The stalls on the outskirts of Licheng County are very large, and conversations like this are not uncommon, and you can see such a handful of people gathered together every 100 steps or so.

Even the people of the nearby county town heard the news and came to inquire about the news.

Although they have no plans to settle down in Licheng for the time being, they also want to do some work here to earn some silver to make a living.

After all, the wages here are much better than farming.

As a result, the butterfly effect began to slowly appear.

Every day, the number of people who come to Licheng County begins to increase exponentially, and Qiao Ping, as the chief engineer, lacks manpower.

It's true that these outsiders come here to work, but they also need to eat every day, right?

As a result, a series of makeshift restaurants began to open, and most of the shops opened were the families of the people in the neighborhood.

The most important thing is that there are more people who eat, and there are more vegetables and meat needed, followed by the butcher shops and vegetable shops in the county.

Even some shrewd businessmen have discovered this business opportunity and have begun to transfer things from Linbian County to give priority to Licheng County.....

For a while, Licheng County did not know how much more prosperous it was than when Gao Yan was in charge before, and its tax revenue began to increase steadily! After all, as long as the people are diligent, there will be money to earn!

Looking at the surrounding counties, because laborers came to Licheng to work, the consumption power suddenly weakened a lot, and various shops have gradually become depressed.

However, for these changes, Meng Fan didn't have time to care,

Meng Mansion, the meeting hall, he kept rubbing his eyebrows. Today's 200,000 taels of silver haven't been spent yet, so don't be too much of a headache!

Cheng Biting Jin is really a bit ruthless this time, 200,000 taels of silver a day, for a hundred days!

This kind of damage is really in the tens of thousands of tons!

And that's not counting the money earned by other subordinates, in case there is another pit for him to give him the hour, it's simply the rhythm of the sky every minute!

In this way, can Meng Fanyan not be in a hurry?

In the past few days, his life with Gao Ruyan has become sweeter and sweeter, and he has strengthened his determination not to work in the Heavenly Court Imperial Horse Prison.

"Fan Hu, have you paid all the monthly money in the house this month?"

Coming back to his senses, Meng Fan looked at Fan Hu in front of him and asked.

"Childe, it has already been issued, and according to your arrangement, each person has been given an extra five taels of silver!"

"Sent it?"

Meng Fan scratched his head. How is that the same as not being sent? The general ledger looks like it's not moving.

"Childe, since we entered the Meng Mansion, the monthly money has always been paid on time, and we have never been in arrears!

Fan Hu bowed gratefully.

If it weren't for his own son-in-law, how could the performing arts team he once led have such a good life?

"By the way, how many catchers are there in the county government now?"

Shaking his head helplessly, Meng Fan asked again,

Today, no matter what, I'm going to have to find a way to spend some more money to get out.

"Childe, eleven!"

"Eleven, so few, you can recruit some more at once, and make up a hundred!"

Hearing this, Meng Fan's eyes lit up and he immediately replied.

"Ah..... One hundred, childe, is it a bit too much to have a hundred catchers in a county office, after all, ......"

Fan Hu was stunned for an instant.

Although the team of the county order needs to be formed by itself, the monthly salary issued to the master of the catcher is all the tax of the county government, and some larger counties do not have more than 30 catchers.

"Not much! These quick catches of silver are from my Meng Mansion!"

Meng Fan really didn't know how to explain to Fan Hu, if he wasn't afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, he really wanted to recruit a thousand catchers, and then match ten masters!

This also consumes a lot of silver.

"Childe, got it!"

Bowing down, Fan Hu left.

......

sent Fan Hu away, and Meng Fan summoned Qi Fu and Hong Tian, who had been waiting outside for a long time.

"Isn't it time to receive today's 200,000 taels?"

As soon as the two entered the door, Meng Fan asked.

"Ah...... Childe, yesterday's hasn't been spent yet!"

Looking at each other, Qi Fu and Hong Tian's faces were full of helplessness, they had really tried their best, but there was still a lot of silver left.

It's true that they spend a lot of money, but they can't stand their own son-in-law being able to give it like this!

200,000 taels a day! Just kidding, even when he was the richest man in Chen Guo before, he never had such a big spending.

"Quite a few left?"

Meng Fan rubbed his eyebrows, and the burden suddenly felt much heavier than before.

"Childe, although the progress of the project has been much faster than before, there is a shortage of stone and wood, and our stone and timber mill has not been built yet, so the silver is spending a little slower!"

Seeing that Meng Fan's face was not good, Hong Tian hurriedly explained.

"Stone and timber shortage, then buy it!"

"If you can ship it from outside, the cost is really ......"

"Cost, don't consider the cost, buy what you should buy, and if you don't have enough people in this county, you will go to other counties to recruit, in short.... There is no silver left!"

Meng Fan waved his hand and motioned for the two of them to do it.

Anyway, today's 200,000 taels of silver can't be overnight.

"Yes.... Childe!"

Hong Tian and Qi Fu looked at each other, bowed and left, and now with Childe's words, the progress of the outside project can be accelerated a lot.

......

As everyone knows, when Meng Fan was distressed about spending money,

Qizhou Mansion, Su Cheng received a secret letter from the capital, and after seeing it, his brows instantly furrowed.

"What? The prince actually arranged such a difficult county lieutenant and county lieutenant for Gongzi's side? Wei Zheng and Wei Chigong are not good stubble, will they embarrass Gongzi!"

This secret letter was sent by Fang Xuanling in the capital.

The two of them didn't know that Wei Zheng and Wei Chigong had become their own people, so it was inevitable that they would be worried.

"How's that okay?"

Frowning, Su Cheng paced back and forth.

"Report!"

But at this time, a civil official entered the lobby,

"Lord Qiyu, the county order of Wuyang County, the county order of Pingyuan County, etc., have all sent a report!"

"Hmm, what's the matter?"

At first glance, Su Cheng turned around in surprise, Wuyang County, Pingyuan County, etc. are all under the jurisdiction of Qizhou Prefecture, but it is extremely rare to report this situation together.

"My lord, the newspaper said that the people in the county have recently changed and have gone to Licheng County to make a living, which has caused the population in their county to wither, I hope that the adults can talk to the new county magistrate of Licheng County and let him return the population!"

The clerk reported truthfully.

"What's going on in Licheng County?"

Listening to the content of the report, Su Cheng became more and more puzzled, if he remembered that his son-in-law had returned to Licheng County for less than half a month, Gao Yan's matter had not been completely resolved, and there should be no big moves.

"Lord Qiyu, it is rumored that it seems that Licheng County seems to have received the support of some extra-rich people, and began to overhaul civil engineering and recruit more workers, so it attracted people from other counties to ..... one after another."

"Wait, overhaul civil engineering, people gathered?"

If you don't listen, as soon as you hear it, Su Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and a brilliant idea came to mind.