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

Chapter 97 Zhou Kaile's Huge Ambition
The living room of Wang's mansion in Liaoshan.

Wang Zhicheng and his wife entertained Zhou Kaile here.

It is said to be entertainment, but it is actually a cup of tea and a chat.

"Why are you here empty-handed?"

As soon as Wang Zhicheng's wife sat down, she said eccentrically.

"Mother, just now I went to work in the governor's mansion, and I forgot to take the present at the governor's mansion."

Zhou Kaile looked embarrassed and could only answer truthfully.

For this mother-in-law, he has always felt very aggrieved.

"Or go to the governor's mansion first?"

"The man in the Governor's Mansion is not a good guy, you should go to him first."

Wang Zhicheng's wife's tone became even worse, and she rolled her eyes at Zhou Kaile.

"Mother, forgive me, next time I will visit you two at the mansion before going to the governor's mansion."

Zhou Kaile said with a smile.

He heard his wife talk about Cifuxuan.

Ci Fuxuan was said to belong to the Liaoshan Wang family, but in fact it belonged to Wang Zhicheng's wife's family.

Wang Zhicheng's wife was very dissatisfied with Fang Yuan's order to close the house for rectification of his family's things, and even quarreled with Wang Zhicheng twice, asking Wang Zhicheng to seek justice.

"Hmph, next time next time."

"Let's chat, I have invited several wives to watch opera."

Wang Zhicheng's wife said in a strange way.

After speaking, he got up directly, and left just to salute Wang Zhicheng.

"Mother, go slowly."

Zhou Kaile quickly stood up and saluted respectfully.

After Wang Zhicheng's wife left, she didn't dare to sit down and looked at Wang Zhicheng.

"Sit down, it's just a woman, don't need to pay too much attention."

Wang Zhicheng said calmly.

"Thank you dad."

Zhou Kaile disagreed, and sat down awkwardly.

"How is Yushe County managed?"

Wang Zhicheng asked.

"Already started."

"Thank you dad for cultivating."

Zhou Kaile got up again to thank him.

The county magistrate of Yushe was asked by Wang Zhicheng.

Before that, Wang Zhicheng was only the chief registry of other states and counties.

"Sit down, don't be too polite, this is your home too."

"Yushe County is not far from Liaozhou City, take Rong'er home."

Wang Zhicheng waved his hand and said calmly.

"Yes."

Zhou Kaile should sit down.

But I dare not consider this place as my home.

Only he himself knows the sorrow of the door-to-door son-in-law.

Wang Zhicheng didn't take the initiative to ask any more questions, Zhou Kaile knew that he had spoken.

"Father, I came here this time to ask for help with something."

Zhou Kaile said respectfully.

"What's the matter?"

Wang Zhicheng picked up his teacup and drank tea.

Without even looking at Zhou Kaile, he responded calmly.

"I want to build a concrete road from Yushe County to Liaozhou City."

"For the sake of the development of Yushe County, it will be convenient for me to bring Rong'er home to visit you two in the future."

"That's right, I'm almost short of money, and I want to borrow some from you."

Zhou Kaile asked nervously.

Whether Wang Zhicheng agrees or not is related to whether he can build concrete roads, and also related to his future.

"You can see the effect of the cement road, which is good."

"But the road construction should be a matter between the state capital and the county government. Do you still want to pay for it yourself?"

Wang Zhicheng also saw the great benefits of cement roads.

Since the cement road was established, the communication between Liaozhou City and Liaoshan County has increased.

Many vendors in Liaoshan County commute to and from Liaozhou City, which increases the economic and personnel exchanges between the two places.

Not only that, but the city of Liaozhou can also deeply appreciate the benefits.

Moreover, it used to take two or three hours to go from the south of the city to the north of the city, but now one or two hours is enough.

And the transportation of goods has also become faster, and it is no longer a lot of damage due to road bumps in the middle of the way.

"The county doesn't have that much money now."

"And at the end of the year, taxes need to be paid, and I dare not spend money indiscriminately."

Zhou Kaile said awkwardly.

