C27 (1/2)

Han Jin's office was where he lived. It was also in Princess's residence, called Tranquil Heart Residence. However, Mr. Xue's yard was at the east side, while his yard was at the west side.

Han Jin's office was in the outer court, and in addition to the reception hall, the wing and study were crammed with books and wooden boxes. Han Jin led Mr. Xue and Lili into a side room. Six large wooden boxes were placed in the corner of the room, and Han Jin pointed to them. ”Clerk's books, his papers, are all here,” he said. ”My bookshelves are all full, so I can only put them away in boxes. It's really great that Clerk Xue was able to come. I've finally taken off my burden. Poor me, I haven't had a rest in half a year.”

Han Jin's handsome face was almost full of bitterness. Poor handsome man, how much work was added on by Princess?

Mr. Xue thought for a moment. Princess Pingyang had opened a government office, and Secretary was supposed to be a subordinate officer in charge of Princess. However, Princess had received troops to guard the Weize Pass, and with Princess's team that had two yamen's worth of ”frugality” —

Mr. Xue silently lit a wax for Secretary Han. Secretary was not someone who only cared about one thing. If Mr. Xue was a department manager, then Secretary Han was the general manager and CEO. Princess was the chairman, responsible for giving directions and giving orders. As for how the orders were carried out and whether they were carried out well, that was up to the CEO. Secretary Han still had the salary of a company, but he did the work of two companies.

Secretary Han was too pitiful, he once again lit a candle for him. Luckily, Mr. Xue had Lady Liu to share the documents. Was this the difference in treatment due to her character? Or could it be said that Mr. Xue was actually a man with a perfect Luck?

Mr. Xue's thoughts started to wander again.

There were a total of eight wooden boxes, five in the account books and three in the documents. Lady Liu called over a dozen soldiers, two of them opened their mouths, lifted up all the boxes and ordered, ”Carry all the boxes to the side hall first.”

He was an unmarried man and Lady Liu was an unmarried woman. Although they worked together, there was always a need to avoid working places. Choosing the side hall next to Princess Pingyang was very suitable, so choosing Mr. Xue's place of residence was out of question.

After asking Lady Liu to bring the things over with her, Mr. Xue had to go to the plantation first to settle the matter of the sweet potato and potato seedlings.

The two of them then went their separate ways. Mr. Xue called Changjian and went to the plantation side first.

Ma Yuanliang had already brought people to turn the soil and sprinkle it with lime. When he saw Liu Tie coming over, he quickly came up to him: ”Uncle Xue, take a look. Is there anything wrong with this?”

Mr. Xue checked it and nodded: ”Well done, there's nothing wrong with it. Did you find the basin I told you to look for yesterday?”

”It has been delivered. I don't know if it's alright, but I'll have to ask Uncle Xue to take a look. ”

Mr. Xue nodded and went to look for the basins. The depth of the basins met Mr. Xue's requirements: there were wooden basins, and there were also pottery basins. Most of the pottery basins had gaps, and the wooden basins were very old and still had traces of being used. Ma Yuanliang was a bit embarrassed: ”It's not easy to find them in a short time, that's all I got.”

”It's fine, the requirements are not high to begin with. As long as it can contain water, it's fine. ”Right, bring me the branch that you had someone repair yesterday, and a knife as well.”

”Here.”

Ma Yuanliang was very conscious. After bringing the items that Mr. Xue wanted, he led his men out and stood guard by the door and window. He declined Mr. Xue's invitation to take a look inside.

Mr. Xue poured out all the sweet potatoes, cut the sweet potatoes with a knife according to the depth of the pottery pot, poured the appropriate amount of water into the basin, put a simple shelf on the side of the basin with a branch, and then inserted a shorter branch into the sweet potato meat, put it on the shelf, and soaked the root in water.

”After soaking all the sweet potatoes in the water, two hours later, Mr. Xue's waist is about to break. When he comes out, he looked like a hunchbacked old man.

Ma Yuanliang was standing at the door. When he saw Liu Tie coming out with a stooped back, he hurriedly came up to support him with a meaningful look and whispered, ”Wu Tie, His Highness is coming over.”

”Huh?”