Chapter 148: Ancient Money Spending 4
Seven days after Liu Yue came into this world, Liu Ruoruo's life changed dramatically.
She first heard that her elder sister was unwilling to marry Mr. Qiao, but that was nothing, at most she could just go and marry him. From childhood to adulthood, she had basically done everything that Liu Yue was unwilling to do;
Later, she heard from others that her eldest sister had gone crazy, was a monster, and had frozen her father into an ice cube... The yard was in chaos at the time, and the maids and servants were only concerned with packing up their belongings and running away. Liu Ruoruo was terrified.
Later... my father reorganized the inner courtyard, and my eldest sister changed from a "monster" to a "goddess".
Liu Ruoruo didn't believe it at first, but she received a flashlight.
Just press the switch and you can get light in the darkness, without even seeing the candle burning. If this is not a miracle, what is it?
Moreover, the food the goddess distributed was truly delicious. The Liu family was considered wealthy, but Liu Ruoruo had never tasted such sweet and rich white rice, such soft bread, and sweet mangoes... It was all an eye-opener for her. It turned out that this was the life of the gods.
Liu Yue's marriage with the Qiao family was cancelled, and Liu Ruoruo's marriage with the Zhang family was naturally cancelled as well.
Liu Yue's ambitions are to conquer the world. Wancheng is her base, and Nanyang County is where she will expand her business. Given this, these two warlords are the targets the Liu family needs to eliminate.
The three parties were destined for war, so Liu Jia naturally wouldn't sacrifice another daughter. He didn't mind the marriage failing, but he couldn't give her away for nothing.
Liu Ruoruo was still worried, who would she marry? The head maid comforted her, saying that when the goddess assisted the master to ascend the throne, she would be a princess, and she would be able to choose from all the young talents in the world.
This made Liu Yue very unhappy, and she found that many people thought the same way.
She is a goddess, but she is both a god and a woman. No one thinks of her as an empress. They all assume that she came to the world to support her father and brother. Liu Jia, who has the help of the goddess, is the man of destiny.
Stop, stop, stop, this is not right!
Liu Yue decided to take a clear political stance so that others would know her thoughts. For example, she wanted to become the county magistrate of Wancheng, and both Liu Jia and Liu Ming would have to serve under her.
As for the fact that merchants cannot be officials, this was the end of the dynasty and the world was in chaos. The emperor had a strong army and she had the truth and the final say.
Oh, I still need to ask the former Wancheng County Magistrate for his opinion on this matter——
When Liu Yue went to the county government office to look for him, she found that the county magistrate had already fled. She didn't care where he fled to, but Wancheng couldn't be without a master for a day, so she decided to do this job for the time being.
Really, how can he just quit his job and run away? There is still a lot of work left to be handed over.
Even though they had some unpleasantness before - the county magistrate did not allow her to set up a stall on the outskirts of the city to distribute moon cakes, and the refugees struggling to survive rushed forward angrily, almost trampling him and the people around them to death - but these were just minor frictions, and they could still sit down and talk it out.
But since he didn't want to talk, Liu Yue asked Fei Ge to inform Liu Jia to bring his men over and rebuild the county government.
This flying pigeon wasn't a real pigeon; it was a prop she'd bought from the system store. The pigeon itself cost two thousand star coins, and the portable tracking point cost two hundred. Liu Yue bought two for her and Liu Jia to use in their communication.
The flying pigeon moves very fast, reaching 1000 kilometers per hour from zero frame. The onlookers saw the flying pigeon passing by, and before they could even kowtow or kneel, the "fairy pigeon" had already flown away.
When Liu Jia saw the pigeon, he bowed. Even though Liu Yue had said it had no intelligence and could only carry out its mission, Liu Jia still thought it was very smart because it would automatically avoid obstacles and, at such a high speed, it had never hit anyone or anything.
The pigeon opened its mouth and broadcast the contents of Liu Yue's recording. No matter how many times it had been used, Liu Jia still found it particularly magical. The servants around him also lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at the immortal objects.
Liu Jia was not surprised at all that the county magistrate would run away. He even knew where he had gone, which was probably to the homes of a few local wealthy families.
But Liu Yue said that she wanted to be the new county magistrate. Thinking of the rumors these days, Liu Jia trembled and broke out in a cold sweat.
Liu Yue asked her to bring people over, and he didn't dare to delay. When he arrived at the county government office, he knelt down in front of Liu Yue.
