Leader Profit Share

Time flies, and it's almost noon.

Master Lang Yun Tower reported that all preliminary work was completed, everything that needed to be packaged was packaged, and everything that needed to be modified was modified. Immediately, Fan Xinglai took the address book given to him by Liang Qu and went to the county town by cart to pick up people one by one.

After giving instructions in the kitchen, Liang Qu returned to the pond to wait.

Half an hour ago, Liang Qu went to Niu Er to persuade the Old Toad to agree to give him another Treasure Fish to support the three thousand miles of lotus flower hegemony.

Unexpectedly, the Old Toad ate everything up, leaving behind a pile of empty cages, and disappeared without a trace even when the feast was about to begin.

"You won't stand me up, will you?"

Fortunately, just as Liang Qu was muttering to himself, two bubbles floated out of the pond, spewing water foam.

In an instant, water splashed everywhere.

The Old Toad broke through the water's surface, bringing a light drizzle, and successfully gave the flowerbeds a Head-Covering Water just before the banquet began.

As Oolong bent down to dig in the soil to bury the crab shell, he felt a chill run through his body. He let out two whimpers, ran to the Old Toad's feet, shook his fur to remove the water droplets, and then immediately ran away.

The Old Toad didn't take it seriously. It puffed out its cheeks, spat out a large, lively Big Fish, and croaked loudly.

"Seven-Colored Rainbow! Kid, a truly excellent Treasure Fish!"

The Great Beaver and other beasts cast their gazes at him, but Liang Qu remained expressionless. He bent down, pinched the fish's tail, and felt the force of the Treasure Fish's struggle.

It's definitely not bad; it's at least on the same level as last time!

My previous words weren't wasted!

However... amidst his joy, Liang Qu keenly noticed that the Treasure Fish given by the Old Toad was different from the three from last time.

Its scales are fine and shimmering, and its tail is as ethereal as a goldfish's; I've never seen anything like it before.

How many Treasure Fish does the Old Toad actually have hidden in his house?

Four Treasure Fish, four different varieties? These Da Bao, worth thousands of dollars, are not something you can just find anywhere. Old Toad definitely keeps quite a few at home.

However, keeping Treasure Fish in captivity for extended periods can cause them to lose their spiritual energy. Therefore, it can be inferred that the Treasure Fish in Old Toad's home are in a relatively dynamic equilibrium, meaning the number that have passed through his hands is likely even more alarming...

Having been gone for so long, you must have been picking and choosing things at home, right? Liang Qu's eyes narrowed slightly.

The longer you spend time with Old Toad, the more you realize how stingy he is.

As the only toad in the entire Great Marsh that has likely become a demon, the Treasure Toad is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface.

I must send Fat Catfish to Old Toad's house as a guest another day to find out what's going on...

"Look at its coloration, look at its tail, how beautiful, what a fine Treasure Fish! If it weren't for the Frog Clan..."

The Old Toad was boasting incessantly about how rare his Treasure Fish was, how much he had sacrificed for the Frog Clan, and how without him, the Frog Elder Frog Clan wouldn't be where they are today. But then, his words abruptly stopped.

The clamor abruptly ceased, and Liang Qu's gaze shifted from the Treasure Fish: "Frog Duke?"

The Old Toad touched the frog's head but didn't answer. It had just felt a chill run down its spine and a tremor ran through its heart.

Look around.

The wind was calm and the waves were still; some were working, and others were sunbathing.

No, frog. I just used Mystic Tortoise Shell to calculate my fortune last month, and all six copper coins were heads, not a single one was tails.

Placing it on another frog is a cause for celebration and great fortune; placing it on yourself indicates that your luck is perfectly normal.

How strange!

The Old Toad hesitated for a long time, then shivered.

This place is not safe to stay!

There are too many dangers on land, and there are always treacherous people trying to trick the frogs! The Old Toad felt a chill in his heart and waved his webbed feet. "It's alright, it's alright. You all work hard. When the lotus flowers bloom all over the three thousand miles of the Great Marsh in the future, the Frog Clan will reward the meritorious officials handsomely. I have something to do in my cave, so I'll take my leave first."

Having said that, the Old Toad left the Treasure Fish behind, jumped into the pond, and hurriedly left.

Liang Qu stared at the retreating figure and fell silent.

"You didn't sense anything, did you?"

noon.

The hall was tidied up, Liang Qu placed the precious Treasure Fish, Ran Zhongshi was the first to arrive.

Working people are hardworking, and compared to Liang Qu, who is often absent from work, Ran Zhongshi is very conscientious. He goes to work every day and doesn't return until evening. Today was no exception.

When Fan Xinglai to greet him, Ran Zhongshi was handling official business in the Prefectural Office.

The closest you are, the faster you'll arrive.

The two chatted for a while, talking about their house and courtyard, and Liang Qu invited them to sit down.

Not long after, Xiang Fangsu and Ke Wenbin arrived together, and he rushed to the front gate again.

It's no coincidence that two groups in a row were colleagues.

Colleagues and teachers should be invited, but the two groups don't know each other very well, so they can't really relax when they get together.

At least that's how it is for Liang Qu himself when he's at a banquet. There are two tables in total, and he doesn't know half of the people there. How awkward!

With the addition of Water Beast and Fishing Wharf, the crabs at home piled up like mountains, so we decided to have them for lunch and dinner, so everyone could enjoy them to their heart's content.

Fan Xinglai led away the two large horses and led the other party into the courtyard.

