Early the next morning, Zhong Qinghan left the inn with several Zhongfu stewards who were proficient in arithmetic and Su Ziheng, and went to the county government and Zhao Chengming to deal with the handover work.

Handover, also known as handover, is something that every official who takes office must do. If there is a problem with the delivery, the previous official will not be able to leave the post normally, and the delivery time is usually about a month.

The main inventory such as how many incumbent officials are there? How many houses are there? How much money and food? How many horses are there? How many prisoners are there? How many things are in the warehouse? and so on, a total of thirty-one items. Even a few idle hooligans in any village have to be mastered. All relevant departments should write them down clearly one by one, register them in the register, and ensure that they are handed over to the new leaders without mistakes.

Donghai County is different, before Zhao Chengming was demoted, there were several vacant county governors, almost for nearly ten years without a county governor, let alone the incumbent officials of the government office, except for a few old and infirm officials, there are no other officials.

Zhao Chengming took office this time, mainly relying on a few of his old servants to help deal with some things, and then relying on some village elders in the county. Although the number of people in Donghai County is not very large, there are also several large families.

Su Ziheng looked at the dilapidated county office, with mottled walls everywhere, and even several roofs that lacked tiles, showing a wry smile, no wonder Zhao Chengming said yesterday that Zhong Qinghan would not look down on the county government.

Such a dilapidated place as the location of a county government is really too shabby, and when the time comes, after taking over, we must tear down and rebuild a magnificent county government. This is one of the faces of Donghai County in the future, and it must not be underestimated by others, otherwise it will be looked down upon when trading with outside businessmen, which is not conducive to negotiations.

Entering the county office, Zhao Chengming had already instructed the servants to move out all the registered books in Donghai County.

Su Ziheng casually took a book and looked at it, it was a household registration book, or it was registered ten years ago, and it was recorded that there were 800 households in Donghai County. However, according to Zhao Chengming, the current real situation is probably less than 500 households, and the total number of people is less than 4,000.

It is a county town, with a population of only 4,000 people, and it is not as large as the number of troops brought by Zhong Qinghan, how cold it is to say it, no wonder the Great Xia court said that if you don't want it, you don't want it.

Su Ziheng couldn't help but shake his head and said: "This is still the household registration book registered ten years ago, and now there must be a lot of incorrectness." Cold, I think it is necessary to re-census. ”

Zhong Qinghan pursed his lips and smiled: "Okay, anyway, you are now the chief of the Donghai County Lord's Mansion, and it is only appropriate for you to handle this matter." ”

Su Ziheng was stunned for a moment, "When did I promise you to be the chief of the Donghai County Lord's Mansion?" ”

Zhong Qinghan pretended to be pitiful, "This palace is open and the house is built, it is the time to employ people, Ziheng, can you bear to stand by and not come out to help me?" ”

Su Ziheng smiled bitterly: "I also have a lot of things, at most I can help you come up with ideas, and you still have to find someone else to do specific things." I think Uncle Zhao is very capable, so it's better to ask him to stay and sit in Donghai County, which is not bad. ”

Zhao Chengming hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Ziheng's words are wrong, the old man is not capable. In addition to being familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, he knows nothing about handling government affairs, otherwise he would not have come to Donghai County for almost four or five months, and he would have done nothing at all. ”

Su Ziheng smiled and said: "It is to ask my uncle to help preside over the construction of the city, in addition to the construction of the city, there are many large-scale projects to be carried out, such as the construction of docks, seaports and so on." The future of Donghai County is destined to be in the sea, and it is impossible to do without a good port and wharf. In addition, on the side close to the river, an embankment should also be built to prevent the river from bursting and causing harm to Donghai County. ”

"The most important thing is to build a new city, which is the most challenging work."

Zhao Chengming was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said in a daze: "Ziheng, do you know what you mean by this?" Even with the full support of the imperial court, if you want to complete the work you mentioned, it will be impossible to have preliminary results in ten years. ”

Su Ziheng said with a smile: "Uncle, ten years is too exaggerated, if you want me to say, it can be completed in five years at most." If you don't believe me, we might as well make a bet, how about it? ”

Zhao Chengming said: "How to bet? It's impossible to let the old man wait for you here for five years to see the results, right? ”

Su Ziheng waved his hand and said: "How is it possible, we can start from a small place, it is better to start by building a new county office." Uncle, how much time do you think it will take to tear down this county government and rebuild it? ”

Zhao Chengming said: "This depends on how many people you use and how big the county government you want to build?" ”

Su Ziheng said: "Since we want to rebuild, we have to put it in place at one time, I don't want to find out that it is small and rebuild it in a few years." It must cover an area of at least about 50 acres, including all government offices. ”

"Fifty acres?" Zhao Chengming frowned, "Virtuous nephew, do you know how big the fifty-acre mansion is?" Even the Jinling Mansion, the capital of Jiangnan, is only about thirty acres of land. I'm afraid that there is also a government office in Chang'an, the capital, which is only 50 acres of land, are you sure that a small county government in Donghai County needs so much space? ”

Su Ziheng said with a smile: "To be a man, you always have to pursue a little, maybe you don't need it now, but I believe that in five years, you won't feel that this mansion is very big." ”

With an alien base in hand, if you can't even develop a city, wouldn't it be too embarrassing for you to be a traverser.

Zhao Chengming said: "It's a good thing to have ambition, but you also have to have that strength." What materials are you going to use to build such a majestic county office? The old man will remind you first, because there are many typhoons in Donghai County, if the building is not strong enough, it will be easily damaged by Taipei. ”

Su Ziheng nodded and said: "Thank you uncle for mentioning it, what the little nephew wants to build will definitely be the strongest building, the main body is made of brick and stone, supplemented by wood, so that it is definitely not afraid of typhoon damage." ”

Zhao Chengming said: "If this is the case, it may be difficult to build a brick and stone building of fifty acres in half a year." In addition, it is winter again, and if you really want to start construction, you will have to wait until after the beginning of spring, and when it is actually completed, it may not be until after autumn, or even next year. ”

Su Ziheng laughed and said: "If the little nephew promises to complete it within three months, I don't know if my uncle can believe it?" ”

Zhao Chengming said categorically: "Impossible. ”

Su Ziheng immediately said: "Okay, since that's the case, let's make this bet, if the little nephew completes the construction as required within three months, you will stay and help Qinghan complete the construction plan of the entire Donghai County, how about it?" ”

Zhao Chengming groaned slightly, nodded and said, "Okay!" If the virtuous nephew can really do this, then it must be unique. The old man can learn a lot if he stays, even if he sells this old bone to Her Royal Highness the Princess, why not! ”