The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

It was raining that day. After packing up their things, the workers who were building the road went back first.

Nowadays, those who have strong men in their families who are building roads are those who have face in the village. As long as they mention working on the roads, they are all honored.

Not only are wages paid on time, meals are taken care of, even water does not need to be delivered from home, and there is mung bean soup to drink every day. Where can I find such a good job?

These are all thanks to the newly appointed county magistrate to give them such good treatment.

Invisibly, the prestige of Lin Zhao, the county magistrate, in the hearts of these people became higher and higher.

Before the road here is repaired, the local specialties and goods that should be ready to go out have to be prepared.

He was planning to go back and discuss with Jiang Ziyan more about the business. He may have more unique views on the administration of officials, but he is far less experienced than Jiang Ziyan when it comes to business.

It would be best if several large-scale production workshops could be built here, supported by the county government, which could provide jobs for the people in the surrounding area, and gradually make the surrounding area rich.

You can't rely on the wealthy gentry in the city for the work of the workshop. They have already made enough money by exploiting and squeezing the labor force, and they only care about their own interests. They must support a businessman who has a long-term vision and considers the people.

After much deliberation, Lin Zhao decided that Jiang Ziyan was the most suitable person.

Summer is the rainy season. Every time there are showers, it always stops after a shower. The road repair workers set up a shed on the side of the road to hide from the rain.

It is said that the sun rises in the east and rains in the west, and the land is done after a while, and they are too lazy to go back. When the rain stops, when will they continue to work.

Lin Zhao came to the side of the road to see the progress of the road construction.

The road builders became more and more experienced, not only skilled, but also much faster.

According to reports from the yamen servants and supervisors, the road near Heifeng Village has almost been repaired.

When Lin Zhao planned the route, he asked them to build on Heifeng Village first. There are limestone hills and a cement factory there. After the road is repaired, it will be more convenient for transportation later.

The road here is being repaired, and Jiang Ziyan is not idle.

He found that there are still a lot of things that can be developed here in Lin'an. For example, pomegranates and persimmons are growing well here. Many people have grown them at home, and they can be planted on a large scale in the future.

And today's sugar cane, Jiang Ziyan is going to buy a batch to make sucrose.So he is going to build another sugar factory to process cane sugar.

Most of the products currently on the market are caramel, which is not as sweet as sucrose, and the price is still very expensive.

If the sucrose here in Lin'an County is made and sold to the capital, the profit must be very considerable.

In addition to this, there are some other development routes to consider.Otherwise, just relying on these few things is a bit monotonous, and almost all of them are things that need to be planted, which means that there must be a field before they can be planted.

In several villages, most of the land was in the hands of rich gentry and tenants, and the tenants actually got very little share of the rented land.

Even if sugarcane and fruit trees are planted in the future, more than half of the profits obtained from selling them will go to the pockets of the wealthy gentry, and the common people will still not get much profit.

This is a big problem.

Back at night, Jiang Ziyan talked to Lin Zhao about the issue of renting and planting the fields.

Lin Zhao recalled that when he first visited several villages near Heifeng Village, this was the case in Xifeng Village at the end. Almost all the villages were tenant tenants, and they were squeezed out by the owner, but there was nothing they could do. , the whole family can only wait to starve to death.

Jiang Ziyan said: "Is there any way for these wealthy households to rent the land to tenants at a fair price?"

"If you don't give them some benefits, it's impossible to get them to spit out of their mouths."

"These lands are in their hands. Even if the things grown in the land are sold at high prices in the future, the common people will not get much. Should they be poor or poor, life may improve a little, but only a little bit."

Lin Zhao also understood this truth. He thought about it, if he promised them benefits and asked them to give more share to the tenants, it might not satisfy them, but would make them feel confident.

Furthermore, when he was transferred back to the capital, the next county magistrate might not know what he would be like. Once he left, these gentry and wealthy households would turn their heads and deny anyone, and the tenants' lives would still be difficult.

Just when Lin Zhao was thinking about whether there was a better solution, Jiang Ziyan suddenly said, "Why don't we buy some fields."

"Buy a field?"

"Well, didn't I just buy some when I was in Qingping Town? Then I rented out the land to the tenants, and we rented it out at a fair and just price. In this way, even if you leave in the future, the owners of these lands will still Wouldn't it be great for us, the tenants, to continue farming well?"

After hearing this, Lin Zhao felt that this method was indeed good, but there were two problems to be solved.

First, it costs a lot of money to buy a large amount of land. Even the fields here are not first-class paddy fields, but they need to buy a lot of land, and it will cost a lot of money.

Second, we all know that land is the capital. If we want to buy a large amount of land from the gentry and wealthy households, it may be difficult to buy it at a price higher than the market price.

Jiang Ziyan seemed to know what he was worried about, so he said, "You don't have to worry about the money. You can invest the money from the winery and the milk tea shop. It should be enough. What I worry about now is that I can't buy it even if I have money."

Lin Zhao thought for a while, and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I have a solution, and I might wrong you."

