Chapter 95 The far-sighted magistrate of Yushe County
Chapter 095: The far-sighted magistrate of Yushe County
Next, Fang Yuan chatted with Du Miaoyan.
After about a stick of incense, Du Miaoyan felt that it was time to leave.
She remembered that Fang Yuan was busy when she came here just now, and said that it was the end of the year and he was very busy at work.
He was about to stand up and say goodbye to Fang Yuan, but at this moment, the gatekeeper state official came to report.
"Zun Zhou, the Xue family siblings are here."
"She said that if you don't let her in, she will ask her brother to force his way in."
The state officials guarding the gate chatted and reported.
When ordinary people arrive, they will not report it.
Not everyone who wants to see the governor will inform them.
But Xue Bowu and the others had seen it that day and it was difficult to stop them.
Either send out a large number of manpower, or don't block the opponent.
Therefore, the gatekeeper state officials could only come to report and wait for Fang Yuan’s instructions.
"Let them in."
Fang Yuan frowned slightly.
He didn't know what the Xue siblings wanted from him.
But it is true that Xue Bowu is not easy to stop. If a large number of state officials are used to stop a young man, it will damage the prestige of the governor's office.
"How about I leave first?"
Du Miaoyan asked tentatively.
She was just thinking that she should leave so as not to disturb Fang Yuan's work.
But with the arrival of the Xue family siblings, she was worried that Xue Bowu would hurt Fang Yuan, so she didn't want to leave.
But I don’t know if Fang Yuan needs her to stay, so I tentatively asked Fang Yuan about your attitude.
"No, you stay first."
"I may need you to block it."
Fang Yuan said with a smile.
I always feel that these siblings are not doing well.
With Du Miaoyan here, you can be safer.
"Okay."
Du Miaoyan chuckled.
Soon, sister and brother Xue Jiaoyan came in.
"Fang Yuan, please pay me back!"
As soon as Xue Jiaoyan walked in, she was like an abandoned and resentful woman.
Her face was red, her nose was red and running, and her eyes were red.
Xue Bowu followed behind. In contrast to Xue Jiaoyan's state, her face was as white as a piece of white paper.
Both siblings are wearing thick clothes, like making rice dumplings, which makes people feel weird.
"Do I owe you money?"
Fang Yuan frowned slightly and said in confusion.
He didn't remember owing any money to the Xue siblings.
It should be said that Fang Yuan does not owe anyone any money.
On the contrary, many people owe him money and have not yet paid it off.
"You bought me Wu Dongshan for 10 copper coins. Now you can earn not only 10 copper coins, but 100 copper coins."
"You pay me back the money, or you give me back Wu Dongshan."
Xue Jiaoyan walked to Fang Yuan's side and sat down, extending her hand to Fang Yuan.
Her hands were small and thin, with a feeling of skin and bones, and were sallow and bloodless.
"You're funny."
"Wu Dongshan is a waste in your hands, but a treasure in my hands."
"I turn waste into treasure and I owe you money. What's the truth?"
Fang Yuan understood and couldn't help but laugh.
Du Miaoyan on the side couldn't help but be amused by Xue Jiaoyan.
Once the purchase has been made, there is no point in adding money or returning the items afterwards.
"I don't want you to pay back everything."
"Just give me part of it."
"50%? 40%? 30%! No more, at least 20%!"
Xue Jiaoyan looked at Fang Yuan, stretched out five fingers and said.
But Fang Yuan ignored her with a sullen expression. She changed to four fingers, then three fingers, and finally two fingers.
"One percent!"
"No more!"
Xue Jiaoyan's eyes widened, her face turned red and she shouted.
It may be because of excitement that the nose water flows down to the lips.
She didn't feel any embarrassment or shyness and just wiped it off with the sleeve of her other hand, cleanly.
Fang Yuan's performance was mediocre and he didn't have any emotions.
Du Miaoyan frowned subconsciously, showing an expression of disgust.
"Fang Yuan, don't go too far!"
Xue Jiaoyan stood up in anger.
Put one hand on your hips and raise your finger to Fang Yuan with the other hand.
It’s the little finger that just changed from five fingers to one. It looks funny.
"Don't go too far."
Fang Yuan shook his head and said expressionlessly.
