Chapter 66: Top-quality Cat's Eye Stone
Although Lin Qianqian sympathized with the people of Beiyue City and felt that Qin Chuan's oppression of the people was too abominable, now was not a good time to punish Qin Chuan.
"Marshal Qin, please allow me to do something for the people of Beiyue City."
"Okay, I agree."
Qin Chuan agreed very readily, but secretly thought: Women are easily soft-hearted, and soft-hearted people can't accomplish great things. Since you are rushing to do this thankless task, you can spend money if you like, but I won't spend money anyway.
Beiyue City is such a shabby place that even if Guanyin Bodhisattva came, it would be useless.
Therefore, even if you, a woman, take out all your family assets, you are destined to achieve nothing.
Even if you really achieve amazing results, the greatest credit should still go to me, the boss of Beiyue City.
After getting permission, Lin Qianqian didn't want to waste any more time talking to Qin Chuan, and immediately left the Marshal's Mansion with Si Xuan.
"Qianqian, no matter what you do, I will support you unconditionally."
This sentence is ordinary, but with Si Xuan's emotional tone, it actually sounds like a love talk.
"Thank you for your support, Lord. I don't want to see any more dead bodies being carried out of the City God Temple."
Lin Qianqian took Si Xuan to the City God Temple.
It just so happened that they saw beggars carrying a dead body out to bury it.
There were at least fifty beggars in the City God Temple, both old and young.
Everyone's clothes are leaking air. In such an icy and snowy environment, it's no wonder that several people freeze to death every day.
"Do you want to live?"
The beggars were originally huddled together for warmth, but after hearing the pleasant female voice, they all looked towards Lin Qianqian.
This is the first time in my life that I have seen such a powerful woman.
Dressed in a moon-white wide-sleeved cotton gown, he stood like a green pine. Even the dilapidated and grey City God Temple could not conceal his brilliance.
The man next to the woman was also very handsome, as if he was carved out of jade.
Seeing these two immortal-like figures, the beggars suddenly felt ashamed of themselves.
"Do you want to live?" the woman's voice was loud and clear.
"Yes." The beggars said in unison and loudly.
Lin Qianqian: As long as you want to live, you will be able to survive.
"Hongdou, go to the clothing store and buy cotton clothes according to their body shapes."
"Yes, girl."
Women are always more compassionate. Hongdou's eyes had already turned red, and she was eager to do something for these poor people.
Lin Qianqian had already thought it through. Half of the wall in the City God Temple had collapsed, so it was very cold inside. She would provide the materials and wages and let the adult beggars here repair the houses themselves.
This creates employment opportunities and the best possible remuneration is provided.
As for the expenses of this matter, it was all paid by Qin Chuan, but Qin Chuan was not aware of it.
Lin Qianqian took out two top-quality cat's eyes and handed them to Ah Da, "Go to another city and sell these cat's eyes."
Si Xuan was amused by Lin Qianqian's behavior.
He was very familiar with these two cat's eyes.
There is a statue of a wolf king in the meeting room of the Marshal's Mansion, and its eyes are inlaid with these two top-quality cat's eye stones. According to the estimated value of the quality of this thing, it is worth at least one thousand and two taels of silver.
I didn't expect that it was secretly taken away by Lin Qianqian.
I guess Qin Chuan, who is so stingy, would be so angry that he would die after finding out.
Qianqian is such a crazy girl, she dares to do anything.
Lin Qianqian knew that she couldn't hide the cat's eye from Si Xuan, so she simply explained a few more words: "After I came back from the meeting room for the first time, I used wooden beads to imitate one, which was exactly the same as the real one. Today, I took advantage of Qin Chuan's inattention and replaced the two top-grade cat's eye stones with wooden beads. Qin Chuan would not find out about it too quickly."
The large amount of goat milk that the Marshal's wife used to wash her face and take a bath every day was forcibly confiscated from the people without any compensation.
I don’t know how many people were killed by the Marshal’s wife’s actions.
She is now taking away Qin Chuan's good things, which is equivalent to taking from the people and using it for the people.
If there is a chance in the future, I plan to do something bigger, and it would be best if I could just scrape off a layer of skin from Qin Chuan.
After Lin Qianqian left, the beggars in the City God Temple became restless.
"I heard that it was the new Qianhu Lord."
"How can an official be so kind to the people? There must be something wrong. Could it be that she likes to eat two-legged sheep?"
"That makes sense. She might have thought the place where we were raised was too dirty, so she repaired it and gave us clothes and food. By then, we can raise the two-legged sheep cleanly and eat them with more peace of mind."
After hearing what the old beggar said, the little beggars all trembled.
Lin Qianqian learned about the beggars' thoughts from Hongdou, but she was not prepared to explain too much, as time would tell.
Next, she was ready to make a big move.
Since there was no demand for labor in Beiyueguan, she created labor demand for the people, and created a large amount of labor demand.
Many southerners have never seen snow and have a special liking for heavy snow. In fact, this can attract southerners to come here to spend the winter.
Anyway, the war is not serious now and Beiyue City is still very safe.
It just so happens that Qin Chuan is now trying to stop her from going to the battlefield, so she might as well take this opportunity to make some ice sculptures.
If we want to attract people from the mainland to visit, we need to come up with something very attractive.
Creating an ice sculpture park can provide many opportunities for craftsmanship.
Ice sculptures are very attractive to people in the south.
"Ada, sell the top-quality cat's eye to other places, and use all the money to buy food in other places. Leave immediately."
"Yes, girl."
Ada was very efficient. Three days later, more than ten trucks of grain were transported to Beiyue City.
When the people on the street heard that more than ten carts of food were being transported, they all stood on the street with eager eyes.
Although they knew that they had never received any share of the government's grain, they still wanted to take a closer look, just to quench their thirst by looking at the plum.
But Ah Da, who was sitting in the front and driving the cart, told everyone, "This is the grain that our captain bought for the people. From today on, you can work in exchange for grain."
The common people simply couldn't believe it.
How could such a good thing happen? We should be thankful that officials do not exploit the people. There are even officials who deliver food to the people.
There's something wrong with this, there must be a big conspiracy.
You know, the Marshal's wife would take away a lot of goat milk from farmers every day and never pay for it.
Beiyue City recruited common people as able-bodied men to build roads, bridges, and city walls, but they were never paid.
Not only did they not pay the people, but they would also beat them until they were covered in bruises if they were not satisfied with their work. Injuries were considered the least of their injuries. Every time they worked for the government, many people would be beaten to death because they did not do their job well enough.
So this captain actually said that he wanted to send food to the people. There must be a shocking conspiracy.
Ah Da's words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.
These outrageous words quickly spread throughout Beiyue City.
The common people in the streets and alleys were all talking about it in private, wondering what conspiracy the court had that could make them say such terrible things as working and sending food.
It's really scary! They would believe in working for free, but they would never believe in working for free and getting food.
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