Chapter 194 Two Years

Lin Shoude was still a bit courageous. Although he didn't know how to adapt, but with Yang Zhengshan's proposal, and the Zhizhou Yamen now having money and food, Lin Shoude felt that Yang Zhengshan's proposal was highly feasible.

But the most important thing was that he was holding a breath in his heart. Yang Zhengshan was right, he was driven to Anyuan City.

He worked as a county magistrate in Jiangnan for twelve years, but in the end he couldn't stay in Jiangnan anymore. To be more precise, many officials in Jiangnan couldn't tolerate him.

Those officials jointly gave him a chance to be promoted from county magistrate to prefectural magistrate, and came to Chongshan Town from Jiangnan.

For most officials, promotion requires money, connections, and favors. However, Lin Shoude is different. His promotion requires money, connections, and favors from others.

This may sound funny, but it's true.

The way to remove stumbling blocks is not only to fight and kill them, but also to move them away. It is even more convenient and easier to move away than to fight and kill them.

Especially in a place like Jiangnan, the killings and killings are so unsightly that it is undoubtedly the most worry-free and least troublesome way to get people promoted.

Being driven out of Jiangnan, Lin Shoude was helpless, but he wanted to prove himself, prove that he was capable, that he could benefit the people of a place, and that he could be reused by the court.

He wanted his former colleagues to see that he was a pillar of talent.

Therefore, after arriving in Anyuan City, he couldn't wait to make some achievements.

Soon, under his auspices, the Zhizhou Yamen sold off the assets of those criminal officials.

Without Yang Zhengshan's intervention, Luo Zhen took over six well-located shops in Anyuan City. At the same time, Yu Qingyi also asked Wu Hai to buy a village with 300 acres of fertile land.

Of the six shops Luo Zhen has acquired, four will be used for embroidery business, divided into three grades: high, middle and low. There will be two low-grade embroidery workshops for ordinary people, one in the east city and one in the west city. between.

The high-end embroidery workshops are in Nancheng, and the Zhizhou Yamen, Guard Yamen, and Bingbeidao Yamen are all in the south of the city, so the south of the city is where the families of officials live.

The mid-range embroidery workshops are in Beicheng, where most merchants live. There are also some officials from outside the city who have houses in Beicheng, such as those officials from Tunpu. When they buy a house, they usually choose Beicheng.

Four embroidery workshops are enough to cover the whole city. Although they cannot form a monopoly, as long as these four embroidery workshops are opened, the future embroidery business in Anyuan City will be decided by the Luo family.

As for the remaining two shops, they are used for fur business and medicinal materials business.

The fur business in Chongshan Town is very profitable, even more profitable than the embroidery business. However, the Luo family is still a novice in the fur business, so the fur shop in Anyuan City is just an experiment.

As for the medicinal material business, it is actually based on purchasing medicinal materials. There are many wild medicinal herbs in the mountains south of Anyuan City, especially Yuanhe County, where there are many medicinal collectors. The Luo family wants to try purchasing medicinal materials and transport them to Qi Sold in Zhoucheng.

Yang Zhengshan had no objection to this. Luo Zhen had already done everything he asked for.

The blacksmith shop and carpenter shop are not the shops bought by the Luo family, but the shops rented by Luo Zhen. These two shops are mainly for training carpenters and blacksmiths. The quality of the business is not actually important, so I rent two remote shops at will. The shops I ordered are enough.

In the garrison hall.

When Yang Zhengshan heard Luo Zhen's report, he nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "You are becoming more and more stable!"

Luo Zhen said with some embarrassment: "This is all the teachings of adults!"

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand, "No need to flatter me, what I said is just the truth, and whether you can understand it and truly accept it depends on yourself!"

Luo Zhen was originally a reckless young man. It was because of his impulsiveness and recklessness that the Luo family was almost destroyed by the Zhang family.

In the past two years, Luo Zhen has grown a lot. Not only has his temperament become much more stable, but in terms of business, he is no worse than Luo Shang in many aspects.

Luo Shang can be considered a successor.

"If there were no adults, I would be a pile of withered bones by now!" Luo Zhen looked at Yang Zhengshan with gratitude and reverence.

Seeing his appearance, Yang Zhengshan burst into laughter.

Being appreciated and respected is a very beautiful thing.

Especially the respect from young people made Yang Zhengshan feel full of accomplishment.

"How's your dad's side going?"

"It should be almost done in a while. My father has taken over two shops in Jing'an Mansion. Although the location is slightly different, they can already meet our needs!" Luo Zhen said.

Luo Shang has been in Jing'an Fucheng during this period.

After all, compared to Anyuan City, Jing'an City is richer and more prosperous.

"That's good." Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "Let your father help me buy a village in Jing'an Mansion."

"How old is Zhuangzi?" Luo Zhen asked.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and said, "Four to five hundred acres is enough!"

The fields in Jing'an Prefecture are much better than those in Anyuan Prefecture. It is more cost-effective to buy Zhuangzi there, but it is not very convenient to take care of them.

"Tell me after you buy it, and I'll ask Wu Hai to arrange for a steward to come over!"

