"No way! You're a county magistrate, and you eat these things every day…"
Zhu Di, who had been starving for a day, thought that Liu Bai's Fengyang County was so rich.
The food here was definitely not bad.
In the end, after looking forward to it for a long time, all he saw was a table full of simple tea and food.
There was not even a hint of oil smell.
"Hahaha... Well, although I'm a county magistrate. But you guys aren't on the job, so you don't know how hard it is to be on the job! "We, who are in charge, only get twenty taels of silver every year. All the employees in this government office have to be paid. These wages basically come from me, minus their wages. Even my meals are a problem…"
"Don't look at how rich my Fengyang County is. I'm actually very poor as a county magistrate!”
Liu Bai had already thought of Zhu Di's complaint.
This wasn't the first time someone had complained.
There were even people who said that he was pretending to be poor behind his back.
Liu Bai was already used to it.
"You…"
Zhu Di looked at Liu Bai with a bitter smile.
He tried to pick up a piece of coarse grain pancake on the table and dry it in his hand.
Zhu Di even tried to knock it on the table.
The dull sound made him feel a toothache.
"Do you eat this thing every day?”
"There's soup here. After you soak it in the soup, it tastes pretty good. At least it can fill my stomach."
Under Zhu Di's skeptical gaze, Liu Bai skillfully showed him how to eat the dry rations.
When he saw Liu Bai eat the biscuit that could kill a person, he was shocked.
Zhu Di suddenly felt that he was very pitiful.
"That... Your Fengyang County is so rich. Even if someone found out, it should be fine! You spent so much effort for the entire Fengyang City, but in the end..."
Zhu Di looked at Liu Bai, who was eating his rations.
He couldn't help but glance guiltily at his father, who was sitting beside him.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the dishes on the table in front of him and could not help but frown.
"Young Master, don't joke around. According to the law, pocketing is a serious crime. I'm still young, and I've never held a girl's hand in my life. It's not worth it to lose my head for a few taels of silver.”
In fact, if Liu Bai did not have his own reasons to become the county magistrate, he would have been able to do so.
He wouldn't suffer this!
"Speaking of which, I'm not afraid you'll laugh at me. When I met the old man on the street today, I drank that bowl of duck blood soup. I stole a friend's money to eat it. It's the best meal I've had this month.”
"After my term ends today, I plan to resign. If this continues, I feel like I'll either starve to death in the county government or be beheaded by His Majesty because I pocketed it…"
Liu Bai seemed to be mocking himself, but Zhu Yuanzhang heard it.
He was mocking the emperor.
He had already seen Liu Bai's ability.
He had single-handedly driven the economy of Fengyang.
The taxes that Fengyang City had paid over the past few years were more than what they had paid over the past ten years.
The taxes around Fengyang were much higher than the other counties.
He looked at Liu Bai himself.
He was able to develop Phoenix Sun to its current state in just a few years.
It even affected the surrounding counties.
What if he was not a county magistrate but a merchant?
How much money did he earn?
Furthermore, Liu Bai was extremely rich in Fengyang City, yet he was still able to maintain his integrity.
He would rather suffer than be greedy for money and fill his own pockets.
Whether it was in terms of ability, character, or personality.
This person was definitely top-notch.
However…Such a talent, but now, because of the problem of not being able to eat, he wanted to resign and return to the fields…
If this wasn't mocking Zhu Yuanzhang, what was it?
"Little Brother Liu, do you think that the salary set by His Majesty is too low?”
Under Zhu Di's worried gaze, Zhu Yuanzhang finally couldn't help but speak.
However, although his tone was a little gloomy.
However, Liu Bai, who was lamenting that there were still a few more months before his bitter days came to an end, did not notice the change in him at all.
"It's not just too low! His Majesty hates corrupt officials. I understand and agree with this. But his salary was indeed too low!”
"Take me for example. I earn twenty taels of silver a year. It sounds like a lot. There are so many things to do in the county office. Can I handle it all by myself? He had to hire constables, a private advisor, and these people had to eat together when he cooked and bought vegetables, right? Someone had to clean up the place. With all these messy spending, my twenty taels a year are basically gone.”
"Then what should I do? Don't tell me I don't have to eat? Should I change my clothes? Even if my annual salary is enough for me, shouldn't I save some money? Do I not need money to marry a wife in the future? If I have two or three children, I won't be able to eat…"
"Even if I take ten thousand steps back, I don't have any children or wives. Then I'll get old sooner or later, right? What will happen when I get old?"
"Actually, sometimes, there are many people in our Ming Dynasty who eat the food of the imperial court. I can actually understand why they became corrupt officials. If he was not greedy, then there would be no hope in the future.”
"My bailiffs and Grand Master's helpers all advised me to be greedy. But I thought that I would quit after this year anyway. I would just endure it. There was no need to sacrifice his life as a county magistrate for a little food and drink.”
"Sigh. Let's not talk about this anymore. The food was not good, so he had to make do with it.”
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