Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 95 Fang Yuan's Way of Being an Official

On this day, the opening of Chengbei Commercial Street ended perfectly.

Another two days have passed, and the commercial street in the north of the city is full of people, exceeding the flow of people in any market in the past.

Although there were not as many people as there were on the first day of opening in these two days, it laid the foundation for the success of Chengbei Commercial Street in the future and was recognized by the people of Liaozhou.

On the fourth day, that is, the first day after the [-]% discount ended, the flow of people not only did not decrease, but increased, and the families and shops that did not join took the initiative to find Fang Yuan to join one after another.

In the afternoon of the fourth day, in the Governor's Mansion, three people came together, and they were the three who were absent from the meeting that day.

"Meet the Inspector Fang."

The three of them bowed to Fang Yuan with flattery.

Both left and right hands hold some gifts.

I can't see what it is, but it should be expensive.

"What's the matter?"

Fang Yuan was reading the official document, pretending he didn't know.

As the end of the year is approaching, Fang Yuan's official duties unknowingly increased.

"Inspector Fang, we want to move the store to the commercial street in the north of the city."

Dou Kaiji said flatteringly.

The gifts for the left and right hands were placed on Fang Yuan's desk.

"Regret?"

Only then did Fang Yuan put down his pen.

Looking at the three of them, he said with a half-smile.

"Lord Inspector, forgive me!"

"I live in Pingcheng County, and I just caught a cold that day."

Dou Kaiji said with a smile.

Dou's family is not in Liaozhou City, but in Pingcheng County.

Pingcheng County is the farthest county from Liaozhou City.

The Dou family is a relatively well-known family in Pingcheng County.

Of course, the county family cannot be compared with the Zhoucheng family.

"You can't go out, won't you send a representative?"

"Is there no one in Dou's family? You're the only one?"

Fang Yuan laughed.

The reason is quite good.

If you catch a cold, you can't go out to blow the air.

"At that time, my brain was buzzing, I didn't expect this."

"Lord Inspector, forgive me, forgive me."

Dou Kaiji didn't dare to complain.

Even if Fang Yuan's words seem to say that his Dou family is dead, he can only bear it.

There is no way, the flow of people in the commercial street in the north of the city is too greedy, and the people in Liaozhou City are all attracted there, and the flow of people in the original shops has dropped sharply.

Dou's family is located in Pingcheng County, but they also have a lot of business in Liaozhou City, and the real profitable business is still in Liaozhou City, after all, the people in the city are richer.

"Oh, you have a good reason."

"How about the two of you?"

Fang Yuan chuckled, looked at the other two and said.

Coincidentally, these three families are all small families, and none of them are from Liaozhou City.

"I sprained my ankle, and I forgot to send someone over. Lord Inspector, please forgive me."

"I had a bad stomach that day, and I also forgot to send someone over. Lord Inspector, please forgive me."

The remaining two chatted.

Before the three of them came, they had already inquired about the situation of the commercial street in the north of the city.

While inquiring, the three of them happened to know that each other did not go that day, so they came hand in hand after communicating with each other.

Fang Yuan was almost amused by them, he felt that they were all kinds of weird reasons made up by elementary school students to find excuses for not going to class.

"Lord Inspector, we know we were wrong, please forgive us this time."

Dou Kaiji and the three apologized, hoping that Fang Yuan could let this time go.

From their perspective, it can be seen that Chengbei Commercial Street has a promising future.

In the future, there will definitely be fewer and fewer people in other places, and they will all develop into commercial streets.

If you don't occupy the market as soon as possible, you will suffer a loss if you enter Chengbei Commercial Street later.

"Knowing your mistakes can make a big difference. I can forgive you once."

"But if you make a mistake, you will be punished. You pay [-]% more rent every month. Is there any problem?"

Fang Yuan doesn't care about them.

The development of Chengbei Commercial Street requires the addition of various shops.

Although these three companies made mistakes before, they can still be allowed to join with a little punishment.

Only when more and more shops join in, can Chengbei Commercial Street develop into what you want.

From the current point of view, the development of Chengbei Commercial Street is still a little bit worse, and there are still some places that have not been rented out.

