They also talked about the situation in Heyang County, and the couple exchanged opinions with each other.
After Xiao Dalang finished sorting out the booklets, he went home when it was almost dark.
I was so tired that my back and waist ached and my whole body was covered in dust.
He felt even more miserable. Now that Xiao Hanzheng and his wife were here, he had no idea what his future would be like.
He had only been rampant in the county for a short time, but now he was being suppressed. He felt like crying and felt uncomfortable.
He returned home with a gloomy face, and the old lady felt heartbroken seeing him like that.
"Da Lang, what happened to you? Did Zheng Er and his wife punish you?"
Xiao Dalang: “…”
He smiled awkwardly, "No, I was just helping Han Zheng find the book he wanted to read, so that delayed me."
The old lady was relieved, "That's good."
She couldn't help but scold again: "Your second uncle is also a useless man. He clearly got rid of the county magistrate, but he couldn't let you take over."
They always thought that Dalang would be the one, but who would have thought that it suddenly turned out to be Xiao Hanzheng.
When Xiao Dalang mentioned his second uncle, he became furious. "Grandma, it's good enough that my second uncle didn't harm me. How could he help me become the county magistrate?"
Then he repeated what Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo had said in front of everyone in the family.
After hearing this, everyone in the Xiao family was angry.
"That unscrupulous beast, I was wondering why he suddenly became so kind, it turns out he was waiting here."
Old Lady Xiao continued to curse with a dark face, "He even wants to harm his own nephew. No wonder he can't have children. This beast..."
Xiao Dalang listened to the old lady scolding and cheered in his heart.
He reminded again, "Grandma, Ge Chunru might come after us, so we have to be prepared."
The old lady looked gloomy and asked, "Why are you looking for us to settle accounts?"
Xiao Dalang said: "We sent her brother to the mines, and she said in the capital that she wanted to kill the people of our Xiao family."
He thought of what Shi Qingluo said, "After we left, Ge Chunru almost emptied the general's mansion and gave it to her sister as a dowry."
That woman was too much. She actually destroyed the Xiao family's things like this.
Old Lady Xiao was even more furious when she heard this. "That little bitch, she gave so much to her parents, and she still had the nerve to come to us to settle the bill."
"If she dares to come, I will beat her to death."
Wang and Wu couldn't help but join the old lady in cursing.
Giving that little bitch Ge Chunyi so much dowry is as painful as cutting her flesh.
The dissatisfaction in my heart towards Ge Chunru had faded a lot since I came to Northern Xinjiang.
Now it's all aroused again.
The next day, Xiao Hanzheng handed the renovation drawings to Xiao Dalang and asked him to help find craftsmen to repair it.
Because the wages were high and were paid every three days, they quickly recruited enough people and started renovating the county government office.
Xiao Hanzheng began to read the booklet that Xiao Dalang had found.
Shi Qingluo did not come to the county government office, but went out for a walk with Xi Rong and others.
If you want to understand a place, it is necessary to walk around and understand the people's livelihood.
Even though Nanxi County is not a rich county, it is much better than Heyang County.
There are only a few courtyards in the entire county that look barely okay, and are covered with blue bricks and tiles.
Many of the houses looked dilapidated and the main shops were concentrated on one street.
The other streets felt deserted.
There are not many beggars, because everyone's life is not so good, so where can they get money or food for charity?
After walking around, Xi Rui sighed, "This place is just as Xiao Dalang said, too poor."
Liang Youxiao sighed, "I said I would take a look to see if there are any business opportunities, but after I looked at it, I knew there was no hope."
People in the county town have poor living conditions, so how could they be willing to spend money?
If he were to bring the business he wanted to do in the capital here, there wouldn't be many people willing to buy or able to afford it.
He sighed again, "Qingluo, Lao Xiao was assigned to such a poor county. It will be difficult for him to accumulate merits."
Shi Qingluo didn't think so. "Why is it so difficult to accumulate merits? I think it's easier than going to those wealthy counties in Jiangnan."
Liang Youxiao asked in confusion: "There is nothing here, how can I achieve merit?"
"Repairing city walls and dams? That requires the county government to have money."
Shi Qingluo replied: "Transforming such a poor and backward county into a wealthy county with frequent caravan traffic, is this considered a great achievement?"
Liang Youxiao smiled and shook his head: "Of course it counts, but it's easier said than done."
"Let alone making the county rich, just getting caravans to come and go frequently is a problem."
Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "Of course, we have to come up with something that can attract caravans."
Liang Youxiao asked: "Do you want to build a workshop here?"
Shi Qingluo replied: "It's not me who built the workshop, but the county government."
"If I build it, won't that mean I'm competing with the people for profits?"
She was Xiao Hanzheng's wife. When he was the county magistrate, it was not suitable for her to open a workshop or do business in the local area.
Otherwise, when I return to the capital in the future, people will definitely find fault with me and use this as an excuse.
"And if I were to build it, I would be the one taking advantage of the money I earned if I used it to build roads and the county town."
"If Heyang County is to develop, it must rely mainly on the talents here."
"That way, after we're gone, their lives won't go back to how they were before."
Liang Youxiao thought for a moment, "You mean to let Lao Xiao open some workshops in the name of the county government, recruit people to work, and use the things in the workshops to attract merchants to buy things?"
Shi Qingluo nodded, "Yes, after opening a workshop, many people in Heyang County will have jobs."
"As long as the things in the workshop can attract merchants, the flow of people will increase, which will naturally drive the development of the local area."
"For example, when these caravans come, they always need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, so the business of restaurants and inns in the county town will improve."
"Once the whole county becomes bustling, people from other poor counties or grasslands will see it and want to move here, which will just fill the problem of empty households."
"Don't you think it's interesting and fulfilling to transform such a poor county into a rich county in Beicheng Prefecture?"
They are not short of money now, as they have more than enough dividends to spend every month, but they lack fame and political achievements, so they have to work hard to develop this county.
Firstly, her husband could be promoted because of these political achievements, and secondly, she felt that this was also very meaningful.
Coming to this backward world, we must always do something. We don’t have to do big things, but we can start with what we can do.
After hearing her words, Liang Youxiao couldn't help but think.
He was born into a good family and has always had a smooth life, so when he saw the county town in this state, he felt it would be difficult to revitalize it and couldn't help but feel like retreating.
But in Shi Qingluo's mouth, it seemed to become a challenging and meaningful thing.
Suddenly I felt that he really needed some good training. No wonder his grandfather insisted on sending him to the northern border.
(End of this chapter)
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