Chapter 91 Relocation to Yuanxi County for Development
The sky was dark and gloomy, and the cold wind blowing in my face felt like it chilled me to the bone.
Rong Xi sneezed and grabbed the broom to continue shoveling snow.
At the same time, he loudly instructed the others, "Make sure to remove the ice," "Sweep up the water, otherwise it will freeze," and "Trash, trash, there's trash there!"
She, Rong Qi, ranked ninth in the first recruitment interview for staff of the Anling County Administrative Office. She was assigned to Yuanxi County, which Ning Huai'an had just conquered with his army, as Minister of the □□.
Rong Xi was utterly shocked at the time.
Firstly, this department is newly established and claims to be responsible for the cultural affairs of the entire county, but she doesn't know exactly what it's supposed to do; secondly, she's a newcomer, a fresh graduate who just passed the exam, and has never held an official position before, yet she's being made a minister directly?
Others who had similar experiences included the first-place candidate assigned to the Personnel Department of Sifang County as Deputy Minister, the third-place candidate assigned to the Construction Department of Yuanxi County as Deputy Minister, and the seventh-place candidate assigned to the Resources Department of Anling County as Deputy Minister…
Everyone was stunned; they hadn't expected the Anling Administrative Office to be so generous in offering official positions.
Cheng Hui gave a brief explanation.
The problem is that there is a shortage of talent. Even if we take a small number of people from Anling County and Sifang County and assign them to Yuanxi County as cadres in various departments, it will still not be enough.
As "top students" who emerged from the exams, they are, in some ways, superior to those selected from Yuanxi County. Therefore, the goddess is willing to give them this opportunity, hoping that they will strive to improve themselves and cooperate well with the county governor in construction.
"Future test takers won't get such good treatment, so cherish it!"
Rong Xi gritted her teeth and did it!
When the Yunhe County Administrative Office was first established, many of the people there had never held an official position before. However, they went from Yunhe County to Anling County, and then to Sifang County and Yuanxi County.
Mo Jingchun even became the governor of Sifang County!
If they can do it, why can't she, Rong Xi?
Rong Xi packed her bags and said goodbye to her family.
They traveled to Yuanxi County together with the new county magistrate Zhu Youchuan, the head of the Secretariat He Jiajia, the head of the Justice Department Zhou Xinglu, the head of the Publicity Department Zheng Qiulian, the head of the Civil Affairs Department Wei Ran, the head of the Finance Department Su Maoyin, the head of the Agriculture Department Zhang Tao, and the head of the Industry Department Qin Dongkui.
Qin Dongkui was the original owner of the embroidery workshop.
During the discussion on the addition of departments in various counties, Song Li, the Minister of Finance of Anling County who had just returned from another place, proposed: Since there are already enough workshops, why not set up a special Ministry of Works to manage the major workshops in each county?
This proposal was approved by most of the workshop owners.
Therefore, Qin Dongkui was appointed as the first Minister of the Works Department of Yuanxi County, and she handed over her work to the Deputy Minister.
The Minister of Education is Chi Xi, an advisor to Luo Boyuan of Chaozhou, who originally had no intention of taking office. However, the Minister of Education is tied to the headmaster of the new academy in Yuanxi County.
After witnessing the construction of Banshan Academy in Sifang County, Chi Xi also wanted to participate in the construction of Wenyue Academy in Yuanxi County.
He then took on the dual roles of Minister of Education and Dean of the Academy, and is currently traveling from Sifang County to Yuanxi County.
The Minister of Health is Fu Tiandong.
She is currently in Yangliu County, Gyeongju. She will wait until all the patients in the medical area have been cured before she and her colleagues set off from Yangliu County to take up their posts in Wongye County.
After the Yuanxi County Administrative Office was officially established, the first task for Rong Xi and his team was to build the Yuanxi County Library.
This was quite a happy thing for everyone in the group. Rong Xi led everyone in a meeting and discussed with great interest the location, design, materials and so on of the library.
Rongxi suggested placing a book-shaped building in the middle of the courtyard at the entrance as a symbol of their library. Her colleagues thought it was a great idea and nodded in agreement.
Someone else suggested displaying famous quotes and portraits of ancient figures on the walls of the museum to enhance the cultural atmosphere, something he had learned from books. Rong Qi thought it was a good idea and voted in favor.
The first snow of winter fell, and the staff of the administrative office took brooms and shovels to the streets to clear the snow.
While cleaning, they chatted about General Ning Huai'an's upcoming coming-of-age ceremony.
The goddess and people from Anling County and Sifang County will all be invited! They must do a good job of receiving them!
The Ministry of Construction was in a bind. "We simply don't have enough time to finish repairing all the roads in the county town before General Ning's coming-of-age ceremony!"
Let alone repairing the road into the county town, there isn't even enough time to rebuild the streets within the county town! Because the brick workshops can't produce blue bricks that quickly.
"Let's do what we can first. Our Yuanxi County Administrative Office has just been established, and everyone can understand."
That was the only way. They discussed digging up the road and planting flowers, trees, and shrubs along the way.
As for the blue bricks, let's start by slowly paving the section from the city gate to the administrative hall.
The Deputy Minister of Health remained calm; they planned to organize a sanitation campaign within the county.
"Clean up the garbage, dredge the stinking ditches, kill the rats and insects, and raise some poultry," he raised his voice. "Then make sure the people are hygienic, washing their hair and taking a bath at least every five days!"