"No problem, no problem."

The corners of Dou Kaiji's mouths twitched, their faces full of pain.

But it is still within the acceptable range, so I can only grit my teeth and say no problem.

They did not dare to refuse, fearing that Fang Yuan would not even give them a chance.

"Remember, you are considered a shop with a record."

"If it is like Cifuxuan after joining the commercial street, the consequences will not be as simple as closing the door for rectification."

Fang Yuan suddenly said seriously.

"Yes Yes Yes."

Dou Kaiji and the three quickly responded.

They already knew about Ci Fuxuan.

It can be said that there is no businessman in one city and three counties in Liaozhou who is unaware of this.

It was closed for rectification on the first day of opening, and the rectification time has not yet been announced, which can be said to be a shame.

"Go and register with Zhang San."

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

"Thank you, Lord Inspector."

Dou Kaiji and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

He was about to go to the side door of the state official's office.

"and many more."

Fang Yuan suddenly stopped them.

Dou Kaiji and the others suddenly tensed up, worried that Fang Yuan would go back on his word.

"Take away the gift, it's hindering my work."

Fang Yuan said indifferently.

"Yes Yes Yes."

The three of Dou Kaiji looked at each other, and quickly walked towards the side door with the gift.

Not long after, they walked out from the side door one after another without taking out the gifts in their hands.

"Lord Inspector, I will take my leave."

Dou Kaiji and the others saluted Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan nodded slightly, as a response to them.

The three of them did not dare to have any dissatisfaction, and walked out of the governor's mansion with smiles.

After the three left, Zhang San walked out from the side door.

"Zhou Zun, do you want to take those gifts back to Fangfu?"

Zhang San asked.

"No, let's break it up."

Fang Yuan said indifferently.

Fangfu doesn't lack that kind of thing.

Leave it to the sihu who work at the side door and they just divide it.

Occasionally give some benefits to the subordinates, and they will work harder.

Now the Governor's Mansion still lacks a Sima, Fang Yuan doesn't know when he will be able to fill the vacancy.

It's just a pity that there is no suitable candidate at present, and Sima is at the sixth rank, and there is no suitable person around him.

"Ok."

Zhang San should be.

Return to the side door office.

At this time, Zheng Jiu came.

"Zhou Zhou, Xue Bowu, whom you asked me to inquire about last time, now has news."

Zheng Jiugong said.

"tell me the story."

Fang Yuan was taken aback, then said calmly.

The last time Xue Bowu blocked the door of the Governor's Mansion, Fang Yuan felt that he was a bit strange, so he asked Zheng Jiu to inquire.

"Xue Bowu comes from the Xue Clan of Fenyin. His father is a direct descendant of the Xue Clan in Fenyin. He was the heir of the patriarch back then."

"When Xue Bowu was born, his mother died of dystocia. There are legends that Xue Bowu was born with supernatural powers and broke his mother's belly when he was born, which made his mother's dystocia difficult."

"His father couldn't bear his mother's death and became insane. Xue Bowu didn't know where he went after he was born. It is rumored that he died and was buried by her sister Xue Jiaoyan. Xue Bowu was also brought up by her sister."

"Xue Bowu has a brain disease, and the Fenyin Xue family refuses to accept them, considering them unknown. Under the care of a housekeeper, the siblings have lived on the inheritance left by their parents until now."

Zheng Jiu informed Fang Yuan of the news he inquired one by one.

"It's been a miserable life."

"But can you still break your belly and be born?"

Fang Yuan expressed sympathy, but felt that it was absurd to be born with a broken belly.

It is acceptable to say that Xue Bowu was born with divine power, but is it too ridiculous to be born with a broken belly?
"I couldn't believe it when I asked about it."

Zheng Jiu scratched his head in embarrassment.

But there is too little news about the Xue family siblings.

The siblings rarely go out and there is not much news.

It was this bit of news that he only got after asking for a long time.

"You go down."

"Remember to screen when you inquire about news in the future."

Fang Yuan waved his hand, telling Zheng Jiu to go down to work.

Several days passed.

