Chapter 234 Guarding Ding
Everyone stared at the young lady. No matter whether it was the official procedure or the rules, what good suggestions would she have? She just smiled and said, "What if we sit somewhere else?"
Sit somewhere else?
Zhao Lan understood immediately, and the corners of his mouth curled up after he comprehended it.
Mr. Pei and Su Yanzu looked at each other. They both understood the meaning of this sentence and looked at each other. It was a good idea.
Seeing that everyone understood what his daughter meant, Su Yanli pondered, "Ah Jin wants Dad to go to the countryside to distribute seeds?"
"Yes." Su Ruojin said, "Dad sits in the county government office, facing many people alone. How can one pair of eyes cover the people of the whole county? Dad goes to the countryside to transport grain to the village entrance. The head of the village reports the number of people, the head of the pavilion distributes seeds, and the clerk keeps accounts. Two more pairs of eyes watching three more pairs of eyes is better than Dad's one pair of eyes watching more pairs of eyes, right?"
"It's indeed a good idea... a good idea." The more Su Yanli thought about it, the better he felt his daughter's suggestion was.
In fact, at any time, as long as you break the inherent thinking, you will find that, oh, things are not as difficult as you thought. But often, it is because you do not break out of the existing thinking, stick to the existing process rules, and do not know how to consider the problem from a different angle, which will make things fall into a bad situation and give those who specialize in speculative profiteering an opportunity to take advantage.
Will everything be fine if we hand out the seeds to the farmers? It's not that simple. Su Ruojin only gave a heads-up this time. Mr. Pei filled in all the blanks. He took out the population table recorded during this period in Shangguanyu, called the head of the pavilion and the head of the village to the county government for a meeting, and counted the village guards (village soldiers in the baojia system) in each village. After all the seeds were sown in the fields, they patrolled until the wheat sprouted and grew to three inches high. If the germination rate of a village was 90% of that when the seeds were planted, each guard could get a reward of three taels of silver.
Only rewards, no punishment.
Shangguan Yu asked doubtfully, "If we don't punish them if the sprouts are not high, then all the previous work will be in vain, right?"
Su Ruojin smiled slightly, "No."
"Why?" Shangguan Yu was puzzled.
Su Yanzu revealed the secret: "The seeds of three or five families are only worth three taels of silver. Instead of trying every possible way to embezzle the seeds, it is better to take the silver openly."
"What if they don't believe it?"
Su Yanzu looked at his niece, "Ayu's doubts are not unreasonable."
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "I'll pay one tael first."
Shangguan Yu: ...During this period, he often went to the countryside to interact with the villagers. He knew the significance of one or two taels of silver to a farmer's family. In this year of natural disasters, it was almost three or four months' income.
"Can the Weizhou County Government afford this amount of money?"
Su Ruojin giggled and said, "What do you think?" and asked his uncle to guess.
Su Yanzu: ...
Su Yanli brought his county team to the countryside, including Su Yanzu, his shopkeeper and accountant, Zhao Lan and his manager and guards, Hua Ping and his "friends", and forced them to do hard labor.
Who arranged Su Yanli's trip? Hua Ping was the assistant of the temporary county lieutenant, but in fact, he was the chief of the patrol officers who went to the countryside. He had arranged in advance which town or village Su Yanli would go to first.
When we arrive at specific towns and villages, the commander-in-chief is Mr. Pei, the specific person in charge is Hu Zhubo, and his assistants are Shangguan Yu and Su Yanzu. They are responsible for command and specific arrangements. They can send troops to five or six villages in one morning, and their work efficiency is very high.
There are nine towns in Weizhou County, and each town has about five to eight villages. Generally speaking, at least four villages can be called a town, and more than five can be called a town, so Su Yanli can handle two towns in one day, and nine towns will take about five days.
The autumn planting in Yuzhou County is in full swing. Even the small vendors in the city who have closed their businesses have sensed it. They even run to the countryside out of curiosity to watch the fun.
