Li Mengyue's decision to let Village Chief Wang manage the money was also the result of careful consideration.
When she was discussing the construction of a reservoir with several village heads, she was multitasking. She learned the information of each village head from the local leader and got to know each head's personality.
When assigning tasks, it is not done haphazardly, but with careful consideration.
When she said that anyone who participated in the construction of the reservoir would receive ten cents a day in wages and a meal, I knew there must be an accountant.
Otherwise, distributing wages every day and doing statistics is not an easy job. She doesn't want to get bogged down in tedious clerical work, so it would be better to find someone to do it.
Village Chief Wang was the person she chose. Not only could he read and write, he was also sensitive to numbers and had a natural love for money.
According to the story, in his spare time, Village Chief Wang likes to listen to the sound of copper coins hitting each other, which makes him feel extremely at ease.
When she heard this, she found it a little unbelievable. She didn't expect that there were people in the world who loved money so much.
The key point is that Village Chief Wang just likes to listen to the sound of silver and money colliding, and he is not a miser in the traditional sense.
Although he felt a little sad to see the money go out of his hands, he would not embezzle it.
Isn't this kind of Village Chief Wang exactly the accountant she was looking for? From now on, Village Chief Wang can hear the sound of copper coins every day, and can count money happily every day.
Li Mengyue's guess was indeed correct. Village Chief Wang was very satisfied with being an accountant and was very grateful to Li Mengyue for trusting him and entrusting him with an extremely important task.
When I count my money every day, the smile on my face never fades.
However, with the influx of refugees, the number of people working on the reservoir construction increased, and the amount of silver and money he paid out every day was so huge that he had to count the money every day until his hands cramped.
When he first took over as accountant, he just wanted to get rid of this hot potato as soon as possible.
Paying wages to tens of thousands of people is not a job for human beings.
Even though countless silver coins passed through his hands every day, he no longer had the "excitement" he had at the beginning.
Seeing that Village Chief Wang was doing a great job, Li Mengyue could not allow him to "resign". So she tried to persuade him with kind words, which made Village Chief Wang continue to work willingly.
These are all later stories, so let’s not talk about them for now. When Village Chief Wang left Xingying Village and returned home, he found his old father and told him about the construction of the reservoir and his upcoming appointment as accountant.
After listening to this, Mr. Wang said "good" three times in a row.
"good!"
"good!"
"good!"
Then he said to Village Chief Wang, "Son, your father hasn't accomplished much in his life. Now you have an opportunity. If you seize it, not only will your name be remembered in history, but your achievements will surely be recorded in our Wang family tree. Work hard and make every penny count. If I find out you've done something wrong, don't blame me for disowning you as my son."
"Dad, what are you talking about?"
"You don't even know who your son is."
Seeing that his son was angry, Mr. Wang stopped joking.
"Okay, okay, don't be angry. Since Miss Li has entrusted you with such an important task, you really have to do it well. This concerns the villagers of seven villages."
"Dad, I know, I'm busy now."
"Wait a minute, you said Miss Li gave you one thousand taels of silver, bring it to your father to see."
"Dad, didn't you tell me not to worry about the money for building the reservoir? What are you doing?"
"Get lost, how dare you question your father? Ahem, I just wanted to see what one thousand taels of silver looked like."
"Dad, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. I can't watch it now."
"What do you mean."
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