Every day, shop owners come to the Governor's Mansion to request to join the Chengbei Commercial Street.

The weather has become fine these days, the sun is shining almost every day, it is not so cold, and there are many more pedestrians on the road.

For this kind of thing, Fang Yuan started to feel annoyed, and directly asked Zhang San to arrange a manpower connection, but asked for a simple review of their shop.

As more shops are added, the North City Commercial Street will be stricter and more quality-oriented. Not everyone who wants to join can join.

However, as the commercial street in the north of the city became more and more crowded and more standardized, new problems appeared, which annoyed all businesses.

Return problem!
After the opening day, Fang Yuan closed Cifuxuan for rectification, customers know that the commercial street is for them.

Therefore, when selecting products, they become more picky, and they will not accept the slightest problem or defect.

It was not like this before. Everyone could accept small problems, but now they are small problems that businesses can accept, but customers can’t accept.

At the same time, there are even more excessive ones. After paying and going out, they are not satisfied, and even after a day or two, they take it back and return it. If there is any dispute, the staff of the complaint service platform will be called.

The shops were so annoying that they reported to the complaint service platform, but the staff only said that they had already reported to their superiors.

The superior is naturally the Governor's Mansion.

So another shop owner who couldn't bear it reported to the Governor's Mansion.

But how could such a trivial matter be handled by Fang Yuan himself?
As the direct person in charge, Si Hu took a few state officials to inspect the commercial street and left.

Before leaving, he said that he would hold a meeting to discuss the results after going back, and then there was no result for several days. Some shop owners were so angry that they retreated.

The same situation also happened in Du Miaoyan's tea shop.

Except for Du Miaoyan's appearance on the first day, her servant girl was responsible for the rest.

The servant girl reported the matter to Du Miaoyan, and complained that doing business was stressful.

Du Miaoyan was worried that there would be problems with the commercial street planned by Fang Yuan, so she came to the Governor's Mansion on the grounds of delivering tea.

"Fang Yuan, are you busy?"

Du Miaoyan put the tea pot beside Fang Yuan's desk, said softly.

"It's a bit busy."

"It's almost the end of the year, and the taxes in various places have to be settled in a unified manner. There are a lot of things."

"Come on, sit over there and drink tea, didn't you just deliver tea to me the day you opened? Why are you delivering it now?"

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

It's the end of November and soon it will be December.

Liaozhou is not far from Chang'an City, so the tax revenue from one city and three counties can be sent to Chang'an City before mid-December.

But there are other things, such as the excavation of the coal mine, now it is necessary to dig into the mountain suit to get coal, Fang Yuan is worried that there will be a collapse, so he is thinking of a way.

During the Tang Dynasty, people had not discovered coal as a mineral resource, they didn't know what was going on, they didn't have the concept of mining coal, and they didn't have the relevant mining technology, Fang Yuan didn't know the mining technology, so he had a headache.

"I'm looking for you for something else, so I'll bring some tea here by the way."

Du Miaoyan smiled and said.

I also want to talk about it on the grounds of sending tea.

Unexpectedly, Fang Yuan still remembered that he gave him tea on the opening day.

Very happy, at least to be remembered.

"what's up?"

Fang Yuan asked curiously.

Push the pile of briquettes close to where you drink your tea.

The weather has improved slightly, but it is still quite cold, Fang Yuan is also very afraid of the cold.

"Have you paid attention to the situation in the commercial street in the north of the city?"

Du Miaoyan asked.

Meanwhile, make tea.

Her movements are elegant, dignified and generous, and she has some tea skills.

This is learned from Hongxu and Qingyao, who have been practicing tea making for a long time.

Naturally, Hong Xu and Qing Yao's tea skills were practiced by Fang Yuan, and they were also practiced for Fang Yuan to see.

It was something that didn't exist, Fang Yuan guided the two to learn, Fang Yuan let them practice how to look good.

Hence, the tea culture that gradually emerged in the Tang Dynasty, the so-called tea skills all appeared to please Fang Yuan.

"Is there a problem with the merchant's application to join?"

Fang Yuan is not sure.

He hasn't paid attention to the business street for several days.

