July 29th, the day of Renxu, is a good day to move into a new house.

Today is the day when Mr. Zhao ends his two-month stay at Nanshan Temple and moves back to the county government office.

Early in the morning, all the district heads and section chiefs involved in the Wusong River Water Conservancy Project gathered in the Main Hall and, under the leadership of Master Zhao, burned incense and kowtowed to the Buddha respectfully.

Thanks to the Buddha’s blessing, Kunshan County was able to complete the first phase of the project safely and smoothly.

Having said that, if the Buddha had not suddenly appeared, the gentry of Kunshan County would probably not have cooperated so well with Master Zhao in flood relief and rescue efforts.

After thanking the Buddha for his previous blessings, Zhao Shouzheng asked the Buddha to continue to bless him so that the second and third phases of the county's projects could be completed smoothly.

He also promised that as long as the project was successfully completed, the county would expand the Nanshan Temple and rebuild the golden body of the Buddha.

After getting up, Master Zhao gave a passionate speech to the assistant gentry in front of the Buddha statue, and announced that he had asked the government for credit for them.

The assistant officials below He Wenwei were naturally delighted. For such insignificant officials, with such a significant achievement in their resumes, promotion was a foregone conclusion, and even a promotion of three levels was normal.

The gentry were also very happy. Although they had no official positions to be promoted, they were commended by the court, could have their children enrolled in school, could be exempted from military service and taxes, and could even receive official titles and robes, thus gaining both fame and fortune.

In fact, after the river embankment was built, their land could also produce two crops a year like in neighboring counties, and the biggest beneficiaries were this group of gentry.

Then Zhao Shouzheng sent them back to the county first, as he had to move house and too many people would cause more trouble.

On the boat back to the city, the gentry and officials were still very excited. Someone suggested expanding the Nanshan Temple and building a Zhaogong Temple to commemorate the great contribution that Mr. Zhao Erye made to Kunshan County.

This proposal immediately received a unanimous response from the assistant officials and gentry. They all said that with the master's contribution to the reconstruction of Kunshan County, he was worthy of building not only one ancestral temple, but even ten.

Gu Dadong expressed his willingness to donate 5,000 taels of silver to help repair Nanshan Temple and build Zhaogong Temple. Zheng Ruozeng and other gentry also generously donated 50,000 taels of silver, which was enough to build Nanshan Temple and Zhaogong Temple into a magnificent building.

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In the west side hall, Jiang Xueying was reporting the budget for the second phase of the project to Zhao Hao.

Master Zhao finally changed into normal clothes today. He didn't wear his red jacket or straw hat.

It's not that he suddenly stopped loving One Piece, but Qiaoqiao and Secretary Ma just couldn't stand it anymore... Countless people in the county government laughed at them for being young and ignorant, dressing themselves up beautifully while making the dignified yamen master dress like a melon-selling boy.

The wife of County Magistrate He was also enthusiastically trying to help the county master hire a few experienced and capable maids and old women to take care of the household affairs, so that the two of them wouldn't have to work like beggars all day long.

The two girls were so aggrieved. The master lived in Nanshan Temple all day long and was surrounded by so many people. Why should they worry about him?

As for Zhao Hao, he was even more infuriating. He made countless sets of clothes, whether thin or thick, made of leather, cotton, silk, cloth, embroidered or printed, all year round.

Every morning, Secretary Ma carefully selected and ironed the clothes for him and placed them at the head of his bed, but he just refused to wear them. What could he do?

In desperation, the two had to hide his straw hat, jacket and shorts, forcing Zhao Hao to either go out wearing only his trousers or their clothes...

So Zhao Hao could only put on a white gauze midi and a light gauze robe, tie a blue silk sash, accessorize with a Pisces medicinal jade, step on silk cloud shoes, and resume his young master's attire.

Secretary Ma and Miss Qiaoqiao were so moved that they burst into tears. The young master finally behaved like a normal person again.

