Flower Fairy's Tribulation

Lin Chenzhong and Hua Yueying followed Zakun in silence to the municipal government's dedicated confidential conference room. Geng Ruqiu was waiting at the door to shake hands with him with a cheerful face. The other deputy mayors sat at the conference table expressionlessly and said nothing.

Geng Ruqiu was very open-minded and said, "I've heard from Zakun and the others about you a long time ago. You are really young and promising. It's better to meet in person than to be famous!"

Lin Chenzhong said: "I have admired the name of the mayor for a long time, and I am so lucky to meet you today!"

After being polite and sitting across from each other, Geng Ruqiu held up his peaked cap and said with emotion: "The business elites in Green Sheng City have misunderstood me to some extent. I'm really helpless! If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, they always think that the city government is useful. We have finished all the money, but we are stingy and unwilling to allocate funds to the orphanage. How do they know about my difficulties?"

Lin Chenzhong and Hua Yueying sat quietly and listened to his complaints: "Since the end of the war, Lusheng City has been in dire straits and is waiting to be renovated. Many municipal projects need to be rebuilt and cost money. Where will the money come from?"

"It can only come from taxes, but how much money can be made from taxes? To be honest, it's not even two-thirds of what it was before the war! Deputy Mayor Xie Pu, who is in charge of finance and taxation, can vouch for me Bar?"

He looked at Xie Pu and blinked out of habit, and Xie Pu immediately nodded and said, "Mayor Geng is right. The tax revenue in Lusheng City is now just over half of the pre-war level!"

Lin Chenzhong, Hua Yueying nodded.

Geng Ruqiu added: "There is not much money, but there are many places to spend it! To put it simply, it will cost a lot of money to repair the city defenses that were damaged by the war. It will cost a lot of money to renovate the old roads in the city. The education system, medical care Which part of the system is not expensive and cannot be missed at all?"

"That's fine, but military expenditures take up a large part of the fiscal revenue. It turns out that when the second prince Su Hua was in charge, the war just ended and bandits needed to be suppressed. There were 45 troops stationed in Lusheng City, and the finances were overwhelmed. Later, The situation has stabilized. After the second prince was transferred, the army was reduced by 20, which gave the overwhelmed financial resources of Green Sheng City a breath of relief. However, there are still about 25 troops stationed there. It is still a big stone that cannot be lifted from our heads! Alas... There is no way, the consumption of the garrison must be guaranteed, and we will not have much money left after paying them first!"

"Establishing an orphanage to take in orphans to wipe the scourge of the war is a good thing. It is a good thing to do good and accumulate virtue to protect the children and grandchildren. How could I not know? But it takes in more than 3000 mouths waiting for food, plus more than 300 staff, a year's The expenses are as high as an army.”

"But what should I do if there is no money in the finance? Children have to eat even if they don't have money, even if they eat me! I can only rack my brains to find ways to get money for them, at least let them eat enough to stop them from being hungry. Are you going to die? A penny is too much for a hero, so I have no choice but to use donations to ask the business community in Green Sheng City for money, but they don’t understand and scold me every day..."

The two of them listened quietly to his grievances. After he calmed down, Lin Chenzhong spoke: "Everyone understands the mayor's difficulties, so everyone actively contributed to the charity fundraising activities led by the municipal government to help the municipal government solve problems. , send some food rations to the children!”

"Don't listen to the irresponsible nonsense of ignorant reporters in some newspapers, and don't be like those villains!"

Geng Ruqiu said with emotion: "It's rare for a friend from afar to understand my difficulties! It's not easy!"