Chapter 33 Helping from the Virtuous

"Yes, Sangkook. I'll arrange it when I get back. Luo Da agreed with his hand.

What happened in the court, Gongsun Jian didn't know about it for the time being, and he didn't have time to inquire. Fortunately, when Zhao Changle was sent to deliver the evidence, he specially instructed the other party to stay in Shangjing for the time being, and the news would be delivered back in time. In addition, he also asked Zhao Changle to find Gou Xiaowu, the other party is a local snake in Shangjing, and he knows more about all aspects, first, he can be a helper for Zhao Changle, and secondly, Gongsun Jian feels that Gou Xiaowu's mind is quite flexible and it is not bad to do things, and it is more appropriate to stay in Shangjing in the future to be responsible for collecting information from the imperial court.

These days, Gongsun Jian can be said to be busy and dark. Fortunately, Liu Dayuan, the magistrate of the county, is quite competent, and he doesn't need to worry about many things related to people's livelihood. In order to stabilize the current situation in Linshui County, Gongsun Jian first asked Ma Teng and Tian Kuo to recruit more than 300 young men in the county to undergo reorganization and training together with the veterans of the original Northern Army and the bandits who had been recruited. Regardless of their previous identities, everyone will be the new regimental trainers of Linshui County from now on. Of course, the treatment is also very good, one or two five dollars a month, the daily food is not only full but also oil and water, compared to the previous bitter days are simply a heaven and an earth. Such a generous treatment made many peers in the county envious, and they inquired about whether they could accept people for group training.

As for how to train this group of 500 people, naturally Gongsun Jian didn't have to worry too much. He had already compiled the set of military training regulations in his previous life, and he could just take them out and use them. At most, I will occasionally go to review it, and the other is that I don't understand or do something wrong that needs his guidance and correction. Fortunately, Ma Teng and Tian Kuo are both veterans, although they don't understand the training manual compiled by Gongsun Jian very well, but after consulting them, they can basically implement it. Soon, the group training of 500 people had some appearance, which also made Gongsun Jian feel a lot more relieved for the time being. The truth that the grandfather said in the previous life is that only in the barrel of a gun can power come out! Gongsun Jian was convinced of this.

Don't look at the five hundred people, but this is just the beginning, Gongsun Jian knows very well that some things can't be too anxious, otherwise it will be easy to pull the egg when the steps are big. Moreover, he has not raised the flag to rebel now, and the purpose of forming a regimental training is nothing more than to guard against the generals of the two divisions and the northwest border pass. Besides, as the county lieutenant of Linshui County, it was his duty to organize and train the militia.

After arranging the affairs of the militia group, Gongsun Jian began to discuss with Liu Dayuan about the future development of the county. The three families have fallen, but the lives of the people in Linshui County will continue as usual. Originally, because Linshui County was close to the shore of Fenshui, a lot of trade from the south to the north would pass through here, especially almost all the people leading to the northwest Wu Kingdom. In the past, several companies and the county master bookkeeper joined forces to occupy the entire shipping-related business, so that a large part of the income that originally belonged to the county became private, but now several are gone, but the business is still going on, but there is a bit of chaos in it, because a series of shipping-related supporting businesses are now stagnant. Whether it is a wharf, a warehouse, a hotel, a restaurant, etc., these industries that were originally controlled by those few have now been confiscated, so there is no one to operate, making the wharf outside the west gate of the county very chaotic.

After discussing with Liu Dayuan for a long time, Gongsun Jian made a bold decision to take all these properties under the ownership of the county government, and then organize manpower to resume business in an all-round way. In fact, according to Liu Dayuan's meaning, it is okay if these industries are sold directly. At least a lot of money can be recovered. can run it by himself, first, because of the problem of related manpower, and second, because he, who is a county magistrate, doesn't know how to do business!

