Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 96 The Foresighted Yushe County Magistrate

Next, Fang Yuan chatted with Du Miaoyan.

After about a stick of incense, Du Miaoyan felt that it was time to leave.

She remembered that Fang Yuan was busy when she came here just now, and she also said that work is quite busy at the end of the year.

He was about to stand up and bid farewell to Fang Yuan, but at this moment, the gate guard official came to report.

"Zhou Zun, the brothers and sisters of the Xue family are here."

"She said that if you don't let her in, she will ask her brother to force her way in."

The state officials who guarded the gate reported in embarrassment.

Ordinary people will not report when they come.

Not everyone who wants to see the governor will inform them.

But Xue Bowu and the others had seen it that day, so it was hard to stop them.

Either dispatch a large number of people, or don't block the opponent.

So the gatekeeper state officials could only come to report and wait for Fang Yuan's instructions.

"Let them in."

Fang Yuan frowned slightly.

He didn't know what the Xue family siblings wanted from him.

But it is true that Xue Bowu is not easy to stop, if a large number of state officials are used to block a young man, it will damage the prestige of the governor's office.

"Shall I leave first?"

Du Miaoyan asked tentatively.

She was thinking that it was time to leave and not disturb Fang Yuan's work.

But with the Xue family siblings coming, she was worried that Xue Bowu would hurt Fang Yuan, so she didn't want to leave.

But I don't know whether Fang Yuan needs her to stay, so I tentatively ask Fang Yuan about your attitude.

"No, you stay first."

"I might need you to block me."

Fang Yuan said with a sneer.

I always feel that this is not kind to siblings.

With Du Miaoyan here, she can be safer.

"Ok."

Du Miaoyan smiled lightly.

Soon, Xue Jiaoyan and her brother came in.

"Fang Yuan, you pay me back!"

As soon as Xue Jiaoyan entered the door, she was like an abandoned widow.

Her face was red, her nose was red and runny, and her eyes were also red.

Xue Bowu followed behind. Contrary to Xue Jiaoyan's state, his face was as white as a sheet of paper.

The siblings are both dressed thickly, like rice dumplings, which makes people feel weird.

"I owe you money, sir?"

Fang Yuan frowned slightly, puzzled.

He didn't remember any money owed to Xue's siblings.

It should be said that Fang Yuan didn't owe anyone money.

Instead, many people owed him money and hadn't paid it off.

"You can buy me Wudongshan for 10 copper coins, and now you can earn more than 10 coins, and even 100 coins."

"You pay me back, or you pay me back Wu Dongshan."

Xue Jiaoyan went to sit beside Fang Yuan, and stretched out her hand to Fang Yuan.

Her hands were small and thin, skinny, sallow and bloodless.

"You are funny."

"Wu Dongshan is a waste in your hands, but a treasure in my hands."

"If I turn waste into treasure, I owe you money. What's the point?"

Fang Yuan understood, couldn't help laughing.

Du Miaoyan on the side couldn't help being amused by Xue Jiaoyan.

If you buy it and leave it, there is no reason to add money or return the item afterwards.

"I don't want you to pay all of it."

"Just give me back some of it."

"[-]%? [-]%? [-]%! No less, at least [-]%!"

Xue Jiaoyan looked at Fang Yuan, stretched out five fingers.

But Fang Yuan ignored her with a sullen face, she changed to four fingers, then three fingers, and finally two fingers.

"One percent!"

"can not be less anymore!"

Xue Jiaoyan's eyes widened and she blushed loudly.

It may be because of excitement that the nose drips down to the lips.

She didn't have any embarrassment or shyness either, she just wiped it off with the sleeve of the other hand, neatly.

Fang Yuan's performance was mediocre, and he didn't have any emotions.

Du Miaoyan frowned subconsciously, showing a disgusted expression.

"Fang Yuan, don't go too far!"

Xue Jiaoyan stood up angrily.

With one hand on his hips, Fang Yuan raised his finger with the other.

It's the little finger that just changed from five fingers to one finger, which looks funny.

"It's you, don't overdo it."

Fang Yuan shook his head, expressionless.

"Fang Yuan, I beg you to pay me back part of the money."