There was no other way, otherwise he wouldn't have come to the door.

"How much?"

Wang Zhicheng pondered for a moment and asked.

"Hundreds to thousands."

"The governor Fang did not give an accurate number."

Zhou Kaile said nervously.

Whether it is successful or not depends on now.

"It's not a small sum."

Wang Zhicheng said slowly.

"Father, I will pay it back."

Zhou Kaile said quickly.

"I know."

"But it's not a small amount. I need to hold a meeting in the clan."

Wang Zhicheng glanced at Zhou Kaile, and his tone sank slightly.

"Thank you dad."

Zhou Kaile thanked him, but his smile was a little stiff.

Based on his understanding of Wang Zhicheng, such a statement generally has no context.

He could afford this amount of money by himself, but he said he wanted to hold a clan meeting, and the result was that some people in the clan objected.

In this way, he can reject himself without being disliked by him.

But this kind of trick worked a few years ago, and now he has seen it clearly.

"Well, I'll give you an answer in a few days."

Wang Zhicheng nodded with satisfaction as always.

"Thank you dad."

"Then I'll go back first."

Zhou Kaile got up and said with a smile.

"Come back without eating?"

Wang Zhicheng said calmly without getting up.

"No."

"It will take some time to go back to Yushe County. I'm afraid Rong'er will be worried if I go back too late."

Zhou Kaile shook his head and said.

The wife is not there, so staying for dinner depends on the face of the mother-in-law.

It doesn't matter if you don't eat this meal.

"Then you go back and pay attention to safety."

Wang Zhicheng nodded, still not planning to get up.

He never sent Zhou Kaile alone, unless his daughter came with him.

"Dad, don't worry."

Zhou Kaile saluted respectfully and left.

After Zhou Kaile left, Wang Zhicheng called the housekeeper.

"Send someone to ask the young master if he has ever thought about building roads."

Wang Zhicheng said in a deep voice.

The young master he was talking about was his son, Wang Chengzhe, the county magistrate of Liaoshan County.

Wang Zhicheng wanted to see that his son-in-law had such a vision, and whether his own son also had the same vision?

There is currently a concrete road in Liaoshan County, but it is actually on the outskirts of Liaoshan County, replacing the official road leading to Liaozhou City, not in the county seat of Liaoshan County.

"Yes."

The butler should be, ready to leave, but was stopped by Wang Zhicheng.

"Back up the gift again and send it to Fangfu."

"Just say that I will visit tomorrow night to intercede for Ci Fuxuan."

Wang Zhicheng said in a deep voice.

Cifuxuan has been closed for rectification for several days, and it has not been said when it will be able to open for business.

Presumably Fang Yuan knew that the Liaoshan Wang family was behind Ci Fuxuan, and was waiting for him to show weakness.

Considering that his wife has also given him bad looks these days, and the husband and wife had a very unpleasant quarrel, it's time to find Fang Yuan.

He chooses to visit tomorrow night, thinking that today he can go back and forth from Liaoshan County to confirm whether his son wants to build the road, if he wants to build the road, he can talk to Fang Yuan tomorrow.

"Yes."

The butler leaves.

In the evening, Wang Chengzhe came back in person.

He told Wang Zhicheng that he also had the idea of ​​building roads.

It's just that the county has no money, so I hope Wang Zhicheng can help.

Naturally, Wang Zhicheng had no opinion on this, and his son would definitely help.

His son is the same age as Fang Yuan and has served two consecutive terms as county magistrate, so it is definitely not a problem to be promoted to governor in the future.

As for agreeing to Zhou Kaile to hold a meeting to discuss whether to pay him to help him build the road, as Zhou Kaile thought, he never thought about borrowing money at all.

On the evening of the next day, Wang Zhicheng took Wang Chengzhe and knocked on the gate of Fangfu.

Fangfu living room.

Fang Yuan is drinking tea, Juzi is warming up to the fire.

Hongxu and Qingxie were settling accounts, calculating the cost of road construction.

"Inspector Fang, please forgive me for disturbing you late at night with your dog."

