Chapter 94 Fang Yuan’s way of becoming an official
Chapter 094: Fang Yuan’s way of becoming an official
On this day, the opening of Chengbei Commercial Street came to a perfect conclusion.
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 previous market.
Although there were not as many people as the first day of opening in these two days, they laid the foundation for the future success of Chengbei Commercial Street and was recognized by the people of Liaozhou.
On the fourth day, that is, the first day after the 50% discount ended, the flow of people not only did not decrease, but also increased. The families and shops that had not joined the group successively approached Fang Yuan to join.
On the afternoon of the fourth day, three people came to the Governor's Mansion. They were the three who were absent from the meeting that day.
"Meet Governor Fang."
The three of them saluted Fang Yuan with flattery.
Both left and right hands are holding some gifts.
I can’t tell what it is, but it must be expensive.
"What's the matter?"
Fang Yuan was reading official documents and pretended not to know.
It's the end of the year, and Fang Yuan's official duties have increased unknowingly.
"Prefect Fang, we want to move the store to the commercial street in the north of the city."
Dou Kaiji said with a flattering tone.
The gifts from the left and right hands were placed beside Fang Yuan's desk.
"Regret?"
Fang Yuan then put down his pen.
He looked at the three of them and said with a faint smile.
"Forgive me, Lord Governor!"
"I live in Pingcheng County, and I happened to catch wind and cold that day."
Dou Kaiji said with a smile.
The Dou 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 famous family in Pingcheng County.
Of course, there is no way for the county family to compare with the state city family.
"You can't go out without sending a representative?"
"There's no one in the Dou family anymore, you're the only one?"
Fang Yuan chuckled.
I'm pretty good at finding reasons.
If you are infected with wind and cold, you cannot go out to enjoy the wind.
"My head was buzzing at the time, but I didn't expect this."
"Forgive me, Lord Governor, please forgive me."
Dou Kaiji did not dare to feel resentful.
Even if Fang Yuan's words seem to say that his Dou family is dead, he can only endure it.
There was no way, the flow of people in the commercial street in the north of the city was so greedy, people in Liaozhou City were attracted there, and the original flow of people in the shops dropped sharply.
The Dou family is located in Pingcheng County, but they also have many businesses in Liaozhou City, and the real profitable business is in Liaozhou City. After all, people in the city are richer.
"Oh, you have a good reason."
"Where are you two?"
Fang Yuan laughed, looked at the other two people and said.
Coincidentally, these three families are all small families, and they are not from Liaozhou City.
"I sprained my foot and forgot to send someone over. Please forgive me, the governor."
"I had a bad stomach that day. I also forgot to send someone over. Please forgive me, Lord Governor."
The remaining two people chatted.
Before the three people came, they had already inquired about the situation in the commercial street in the north of the city.
While inquiring, the three of them happened to know that each other was not going that day, so they came together after talking with each other.
Fang Yuan was almost amused by them, he felt like they were like elementary school students making up all kinds of weird excuses to their teachers for not attending class.
"Lord Governor, we know we were wrong. Please forgive us this time."
Dou Kaiji and the others apologized, hoping that Fang Yuan could let this time go.
From their perspective, they can see that Chengbei Commercial Street has a bright future.
In the future, there will definitely be fewer and fewer people in other places, and they will all develop towards commercial streets.
If you don’t capture the market as soon as possible, you will suffer losses the later you enter the commercial street in the north of the city.
"Recognizing your mistakes can greatly improve things. I can forgive you once."
"But if you make a mistake, you will be punished. You will pay an extra 10% of the monthly rent. Is there any problem?"
Fang Yuan doesn't care about them.
The development of the commercial street in the north of the city requires the addition of various shops.
Although these three companies have made mistakes before, they can still be allowed to join with a little punishment.
Only when more and more shops join in can the Chengbei Commercial Street develop into what you want.
From the current point of view, the development of Chengbei Commercial Street is still a bit poor, and there are still many places that have not been rented out.