Gongsun Jian knew this in his heart, and he had already thought of a countermeasure. Now he has 50,000 taels of silver stolen from Wu State, as well as more than 200,000 taels confiscated from several houses, with a total of more than 300,000 taels, plus the gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings piled up in those warehouses are worth at least two or three hundred thousand. It is equivalent to saying that Gongsun Jian now has almost five or six hundred thousand taels of silver start-up capital in his hands. But the problem is that this money seems to be a lot, but it is really fast to spend! Not to mention anything else, the militia group of 500 people alone spends nearly 1,000 taels on food and other food every month, and the subsequent weapons and equipment are all a big expense, not to mention that Gongsun Jian's purpose is not just 500 people. If you want to fight for hegemony, how can it be possible without hundreds of thousands of horses in your hands? That's not enough money. So he needed a deal that could provide him with a source of money.

Regarding Liu Dayuan's concerns, Gongsun Jian solved them in one way. All industries are owned by the county government, but they can be contracted to foreign parties, and they only need to pay the contract fee to the county government every year, and the taxes and fees stipulated in other regulations must also be paid. After personally writing the bidding notice, Gongsun Jian asked people to post it everywhere inside and outside the county, and even passing merchants would be given a copy.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for someone to come to the door. Gongsun Jian pulled Liu Dayuan and began to negotiate with the people who came to the door. Why did you pull Liu Dayuan? First, because Liu Dayuan was the county magistrate, and secondly, he hoped that these things would be handed over to Liu Dayuan in the future. He didn't have time to spend all his energy on it.

At this time, the appearance of a person completely liberated Gongsun Jian from these trivial matters. Later, Gongsun Jian recalled this past, and always felt that although he had no system gold finger or anything since he lost his memory, the aura of the king and the aura of the protagonist were not bad at all.

After dark that day, Gongsun Jian finally finished the affairs in the county office, and dragged his tired body back to his residence in Shiao Lane. I found that the door of the noodle shop was still closed, and the lights were still on inside. In the past few days, there are only Wei Meng and the little girl Gongyu Wu at home, although the shop is not open, but the children still come to the courtyard to study as usual every day. But it was getting late, and the children should have gone home a long time ago, and Gong Yu Wu should have rested according to his usual habits. As for Wei Meng's words, even if he was guarding the door for himself, he would not leave the door of the noodle shop open and the lights on.

With doubts, Gongsun Jian walked into the noodle shop on the west side of the courtyard. When I went in, I found that not only Wei Meng and Gong Yuwu were there, but there were also three more strangers in the store. As soon as she saw Gongsun Jian coming back, the little girl hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, and impatiently told Gongsun Jian what happened.

It turned out that before preparing to rest at night, Wei Meng checked the inside and outside of the small courtyard according to the old habit to see if the doors and windows were closed tightly. However, he heard a low cry outside the shop on the west side, opened the door to check with curiosity, and found that an old man in his fifties had fainted on the ground outside the door, and the cry was made by a young woman who was guarding the old man's side. The kind-hearted Wei Meng stepped forward to ask, only to know that the two were father and daughter, and they went to the state city to join their relatives, and they didn't want their money to be stolen halfway, so the two of them ended up on the streets of Linshui County, but they didn't eat for two days, and the old man walked here and fell into a coma.

Wei Meng carried the old man into the shop, put it on the table that he put together, arranged for Gong Yuwu to watch it, and went to find the doctor himself. Now the doctor is examining the old man.

After figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, Gongsun Jian nodded slightly, and then told the little girl to go to rest early, there was no need for her to take care of him and Wei Meng here. Although the little girl was a little unhappy, she still went back to her room to sleep very well-behaved. And at this moment, the doctor has also finished the examination.

"It's not a big deal, it's just anxiety and hunger. Just take a break and eat something. Even medicine does not need to be prescribed. The doctor opened his mouth to diagnose. Gongsun Jian naturally thanked the doctor, and asked Wei Meng to pay the consultation fee and send the doctor back. Only then did they take a closer look at the father and daughter.

