Chapter Twenty-Five: Accept one person at the foot of the mountain

When Zhang Zhong rode to the foot of the east mountain, there were already a lot of people gathered here, not only the people of Huayuan County, but also their relatives.

Some are holding shovels, some are carrying pickaxes, and some are carrying baskets, all of whom know that a good road up the mountain is planned here, so as not to be squeezed down when there are too many people.

Zhang Zhong had already asked people to go back to Zhuangzi last night to send things here, including all kinds of tools, ropes, etc., the money was put on by him first, and when the time came to take the money from the yamen, he naturally had to sell the things at home, and the grocery store could not always press the goods.

When he arrived here, it was already Shen Shi, or because he was riding a horse, otherwise he would have to delay a while, and the people who delivered the goods here estimated that they would have to wait for half an hour or an hour, in order to wait for them, Zhang Zhong asked the officials who came with him to be responsible for selecting people.

First you can come from this county, if it is not enough, then use people from outside, young and strong people are responsible for building roads, and those who are a little bit worse will lay their hands on the side, and a woman will come, and then take care of cooking and cooking, and boil water when it is hot.

The officials walked to the front of the crowd, they didn't have a roster, they couldn't know all the people, so they had to let the people look at each other for themselves, not the people from the county first, after all, this project was for the benefit of the people of Huayuan County.

"My lord, if you do this, will it cost the people and money?" He Cangji also followed, also on horseback, thinking that what he said that morning, there was no preparation over there, and it would be in vain to do it first.

Zhang Zhong understood what he thought, and someone had already been arranged to go over and give instructions, and the rest of the matter was to find some old people here and ask them what legends, stories, etc., so that the person who called the tour guide could tell them to others.

If it weren't for the fact that he was cleaning up his family's grocery store, he wouldn't be going to take things out of his house at all, and when he heard He Cangji's question, he said: "He Cangji, this official doesn't want to work so early, and the dew is still a little cold in the morning and evening." ”

"Then why would you do that?" He Cangji naturally couldn't think of what it meant to stimulate domestic demand.

"There are already a lot of food shortages in the people's homes, if it is not for the wild vegetables to come out, they will have no food, I will calculate for you, I am going to recruit 2,000 people for the work on the mountain, and the yamen will repair the house for me for twelve hours without stopping, and I will also carry lanterns to do things at night, rotating back and forth, and I will also **100 people.

These people have wages, and candles for lanterns and other things have to be bought in the county, and food must also be bought in the county, and the county is not enough to transfer from other places, but my family can transfer some of them, and some merchants will also come and sell them.

Merchants have to pay taxes when they sell things, and they have to help carry their goods when they come over, and the tax money is available to the yamen, and the people in the county have raised some chickens, ducks and pigs, and they usually keep them for their own food.

I have asked Zhuangzi to send chickens and piglets here, and directly let the people raise more, the people are afraid that they will not be able to sell, and wait for the mountain to work, at least one meal a day, and the people will find that the food of the workers is not enough in the county.

When people from outside come to sell, they will also send some poultry and livestock from their families to sell for money, and when they are finished, I will issue another notice, and a month later, they will build roads in the county, and this road repair will not be completed in a while, and the whole county, as long as there are people, will repair the roads. ”

Zhang Zhong stopped here when he said this, looked at He Cangji, and waited for He Cangji to speak, if He Cangji could keep up with this line of thinking, he was ready to reuse it in the future.

He Cangji didn't know that the county order around him had the idea of reusing him, and he wouldn't think about it specifically, but he did think hard, he really hadn't considered this kind of thing before, and at this time, after Zhang Zhong mentioned it, he felt as if he had seen something new, something very magical.

After a quarter of an hour, He Cangji woke up from that kind of train of thought, looked at Zhang Zhong with admiration and said: "My lord, I know, as long as the notice says that more poultry or livestock should be used when building roads, let the people raise them, the people will believe it, after all, there are examples from the mountain."

There will be more people to raise, and it will not be specifically kept for their own family to eat, the chickens you catch will only grow up in a few months, if you don't wait to lay eggs, you can kill and eat meat in more than four months.

There is also the pig, let's catch half of the size directly to raise, it will not take ten months, six or seven months will be able to grow up, and the people will have spare money in the hands of the people, and they will think about buying things, this year's rent has been collected in advance, and there will be more food at that time, so there is no need to worry about eating.