"Fang Yuan, I beg you to return some of my money."
"I have no money to survive, and I have to take care of a younger brother. It's so miserable, woo woo woo..."
Xue Jiaoyan suddenly changed her expression.
Kneel down on the ground and hug Fang Yuan's thigh.
He looked at Fang Yuan pitifully, with snot and tears running down his face.
"Xue Jiaoyan, what are you doing? Get up quickly!"
Fang Yuan was shocked.
He quickly stood up and helped Xue Jiaoyan up.
Thinking about Zheng Jiu's report again, I feel a little unbearable.
"Whether you give it to me or not, if you don't give it to me, I will..."
Xue Jiaoyan said with a blushing face.
Her breathing was short and heavy, as if she was angry.
"What about you?"
Fang Yuan frowned.
His eyes swept across Xue Bowu.
Apart from letting her brother, who is born with brute strength, take action, Fang Yuan felt that there was nothing she could do.
What surprised Fang Yuan was that Xue Bowu had been drinking tea since he sat down, one cup after another.
I heard from their housekeeper that Xue Bowu was poisoned. Isn't it aggravating the brain disease?
"I'm too lazy to have sex with you."
"Take your brother and eat yours, wear yours, and use yours!"
Xue Jiaoyan said loudly.
He looks to see if you are scared or not.
"Um..."
Fang Yuan was stunned.
I didn’t react a bit.
The result was much different from what he imagined.
If you are too lazy to fall in love with him, what are you doing with your younger brother?
"Miss Xue, please don't mess around here."
"Fang Yuan won't argue with you, but please understand, this is the Governor's Mansion."
Du Miaoyan said solemnly.
I am disgusted with Xue Jiaoyan’s behavior.
That is to say, Fang Yuan is kind and does not care about their siblings.
If it were placed on any official of the same status, the two siblings would definitely be beaten up and dared to go out at this time.
However, Du Miaoyan did not consider that the Xue Jiaoyan siblings were from the Xue family in Fenyin, otherwise she would not have felt this way.
The Xue family of Fenyin is one of the three tribes in Hedong, Hedong. Its history is not as long as that of the Wenxi Pei family and the Liu family of Xie County. It belongs to the kind of people who come from behind.
The main reason is because the Xue family of Fenyin worships martial arts, and almost everyone in the clan practices martial arts. They are famous for their martial arts, so they are called the Hedong three clans together with the other two clans.
"Who are you?"
"I'm not talking to you."
"What does it have to do with me talking to you, Fang Yuan?"
Xue Jiaoyan looked at Du Miaoyan and said angrily.
"Who I am has nothing to do with you."
"But I warn you not to push yourself too far."
Du Miaoyan snorted coldly.
She couldn't stand it and didn't want to see someone pestering Fang Yuan.
She even brought her younger brother to pester Fang Yuan for food and shelter. Why is she so shameless?
"Luanluanluo, I won't talk to you."
"Fang Yuan, are you willing to pay me back?"
Xue Jiaoyan made faces and stuck out her tongue at Du Miaoyan.
Then he looked at Fang Yuan, his expression seemed to be pleading and angry.
"Impossible."
Fang Yuan only has three characters.
Although he sympathizes with the situation of the siblings.
But it is impossible to pay back the money or pay back the mountain or something.
Some examples cannot be opened, no matter who the other party is.
"You, wait for me!"
"I'll steal all your coal!"
Xue Jiaoyan was so angry that she stamped her feet and left angrily.
When Xue Bowu saw this, he quickly put down his tea cup and followed without saying anything.
"You're such a dead person, you can't help me speak?"
Xue Jiaoyan cursed as she walked.
"I'm hungry."
Xue Bowu spoke aggrievedly.
As soon as he woke up from a coma, he was pulled over.
I haven’t eaten anything for several days, and now I feel weak even when I walk.
"Hungry, hungry, hungry, I only know that I am hungry."
"Do you know that your family has been depleted by you..."
Xue Jiaoyan cursed and left.
Fang Yuan and the other two people in the Governor's Mansion did not hear what he said in the end.
"These siblings are annoying!"
Du Miaoyan expresses her thoughts.
"They're just a couple of poor people."
"Although the behavior is unpleasant, it is actually not too inappropriate."
