Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 240
"Master Lin, it's not that I'm unwilling to contribute, it's just that the money is too much, and we really can't get it out." President Jiang continued from the side.

Zixuan looked as usual, and said in a steady voice, "Everyone, the construction of the dam and the moat this time is a major event for the benefit of the people. The county government has never collected an extra penny in taxes in the past few years, so this money is not very good. It is enough. I have no choice but to ask you to share the silver. You should also understand that if there is something really wrong, I am afraid that your business here will not be able to continue. This matter is the same for everyone. Favorable." Zixuan looked around the room and smiled. "You are all smart people, don't I need to say anything about this matter?"

Everyone's complexion was a little unsightly, and they didn't expect that Lin Zhi County's oil and salt would not enter.He also ate at the banquet and watched the singing and dancing, but when it came to business, he refused to give in at all.How can this be done?

"My lord, in Zhendong County, we are not the only ones who have workshops and businesses. It seems that there are still people who are not present?" President Cui couldn't bear it any longer, and said.

Zixuan naturally understood what he meant, "Zhuo Jing's health is not good, so I won't join in the fun on such occasions. Regarding the construction of the embankment, Zhuo Jing has already given out 5000 taels of silver to show her heart. Zhuo Jing said, she Although she is a woman, she will definitely not be inferior to a man when it comes to matters of family and country." Zixuan said very proudly.

When she decided to build the dam, Jing Han wanted to pay for it, but she refused.Later, when she heard that everyone in the chamber of commerce was going to pay, Jinghan directly took out 5000 taels and handed it over to Zixuan.So at this moment, Zixuan can be said to be justified, and he is not afraid that everyone will embarrass him at all.

The people present were a little dumbfounded when they heard it.Originally, I wanted to use this to talk about the price, but I didn't expect that the magistrate's wife would have already handed over the money.

President Cui said with a half smile, "Your Excellency said so, and we listened to it that way. However, the big guy didn't see whether there is such a sum of money."

Mr. Liu was eating at another table. He patted the table and said in a cold voice, "President Cui, why don't you sound right to me? Madam has money in the yamen. , I did this with my own hands. This time the county government built the embankment, I will handle all the accounts, and every amount of money will be checked and verified. What? President Cui doesn’t believe me?”

When Chairman Cui heard it, it seemed that the matter of the county magistrate's wife paying the money might be true.At the moment, he had no choice but to smile and say, "Don't dare, dare not, how dare a villain think so? Madam is really a hero among women, and she won't give way to men. We really admire, admire." President Cui smiled dryly.

Zixuan stood up, "Thank you for your kind hospitality today. It's getting late, and I'm a bit too drunk, so I'm leaving. Regarding the money for the construction of the embankment, please hand in all the money for the dam within three days. This matter will be handled by Liu The master secretary and Wei Butou are fully responsible. This matter is so important that I will not talk about it anymore, and I hope you will help me." After saying that, Zixuan walked out.

These people in the county government all went out with Zixuan, and President Cui hurriedly sent them out. "My lord, can we discuss the amount of silver taels again?"

Zixuan snorted, "Could it be that my wife is not as good as you?" Then he walked away without paying attention to these people.

Those who stayed behind from the chamber of commerce looked at each other in blank dismay.

"President Cui, didn't you say that it was safe? What is this now? We have eaten banquets and watched songs and dances. They should still collect money and return money. They didn't give us any face. What is this called? Something? I didn’t get anything done, but I had to pay for a meal.” Someone was complaining there.

President Cui's face became even more ugly, and he said bitterly, "I don't believe it, a small magistrate is so rampant. Wait, I must tell the magistrate about this." He said, ignoring Everyone, throw up your sleeves and leave.

Everyone looked at his back and shook their heads, "Oh, don't say anything, just take the money honestly. We have been here for several years. If it were in other places, the money would have been paid If you take it out, Linzhi County is already considered pretty good. Well, I won’t participate in the chamber of commerce in the future. It’s better to run my own shopping center honestly.” The man sighed , also left.

Zixuan and Ziwen went home all the way, and Ziwen asked, "Brother, your usual drinking capacity is not as good as today's? You drank so much wine today, but you are still very sober."

Zixuan laughed loudly, "Silly brother, you have to play tricks with these people. Look, what am I?" As he spoke, Zixuan pulled out something from his sleeve, which turned out to be a leather water bag.

"I just poured most of the wine here, and only drank a small part. To deal with these old foxes, you must be sober at all times. They think they can use wine to seduce my eyes and make me listen to them? Go dream." Zixuan casually threw the water bag in his hand. "Okay, you can go to rest too, it's tiring enough to follow me today."

