Gu Jinli looked at Chen's and sneered: "The shop on the main street in the town, the cheapest is one hundred and twenty taels, the most expensive is the rich building, the front shop and the back house plus a large courtyard and two layers of attic, it is said that when I bought it, it cost more than three hundred taels by relying on the relationship of Zou Xiancheng." Our budget is the cheapest one hundred and twenty taels, and the eldest aunt wants to spend money, do you have any extra money? ”

Look at you crazy, there is still an old mud house at home, so you dare to say that you want to spend money to buy a shop, do you want me to check your pulse, see how sick you are?

Chen choked and immediately stopped talking.

Gu Jinli didn't bother to pay attention to her, and said to the third grandfather: "Third grandfather, let's go, let the eldest aunt stay and help, anyway, she can't go to Uncle Shang's house." ”

"Where is it not easy to go? It's so good, I just want to go and see the talented lady. "The Chen family has been scolding the Jiang family, asking the Jiang family to find a good in-law for Gu Yumei. But Jiang has only been to the Gu family once, and she can't find a chance to talk to her.

The third grandfather said: "The eldest daughter-in-law, you either go to help Tiezhu's daughter-in-law, or go home, there are still a lot of spices at home, so you have to rush the goods." ”

Jiang is everyone's best girl, she has been following the rules since elementary school, reading poetry and books, Chen is a country woman, what can she talk to Jiang? Spray vegetable residue when you eat, if you let her go, it will only be a shame.

Seeing that the third grandfather's face was not good, Chen didn't dare to make any more trouble, so he could only follow Luo Huiniang's father and daughter back to the tofu stall to help.

Gu Jinli and they didn't want to go empty-handed, so they also went to the tofu stall to get some bean dregs cakes, and then took three pieces of white tofu and a pound of seasoning spices that were specially kept, and when they passed by the agricultural stall, they bought a basket of eggs and walked to Shangjia Village.

The agricultural goods stall is on the same road as their tofu stall, and after passing through the long agricultural goods stall, you will reach the gatehouse of Qingfu Town.

The gatehouse is very tall and was built here when there was a town of Qingfu, but the carvings and colors on it are still bright and eye-catching.

When walking through the gatehouse, the third grandfather said: "This gatehouse is an important thing in the town, and every year, the rich people in the town will pay money to repair the gatehouse and recolor the gatehouse." The better the color of the gatehouse, the more prosperous the life of the people in the town will be. ”

Gu Jinli nodded while listening, continued to walk forward, and after a few meters out of the gatehouse, he arrived at the wasteland.

The wasteland is on the left side of the main road into the town, and the area outside the main road belongs to this wasteland. Six or seven meters further on, there is a place where people in the town throw their garbage.

The garbage dump is very large, with a look of more than one to two acres; The garbage dump used to be a large area of thorny land, which was really too big, with about four acres of land in length and width; In the past, there was a large thatched bush, and further away there was a large bamboo forest.

Gu Jinli stood on tiptoe, looked at the thatched bushes from afar, and vaguely saw some ruins...... It seems that this is not a wasteland, but a ruin!

It seems that this wasteland has some origins.

Gu Jinli didn't dare to look here for too long, only stayed for a while, and then followed the third grandfather to continue walking towards Shangjia Village.

……

At this time, Gu Jin'an was talking to Shang Xiucai about Sun Lichang: "Sir, Sun Lichang is such a cool official, he can't be kept, he should take the opportunity to get rid of him." ”

Shang Xiucai stood in the study, drawing a picture of the mountains and rivers and snow, and asked, "What is the reason?" How to get rid of it? ”

Gu Jinan said: "A cool official like Sun Lichang must have done a lot of evil things over the years, in addition to him, even if he is to eliminate harm for the people, he can also help the students' families." ”

Shang Xiucai: "What about the evidence?" Everything must pay attention to evidence, not that you can convict Sun Lichang by saying how many evil things he has done. ”

Gu Jinan avoided Shang Xiucai's question, looked at him, and said with a smile: "Sir, now to get rid of a lieutenant, there is no need for criminal evidence. ”

When Shang Xiucai heard this, he became interested, and finally looked up at Gu Jin'an: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Mr. told the students some time ago that in more than half a year, the county magistrate will be transferred, and now he is worried that his political performance is not enough, and he is afraid that he will be transferred to a bad place." Gu Jinan said with a smile: "The student just has an idea that can make the county magistrate make political achievements. ”

Only then did Shang Xiu know that Gu Jin'an was studying to test his fame, and in order for him to gain a foothold in the officialdom in the future, Shang Xiu would tell him some things about the county government officialdom, so that he could listen more and have more contact, so that he would not panic in the future.

"What's the idea?" Shang Xiucai put down the pen, sat upright, and made a gesture of listening.

Gu Jin'an said: "The drought in the northwest and the war disaster, the imperial court is short of silver, and the towns of Dachu have many miles long, some towns can be four miles long, and the least is two. If the number of lieutenants in each town of Dachu is reduced to two, it can save a lot of money and food for the imperial court. ”

"A lieutenant chief can have a salary of five taels of silver and three stones of rice grain every year, so many lieutenants in Dachu, if half of the lieutenant chiefs are removed, the money and rice that the imperial court can save every year is immeasurable."

Shang Xiucai listened, and looked at Gu Jin'an's eyes shining slightly, he, a student, was really not a thing in the pool.

It's just: "The position of the chief is to follow the ancient law, and it is the connection between the court and the people, and it is related to all kinds of taxes of the court. ”

Gu Jinan said with a smile: "Mr. is wrong, it is the village chiefs of each village who really connect the court and the people, and these are the elders, two in one town are enough, and there are more fish and meat people." ”

"The village chiefs are all from peasant backgrounds, and they are the ones who can best connect with the people, and the peasants are easy to be satisfied, and if they are given some status and a salary of one or two silver, they can do their best for the court."

Shang Xiucai said: "You said very much. This deal is very cost-effective, and the adults in the household department will calculate it, but why have no adults in the court proposed it in so many years? Because Da Chu is still unstable, adults feel that it is not appropriate to move too many things. ”

Gu Jinan smiled: "Sir, is Da Chu stable now?" And now that the court is short of money and food, and too many people are the bad habits of the previous dynasty, as long as the county commander writes these two points, the saint will be happy, and the adults of the household will also be happy. ”

When there is money and food, there will be a lot of scruples, and when there is no money and no food, who cares about the details?

And the rivers and mountains of Da Chu were obtained against the previous dynasty, and a bad habit of the previous dynasty was enough to make the adults in the court nod.

When Gu Jin'an said this, he had the sharpness of a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers in his eyes, so Shang Xiucai decided to help him.

"Okay, I'll go to the county seat and tell my father-in-law about this. But this matter is too big, it will offend many lieutenants, and when the adults are fine, you will suffer. So this time, you don't have any credit at all, and I won't let my father-in-law put your name on the prefectural prefectural prefectural notice. ”。

If Gu Jinan was already an official, or lived in the city, this credit could be given to him, but he was still living in the countryside, and with such a big credit, he would be killed by those dismissed lieutenants.