Fang Yuan shook his head and said.
Although there are many things about the Xue siblings that make people unhappy, they actually haven’t done anything extraordinary.
For example, this time, it is actually the same as normal people. It is understandable that they just want to get more money after losing money on selling something.
And the key is to show off her temper and not ask her brute force brother to take action during the whole process. There are many differences in nature between the two.
Immediately, Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan talked about the life experiences of the Xue family siblings.
"So that's how it is."
Du Miaoyan sighed.
My dislike for Xue Jiaoyan has faded a lot.
I have been without a father or a mother since I was a child, and my younger brother is mentally ill, making him a very miserable person.
Later, Du Miaoyan left.
Fang Yuan continued to return to the desk to handle government affairs.
When I was looking through the official documents, I saw a request from Yushe County.
Yushe County Magistrate Zhou Kaile wrote a letter requesting the state government to build a cement road to Liaozhou City in Yushe County.
After reading Zhou Kaile's official document, Fang Yuan nodded subconsciously, feeling that Zhou Kaile had far-sightedness and knew how to strengthen the connection between states and counties.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a superior-subordinate relationship between the state government and the county government, but the county government generally did not like to have too close contact with the state government and did not want to be too controlled.
"Inform Zhou Kaile that I want to discuss the cement road with him."
Fang Yuan called the state officials to give instructions.
Among the three counties in Liaozhou, Pingcheng County is the farthest from Liaozhou City, followed by Yushe County, and Liaoshan County is right next to it.
In the afternoon, Yushe County Magistrate Zhou Kaile arrived, and his hands were not empty, bringing Yushe County's specialties.
"I am lowered to the post of official Zhou Kaile to pay my respects to the Governor."
Zhou Kaile saluted respectfully.
This is a middle-aged man who is seven or eight years older than Fang Yuan.
He is a handsome man with a handsome appearance and a slender figure.
"Sit."
Fang Yuan said calmly.
He looks good and has a good skin.
No wonder he can be the son-in-law of the Wang family in Liaoshan.
"Thank you, Lord Governor."
Zhou Kaile salutes again.
He glanced at the scene and went to sit down at the tea place.
In the lobby of the state capital, the seating area has been moved to a few inches away.
Fang Yuan read the official document in his hand and waited for a moment before sitting down opposite Zhou Kaile.
"I heard that you want to build a cement road, tell me what you think."
Fang Yuan said calmly.
Zhou Kaile has stated it in the official document.
But Fang Yuan took a quick look at his official document without looking at it in detail.
This is also one of the reasons why the county government is reluctant to get close to the state government. No matter how detailed the official document is, it has to be repeated after meeting the governor.
Moreover, the content in the official document must be detailed, otherwise after the governor listens to the retelling, he will say something different from the content in the official document, and then things may go wrong.
"Lord Governor, you once said that in order to get rich, you must first build roads. I deeply admire this."
"Xiaoguan once saw a remote village. The opening of a small mountain road made the people in the village a lot richer."
"Now that there is such a big cement road, not to mention the people from the three counties of Liaozhou who are slowly developing towards Liaozhou City, even people from outside will be attracted to it."
Zhou Kaile said flatteringly.
Seeing Fang Yuan preparing to make tea, he quickly took over.
Tea may not be popularized in Chang'an City yet, but it has become popular in Liaozhou.
Because the headquarters of the tea shop is in Liaozhou City, and other places ship goods from Liaozhou City.
Therefore, people in one city and three counties in Liaozhou now know about the new tea, and many people have begun to drink tea, including Zhou Kaile.
"You're right, keep talking."
Fang Yuan nodded.
Fang Yuan said at the development meeting that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads.
Nowadays, with the opening of the commercial street in the north of the city, people in Liaoshan County come here to go to the market.
According to statistics from Sihu, there are also people from Yushe County here, and there are quite a lot of them. I heard that they first passed through Liaoshan and then arrived on the cement road.
Horses in this era were very precious, and ordinary people did not have them. When traveling far away, they needed to use oxcarts. Almost every village had an oxcart business. You could pay some money and go back and forth at the same time.
"There are also many vendors in Yushe County. If a cement road can be opened between Yushe County and Liaozhou City, they will go back and forth more frequently. It will be much more convenient to transport goods, move people around, etc."
