Cheng Jingzhou will not amplify his words for no reason, he is also a county magistrate, and said that if you stew meat for everyone, you will naturally have meat, so the enthusiasm of the big guy rose again.

Tsk, who can come to serve Yao, who doesn't eat meat?

There has been a clear order from the imperial court that after the autumn harvest, the embankment will be built, and then the Ministry of Industry will send a few officials over, of course, it will also send a few experts over, and the main people who do the work are the ordinary people who are serving in Yao service this year.

After all, Fengxian is only a small place, and the construction of the dam does not necessarily have to rely on the Ministry of Industry throughout the whole process.

Cheng Jingzhou has thought about it, how much preliminary work they can do here, otherwise there will only be a month of Yao service at that time, and I am afraid that this embankment will not be able to make it look like anything.

The imperial court only allocated 10,000 taels, and Cheng Jingzhou felt a toothache when he thought about it!

With such a small amount of money, it is necessary to build a dam, and then the designation is not enough.

Could it be true that it was posted from the Yamen Treasury?

That can't!

Cheng Jingzhou pondered that he had to grind his father-in-law and ask him to help him think of ideas, and he also saw that the saint relied on his father-in-law, as long as he was willing to help say two good words, it was possible for the saint to allocate another 20,000 taels of silver to them.

Of course, as a county magistrate, he has to be prepared for both.

What if the father-in-law refuses to help?

Or, what if the saint refuses to allocate funds, and the household department is unwilling to cooperate?

In short, it's a multi-faceted consideration.

You can't just count on your father-in-law to intercede, you have to think of a way out.

The way out that Cheng Jingzhou pointed out was naturally not to make friends with the powerful, but to think about how to save some silver taels within his greatest ability.

If you can't work the people and waste money, and there is no appropriation from the imperial court, can you only increase miscellaneous taxes?

Cheng Jingzhou's eyelids jumped, he felt that if he really did this, it was estimated that his daughter-in-law would be the first to scold him!

After all, Fengxian's business has just begun to improve, and if he announces that he will increase miscellaneous taxes at this time, it will be tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs.

Therefore, this method is not advisable.

Cheng Jingzhou's head is about to break.

It was Xie Xiuqi who gave him an idea.

"My lord, don't we have thousands of acres of barren land to cultivate? And there is also a barren mountain, otherwise, if you sell this barren mountain, you will be able to exchange it for money? ”

Cheng Jingzhou glanced at him coldly: "You said that it is a barren mountain, who do you think would be willing to buy it with silver?" ”

Xie Xiuqi choked, and then said: "You can't farm in barren mountains, but you can plant some trees, or build houses, and if you build on the mountains, it's cool to live in summer." ”

It's really a way to say it or not.

I just don't know if there are many people who want to build a house on a barren mountain.

After Xie Rongzhao heard about this, he also thought about it.

"Why don't I deliver a letter to Brother Yanqing and ask him to buy it?"

Cheng Jingzhou's face darkened: "What are you looking for him?" ”

"He's rich!"

What about the prince of Dingguo's mansion, can he have no money?

"No, I mean, you know so many rich people, why do you have to look for him?"

Xie Rongzhao didn't want to think about it: "It's better for him to coax!" And he originally intended to set up a separate courtyard in Feng County. How many times has he envied my family's Fuyuan Villa. It's easier to sell to him, and you can sell it for a high price! ”

The corners of Cheng Jingzhou's mouth twitched, he absolutely couldn't admit that he was jealous.

After all, Wang Yanqing is married, and his sons are born, and the relationship between him and Ganbao should be an innocent brother and sister, and he has to insist on this.

"But this is a barren mountain." Cheng Jingzhou thought of another excuse: "We can't cheat friends." ”

"What should I do, this is easy to do! When my family bought the hill of Fuyuan Villa, wasn't it also a barren mountain. Don't worry, I'll leave this to me, and I'll tell him how to get it, and two or three years of storage will make a big difference there! ”

Cheng Jingzhou was still a little reluctant.

But what the daughter-in-law said also makes sense.

Wang Yanqing is rich, who will go if he doesn't pit him?

At the beginning, there were still rumors in the capital that Wang Yanqing had taken a fancy to the little good treasure, so he sold it to this kid at a high price, just as he took revenge!

Cheng Jingzhou's strange brain circuit was so weirdly figured out.

So, the husband and wife negotiated amicably, and soon set a price for the barren mountain, and changed it to a nice name, so that Wang Yanqing was no longer happy.

The mountain is not small, and Wang Yanqing is also generous, knowing that Xie Rongzhao and Cheng Jingzhou want to do something practical for Feng County, they naturally take it seriously, and they didn't pay back the price, so they happily took out the silver.

Not only that, Wang Yanqing also arranged for his subordinates to open another pawnshop in Feng County, and now Feng County is lively.

There used to be only one pawnshop in Feng County, whether it was a squire or a common man, if he wanted to pawn something when he was in urgent need of money, he could only come to this one. I can't help it, I don't have to choose.

It's different now.

With the second option, if you want to exchange money again, you have to think about which one gives more money, right?

Cheng Jingzhou's progress here is very gratifying, but the husband of the county lord of Jiahua, that is, where Du Zhihe is, is not smooth.

Not only did he fail to clear his father, but he also got into a life lawsuit.

At this moment, the county lord of Jiahua couldn't sit still.

It's just that she is just a female dependent, this kind of thing, she is crying and begging at most, but the problem is that this case is not in the capital, even if the county lord of Jiahua has connections and manpower, he can't do it.

Emperor Jingwen felt comfortable now.

After rewarding Cheng Jingzhou, who was meritorious to Qingzhang, naturally there would be officials who did not do well to be punished.

It's a coincidence, Du Zhihe caught up!

The final result was that Emperor Jingwen looked at the face of the deceased father of the county lord of Jiahua and got the person back, but he was removed from his official position and introspected at home.

As for the difficulties, Emperor Jingwen naturally had to send someone to make up for it, so the officials had another toss.

This time, since last year, there have been no more than 30 officials who have fallen from power.

But they are basically petty officials, and the highest is only a positive fifth grade so far, which is considered the middle and low class of the imperial court, and has not yet moved to the upper echelons.

Of course, in the capital, there is Cheng Jingzhou, who is bold, and directly moved a royal prince, and also made several other nobles admit it, and honestly should pay taxes and taxes, and clear the fields.

The county lord of Jiahua didn't think it was a big deal for Du Zhihe to lose his official body, after all, Du Zhihe was a petty official before, and he still looked at her face, and the saint gave him a reward.

Now it's just idle at home, which is nothing, anyway, the family has a lot of money, and it won't delay them to live a rich life.

Even, the county lord of Jiahua still thinks that this is very good, at least her husband can accompany her every day. (End of chapter)