"This year is okay in the county. In winter, it is counted by the village. Every village has a boiler room, and every family uses heating. If there are villages with a small population, let them move out and rebuild large houses outside.
The selling of off-season vegetables in winter is not as good as before. The main reason is that more and more people will grow them now. The big taxpayer is still the wharf. The river channel has been expanded to both sides, and the shrimp and fish fry specially found are placed in it. Raising, I get stuck in the net every time I go up a section of the road. I started raising the net last year, and this year will be rewarding.
Two pavilions were crushed by heavy snow before the New Year. The person in charge of the maintenance has been arrested so that they will not be crushed to death. This matter will not be tolerated. The day before yesterday, it was restored to fresh milk. The roast chicken and duck sold in your village have become the signature of this county, and you did not pay less tax last year.
Last year’s snow was heavy, and this year’s civilisation is expected to have some impact. I am worried that water will be washed ashore at the turning point of the river, and decent people will reinforce it. …"
The county magistrate Lu followed Zhang Xiaobao, and he reported to Zhang Xiaobao about the work in the county. Zhang Xiaobao occasionally asked a few words on a skip.
A group of people who accompanied the Turks listened and watched, surprised and envious. Que Teqin had heard Mo Jilian’s introduction to Sanshui County. At that time, it was almost unreliable, and it was really amazing. How can there be a county’s development? Can it be compared to the previous state
Now that I have heard and witnessed it, I know that Mo Jilian still doesn’t say much. I am even more envious of the detailed data introduction of the county magistrate. If there is such a capable person in my own clan, why should I be caught by Thangka in the past few years? So die
Zhang Xiaobao was quite satisfied, and he also praised the county magistrate Lu with two sentences, which is considered to have recognized his position as the county magistrate, otherwise he would immediately win with one sentence.
Xiaobei also served as the county magistrate, and was in the same company with the county magistrate Lu, and nodded and said: "The magistrate Lu has worked hard. It is better than when I was in Jian'an County."
"Don't dare to be, but don't dare to be, it's all supported by the people in the county. Whenever the county makes a decision that is good for the county, a small number of people would rather suffer a loss by themselves, and resolutely support it.
For example, last autumn there was a shortage of medicinal materials, and I was planning to choose a fertile place in the county to grow medicine. At that time, I chose Lianghetan Village. There used to be two rivers and the ground was strong. This discussion just came out. The whole village was 115. There were 720 people in the household, and there was no more complaint. They moved from the village within three days. Without their efforts, there would be no today in Sanshui County. "
The county magistrate Lu was humble and humble, even though Xiaobei was young, he did not dare to look down upon him.
"How about water transportation?" Zhang Xiaobao asked casually.
"It's almost the same as before, except that there are fewer boxed lunches sold on both sides of the strait. Since we have canned food, many outsiders don’t like to eat boxed lunches in the county’s style. Expand it a little bit so that everyone can find their favorite food."
The county magistrate Lu answered without hesitation.
"What about salt and oil?" Zhang Xiaobao was not as surprised as the people like Mo Jilian and others who were as surprised by the fact that Majesty Lu was familiar with things in this county. For him, he knew that these things were normal, but he didn't know it. The county magistrate must have the ability to re-export and ask about the necessities of life.
"The price of salt has dropped slightly. The main reason is that there are more places for drying salt, and the manufacture of boats is more advanced. The profit of selling salt remains the same. The price of rapeseed oil increased slightly.
One is that more livestock are raised, and so does meat oil, which makes local people prefer to eat meat oil. The other is that places south of the Yellow River like to eat vegetable oil. Most of it is transported and sold there, and taxation increases. "
"It’s better to eat vegetarian oil as much as possible and write a notice later, saying that eating too much meat oil is not good for your health. The price is kept down."
Zhang Xiaobao is afraid that more people eat meat oil and people with cardiovascular disease will follow suit. He wants to raise it in the county, and he is worried that because of his own words, there will be more market for vegetarian oil and the price will be pushed to a higher position. roundabout.
The county magistrate Lu nodded, "Okay, I'll take it down, and I will tell you that after the beginning of the spring this year, the price of garlic has risen a lot, and it has doubled as usual. Would you like to find a good place to grow more?"