"I have no money to survive, and I have to take a younger brother with me. It's so miserable, woo woo woo."

Xue Jiaoyan suddenly changed her expression.

Kneeling down on the ground, hugging Fang Yuan's thigh.

Looking at Fang Yuan pitifully, snot and tears flowed together.

"Xue Jiaoyan, what are you doing? Get up quickly!"

Fang Yuan was taken aback.

He quickly stood up and helped Xue Jiaoyan up.

Thinking of Zheng Jiu's report, I couldn't bear it.

"Whether you give it or not, if you don't give it to me, then I will"

Xue Jiaoyan blushed and said.

She was breathing fast and short, as if she was becoming angry from embarrassment.

"How about you?"

Fang Yuan frowned.

His eyes swept over Xue Bowu who was opposite him.

Fang Yuan felt that there was nothing she could do except let her younger brother who was born with brute force take action.

To Fang Yuan's surprise, Xue Bowu has been drinking tea since he sat down, cup after cup.

Hearing from their housekeeper that Xue Bowu was poisoned, wouldn't it make the brain disease worse?
"I'm lazy with you."

"Take your brother to eat yours, wear yours and use yours!"

Xue Jiaoyan said loudly.

A look to see if you are afraid.

"Forehead"

Fang Yuan was stunned.

A bit unresponsive.

The result was far from what he had imagined.

What are you going to do if you are lazy with him and take your brother with you?

"Miss Xue, please don't mess around here."

"Fang Yuan doesn't care about you, but please be aware, this is the Governor's Mansion."

Du Miaoyan said in a deep voice.

I am very disgusted with Xue Jiaoyan's behavior.

In other words, Fang Yuan is kind and doesn't care about their siblings.

If it were placed on any official of the same status, the two siblings would definitely be forced to go out at this time.

But Du Miaoyan didn't consider that Xue Jiaoyan's siblings were from the Xue family in Fenyin, otherwise she wouldn't think so.

The Xue clan in Feyin is one of the three clans in Hedong. Its history is not as long as the Wenxi Pei clan and the Liu clan in Xie County.

The main reason is that the Xue family in Fenyin respected martial arts, and almost everyone in the clan practiced martial arts. They were famous for their outstanding martial arts, so they, together with the other two clans, were called the three clans of Hedong.

"who are you?"

"I'm not talking to you."

"What does it matter to you if I talk to you Fang Yuan?"

Xue Jiaoyan looked at Du Miaoyan and said angrily.

"Who I am has nothing to do with you."

"But I warn you not to push yourself too far."

Du Miaoyan snorted coldly.

She couldn't see, she didn't want to see someone pestering Fang Yuan.

She also brought her younger brother to pester Fang Yuan for food and shelter, why is she so shameless?
"Slightly slightly slightly, I won't talk to you."

"Fang Yuan, are you willing to pay me back?"

Xue Jiaoyan made a face at Du Miaoyan and stuck out her tongue.

Then he looked at Fang Yuan, with an expression that seemed to be pleading or annoyed.

"impossible."

Fang Yuan only has three words.

Although he sympathized with what happened to the siblings.

But it is impossible to repay the money or the mountain because of this.

Some examples cannot be opened, no matter who the other party is.

"You, you wait for me!"

"I'm going to steal all your coal!"

Xue Jiaoyan stomped her feet angrily, and left angrily.

Seeing this, Xue Bowu didn't say anything, and quickly put down his teacup to follow.

"You're dead, don't you know how to speak for sister?"

Xue Jiaoyan cursed as she walked.

"I'm hungry."

Xue Bowu said aggrievedly.

He had just woken up from a coma when he was pulled over.

I haven't eaten anything for a few days, and now walking is useless.

"Hungry, hungry, just hungry."

"You eat up the whole house, do you know?"

Xue Jiaoyan cursed and left.

Fang Yuan and the two in the governor's mansion didn't hear what they said at the end.

"This pair of siblings is annoying!"

Du Miaoyan expressed her thoughts.

"It's just a poor couple."

"Although the behavior is unpleasant, it is not too outrageous."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

Although the Xue family sister and brother have many things that make people uncomfortable, they have not actually done anything out of line.

For example, this time, it is actually the same as a normal person. It is understandable to sell things at a loss and just want to ask for more money.

