Huayuan County is different from Sanshui County. At this time, the wheat is being harvested and the winter wheat has grown. The work on the mountain has not yet been completed, and the same is true for road construction.
Most people with land in their homes had to go back to harvest, but the work in the county could not be done without people. Zhang Zhong originally wanted the yamen of Sanshui County to issue a notice asking the okay people in Sanshui County to come and work.
As a result, Zhang Xiaobao stopped him. Zhang Xiaobao didn't think that calling the people in Sanshui County to work better than other counties. Huayuan County's work at this time belongs to infrastructure construction and cannot directly generate economic benefits.
The people of Sanshui County come to work, no matter how they eat and drink, the money they spend is not as much as the wages paid. It is not a form of domestic sales in the county to stimulate the economy, and the people in Sanshui County make money for nothing. People in Sanshui County will not come to live in Huayuan County. Sanshui is better than Huayuan now.
It is good for the people of Sanshui County, but the promotion of Huayuan County has been slow. Zhang Xiaobao asked his father to find someone to promote in other counties, saying that Huayuan County lacks people to work, and there are places, such as Henan Road. , They harvested the wheat early, and they were replanting other things. There should be people who are free.
In the surrounding county towns, there are also people who are idle. Call them over and let them build. During the construction process, they keep telling them how well the Huayuan County will be after they are built. You can earn money by living here. How much money.
Waiting for them to complete the construction, there will naturally be some people who like Huayuan County and are willing to stay and live, especially some handicraftsmen who have no land. It is easy for them to go to a place.
Since it is close to the capital, there is coal, and the transportation is convenient, Huayuan County should not become an agricultural county, but should exist as a processing auxiliary place.
Zhang Zhong heard his son’s words and felt that it made sense. On the same day, he sent people to the surrounding places to publicize. At this time, there were already 500 people from the surrounding counties, and some even dragged their families to come to prepare. Lived in Huayuan County.
Zhang Zhong divided the incoming people into two groups. One group went to repair the roads near the pier and the other group repaired the mountains. When the outsiders arrived in the county, the demand for some of them increased, even if these people were not so wealthy. He has little money, but after all he is consuming, Zhang Zhong settles his wages once a day.
In addition to the consumption driven by these people, there are also merchants who want to do business here. When they sell goods, they need transportation, food and drink, and a shop.
They are also a part of the consumer group. When they brought taxes to the county, they also stimulated the demand for some materials in Huayuan County.
The intermediary on the wharf integrated the things from Xiao Luoshui. Some merchants who had shipped the goods felt that it was not economical to continue forward. It just so happened that Huayuan County also needed things, so they delivered the goods directly from the wharf to the county.
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There were more people in Huayuan County for a while, and it seemed to be more prosperous.
The public security here is not like Sanshui County. There are always people who want to do something, are caught, locked up, and then released again to help repair roads elsewhere, but they still don’t pay.
It is not easy for Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to take a stroll on the street now. The family is afraid of chaos on the street. They have an accident. Now the two families have moved to live behind the Yamen.
Fortunately, there are many courtyards, and there are still some people left in Sanshui County, otherwise they really can't hold them.
Today Zhang Zhong wants to go out and have a look. In the morning, apart from some official business, he also closed two cases. In the afternoon, there were basically no major incidents. If some people died or were in a hurry, they would be suppressed until tomorrow.
Zhang Zhong went out with his guards, and the government officials. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan found an opportunity to come out with Zhang Zhong. There are so many people protected, so don't worry.
The yakuza was on the periphery, and the guards were in front of them. Some new faces appeared in the yakuza. Since Huayuan County got 80,000 yuan of money, it recruited more than two hundred yakuzas at one time. They were reconciled with the original ones, just a few of them. There are 300 people, and some horses have been bought one after another, and half of them can ride on patrols.
As for the lack of horses, they are also newly recruited servants. They can't be idle. Except for shift inspections in the county town, they have to train on the playground opened separately by the Yamen.
At this time, the one who was walking on the outermost side was newly recruited. Looking around with a pair of eyes vigilantly, it seemed that everyone might harm the county magistrate. As long as you look at it, it is clear that he is new and old talents are not. It will be so obvious.
"Xiaobao, the winter wheat in Huayuan County has been harvested this time, so do you continue to plant it as before?" Wang Juan felt the changes in the county and asked Zhang Xiaobao, who was absent-minded next to him.
Zhang Xiaobao now has too many things to consider, including what Wang Juan said about planting things. When Wang Juan touched him, he raised his head and said after thinking about it carefully:
"Grow vegetables. Vegetables are not valuable elsewhere. They can still be sold at a high price in the capital. Grow some late cucumbers, late eggplants and other vegetables, as well as many kinds of radishes. You can't always count on the way to grow vegetables that winter."