This isn't an apology, but a tearful lament. The people of Wancheng suffered greatly in the past. The former county magistrate was a scoundrel, a worthless official. Fortunately, you, the goddess, have arrived. From today on, please lead us toward a bright future!
Liu Jia directly called Liu Yue "Lord" and even found a good excuse - the goddess came to save the world, she is the mother of all people in the world;
As for their father-daughter relationship, it was just a minor matter. How could it override the greater good? Although Liu Yue was his daughter, he, like all other living beings, was Liu Yue's child.
Liu Yue: ...
She thought the "Goddess Wheel" she had made up was already embarrassing enough, but she didn't expect that the ancients were even crazier when they talked nonsense.
Look, the ancients weren't that pedantic. Ultimately, social rules serve the ruling class. When the power gap is too great and the goddess delivers a dimensionality-reducing blow, concepts like patriarchy, the father's role as the leader of the son, and filial piety as the guiding principle can all be thrown out the window.
This is why Liu Yue kept Liu Jia. It is easy to deal with smart people because their brains work so quickly.
When the former county magistrate ran away, most of the power organs of the entire county government also ran away.
Those who haven't run away yet are not in important positions, so Liu Yue asked them to continue doing what they should do. At least these people are honest people with no background or family background. Even if they have some ulterior motives, they can't cause big trouble.
Wancheng has two county lieutenants, who are responsible for managing public security. Liu Yue handed the position over to Liu Jia and Liu Ming.
Logically speaking, there should be a decentralization of power here, but with weapons produced by the system, Liu Yue has no worries at all about anyone betraying her after gaining control of the armed forces.
Want to rebel violently? If you're not afraid of losing your head, come and give it a try.
Liu Ruoruo was chosen by Liu Yue as the county magistrate. When she received the transfer order, she was completely stunned.
Being an official, she? She had never thought about this aspect of things!
Yesterday, the head maid told her that when the eldest lady ascended the throne, she would be the eldest princess and she would be able to choose from all the young talents in the world. She was still thinking about who she would marry in the future.
Liu Yue: "If not you, who else can I choose? Madam has already appointed me as the chief clerk. The county magistrate is the assistant to the county magistrate. He has to help me with paperwork and various other miscellaneous matters. There aren't many people in our family who can read."
She wanted to promote Chuntao, but Chuntao was uneducated and had to attend literacy classes first.
In short, whether Liu Ruoruo is willing or not, she must become the county magistrate before a new batch of literate talents are cultivated.
Liu Yue also customized work badges for them. Liu Ruoruo looked at her own headshot and then saw the "Huang Fangyi" hanging around her wife's neck, and she felt a little dizzy.
She saluted: "Mother."
Huang Fangyi: "At work, I'll call you by my title, but outside, you should call me Huang Zhubo!"
The women of the Liu family encountered life experiences they had never imagined, while Liu Yue on the other side was busy and dizzy.
Anyone who has studied history knows how to use work as a relief measure, so Wancheng is actively carrying out various infrastructure projects.
She arranged for the construction of many roads and post stations, mainly to provide these refugees with something to do, so that they could quickly get to work and receive stable remuneration, thereby reducing social security risks.
Of course, farming must not be neglected. The food Liu Yue bought from the modern world can only be used as an emergency measure, not a permanent supply.
She promoted nationalization of land, collecting agricultural taxes that were, in the eyes of the wealthy, incredibly low. In their eyes, she wanted to seize all the land for herself, and Liu Yue didn't bother to explain it to them; there was no need.
She bought the seeds and farm tools from modern times. In addition to wheat, she also set aside an experimental field to plant sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes, preparing to bring some high-yield shock to the people of Wancheng.
Liu Yue initially worried that the refugees wouldn't be willing to try this new crop, but she underestimated her popularity among the people. She explained that it was a high-yield crop, and the people trusted her, with some even volunteering to plant sweet potatoes on their allotted plots.
That’s fine. Liu Yue had bought a soil tester from the system mall, and the current condition of his land was more suitable for growing wheat.
The detector was really expensive, costing one million star coins, which almost wiped out her previous star coin balance and the ones she had saved in the past few days. But it was very practical and could give specific planting suggestions, which was a professional skill that Liu Yue did not possess.
Farming and infrastructure work were progressing in an orderly manner. The funds Liu Yue earned from signing in every day were all used to buy cement, building materials, and food. She also bought a lot of cloth and silk to replace the currency of this world and maintain the operation of Wancheng's commerce.
