Chapter 184: The Rise of Qingping
In the following week, although the empire was in turmoil and undercurrents were surging, Changshan County remained calm.
Everything is the same as before, most people are working and living normally.
The fact that Changshan County acquired unprecedented financial and military power did not cause much sensation.
Most people don't even know this news, and some people who know it don't understand its significance.
However, a small number of people who had studied the empire were all caught up in the frenzy.
The vast majority of them are speculators and ambitious people from the Long-Term Cooperation Department.
They all agreed that Changshan County was about to take off, and that joining Changshan County as soon as possible was the best decision in their lives. They worked frantically, determined to get a share of this wave.
During this period, Changshan County continued to receive refugees in an endless stream.
After Changshan County announced its output value and the empire announced that both financial and military power would be delegated to Changshan County, the number of defectors suddenly exploded.
The current system of the empire has lasted for 180 years since the Shenlong Reform. After 8 emperors, the hierarchy has long been solidified, and the path for people without background to climb up is very narrow.
In the empire, for a normal person, climbing to the position of mayor is already the limit.
Without special skills and luck, it would be extremely difficult to upgrade.
Many people are stuck at the threshold of being a town mayor their entire lives, and Zhao Minggong is one of them.
Lin Wen should have been like this in fact. He was just lucky enough to compress the first fifteen years.
But his fate should also end at the position of mayor of Changle Town.
But fate took a turn for the worse. After the flood, he jumped directly from mayor to county governor.
In the empire's cognition, this was an incredible and miraculous promotion.
What is even more astonishing is that within just a few months of taking office, he had already gained control of military power, financial power, and military power, becoming like an independent king.
Even if he was the emperor's own son, he wouldn't receive such treatment, right?
Countless people were shocked by Changshan County's unprecedented treatment, marveled at County Chief Lin's unfathomable background, and became even more convinced that Changshan County would soon become one of the empire's next emerging hot spots.
And this kind of opportunity is the most likely to break down barriers and has the greatest potential for success.
Countless people who believed that they had great talents but were not appreciated, and who had great abilities, confidence and ambitions, were transferred to Changshan County through various channels.
Among those in the opposition, in addition to those who participated in the public civil service recruitment in Changshan County, a large number of people were unwilling to go through conventional channels.
They tried their best to package themselves, enhance their own value, and try to impress the legendary County Magistrate Lin in the self-recommendation interview.
Although Lin Wen was very busy, he did not delegate the matter of recruiting to others. The officials could only do auxiliary work, and he came back personally every three days to handle it.
Once [Observing Qi and People] is activated, demons will immediately reveal themselves.
Black people should just get out of here, all black people should be shot.
Talented people with good minds were directly assigned to Zhao Minggong.
Talents who may not have such good intentions but still have principles and bottom lines will be assigned to various departments of the county government.
Those with average abilities but good intentions will be assigned to front-line departments and allowed to work on the front lines.
If your abilities improve one day, you can be promoted.
Those with average abilities but principled bottom lines will be temporarily assigned to the Tea Quality Research Department or the Newspaper Culture Research Department for future use.
Those who have no principles or bottom line are generally assigned directly to the Ministry of Labor as laborers.
Of course, almost no one was willing to do this. They left angrily and cursed Changshan County for being blind and not recognizing the great talents in the world.
Lin Wen was reluctant to let go of a few capable people, but he couldn't use them rashly, so he had to transfer them to the Changxie Department.
Lin Wen now treats the Changxie Department as a garbage recycling station. All recyclable garbage is allocated to it to prevent the garbage from polluting the environment of Changshan County.
In Lin Wen's imagination, the Changxie Department should be of little use and they should not be able to cause any trouble.
Let them fight among themselves. Maybe one or two of them will come to their senses and change their way of thinking and values. Then Lin Wen will release him and he can contribute to Changshan County.
Lin Wen has now discovered that every time a person joins the County Government Office, his contribution to Changshan County will be reflected in the daily good karma.
After Yang Shaohu officially integrated into the work, Changshan County's daily good fortune soared from 198 to 225.
This proved that he was not wrong about Yang Shaohu, and that he possessed great value.
This made Lin Wen overjoyed, but also extremely worried.
What is more worrying is that due to the payment of 571 million in taxes, Changshan County’s funds suddenly became tight.
With the full implementation of Changshan County's large-scale development, the decentralization of financial and military powers, the economy becoming self-sufficient and military expenses being paid by the county itself, Changshan County's budget expenditure soared.
The total budget expenditure given by the Finance Department this month is 971.61 million yuan, of which 510.22 million yuan is spent on salaries at the County Hall alone.
Lin Wen directly set the county chief's salary at 1 yuan, and there was still 510.03 million.
Despite Qin Luoshuang's objections, Lin Wen set her salary at 1 yuan and her benefits at zero, but there was still 510 million yuan left.
A drop in the bucket.
Changshan County currently has a total of 1.617 billion in funds on its books, and its total expenditure next month will be as high as 1.2 billion.
The funding issue once again became a curse hanging over Lin Wen's head.
The local tycoons in Changshan County have almost been wiped out. In the past week, only one person was found, and his income was less than 3 million.
It can be predicted that the benefits of cracking down on local tyrants and smuggling have basically been exhausted. If Lin Wen cannot find new growth points as soon as possible, the economy of Changshan County will collapse.
Lin Wen was a little confused. He had been implementing the policy of strictly cracking down on smuggling and blocking entrances and exits for so long, so why hadn't the main target taken the bait yet?
