Chapter 718 720. Kuang County Magistrate
Such a place is rare, so Gu Wenheng naturally wants to go and take a look at it.
County Magistrate Kuang himself had never been there, so he went out to wash his hands and quickly called over Captain Chen.
"How is the construction of Xinsheng Village going now?"
Captain Chen said, "That's it. They just built the wooden house. On weekdays, they are busy working in the fields and hunting in the mountains. They live a decent life.
I haven’t been there for a while, so I don’t know if anything has changed.”
County Magistrate Kuang was so anxious that he kept rubbing his hands, "This Lord Gu seems to be very interested in that village and wants to go and take a look.
You said that if these people don’t live a good life and just deal with things, we will suffer.”
Captain Chen didn't take it seriously after hearing this. "Your Excellency is overthinking. This is a new village, so it's understandable that some things haven't been done well.
I guess Lord Gu also wants to see if everyone is really reclaiming wasteland and cultivating the land?
Did we really attract so many bandits?
We didn't do anything false in this matter, so we are not afraid of adults checking it out."
Besides, he had put in a lot of effort here, and had secured for them everything they should have secured.
It can be said that I have a clear conscience and my answers are more justified.
"Then you should go to the Xinsheng Village first and ask them to clean up the village. Don't offend the adults."
Captain Chen disagreed with this, "Just now I saw that Lord Gu didn't look very good, some things were too much, it was unnatural.
If he wants to go, he can go. The village will probably look like that anyway. I will bring my brothers to protect him and prevent anyone from bumping into him."
County Magistrate Kuang also thought it made sense, "We definitely can't go today. It's getting late.
But you'd better send someone over to tell them. I seem to remember you mentioned that they usually go into the mountains to hunt.
By then, the village will be deserted and we won’t be able to explain ourselves.”
Captain Chen did not object to this, "I am familiar with that place, I will go there myself.
If they go into the mountains, there will be time for them to come back.”
County Magistrate Kuang was naturally satisfied with Captain Chen's ability to do his job. After seeing him turn around and leave, he straightened his official uniform, as there were still many things waiting for him.
Gu Wenheng checked the files of Tukeng County and asked his subordinates to reconcile the accounts.
It has to be said that County Magistrate Kuang never made any mistakes during his tenure.
Gu Wenheng couldn't help but feel more satisfied. "Lord Kuang has been in Tukeng County for more than four years. I think he knows this place very well."
County Magistrate Kuang took the opportunity to express his own difficulties, "I have been to every village here, but the people here really live a hard life. I didn't pay taxes in the past few years, and it was all because of no choice."
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't collect enough taxes, he wouldn't have continued to stay in Tukeng County. With the operation of his family, he would have been able to move up to a higher position.
"After working so hard to grow crops, we have to be on guard against wild animals from the mountains causing trouble. Sometimes, when the bandits in the mountains can't make ends meet, they will come down to steal food. In addition, the humidity is high here, so if someone in the family gets sick, perhaps all the hard work for the entire season will be in vain.
But now with the good policy implemented by adults, many people now have their own land, and this year will definitely be better than previous years. "
Gu Wenheng didn't listen to his flattering words, but instead paid attention to what he said before.
"It is said that if you live by the mountains, you can eat by the mountains; if you live by the sea, you can eat by the sea. If we guard these mountains, even if we only receive some mountain products as subsidies every year, we should be able to make a good living."
County Magistrate Kuang said, "Your Excellency, you may not know that mountain products are definitely very popular in places like Shangjing, but they are worthless here.
Every household would pick some for their own consumption, but they wouldn’t bother with it on weekdays.”
Gu Wenheng thought this was a little unreasonable, "No foreign merchants came to buy it."
“No matter how much those merchants collect, they can’t come to our place because it’s too remote.
Furthermore, if these fungi are accidentally mixed with poisonous ones, the people in this area will not be able to bear it.”
Gu Wenheng thought about the terrain and location of this place and lowered his head in thought.
“It’s not easy.”
County Magistrate Kuang knew that he had passed this hurdle, and the rest would depend on what happened in Xinsheng Village tomorrow.
The young man from the Gu family stayed in the inn and was fully rested after a night's rest.
Gu Benluo is now particularly keen on delicacies from various places. He did not ask the county magistrate to arrange anything for him early in the morning and went to the street with his brothers.
"There's really nothing in this place." Looking at the empty streets, Gu Lekai was a little disappointed.
Gu Leping, "How come it's gone? You've found the wrong place. Don't forget that when we wanted to eat delicious food at home, we had to go to the market.
These streets are full of shops, what can you expect?"
"But in the previous county town, didn't we always find food in the shops?"
Since leaving Hong Daya, Gu Leshun has become much more cheerful, "It's still different, you see there's only one street here.
Most people would not be willing to use a shop like this to open a snack stand.
Why don't we ask the locals or look for it in the market?"
The group of people walking on the street were particularly conspicuous, especially their unfamiliar faces.
Gu Benluo politely asked a passing uncle, "Uncle, which way is the market?"
Uncle, "...@#々@"
There is no way to communicate at all. It seems that this old man can't speak Mandarin.
Gu Benluo could only smile at him awkwardly and turned to look at the shops that were already open.
I think the shopkeeper here should have some knowledge, at least he can speak a few words of Mandarin.
Apparently he was lucky, for after the other party's stuttering and gesticulations, they finally understood that they had to go further into the market.
There is only one street anyway, just walk to the end, turn left or right, and decide when the time comes.
"Let's hurry up," Gu Benluo looked up at the sky and said, "My father wants to take us to the bandit village today. If we don't make it back in time and get left behind, he won't wait for us."
Gu Wenheng had actually done this kind of thing, but they were just a little slow and were left out.
Gu Yi, "How about we go and have a look when we come back?"
"You are stupid. When we came back, the market was over." Gu Leping knew that if he wanted to be a businessman, he had to understand the market as Aunt Seven said.
This time, he was able to follow Uncle Qi out, and he had already made up his mind to understand the market conditions in this area.
In addition to local specialties, markets are the best reflection of this.
Gu Benluo glanced at him. Brother Leping was in really good spirits. Every time he went out for a walk, he was more active than himself.
Then he responded, "It's not far from here anyway. We've already come out. If we go back now, we'll have to walk this section all over again."
(End of this chapter)
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