This wasn't forced buying or selling on her part; it was simply the market conditions. Compared to the chaotic mix of real and fake currencies with varying copper contents, cloth, which was tangible and of consistent quality, served as a universal equivalent in certain transactions.
Liu Yue had considered "inventing" a more efficient loom. She could buy detailed information online anyway, but not now. She had too many things to do.
Among them, popularizing literacy classes and cultivating available manpower are her most important tasks at this stage.
The county magistrate ran away, but the administrative divisions below the county still include townships, pavilions, and villages. These places are basically in a state of grassroots autonomy. In order to maintain their own power, the township heads pretend to obey her orders but secretly disobey them. Liu Yue is helpless for the time being because she cannot find anyone to completely replace them. She can only make an example of them to scare the monkeys.
It wasn't that the Liu family was the only family in Wancheng that could read, but rather that no one else was willing to join her. Knowledge was extremely valuable these days, and those who had attended school and had learned were generally from wealthy families, or at least had close ties to them.
There is only one merchant family of the size of the Liu family in Wancheng and even in the entire Nanyang County. Otherwise, Liu Jia would not have the confidence to marry his daughter to a local warlord.
There is no vacuum of power; even the worst order is better than no order at all. Therefore, she still had to carry out literacy campaigns, strive to get the refugees who had already submitted to her and believed in her to learn to read and write as soon as possible, and implement her ideas at the grassroots level. Only then could she truly control Wancheng.
Therefore, Liu Yue adjusted her plan for dominance. Blind expansion was useless; only steady progress could consolidate the foundation.
She comforted herself that it was just a little difficult in the early stages. Once the first batch of people were trained, the teaching speed would increase a lot. When her territory expanded, more famous people would take the initiative to join her.
Liu Yue was not in a hurry to expand outward, but the imperial court was about to send troops to quell the rebellion.
According to the intelligence gathered by Liu Ming, the local nobles who had been quiet some time ago have been restless recently, and it seems that they want to form an internal and external alliance.
No matter how strong Liu Yue was, she was only one person. Her "Ice Magic" couldn't be used infinitely, right? Even if she was invulnerable and others couldn't do anything to her, as long as they surrounded Wancheng and forced her into prison, she still wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.
Liu Ming was a little nervous when he was reporting, and Liu Yue held her chin with one hand, seeming to be thinking.
Liu Jia thought she was worried. "Don't worry, my lord. The Wancheng militia has been well trained. Equipped with the powerful weapons you have bestowed upon them, they will be invincible. Furthermore, the people of the city are well-supported and ready for battle at any time."
Liu Yue nodded. She had previously bought a full set of riot control equipment for the militia. Although they couldn't buy sharpened knives and swords, the workshop could make its own rifles.
She knows nothing about smelting, but she can buy information online and, based on the actual situation, seek expert advice on customized plans under the guise of "playing simulation games." This is truly the most useful episode of paid knowledge.
When Liu Jia said that the people's hearts could be used, she wasn't just trying to flatter her. To the common people of Wancheng, wasn't Liu Yue a god-like being?
The common people actually don’t care who the emperor is or who is in power in the court, but if there is no incredibly cheap rice, flour, grain, oil and salt that everyone can afford, and if there is no work building bridges, roads and post stations to earn generous rewards, then everyone will make a fuss!
You say she's not a fairy, but a monster. So what?! At worst, we can just make up stories and make the fairies the villains and the monsters the protagonists.
Wancheng had made preparations for the battle, but Liu Yue's frown remained unchanged.
Liu Jia thought there was something wrong with her magic, and she was a little worried. If she didn't have the freezing magic to support her, the militia's confidence would probably be greatly reduced...
In fact, Liu Yue was just thinking about how to spend the 1 billion yuan she won today.
Fortunately, her online shopping situation here is rather special. As long as she has money, the inventory of all goods will not run out. As long as she doesn't use them, she doesn't have to worry about warehouse storage issues.
Then, she will just be an emotionless tool who hoards food, meals and supplies.
So after spending this money, how many cashback star coins can she get in this wave? She has been coveting those attack machines in the mall for a long time.
Killing them all seemed too barbaric, so she should try to capture more prisoners. After all, she had to build infrastructure and farmland, and she also wanted to develop industry, so she was short of labor.
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