Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

"Let people look at your paintings and spend money to buy a shop?" Bafang also knew Meng Changqing's character. He knew her intention without asking any more questions. He couldn't help but worry, "Can it be sold like this?"

Meng Changqing was unsure, "I don't know, but let's give it a try. If it doesn't sell, we'll think of other ways."

Meng Changqing and Bafang stayed in the study room painting until the afternoon, until Laicai knocked on the door, "What have you two been busy with until now? You didn't even have dinner?"

They were focused on their work, but not so focused that they forgot about being hungry. There were three plates of snacks in the study, and they would just take them and eat when they were hungry, not noticing how time passed so quickly.

Now that Laicai comes in, we have another helper.

The three of them worked until the evening, and all the necessary drawings were drawn, and the notices for selling the house and recruiting workers were also written.

Meng Changqing asked Bafang and Laicai to post the notices outside and then go to the town to find children to read them.

Bafang immediately went to the kitchen to find glue, but Laicai was holding a bunch of paper with a worried expression.

Meng Changqing asked him to speak frankly.

"Master, I always feel that this is not right." Lai Cai said, "It's okay if it can't be sold. If it is sold, I'm afraid it will be a big trouble."

"It's indeed a problem." Meng Changqing had some concerns before making this decision. "Now I can force myself to complete the construction and provide the shop to the buyer as planned, but in the future the magistrate of Beishan County will have to be replaced by someone else. It's hard to say whether he can be as conscientious as me.

Then I will be the one who harms the people, since I was the one who started it."

Laicai nodded, "That's right."

"So just this once."

"What do you mean once or twice?" Bafang stood at the door holding the paste. "Hurry up and paste it. If you wait any longer, the students will go home for dinner."

The notice posted in the evening spread throughout Beishan County that evening.

Many people holding lanterns gathered in front of the notice wall to look at the paintings.

"This street is amazing. It's even prettier than the main street in Liangzhou Prefecture."

"More than that!"

"It looks nice, but I don't know how to read the painting on the whole wall."

Those who came earlier and had already studied it clearly explained to the later ones, "First look at this street scene, and if you like a house on the street, look at the number on the house." He found an example to tell everyone, "For example, the number 28 in the center of the street, remember the number, and then look at this side. 28 is opposite to 3, which refers to the third painting.

What I mean is that if you look closely at House No. 28, it will look like the third painting.

There are six paintings in total, and each painting has a label indicating how much space it occupies and how much it costs to buy it. "

The man had a loud voice and spoke in detail, and after he finished his explanation, several people nearby thanked him.

Someone quickly scanned the amounts under the six paintings and was so scared that he wanted to leave the crowd. "Oh my God! The cheapest one costs fifty taels. Where can I get so much silver?"

Most people think it's too expensive, but some people have seen the world and said, "This is a brick house, the cost is high, and it's only in Beishan County. You can't buy it at this price anywhere else."

"I heard from the clerk earlier that this is the current price. If we buy it after the house is built, it will cost several dozen taels more."

"What!"

“Who can afford this house?”

Sha Zhu squeezed to the front of the crowd and stared at the paintings for a long time. He took a fancy to the sixth one.

He really wants the house in this picture, a two-story building with a small yard.

Unfortunately, the price is too high, one hundred and eighty taels.

Even if you empty your family's savings, you can't come up with that much money.

"Who can afford this?" "Well, it looks good, but no one will buy it after it's built."

"Aren't earth houses also inhabited by people?"

Listening to those words, he slipped through the gap and squeezed out of the crowd.

"What's going on? What painting are you talking about?" Huaihua couldn't squeeze in, and thought that Shazhu was inside anyway, and he would definitely tell her if he saw it, so she didn't waste the energy.

"It's a new shop." Sha Zhu said, "The painting is beautiful. Wait until there are fewer people tomorrow, and then you can..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard someone in the crowd behind him shout, "Isn't there a job opening notice?"

"What are you recruiting for?"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier about the job posting? Where are they recruiting? How much is the daily wage?"

Huaihua and Shazhu stopped at the same time.

As soon as they heard the job recruitment notice, the crowd became even more crowded than before. It was impossible for Sha Zhu to squeeze in, so the two of them hoped that the loudest voice in the crowd would continue the conversation.

"New Street!" The loud voice really lived up to expectations. "It's still divided into several grades like before, and the wages are slightly lower than before."

"Hey, where do I register? Why can't I see the registration table at the government office?"

"Doesn't it say on the notice that registration is on September 13th? It's tomorrow."

"Hey, I can't understand it even if it's written. Does it say what time tomorrow is?"

"I wrote it this morning. Come early and wait. I told you that you are so proud of yourself for not being able to read. Why don't you go to the literacy class?"

Huaihua smiled at Shazhu and said, "Come back early tomorrow."

Sha Zhu nodded helplessly, "I can't squeeze in even if I want to join in the fun."

The two returned home, and Shazhu was still thinking about the house in the painting, "It would be great if I could buy one."

"Then buy the one worth fifty taels. Our family can afford it." Although Huaihua had not seen the content of the painting with her own eyes, she heard that it was a brick and tile house and also wanted to buy one.

Both of his family members had followed Lord Meng from the very beginning and had witnessed the development of Beishan County from scratch.

During this period, the two never missed a chance to make money. Huaihua was selected by the county government to grow seedlings because of her good farming skills, and earned another sum of money. In addition, Shazhu and the grocery store owned by the Yu family father and daughter saved a lot of money in the past two years.

It should be said that there are very few people in Beishan County who are richer than their family.

"I want to buy a big one," Sha Zhu said. "It's right in the center of Xinjie. The first floor sells groceries. We live on the second floor. It's in a good location. In the future, anyone who goes to Xinjie will have to go there."

"But we can't afford it." Huaihua said honestly, "We can't borrow money just to buy a shop. Besides, who has money to lend to us?"

Sha Zhu scratched his head, he couldn't think of a good solution.

"Besides, you said you were going to open a grocery store in Xinjie, so what about this one? My family bought it together with Youcai's family, and we have been doing business very harmoniously until now. How are you going to tell him that you want to open a new store?"

Shazhu scratched his head vigorously, "That's right! I'm worried too."

"It's useless to worry about this, it's a difficult problem that cannot be avoided." Huaihua said, "There's no need to cause trouble for ourselves, we can only do what we can.

There is no one in the world who can do whatever he wants to do, so there is no need to be so discouraged. "

"I just feel bad." Shazhu said, "I like that house the moment I see it. It's right in the middle of the city. I'm sure it will be very useful to me after I buy it."

"What are you looking at? That house doesn't even have a foundation. You can only see a schematic diagram. The big market is right in front of you. Look at the people doing business there. Who has made a fortune? There is hardly a single person in there." (End of this chapter)