Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

The next day the carriage workshop began.

In the first round of construction, Jia Yun directly hired [-] helpers.

At this time, Jia Yun had extensive ability in coordinating and commanding projects.

The carriage factory and glass factory in Xiaoqingshan Village were built under his command.

He also coordinated and directed the early and mid-term projects of the Grand View Garden.

These two projects are not much smaller than the current carriage workshop.

Therefore, Jia Yun was able to command with ease.

Five hundred servants performed their duties, and the project was being built at a breakneck speed.

In just one morning, the foundation was completed, and construction could continue in the afternoon.

It is believed that it will only take a few days for the first batch of houses to be erected.

At this time, outside the workshop work, it was also very lively.

Although Jia Yun only recruited 500 servants in the first batch, the number of people mobilized was not just [-].

To build a workshop, a large amount of bricks, tiles, wood and stone must be used. These raw materials were decided by Jia Yun yesterday, and people have been sending them in a steady stream today.

Because of the huge quantity, these merchants who supply bricks, tiles, wood and stone must expand production to be able to supply.

To expand production, we must hire manpower.

At the same time, transporting materials requires vehicles and horses, right?Therefore, the business of the carriage shop has been extremely booming in the past two days.

As a result, there were not enough chariots and horses, and they even needed to mobilize chariots and horses from Linxian County.

The carriage workshop also has to take care of three meals a day for the servants.

I found three steamed bun shops alone because one of them couldn't supply them.

Even if we find three companies, all three still need to work overtime and hire manpower to keep them busy.

The daily requirement of vegetables is also a huge amount.

In short, as the workshop began to start construction, the entire Ping'an County business was suddenly mobilized.

The acceleration of commercial circulation means that there are business opportunities in the market.

With the start of construction of a workshop, it seems that the entire business in Ping'an County has been revitalized.

Cao An, the county magistrate, and Song Wen, the chief registrar, were both deeply disturbed by this.

Although the new county magistrate had only been here for a few days, he had given them too much shock.

They went from contempt at first, to gnashing of teeth, to awe.

This carriage workshop is said to have been opened by Jia Yun, a descendant of the Jia family.

They all believed that the master behind it must be the county magistrate Jia Huan.

And that dog official must have an ulterior motive for opening this horse and carriage shop.

It's just that they couldn't understand it for a while.

At this moment, the new county magistrate suddenly did something unexpected.

It turns out that the new county magistrate has sent a notice to the four major families in Ping'an County and thirteen other gentry families, large and small, to host a banquet for the gentry of Ping'an County at noon tomorrow at Qingfeng Tower.

Originally, when a county official took office, the local gentry had to jointly hold a reception banquet for the county magistrate.

When Jia Huan arrived on the first day, they indeed prepared a reception banquet.

It's just that Jia Huan didn't go because of the assassination.

Then the next day, the county magistrate and the chief registrar were beaten by the new county magistrate's men.

The four major families in Ping'an County were united by the same faction, and as a result, the new county magistrate immediately offended two families.

So the Jie Feng Banquet came to nothing.

As a result, they didn't invite the county magistrate, and now the county magistrate actually wants to invite them.I really don’t know what kind of medicine the county magistrate is selling in his gourd.

Maybe it has something to do with the implementation of the new law?

After the new county magistrate took office, many things have been done to promote the new law.

The first is to widely publicize the benefits of the new law throughout Pingan County.

After the changes are implemented, taxes will only be levied once a year. Agricultural taxes, poll taxes, corvees, and other messy exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes will all be included in this one time.

As long as this tax is paid, the government will not be able to collect taxes in any name in the future.

If there is a levy, the people can refuse to pay it, and they can file a complaint with their superiors, and they can even go to the capital to file a complaint.

This alone is very popular.

There are also taxes paid, which are directly replaced by silver coins.

In the past, when paying agricultural taxes, the servants would use some tricks of pouring water and kicking the stems.

Linjian kicking dendrobium means that after the people who hand over the grain fill the dendrobium with grain, the officials who collect the grain will often kick the dendrobium with lightning speed.

It is necessary to ensure that the dendrobium does not fall. However, although the dendrobium does not fall, if you step on it, the part of the grain that is higher than the mouth of the dendrobium will spill down, and the people who hand over the grain are not allowed to recycle this part of the grain.

People often have to pay a lot more grain to complete the payment of agricultural taxes, but now they pay silver tael instead, and there is no such loss.

These two things bring real benefits to the people.

What made the people applaud even more was that the gentry, like them, had to pay for the food together.

Seeing the gentry in misfortune really pleased them more than their own gain.

The second thing is that the new county magistrate has sent people to measure the land.

Although the chief secretary, Song Wen, only sent a few people down at random, the people sent there were only in disguise and did not take many actual actions.

But this piece of news alone is enough to make the gentry and wealthy families panic.

And now that the county magistrate wants to entertain them, it must be related to the new law.

These wealthy gentry families have not paid taxes for many years.

Now asking them to pay taxes is literally killing them.

Therefore, after receiving the invitation from the county magistrate, the four major families, as well as a dozen other wealthy gentry families, all gathered together and began to decide on an offensive and defensive alliance.

All of them swore a poisonous oath that no one was allowed to pay taxes.

They all unite and don't believe that the county magistrate can confiscate their homes and destroy them all.

For them, this is a matter of great concern to their children and grandchildren, and they cannot compromise even if they risk their lives.

If the gentry pays the grain as one, it harms the interests of all the gentry.

And all the officials in the world are from the gentry. As long as they unite, they believe that the current emperor cannot take back his life.

At noon on the second day, the heads of the four major families and the heads of thirteen other gentry families rushed to Qingfeng Tower.

The county magistrate entertained them with a banquet, and they could not but dare not deny it.

Before noon, seventeen of the most powerful people in Ping'an County arrived at Qingfeng Tower early.

At noon, before the county magistrate came, I heard waves of exclamations coming from the street below.

They were all people of high status. Although they were very curious, they endured their curiosity and no one got up and leaned against the window to watch.

But the next moment, a guard came up to the third floor and asked them to come down.

"My lords, please come downstairs."

Ok?
What the hell is the county magistrate doing?

You clearly said you were going to entertain them, but now that they are here, why are you asking them to come downstairs now? (End of chapter)