"The garlic has gone up? How did it go up? Did I ask whether it rose up at once, or did it rise up a little bit?" Wang Juan, who had been silent for a while, suddenly asked.
Zhang Xiaobao also wants to know. He understands that people like to eat garlic at this time. When many people go to the restaurant, they ask if they have garlic. I don’t think it, but I just know that it tastes good when I eat sausages.
The county magistrate Lu thought for a while and replied: "The price rose twice, the first time was just after the end of the new year, and the price rose by 30%, and the last time the price was raised a few days ago, and the price was doubled. It is said that the place where there is a lot of garlic was bought by a big businessman, and it is estimated that it will rise.
The people in Sanshui County are relatively stable, and there is no panic buying. I heard that garlic from other places has risen even more. As long as there is garlic, it will be sold out immediately. I don’t know what happened. I always feel that someone deliberately did this. , But couldn't think of a way. "
Zhang Xiaobao nodded, "Legger Lu is busy, I will watch as I walk, so I won't disturb Majesty Lu."
The county magistrate Lu was like an amnesty, and he obediently stepped aside. After Zhang Xiaobao and his party walked away, he raised his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Relax, the little son of the Zhang family is really amazing, and he can even find out the errors in many data. If you really go through the data at random, he will definitely find the problem. It feels like he has never left the county."
The government officials also looked admired. Song Yang, who was still in front of the government officials and became a new head, said with a smile: "My lord, Zhang Gongzi is naturally unusual. You must know that Sanshui County was able to change from Zhongxian to Shangxian. According to the legend, it was Young Master Zhang who pushed him eight times at the time. There was no expert in his family at all. Sanshui County is the foundation of their family. How could he not be dedicated? Everyone said he was a little fairy."
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Wang Juan didn’t know that someone had passed her and Zhang Xiaobao’s story behind him. He lowered his head and thought about things until the road in front suddenly widened and there was a sound of running water. He found that he had reached a small river and then he woke up. Asked Zhang Xiaobao: "Did someone deliberately increase the price of garlic?"
"It's estimated to be." Zhang Xiaobao replied.
"Then what should I do? The thing I am most afraid of encountering is this kind of thing. In the end, even if there is a way, the person who really takes the lead ran away. Only some people who followed the fry were unlucky. At that time, the garlic had turned at least three hands. Do you want to give an order to grab anyone who is hoarding on garlic?"
Wang Juan thought of himself at that time, starting from a hundred years ago, until she and Zhang Xiaobao came over, there was no good way to deal with this kind of thing, and he was worried.
Zhang Xiaobao shook his head: "Why arrest people? Garlic is not a necessities of life, unlike grains, oils and salt, knowing that you think of the past, at that time you know in your heart that the real big heads are all the elders who served as officials in the'Jingzhong' or once served as officials. , Let alone fried garlic, even if it’s more important things, who can treat them?"
"Don't talk about things at that time, just talk about the fact that there are many people who love garlic, why is it not a necessity? Today they fry garlic, if you don't stop them, tomorrow they will fry other things, even if they decide to clean up in the end. There are many people who suffer from it. No, I wrote to Beijing and told Li Longji."
Wang Juan seemed very anxious. She understood that this was not just a question of the price of garlic. If it was not handled properly, it would reduce the people's trust in the court, and she wanted to get into the car to write a letter while she was talking.
Zhang Xiaobao stretched out his hand to hold it, and said: "Do you really want to use administrative orders to solve economic problems? Didn't you say that before, unless you have to do it, you should not do it like this. The administrative order is easy to use, but there are many disadvantages, which will let the other party. Feeling that the imperial court is incapable, continue to find loopholes for attacks.
Although political economy is a united science, when it cannot be used in this way, if buying garlic is also a hoard, then buying ginger? Where to buy green onions? Where to buy cloth? How to locate? You are not afraid to give orders. Local officials take advantage of this opportunity to do whatever they want
Let me tell you this, I’m a businessman, and if you said it was to combat garlic hoarding when you gave the order, I will immediately replace it with something else. If you directly say to combat hoarding, then local officials may be arrested by various merchants, merchants. There is always inventory when doing business, is it considered hoarding? "
"What about the appointment? Ask them to discuss together, scare them, and then give them benefits, so that they don't be so greedy." Wang Juan thought of another way.
