Chapter 823: Playing for the occasion
Luo Chong and his party rode their horses again to the Weishan County Pier. After a journey of more than 100 kilometers, they finally arrived at the place after dark. Everyone was so cold that they had to stay overnight in the local government office.
Although it was winter, the Morning Star Lighthouse standing on the Weishan County Pier was still lit on time every night. The huge white light column kept rotating driven by the windmill, sweeping the surrounding land and lakes within a radius of 100 miles.
Luo Chong, a group of personal guards and officials from Weishan County sat in the government office building to eat hot pot. The cold wind was whistling outside the transparent glass window, but the room was warm as spring.
A three-legged iron coal stove was placed in the middle of the room. A long iron chimney was opened through a hole in the wooden wall to lead to the outside. The big teapot on the stove was still steaming.
After a while, the steam in the teapot whistled from the lid. Lu Guangzhu, who had just been transferred from Sitong County to serve as the governor of Weishan County for half a year, picked up the teapot and brewed several large pots of tea. Then he filled the hot pot on Luo Chong's table with some water, and then sat down to eat with Luo Chong.
Luo Chong picked up two pieces of frozen tofu with holes in it and put them into the pot. While waiting, he asked Lu Guangzhu about the management of Weishan County.
"Guangzhu, how have you been in Weishan County for the past six months? Is your work going well?"
Lu Guangzhu wanted to stand up and salute when he heard it. Luo Chong quickly waved his hand and asked him to sit down, saying that they were eating, and they were standing up from time to time. Are you going to eat?
"Yes, Chief, Guangzhu is dull. Since he was promoted to the position of Weishan County Magistrate, he has found his work quite strenuous. Fortunately, with the help of my colleagues in the office, I was able to hold on."
Lu Guangzhu answered very cautiously. Not only was he modest in front of Luo Chong, but he also gave his colleagues enough face and gave all the credit to his colleagues. However, you can't underestimate anyone who can become a county magistrate.
For a big man like this who plays politics, you usually have to carefully analyze every word he says to see if there are other meanings.
There must be a meaning. Luo Chong understood the other meaning of this sentence as soon as he heard it. Don't forget that the removal of the county magistrate of Weishan County was originally done by Luo Chong. Why did he transfer the original county magistrate Yun Zhiping to Ruyang County? That's because this kid is ambitious.
Yun Zhi joined later, but he became the county magistrate as soon as he joined the Han tribe. Why? Because he promised to bring 50,000 people to Luo Chong and used this condition to find Luo Chong to be the county magistrate.
If a person can really bring 50,000 people to the Han tribe, then he is definitely more than qualified to be a county governor. Why don't you try to bring someone else?
However, as this kid brought more and more people, his ambition expanded. You have to know how many people the entire Han tribe had at that time, and the new people who joined Weishan County were all introduced by him. Therefore, Yun Zhi's prestige in the hearts of tens of thousands of people in Weishan County is greater than that of Luo Chong, the leader!
Can Luo Chong tolerate such a thing? Of course not, so a large number of people were drawn from Weishan County to immigrate to other counties and counties to strengthen the border. As a result, this kid recruited more than 20,000 people in less than two years, and once again enriched the population of Weishan County. His personal prestige in the county once again exceeded Luo Chong.
Therefore, in order to show his presence and also to meet practical needs, Luo Chong built the god-like lighthouse next to the dock of Weishan County so that the local people would know who is the real leader of the Han tribe.
Then he issued a transfer order and directly transferred Yun Zhi to Ruyang County, the center of the Han tribe, to be the county governor. He personally watched him in the nearby Hanyang County.
Without people, power, and support, Yun Zhi became obedient. After he left, the vacant position of Weishan County Governor was filled by Lu Guangzhu, the county magistrate of Sitong County, according to Luo Chong's order. He was promoted.
Lu Guangzhu was indeed capable. He managed Sitong County very well before. However, the geographical location of Sitong County was not very good. It was half mountainous and half plain, lacking large water sources. Therefore, in terms of agricultural planting, they could only grow drought-resistant crops such as wheat, corn, and soybeans. They could not grow rice, the main food of the Han tribe.
Although agriculture could not develop, the geographical location of Sitong County was a strategically important place. It was almost the same distance from Hanyang County, Ruyang County, Xingang County, and Liuyang County. It was a well-connected transportation hub with a constant flow of goods and personnel.