As long as the commercial street follows its initial policy, there will be no problem.

With Zhang San in control, the direction will not go wrong, Zhang San is not Ji Rufeng and the others, he will not change Fang Yuan's policy without authorization.

"The maid next to me is now managing the tea shop in the commercial street."

"She complained to me, saying that those customers are very picky, all kinds of picky, and many of them are returned when they go out, and if they are not satisfied, they will go to the complaint service platform."

"Many merchants now complain that if this continues, they will no longer need to open their doors for business, and the pressure is too great."

Du Miaoyan said.

At this time, she had already brewed tea, poured it for Fang Yuan, and then looked at Fang Yuan.

"I don't know about it."

"Has your tea shop made any money these two days?"

Fang Yuan drank tea and said calmly.

He didn't know about it, and Zhang San never mentioned it to him.

"Well, it seems to make a lot of money."

Du Miaoyan thought for a while and said.

It's only been a few days, and she hasn't watched it every day.

But when the maid complained about the pressure, she would mention that she made a lot of money.

"Then it's fine, don't worry about it."

Fang Yuan shook his head and smiled.

Things were in his expectation.

"Don't worry about the merchant's dissatisfaction, is it really not open?"

Du Miaoyan asked curiously.

Seeing that Fang Yuan seemed to have expected it long ago, she was very curious.

"As long as it's really profitable, they won't stop opening."

"If they don't open, I don't worry that no merchants will join."

"To make money, it's right to be wronged. They're just complaining, and they'll start business while complaining."

Fang Yuan laughed.

There is nothing hard about making money.

Now it's not their family that decides, it's me, the governor, who decides.

If you want to make money, then swallow this grievance well, otherwise someone will take their place.

"Indeed."

"Fang Yuan, why do I feel that you don't take those merchants to heart, but you care about those common people?"

Du Miaoyan pondered for a moment and figured it out.

As long as there is money to be made, someone will make it.

At the beginning, she considered the issue from the perspective of merchants and not merchants, but from the perspective of merchants.

Thinking that the customers are unruly and picky, and Fang Yuan is biased towards the common people, the merchants will be dissatisfied and really close their doors.

Considering the point of making money, Du Miaoyan understood why.

But she was a little unclear, it seemed that Fang Yuan was really biased, completely on the side of the common people, not being a merchant was one thing.

"I'll tell you this, don't tell anyone else."

"As an official, some rely on the local aristocratic family to gain a foothold and exploit the people, and some rely on the local people to survive and fight against the aristocratic family."

"Obviously, I belong to the latter. What I need is the support of the people. As long as I ensure the interests of the people, the aristocratic family will also follow my policies."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, glanced at Du Miaoyan, and said in a deep voice.

This is Fang Yuan's way of being an official, as the way of being an official without background officials.

No matter in Wuling County or Liaozhou, Fang Yuan never thought of relying on which family to gain a foothold.

Instead, introduce policies that benefit the people one by one, gain more supporters, and then have a family of fish and meat.

"Fang Yuan, your path is not easy."

"But if you succeed, no one will be able to shake you."

Du Miaoyan could not be calm for a long time.

Heart touching and shocking intersect.

What moved him was that Fang Yuan was willing to tell himself these words.

What was shocking was Fang Yuan's thoughts, undoubtedly a kind of risking the world's dissatisfaction.

When the Sui Dynasty fell, apart from Emperor Sui Yang's self-inflicted crimes, he also affected the interests of the world's aristocratic families.

Only then will there be the current Great Tang, and Fang Yuan's thinking is obviously a tendency to stand in front of the world's aristocratic families.

"Success or failure doesn't matter much."

"The important thing is to follow your heart."

Fang Yuan smiled and said.

The road ahead is boundless, walk according to your heart, and this life will not be in vain.

"I support you!"

Du Miaoyan nodded heavily.

At this moment, Du Miaoyan was very lucky to listen to Du Ruhui's words to know Fang Yuan.

In the past, she didn't want to marry, and she didn't want to have a husband and raise children, but the torrent of the times is destined not to go willfully.

Now, she has changed this thinking, because some people are worthy of her heart.

(End of this chapter)