"People want to make a million bucks. After you have an appointment, even if you scare them, they will make less money. They will not make any noise. They will bear it. When the garlic comes down next year, they will not accept the garlic and keep the price down. , Every line has rules for every line. Who dares to reach out and harvest it? What about the garlic planters? This kind of thing will rebound.
Then do you make an appointment again? Don't you feel ashamed? I just asked you, what do you mean? If you can’t sell it high, or sell it low, how good is it to send officials to do business? The price your court says is the price, what do you think will be the consequences? "
Zhang Xiaobao gave Wang Juan an analysis and asked rhetorically.
Wang Juan endured his anger and thought, "It will become a purely planned economy. When the time comes, the people who plant the land will not have the energy, and there will be problems in the business. After all, people with good economics usually don’t become officials. Putting more energy into officialdom, it was even more chaotic at that time.
Just like without us, there will be a salt tax in the Tang Dynasty, which will increase the price of salt. What should we do? Do you want to cooperate with our family's business? "
"The economic problem is best solved by economic means. I will cooperate with them? Make an appointment? I give them a face? Isn't it the price of garlic that is used to their problems? I let them increase, pay them to death, and give it back to me. Investigate, whoever takes the lead, I will make it difficult for them to move an inch in the future."
Zhang Xiaobao sneered at this kind of compromise and said with contempt.
Wang Juan smiled and hugged Zhang Xiaobao's arm. "I knew Xiaobao that you have a way. You can figure out how to deal with the things that just happened. Let me tell you how to do it."
"No hurry, let's go to the county seat and rest. After all, it won't make them feel better. Please make sure first. In case the situation is not like what we said, the way we can think of it will be useless."
"Why not? There is no news that there was a major disaster in which garlic production place, and the price suddenly fluctuated so much. Isn't it a ghost? Is it necessary to collect garlic from other places and ship it for sale?"
"You can't harvest garlic from anywhere. As long as you harvest it, the price of that place will inevitably increase. You said that the eggplant can be steamed and eaten with sauce. Isn't it better than just frying it?"
"Each has its own taste, what does it have to do with eggplant?"
"It's okay. Today I am going to steam the eggplant. When there are more potatoes in the future, I will also steam them. Mix them together and eat them. I will drool just thinking about it."
"How about it?"
"Go back and talk about it."
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Zhang Xiaobao and his entourage strolled towards the county seat of Sanshui County. They walked until the light was on at night, and they did not reach the county seat. They just came to the river that connects to the capital.
Because the people in Sanshui County are rich and live in two-story houses, their demand for other areas is also high. Numerous street lamps have been erected on both sides of the river. The entire Datang, except for Luzhou and Jingcheng, is also Sanshui County. Have this ability.
The light of the street lamp is not very stable, it is flickering and flickering. If the hydroelectric generator placed next to the river rotates quickly, the street lamp will light up, and it will naturally darken if it rotates slowly.
Even so, I bluffed Que Teqin and the others. Looking at the business team walking on the shore by the street lights in the night, I watched people who couldn't sleep carrying shrimp cages to fish for shrimp, more than 70 people. I thought I was no longer in the world.
"This is the street lamp I saw in the capital." Mo Jilian's gaze followed the river, and was fascinated by the brilliant colors on both sides of the river, and introduced the same silly Que Teqin.
"I wonder if there can be the same thing in my clan? There is light. I think wolves don't dare to attack the sheep pen easily at night?" Que Teqin was envious, and at the same time, he knew the gap between his clan and the Tang Dynasty. , It seems extravagant to light wax, but when oil lamps are used, people in Datang can have electric lamps.
In the summer, if you can't sleep at night, how comfortable is it to go out for a stroll? Well, it's just like things in a pavilion not far away.
Mo Jilian also saw the pavilion. There were a few children in it. It was not too cold. They were eating in the windy pavilion. A gust of wind blew from there, and the smell of fried food and grilled meat drifted along. , Really happy, sighed: "Don't think too much, my clan is gone."