The old man looked to be about fifty years old, but Gongsun Jian knew that the ancients all looked old, but they were not very old, and this man who was lying in a coma was only forty years old at most. As for the woman, because she didn't know what she had wiped on her face, and she had been crying for a long time just now, her face was white and black, and she couldn't see her specific age clearly, but she was not expected to be more than twenty years old in terms of appearance and figure.

The woman noticed that Gongsun Jian was constantly looking at their father and daughter, lowered her head, and thanked Gongsun Jian a little timidly and shyly. Gongsun Jian shook his head and didn't speak, and went to the kitchen to start cooking porridge.

People who have been hungry for too long cannot eat directly, otherwise it will be bad for the stomach. So Gongsun Jian was going to cook some porridge for the father and daughter to eat first. Seeing Gongsun Jian cooking on the fire, the girl hurried over to help. But Gongsun Jian stopped her.

"Go and watch your dad. There is hot water in the house, so pour some and drink it first. Also, when your father woke up, let him drink some soothing spirits. ”

"Hmm." The woman whispered yes.

"Where are you father and daughter?" Gongsun Jian asked.

"It's from Luochuan Mansion in the northwest, and I'm going to join my relatives in Zehu Mansion."

"Look at your father's appearance like a scholar, what did he do at home before? Why do people who have left their homeland go to join their relatives? ”

The woman didn't answer for a long time, Gongsun Jian turned his head to look, and the other party was secretly wiping tears with red eyes.

"My father is indeed a scholar, and the family used to have some small property. But later, my mother was seriously ill, and in order to seek medical advice for my mother, the results were all spent. In the end, the mother was not able to save her. Seeing that we couldn't live at home, our father and daughter were ready to go to Zehu Mansion to join my cousin, but we didn't want to meet a thief halfway. The girl didn't say any more about the words later, and Gongsun Jian naturally knew it very well.

At this time, Wei Meng returned, and the unconscious old man also woke up. Gongsun Jian instructed Wei Meng to clean up the empty room in the east chamber with miscellaneous items, and add a bed. After the porridge was cooked, let the father and daughter eat it and go to rest early. But the old man stood up and gave Gongsun Jian a grand salute.

"Old man Feng Huaidao thanked Gongzi for saving his life."

"It's just a matter of hands, you can rest first. I'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

The next morning, Gongsun Jian had just gotten up. Xiao Yuwu beckoned him to go to the front yard for breakfast. Gongsun Jian was still wondering, and said in his heart, when will Wei Meng make breakfast? But when he finished washing up and came to the front yard, he found that today's breakfast was all made by the girl last night. It's simple, but it looks good. Seeing Gongsun Jian coming in, Wei Meng, who was stuffing a bun in his mouth, said indistinctly: "My lord, you can taste it." It tastes no worse than what you make with your own hands. ”

At this time, Feng Huaidao on the side had already stood up and saluted Gongsun Jian. And once again thanked Gongsun Jian and others for saving their lives. Gongsun Jian was polite, and then motioned for everyone to have breakfast together. But he didn't see Feng Huaidao's daughter on the table, and was about to ask, but Feng Huaidao said first: "My lord, the little girl can use some in the kitchen later." Obviously, Feng Huaidao already knew Gongsun Jian's identity at this moment. But Gongsun Jian didn't like Feng Huaidao's view that men and women were different. But he can only reluctantly accept other people's family education and worldly rules, and wait until the future to slowly change.

But at this time, Gong Yuwu was not happy, and pouted and said to Feng Huaidao: "Why wait for us to finish eating before letting Sister Feng eat?" This breakfast was made by Sister Feng when she got up early in the morning. And my father said before that what women can't serve on the table is bullying and looking down on women, and it's a cannibalistic etiquette, and it should be completely abolished. Women should be equal to men, and there is no man who has no woman. Hum! ”