Li Congyi returned to Xuancheng's residence, which was just a courtyard arranged by Xuanzhou Mansion for Jiang Guogong, and in terms of the size of the house, it was even inferior to the mansion of Xu Heguang's family; However, the luxury of various items and the exquisiteness of the garden scenery are incomparable to the Xu Zhou family.

After all, Li Congyi is a person who has seen the world, no matter how good this garden is, how can it compare to the top ten gardens in Suzhou. After everyone settled down, Li Congyi found an excuse and took Xu Shiming and Luo Zhengwen to hang out, Xu Meilan also consciously played the role of a maid and took the initiative to follow.

Li Congyi first started from the landscape, looked for one or two deficiencies, and said that he showed off one or two with everyone, where had Xu Shiming seen this kind of world, and he was bluffed.

After that, Li Congyi explained to a few more people what a simple style is, and everyone only had to worship. In fact, in order to be comfortable, Li Congyi wanted Xu and Luo to renovate a comfortable study and bedroom for themselves.

Li Congyi spat and described that the bed he wanted must be made of hardwood with a frame and bed boards, large in size, at least 6 feet or 7 feet wide, and the head of the bed must have a curved backrest, covered with leather and soft silk on the inside; Then the brown mat is made of mountain brown silk to ensure that it has both uniform elasticity and strong support, that is, the pillow also needs to be made of mountain palm. Li Congyi deliberately emphasized that there should be no bed top, no bed rails, and holes could be set up in the four legs, which were used to support mosquito nets in summer, but the appearance must be simple and high-end!

He also talked about the desk, coffee table, and bookshelf that Li Congyi needed, and divided the chairs into work chairs and rest chairs (sofas). What made everyone even more stunned was that Li Congyi also asked to prepare a bookstand for him to write big characters, and the request was to find a big tree at least three feet thick and above, cut it in half, take half of the trunk and polish it, and then directly use it as a countertop and put it in the study. In addition to the bedroom and study, Li Congyi also put forward the requirements for the conference room and the living room, and the requirements for tables and chairs are different.

As soon as Li Congyi's demands were made, Xu Meilan was shocked. Originally, at the mouth of the pit, she watched what Li Congyi did, and she always felt that she didn't look like a national prince, and she always seemed to feel that she was lacking a kind of nobility. As soon as Li Congyi's request came out, Xu Meilan thought that this was probably the rich and noble style of the prince at this level, which had already surpassed the appearance of ordinary people, maybe this was the reason why Jiang Guogong was about to settle in the pit, because he was also in Xuancheng.

These trivial things are just arranged by Luo Zhengwen, and Luo Zhengwen also likes these, and just now he and Li Congyi directly started drawing schematic diagrams, which will rush to find the carpenter.

Xu Shiming was about to retire, but Li Congyi refused to let him.

"I intend to set up a development planning department under the government office, and I want you to organize this department. The function of this division is to manage the construction of Xuanzhou, as well as the future of Xuanzhou Commerce, Xuanzhou Coal Industry, Xuanzhou Iron and Steel these companies, the initial goal is to promote the establishment of these companies as soon as possible, and then to promote these companies to improve the organizational system, business processes and profit models, and formulate medium and long-term development plans and annual work goals. ”

"At the same time, the State Government has also set up a Planning and Finance Department, and you will be responsible for Xu Meilan first. The functions of the Planning and Finance Division are simpler, initially promoting double-entry bookkeeping and organizing the preparation of three tables, as well as financial audits, after which they can be evaluated and rewarded according to the company's achievement of annual goals. ”

"What positions are set up in the division, how much financial budget is needed, how many people are to be recruited, etc., you two report the plan as soon as possible." Li Congyi said, "I asked Luo Zhengwu to buy the courtyard on the right side of the Guogong Mansion before, so that the two companies can work there." ”

Xu Shiming felt that one head was as big as three on the spot, and he wanted to get more instructions from Li Congyi to facilitate his work, but he heard Xu Meilan's soft voice on the side: "Lord Guogong, then the slave and maid will not be able to accompany the adult to serve all the time." ”

"It doesn't matter. Helping my father do the right thing and do great things is more important than anything else. Li Congyi waved his hand. But in my heart, I thought, as a national prince, can this maid be eaten?

As if sensing something, Xu Meilan covered her eyes slightly, turned her head slightly, and avoided Li Congyi's gaze. As a modern person, Li Congyi is very thick-skinned, anyway, as long as I am not embarrassed, it is others who are embarrassed. At the moment, he pretended to suddenly think of something, and said to Xu Meilan: "I entered the city today, and along the way, I saw a lot of wandering children inside and outside the city. My father is kind-hearted, and plans to set up a school to take in these children to study, regardless of men and women, to learn to read and write official documents and arithmetic and do accounts, and when they grow up, they can do things for their father. Originally, I wanted the text to do this, but I want you to do it properly, and be sure not to let the rumors in the market say that Jiang Guogong abducted and trafficked children. ”

Xu Meilan chuckled, and then thought of something again, but held back her tears, bowed her head so that no one could see it, and bowed down to Li Cong Yiyingying. "Slave and maid, thank you for your kindness on behalf of those orphans."

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After returning to Fucheng, Li Congyi wanted to go to work in the government office.

Luo Zhengwen only felt that the sun was coming out in the west, but he also knew that it was powerful, so he restrained himself from talking nonsense. Li Congyi went straight to the Yamen of the Assassin Shi surrounded by a group of people.

Compared with the Guogong Palace, the Thorn Mansion is very shabby. However, Li Congyi also knew that the office of officials in ancient Chinese dynasties had always been poor, and compared with the image projects such as building buildings and pavilions, which were deeply loved and touted by literati and artists, repairing official offices was easy to be scolded for greedy enjoyment, and the circulation of officials in charge was large, and they raised money and were scolded during their tenure, but they were very likely to be cheap. In this case, no one is stupid, as long as the official office does not fall, it will be used.