Wang Zhicheng spoke from a distance.

Wang Chengzhe came over a few steps faster and saluted Fang Yuan.

"you are welcome."

"If the head of the royal family can come, the humble house will be full of brilliance."

Fang Yuan got up, hehe laughed.

When the giant saw someone coming, he got up and went back to the backyard.

"Fang Inspector, I have just taken over Liaoshan County, and I am too busy with official duties, so I have been unable to separate my origins to meet the Inspector."

"I only came to see you tonight, please forgive me, don't take it to heart."

Wang Chengzhe spoke again.

At this moment, Fang Yuan discovered that Wang Chengzhe was wearing official uniform.

"Wherever, wherever, I serve the imperial court, sit."

Fang Yuan laughed.

He also gave Wang Chengzhe a high look.

Visiting late at night, worrying about being told that he has no time on weekdays but has time at night, wearing an official uniform to make it appear that he is busy and has to meet his superiors, which seems to be gossip.

"Inspector Fang, I have two things to bother you for disturbing you late at night."

Wang Zhicheng sat down and went straight to the topic.

"Leader, please tell me."

Fang Yuan signaled.

"The first thing is about Cifuxuan."

"It's only now that I know that I did such a foolish thing, so I come here to express my apology and promise that similar things will not happen again in the future."

Wang Zhicheng said sadly.

"I see."

"I thought the patriarch Wang didn't want Cifuxuan anymore."

Fang Yuan laughed.

Laughing, Wang Zhicheng is really good at pretending to be confused.

Seven or eight days have passed, and I said I only found out now.

If the news is really delayed like this, the patriarch doesn't have to be a leader.

"Oh, I made Governor Fang laugh."

"I don't know when Cifuxuan will open for business?"

Wang Zhicheng sighed and said with a look of shame.

"Tomorrow, let someone find Zhang San to go through the process."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, hehe said.

Go through a process, pay a fine, sign a guarantee or something.

You can't say that you can open it for you, and you have to give it some benefits before opening it for you.

"Thank you, Governor Fang."

Wang Zhicheng laughed.

He thought that Fang Yuan was not pursuing it.

Naturally, I didn't expect to go through so many processes.

"You're welcome."

"Please have some tea."

Fang Yuan smiled and said.

Hongxuan beside him has already poured tea.

He continued to settle accounts with Qing Qiang.

"Thank you, Governor Fang."

The father and son thanked each other and drank some tea.

"The second thing, let Quanzi and Fang Shishi talk about it."

Wang Zhicheng laughed.

Push Wang Chengzhe out and perform in front of Fang Yuan.

Although Wang Chengzhe doesn't rely on Fang Yuan, he doesn't need Fang Yuan's help for promotion, as long as he has the Wang family.

But no matter what, Fang Yuan is Wang Chengzhe's superior, it would be better if he could get Fang Yuan's approval when he was promoted.

In other words, it’s okay to disagree, but just don’t stop it.

"Inspector Fang, it's like this. The officials think that the appearance of cement roads has greatly changed the appearance of Liaozhou."

"Nowadays, one city and three counties in Liaozhou are like a scorching sun full of vitality, which is gradually growing under the leadership of Governor Fang and attracting the surrounding counties."

"In the future, Liaozhou will definitely attract more commercial investment, and the people in Liaozhou will all have enough food and clothing to live a happy life."

Wang Chengzhe said respectfully with a reverent tone.

This is what he said after the exchange with Wang Zhicheng, and he specifically told Fang Yuan to listen to it.

"Magistrate Wang is worthy of being a child of a big family for having such an opinion."

Fang Yuan replied casually.

He could hear that Wang Chengzhe was flattering him.

But it is not false, the emergence of cement roads will indeed change Liaozhou.

But for now, only the city of Liaozhou will be changed, and other counties in Liaozhou will not be changed.

Liaozhou currently has enough land to support the investment of other commercial banks, and it is difficult to bring it to other counties without cement roads.

"So I want to request the construction of a cement road, and follow the pace of the governor above, and jointly benefit Liaozhou."

