Chapter 66
Lu Saisei looked at a green donkey with his eyes blindfolded and circled around the millstone for a long time. The white bean juice flowed down from the mills and was taken into the large wooden barrel below. After looking for a while, he said to Du Zhongxiao, who was standing on the side: "Official, please tell me to see what to do?"
Du Zhongxiao said: "In the past few days, the public officials in the county sent some money to build some industries and earn some money to supplement their responsibilities. The capital is not much. I thought to start a business from a small business, so I went to the dock to open some small shops outside the city gate. Most of the families who make a living on the water work hard, and they both eat light food and lack oil and water. I thought about it and eat the most cheap food to their tastes, nothing like tofu. Now there are two chores, one is to open a tofu shop, which uses the government capital to make some tofu every day and sell it to those small shops. Although it is a little hard work, fortunately, the profits are stable, and it is not difficult to become a well-off family if it is done well. The other is to open a small wine shop, which is from the official wine warehouse to sell tofu and other foods."
After hearing this, Lu Saisei's face collapsed and said for a while: "I have been singing music since I was a child, and I don't touch the spring water. How can I do these businesses? It's better to sing music at the docks to do these tasks."
Du Zhongxiao sighed in his heart. Sure enough, Lu Saisei is a person who cannot bear hardship. For the backstage, the tofu workshop will definitely monopolize the business in that area. If it is done well, it will be profitable. Unexpectedly, Lu Saisei refused.
Seeing Qu Wuniang's face on the side, Xiaoqing was a little anxious and couldn't bear it. Du Zhongxiao said, "Then like this, the city gates will reorganize and open some shops. If you go to pick up a small restaurant, you will pay the quota and the remaining profit will belong to you. The restaurant business, just hire two supervisors who are good at doing things and a few smart servants. It's not difficult to make money. What do you think?"
After hearing this, Lu Saisei became happy and saluted Du Zhongxiao: "Thank you for the official."
Du Zhongxiao sighed slightly and asked again: "Does Chen Qin, who is with you, have to live with him?"
Lusaisai covered his mouth and smiled: "He is just a porter. If he lives with me every day, wouldn't it be gossip?"
"That's best. There are cattle and sheep from the official herds in the county, and they need personal care. Although it's hard, it's a serious job after all, and I want him to do it. Recently, I've reclaimed fields everywhere and lacked cows. I bought some cows from other places and was about to send a reliable person to watch."
Lusai Track: "I thank the official so much. He is my old acquaintance after all, and it is always good to have an errand."
Du Zhongxiao nodded, thought for a while and said, "There are some days to rectify the outside of the city and the docks. When the store is selected, I will take you to see it. Just rest assured, I will send someone to help you. As long as you do business with peace of mind, why worry about food and clothing?"
Lu Saisei agreed and didn't take it seriously. He has been hanging around in various restaurants since he was a child. Isn't that kind of business the best?
Qu Wuniang took Lu Saisai away, and Du Zhongxiao said to Han Yueniang beside her: "You must watch me arrange a livelihood for this woman. Now, I see it now. I can't tell what this woman will look like in the future."
Han Yueniang said: "What kind of thing is her own fate, why should we worry about it? If you have a serious career, we will be worthy of Wu Niang and Xiaoqing. If Wu Niang has always been diligent, calm, and Xiaoqing is well-behaved and obedient, who will care about Lu Saisei! Well, I won't care about what happened in the future and do it with you. But I see that Jingjing is simple in character, so don't learn bad things from Lu Saisei. It's better to be with Xiao Qing in the future. One plays the piano and the other sings, and I can relieve my boredom."
After asking Chai Xin to send Han Yueniang and the others back to the back yamen, Du Zhongxiao returned to the front hall and ordered someone to find Cheng County Magistrate, Dong Zhuan and Wang Ai Shi, and said to them: "The money from the public officials had paid off yesterday. I took a look and found that the amount was incomplete. Alas, collecting money is not a good thing. It is rare that they can understand our kindness and have not missed the deadline. Today we will discuss what to do."
At this moment, a man came in to report that it was Yao Anle, the leader of the camp outside, who was asking for a meeting.
Yao Anle walked into the official hall and saw that Cheng County Magistrate and Chairman Dong were both present. After seeing the courtesy of the two, he said to Du Zhongxiao: "Sir, the county collects money and wants to do big things. How can I not tell the inspectors? I heard this news and discussed with both of them and raised more than a hundred tuitions of money. If the county wants to do things, we should do our best."
As he said that, Yao Anle asked the two soldiers outside to carry a large basket of money in.
Du Zhongxiao looked at Yao Anle, then looked at the big basket of money, and was stunned for a while. The inspector village and Yongcheng County are equal-level institutions and are not under the jurisdiction of the county. Du Zhongxiao did not expect them to participate in this matter, but Yao Anle took the initiative and brought the money himself. With this guy's character, he definitely didn't expect that this was really good for the public officials in the county, and he was afraid that it would be an opportunity to flatter him. But the money had been sent over and he could not accept it. Otherwise, when it was time to share the money, wouldn't it be a shame for the soldiers? He took his military officers and horses to take charge.
After coughing, Du Zhongxiao said to Chairman Dong: "Chief, please make sure to count the money clearly and write down the account. Which soldier is there and how much money it costs this time, you must remember it clearly. You must pay it back according to the account at that time, and you must not be confused."
Chairman Dong Yingnuo, looked at each other with the county magistrate Cheng, went out and ordered two officials and went forward to order money.
At this time, there were only two men in the county, Cheng Weiwei and Dong Zhubu, who knew more clearly what was going on. Everyone else was confused. With Du Zhongxiao's ability to make money by reclaiming fields and making fireworks in front of him, he would definitely not lose money if he collected the money. How much money was made depends on everyone's luck.
After ordering the money, Du Zhongxiao asked Chairman Dong to record the accounts clearly. It was a bit troublesome to record it in the inspection camp. Yao Anle thought that it was the new magistrate who took office to make money for him, so he just kept collecting it. Some people's names were not very clear. Fortunately, the soldiers who followed him were clear-headed and remembered the accounts clearly. Chairman Dong recorded the accounts accordingly.
Du Zhongxiao said to Chairman Dong: "Make a book in the inspection village, and ask the leader of Yao to take it back, and the people who pay the money will confirm the number of accounts one by one."
After saying that, he said to County Wei Cheng and Yao Anle: "This account is the basis for repaying the money in the future, and it is absolutely inconsistent. You each sign and write it on it and use me to sign it. If there is any mistake, I will cause trouble for you then!"
Everyone agreed and went forward to sign and stamp without hesitation. For them, this was not a big deal. Even if there was something wrong with it, could they really find them? According to previous experience, they definitely didn't know. However, they did not expect that in Du Zhongxiao, their previous experience was completely useless. He was exploring a new way of county governance for this era.
Everyone signed the paintings, Du Zhongxiao looked at them one by one, picked up his pen, and signed his name.
In the words of the previous life, this time it was to raise funds to run enterprises and develop local economy. If it develops well, local governments and people will benefit. Those who are officials here will benefit. If it is not good and lose their capital, they will have to gain their reputation. Although it is difficult for officials to gain a good reputation in this era, no one in the officialdom will really care. Du Zhongxiao is still cautious.
Chapter completed!