Wang Juan thought about it carefully and agreed with this matter. The capital is close to here and the population is large. There are not a few dishes that are consumed every day. It will be slow to come back from the capital against the current. It will be faster to pull the dishes in the past. Don’t worry about the dishes being not fresh, no. Good dishes can also be fed to pigs and chickens.
"Alright, then you have to post a notice quickly, or they will plant something else on their own."
After talking about this, the two of them continued to walk, and Wang Juan asked again: "They haven't done anything yet. We can't do it like this, right? There are thousands of thieves, but there is no reason for a thousand days to guard against thieves."
"No, you have to wait. I have already sent a letter of approval to see what they will do. If you really live in the first house in Linshui for two days, let someone go over and talk to them first. Cooperate, if you can, sign the paperwork and tell some of the details. If you don’t want to sign the paperwork first, just tell them the details we have prepared and let them play."
Zhang Xiaobao doesn't seem to care much about the things over there, he usually does the same for the arranged things.
Wang Juan pursed her mouth and smiled. She hoped that those people would not agree to sign the paperwork first. They must be trying to trick the details into their hands and do it by themselves, and then see what they would look like with the details, she herself I've also seen that if she hadn't had some experience in this area, she would have been deceived, Zhang Xiaobao, too bad.
The two people spoke in a low voice, and there were so many people in the county town that they were noisy, and others could not hear. Only Zhang Xiu looked at the two children and said there, knowing that what was said was nothing trivial. The son's little hand said to the two people:
"After next year, we will have to repair the shops on both sides of the county seat. Some of the shops are old and can be blown down with a little wind. Tell me, how should we repair them?"
"Pedestrian street." Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan thought of this at the same time. Now there are people driving and riding horses on the street. It is too dangerous and the smell is unpleasant. In the future, let them take other roads. This is for people to stroll around. , Especially Zhang Xiaobao still wants to open a small supermarket here. As soon as people walk in, they will have a certain desire to buy.
In response to his father's puzzled eyes, Zhang Xiaobao said: "It's just a place where you don't have to go around, in case any one gets hit by any chance."
"Oh... it's okay." Zhang Zhong knew that his son could not say more at this time. He had to go home and ask about his future arrangements. Now it is clear that he will not go in a rush.
A group of people kept walking under their feet, and Zhang Xiaobao suddenly said, "It's better to go back and write a letter to the people on the boat. Give them another chance and let them take the initiative, um, just do it."
Only Wang Juan heard this. He cooperated with him and said he was going back. When Zhang Zhong was puzzled, he saw his son winking his eyes. He didn't hesitate at the moment, and he turned around and brought people back to the Yamen.
After saying a few words with his son, a letter was written out and asked to send it to Xiaoluoshui Wharf quickly.
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When Xingyue rose, the boat crew also came to the first Linshui house. Seeing the prosperous place here, the anger rose in their hearts again. The more prosperous the place, the more business they can grab.
The group of people went up to the third floor of the restaurant, chose the room that happened to be able to clearly see the pier and the shop on the shore, ordered a table of dishes, watched and ate, watched more often, spent more time in a daze, and while eating But few, and occasionally a toast with a sip of wine, basically there is nothing to say.
This kind of dull atmosphere, when Zishi came, Guo Ren finally couldn't bear it, the pier below actually set up lanterns, and there were still boats docking from time to time, and people coming and going on it, which was familiar to them. For people, it's money.
"Brother Weitong, hurry up and think of something. Last year, there was no connection with Beijing. We can bear it. Now you see, it's still so busy in the middle of the night. How much money did we make less?"
However, Guo Ren was angry. He threw his chopsticks on the table and stopped eating. He sat there and looked down, his expression also changed.
Everyone was thinking about it just now, but no one said it. Now that Guo Ren mentioned it, they were all there to give their ideas. After everyone thought about it, they found it inappropriate, and then it was not appropriate to say another one.
When the words were almost the same, everyone was helpless and had no choice but to look at Mi Fan, where he had many ideas.
Mi Fan is also worried now. He doesn't know how to deal with the Zhang Family. He doesn't even think about using force. It's useless to use official people.
When I was feeling sad, the door was knocked open by the guy. After entering, he said respectfully: "Everyone, the Zhang family sent you a letter. I wonder if you are willing to answer it?"
Everyone was stunned. They had just given a letter during the day, and now I have another one. Are you regretting what happened during the day
"Take me a look." Guo Ren stretched out his hand.
"Give it to me." When the buddy got closer, Mi Fan took it, opened the letter, and suddenly laughed.
Waiting for the buddy to leave, then he said to everyone: "There is a way. The Zhang family still wants to cooperate with us elsewhere, but they have written the most important things, hahahaha."