"No problem, no problem."
The corners of Dou Kaiji's and the other three's mouths twitched, and their faces looked in pain.
But it’s still within the acceptable range, so I can only grit my teeth and say it’s okay.
They didn't dare to refuse, fearing that Fang Yuan wouldn't even give them a chance.
"Remember, you are a shop with a criminal record."
"If you join a commercial street like Ci Fuxuan, the consequences will not be as simple as closing down and making rectifications."
Fang Yuan suddenly said seriously.
"Yes, yes, yes."
Dou Kaiji and the other two people responded quickly.
They already know about Ci Fuxuan.
It can be said that no one doing business in one city or three counties in Liaozhou is unaware of this matter.
It was closed down for rectification on the first day it opened, and the time for rectification has not yet been announced. It can be described as a complete loss of face.
"Go and register with Zhang San."
Fang Yuan nodded.
"Thank you, Lord Governor."
Dou Kaiji and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
We're going to the side door of the state official's office.
"Wait."
Fang Yuan suddenly stopped them.
Dou Kaiji and the others suddenly became nervous, worried that Fang Yuan would regret it.
"Take the gift away, it will hinder my work."
Fang Yuan said calmly.
"Yes, yes, yes."
Dou Kaiji and the other three looked at each other and quickly took the gifts and walked towards the side door.
Not long after, they walked out of the side door one after another without taking out the gifts in their hands.
"Lord Governor, I'll take my leave."
Dou Kaiji and the others saluted Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan nodded slightly in response to them.
The three of them did not dare to have any dissatisfaction and walked out of the Governor's Mansion with smiles on their faces.
After the three people left, Zhang San walked out of the side door.
"Zun Zhou, do you want to take those gifts back to Fang Mansion?"
Zhang San asked.
"No, just split it up."
Fang Yuan said calmly.
Fang Mansion does not lack that thing.
They'll just divide the offices left at the side door.
If you occasionally give your subordinates some benefits, they will work harder.
Now the governor's office is still short of a Sima, and Fang Yuan doesn't know when the vacancy will be filled.
It's just a pity that there is currently no suitable candidate, and since Sima is of the sixth rank, there is no suitable person around to take him up.
"Okay."
Zhang Sanying is.
Return to the side office.
At this time, Zheng Jiu came over.
"Zun Zhou, I now have news about Xue Bowu, whom you asked me to inquire about last time."
Zheng Jiugong said.
"Tell me and listen."
Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment, then said calmly.
Last time Xue Bowu blocked the door of the Governor's Mansion, Fang Yuan thought he was a bit strange and asked Zheng Jiu to inquire.
"Xue Bowu comes from the Xue family in Fenyin. His father is a direct descendant of the Xue family in Fenyin. He was also the heir to the patriarch at that time."
"When Xue Bowu was born, his mother died in childbirth. There is a legend that it was Xue Bowu's innate supernatural power that burst his mother's belly when he was born, which caused his mother to have a difficult childbirth."
"His father couldn't bear the death of his mother and became crazy. Xue Bowu didn't know where he went after he was born. Rumor has it that he died and was buried by her sister Xue Jiaoyan. Xue Bowu was also raised by her sister."
"Xue Bowu has a brain disease, and the Fenyin Xue family is unwilling to accept them and treats them as unknown. The two siblings are under the care of a housekeeper and rely on the inheritance left by their parents to live until now."
Zheng Jiu informed Fang Yuan one by one about the information he had inquired about.
"My life experience is quite miserable."
"But can you still be born with a burst belly?"
Fang Yuan expressed sympathy, but felt ridiculous about being born with a broken belly.
It is acceptable to say that Xue Bowu was born with supernatural powers, but it would be too much to say that he was born with a broken belly?
“When I asked about it, I didn’t feel it was credible.”
Zheng Jiu scratched his head in embarrassment.
But there is too little news about the Xue siblings.
This pair of siblings rarely go out, and there is not much news.
