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Chapter 59 Arrangements before taking office
  When he woke up the next day, Lin Feng felt refreshed and had no side effects of a splitting headache. It seemed that the quality of ancient pure grain wine was still good.

But the main reason is that people are in high spirits during happy events. They have been promoted to county magistrates, so they can't be in a bad mood.

"Sir, breakfast is ready. Please go to the dining hall to eat." At this time, Chen Xiong knocked on the door and came in to ask for permission to have breakfast.

"Okay, let's go then." Lin Feng agreed and walked out of the room.

Outside the door is a small courtyard with a persimmon tree planted in the middle. It is autumn now, the leaves have almost fallen off, and only the red persimmons are hanging on it.

The courtyard is not large, only about twenty square meters. Opposite is the shop facing the street, with wing rooms on both sides. Opposite the shop is the main room where Lin Feng lives at night, with a total of six or seven rooms.

Everyone who came with Lin Feng last night moved in, and it was packed.

"Brother, get up, you drunkard." It seemed that Lin Wanyu saw her drunk appearance last night. Alas, her image was greatly damaged.

"The governor of the state government has invited me, just for entertainment." Lin Feng quickly explained, trying to restore his damaged image.

"Son, when you wake up after drinking, you should eat quickly." Mother Lin was still concerned about her son.

"Okay, let's have breakfast together." Lin Feng said quickly.

After breakfast, Lin Feng took Fang Xiaoyu back to the main room and summoned Chen Xiong and Li Changji to learn about the recent situation of the Jiazhou branch.

"President, the four-way express delivery rack in Jiazhou has been set up now. We have hired about ten people and purchased a few carts, but there is not much business yet. Not counting the 90 taels of silver to buy this yard, we have already spent nearly It's all for nothing, I'm really sorry for you." Chen Xiong said.

After hearing this, Lin Feng did not speak in a hurry. Instead, he turned to Li Changji and asked, "Changji, where is your carpet-making shop?"

"Back to the president, the business of the carpet-making shop is relatively stable. It can sell about 30 taels of silver every month and earn to taels of silver." Li Changji replied.

Small shops have limited output and low profits, and their monthly income is only two or three times that of ordinary people. If you encounter exploitation by subordinate officials in the yamen, your income will be even less, and you may not be able to make ends meet.

"It's good that you're still making a profit, but the scale is too small. Our alkali making workshop in Fugu has already produced soda ash, which will make it easier to degrease wool in the future."

"President, that's great. If the wool can be made cleaner by degreasing, we can definitely sell more wool blankets."

"Blankets are just a product. We can also use degreased wool to make clothes and quilts. With more varieties, sales will increase."

Lin Feng replied, and then said to Chen Xiong: "It doesn't matter if Sitong Express is not making money for the time being. The main thing now is to deploy its strength."

"President, I know it too, but with so many people here and nothing to do, it costs a lot of money just to eat every day, which makes me feel distressed." Chen Xiong continued.

"You said the mission, I will assign it to you right away."

"Really, what kind of mission?"

"Now is the time when the autumn grain is ripe. I will give you three thousand taels of silver. You can take people to Hubei immediately. You can find a local grain merchant or buy it yourself. You can transport no less than 5000 shi of grain back to Fugu. We don't have enough money. If necessary, it will be replenished when it is shipped to Fugu." Lin Feng arranged.

"President, why do you want to buy so much food?" Chen Xiong asked confused.

"Now is a time of war, and food is the most precious thing. I have been appointed as the magistrate of Fugu County. What will we rely on to develop Fugu in the future? Isn't it just relying on food and population? If there is food, there will be people, so food is the most important thing. , you must do this well!" Lin Feng warned. "Ah, President, you have been promoted to county magistrate. Congratulations. I will definitely implement it." Chen Xiong said with great joy after hearing this. These people are already firmly tied to Lin Feng. The higher Lin Feng's status is, of course it means that they will get better and better.

"Congratulations to me, sir. A good official like you should have been promoted long ago." Li Changji also immediately congratulated him.

"You're not polite to me," Lin Feng replied, and then said, "Changji, your carpet-making shop is too small. Buy the shop next to it and turn it into a wool products store in the future. Find another place, maybe put it in Fugu, so as not to make the store smell bad."

"Specialty store?"

"It literally means a store that specializes in buying wool products. From now on, people in Jiazhou will think of our shop whenever they need wool products." Lin Feng explained.

"This is great. There are many items and it is easy for everyone to choose."

"Yes, you first take two hundred taels of silver to buy the shop next to it, and then find someone to decorate it. The decoration must be high-end so that the products inside can be sold at a good price."

Lin Feng said as he asked Fang Xiaoyu to take out two hundred taels of silver. In order to make it easier to use money on the road, he couldn't go into the space to get it every time. Lin Feng had already taken a thousand taels of silver and asked Fang Xiaoyu to keep it.

"Understood, I will finish it as soon as possible." Li Changji replied.

"In addition, you should vigorously recruit all kinds of craftsmen in Jiazhou, whether they are carpenters, masons, or blacksmiths. Of course, blacksmiths are the best. As long as you are willing to go to Fugu, you can recruit them. The workshops there need a lot of craftsmen. Everyone Every craftsman who comes here will be given 5 taels of housing allowance." Lin Feng finally remembered and said that he had offered a large price to find someone.

"Okay, do other people want it?" Chen Xiong then asked.

"Those who are literate and can do accounting are required, and the treatment is the same as that of craftsmen. Ordinary young people are also required. Of course, the treatment is not as good as that of craftsmen and accountants. Each person should be given 2 taels of housing allowance." Lin Feng added.

"Understood, we will definitely recruit more people to Fugu." The two of them replied in unison.

Food and talents are the most important resources in troubled times. Lin Feng now has money on hand, but money cannot directly form power, it must rely on people to achieve it.

So he doesn't care about spending more money now. He has to quickly attract more people to Fugu to enrich the population in order to accumulate development potential.

After arranging the affairs of the Jiazhou branch, Lin Feng took Lin Mu, Lin Wanyu and Fang Xiaolan to walk around the streets to see what needed to be bought and bought them together to avoid the inconvenience of shopping in Fugu, a small county town. , Fang Xiaoyu, the bodyguard and humanoid wallet, naturally followed.

I went to the street and simply bought some fabrics, gouache, etc., but a few people said that was enough. They were worried about spending too much money, so they refused to buy more.

Lin Feng could only look at the things he might need in the future, made a large purchase, and filled a cart full before returning to Sitong Express.

Back in the small courtyard, Lin Feng felt that there was nothing to do in Jiazhou. He had already said goodbye to the Shangguan of the state government last night, so there was no need to repeat it.

So, he left a letter to Zhang Tongzhi and Xu Tongzhi respectively, asking them to take care of his hometown's Sitong Express in Jiazhou. He didn't say it was his own property, but I believe they all understood. The relationship with Zhang Zhizhou was not in place yet, so I didn't leave any messages.

After finishing all this, Lin Feng took everyone to Fugu, and the 10 Zhuangban Yamen brought by Sun Jiewu to escort Magistrate Zhang naturally returned with them.

　Thanks to Mr. Yingfengxi Feiyang for 46 votes for recommendation. This is the first time I have seen such a generous gesture.

(End of this chapter)