Gao Jingtong, the secretary of the Xuanzhou Mansion who joined the army, heard that Li Congyi had come to the government office, so he hurried to ask for peace, and asked the Lord Guogong what instructions he had.

Li Congyi didn't have any instructions, he just said that he wanted to look at the recent official documents to see if there was anything in the state capital that needed to be decided by himself.

A hint of discoloration flashed on Gao Jingtong's face, and he didn't say anything different, so he went to make arrangements.

Li Congyi first looked at the official documents between Jinling and the state capital, and turned it forward for a month, there was basically nothing worth paying attention to, only two official documents were a little interesting: first, Jinling urged the prefectures to strengthen the city defense and renovate the city walls of each county; The second is that the Xuanyao delivered tribute porcelain to Jinling on schedule, and these two official documents, it seems that the state government just forwarded the matter as it was. Looking through the official correspondence between the state capital and various counties, there was only one official document that caught Li Congyi's attention, that is, Langxi County reported that a smuggling salt gang had been arrested, and the three people had been arrested and imprisoned.

After reading a bunch of official documents, it was almost noon.

The north side of the government office is the main hall, which is generally not used when it is not a major event. The west side is the daily office of the assassin history, and the east side is the office room shared by the long history and the record of the military.

It had just come out of the New Year in the south, and it was still cold in the house, so Li Congyi opened the door to let the sun into the house to warm up. Gao Jingtong happened to take a look at the situation of Lord Thorn Shi from time to time.

Seeing that Li Congyi finished flipping through the official documents, Gao Jingtong came to Li Congyi with a few official documents. "Lord Guogong, these are several matters that need to be determined by the state government today. Please take a look at it. ”

Li Congyi took it and couldn't help frowning. The first thing on this is that there was a personal injury accident in a lime kiln in Ningguo County, with three injuries and one death. However, the kiln owner believed that the hired workers had caused casualties and their own losses due to illegal operations in order to save time, so they refused to compensate, resulting in trouble. Ningguo County has ordered the kiln owner to pay compensation, and several leaders who led the disturbance have been arrested, calming the situation. The judicial officers of the state government and Gao Jingtong's opinion affirmed Ningguo County's approach and demanded that the troublemakers be severely punished in order to follow You's example.

"Does the Lord have any instructions?" Li Congyi took the first official document and pondered, but Gao Jingtong didn't think there was anything wrong with the state and county's disposal, so he was also justified.

Fundamentally, Gao Jingtong didn't think that this Jiang Guogong, who didn't know much about affairs, could have any insight. Even Li Congyi was able to sit down and read the official documents all morning, which was already a big surprise to Gao Jingtong.

"In the matter of the lime kiln in Ningguo County, these employees are inherently at fault. However, since he is the owner of the kiln and bears the responsibility of management, how can he shirk his responsibility because of the employee's violation of the law? The kiln owner's refusal to compensate seems reasonable, but in fact it is neither reasonable nor reasonable. If it weren't for these leaders to make trouble, the county would not have come forward to force the kiln owner to pay money, although what they did was not in accordance with the law, but it was in line with the law. Li Congyi said slowly, "I mean, Ningguo County immediately released these troublemakers, as long as the production order is restored, this matter will no longer be pursued." ”

Gao Jing was on the same page for a while, and Li Congyi said again, "If Lord Gao has a different opinion, you can join the army with the judiciary, and we will discuss it together." ”

Gao Jingtong was just shocked by Li Congyi's whole set of rhetoric just now, and he was a little distracted. Hurriedly said, "What Lord Guogong said is true. Those of us who are worried are just worried that good things will happen in the future, and they will use this as an example to threaten the government with trouble......"

"The person I am worried about is similar to the kiln owner, who holds the government hostage to bully the people." Li Congyi said, "According to my original intention, if there is a production accident that causes casualties, the government should immediately arrest the kiln owner, so as to clarify the size of his responsibility, and how can he be allowed to be greedy for that amount of compensation, creating an incident and affecting social stability." ”

"At the moment, it is to order all the kilns under the name of the kiln owner, including lime kilns, brick kilns, and porcelain kilns, to suspend business for rectification, and then resume production after the state government confirms that it meets the conditions for safe production."

After Gao Jingtong listened, he was dumbfounded.

Looking at Gao Jingtong's expression, Li Congyi had the intention to tease. "What? Could it be that this kiln belongs to the prime minister of this dynasty? ”

The expression on Gao Jingtong's face was very exciting all of a sudden.

It turned out that the owner of this kiln was a relative of Zhang Xun, a scholar of the court and a scholar of the Middle School, and Zhang Xun was his aunt and cousin. Although Zhang Xun is not the prime minister, he is favored by Li Yu, and he participates in all confidential and important matters between the DPRK and China, so his power is no less than that of the prime minister. And although Jiang Guogong is a national prince, he is just a state.

"Let Ningguo County release the people first. Then ordered Si Gong to join the army and send someone to check, if there is no major problem, the kiln can be stopped for ten days. Since Li Congyi has already spoken out, it is not appropriate to show weakness in front of his subordinates, otherwise he will lose his authority, and some changes will not be implemented.

"Where is Lord Chang?"

"I'll explain it to Master Zhang." Li Congyiyun said lightly. To be honest, Li Congyi is really not afraid of Zhang Xun. One is because of Li Yu's relationship, and the other is that there are not many peaceful days in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Even if Li Yu listened to Zhang Xun's slander, what else could he do besides not letting Li Congyi be this assassin again?