As soon as he entered, Xiang Fangsu looked around and said, "I can see it clearly from the outside. It's a three-courtyard house. A Shui must be living a very happy life here."

Ke Wenbin laughed and said, "Your house is probably the largest in the entire Yi Xing Town, isn't it?"

The group came from the Imperial Capital, where there is virtually no real estate available, so they mostly chose to purchase property.

But the house is too big and empty. Most of the houses that are bought are single-courtyard or double-courtyard houses, which are far less spacious than the Liang Residence.

Liang Qu smiled and said, "It's all thanks to the kindness of the villagers."

Ke Wenbin grinned. "Why isn't anyone showing me any kindness?"

"Speaking of which, this is the first time we've been to your house." Xiang Fangsu rubbed her hands together, walked around the screen wall, and was surprised to see a small mountain of autumn crabs. "Wow, so many crabs? Zhong Shi, when did you arrive?"

"It was just a quarter of an hour ago, not much earlier. Come on, sit down and eat."

Ran Zhongshi picked up Crab Roe, dipped it in ginger vinegar, and there were already two empty shells next to him.

Xiang Fangsu stepped forward, picked out a few crabs, and weighed them in her hand. "They're all big crabs weighing over seven ounces!"

"I can't lie to you, I mean what I say. Besides, what good food do I have? Let's treat this as a small gathering, no rules, eat as much as you want."

"Hehe, I like it!"

The aroma whetted their appetites, and without waiting for the others, they sat down and began dissecting the crab with Ran Zhongshi.

On weekdays, we have small gatherings, but when it's mealtime, no matter who's absent, we eat and drink as usual.

After the three, Ran Ying, Bai Yinbin, Ren Yipeng and others arrived one after another, filling the long table. Xu Yuelong, however, was busy with official business and did not arrive until late at night.

Unlike Xiang Fangsu and others who went to Jiangling County for sightseeing and returned late, Xu Yuelong had just returned from Hua Zhu County the day before yesterday and had been dealing with follow-up matters.

As soon as he entered, he rolled up his sleeves. "A Shui, where's the biggest crab?"

"It's all ready!"

Liang Qu came to the kitchen and took out a large tray from the helper. There were only two crabs on it, one male and one female, but they were unusually large.

"The male crabs weigh 1.5 jin, and the female crabs weigh 9.3 liang! I specially picked them out one by one from the pile of crabs!"

Ke Wenbin jumped up from the Arhat Bed: "Damn, A Shui, are you trying to please your boss like this?"

Xiang Fangsu was heartbroken. "Flattery! Too much flattery!"

"Bullshit! It was agreed before that Brother Yue Long would help me with Great Merit, so the biggest crab would belong to him!"

"Borrowing Great Merit? You can borrow this thing?" Bai Yinbin put down the crab leg. "I want to borrow one too!"

"Get lost." Xu Yuelong consciously sat down in the middle, pushing away Bai Yinbin was leaning in. "A Shui is borrowing the money for the year-end performance review. Whether it will work out or not is another matter. Do you have any money to lend? Who has any? I'll write him an IOU anyway!"

Ke Wenbin was taken aback. "Damn it, you can do that?"

The performance evaluation was conducted among officials of the same rank, and most of the scions of the Aristocratic Clan held positions of the seventh rank or above. There were many experts among them, which was completely different from the situation in Liang Qu's time. It was impossible for any of them to guarantee that they could be among the top performers in the evaluation.

"I should have asked my dad to get me a River Earl God statue!"

"Bah! Wolf Smoke Expert as the River Earl? Aren't you ashamed?"

The crowd was making a lot of noise.

As Xu Yuelong took his seat, Liang Qu gave a signal, and one hot dish after another was brought out from the kitchen.

Crab Roe buns, Crab Roe noodles, Crab Roe rice, oranges... In addition, there are some seasonal delicacies to add variety to the flavors.

Most of the attendees were from Imperial Capital, and it was the first time they had ever enjoyed eating crabs and drinking Yellow Wine so freely. The atmosphere at the banquet quickly became lively and festive.

The Oolong, with its head down, darted under the table, its tail leaving afterimages.

Ran Ying didn't eat it herself, but peeled the shell and fed it to the black dog bit by bit.

Xu Yuelong rambled on and on, and before he knew it, he had even mentioned that he had fought with Wei Lin in Hua Zhu County.

Everyone craned their necks.

Who wins and who loses?

"Ahem, why say so much? Let's eat. Oh right, A Shui, we're going to set up the shipyard soon. You'll be very busy."

What shipyard?

"Zhong Shi, please explain."

Ran Zhongshi spat out the crab shell fragments. "The River Conservancy Office has been in Ping Yang County for a year and is familiar with all aspects of it. Therefore, we should start developing the Great Marsh. The first thing is to form a fleet to fish for Treasure Fish in the Deep Water Area."

It's not complicated; basically, we provide manpower and resources..."

After the explanation, Liang Qu suddenly understood.

The general idea is that the River Conservancy Office would establish a separate "company" that would organize a fleet of boats to enter the Deep Water Area the Great Marsh on a fixed date each month to catch Treasure Fish, and then bring them back to shore for sale.

While alleviating enormous financial pressure, it also promotes the progress of grassroots Martial Artist.

Of course, forming a fleet requires manpower. Deep Water Area are fraught with dangers, including escorting ships and avoiding Water Demon, among other issues. Therefore, it is necessary to have someone lead the team.

"A Shui, with your strength, you might need to collect your share once a month! Don't worry, it's not free work; the team Martial Master gets a bonus!"