"What's the matter, whether you are wronged or not, tell me, what can you do?"

Lin Zhao just smiled and said nothing, and just said you and wait.

After a few days, Lin Zhao was invited by some squires to be a guest several times. After eating a few times, they realized that the man who lived in the county magistrate's mansion was not a brother or a subordinate. It's his sweetheart, who is likely to be another master of Rongwang Mansion in the future.

Now it's all right, a few squires and wealthy households still have no place to curry favor, isn't this just dozing off and sending pillows?

Especially Cui Yuanwai, he couldn't help but suddenly realized, no wonder he didn't confiscate any of the women he gave to the county magistrate.

Knowing a person's weakness, isn't that difficult?

Of course it was to curry favor with this sweetheart, if he could please him, blowing some pillow wind would be more effective than anything else.

Not only Cui Yuanwai thought so, even the other three country gentlemen thought so too.

It is said that only by doing what they like can get twice the result with half the effort, but they only now know what the other person likes.

So in the next few days, people kept coming to the house to send greeting cards. Jiang Ziyan thought it was for Lin Zhao, but he didn't expect it to be for himself.

He was a little puzzled, he didn't have much contact with those outsiders in this city, why now one or two are asking him out to drink tea and listen to music?

He really didn't like to join in this kind of fun, so after thinking about it, he was ready to drop it.

Unexpectedly, Lin Zhao stopped him.

Lin Zhao happened to be taking a rest today, and he was sitting in front of the desk, hugging Jiang Ziyan leisurely, while Jiang Ziyan was holding those posts in his hand.

He said: "Don't rush to refuse, go and have a look! Don't you want to buy a field from them? Now is your chance."

Jiang Ziyan was taken aback, why didn't he understand?

"I don't know them, and they probably don't know me either. How could they be willing to sell the land to me? Could it be that they need a high price to sell it?"

Lin Zhao said with a smile, "Don't worry! As long as you go, they'd love to sell it to you at a low price!"

Jiang Ziyan was at a loss, not knowing what kind of medicine he was selling in this gourd.But since he said so, it must be a good opportunity, he nodded and said: "Okay, then I will go and have a look."

Three days later, after Lin Zhao went to the Yamen early in the morning, Jiang Ziyan went to the appointment in a carriage.

He first responded to Yuanwai Cui's post.

Since Cui Yuanwai knew that Jiang Ziyan had accepted his post inviting him to be a guest at the house, he quickly asked his servants to arrange the house, and when Jiang Ziyan arrived, he was already sitting inside.

Seeing Jiang Ziyan coming in, Cui Yuanwai quickly stood up and said enthusiastically, "Young Master Jiang is here, come here, sit down quickly. I am honored to have Mr. Jiang as our guest today because my little place is full of splendor! Haha Ha ha……"

Jiang Ziyan smiled modestly, sat down and said, "Cui Yuanwai is being polite. Jiang has rarely come out to socialize since he arrived in Lin'an City. I was invited by Cui Yuanwai today to make more friends."

Cui Yuanwai was even happier when he heard this. He thought to himself that the county magistrate really liked him. Not only was he beautiful in appearance, he was also very good at talking. Much likeable.

Cui Yuanwai beckoned someone to serve tea, and the two chatted while drinking tea.

He said: "Mr. Jiang should come to the mansion to walk around more when he is free. Although he regards my place as his own home, if the county magistrate has any inconvenient problems, he can come to Cui for help."

Jiang Ziyan took a sip of tea and joked, "We probably can't help you with government affairs, so let him have a headache!"

Cui Yuanwai's overt and private overtures were blocked by Jiang Ziyan.

The two wentssiping again, Cui Yuanwai suddenly asked someone to bring up a tray, and uncovered the silk cover, and there was a row of snow-patterned silver on it.

Jiang Ziyan pretended not to understand, and said, "What do you mean..."

Cui Yuanwai also stopped pretending, and said straight to the point: "Mr. Jiang, these are all made by Cui to make amends for you."

"apologize?"

"Before, it was Cui who didn't know Mount Tai. He didn't know that Mr. Jiang was the person next to the county magistrate's pillow, so he was confused for a while and sent a few maidservants to the county magistrate. The money was all Cui's. Make an apology, you must not shirk it, or my conscience will be troubled!"

Hearing this, Jiang Ziyan understood why Lin Zhao would say that if he went to an appointment today, the other party would be eager to give him something.It turned out that he "inadvertently" leaked the relationship between the two of them.

These people who flattered him couldn't find a way out with him, so they just put their strength on him!

That being the case, this play cannot be badly sung.

Jiang Ziyan paused, and said: "Mr. Cui, to be honest, Jiang Mou and you hit it off right away. What happened last time was purely an accident. You don't have to take it to heart. You should take back the money."

Seeing that Jiang Ziyan also rejected the money, Cui Yuanwai looked a little unsightly. Could it be that this way doesn't work here?

"No, no, it's just a small thought. Mr. Jiang should accept it. It's just a piece of money, not a respect."

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