And the key point is that she was playing with her temper, and she didn't call her brute brother to take action the whole time. There are many differences in nature between the two.

Immediately, Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan talked about the life experiences of Xue family siblings.

"That's how it is."

Du Miaoyan sighed.

The antipathy towards Xue Jiaoyan in my heart faded a lot.

He has no father and no mother since he was a child, and his younger brother has a mental illness. He is a very miserable person.

Afterwards, Du Miaoyan left.

Fang Yuan continued to return to the desk to deal with government affairs.

While looking through the official documents, I saw a request from Yushe County.

Zhou Kaile, the magistrate of Yushe County, wrote a letter requesting the state government to build a concrete road leading to Liaozhou City in Yushe County.

After reading Zhou Kaile's official document, Fang Yuan nodded subconsciously, thinking that this Zhou Kaile has far-sightedness and knows how to strengthen the connection between states and counties.

In Datang, the relationship between the state capital and the county government is a superior-subordinate relationship, but the county government generally does not like to be too closely connected with the state capital, and does not want to be too controlled.

"Tell Zhou Kaile that I want to discuss the cement road with him."

Fang Yuan called the state officials to give instructions.

Among the three counties in one city and three counties in Liaozhou, Pingcheng County is the farthest from Liaozhou City, then Yushe County, and Liaoshan County is next to it.

In the afternoon, Zhou Kaile, the county magistrate of Yushe, arrived with both hands open, bringing special products from Yushe County.

"Honorable Zhou Kaile, I pay my respects to Lord Inspector."

Zhou Kaile saluted respectfully.

This is a middle-aged man seven or eight years older than Fang Yuan.

His appearance is dignified, personable, slender, and he is a handsome man.

"sit."

Fang Yuan said indifferently.

Good-looking, with a good skin.

No wonder he was able to be the door-to-door son-in-law of the Liaoshan Wang family.

"Thank you, Lord Inspector."

Zhou Kaile saluted again.

He glanced at the scene and sat down at the tea place.

Here in the lobby of the state capital, the sitting places have been moved almost a few minutes away.

Fang Yuan finished reading the official document in his hand, and after a short delay, he sat down opposite Zhou Kaile.

"I heard that you want to build a cement road, tell me your idea."

Fang Yuan said indifferently.

It has been stated in Zhou Kaile's official document.

But Fang Yuan took a quick look at his official document, but didn't read it carefully.

This is also one of the reasons why the county government is reluctant to get close to the state government. No matter how detailed the official document is, it has to be repeated after seeing the governor.

Moreover, the content of the official document had to be detailed, otherwise the governor would say after listening to the retelling, why it was different from the content of the official document, and then things might go wrong.

"Lord Inspector, you once said that you must build roads first to get rich, and I deeply admire this."

"The lower official once saw a remote village. Because a small mountain road was opened, the people in the village became much richer."

"Nowadays there is such a big cement road, not to mention that the people of our three counties in Liaozhou are slowly developing into Liaozhou City, even people from outside will attract a lot of people."

Zhou Kaile said flatteringly.

Seeing that Fang Yuan was about to make tea, he hurriedly took over.

Tea may not be popularized in Chang'an City now, but it has been popularized in Liaozhou.

Because the base camp of the tea shop is in Liaozhou City, other places are shipped from Liaozhou City.

Therefore, people in one city and three counties in Liaozhou now know about the new tea, and many people have started to drink tea, including Zhou Kaile.

"You're right, go ahead."

Fang Yuan nodded.

To get rich, build roads first, Fang Yuan said in the development meeting.

Nowadays, with the opening of Chengbei Commercial Street, people in Liaoshan County come here to go to the market.

According to Sihu's statistics, there are still people from Yushe County here, and there are quite a few of them. It is said that they first passed through Liaoshan Mountain, and then came on the cement road.

Horses in this era are very precious, and ordinary people don’t have them. They need to use ox carts to travel far away. Almost every village has a business of ox carts. They give some money and then go back and forth at the same time.

"There are also many traders in Yushe County. If a concrete road can be opened between Yushe County and Liaozhou City, they will travel back and forth more frequently. It will be much more convenient for them to transport goods and people to move around."

