Chapter 494: Welcoming the Saint

Liang Qu let Li Libo run an errand and move the boxes home.

He hung up his waist badge, the Dragon Spirit Gauze transformed into an official uniform, and he went toward the government office.

A short few miles.

Everywhere there were laborers using large wooden mallets to tamp the soil, leveling the road, causing dust to cover the ground, unable to see their feet when looking down.

Walking to the square in front of the gate, he saw another group of unranked government office runners holding brooms to sweep the floor, sprinkle water, and mop the floor.

The small port for docking boats in front of the government office was especially lively, all military men holding bamboo poles to measure the water depth and check the accumulation of silt.

If there was a place that wasn't right, they would call for a small boat to dig river mud and expand the water depth.

The boat for digging river mud is called a "Claw Bucket," a small wide-bellied boat. When digging river mud, one person shakes the oar, and one person uses the "Claw Bucket" to grab and lift the river mud into the boat.

There was no need to specially find a place to fill and bury it; when the small boat was full, it would dock at the shore, and there would be villagers waiting for a long time to rush up and snatch it.

River mud, good stuff.

Dried and mixed with soil, whether it's farmland or mulberry forests, it's top-notch fertilizer.

Such a heavy sense of déjà vu.

The whole thing was a big cleanup.

Liang Qu muttered.

Fortunately, he was a From-Sixth-Rank official and didn't have to do the cleaning work.

Crossing the threshold of the government office.

The registrar, who was usually seen and not seen, was busy until his feet didn't touch the ground.

The neat volumes, documents, and notices behind the desk were piled up into a square mountain, the abacus beads for checking the warehouse were dialed into a piece, and the book pages were flipped with a rustling sound.

The notice board, which was originally pasted with one layer and then another, like a cowhide patch, was brand new, neat, and clear at a glance.

"Amazing..."

"A-Shui!"

Xiang Fang Su waved from the railing on the third floor.

Not taking the stairs, he leaped lightly and flipped onto the second floor.

There were quite a few people squeezed into Xu Yuelong's study, Lu Kaiyun, Bai Yinbin, and Ran Ying were all there.

After greeting, Liang Qu asked knowingly: "What's the matter? Is someone coming to inspect?"

"Heh, let you kid see the world today!" Xiang Fang Su grabbed Liang Qu's shoulder, "The Marquis Weining, who achieved the Wu Sheng and fed the world last year, will pass through our territory in a few days!"

"A Wu Sheng is coming, no need to make such a big fuss."

Liang Qu pointed to the runners running back and forth in the main hall.

"Eh, you don't understand this." Xiang Fang Su leaned on the railing, tilted his neck back, and stretched his spine, "It's said to be passing through, can Pingyang Prefecture just watch? Don't invite the Wu Sheng to come ashore and rest?

When a county magistrate takes office, the post stations along the way must prepare supplies and horse feed, and local county magistrates will invite them to visit and send a travel allowance.

Now that such a big Wu Sheng is passing through our Pingyang Prefecture, our people in the government office must invite them ashore, same logic! It's possible that the one who goes to welcome the Wu Sheng will be our Heposuo."

Liang Qu raised his eyebrows.

"We invite them, and the Wu Sheng will come ashore?"

"One thousand people, one thousand toilet buckets." Bai Yinbin walked out of the study, "Marquis Weining released a recruitment notice in April, the fleet must be carrying a large group of people.

Those servants, attendants, and officials, dragging their families along, are not a small number, and all need to eat, drink, and defecate.

But Pingyang Prefecture to the south is Chizhou, and Chizhou to the south is Ningjiang Prefecture. Although Chizhou is a directly-governed prefecture, it only has two or three counties.

The large fleet can't replenish much good stuff there; we can be considered the last big station before Marquis Weining reaches his fief."

"Not only that." Ran Zhongshi walked up the stairs, clutching the handrail, "Marquis Weining is going to his fief to take office this time. The fleet will not only have the Wu Sheng foundation recruited along the way, but also a group of old ministers from the Imperial Capital.

They are responsible for various matters, etiquette, and handover after Marquis Weining takes office, and will only return to the Imperial Capital after a year or half a year, or even longer.

