Chapter 259: ruins
Chapter 259 Ruins
Gu Jinli looked at Mrs. Chen and sneered: "Among the shops on the main street in the town, the cheapest one is one hundred and twenty taels, and the most expensive one is Fugui Building, which has a front shop and a back house plus a large yard and a two-story attic. It is said that when I bought it, , relying on Zou Xiancheng’s relationship, we also spent more than three hundred taels. Our budget is the cheapest one hundred and twenty taels. Auntie wants to spend money, will your family pay for the extra money? "
Look at how crazy you are. You still live in an old mud house, but you dare to say that you are spending money to buy a shop. Do you want me to take your pulse and see how sick you are?
Chen choked and immediately stopped talking.
Gu Jinli was too lazy to pay attention to her and said to Third Grandpa: "Third Grandpa, let's go and let the eldest aunt stay to help. It's not good for her to go to Uncle Shang's house anyway."
"Where can't we go? It's very nice to go there. I just want to see the talented lady." Mrs. Chen kept fawning over Mrs. Jiang, asking her to find a good husband for Gu Yumei. But Mrs. Jiang had only been to Gu's house once, and she couldn't find a chance to curry favor with him.
The third grandfather said: "My dear daughter-in-law, you can either go and help Tiezhu's daughter-in-law, or you can go home. There are still a lot of unmatched spices at home, and we need to catch up."
Ms. Jiang is a lady of the family. She has learned the rules since she was a child and read poems and books. As a country woman, Ms. Chen, what can she talk to Ms. Jiang? She was a **** at every meal, so it would only be embarrassing if she was allowed to go.
Ms. Chen saw that Third Grandpa's face was not good, so she did not dare to make any more noise, so she could only follow Luo Huiniang and her daughter back to the tofu stall to help.
Gu Jinli and the others didn't want to go empty-handed, so they also went to the tofu stall to get some bean dregs cakes, three pieces of white tofu and a pound of seasonings that they had specially saved. When they passed by the farmer's stall, they bought a basket of eggs and went to Shang. Go home to the village.
The farmer’s stall was on the same road as their tofu stall. After passing through the long farm stall, we reached the gatehouse of Qingfu Town.
The gatehouse is very tall. It was built here when Qingfu Town existed, but the carvings and colors on it are still bright and eye-catching.
When walking through the gatehouse, the third grandfather said: "This gatehouse sign is an important thing in the town. Every year, rich people in the town spend money to repair the gatehouse and repaint the gatehouse. The better the color of the gatehouse sign, the better the town will be." People’s lives will become more prosperous.”
Gu Jinli nodded while listening, and continued to walk forward. After a few meters out of the gatehouse, he arrived at the wasteland.
The wasteland is on the left side of the road into the town, and the area beyond the road belongs to this wasteland. Six or seven meters further on is the place where people in the town throw away garbage.
The garbage dump is very big, with an area of more than one to two acres. Past the garbage dump is a large thorny field. This thorny field is really huge, with about four acres in length and breadth; and beyond it is a large thorny field. There are thatch bushes and a large bamboo forest further away.
Gu Jinli stood on tiptoes and looked at the thatch in the distance. He could vaguely see some ruins... This place seemed not to be a wasteland, but a ruins!
It seems that this wasteland has some origins.
Gu Jinli didn't dare to look here for too long. He only stayed for a while and then followed the third grandfather and continued walking towards Shangjiacun.
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At this time, in the Shang family, Gu Jinan was telling Shang Xiucai about Sun Lichang: "Sir, a cruel official like Sun Lichang cannot be retained. We should take the opportunity to get rid of him."
Shang Xiucai stood in his study, drawing a picture of snowy mountains and rivers, and asked: "What's the reason? How to get rid of it?"
Gu Jinan said: "A cruel official like Sun Li must have done a lot of bad things over the years. Apart from him, he can eliminate harm for the people and also help students' families."
Shang Xiucai: "Where is the evidence? Everything must be based on evidence. You can't convict Mr. Sun just by saying how many evil things he has done." Gu Jinan avoided Shang Xiucai's question, looked at him, and said with a smile: "Sir, now You don’t need evidence of guilt to get rid of a Li Chang.”
Hearing this, Shang Xiucai became interested and finally looked up at Gu Jinan: "What do you mean by this?"
"My husband told the students some time ago that the county magistrate will be transferred in more than half a year. Now he is worried that his political performance is not enough and he is afraid of being transferred to a bad place." Gu Jinan said with a smile: "The student happens to have a An idea that can make the county magistrate achieve political achievements."
Shang Xiucai knew that Gu Jinan was studying to gain fame. In order for him to gain a foothold in the officialdom in the future, Shangxiucai would tell him some things about the county government officialdom, asking him to listen more and get in touch with him more, so that he would not panic in the future.
“What’s your idea?” Shang Xiucai put down his pen and sat upright, as if he was listening attentively.
Gu Jin'an said: "There is drought and war in the northwest. The court is short of money, and the towns in Dachu have many li long. Some towns can be four li long, and the least is two. If the big ones are The number of village chiefs in each town in Chu has been reduced to two, which can save the court a lot of money and food."
“One li can earn a salary of five taels of silver and three shi of rice and grain per year. There are so many li in Da Chu. If half of the li is removed, the court can save immeasurable money and rice every year.”
After Shang Xiucai heard this, he looked at Gu Jinan's eyes and his eyes shone slightly. As expected, he, a student, was not a creature in the pond.
Just: "The position of the li chief follows the ancient law, and is the connection between the court and the people. It is related to the various taxes of the court, and there must be no mistakes. If half of the li chiefs are removed, the tax revenue will go wrong. If the people cannot be managed well, what should we do?”
Gu Jinan said with a smile: "Sir, you are wrong. The real connection between the imperial court and the people is the head of each village. Two of them in a town are enough, but if there are more, they will become a common people."
“Village chiefs are all farmers, and they are the people who can best connect with the people. Farmers are easily satisfied. If they are given some status and a salary of one tael of silver, they can devote themselves to the court.”
Shang Xiucai said: "You are right. This deal is a good deal, and the adults in the Ministry of Revenue can calculate it, but why has no one raised it in the court over the years? Because Da Chu is not yet stable, and the adults feel that it is not appropriate to move too much. Lots of stuff.”
Gu Jinan smiled: "Sir, is Dachu now stable? Moreover, the court is now short of money and food, and having too many areas was a bad habit of the previous dynasty. As long as the county magistrate writes these two points, the Holy Emperor will definitely be overjoyed. The adults in the household department will also be very happy."
When you have money and food, you will have a lot of worries. When you have no money, food and chaos, who will care about the minutiae?
The state of Da Chu was obtained by rebelling against the previous dynasty. A word about the bad habits of the previous dynasty was enough to make the adults in the court nod.
When Gu Jinan said this, his eyes were as sharp as a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers, which made Shang Xiucai decide to help him.
"Okay, I will go to the county seat and tell my father-in-law about this in person. But this matter is too big, and it will offend many village leaders. When the time comes, the adults will be fine, but you will suffer. So this time, you will not get any credit. No, I will not let my father-in-law mention your name in front of the county magistrate."
If Gu Jinan was already an official, or lived in the city, this credit could be given to him, but he is still living in the countryside now, and with such a big credit, he will be killed by the district chief who has dismissed his post.
(End of this chapter)