If the plan goes astray, Lin Wen can only implement the backup plan.
I hope it doesn't come to that, it's too inefficient.
However, at present, Lin Wen’s primary task is to repair the dikes. There are more than 30 dikes in Changshan County, and Lin Wen has taken charge of all the work, directly saving more than 100 million yuan and indirectly saving even more.
He had just under 100 million yuan in project funds in his personal account, and if he could find a way to pay it back later, he could make up for the financial gap.
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The output value report for the second week came out, and Changshan County achieved the unprecedented achievement of calculating output value on a weekly basis.
Xiang Tianhe, the head of statistics at the empire, made a special change to the output value report.
In addition to year-on-year and month-on-month comparisons, a new concept has been created: weekly comparison.
Week-over-week: Change in output value compared to the previous week.
The output value has always been calculated in quarters, half years and years, but in Changshan County it is calculated on a weekly basis, which is unprecedented.
In this week's Empire Weekly, a commentary was added below Changshan County's output report:
This week, Changshan County's output continued its previous strong momentum, becoming the fastest-growing region in the empire.
This proves the correctness and foresight of the decision of the Supreme Elders' Council. They decisively set a precedent for the empire by delegating financial power, military power and military power at the same time, freeing Changshan County from the old constraints and becoming a pioneer of the empire's emerging model.
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Special economic expert, Herbert Hu Hua, reports.
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Shizhou.
Governor's Office.
Zhang Shuangcheng, director of the State Administration Office, did not find the Governor in the government office. The Governor's wife told him, "The Governor has gone to reprimand the Black Legion."
Zhang Shuangcheng bowed and accepted the order, and immediately went to Liuhua Lane in the east city, and found Shizhou Governor Gu Xuanli in the deep courtyard of Cuihong Tower.
He was lying on a big chair, two thinly dressed prostitutes were feeding him grapes, and in front of him the "Black Legion" was dancing gracefully, their clothes becoming thinner and thinner as they danced.
Zhang Shuangcheng waved the woman away. Gu Xuanli was slightly unhappy and asked, "What's the matter, Shuangcheng?"
Zhang Shuangcheng handed over the newspaper: "Governor Gu, this week's weekly report."
After reading it, Gu Xuanli asked, "What do you think?"
Zhang Shuangcheng said: "I think Changshan County's status is basically stable and will not fall in the short term."
"That means," Gu Xuanli frowned slightly, "there's no hope of lifting the blockade."
"right."
Gu Xuanli's face darkened. After a moment, he said, "What does that kid from Changshan County like?"
Zhang Shuangcheng replied, "According to investigations, he was very fond of money and girls aged fourteen or fifteen. He had a subordinate named Bai Xiuyu who had gathered at least fifty girls for his sexual pleasure. Her sister, Bai Yatou, was also among them and was extremely favored. She was suspected to be the head of the harem."
Gu Xuanli spat out a mouthful of spit: "Damn it, this brat is so lucky."
Zhang Shuangcheng did not say anything. Since Gu Xuanli was from the elder line of the family and his family had a strong maternal influence, even the governor could only sneak out to have fun.
After cursing for a while, Gu Xuanli said, "Then let Yu Changsheng give him money and women to curry favor with him and quickly establish a smuggling channel. The underground tunnel's capacity is too small. It's been almost a month, and we've only sold about 100 tons of hemp seeds. I can barely afford my whore fees."
Zhang Shuangcheng bowed and accepted the order.
Shizhou is a completely agricultural state. In recent years, the economy has been depressed, the prices of agricultural products have been falling again and again, and the governor's life has become increasingly difficult.
They survive by growing and selling hemp tobacco.
In the empire, more than 90% of the consumption of hemp tobacco is in the developed east. The best way to smuggle it from Shizhou to the east is Changshan County. This route has the least consumption, the loosest supervision and the lowest cost.
But just a month ago, Changshan County suddenly began to tighten controls, and the smuggling channels were basically cut off.
At that time, Gu Xuanli judged that the new mayor of Changshan County would not be able to hold on for more than a few months and would soon fall, so he ordered Yu Changsheng, the agent of Shizhou Mazi cigarettes and the smuggling leader, to ignore the Changshan County officials and transport the cigarettes through underground tunnels, cross the Taixu Mountains, and sell them in Zhongzhou.
But the underground tunnel is too small, Zhongzhou is located in an inconvenient location, and sales are very low.
It had only been a month and the funds had been greatly reduced. The wolves raised in Shizhou had no meat to eat and were howling with hunger.
As soon as Zhang Shuangcheng saw that Changshan County seemed to have stabilized, he immediately came to find the governor to change the strategy.
Otherwise, Shizhou would be running out of food, and if the Black Legion fighting everywhere had no food to eat, the consequences would be disastrous.
Thinking of this, Zhang Shuangcheng immediately rushed back to the Governor's Mansion and sent a secret telegram to Yu Changsheng who was far away in the mountainous area in the west of Changshan County.
Governor's Order:
Immediately contact the mayor of Changshan County and bribe him with money and women to obtain the qualification to use the transportation channels as soon as possible.
Dump out the surplus tobacco products as quickly as possible and collect the payment quickly.
——Zhang Shuangcheng, Director of the State Government Office.
There should be a burst of updates during 51, I hope brothers can vote for it. But there is no update on 51, I have to go to eat chicken with my sister that day, otherwise the sister will run away, I have ignored her for a long time because of writing o(╥﹏╥)o
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