Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 55 The long-lost wife of the Li family

Qingxi County Government Office.

Chen Qingsi was writing a letter to the governor of Muzhou. The letter was very long, with more than a thousand words. The main content of the letter contained the word "poor".

Complain and cry about poverty.

Chen Qingsi doesn't know whether this trick is useful in this era, but it will be very useful in future generations.

If the phone is blocked, call the person; if the call is perfunctory, the person will come to the door.

That is to say, transportation is inconvenient in this era, and it takes too much time to go back and forth. He is inseparable from Qingxi County. He has to come to the door in person. Now he can only write books and cry for poverty. In just half a month, this is the third letter he has written. .

"Magistrate Chen!"

Stewart strode into the house and saluted.

Chen Qingsi signaled him to excuse himself, put the brush in his hand on the pen holder, and asked: "How is the situation? No one disagrees with letting their children go to the county school."

After ten days of preparation, the county school in Qingxi County was officially opened.

Although the announcement had been issued, Chen Qingsi still asked Shi Wuzi to go door-to-door to notify people to prevent anyone from not seeing it or not understanding the content of the announcement.

Shi Wuzi said truthfully: "People are not very enthusiastic about children going to school. But they heard that there are free lunches and they can take care of themselves, so no one refuses this temptation. There are also people who want to send their seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys into the school." Come."

Chen Qingsi smiled knowingly. He had expected this situation. The free lunch was also arranged so that people could send their children.Without this free lunch, he estimated that half of the people would feel that studying is useless. Instead of spending time studying, it would be better to do trivial tasks together, take charge of the family earlier, and reduce the burden on the family.

This is not to blame for their ignorance, but this is a common phenomenon in this era.

When Chen Qingsi opened the book school, he did not expect these children to become talents. He just wanted to give them more choices in their future lives.Recognizing more words and understanding more truths will ultimately have advantages and no disadvantages.

Of course, there is another reason. There is a serious shortage of labor in the county, and all men and women who have the strength have to work.

Having children at home is a burden for the family. Entrusting children to book schools can free up a family's labor force, which is very important to Qingxi County today.

Naturally, Chen Qingsi couldn't tell anyone about this kind of thing.

"Do you need a break?"

Chen Qingsi asked politely.

Shi Wuzi hurriedly bowed and said, "Students are not tired!"

He is only two years younger than Chen Qingsi. He is a native of Liyang County, Xuanzhou. Half of his visits to Qingxi County this time are because of Chen Qingsi.

News was blocked in Qingxi County, and his two poems were not conveyed, but they had already spread throughout Xuanzhou.

Shi Wuzi and Guan wanted to visit Chen Qingsi at the first stop of their study tour to see how he could create such amazing works as "There is no idle land in the world, and farmers are still starving to death" and "The roc rises in the same wind in one day, and it swings up to [-] miles." Who is the person in the poem? He happened to be visiting his grandfather.Unexpectedly, my grandfather admired the newly appointed Magistrate Chen so highly that he even said that being able to study with him for three to five months was far better than studying abroad for three to five years.

He knew that his grandfather had always been arrogant, and even his most proud disciple, Shi Zhonglan, could not be praised like this by him. He was even more curious and agreed to Zhuang Minrui's suggestion.

Shi Wuzi followed Chen Qingsi for more than ten days and had no time to discuss poetry.There is constant work to do every day, and I feel like a puppet. I will do this today and that tomorrow, and I will fall asleep when I get home so tired.But every time after waking up, Shi Wuzi looked back on what he had done yesterday, and he felt that he had gained a lot. He was very fulfilling and energetic, and the word "student" was particularly easy to pronounce.

Chen Qingsi was very satisfied with Shi Wuzi's motivation and admired his efficiency.

Now, he controls every person in the government office, and everyone's ability and efficiency in doing things are under his nose.

With more than 20 people, Shi Wuzi is not the most efficient, but his understanding is the best.Can quickly understand what he means and handle things to his liking.

"Then you go and deal with the conflicts between the four bosses, Xiao, Gu, Hu, and Xu. All four of them want to open a wine shop in the county, and they all have their eyes on the wine shop in the south of the city. Tell them that within three years, Qing Qing will open a wine shop in the county. There will not be a fifth wine shop in Xi County. Qingxi County is surrounded by southeast, northwest, and one person per family. In terms of location, the south of the city is the best, followed by the north, then the east, and the west of the city is the worst. The solution is also simple, bidding , southeast, northwest, and everywhere, each has its own price, and the one with the highest price gets it."

There are no more wealthy people in Qingxi County, but not all of them are poor. There are still some people who were lucky enough to escape this catastrophe.More than 20 villages within the territory were merged into one county, which brought these wealthy people together.

Qingxi County, which is in desperate need of development, is a huge opportunity for them. They can use the opportunity of tax exemption from the imperial court to become bigger and stronger.

Chen Qingsi naturally focused his attention on them and plucked the wool with great enthusiasm.

In addition to the excellent location of the shops, there are also good houses, such as the old Lu family house confiscated from Du Chunbin. Such a good house, located in the center of the county government office, will definitely not be given away.

In the end, it is planned to sell them through competitive bidding, and the highest bidder will win, in exchange for funds for the county.

Smith had long been accustomed to this puppet-like way of handling things these days, so he followed the order and left.

While walking Shiwuzi, I was thinking about how to solve the problem. Qingxi County has an excellent geographical location. Downstream from the Xinan River to the south is Hangzhou Qiantang, upstream to the east is Shezhou, to the north is Yuqian, and to the east is Tonglu.

In addition to Tonglu, Qiantang, Shezhou and Yuqian in Hangzhou are all relatively wealthy places.

Especially on the line from Shezhou to Hangzhou, Shezhou's paper and inkstones are unparalleled in the world, and businessmen constantly coming and going will pass through Qingxi County.Qingxi County itself is also very unique, with wonderful mountains and rivers.Investing in restaurants and hotels in Qingxi County is the best business, especially since there is a tax exemption policy. As long as you open it, you will not lose money no matter what.

Using some money in exchange for a good location and a promise not to open a fifth wine shop to compete with them within three years, no smart businessman would miss this opportunity.

Shi Wuzi thought about his experiences in the past few days and watched with his own eyes as County Magistrate Chen used various means to get money from unexpected places to make a small, dilapidated county run normally. This turnaround method was truly remarkable.

Shi Wuzi was born into a gentry family and had met many famous county magistrates who were known as parents' officials, but none of them benefited every common person like this magistrate Chen.

It's really admirable.

That night, Chen Qingsi was planning the next development of Qingxi County.

As the knock on the door rang, Chen Qingsi said without raising her head: "Come in!"

Around this time, his wife would bring him hot tea or soup, and he was already used to it.

There was something different this time. There were no familiar footsteps. He didn't even hear any footsteps except for the sound of pushing the door open, so he couldn't help but raise his head.

But it was Li Hongqing who hadn’t seen him for a long time.

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