Chapter 30: Borrowing Money
In the end, Li Bokang thought about it himself, and this is indeed the best way he can think of at the moment, so he agreed.
It's just that it's easy to say, but it's really not easy to do.
First of all, he persuaded the officials in the county government to buy cattle, which was a big problem.
Then, the county government didn't have enough money, so he took some money from his family and advanced it first, but in the end, he had to borrow it in the name of the county government and write an IOU.
This matter is not so simple to solve, and at the same time, it is not possible for them to have the idea that the money is borrowed and not repaid.
Finally, there is also the question of where they have to go to buy so many cattle at once after they agree to buy them.
In short, it's easy to say, but it's hard to do.
So, a lot of things are not as simple as you think.
After they discussed, when Li Bokang went to the government later, he asked those people from the county government to discuss.
They didn't react when he first said it, but he could tell they weren't very willing.
In the end, he talked to them for a long time, and finally got them to agree to buy the cow.
However, as for the matter of writing an IOU to him in the name of the county government, the people in the yamen were collectively unwilling, but they did not say it clearly.
However, Li Bokang is also unwilling to give up, he will never mix public and private together, this is absolutely impossible.
So, the matter was deadlocked, and for a while, there was no follow-up to this matter.
So, after two more days, he brought it up to them again.
This time, they all agreed, and he knew that they must have discussed it with each other in private.
He didn't care how they discussed, anyway, they agreed to it, and as for the future, we will talk about it later.
Because they all agreed, he personally wrote the IOU, and then asked Yang Xiancheng and Zhao County Lieutenant to sign it, and then stamped the official seal of the county order.
So, that's it.
No, it hasn't been done yet, because they haven't bought the cattle back yet.
This time, he borrowed seventy taels of silver from his family, so that together with the previous eighty taels, there were a total of one hundred and fifty taels of silver, enough to buy ten cows.
However, he was not going to spend them all on the cattle to buy them, and ten cows were not easy to distinguish.
Besides, he's going to do other things later, and it's okay to keep some money for later.
As for the purchase of cattle, he handed it over to Yang County Cheng and Zhou County Lieutenant, and one hundred and fifty taels of silver were also handed over to them.
As for how they will act in the future, it is their business, and the main reason is that his family does not have enough manpower, otherwise he decided to do it himself.
At the same time, he also told Zhao County Lieutenant that the money was used to do the right thing, and he hoped that they would be attentive, and of course, there was also the intention of letting them not have any corruption.
County Lieutenant Zhao and they all understood what he meant, and they promised to do so, but he didn't know what they thought in their hearts.
After this matter was dealt with, it was almost the New Year, and County Lieutenant Zhao and the others also bought the cattle back before the New Year.
This time, they came back with ten taels of silver left, and Li Bokang didn't say anything when he saw it, so he asked them to put the silver in the county government and save it.
Speaking of this time, there were several sneaky things in the county town because of the Chinese New Year, but he still solved it smoothly and waited for the New Year.
After the Chinese New Year, he personally followed the people of the yamen and divided the cattle he bought in front of him one by one.
In the county, towns, and villages, there is a distribution for each place, no more, no less.
At the same time of distribution, the county was fine, and there were other towns and villages, but he had warned them all, and he didn't want them to have any conflicts or make trouble in the future.
and the respective village and town heads, he also warned them again and again, so that they could not show favoritism, and once they were found or accused, they would be dismissed immediately.
He also told the people that if anyone was favoritistic, they could go to the county government and tell him, and once it was verified, he would make the decision for them.
Finally, I also told the village and town mayors of each village and town that in the future, the distribution will be rotated down by one household a day, and no matter whether the land is cultivated or not, it will have to be replaced.
Also, you can't tire the cattle hard, it's best to work for half a day and rest for half a day every day, and the cattle can't eat too badly, and the cattle are tired or sick.
As for the cattle when they are not needed, they will raise the cattle next to each other, and let them watch and divide the manure produced by the cattle herd.
He also told the mayors of the villages and towns that it is best to start with those who have few people in the family or who have poor family conditions.
But in the end, it still depends on their own allocation, and he is just giving an opinion.
Because of the cattle for nothing, the people are very happy, at least for now.
After the cattle were distributed, most of the people had already started to use them.
In this way, although he said it again and again at the beginning, it was still in the direction they feared before.
Some village and town mayors are favoritism, giving priority to their own families or their relatives' homes, or they just wait until they are out of use before giving them to other people's homes.
This is still because he is still not at ease in the end, so that the officials in the yamen still have someone to inquire.
Although he had also told those villagers before that if their village and town mayor showed favoritism, they could go directly to the county government to denounce it, but in the end, he didn't see anyone and found out by himself.
After finding out, he was really a little angry in his heart, but he also knew that he had already known that this would happen, and now that it had happened, it was okay and could be dealt with as soon as possible.
Later, the village mayors of the villages and towns who were found to be favoritism by him were all dismissed by her, and a suitable person was found to take over.
Probably because of the means by which he said he did it, there were many fewer such things later.
Although there are still some favoritism, it is also within the range of what he can tolerate, so the latter situation is not bad.
Because of the effect, he was still very happy in his heart, which showed that he talked to her a lot when he was at home, and she felt it from his words.
Speaking of which, there is another thing that he is happy about this year, that is, the manure method he said before, many more people use it this year.
Although it is not used in the whole county, it is a lot more than last year.
Now that everything is developing in a good direction, Li Bokang is also more confident in the future development and change of Miyang.
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