But this person is used to wearing shorts and sweatshirts after the summer, so if you ask him to put on long clothes and long pants again, he will feel extremely stuffy.

Young Master Zhao sat in the west side hall, eating the ice cream made by Qiaoqiao. Secretary Ma was fanning him, but he still felt sticky and very uncomfortable.

Jiang Xueying finished reporting the budget of various engineering materials. She looked up and saw that he was sticking out his tongue due to the heat. She picked up the Suzhou embroidery round fan and fanned him as well, saying:

"Brother is really afraid of heat."

"I'm afraid of the cold." Zhao Hao smiled bitterly. He clearly had the body of an ancient person, so why did he miss air conditioning and heating so much mentally?

Heating is okay, but as for air conditioning, I’m afraid I’ll never be able to enjoy it in this lifetime.

But we can ask Zhang Jian to find a human fan! Zhao Hao suddenly had an idea and quickly asked Secretary Ma to write it down so as not to forget it.

"Girl, please continue." The two girls fanned him together, and Master Zhao finally felt much cooler.

"…This year's summer grain harvest was good, and the first shipload of grain from Huguang also went down the river and arrived in Suzhou. The grain shortage in the market was resolved, and the price of grain suddenly fell back to less than one tael."

Jiang Xueying's voice is clear and pleasant, making people's ears feel as refreshed as if they had eaten ice cream.

She told Zhao Hao that the fall in grain prices had also driven down prices of all commodities, and that more supplies could be purchased with the same amount of money.

Ms. Jiang calculated that by maintaining the supply level of the first phase of the project, daily expenses were reduced by nearly one-third.

As a result, including the salary budget for the laborers, the overall expenditure only increased by a quarter.

Zhao Hao was so happy that he felt like he had picked up a big wallet. He felt that he had made the right decision to invite Jiang Xueying to be the president.

Miss Jiang thought that this was something Zhao Hao had expected, and she couldn't help but admire her brother for having such a plan.

The two of them started to flatter each other about their business as usual, and Secretary Ma, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but mutter to himself.

I thought that these two are getting along better and better with each other, and it seems that the young master is becoming more and more dependent on Miss Jiang.

I have to remind the county lady, otherwise she will be left behind.

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Today is not only the day when the county magistrate moves, but also the day when the Kunshan office of Jiangnan Company moves out of Nanshan Temple.

As for Kun Kaisi, he had already moved to Jiaoli Village on the edge of Poyang Lake with Pan Jixun yesterday to prepare for the second phase of the project.

When Zhao Hao came out after talking to Jiang Xueying, he saw Liu Zhengqi and others outside the west side hall.

"Mr. Liu hasn't left yet?" Young Master Zhao asked with a smile, "Why are you still worried?"

"How could that be?" Liu Zhengqi bowed his waist, smiled and followed Zhao Hao out of Nanshan Temple. "Young Master has already subdued Xu Jie. Who in Suzhou and Songjiang dares to touch Young Master's tiger whiskers now?"

"I haven't grown a beard yet." Zhao Hao touched his smooth chin and smiled, "Then what's there to worry about?"

"First, I want to say goodbye to you in person and thank you for your care." Liu Zhengqi smiled tentatively, "Second, I want to represent our president and sincerely invite you to join the Dongting Merchants' Guild."

"Me?" Zhao Hao pointed at himself and laughed, "I'm not from Suzhou."

"Sir, you can't say that. The entire Dongting West Mountain is yours." Liu Zhengqi said with a wry smile, "If you don't join, our Dongting Merchants' Guild will not be worthy of its name."

"There is also Dongting East Mountain." Zhao Hao smiled without comment.

"Our President Weng said that as long as you join us, we will invite you to serve as the vice president of Dongting Chamber of Commerce." Liu Zhengqi said, and then lowered his voice:

"President Weng will retire at the end of the year. Then we will work together to promote you to the position of president."

ps. First update. My Sharingan isn't fully recovered yet, so I can only update three times today.