Chapter 2 Recognize the reality
The parties all ran away and withdrew.

Li Mo finally had time to sort out his situation.

The original owner was eighteen years old, and his hometown is in the fishing and rice town in the south of the Yangtze River. The family has a little money, but the original owner's father is very patriarchal. When he saw that the original owner was a girl, he immediately married the second-bedroom, third-bedroom, fourth-bedroom, and fifth-bedroom concubine, saying that he wanted to continue. incense.

The original owner's mother was also stubborn, she reconciled directly and got back the dowry, not wanting to trouble her natal family, she took the original owner to live in other places.

The original owner grew up slowly, very sensible and motivated, smart and eager to learn, and vowed to become a master and abuse his scumbag father.

Of course, she is also very courageous. She went to school, took the imperial examination, and did everything that others dared not do.

The old mother couldn't stop it.

After winning the Juren, I dare not take the exam anymore. It is said that princesses usually marry the number one scholar.

So, after winning the examination, he found an official position, and because he was a newcomer, he was assigned to this small remote county—Songjiang County, where he became a small county magistrate.It is said to be a delegation, but in fact, there is no money to manage it.

As for why the fart was suddenly separated, I really can't figure it out, only the original owner knows.

Ancient counties were similar to modern towns, with a small jurisdiction, only ten natural villages.But the area is very large, it should be said that the land is vast and the resources are thin.

The village plus the county seat should have a population of 3.

In this place, the rich people don't take the county government seriously, and the poor people don't want to offend the county government at all, and try not to come if they can.

It has been half a year since she came to Songjiang County, and she is almost done with her old mother's dowry.

Why is this?
Because Songjiang County is poor, there are 15 people in the entire county government office, and they have to pay wages, and they also eat, drink, and scatter. If they don’t have money, they can only make up for it with the old mother’s dowry.

Maybe you have to ask again, are the salaries of these public officials not considered fiscal expenditures?Shouldn't higher-level government departments issue wages?

This is wrong. The wages here are paid by the county government itself. After deducting all income and expenses, the remaining money has to be handed over to the state treasury.

You want to talk about grain requisition and the like, it is designated to be handed over to the treasury, don't even think about it, every time the grain is collected, the government will send people directly, and the county government will just accompany it.

It is said that the brothels in the county are so poor that there are only old aunts. I don’t know how long I haven’t seen a young and beautiful girl.

Rich families have basically moved to prefectural or provincial capitals.

If the original owner does not do such things as exorbitant taxes, Li Mo will not do it.

Li Mo wondered if she would be the first county magistrate to be starved to death because of lack of food.

Looking at this county government office which is worse than public toilets in modern rural areas, Li Mo is also speechless. The place is big enough, but it is too broken.

At this time, Song Min, the head catcher, came over and said straightforwardly, "My lord, when will I get my wages for these two months?"

Fuck, the fairy is so rigid, my mother came to report on the first day, and you actually asked me for money.

Li Mo rolled his eyes: "Get lost!"

After finishing speaking, leave directly.

Song Min looked at Li Mo's back: Did your lord eat gunpowder, so rushed?
In the backyard, the old mother was embroidering, and the maid, Lier, was cooking lunch.

The backyard is huge and there are many houses. Li Mo's family lives in the largest yard, and the others either go home or live in the farthest yard.

Just because the yard is too big, it looks deserted and depressed.

The old mother's surname is Zhou, and she is only 36 years old.She was originally a lady of everyone, and her ten fingers did not touch the spring water. These years, she insisted on relying on embroidery to support the original owner, and of course the little maid Li'er.

I thought that coming to Songjiang County with my daughter would allow me to enjoy the blessings, but who knew that Songjiang County was so poor that I tossed in all the marriage income I had been reluctant to part with.

Li Mo stepped forward to hug Mrs. Zhou, and said coquettishly: "Mother, don't embroider all the time, it will hurt your eyes. Look at this yard is so big, why don't you grow some vegetables, and you can save money."

Mrs. Zhou patted Li Mo's head, and said dotingly: "Okay, mother will listen to you."

Li'er went to buy a bunch of rapeseed in the afternoon and was going to plant vegetables.

No one turned over the ground, what to do, the old mother and Li'er, a delicate girl, couldn't bear to let them do it.

I called the yamen servant over, and I didn’t have to do anything this afternoon, but collectively dig the ground, which is called a combination of work and rest.

In one day, the backyard was finally turned over.

When I came to the office, I called the master over.

The master is an authentic local, a man in his 40s who has been a scholar all his life, and his family really has no money for him to study, so he can only rely on a little ink in his stomach to become a master in this county government. It's been the third year, and the previous county magistrate didn't take him with him when he left.

If you don't have enough ability, let's work together faithfully, and the master will do his job well in a down-to-earth manner.

"Master, how much money does our county government have?"

The master replied directly: "Five hundred Wen."

No, I said you shouldn't check the ledger.

The master seemed to know what she was thinking, and said coolly: "There is only a small amount of money in the account, and I keep accounts every day, so I don't need to read the account book."

The old mother's dowry can no longer be touched, it is her coffin book.

Li Mo rubbed his chin: "Master, what do you say is the fastest way to get money? If we don't want to make money, we will drink the northwest wind."

Yamen servant Zhang Zhongping happened to come in, and after hearing this, he said without hesitation: "It's a robbery, the one that gets the money the fastest."

Li Mo slapped her face and said, "Who is to be robbed? To rob you or to rob your family. You have come up with bad ideas and know how to break the law. You know, I will bring someone to search your house tomorrow to see how much ill-gotten wealth you have robbed."

Zhang Zhongping muttered: "Isn't that what you want to ask?"

It is unacceptable to rob houses. The problem is that the yamen really has no money now. What should I do?
Li Mo almost pulled out his hair.

At night, there was no curfew in the county seat, so Li Mo went out in casual clothes.

It’s not too late, it’s just after 7 o’clock. In modern times, now is the busiest time. People get off work, those who pick up their children, those who eat and eat, the streets are full of traffic, and there are traffic jams everywhere.

At this time, on the streets of Songjiang County, only the sound of Li Mo walking and occasionally a dog barking could be heard.

In less than 10 minutes, the entire county was finished shopping.This is too small.

When passing by the brothel, Chen's mother in the brothel was very surprised when she saw Li Mo: "Oh, isn't this the magistrate of the county, why don't you come out for a walk when you have time, why don't you come up and sit down, I won't charge you money, girls come out quickly , the magistrate is here."

"I'm coming."

The women in thin clothes came out with their waists twisted, and when they saw Li Mo, it was like a wolf seeing a sheep.

Li Mo hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need, I'm very busy."

Chen's mother cast a wink, and tidied up the turbulent waves in front of her: "This black light is blind, what are you busy with, my lord? Are the girls here not enough for you?"

The more she said, the more she went too far, and Li Mo ran away in fright.

All the people left behind laughed loudly.

(End of this chapter)

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