They will have to buy other things, or save them for the children of the family, get a wife, build a house, as long as some people are willing to spend money, then there will not be enough things here, merchants will ship here, the dock will be more prosperous, and the taxes will be more.

I just thought about it, as long as I do this for two consecutive years, there will be no shortage of money in the yamen, and the life of the people will be better.

My lord, if you are promoted in the future, let me follow you, I will not do this little official, just follow you to help copy the documents. ”

He Cangji made up his mind as he spoke, follow the adults in the future, and see what else the adults can do, it's really amazing, when it's so difficult, as long as you take out the first money and invest it in it, you can drive the whole county.

If every county magistrate of Huayuan County can not be greedy and follow the path of Lord Zhang, what will Huayuan County become ten years later?

Zhang Zhong didn't expect He Cangji to think so much, although it wasn't entirely right, it was not bad, especially if he didn't wait for himself to open his mouth to reuse him, he actually surrendered to Cheng first, which saved a lot of things, and there will always be someone around him to help do something in the future, which is just right.

"My lord, do you think I'm still a little worse? Can't follow you? He Cangji waited with hope, and when he saw that the county magistrate did not speak, he asked anxiously.

Zhang Zhong smiled at him and said: "Follow, get this Huayuan County done first, and you will follow me if I can go elsewhere in the future, you are still an official, I will be promoted, and you will be promoted, and if I change departments, I will also take you with me." ”

He Cangji began to be happy, and then when he heard it again, he wondered, whether his official could be promoted, in which department, it seems that it is not the county magistrate who said it, now the county magistrate can change his position, can he go to the capital in the future?

Zhang Zhong also knows this, but he is not afraid, he has a good son, saying that the first state and township tribute is the first, saying that the champion is the champion, saying that the county order can be released, and the most surprising thing is that where it can be put out, as if the court is a restaurant opened by his son.

Looking at He Cangji's puzzled gaze, Zhang Zhong smiled heartily, "Hahaha, He Cangji, you don't have to worry about this kind of thing, you will naturally know in the future, as you just said, you are indeed a little behind, you have to learn more, if you don't understand, just ask, this people's livelihood is a university question, it is much more difficult than taking the exam." ”

"What the adults said is, it's difficult, but I don't think it's easy to take the top prize, and the first realm is just one, the adults are not very old, and they can pass the test in one go, my lord, so what are we going to do next?" He Cangji heard the county magistrate say that he was bad, and he was not angry at all, he was indeed bad.

Zhang Zhong pointed with his hand to the road when he came, "The next step is to send things, the people can't work without a guy, I transferred some from Zhuangzi, and by the way, I made a little money." ”

He Cangji looked back, and sure enough, there was a convoy over there, and what he wanted to load on it was tools, where did it come from, he didn't care who made money, he just wanted to see what would become like here in the future, as long as he could catch up with Sanshui County, many rich people over there now have to go over to build houses and live comfortably.

"Master, you asked people to go back to Zhuangzi last night to deliver the letter, the family has been prepared, the things have been transported, and there is a letter from the lady, the lady asked the little one to tell the master, hurry up and build the house here, the family will move over, and the lady will help the master take care of the trivial matters."

A subordinate who followed over handed a letter to Zhang Zhong and said to Zhang Zhong at the same time.

"It's fast, it's fast, twelve hours of non-stop work, and in ten days, the house can be repaired, you lead people over there to divide things, don't rush back at night, rest in Jinlai Building here, and there will be things for you to do tomorrow."

Zhang Zhong commanded again, waved his hand, and let people pass.

He Cangji watched and listened from the side, and saw that the subordinates in the county commander's family, dressed and physical, and coping with the rules, admired Zhang Zhong more and more.

The people have already chosen by themselves, and they have also allocated what work they should do, and those who do heavy work will naturally get more wages when they do.

There are not many people who come today, and tomorrow they may be able to come from a long distance, and there are not many outsiders either, and even if they join, they must not be allowed to work when there are not enough people.

As long as the people don't force them to a certain extent, they are very obedient, even if there are wild vegetables to fill their stomachs, they will not think about rebellion, and now they will do it immediately after taking the tools, Zhang Zhong was originally preparing to start tomorrow, and after more than an hour, the sky will gradually get dark.

Looking at those individuals working there, Zhang Zhong found that something was missing, and he didn't let people prepare food, so he hurriedly beckoned people to ask him to go back and get the ingredients, and when he came here to cook, the firewood was taken on the spot on the mountain, and a lot of firewood could be made with a rake and a rake.