He only got this bit of information after asking for a long time.
"You go down."
"Remember to filter when you ask for information in the future."
Fang Yuan waved his hand and asked Zheng Jiu to go down and 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 sunny these days, there is sunshine almost every day, it is not so cold, and there are many more pedestrians on the road.
Fang Yuan began to feel annoyed about this kind of thing, so he directly asked Zhang San to arrange manpower for docking, but asked for a brief review of their store's situation.
As more shops join, Chengbei Commercial Street will become stricter and pay more attention to quality. Not everyone who wants to join can join.
However, as the commercial street in the north of the city becomes more and more crowded and becomes more and more standardized, new problems emerge, making all merchants extremely annoyed.
Return problem!
After the opening day, Fang Yuan closed Ci Fuxuan for rectification, and customers knew that the commercial street was here to serve them.
Therefore, when choosing products, they become more picky and will not buy them if they have the slightest problem or defect.
It was not like this before, everyone could accept small problems, but now it has become a small problem that merchants can accept, but customers cannot accept.
At the same time, there are even more exaggerated cases. After paying and leaving the house, they are not satisfied. Even after a day or two, they take it back and return it. If there is a slight dispute, they will call the staff of the complaint service platform.
The shops were annoyed and reported it to the complaint service platform, but the staff only said that they had already reported it to their superiors.
The superior is naturally the governor's office.
So some shop owners who couldn't bear it reported to the governor's office.
But how could such a trivial matter be handled by Fang Yuan personally?
As the person directly in charge, Si Hu took several state officials to inspect the commercial street and then left.
Before leaving, he said that he would hold a meeting to discuss the results when he returned, but there was no result for several days in a row. One shop owner was so angry that he said he should retreat.
The same situation also happened in Du Miaoyan's tea shop.
Except for showing up on the first day, Du Miaoyan left the rest to her maid.
The maid reported the matter to Du Miaoyan and complained that doing business was very 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 pretext of delivering tea.
"Fang Yuan, are you busy?"
Du Miaoyan put the tea can beside Fang Yuan's desk and said softly.
"I'm a little busy."
"It's almost the end of the year, and taxes in various places have to be settled uniformly, so there are a lot of things."
"Come, sit over there and drink tea... Hey, didn't you just send me tea on the day you opened? Why are you sending it here again now?"
Fang Yuan nodded and said.
It’s the end of November and it will soon 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 we have to dig into the mountain to extract coal. Fang Yuan is worried that there will be a collapse and is thinking of a way.
During the Tang Dynasty, people had not yet discovered coal as a mineral resource, and had no idea what was going on. There was no concept of mining coal, and there was no relevant mining technology. Fang Yuan did not understand mining technology, so he had a headache.
"I have other things to ask you for, so I brought you some tea by the way."
Du Miaoyan smiled and said.
I still want to use tea as an excuse.
Unexpectedly, Fang Yuan still remembered to bring him tea on the day he opened the business.
Very happy, at least it is remembered.
"What happened?"
Fang Yuan asked curiously.
Push the pile of briquettes near the tea place.
The weather has improved slightly, but it is still quite cold, and Fang Yuan is also very afraid of the cold.
"Have you paid attention to the situation in Chengbei Commercial Street?"
Du Miaoyan asked.
At the same time, start making tea.
Her movements are elegant, dignified and generous, and she has some tea skills.
I learned this from Hongxu and Qingyao. They have been practicing making tea for a long time.
Naturally, Fang Yuan asked them to practice the tea skills of Hong Xu and Qing Yao, and they also practiced them for Fang Yuan to see.
There was something that didn't exist in the first place. Fang Yuan guided the two of them to learn it. Fang Yuan asked them to practice whatever he thought looked good.
As a result, the tea culture that slowly emerged in the Tang Dynasty and the so-called tea skills all appeared to please Fang Yuan.
"Is there a problem with merchant application to join?"
Fang Yuan was unsure.