"Okay, I will inform my father!" Luo Zhen agreed without thinking.

Yang Zhengshan didn't mention the money either.

He and Luo Shang have already formed a tacit understanding on this matter. The Luo family has a fixed amount of income each year and how much it will give to Yang Zhengshan.

As for whether this was considered collusion between officials and businessmen, Yang Zhengshan didn't care at all.

He didn't let the Luo family take advantage of others, nor did he help the Luo family persecute innocent people, nor did he do anything that was against the will of heaven and earth. Even if it was collusion between officials and businessmen, what was wrong?

Besides, such things were not surprising at Darong.

Many official families had close businessmen, and some official families even deliberately supported some businessmen for the purpose of making money.

Compared with them, Yang Zhengshan at least did not use any despicable means.

After Luo Zhen left, Yang Zhengshan sat in the study and fell into deep thought.

For now, everything is on the right track, and everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

In official business, the training of Chengguanbao has been continuing, and the garrison outside the city is also being renovated. Everything is proceeding according to Yang Zhengshan's plan.

In private affairs, the development of the Luo family is also stable and continuous, and the Yang family is slowly changing.

From foundation to wealth, the Yang family is slowly accumulating.

Everything is developing in a good direction.

However, there are several hidden dangers. The biggest hidden danger is the case of treason. On the surface, the case of treason has been closed, but in fact, there is still an unknown force hidden behind the scenes, which may be the Qing Palace.

Whether it is the Qing Palace or not, Yang Zhengshan is more or less involved.

It is not a big problem for him to take the gold, silver and materials, because no matter what, the forces behind the scenes will not look for these things in a big way. As long as he is careful, no one will find anything unusual.

His involvement in this matter is actually with the Secret Guard. If the Secret Guard still needs him in the future, he must help. He can't shirk this matter.

Fortunately, there is no movement from the Secret Guard now, and Yang Zhengshan can live a relaxed life at ease.

After sorting out the things to do next, Yang Zhengshan's mood is much more relaxed.

Apart from the things of the Secret Guard, he has nothing to worry about now.

In the following days, Yang Zhengshan lived a leisurely life.

Every day, he went to and from the yamen on time to handle the few official duties. Every one or two days, he would go to the city gate fort to see the situation of the soldiers. Every five or six days, he would go out of the city to visit the garrison below and visit the horse farm.

Although it sometimes seems to be a bit busy, it is also a relaxing thing for Yang Zhengshan to go out for a walk frequently.

While Yang Zhengshan was strolling around leisurely, the new governor Lin Shoude was very busy.

After selling the assets of the guilty officials, Lin Shoude started the state of construction mania.

He repaired roads, city walls, ditches, and government offices. He repaired wherever he didn't like it.

Although this was suspected of wasting money, the large amount of silver spent still benefited the people.

The people could earn at least 20 coins a day when they went to work, and sometimes even 30 coins.

Twenty or thirty coins a day may not seem like much, but for those families with four or five strong laborers, two or three people working can earn about fifty coins a day, and at least one or two taels of silver a month.

It is too difficult for ordinary people to make some money. Having such a job opportunity is simply a great blessing for ordinary people.

When the people make money, they will buy all kinds of daily necessities. Those who used to be reluctant to eat meat will occasionally be generous, and those worn-out clothes can be replaced with new clothes.

The circulation of silver and money has driven the business environment of the entire Anyuan City to become prosperous.

Walking on the busy streets, Yang Zhengshan looked at the pedestrians coming and going, with a faint smile on his lips.

"Grandpa, look, Jinxiufang!"

A little loli in a green Luo skirt stood beside him, pointing to the Jinxiufang next to him, and shouted with curved eyebrows.

This little loli is Yang Qingwan.

This year is the 28th year of Chengping. Two years have passed, and Yang Qingwan is already six years old.

The little girl grew up, but she became more lively and active. Every time she saw Yang Zhengshan, she would pester him to take her out shopping.

Two years had left almost no trace on Yang Zhengshan. He looked up at the sign of Jinxiufang and smiled, "Want to go in and have a look?"

"Yes!" The little girl nodded vigorously.

"Okay, Grandpa will take you in to have a look!"

As he said that, Yang Zhengshan led Yang Wanqing into the door of Jinxiufang.

Jinxiufang in Nancheng is definitely the most gorgeous shop in Anyuan City. The signboards on the shop are all gilded, and the floor tiles in the shop are all fired tiles, which make the whole shop particularly bright.

The whole shop is divided into two floors, the first floor is the counter for fabrics and embroidery, and the second floor is the VIP area.

As soon as Yang Zhengshan stepped into Jinxiufang, a girl in a scarlet Luo skirt came to greet him.

The girl was stunned when she saw Yang Zhengshan, and then she bowed respectfully, "I pay my respects to the garrison commander!"

Yang Zhengshan glanced at her, "Who is from the garrison?"

"I am from Dongyandun!" the girl said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded. The shop assistants in Jinxiufang are all women, because the guests received by Jinxiufang are mainly women.

And most of these female shop assistants are from the garrison under the jurisdiction of the garrison.