells at the beginning due to lack of experience, they were all successful afterwards!
With the brine, the subsequent process no longer requires the intervention of brave warriors, and ordinary people can do it, it's just a little boring.
Watching the turbid brine being scooped up and forming cute white salt balls in the pot after several processes, Shen Tang started calculating in his mind - if he made a concerted effort, maybe he could pay off Xun Hanzhang's loan this year and save some money.
However, what really gave Shen Tang hope of getting rich quickly was the salt fields - a truly cost-free and profitable business.
"There will always be a time to ride the wind and waves—"