He hasn't paid attention to the commercial street for several days.
As long as the commercial street follows its original policy, there will be no problem.
With Zhang San under control, the direction will not go wrong. Zhang San is not Ji Rufeng or the others and will not change Fang Yuan's policy without authorization.
"The maid next to me now manages a tea shop in the commercial street."
"She complained to me, saying that those customers were very picky and had all kinds of nitpicks, and many of them returned the products after they left the house. If they were not satisfied at all, they would go to the complaint service platform."
"Many merchants are now complaining that if things continue like this, they will no longer have to open their doors for business and the pressure will be too great."
Du Miaoyan said.
At this time, she had already made tea, poured it for Fang Yuan, and then looked at Fang Yuan.
"I don't know about this."
"Has your tea shop made any money in the past two days?"
Fang Yuan drank tea and said calmly.
He didn't know about this, Zhang San never mentioned it to him.
"Hmm... I seem to be making quite 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 being under great pressure, she would also mention that she had made a lot of money.
"Then it's okay, don't worry about it."
Fang Yuan shook his head and smiled.
Things were as he expected.
“If you don’t worry about merchant dissatisfaction, are you really not going to open?”
Du Miaoyan asked curiously.
Seeing that Fang Yuan seemed to have expected it, she was very curious.
"As long as it's really profitable, they won't stop opening it."
"If they don't open it, I won't worry about no merchants joining."
"To make money, you should feel a little wronged. They are just complaining, and they will start business while complaining."
Fang Yuan chuckled.
There is no way to make money without hard work.
Now it is not their aristocratic family that makes the decision, it is me, the governor, who makes the decision.
If you want to make money, then swallow this grievance well, otherwise someone will take their place.
"That's true."
"Fang Yuan, why do I think you don't take those merchants into consideration, but only care about the common people?"
Du Miaoyan pondered for a moment and figured this out.
As long as there is money to be made, there will always be someone to make it.
At first, she considered the issue from the perspective of a merchant, but not a merchant, but a merchant.
He thought that if the customers were unruly and picky, and Fang Yuan favored the common people, the merchants would be dissatisfied and actually close their doors.
Considering the point of making money, Du Miaoyan understood the reason.
But there is something unclear to her. It seems that Fang Yuan is really biased and is completely on the side of the people. It is one thing not to be a merchant.
"I'm telling you this, but don't tell anyone else."
"For officials, some rely on the local aristocratic families to gain a foothold and feed the common people, while others rely on the local people to survive and fight against the aristocratic families."
"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 family will also follow my policies."
Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, looked at Du Miaoyan, and said in a deep voice.
This is Fang Yuan’s way of being an official, the way of being an official without backing officials.
Whether in Wuling County or Liaozhou, Fang Yuan has never thought about relying on any aristocratic family to gain a foothold.
Instead, we launch policies that benefit the people one after another, gain more supporters, and then... a family of fish and meat.
"Fang Yuan, your road is not easy."
"But if you succeed, no one will be able to shake you."
Du Miaoyan couldn't calm down for a long time.
I was moved and shocked at the same time.
What was touching was that Fang Yuan was willing to tell him these words.
What was shocking was Fang Yuan's thoughts, which were undoubtedly brazen to the world.
When the Sui Dynasty fell, not only was Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty his own fault, but it also affected the interests of the world's aristocratic families.
This is how the Tang Dynasty came to be, and Fang Yuan's thoughts are obviously somewhat in line with those of the world's noble families.
“I don’t really care about success or failure.”
"The important thing is to follow your heart."
Fang Yuan smiled and said.
The road ahead is vast, so follow your heart and your life will not be wasted.
"I support you!"
Du Miaoyan nodded heavily.
At this moment, Du Miaoyan was very lucky to listen to Du Ruhui's words and get to know Fang Yuan.
She didn't want to get married before, nor did she want to have a husband and raise children, but the tide of the times is destined not to be willful.
Now, she has changed her mind because some people are worthy of her love.