touchnovel Chapter 54 Gold Content
Chapter 54 Gold Content
"Didn't I tell you to do it? Such important things as accounts, and you actually delegated them to someone else?"
Fu Que stopped pushing the door open. He knew Han Qian and his gang very well; they were the kind of people who would rather die than spend money. It was a miracle that they would entrust their money to someone else to manage.
"Well, boss, I actually wanted to help, but honestly, I'm not even qualified to carry someone's shoes. I never expected that there would be such a talented person in distress hidden in our Guaizidu."
Han Qian touched his head, suddenly forgetting that he was still injured, and winced in pain.
Mo Dao and his group had originally brought Han Qian and the others some very good ointment for external injuries. These gangsters might not be able to prepare other things, but this kind of thing for treating external injuries was essential.
However, Fu Que told them to learn their lesson and not to use medicine. Han Qian and the others did not dare to object and had to politely decline Mo Dao's offer. Each of them wrapped a strip of cloth around their head and returned to Guaizi Ferry, looking rather miserable.
"How is he? Is he reliable?"
Fu Que was delighted. He had his own things to do and certainly couldn't spend all his time staring at those numbers and distracting himself. He also didn't trust Han Qian, who was not even a good novice.
The original plan was to have Han Qian act as a transitional figure, and then ask Peng Chi, the commander of the Tiger Cavalry, for some veterans to come and provide support. Since Peng Chi asked him to do this, he couldn't just make empty promises and offer no support; otherwise, what kind of game would it be?
Even children need to be coaxed with candy to do chores, let alone these cold-blooded gangs that have fought their way out of street battles.
"Don't worry about that. Her cheap husband is right here, and she's due to give birth in a few months. I've arranged for someone to keep an eye on her around the clock. Putting her on the boat is partly to provide her with better living conditions, and partly to monitor her."
"At least they did something decent."
Fu Que was about to push the door open when he changed his hand to knock instead.
"Hmph!"
"Please come in."
A female voice, not very distinctive, rang out from behind the door.
When they saw Han Qian and Fu Que enter one after the other, everyone in the large cabin stood up and bowed slightly to them, their expressions a mixture of awe and barely perceptible doubt.
"Let me introduce you all. The gentleman behind me is Fu Que, the head of the Fishermen's Mutual Aid Association. He has been very busy with his affairs before, so I haven't had the chance to introduce him to you."
Han Qian carefully chose his words, refraining from revealing Fu Que's identity as a Tiger Rider, as he was unsure of Fu Que's intentions and opted for the most conservative approach.
Fu Que glanced around the cabin and saw four people, three of whom were men: an old man with a white beard, two young men with obsequious expressions, and a woman whose looks were probably around 70 points and who was obviously pregnant.
Fu Que automatically filtered out the three men, regardless of their age, while Han Qian only introduced women, which meant that only women had any value to him.
"Do you know how to do accounting?"
Fu Que got straight to the point.
The woman did not answer immediately, but instead looked at Han Qian with a probing gaze.
"Just tell the truth. The jailer doesn't care about your background or why you're here."
And yet, with your knowledge and abilities, you're still stuck in this small place called Guaizidu, married to a useless husband.
Han Qian was startled, fearing that Fu Que might misunderstand that he was in charge here, and quickly spoke up.
"That depends on which type of account Master Fu is referring to. If it's the one I'm currently recording, then yes, I will."
Previously, I was responsible for all the documentation and expenditures related to the post station from Juyang Prefecture to the Tea Horse Road, from project initiation to construction and acceptance.
Mo Tong noticed a calm-looking young man with sharp eyebrows among the fierce-looking, thuggish gang members. She looked somewhat nervous, knowing that her secret had to be kept hidden.
Having barely escaped capture and narrowly escaped death, she didn't want to be caught by those people again because of what she did.
Han Qian told her to relax. From their casual conversation at Guaizi Ferry, he learned that Fu Que's operation was backed by a big shot in the Tiger Cavalry of Gaoyang County. As long as she did her job well, there was no need to worry about anyone being able to arrest people under the protection of the Tiger Cavalry.
As the most powerful military, police, and secret service agents in the Great Zhao regime, they are always the ones arresting people from other powerful institutions. If there are traitors among them, they will only purify themselves.
Smaller Dragon Tiger Cavalry officers were executed by teams led by higher-level Dragon Cavalry organizations, while larger officers were executed by Imperial Dragon Cavalry officers who were airdropped from the capital.
Fu Que gasped. He had thought Han Qian was just an ordinary intellectual, but he never expected him to be such a talented person. Don't be fooled by Han Qian's boasting about how amazing women are; Fu Que believed less than a tenth of what he said.
What kind of person is Han Qian? He's a small-time hoodlum. If the gangs in Gaoyang County ever hold a grand gathering, Han Qian's original gang wouldn't even be qualified to stand up. How much real value do the people he approves of actually have?
But this time it might actually be of real value.
Fu Que didn't know much about the post stations from Juyang Prefecture to the Tea Horse Road, but he knew a lot about feudal society, even the feudal society in the Extraordinary World version.
How could a woman with no real power manage to rise to the position of finance manager for a local project in Dazhao, a country that revered force and power?
That means this is truly amazing.
"Is that so?"
Fu Que remained noncommittal. After thinking for a moment, he turned and left, leaving the bewildered crowd completely dumbfounded. However, about twenty minutes later, Fu Que returned.
He handed her the ledger and asked her to check it: "Just these two months' worth are fine; anything older doesn't count."
Fu Que's breathing was slightly agitated. There was no way around it; anyone who would have to travel a distance that would take an hour on foot would have agitated if they did it back and forth in less than ten minutes.
In other words, Fu Que was a painter with extraordinary skills, and his physical exhaustion directly relieved his condition. Otherwise, if it were another martial artist, the situation would definitely be more than just agitated aura.
Mo Tong realized that this was a good opportunity to change her situation.
Although Han Qian and the others have changed their temperaments, their limited strength and vision mean they are destined to have no future prospects.
Mo Tong hadn't shown her abilities before, which was why, but the recent chaos and the sudden changes in Han Qian and others made her keenly aware of an opportunity.
If it were just her, it wouldn't matter. Although Guaizidu was poor, she and her husband could still make a living even without showing off their talents.
Although the members of the prenatal education cult are cold-blooded and fierce, they still have a certain degree of respect for intellectuals. This has nothing to do with anything else, but is simply a kind of respect for an element that they themselves are extremely lacking in.
But her child was about to be born, and if she continued to live in the kidnapping village, she could imagine what the child's future would be like.
It could even be said that there is no future, because in this place, the infant mortality rate is almost as high as the sun.
Therefore, when Han Qian and others were recruiting, after much deliberation, Mo Tong still chose to join despite the risk of her identity being exposed.