The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 192 Help

After Changping had his meal, he wanted to ask Mrs. Zhang how to contact his mother and the others to tell them that he had returned. However, it was already night and Lord Wang had not returned yet, so he could not go.

No matter how much he is addressed as a nephew, he is still a stranger after all and has no blood relationship with Mrs. Zhang. He must observe the necessary etiquette to avoid being criticized.

He asked Xu Dagui to go outside and keep an eye on the situation ahead, and come back to report to him once he found Lord Wang coming back. He himself was holding a book in his hand waiting for news, but he didn't turn a page for a long time.

Unexpectedly, Lord Wang did not return home until late at night, and Changping had no choice but to ask someone to bring water for her to take a bath.

Although the decorations and furnishings in the palace were several times better than those in their home, this bathroom was really not as convenient to use as the one in his home.

However, he hadn't taken a bath for several days, so he didn't care about all this. He took a thorough bath and seemed to have lost a few pounds.

He changed into clean clothes, but was not sleepy at the moment, so he sat in front of the desk and practiced calligraphy until his hands and eyes were sore, and then he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

After breakfast the next day, Changping went to pay his respects to Mrs. Zhang and mentioned the matter of sending a message to Chen Cui.

"As soon as you entered the mansion yesterday, I had someone send the news out. Your mother and the others should have entered Shu today. Our Zhang family has many shops in Shu. As long as they are not hiding deliberately, we will definitely find them."

Changping is very grateful and thanks again.

"I was not able to pay my respects to you yesterday. I was really rude. I wonder if you are in the mansion now? I will go and see you!"

Zhang Ruomei sighed, "He was busy too late last night, so he stayed at the government office. He just came back this morning and is now washing and changing clothes. He will be going out again soon. I'll have someone take you there later."

Wang Hengzhi met Changping in the study. When he learned that this young man had passed the provincial examination and was now a juren, he became more polite.

"You are indeed a young person, you have achieved so much at such a young age, your future is limitless!"

"Thank you for your praise, sir. I am just an early bird that flies first. I heard that you are very busy. I am not talented, but I have some experience in mathematics. I wonder if I can help you in any way?"

Changping saw that Lord Wang looked tired and was obviously very busy. He did not want to waste his time by talking nonsense, so he directly told him what he wanted.

"Oh, you are good at mathematics?" Wang Hengzhi's eyes lit up.

In the past two days, he has been busy calculating the reserve quantities of each granary, as well as the amounts reported by major grain and cloth merchants, as well as other reserve materials, so that he can have a clear idea of ​​them.

If a war breaks out and their support is needed, how much can they provide? If they are besieged, how long can they hold out?

This shouldn't have been a complicated matter, but unfortunately I didn't know until I checked it out, and I was shocked when I did.

Those accounts were as messy as weeds, and I couldn't make any sense of them any more. I didn't have time to check them one by one, so I could only get all the clerks in the yamen and sort them out separately. Only now can I make some sense of them.

It would be great if the young man in front of me could be put to use.

He would worry about other clerks colluding with others and concealing things, but Changping was a child he had watched grow up. He had good character and was not involved with any forces, so he could rest assured in using him.

Moreover, since he had the title of Juren, he was qualified to be an official, so it was not taboo for him to go to the yamen to help at this time.

"Okay, come with me to the government office later. You will be busy today!" Wang Hengzhi said with a smile.

"I couldn't ask for more." Changping bowed and said respectfully.

He asked for this job on his own initiative, so he was naturally happy to do it. The chaos outside made him stay indoors all day reading, which was not what he wanted.

Since he has passed the imperial examination, he is one step closer to becoming an official. Now he takes the initiative to offer to help Lord Wang. Not only can he help him solve the problem and win his favor, but he can also get in touch with some political affairs in advance and train himself. It is like killing two birds with one stone. Why not do it!

So, from that day on, Changping became a non-staff member of the government office, joined the group of clerks, and started to work hard.

Wang Hengzhi found that what the boy said was true. He was very good at mathematics and could use an abacus as well as an experienced accountant. He was also sensitive to numbers and could see the loopholes in the accounts at a glance, find out the problems, straighten out the accounts, and get the real results.

While Changping was clacking away on his abacus in the government office, Chen Cui and her group were anxious to know news about him.

Early in the morning of the second day after staying in the Jiange County Inn, Chen Cui asked Guard Zhuang if there was any way to contact Zhang Ruomei or find out the news from Longnan and Jincheng.

"Mrs. Chen, please don't worry. Even if you don't tell me, I will contact my wife and tell her where we are now. It was already dark when we arrived here last night. I will go to the post station later to send a letter to my wife and ask for news. As long as there are no accidents on the road, my wife will receive the letter in three days at most."

"That's good."

Chen Cui had always been feeling aggrieved about not waiting for Changping. Now that she had settled down temporarily and was relatively safe, she naturally paid much attention to the situation in Jincheng and Fucheng, hoping to get news of her son's safety through these.

There were also the Chen family members who were still in Yinping County. The situation was urgent and she had no time to inform them, and she felt extremely guilty.

Therefore, she was eager to get the news that the city was safe to relieve her anxiety and sadness.

Because of the hard work of traveling and the psychological burden, Chen Cui lost weight visibly in just a few days. Although the others also lost some weight, it was not as obvious as hers.

After talking to Guard Zhuang, Chen Cui heard Brother Yang crying again, which gave her a headache.

The child is fine most of the time, but once he thinks of his mother, he will cry for a long time. Although the sound is not loud, just soft sobs, it is really annoying.

But what can she do? This is just a one-year-old child. It is normal for her to feel fear and anxiety when she suddenly leaves her parents and familiar living environment.

In fact, Yang Ge's performance was already very good. At least he did not use loud wailing to make the ears hurt. Such crying was still within the tolerable range for people. Therefore, every time Chen Cui could only coax him together with the nanny, using food and toys to divert his attention, so as to prevent crying too much from having a bad effect on his emotions and body.

Fortunately, when Guard Zhuang came back in the afternoon, he told Chen Cui that the message to Zhang Ruomei had been sent. As for Jincheng and Longnan, the information he had heard so far was that everything was normal and there was no special news!