Therefore, the county magistrate of Sitong County, in addition to leading the people to develop the local basic agriculture, is also responsible for managing a large number of warehouses, registering the fleets, the entry and exit of goods, and the catering and accommodation industries.
This should be considered an advantage brought by the geographical location, because there are so many fleets passing by, whether it is the officials and soldiers delivering letters and doing business, or the fleets of merchants and logistics, they all have to replenish and rest here.
So Lu Guangzhu set up an official canteen and inn without any teacher. In modern terms, it should be a hotel.
You can stay, eat, feed and change horses, repair vehicles, store in warehouses, and even leave messages to all parties.
Where else in other counties can there be such a lively place, and it is precisely with this Sitong Inn that Lu Guangzhu has boosted the economy of the people of the entire county.
Since growing grain is not possible, then grow vegetables. If there are many mountains, then raise chickens on the mountains. Guarding such an official inn, entertaining so many customers every day, where do these meat and vegetables come from? In fact, they are all purchased by the inn, that is, the government from the people. The people only sell vegetables, chickens and eggs, which is a lot of income.
If there are bulk goods to store, the inn will also recruit strong men from the county to move the goods, so that the people in the county can do odd jobs during the slack season and earn some extra income. A horse farm has also been opened up on the flat land at the foot of the mountain. Lu Guangzhu encourages people to grow more forage here, and the inn will also purchase in large quantities. After all, most of the convoys coming and going need to replace or store horses, so that the people in their county can increase their income.
Usually, the service staff in the inn are all recruited from the people in the county, which can also provide some jobs.
It is no exaggeration to say that this official inn alone has supported thousands of people in the entire county, and all this is the credit of Lu Guangzhu.
Of course, more importantly, in terms of logistics distribution, Lu Guangzhu is also good at sorting out notes and has never made any loopholes. In addition, he has contact with many merchants and is more familiar with the situation in Weishan County. Luo Chong decided to put this person in Weishan County as the county governor.
However, the situation in Weishan County is too different from that in Sitong County. In addition to the service industry of the inn, Sitong County has almost no agricultural and handicraft output. The difference here in Weishan County is that the output here is extremely high.
Weishan County has a large population, with a permanent population of more than 20,000. With a large population base, the birth rate is faster, and the momentum of population growth is very strong.
In terms of agriculture, this place is close to the lake and has a large number of excellent paddy fields. The rice planting area ranks second in the entire Han tribe, and the planting area of the emerging crop of sweet sorghum ranks first in the entire tribe. Because of the abundance of water, Weishan County can also fish and raise several waterfowl such as mallards, gray ducks, and mallards. The output of poultry eggs is also very high.
In terms of handicrafts, Weishan County's textiles are not very good, but relying on the advantage of being the main sorghum producing area, it still ranks first in the entire tribe in terms of sugar making and wine making. In addition, porcelain can be fired here, and there are various handmade woven products, reed mats, bamboo mats, straw mats, brooms, and brooms, all of which are popular in the entire tribe.
In terms of transportation, due to the proximity to lakes and rivers, coal from Dongxin County, glass and coke from the lake island, all have to pass through the dock here and then be transported to Xingang County by land. It can be said that it is the forefront of the science and technology of the Han tribe.
Whatever new scientific and technological outputs the research institute of the lake island has, they can always be put into Weishan County first. Take the calcium carbide lamp for example, it first appeared in Weishan County.
And because the local people were all won over by Yunzhi, the local outputs are almost all in the hands of the pro-Yunzhi faction.
In this way, Lu Guangzhu, the outsider county magistrate, seems to have a hard time. First of all, he is not familiar with the production-oriented economic system. The previous Sitong County was at most a small-scale farming and large service industry income generation, while here it mainly relies on various handicraft outputs. If the people who master the handicrafts do not cooperate, it will be difficult for him to do it.
What he just said, "Guangzhu is dull. Since he was promoted to the county magistrate of Weishan County, he has found his work quite strenuous. Fortunately, with the help of his colleagues in the government office, he was able to barely hold on. '
On the surface, this was a self-deprecating remark, and at the same time,
he was asking for credit for his colleagues, but it sounded different to Luo Chong. Chief, it's too hard to work here, and I can only barely hold on if my colleagues cooperate with me. This means that if they don't cooperate, I can't do anything well
. This is obviously complaining to Luo Chong.