A colleague sighed, "Five days probably won't work. The Ministry of Construction is currently busy building roads and doesn't have time to dig wells, let alone build irrigation canals to bring water in."
Vice Minister: "...Then once every ten days?"
The city guards were busy clearing out hooligans and thugs from the city, while the army was sweeping away bandits and outlaws throughout the county, determined to create a safe environment.
Otherwise, if someone attacks Ning Huai'an halfway through his coming-of-age ceremony, or if they join forces with people in the city to cause trouble, threatening the safety of the goddess and the administrative staff of the other two prefectures, that would be terrible.
They care about their reputation!
Anling County.
Ministry of Finance.
Song Li and Zhao Yong discussed their work, praising everyone for their excellent performance during this period. She then mentioned that she would be going to the east to work on sea salt production.
Ministry of Finance staff: "..."
Zhao Yong laughed and said, "Does the minister still want to be a modern-day salt connoisseur?"
Song Li said, "Salt and iron are powerful tools. It would be advantageous for us to control more purchasing channels before our army conquers the salt prefecture."
The others understood what she meant and expressed their opinions one after another:
"Alright, Minister, please set off with peace of mind. We will take care of everything!"
"Minister, take care on your journey. We'll be waiting for you to bring back some fresh, white salt!"
"Go, Minister!"
"The Ministry of Finance is now in our hands!"
Song Li looked at her colleagues and smiled happily.
"Okay, thank you all. If I really become a salt connoisseur in the future, I will definitely write an article to thank you for your support."
Everyone: *Pfft*
"Great! Good luck, Minister!"
"I'm really looking forward to it."
"The attendants A, B, and C beside the Salt Immortal?"
The heads of the embroidery workshop, weaving workshop, and sugar workshop were chatting idly.
Jin Fengdao said, "The timber workshops, stone workshops, brick workshops, ironware workshops, paper workshops, and printing workshops have all moved to Yuanxi County and started working."
Su Yuhuan leaned back in her chair and smiled gently, "It's alright, they're busy building Yuanxi County, we're not busy."
Zhang Qin, the new head of the embroidery workshop, nodded, "Besides, we're moving to the county seat, not the prefectural city. We'll move slowly; there are too many things to arrange and discuss."
Jin Feng sighed, "Just thinking about it makes me tired."
Recalling the happy expressions on the faces of everyone at the distillery when they moved out, Zhang Qin teased, "Are you really serious?"
“No, not at all,” Jin Feng laughed heartily. “To have a county like this makes me happy just thinking about it.”
He can plant as many acres of sugarcane as he wants, and build as big a workshop as he wants. He couldn't be happier!
Zhang Qin shrugged.
Su Yuhuan picked up her teacup, took a sip, and offered her suggestion, "Let's move after the New Year."
She pointed out, "The construction in Yuanxi County has just begun, and the roads haven't even been repaired yet."
Zhang Qin thought it was a good idea, "I'll go back and discuss it with the people in our embroidery workshop."
Jin Feng said, "After the New Year, everyone should agree."
He seemed to realize something and asked, "You chose Nanmudu County?"
Su Yuhuan nodded. "There is a river in the county."
Jin Feng said, "We chose Guyang County, which also has a river." He laughed, "We can't run a workshop without water."
Hearing him say that, Zhang Qin realized something and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jin Feng shrugged. "The people from their paper mills and printing workshops are also discussing taking over an entire county."
Zhang Qin thought for a moment and said, "That's great too. Our business hasn't fully taken off yet, but if we can expand it all over the country in the future..."
Su Yu laughed, "That would require a lot of books, and the current production capacity of the workshop is not enough. We also have a library and an academy."
At the Goddess's Palace, Hu Dazhu and Xiang Yuesheng were presenting He Qinglan with articles written by the generals, requesting permission to fight.
After reading it, He Qinglan asked, "What are your thoughts?"
Hu Dazhu glanced at Xiang Yuesheng subconsciously and said, "From a geographical point of view, I think it would be better to take over Xinyuan County."
If Sun Yannan wants to take action against Anling, he must first capture Xinyuan, which can keep the war outside Anling.
He Qinglan's expression was indifferent. She put down the stack of articles in her hand and said, "Go and attack Xinyuan."
Xiang Yuesheng's brow twitched, and he hesitated before speaking, "Goddess, could it be..."
He Qinglan looked up at the two people sitting opposite her. "Something's about to happen in the capital."
Hu Dazhu frowned: Something happened?
Xiang Yuesheng was surprised. Could it be that Lu Wei was determined to overthrow the young emperor and seize the throne himself? No way, given the current situation…
He Qinglan reminded you meaningfully, "You don't need to worry about military merits. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to earn them in the future. Not to mention the distant future, we must at least take over the entire Jinzhou, as well as the southwest and northwest."
Hu Dazhu reached out and pinched his chin, "Southwest...and Northwest?"
Xiang Yuesheng frowned. "Neither the southwest nor the northwest will be easy to fight." Both regions have deeply rooted foreign tribes.
He Qinglan said calmly, "Military merits are naturally not so easy to earn."
Hu Dazhu laughed, "But if we take these two places, Goddess, you will be able to stand on your own!"
Xiang Yuesheng agreed, "That's right, Jinzhou alone is not enough to compete with other states."
There are too many mountains in Jinzhou.
He Qinglan said, "So don't rush, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to earn military merit."
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