The first county magistrate in history

"Sir, you are back. What is this?" When the lawyer Wang Wenjuan saw the silver box, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Seeing the one million taels of gold, Wu Guanggui felt better and a smile appeared on his face. "This is one million taels of gold for disaster relief. Put it into the warehouse. You make arrangements and order the government offices in the disaster-stricken areas to immediately organize craftsmen to go to the farmland to dig wells to fight the drought. Fengyu City also needs to dig wells. We have swindled the disaster relief money. If we don't do something practical, we can't get away with it!"

Also, release all the old grain stored in Liangjin Prefecture and the various disaster-stricken areas. Remember, do this covertly, first secretly releasing it into the market, then buying it back at a high price, and then using it to help the people. The funds will be deducted from the local disaster relief funds."

"I understand!" Wang Wenju smiled happily. By doing this job, he could make a lot of money.

"Also, the imperial envoy will definitely go down to inspect and tell those people below to keep their mouths shut. Those unruly people who refuse to obey the management should be killed as soon as possible to avoid any mistakes!" Wu Guanggui said again.

"Yes!" Wang Wenju hesitated and asked, "Sir, Qin Zheng saved 500,000 to 600,000 taels of gold by confiscating property in Yangping County. How could he give us one million taels of gold? Given his way of doing things, he's no fool. He should be able to calculate that the remaining disaster areas we have won't need one million taels of gold at all."

Wu Guanggui said, "I also thought it was going too smoothly at the time. But there was nothing unusual about it. I saw the real money."

Wang Wenju rolled his eyes and said, "Sir, let me check it out. I hope there is no shortage of weights."

Wu Guanggui nodded: "Go!"

"Yes!" Wang Wenjuan ran away.

"Someone, get some water for a bath!" Wu Guanggui desperately wanted to take a bath. He was sweating so much that it was uncomfortable...

The maid quickly brought a wooden bucket, mixed the cold and hot water, and helped Wu Guanggui undress.

Only after Wu Guanggui soaked in the water did he feel refreshed all over.

Wu Guanggui was very tired from going out of the city to greet Qin Zheng, being scorched by the sun, and being frightened by Qin Zheng. After a while, he actually fell asleep in the barrel.

The maid didn't dare to wake him up, and held his head to prevent it from choking in the water.

"grown ups……"

"Sir...it's not good..."

Suddenly, Wang Wenjuan rushed in from outside the door, holding two gold ingots high in his hands.

Wu Guanggui, who had already fallen asleep, was awakened, his eyes bloodshot, and he angrily asked, "What the hell are you howling for?"

Under normal circumstances, Wang Wenjuan would not dare to disturb his master's sleep, but this matter was too serious.

Ignoring his master's murderous gaze, he handed the gold ingot in his hand to Wu Guanggui, his voice trembling: "Sir, the gold ingot is fake. It's official silver painted with gold paint. It's only one million taels of silver in total, not one million taels of gold!"

"What?" Wu Guanggui's confusion disappeared immediately and he stood up in shock.

The maid's pretty face turned red, and contempt flashed in her eyes. How small!

Wu Guanggui stood up and bumped into Wang Wenju's hand.

Wang Wenju didn't hold the gold ingot firmly and it fell into the bathtub.

Wu Guanggui reacted quickly, reaching out and grabbing a gold ingot.

When the gold ingot left the water, it dripped with golden liquid, and the gold ingot turned into a silver ingot.

"Oh no, I've been fooled..." Wu Guanggui felt his blood rushing to his head, his eyes went dark, and he sat down in the wooden barrel with a thud.

"Help the master onto the bed quickly!" Wang Wenju exclaimed.

However, he and his maid were unable to move Wu Guanggui together, so they had to call two personal soldiers to lift Wu Guanggui onto the bed.

Wang Wenjuan pinched Wu Guanggui's philtrum to wake him up.

Wu Guanggui seemed to be in a daze, staring at the ceiling with bloodshot eyes.

"Sir, sir, are you okay?" Wang Wenjuan shouted several times, and Wu Guanggui seemed to come back to life.

Suddenly he sat up and cursed: "Qin Zheng, you bastard, how dare you plot against me? Qin Zheng, you big bad guy..."

"Hurry up and prepare the horses. I'm going to ask him for an explanation!" Wu Guanggui was about to get out of bed naked.

"Don't worry, sir!" Wang Wenju hurriedly stopped him. "Sir, if we had checked it thoroughly and found it was forged, we could have refused to accept it. But now the calamity relief money has been taken back, and it's hard to explain! Qin Zheng could turn around and say we switched the gold, or even frame us for embezzlement. He has the imperial sword..."

Wu Guanggui shuddered.

"Then tell me, what should we do? You useless idiot, you hindsight guy." Wu Guanggui jumped up and started punching and kicking Wang Wenjuan.

He beat her and scolded her: "What the hell did you do at that time? Why didn't you remind me?"

Wang Wenju held his head in his hands and said, "Sir, I didn't go with you today. You asked me to sort out the accounts because you were afraid that Qin Zheng would come to check them."

Upon hearing this, Wu Guanggui attacked even harder: "You mean, I'm useless? Without you, I can't do anything right, right?"

Wang Wenju knew his master's character and held his head, enduring the beating: "Sir, please stop beating me. The most urgent thing is how to make amends!"

Only after hearing this did Wu Guanggui stop.

Wang Wenjuan was experienced and protected his face well, so he didn't get bruised.

At this moment, she stood up and ordered the maid who was already used to it: "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and change the master's clothes."

He couldn't bear to watch it anymore and was about to vomit.

While Wu Guanggui was changing his clothes, Wang Wenju's mind was working rapidly.

If he, as the master, couldn't come up with a good idea, he would definitely get more than just a beating.

If you don't do it right, you will lose your head.

His predecessors all died because they were at their wit's end...

Sure enough, Wu Guanggui was dressed and glared at Wang Wenju: "What do you say we should do? If you can't come up with a good idea, I'll kill you!"

Wang Wenju had already made up his mind: "Sir, this matter must not only not be made public, but also concealed. We can learn from Qin Zheng's methods..."

Qin Zheng never thought that his method would be widely used in the future...

Soon, Wu Guanggui's laughter came from the room...