Yun Zhi's power has been deeply rooted in Weishan County. His clan is here. Later, he attracted so many new tribes to join. In almost every clan in charge of every industry, Yun Zhi let his clan marry with them. With blood fusion, this is a family. How can everyone not stick together?
These were all reported to Luo Chong by the Jinwu Guard. Who married who, this kind of news couldn't be concealed even if they wanted to. Luo Chong could easily analyze his intentions.
So if you want to completely disintegrate Yun Zhi's power, it's actually very easy to do, just continue to split them up.
So Luo Chong began his performance.
After taking a piece of chicken out of the hot pot and putting it in his bowl, Luo Chong smiled and encouraged.
"Guangzhu, how can a dull person be a good county magistrate? If you are still a dull person, aren't you saying that I, the leader, don't know how to judge people?
Okay, okay, you are not much older than me, you are still a young man, and young people should have a strong drive to do things, how can you easily be afraid of difficulties and not move forward?
If you feel that your work is difficult, it means that you don't understand it enough, and you should be more diligent in the future. In addition, I will allow you to transfer some students from the schools in Liuyang County. You can assign some minor official tasks to them and train them well, so that they can also share your worries.
In addition, the recovery of Zhudao in the south is imminent, and various industries need to be built. Our cooperation with the Tang tribe is also going smoothly. The sweet sorghum they planted on a large scale will also have a good harvest, and they are short of a large number of talents in brewing, sugar making, and papermaking.
I am going to transfer a group of technically skilled people from you to support you. You won't have any objections, right? But you can't say embarrassing words to me, I don't want to hear it."
Lu Guangzhu was overjoyed, and tears came out of his eyes, not knowing whether it was because of the spicy hot pot or because he was moved.
How could he not understand the leader's meaning? The leader was arranging helpers for him, getting a group of people without foundation to train, and also drawing technical personnel from his own side to support the south.
Support is definitely support, but who has the best technology? Isn't it obvious? Whoever's family is married to Yun Zhi's clan, then his family's technology must be the best, and then they can pack up a pot and take it away.
Will he have any objections? Ha, what a joke, he was afraid that Luo Chong would take too few people for him, and he would just clean up Yun Zhi's faction system.
Although he was very excited in his heart, he couldn't show his joy on the surface, otherwise it would be difficult to do his work in the future, so Lu Guangzhu followed Luo Chong's words and continued, and the two of them cooperated in a double act.
"The chief is considerate of Guangzhu and has assigned Guangzhu more students as minor officials. Guangzhu is already grateful. How dare I go against the chief's wishes?
The newly developed land in the south is in need of reconstruction. As the governor of the Han tribe, Guangzhu dare not drag the tribe down. Compared with the south, the industries in Weishan County are already stable. It is not a big deal to give the chief more technical support.
But Guangzhu doesn't know, what will be the gap after the transfer of these personnel?"
Luo Chong took out the boiling hot frozen tofu soaked in soup from the pot and put it into his mouth. His eyebrows were immediately satisfied. Hearing Lu Guangzhu's question, he didn't put down his chopsticks and said vaguely.
"Gaps? Didn't I give you a group of students? You can arrange training for them and then add them to those factories."
"Yes, Guangzhu understands. If the chief needs these people urgently, you can notify me at any time. I will definitely pack their belongings and luggage for them. I will definitely not delay the chief's important matters. Please rest assured." Lu Guangzhu immediately agreed.
This matter must be agreed to quickly, because the chief will not be here for long. With Luo Chong here, Lu Guangzhu will have someone to rely on. When Luo Chong leaves, who knows if those people will do anything else.
"That's great. The sugar factory in Takumi County is still under construction, but I have promised the Tang tribe that I will teach them the traditional sugar-making process. Since you can give it to them at any time, let's start selecting people tomorrow."
Luo Chong said this, then turned his head to look at his personal guard leader, and then instructed him, "Write down the names of the people you need later, and then hand them over to me and Lu Junshou. Don't delay tomorrow's affairs."
"Yes," the head of the guard next to him winked at Luo Chong, crossed his hands and responded, and the matter of continuing to split up Yun Zhi's faction was settled.
(End of this chapter)
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