The next day was indeed sunny. After waiting for another day, when the road was about 70% dry, Chen Guanlou and his party set out to continue their journey to the capital. After they left, the postmaster found several small-denomination silver notes on the counter, which added up to one hundred taels. The postmaster was stunned at first, thinking that some guest had dropped money. Then he realized that it was left by Chen the jailer. He hurriedly chased after them, but the team had already disappeared, so there was no way to catch up. The postmaster sighed, "Chen the jailer is humane, much better than those officials." He didn't know that Chen Guanlou was also responsible for the fire in the post station. He felt sorry for it, so he left silver and solved the actual difficulties of the post station. Passing the checkpoint, Chen Guanlou was still thinking about how to deal with the tax collectors. The situation was beyond his expectations. It seemed that someone had arranged everything in advance. The tax collectors not only did not check the goods, but also did not collect taxes. Everyone pretended to be deaf and dumb, as if they could not see their group of people and the goods on more than a dozen carts. When passing the checkpoint, he deliberately glanced at the tax collectors. They were unfamiliar and he must have never seen them before. The Marquis's Mansion had arranged everything well, even the lowest tax collectors were arranged. The people in the escort agency were full of emotion after successfully passing the checkpoint. An old man said that after decades of escorting, this was the first time it was so smooth and he passed the checkpoint without spending a penny. In the past, when escorting, if taxes were collected according to the amount of goods, they would be thankful. The most feared thing was that not only taxes were collected, but also bribes were collected. If the bribes were not enough, it would not work.
It was the first time to pass the checkpoint without spending money. This experience was so beautiful. Everyone ran to Chen Guanlou to thank him. He didn't expect the name of Tianlao to be so effective. Chen Guanlou looked up at the sky. It was not the name of Tianlao that was effective. The local government would not care about the jailers of Tianlao. In the end, it was the Marquis' Mansion that was capable. Every checkpoint along the way was cleared. As long as he showed the official document from the Tianlao, the other party would let him go. The tax collectors didn't have to worry about making the wrong person. After all, they were the only team in the world that went out on business with the Tianlao official document, so they would never make the mistake. The journey afterwards was smooth, with no midnight drugs, no thieves, no bandits, and no tax collectors who made trouble. They arrived at the outskirts of the capital smoothly, with only a few miles left to the city gate. The Marquis's Mansion sent people to wait for a long time, handing over the goods and prisoners, and counting the number. Then a group of people turned around, did not enter the city, and escorted the goods and prisoners to the north. The goods were delivered, the escort agency completed the task, took the money and prepared to stay for one night, and set off to Suizhou tomorrow. The people who beat the people also completed the task. This trip was very easy. They followed the post station to eat and drink all the way, took the money, and immediately turned back to Suizhou, without even planning to go to the capital to take a look. The remaining jailers looked at each other in bewilderment. On a business trip to escort a prisoner, the prisoner was taken away. So was this mission completed or not? "Boss, the prisoner is gone, how can we report?" "Of course, we will report empty-handed." Chen Guanlou was not panicked at all. He took the jailer and went straight to the prison, handed in the official documents, and reported back. As expected, when Lei Yucheng saw that he did not bring back the prisoner, he did not let him go. He also said: "You have worked hard on this trip. I will give you three days off. Have a good rest and come back to work when you are full of energy." He was away for less than a month. It was still hot summer when he left, and it was autumn when he came back. Autumn in the capital is obviously earlier than in the south, and the leaves begin to turn yellow. However, the weather is still very hot, and the autumn tiger is rampant and unscrupulous, making people want to lie in the water every day.
As soon as he came back, the other teams sent by the Marquis's Mansion also returned safely one after another. The most unlucky one was Manager Liu, who walked in the front and ended up losing his life. Once again, he came to the Marquis's Mansion, still the territory of the eldest house. The butler met him in the signing room, and his face finally lost its sorrow. He smiled like a god of wealth. "Brother Lou's work is really reassuring. I didn't expect that this errand would be so smooth. You have made a contribution." Smooth ass! If he hadn't been strong enough, he would have died at Niujiaoshan Post Station. Most of the jailers who followed him would have died. If he hadn't used his eloquence to fool the senior, this journey would definitely not be smooth and he would have suffered. If he hadn't given up a thousand taels, this errand would definitely be a mess. There was no luck on this journey, it all depended on strength. He reported the account to the butler, and reported the thousand taels, but didn't say where the thousand taels were spent. The butler didn't ask, a mere thousand taels of trivial matters, not worth caring about. The chief steward asked him, "You have made great contributions, what do you want, just ask for it." "Anything is fine?" Chen Guanlou was very curious about what kind of reward the Marquisate could give. The chief steward nodded slowly, "As long as it is not excessive, anything is fine. Even if you want to be an official, the Marquisate can help you. Do you want to work in the Ministry of Justice? I will give you a seventh-rank official position. Do you want it? If you dislike the Ministry of Justice for not having money, then go to the Ministry of Revenue or the Ministry of Works. These two yamen are recognized to be rich and lucrative. Or the Ministry of Personnel, there are many people who pay tribute to you. I will arrange the most prosperous territory for you, and you can be a chief official. How about it?" This reward must be said to be very generous. Starting from the seventh-rank official, it is comparable to the treatment of the two lists of Jinshi. "Forget it, I don't want to be an official." "You don't want to be an official?" The chief steward was very surprised, "There is no man in this world who doesn't want to be an official." "Everyone has their own ambitions. I just want to eat and wait for death." Chen Guanlou made it clear that he had no ambitions, did not want to take responsibility, did not want to socialize, did not want to engage in office struggles, and did not want to engage in party struggles. He just wanted to be close to home with less work and more money. Being a seventh-rank official is good, but when he thinks of the pile of mothers-in-law and fathers-in-law above him, his head is big. It's not that he can't handle it, but he doesn't want to handle it. He doesn't want to play the game of officialdom. It's tiring and it will delay his practice. The corners of the butler's mouth twitched. It was the first time he met such a lack of ambition in the Chen family. It was both surprising and disappointing. "Brother Lou, you can't do this! You are young and should fight hard, but why do you lack ambition and just want to eat and wait for death. You are a talent, and talents should be reused." "I am not a talent, I am just a mediocre person. Butler, don't reuse me, just give me some money to send me away." The butler was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. It was unreasonable, it was simply unreasonable. As a member of the Chen family, how could he be so depraved? He had to talk to the eldest master about this matter. He couldn't control Chen Guanlou, but the eldest master, as the clan leader, could definitely control him. If the clan leader came forward, I didn't believe Chen Guanlou would dare not listen. "Have you made up your mind and don't want to leave the Tianlao?" Chen Guanlou nodded heavily, he was determined not to leave. Tianlao is a treasure! Others didn't find this treasure before, but now he has found it, and he won't let it go no matter what.
"Or I'll give you a position as a prison warden." "I won't be a prison warden. Tianlao is iron, but prison wardens are changing. No one can stay in the position of prison warden for a long time. It doesn't fit my goal of eating and waiting to die." "Don't say these words of eating and waiting to die." The butler was very dissatisfied, "As a member of the Chen family, you should have the dignity that a member of the Chen family should have."