Wang Chengzhe said excitedly.

"There is no problem with road construction."

"However, the required expenses have to be paid by the county government itself."

Fang Yuan smiled lightly.

Building roads is a win-win situation.

Counties want to gain communication with Liaozhou city.

Liaozhou City also wants to obtain the flow of people in each county.

Relatively speaking, Liaozhou City has more advantages and can attract talents to stay.

"We already know about this."

"This time, I came late at night because I wanted to ask Governor Fang for a discount."

Wang Zhicheng interjected.

After all, it is a little expensive to build cement roads with hundreds of thousands of holes.

And the cement factory is owned by Fang Yuan, he came to ask in person late at night, to see if there is a discount.

"I see."

"Hongxuqing, have you figured out the result?"

Fang Yuan was stunned.

Guess it should be Zhou Kaile who told Wang Zhicheng.

"One mile and thirty runs."

Hongxu said affirmatively.

When Fang Yuan heard it, he guessed it in his heart, and felt that he had made a lot of money.

"Thirty runs per mile?"

Wang Zhicheng and his son looked at each other, thinking the same in their hearts.

There are thirty guan in one mile, and the distance from the county seat of Liaoshan County to Liaozhou City is about [-] li, which means about [-] guan.

Six hundred guan is quite expensive. Hearing this number, both father and son felt distressed, and the corners of their mouths twitched.

"Inspector Fang, we are old friends."

"My Shiyu is still good friends with you, how about a friendship price?"

Wang Zhicheng said with a smile.

With that said, he took out two small boxes and opened them.

They were two pieces of jade that looked very good, and as soon as they were taken out, they attracted Hong Xu and Qing Qiang.

"Then get a [-]% discount, enough for friends?"

Fang Yuan glanced at Hong Xu and Qing Yan, hehe said with a smile.

How much is the cement road, Fang Yuan earns all, it's just a matter of earning more and less.

These two pieces of jade red catkins and Qingxiu like it, so it is not impossible to offer a friendly price, it is like this in business.

"Thank you, Governor Fang."

The father and son looked at each other happily.

It's still expensive, but at least it's a lot cheaper.

"You're welcome."

"Magistrate Zhou also came to see me today, are you going to repair it together?"

Fang Yuan shook his head, pushed the two pieces of jade to the side of Hongxu Qingxiong.

Hongxu and Qingxie immediately beamed with joy, and happily accepted it.

"He's in no hurry."

"Inspector Fang, we will retire first."

"Tomorrow I will send you the official road repair request."

The father and son looked at each other the same way, Wang Chengzhe said.

"It's so cold, I won't send you off, please be careful on the road."

Fang Yuan stood up, meaning.

The father and son also got up and bid farewell to Fang Yuan.

As soon as the two left, Hongxu and Qingxie thanked Fang Yuan repeatedly.

The next morning, Wang Chengzhe's request was sent in official documents, and Fang Yuan quickly responded.

Yushe County.

Zhou Kaile soon learned about the road construction in Liaoshan County.

At the same time, he was also sure that his guess was correct, that Wang Zhicheng would really not lend him money.

"Master Lan, is there no way to collect those hundreds of pens?"

Zhou Kaile's face was ugly, he stared at the director beside him and asked.

"Zhou Zun, don't talk about hundreds of punctures, even dozens of punctures are difficult."

Lan Yongfeng said with a mournful face.

Fortunately, the mess left by the previous term is not so bad.

Otherwise, I don't know how to pay this year's taxes.

"hateful!"

Zhou Kaile slapped the table angrily, got up and walked out of the county office.

He looked at the mountains in the distance with deep and terrifying eyes, feeling deeply ambitious but unable to display them.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew, and he was shivering with cold. All his ambitions were blown away, and he hurried back to the county office to get close to the briquettes for warmth.

Looking at the briquettes, Zhou Kaile suddenly fell into deep thought. He remembered that the origin of the briquettes was in Wudong Mountain, and Wudong Mountain was in Yushe County.

For a moment, a sense of ambition welled up from the bottom of my heart.

(End of this chapter)