This group of old pedants is best at checking the treasury and auditing accounts. Every time a prince takes office, they actually bring a bit of 'checking' and 'inspection' of the large prefectures along the way. They won't check too carefully, but if it's done too roughly, it's easy to be reported."

No wonder.

Liang Qu thought of the registrar dialing the abacus beads downstairs.

He thought that the Wu Sheng's arrival was just for show, how could it involve the substance.

It was half an inspector.

Bai Yinbin gave a thumbs up.

"High, Zhongshi brother is really clear about logistics."

Ran Zhongshi was too lazy to argue, reminding: "Marquis Weining is the old title, everyone is used to calling it that, it doesn't matter if you call it privately, but now that he has achieved the Wu Sheng and was enfeoffed as Ningjiang Prefecture, you should call him Prince Yue in public! Don't remember it wrong!"

Everyone nodded.

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

"Ningjiang Prefecture belonged to the Yue land in ancient times, hence called Prince Yue. Actually, it doesn't matter if you call him Prince Ningjiang. Old customs of the ancient dynasty, everyone still feels that one character is noble, but it was actually blurred long ago, just a habit."

Liang Qu just took it as an interesting story.

He would definitely follow the crowd.

At any time, being maverick without gaining any benefits is just being stupid.

"Huo, all here?" Ke Wenbin jumped to the third floor and flipped over the railing, "Am I late?"

"Missing you, but not late."

Everyone arrived.

Xu Yuelong put down the document in his hand, let everyone into the study, closed the door, and said a few words.

Everything was the same old talk.

Nothing more than Marquis Weining is coming, don't run around in the next few days, and try to stay at your "post" if you can.

Strengthen patrols in nearby waters, don't let any evil events like water monsters eating people happen in the few days they are here.

Ke Wenbin poked Liang Qu.

"Nervous about seeing the Wu Sheng in a few days?"

"It's okay."

Liang Qu thought for a while and said. He knew Marquis Weining was coming several days early from Su Guishan, and had done psychological construction for several days, and besides, it wasn't like he hadn't seen a toad before.

"Really?"

Ke Wenbin was suspicious.

A Wu Sheng, a god-like figure who can live for eight hundred years!

Not excited, nervous when seeing him in person?

Liang Qu shrugged.

"Ke Wenbin! Liang Qu! Don't whisper to each other, listen carefully!"

Ke Wenbin: "..."

For a long time, he finished speaking.

Everyone left.

Xu Yuelong called Liang Qu and told him to close the door.

"Didn't have time to ask you yesterday, what's going on with that purple snake that died? Did you instruct the Bai Yuan to kill it?"

"Sort of."

"What do you mean sort of? What about the four snake demons that offered gifts on June 6th? I saw them, they haven't left for a few days, what exactly do they want to do staying in the shallow water area?"

Liang Qu pondered for a while and said concisely.

"The Bai Yuan has a grudge against the snake demons, a blood feud of the kind that cuckolded the Jiaolong, so the snake demons wanted to bribe me, split me and the Bai Yuan, kill the Bai Yuan to make a merit, so the Bai Yuan and I played a trick, preparing to deceive them, that's roughly it."

Xu Yuelong: "?"

No.

What is what?

"Wait, how did the snake demons know this wasn't a trap set by you?"

"So it only paid the deposit." Liang Qu was triumphant, "But after killing the purple snake yesterday, I have already tricked the subsequent payment into my hands. In short, it's quite complicated to explain."

Xu Yuelong wanted to speak but stopped.

He couldn't understand why killing the purple snake would trick the remaining payment into his hands.

But there was a huge loophole in the whole process!

"After tricking the snake demons, the four snake demons should be dealt with, right? You can't trick them forever. If they are driven to a dead end, who will you find to wipe your ass?"

"It's already been arranged, *cough*." Liang Qu coughs. "Great-uncle—pfft, Master Su has already given me a good plan! It's all going according to plan!"

Great-Uncle?

Xu Yuelong's eyes revealed suspicion.

"Yesterday the Bai Yuan shared half of the snake gallbladder with me, soaked two jars, Brother Xu..."

"Drink!" ===== CHAPTER 495 =====