However, there is still nearly 8,000 taels of money and grain in stock in the ledger.
Now I finally don’t have to worry about money and food.
Zhao Ligong then told Wang Lidong the current money and food situation of the county government.
After Wang Lidong listened, he said indifferently:
"Whatever you owe, make up for it, and leave the rest to your husband."
Zhao Ligong said with great joy:
"Good benefactor.
In fact, the main cost of this renovation project is materials.
In terms of manpower, when the time comes, let Lijia recruit some corvees, and at most we can provide these people with meals."
Wang Lidong hurriedly waved his hands and said:
"Sir, one of the purposes of this renovation is to provide a job for the idle men in the city.
Most of them are fleeing into the city, and their savings are definitely not much, and they will eventually run out of money.
If there is no way to earn a living, the whole family will be hungry.
At that time, for the sake of a bite to eat, there is no guarantee that we won’t do anything sneaky.
To be more serious, killing people and stealing goods is not allowed.
Therefore, there is no need to collect corvee this time, all workers will be recruited, and they will be paid as much as they should be paid. Don’t miss a penny, and they will be paid once a week.”
"But the repair project will end one day. When that time comes..."
Wang Lidong knew what Zhao Ligong was worried about, but this kind of trivial matter was too simple for him. Now that he had money and technology, he could build a labor-intensive factory and not be afraid of another hundred thousand refugees.
"We will make other arrangements then."
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Linjiang County Shun Yuan's wife
A beautiful young woman was standing in front of the head of the Shun family, crying.
"Commander, you must save my man.
Now the new county magistrate has sentenced my man to death.
If he dies, the slave family won’t want to live anymore.”
After saying that, he started sobbing again.
Seeing this, Shun Yuan rushed forward and hugged the young woman, comforting her and saying:
"Xiu Niang, don't worry, I will edit a letter for the prefect Zhu in a moment.
I guarantee that in a few days, your Haide will be back safe and sound."
The young woman named Xiu Niang immediately stopped crying and said in surprise:
"Commissioner, please don't coax me. Is this someone sentenced to death by the county government?"
Shun Yuan waved his right hand and said boldly:
"Hongde's charges were originally false.
Our Shunji Ya shop has been operating in Linhai County for hundreds of years, and no one knows about this.
I believe that the prefect will be able to see clearly and will never unjustly accuse a good person."
Then he said:
"The second boy has already written to me. After passing the assessment at the end of the year, he will be promoted to the sixth rank. I will mention this in the letter. I think the prefect will definitely give our Shun family face."
He was still thinking in his mind that even if the prefect refused to give him face, he would still have a backup plan.
Just in the morning, the owners of the four dental stores that had been raided gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
I feel that Wang Lidong, the county magistrate, does not understand the rules and has not taken the initiative to visit several houses since he took office.
The sealing of the tooth shop this time shows that the county magistrate is full of hostility towards them, the country squires.
In this case, let this little county magistrate get out of Linhai County.
After Wang Lidong gets out, this case will definitely be overturned, so whether the prefect helps or not, the result will be the same.
The young woman was immediately surprised and said:
"Then the embroiderer would like to thank Yuan Wai very much. When my man comes back, the slave family will definitely ask him to make backup copies of the gifts and send them to Yuan Wai."
The clerk put his arms around the young woman and said with a smile:
"The master owes me a huge debt for this matter. How can you thank me, Xiu Niang?"
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"Young escort, this is a letter from the chief escort."
Wang Lidong was a little surprised, what kind of letter was he writing?
If anything happens, just leave a message to him.
When I opened it, I found out that I was going to become the county magistrate soon.
The day before yesterday, the original Linjiang County Magistrate had gone to Jiangbei to take office.
It was the prefect who took the initiative to send someone to inform Dad about this matter.
Lin Zhennan immediately understood and went to the prefect's Yamen that day.
When he left, the prefect had a three thousand tael silver note in his pocket.
His father told him that within a month, the appointment would definitely be in his hands.
The prefect is really poor and crazy.
But it is also a happy event for him. After all, after being promoted to county magistrate, many things can be done in a justified manner.
Thinking that he was going to be promoted to the county magistrate, Wang Lidong waved his hand, indicating that there would be an extra meal tonight and asked the kitchen to add two large meat dishes.
While waiting for dinner, Wang Lidong went to two canteens.
One is the Yamen staff canteen, and the other is a canteen specifically for children.
Walking to the entrance of the large canteen, which was converted from a former weapons warehouse, the aroma of vegetables rushed into my nose.
Wang Lidong smelled it and roughly guessed what was being cooked in the canteen tonight.
Seeing all the government servants lining up neatly to get food, Wang Lidong felt as if he had returned to the future.
The layout here is similar to that of school cafeterias in later generations, and all meals are unlimited, cost-free, and of course cannot be wasted.
If you find any waste, you will be fined ten times the price of the vegetables.
"Young escort chief."
"Master Lin."
"Hello, sir."
Seeing Wang Lidong, everyone hurriedly saluted.
"good,"
"good."
While returning the gift, he asked about the food situation.
The current standards for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the county government were re-established by Wang Lidong.
At noon and dinner, there are two large meat dishes, three small meat dishes and five vegetarian dishes. Tonight, because it is a snack, there are four large meat dishes.
"Young escort, I'm willing to do this food even if I don't have any pay."
"Sir, how can you not be satisfied with such a rich meal?"
After asking several people, they were all very satisfied with the current food, and Wang Lidong was relieved.
Then he walked around the canteen and found that everyone was wolfing down food, as if they were reincarnated by starving ghosts.
Because you don’t have to pay for anything and you can eat whatever you want, the kitchen and kitchen staff were very tired on the first day of business.
It took two full rounds of cooking to finally fill everyone's stomachs.
For this matter, Zhao Ligong went out of his way to find him.
Mainly because it costs too much money.
In terms of food expenses alone, the entire yamen's daily expenses cost two taels of silver.
After a month, it will cost five to six hundred taels of silver.
Last year, the entire Linhai County government's total expenditure was only more than 4,000 taels of silver, including the salaries of all officials.
If this continues, their yamen will be in deficit in less than half a year.
After hearing this, Wang Lidong said that from now on, all food expenses for the county government would be paid out of his own pocket and the government would not have to bear them.
In the past, the county government's meals included meat dishes only once a week, and vegetarian dishes at other times. Most of the staple foods eaten were miscellaneous grains.
Everyone said that they couldn’t get enough to eat. How could they work hard in this state?
In addition, Wang Lidong stipulated that the government officials must practice every day.
If you don’t improve your food, you will definitely stop practicing halfway through.
You must eat meat to practice martial arts, otherwise there will be no oil or water in your stomach. During the process of practicing martial arts, no matter how much food you eat, you will easily get hungry.
Moreover, the dozens of young students I have trained are just at the time when their bodies are growing, and their nutrition must keep up at this time.
Zhao Ligong was a little worried. If Wang Lidong persisted for two months, he would not be able to continue.
After all, the cost of this kind of food would cost six to seven thousand taels of silver a year.
He sighed and said: I am poor in literature and rich in martial arts, but the ancients will not deceive me.