Zhou Lijun thought about the income, raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, fifth uncle, you earned more than 10,000 yuan in one day."
Old Zhou Tou, who was standing at the door, opened his mouth slightly and was speechless for a while.
At this moment, he finally stopped saying that Zhou Wulang didn't cook at home.
After pondering for a while, he looked at the pile of money on the ground and asked, "How much do you have to pay to Gongzhong?"
Before Zhou Wulang could speak, Zhou Lijun dialed the abacus again, and said, "Twenty-nine thousand five hundred and forty-nine coins."
Old Zhou Tou immediately said: "Okay, count it out and bring it back to me."
Friday Lang: ...
He hasn't warmed up these copper coins yet.
He quickly asked Zhou Lijun, "Then how much do I have left?"
Zhou Lijun said: "Forty-four thousand three hundred and twenty-three."
That's a lot, Lang Le squinted his eyes on Friday, and then called Zhou Lizhong to help count the money.
The old man was still standing aside and staring.
Qian asked, "How did you earn so much? You didn't cheat the second young master, did you?"
Both Qian and Lao Zhou are used to calling Bai Erlang the second young master even now.
Wu Wulang immediately said: "I didn't cheat him, I asked. If there are good people donating such a long distance, it will cost about 250,000 yuan, and I have even less."
So at first he wasn't sure whether he was making a profit or a loss.
But he had thought it over, it would be good if he made a profit, and it would be okay if he lost, anyway, Bai Erlang was his own family anyway, and most of this road was originally built for Man Bao and Bai Er's family.
Zhou Dalang was dumbfounded, "Why is there such a difference?"
Fifty thousand is not a lot.
There are only two cases of road construction at present, one is that the county government expropriates Ding to build roads, in fact, most of them are like this;
Another kind is that good people donate roads and use the money to build roads and bridges. This is a great merit, which is more remembered than donating sesame oil money to temples and performing rituals in Taoist temples.
It is usually the local squires who do this.
For example, Mr. Bai, building a road can make people remember it for twenty years, and if the road is well built, it can be remembered for a hundred years.
Wu Wulang said: "Benevolent people have to greet the county government to donate roads, and sometimes even subordinate officials have to go down to supervise, and the cost of coming and going will be huge."
It was also because he knew these tricks that Zhou Wulang directly cut off 50,000 from the 250,000 he found out, because he didn't need to make connections, and he didn't need to greet the county government.
Not to mention the signboard of Princess Mingda, even if his sister Zhou Man's name is used, the general county government will not embarrass him.
So he didn't give money.
Old Zhou thought for a while, feeling very regretful, "It's a pity that the job of building roads is not easy to take over. The general county government directly conscripts Ding Gan, otherwise they will hire people to build roads like a princess, then you don't know how much money you can make. Woolen cloth."
Wu Wulang also felt sorry, this was equivalent to a one-shot deal.
But it doesn't matter, Man Bao said that there are many things that are lacking at the moment, but the most lacking is people. As long as there are people in hand, it is very easy to make money. He first wins over those people, and it will be easy to make money in the future.
Everyone gave old Zhou the money they shared and moved them to his house, and then they began to think about what to have for dinner.
It happened that Man Bao and the others came back from the Yamen, and when they heard it, they said: "Let's eat together, there are vegetables in the kitchen, let Aunt Rong and the others prepare them quickly."
When Master Bai saw it, he didn't want to eat it by himself, so he brought the food over to eat together, and everyone talked while eating.
Mr. Zhuang asked Bai Dalang, "Is there any clue about the selection of officials?"
Everyone looked at Bai Dalang together.
Bai Dalang said: "When I went again today, I happened to see that there was a vacancy in Tongbai County, Tangzhou. I had already applied for it, but there were quite a few vacancies. I heard from a clerk in the Ministry of Officials that the vacancies included me. There are six of them."
That's a lot.
There are actually a lot of vacancies this year, but there are not many vacancies in Beijing, mostly local vacancies, and vacancies in the military.
In fact, regardless of whether it is Jinshi or Mingjing, vacancies in the three directions can apply.
At present, we don't despise literature or military, so there are many people in the army who are both civil and military. Among the nobles of the older generation, there are quite a few people who are both civilized and military. The founding of the country can guarantee such quality, let alone the current one.
In fact, reading and literacy will promote you faster in the army. If you have a Mingjing or Jinshi background, you will be more favored. After all, you have read military books anyway, and you are better than a vulgar person who relies solely on groping and talent
It's a pity that Bai Dalang has no military talent, so even though there are many positions in the army in Beijing, he didn't think about applying for them.
After finding that he couldn't apply for the position in Beijing several times, he vaguely guessed something, so he began to look outside.
After dinner, they changed to another place to continue discussing the matter.
Bai Shandao: "Tangzhou is not far from the capital, and it is in the Central Plains. The location is good. I don't know the actual situation in Tongbai County. Why is this vacancy?"
"I heard that the county magistrate passed away due to an illness, so I just reported it. I just arrived in the capital in the past two days, so it's a new vacancy."
It was also during this time that he went to the official department every day, and because of the relationship between Bai Erlang Bai Shan and Zhou Man, the officials in the official department took good care of him, so he was notified whenever there was a vacancy, and he immediately wrote the application form.
But there are quite a few people who have the same relationship as him, so some people applied for this position just like him.
Mr. Zhuang said: "Tongbai is the source of the Huaihe River. As far as I know, there are dense water networks. There are east and west terrains. The west is plains and the east is hills, but they are not high. It is a good place."
When being a county magistrate, the most important thing to look at is the terrain. If the land has water, then the economy will develop easily and the population will increase easily. If you have these two, you can focus on education.
The performance of an official depends on the proportion of taxation, population growth and education.
What is the proportion of enlightenment
First look at the number of Zhongming Jing and Jinshi, and second look at the number of people who are receiving education in the county.
As soon as Master Bai heard that it was a good place, he immediately said to Bai Dalang: "You run around the official department more, and you must run to fill this vacancy."
He worriedly said: "It's been half a month since the official examination, and the good vacancies are almost being picked out. If you don't make a decision, the rest will be poor villages."
Bai Shan also nodded, "Big cousin, let's settle this vacancy."
Bai Dalang smiled wryly, "I'm not the only one who has the final say."
Master Bai looked at Mr. Zhuang and the others, and wanted to talk to Erlang, but he thought that it was not good for the son-in-law to meddle too much in these government affairs, and this year Erlang was also among the candidates for Hou Que.
Mr. Zhuang and others naturally thought of this, and he said: "This matter can't be done for nothing, let alone whether he can do it well, but it is fine. As a son-in-law, if he interferes in the selection of officials like this, His Majesty will be fine." If you don't have an attack, you won't be very happy."
Mr. Zhuang looked at Man Bao.
Man Bao nodded and said, "I'll meet Li Shangshu by chance tomorrow and talk to him."