"The lower officials also learned that Lord Inspector is mining coal from Wudong Mountain. If there is a concrete road to transport the coal back to Liaozhou City, it will definitely be much more convenient."

"So I ask Lord Inspector to build roads in Yushe County, all tens of thousands of people in Yushe County will be grateful to Lord Inspector!"

Zhou Kaile poured tea for Fang Yuan, and said flatteringly.

He has a deep sympathy for the role of roads. The remote village he mentioned just now is actually the place where he was born.

Just because a small road was opened, and it was a road made by cutting down the trees on both sides, so that he has the status he has today.

If Yushe County can open a cement road to Liaozhou City, he believes that Yushe County's political performance will be greatly improved, which will be of great benefit to him.

"You are right. I have no reason to refuse your request."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, and said slowly.

Zhou Kaile's face brightened, he wanted to thank Fang Yuan.

He didn't expect Fang Yuan to be so straightforward, he agreed directly.

But it was obvious that Fang Yuan hadn't finished speaking, he was too happy too early.

"But there's one thing you don't understand clearly."

"Building cement roads requires cement, and the cement comes from cement factories."

"This official can agree to build roads in Yushe County, but cannot build roads for Yushe County."

Fang Yuan tasted the tea and said calmly.

"What does Lord Inspector mean?"

The joy on Zhou Kaile's face froze, and he asked uncertainly.

In fact, he had guessed something and just wanted to confirm it.

"That is, this official can allow Yushe County to build roads."

"But the cement money, labor money, etc. involved are provided by Yushe County."

Fang Yuan said indifferently.

He is very satisfied with Zhou Kaile's vision.

But it is impossible for him to build roads for Yushe County.

There are more than 600 mouths in the cement factory, all of which are currently kept by Fang Yuan.

The construction of the cement road in Liaozhou City has already paid for two months of monthly salary, and it is impossible to do public welfare for other counties.

"The governor is right."

"How much does it cost to build a road from Yushe County to Liaozhou City?"

The corner of Zhou Kaile's mouth twitched, and he asked awkwardly.

He made a mistake, he didn't expect to charge money.

After all, the cement factory belongs to Fang Yuan, and Fang Yuan is the governor of Liaozhou.

Yushe County is part of Liaozhou, and the governor's road construction for subordinate counties should be cleaned up.

But Fang Yuan meant to collect money, he couldn't refute it, and he couldn't even express that he didn't want to build the road on the spot.

"Probably hundreds to thousands."

"The cement factory is not owned by me. If you want to build roads, I will introduce someone to you."

Fang Yuan is not sure.

I really don't know how much it will cost to build a road.

The current situation in the cement factory is that the raw materials are excavated by the cement factory workers, and the road paving is also carried out by the cement factory workers.

The whole process of building a cement road is for the workers of the cement factory, Fang Yuan only needs to provide them with a monthly salary.

Now accepting orders for external projects, the price has to be reconsidered, but this is not Fang Yuan's job, let the deputy factory manager Liu Cheng'an or Hongxu Qingyi and the others decide.

"Understood, thank you Lord Inspector for your guidance."

"The next official must first confirm whether there is such a large amount of money before deciding whether to build the road. Please wait a day or two, Lord Inspector."

Zhou Kaile pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice.

Hundreds to thousands of guan are okay and acceptable.

But Yushe County definitely does not have so much financial expenditure.

Moreover, taxes will soon be paid to the state government, and it is even more impossible to spend money casually.

Therefore, Zhou Kaile's idea was, could he ask his wife's family for the money.

After all, I happened to be in Liaozhou City, so I still had to visit Yue Zhang.

"can."

Fang Yuan nodded.

No comment on this.

"Then the officer will leave first!"

Zhou Kaile got up and saluted Fang Yuan.

After Fang Yuan nodded, he left the Governor's Mansion.

After leaving the Governor's Mansion, Zhou Kaile shivered a few times from the cold.

At this time, he realized that his hands were empty, and all the gifts he brought were left in the governor's mansion.

Originally, it was planned for Fang Yuan and Yue Zhang's, but now Zhou Kaile sighed and could only go to Liaoshan Wang Clan empty-handed.

(End of this chapter)