Li Qingzhi spoke to the head of Miaoqian Village and then returned to County Magistrate Gou.
Wait for him
After he left, the head of the next village asked the head of Miaoqian Village, "Who is that? He actually knows the county magistrate!"
The head of Miaoqian Village was a little proud: "That's Li Qingzhi, a scholar in our village."
There were many conflicts among the families in Miaoqian Village, but when facing outsiders, they would not say anything bad about their own village. The village chief and other people in the village praised Li Qingzhi, saying that he was good to his children and his wife, and that he could earn one silver dollar a day by copying books, and was highly valued by Mr. Zhu...
Now, even the county magistrate values him very much!
People from other villages were envious when they heard this: "Why doesn't our village have such a great person? How did he know the county magistrate? This is too great!"
The people in Miaoqian Village didn't know how Li Qingzhi knew the county magistrate, but when they heard these people praising Li Qingzhi, they felt honored and proud.
After asking Li Qingzhi, those people asked about Jin Dajiang again, mainly because Yao Zuming had said in front of them that Jin Dajiang's son was not filial...
Jin Dajiang is Li Qingzhi's father-in-law. Just now, Li Qingzhi took Jin Dajiang to meet the county magistrate!
It was impossible for the villagers to say bad things about Jin Dajiang at this time, even Yao Zuming didn't dare to say anything.
"That's Jin Dajiang. His son is not unfilial. The child is very filial. He follows him to work at a young age. Moreover, his son is still young, not even 18 years old, so he doesn't need to work."
"He came here for his nephew, who is rather lazy."
"Speaking of Jin Dajiang, he is very lucky, his children are all successful!" "His daughter does business in the county town and can earn ten taels of silver a month."
"His son is rowing a boat in the county town, and he should be making quite a bit of money. Not long ago, he married a girl from the county town. The girl is as pretty as a fairy, and he brought four boatloads of dowry with her!"
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The people in the neighboring village listened with great interest. If nothing unexpected happened, it would not be long before everyone in the nearby villages knew about the affair between Li Qingzhi and Jin Dajiang.
But they didn't chat for too long, as someone soon came to assign them work.
A large number of conscripted laborers were present, but County Magistrate Gou had made a lot of preparations in advance and adopted some of the suggestions of Li Qingzhi and Zhu Qian, and managed to arrange these people in an orderly manner.
The short and weak ones among them were picked out to make bricks or other work that did not require much strength, while those who were strong were divided into different teams to level the land or dig mud.
County Magistrate Gou had instructed the laborers in advance to bring some hoes, and he provided some more, so they were not short of tools at this time.
County Magistrate Gou also arranged for people to patrol among the laborers and give medals to those who worked diligently. Those who received the medals could get an extra boiled egg at dinner.
The county magistrate was watching from the side, and if you worked hard you could get an extra egg... People worked harder than each other.
When County Magistrate Gou saw this, he had someone bring a brand new hoe to try to dig the mud. However, after he stuck the hoe into the ground with force, he could not dig the mud out no matter how hard he pulled.
Although he is not weak, he is not very good at physical work.