"Xiaoguan also learned that the governor is mining coal in Wudong Mountain. If a cement road can appear, it will definitely be much more convenient to transport the coal back to Liaozhou City."
"Therefore, I ask the governor to build roads in Yushe County. All the tens of thousands of people in Yushe County will be grateful to the governor!"
Zhou Kaile poured tea for Fang Yuan and said with a flattering tone.
He has a deep sympathy with the role of roads. The remote village he just mentioned is actually the place where he was born.
Just because he opened a small road and cut down the trees on both sides of the road, he has the status he has today.
If Yushe County can open a cement road to Liaozhou City, he believes that Yushe County's political performance will be greatly improved, which will be of great benefit to him.
"You are right. I have no reason to reject your request."
Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and said slowly.
Zhou Kaile looked happy and wanted to thank Fang Yuan.
He didn't expect Fang Yuan to be so straightforward and agreed directly.
But it was obvious that Fang Yuan hadn't finished speaking yet and he was happy too early.
"But there's one thing you don't understand clearly."
"Cement is needed to build cement roads, and cement comes from cement factories."
"I can agree to build roads in Yushe County, but I cannot build roads for Yushe County."
Fang Yuan tasted tea and said calmly.
"What do you mean, Lord Governor?"
The joy on Zhou Kaile's face froze and he asked uncertainly.
In fact, he already had a guess and just wanted to confirm it.
"That is, I can allow Yushe County to build roads."
"But the cement money, labor costs, etc. involved are provided by Yushe County."
Fang Yuan said calmly.
He is very satisfied with Zhou Kaile's vision.
But it is impossible for him to build roads for Yushe County.
There are more than 1,600 mouths in the cement factory, and Fang Yuan is currently raising them all.
Two months' salary has already been paid to build the cement road in Liaozhou City, so it is impossible to do public welfare for other counties.
"The governor is right."
"How much does it cost to build a road from Yushe County to Liaozhou City?"
Zhou Kaile's mouth twitched and he asked sarcastically.
He made a mistake. He didn't expect to collect money.
After all, the cement factory belongs to Fang Yuan, and Fang Yuan is the governor of Liaozhou.
Yushe County is part of Liaozhou, and the governor should be cleaning up the roads in the subordinate counties.
But Fang Yuan meant to collect money, so it was impossible for him to refute, or even say on the spot that he would not build the road.
"Probably a few hundred to a thousand dollars."
"The cement plant does not belong to me. If you want to build a road, I will introduce someone to you."
Fang Yuan was unsure.
I really don’t know how much it costs to build a road.
The current situation in cement factories is that the raw materials are excavated by cement factory workers, and the roads are also paved by cement factory workers.
The whole process of building a cement road is done by workers in the cement factory. Fang Yuan only needs to provide them with monthly salary.
Now that we are accepting orders for outside projects, we have to reconsider the price, but this is not Fang Yuan’s job. Let it be left to deputy factory director Liu Chengan or Hong Xu Qinggao and the others to calculate.
"I understand. Thank you, Lord Governor, for your guidance."
"The lower official has to first confirm whether there is so much finance before deciding whether to build the road or not. Please wait for a day or two, Lord Governor."
Zhou Kaile pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.
A few hundred to a thousand guan is fine and acceptable.
But Yushe County definitely does not have such a large financial expenditure.
Moreover, taxes will have to be paid to the state government soon, and it is even more impossible to spend money casually.
Therefore, Zhou Kaile's idea was to ask his wife's family for the money.
After all, I happened to be in Liaozhou City, so I still had to visit my father-in-law.
"Yes."
Fang Yuan nodded.
I have no opinion on this.
"Then I will resign first!"
Zhou Kaile stood up and saluted Fang Yuan.
After Fang Yuan nodded, he left the Governor's Mansion.
After leaving the Governor's Mansion, Zhou Kaile shivered a few times from the cold.
Only then did he realize that his hands were empty and all the gifts he had brought were left at the Governor's Mansion.
Originally, he planned to give Fang Yuan one share and his father-in-law's share, but now... Zhou Kaile sighed and could only go to the Wang Family in Liaoshan empty-handed.