What is Su Ruojin doing?
She became her father's logistics manager, or to put it bluntly, the cook.
It was the post-disaster recovery period, and they were going to work in the countryside, so the most important thing for the group's meals was to make sure they were full. Su Ruojin couldn't prepare the working meals of later generations, such as three dishes and one soup or two dishes and one soup. If he did that, the villagers would probably scold Su Yanli to death if they saw it.
So...it's not easy to be the leader of this group!
On the first day, early in the morning, Su Yanli and his group set out in a grand manner. From the beginning to the end of the team, one could count nearly a hundred people.
Ye Huaizhen looked at Xiaodong's ox cart. There was nothing on it except rough noodles, some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.
Even Zhao Lan, who was walking with her, couldn't help but ask, "Ajin, are you going to let us eat coarse steamed buns with river water?"
Su Ruojin nodded seriously, "Yes, boil the river water, add oil and salt, and it will be a delicious soup."
Ye Huaizhen: ...
Zhao Lan: …
Hu Zhubu and others were the pioneers. They arrived at Caijia Village first and had already built a wooden platform at the entrance of the village. At daybreak, there were two long lines in front of the platform. They were all people who had been notified two days in advance to come and get the wheat seeds.
The line was so long that it seemed there was no end in sight.
In early September, the morning light was dim and the air was filled with mist. From a distance, it looked like a fairyland. Looking closer, the paths were bumpy, the thatched houses were old and gray, and the people were dressed shabbily.
Wherever I see, the only word that comes to my mind is "poor".
This is still in the Gyeonggi area.
Su Yanli couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
An old man who had been watching from the side for a long time found that the official behaved in a measured manner and was concerned about the people. He couldn't help but feel close to him and unconsciously moved closer.
"Are you the Su County Master who allowed us to grow vegetables?"
"You are too polite, old man. Just call me Yuzhi."
The old man shook his head, not daring to call the county magistrate by his given name, but he changed his tone and said, "Sir Su, I have lived for nearly seventy years, and this is the first time I have seen the county magistrate personally go to the countryside to distribute seeds. You are the real breadwinner of our Caijia Village... no, you are the real breadwinner of our Weizhou County!"
Su Yanli could not accept the old man's praise, and hurriedly bowed humbly, "Old man, I am too embarrassed. I have just taken the position of county magistrate and have no experience. I have been careless for a lot of things. I am ashamed... ashamed..."
When the old man saw that the county magistrate was so modest and measured, he liked him even more and unknowingly started talking more and more, chattering on about family matters. Seeing that the county magistrate was listening attentively, he became more and more excited as he spoke, and his emotions showed alternately.
When he was excited, he even shed tears. He raised his hand and wiped his tears with his sleeve. He seemed to see something out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head suddenly and saw a young man writing down his words. He asked in confusion, "Master Su, what are you doing..."
"Old man, the idea you just mentioned about diverting water through the canal is very good. I'll ask my son to write it down first. As long as there is a chance, I will implement it one by one."
Su Sanlang didn't want to be his father's servant, but his father's long-time servant was very busy, so his sister dragged him in to serve as a soldier and act as a stenographer for his father's conversations with the villagers. Just when he thought there was something interesting to record, the old man suddenly knelt down in front of his father with a thud.
He cried loudly, "Master Su, even if you don't have the opportunity to do these things in the future, for today's behavior, I, an old man, thank you for your heart for the people on behalf of all the people in Caijia Village."
The old man bowed down and kowtowed.
Su Yanli hurried forward and helped the old man up.
Now, he suddenly understood the meaning of his daughter asking him to be idle and watch.
As a ruler of a region, even if it is just a county, what he needs to do is not how many documents he approved today or what specific things he did, but to stand on a higher level and see what can be done to improve the current predicament and how to turn Weizhou County into a prosperous place.
This is the significance of his being a county magistrate.
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