Only then did Ziwen understand what was going on, and he couldn't help laughing, "Sister-in-law must have taught you this trick, but elder brother couldn't think of such a trick. Okay, I'll go back to rest, and elder brother should hurry back to accompany sister-in-law .”

The two brothers separated and went back to their rooms to rest.

Jinghan held a piece of her son's clothes in her hand and was sewing there when Zixuan opened the door and came in. "Are you back so early? It looks like the matter is settled?" Jinghan asked with a smile.

"Then what can't be solved? With my lady who has a clever plan, what kind of waves can these people make?" Zixuan leaned next to Jinghan, and put his arms around Jinghan's shoulders. "Didn't I tell you to sleep first? Why are you still doing sewing here? Let the girls do these jobs. Be careful with your eyes." Zixuan put the things in Jinghan's hands aside, and then Holding Jinghan's hand, the two cuddled together and talked.

"You are already tired enough, you have to be careful in the future, you understand?" Zixuan touched the thin calluses on Jinghan's hands, feeling a little distressed. "Look at you, I can't keep this hand back."

Jinghan smiled, "My hand is not made by hard work. We have not stopped practicing kung fu on weekdays. This cocoon was worn by bows and arrows." Jinghan and Zixuan have never broken Practicing martial arts, especially Jinghan's archery, has not regressed in the slightest.Therefore, it will be like this in the hand. "Okay, you should be tired after going out for a day, go wash and sleep. There is hot water over there, do you want me to help you?"

"Okay, it just so happens that the two of us can take a mandarin duck bath." Zixuan relaxed and said with a teasing smile.

"You're so beautiful, go wash up and go to sleep." Jinghan patted Zixuan for a while, then turned around and went to tidy up the bedding.

Three days later, Master Liu handed over all the bank accounts received from various merchants to Zixuan, "My lord, there are a total of [-] merchants, all of which have paid in silver."

"Well, these silver taels are kept in a special account book, and all expenses must be recorded in detail. That President Cui will not be reconciled, and will definitely tell the magistrate that by then, there may not be any moths. As long as we can do it The account is clear, so I am not afraid of anyone coming to check it. Remember, the money paid by Madam is also recorded in it." Zixuan knew that there would be no rest in the future.But he has such a temper, it's easy to talk about it if he doesn't offend me.If you get offended, then I'm sorry, just wait for it to be cleaned up.What's your background?Is it bigger than the emperor?

"Don't worry, my lord, this matter will be handled by the lower officials. By the way, let's report to the prefect to build the dam. This official document has been submitted for half a month, and the prefect has not yet approved it. Now the spring plowing is over. If it is later If we start construction, we will delay shoveling the ground." Master Liu was a little worried about the reply from the magistrate.

"No need to wait, start tomorrow, ready to start construction. Now there is a tendency of drought, first solve these diversion canals, and then pick the most important places to start drying first, and the rest will be done slowly. Especially the gate of the diversion canal, It must be fixed." Zixuan said directly without raising his head.

"Then what if the magistrate disagrees?" Master Liu was a little worried.

"It's okay, there's already a reply from the capital. As you know, I have some other means. I don't have to wait for the prefect's reply. Informing him is to respect him, but we can't just wait for the prefect's reply, which delays the delay." Timing." Zixuan didn't take it seriously at all, when the emperor was leaving, he gave Zixuan some special rights, so there is nothing to worry about.

"That's the case, then let's prepare to do it. It just so happens that the sky is dry and the water is low at this time, so it is easier to do things like repairing dams. Since we are going to do it, we have to do our best so that the people have no worries." Master Liu knew about this, and after talking about these things, he went straight out to make arrangements.

There are countless rivers and lakes in the east county of this town, and there are also large swamps and wetlands.The snow in winter will accumulate in the lakes after the ice and snow melt in spring.So even if there is a drought in the beginning of spring, the local people only need to dig aqueducts and divert water for irrigation.This drought has little effect on the ground.

The diversion canals have been excavated long ago, so this part of the project does not require too much effort.The only thing is to build sluices on several major channels now.In order to prevent the crops from being destroyed when the flood came.

The county government sent people to various places to recruit civilians and began to build dams and sluices.Because I had communicated with the village chiefs and others of each village before, this matter went very smoothly.People also understand that this is a good thing.Furthermore, Zixuan and his wife have done so many things for the local people over the years, and the people are grateful, so they are naturally very active in their work.

(End of this chapter)