After being full of wine and food, Chen Yu sat in a sedan chair and returned to the county governor's mansion.

The Bactrian Empire explicitly stipulated that local officials were not allowed to buy real estate in other places.

All the officials who rushed to serve in other places had their housing provided by the Great Xia Empire.

Looking at the two sisters who were cleaning up the room, Chen Yu asked, "How old are you?" ”

"Master, I'm eighteen years old." Zhang Ruyu said.

"Master, I'm seventeen years old." Zhang Ruxue said.

After asking about the situation of the two sisters, Chen Yu went to the county office, picked up the county chronicle and looked at it......

Jinghe County covers an area of more than 3,570 square kilometers and has 189,567 registered people.

There were 255 people and 36 servants, including 8 in the hall, 8 in prison, 8 in grain, 8 in silver, 12 in cooks, and 16 in palanquins......

"With the addition of a thousand city guards, I can mobilize more than 1,500 people."

"The north of Jinghe County is the territory of the Hu people, and this county is not easy to do."

"Land annexation is serious, and there are alien races eyeing each other, and the annual tax revenue is barely maintaining the status quo."

Looking at the time, Chen Yu returned to his mansion from the back door of the county office.

"Sir!" Zhang Ruxue bowed and saluted, and shouted respectfully.

A moment later, two cooks brought the food.

"Sit down and eat together." Chen Yu said.

"Master, this?" The second daughter hesitated.

"Whatever I tell you to do, you do." Chen Yu said in a deep voice.

"Yes, sir." The two sisters nodded.

"Don't be inhibited." Chen Yu said.

"Yes." The second daughter answered, and then picked up the chopsticks to eat.

After dinner, Chen Yu lay comfortably in a wooden barrel filled with hot water.

At this moment, Ruyu and Ruxue pushed the door and walked in, blushing and shyly massaging and rubbing his back.

I wanted to let the two of them out, but after thinking about it, Chen Yu let the two daughters do it, and the beauties sent to the door, even if they didn't eat them, there was no need to turn them away, so what did it matter if they enjoyed it properly?

In ancient times, officials and merchants were served when they wore clothes, let alone bathed.

If he didn't care about Tang Shi and didn't want to be an irresponsible man, he would have been surrounded by beautiful women a long time ago.

He has gone to so many different worlds before and after, as long as he is willing, let alone ordinary beauties, beauties at the level of the main god, beauties of the immortal realm, and beauties of the eternal level, they will also rush to the door.

"Three thousand avenues, only one scoop, thousands of harems, no, no, no, thousands of beauties, one is enough."

Spending money to fill the evil thoughts that rose up, and sending away the Zhang sisters, Chen Yu changed into clothes and fell asleep on the bed.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, he took the chief secretary and a few officials to the countryside outside the county seat to investigate.

"Lord Chen, Wangjia Village has arrived." Ma Wencai said.

"Ma Master Bo, the people of Wangjia Village, how much grain can be converted into silver in a year?" Chen Yu asked.

"Lord Chen, the population of each family has different land." Ma Wencai said.

"How much money does the average household earn per year?" Chen Yu said.

"A family of five...... After paying the rent, the remaining grain was worth about three taels of silver. Ma Wencai asked after thinking about it.

"What is the price of grain in our Jinghe County?" Chen Yu asked again.

"One tael of silver can buy three stones of wheat, or two stones of rice, and when there is a war, the price of grain will be several times more expensive, and when there is a good harvest, the price of grain will drop several times." Ma Wencai said.

In the Great Xia Empire, one stone was equal to ten buckets, and one bucket was equal to ten catties.

"A family of five, three taels of silver a year, according to the current grain price, can only buy 900 catties of wheat, 365 days a year, only half a catty of wheat per person per day...... The people are too bitter. Chen Yu sighed.

Half a pound of wheat a day is made into steamed buns, which can make people full, but it can't be counted like this.

Firewood doesn't need money, cutting some grass and cutting some trees can solve the problem of firewood.

It costs money to buy salt, right? It costs money to buy meat, right? It costs money to buy farm tools, right? You also need money to buy clothes, right?

For a family of five, the income from farming is only about three taels of silver a year, and after deducting daily needs, at most there is about one tael left.

If you encounter natural and man-made disasters, you can only sell your land, and without land in your hands, you will not be able to eat a full meal all year round.

"Lord Chen cares about the people, and the officials are very impressed." Ma Wencai said.

"It is the duty and responsibility of the official to let the people have no worries about food and clothing!" Chen Yu said awe-inspiringly.

"My lord, what are you going to do?" Ma Wencai asked with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Let's take a look at the situation in various parts of Jinghe County first." Chen Yu said confidently.

He has an infinite amount of gold and silver, but he will not use it to support the people.

Since ancient times, it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish.

More than eighty percent of the land has been annexed by those who are rich and powerful, and giving money to the people is a bottomless pit.

For more than ten days in a row, Chen Yu went out of the city in the morning, and when dusk fell, he returned to the city.

"The land situation is serious, a few hundred acres of land is okay, if you release a little wind, someone will send it."

"However, the Great Xia Empire has a clear rule that people who are officials in other places are not allowed to buy land in other places......"

"Shinong industry and commerce, the status of businessmen is the lowest, and those who are rich are businessmen, first build a factory and make some money."

Chen Yu knew in his heart that as the magistrate of Jinghe County, if he did business in person, he would be looked down upon by his colleagues, which was tantamount to cutting off his own path to promotion, and he also wanted to be a first-class member of the governor, the prefect, and even the court.

"My lord, someone is beating a drum and crying out." Zhao Xing, a hall officer, stood outside the door and said.

"I'll go right over." Chen Yu answered, changed into his official uniform, and walked quickly towards the yamen.

Eight hall servants stood on both sides of the hall, holding water and fire sticks in their hands, constantly knocking on the ground, and shouting in unison: "Mighty! ”

Chen Yu sat on the chair, picked up the shocking wood on the table, and slapped it on the table.

The two people kneeling under the stage were shocked and trembled all over.

"Who are the plaintiffs?" Chen Yu asked.

"Lord Chen, the plaintiff is rich." Ma Wencai said.

"Who is the defendant?" Chen Yu asked again.

"Lord Chen, defendant Zhang Erniu." Ma Wencai said again.

"Qian Dafu, look up." Chen Yu shouted.

"The grass people are rich and rich, and I have met Master Chen." Qian Dafu, who was full of oil, hurriedly saluted.

"Why did you sue Zhang Erniu?" Chen Yu asked.

"Lord Chen, Zhang Erniu stole my cow." Qian Dafu said.

"Nonsense, that cow is obviously mine." Zhang Erniu shouted loudly.

"Smack!" The two of them were startled again.

"Whoever the official asks him to answer, will answer, and without the permission of the official, whoever dares to speak is in contempt of the court." Chen Yu said.

"The villain knows his mistakes." Zhang Erniu said.

"Qian Dafu, you said that the cow is yours, but what proof do you have?" Chen Yu asked.

"My lord, I have a witness." Qian Dafu said.

"The heirloom is in court." Chen Yu said.

"The heirloom is in court." One of the parishioners shouted.

In an instant, a young man walked in, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Grass man Ye Bond, meet Lord Chen." ”

"Ye Bangde, can you recognize the rich cow?" Chen Yu asked.

"The grass people know the cows in the money man's house." Ye Bangde said.

"Really?" Chen Yu asked.

"The grass people don't dare to deceive Lord Chen." Ye Bangde said.

"Where are the cows?" Chen Yu turned around and asked.

"In the cattle pen of the county office." Ma Wencai said.

(End of chapter)