Chapter 280 Confidence

This is easy to say, but hard to do!

The rampant banditry is a headache for every local official. It is a great achievement to be able to solve the local Fenghuang banditry problem during your term of office. Most of the time, you either work in unison with the banditry or turn a blind eye.

Others are extremely unlucky. They are weak and powerless from the beginning and are directly controlled by the other party and become puppets. Those who are unwilling to go along with them may even lose their lives!

When he took office with the master, he was also worried about this problem, but he didn't expect the old lady to be so tough and tolerant. Not only did she solve the bandits for the master, but she also helped the master get a good sum of money and trained a team of confidants.

Family members, who understands how she felt at that time? How refreshing it felt to be led by her great teammates!

Looking back now, it was because of the old lady's brilliant plan that they were able to quickly gain a foothold in Yuncheng without relying on any aristocratic family!

Only when their masters faced the local noble families in Yuncheng did they have the confidence to challenge them directly!

Haven’t you seen how when facing adults, they are all very respectful and dare not to break the rules even a little bit!

All this is because they see that their masters are now fully grown, with connections, money, power, and the support of the people of the entire city!

It's totally different from the previous governor, who had to do everything according to their mood!

Now they have food and the team is formed, but whether it is building roads or new water conservancy projects, men, women, old and young all have to work, and there are not enough people!

There are so many things to do, I can’t keep up!

Large projects such as dredging, dam repair, and road construction can only be carried out on a large scale during the non-busy farming season so as not to disrupt people's normal production.

Master Wu made a quick calculation and immediately recommended a number of people to be accepted in the first batch to Qiao Yunqing.

"The average number of people registered now is at least 200 mu per person. If there is a continuous supply of food, it won't be a big burden to accept 10,000 people first. When the food is harvested in the spring, the pressure will ease. As long as there is a good harvest, our land alone will be more than enough to accept twice as many people next year."

The thief Cao who was in charge of public security expressed his opinion: "We can't accept everyone. If spies or rebels sneak in, won't there be endless troubles?"

"Everyone has worked hard during this period, but the difficulties are temporary. Once we get through this difficult time, everything will be fine. If there is a shortage of manpower, we will recruit people first.

I will buy everyone an extra 10 kilograms of white rice, 20 kilograms of coarse grains and 500 wen of salary every month. This will be paid from my personal account as a subsidy for everyone!"

After Qiao Yunqing said this, the subordinates who were originally somewhat dissatisfied looked up in astonishment, confirming whether they had heard it wrong!

Only when they saw Qiao Yunqing still looking calm and composed did they become convinced that all this was true. Could it be that a boss really paid out of his own pocket to subsidize his subordinates? In the past, it was good enough that their leader did not take money from their pockets. To expect him to pay out every time was like a stingy person laying eggs - it was impossible.

They all stood up, still refusing, "Your Excellency, there is no need to do this. This is our responsibility!"

This clearly shows that they don't believe in free lunches. Perhaps the adults are testing their loyalty?

Don't blame the people below for being suspicious. The clerks are permanent, but the superiors are transient. They have too many bosses who are two-faced. They have long been dissatisfied with their superiors' methods of winning people's hearts!

Don’t be fooled by their sweet words and coaxing people to do more work, but when it comes to the critical moment, they will push them out to take the blame without hesitation. They are used to the corruption in the officialdom, and when they meet an honest official, they dare not trust him.

Qiao Yunqing saw everyone's reaction, but he was not angry. Instead, he said to Master Wu and the chief clerk of the yamen: "I don't like empty promises. As long as everyone fulfills their duties, I will never let you work on an empty stomach. Once everyone goes to the chief clerk to register for a place, Master Wu will send the relevant quota tomorrow!"

Master Wu is now equivalent to Qiao Yunqing's personal butler. He knows a lot about his master's family, which is really indispensable to his master.

He nodded in agreement, and inexplicably recalled the harvest scene he saw when he went to Laohu Town to deliver something to the Second Master last time. His mind couldn't help but move.

He suggested cautiously: "Second Master, do you think we should invite the old lady to stay for a while and learn about our spring ploughing?"

Time waits for no one. If Yuncheng wants to resume farming in time in the spring, it must make all preparations this winter! But they are good at reading, but when it comes to farming, if she used to be able to proudly say that she knows everything, but after seeing the grain output and species richness of Laohu Town, her ability is not enough!

Just say that they took the initiative to start snatching people from Nanliang! Or did the old lady hint to their second master in private!

As soon as Master Wu said this, several colleagues who had been to Laohu Town with him immediately came up, rubbing their hands, and looking at Qiao Yunqing with eyes as bright as light bulbs in eager anticipation.

Seeing this, Qiao Yunqing turned the words he wanted to refuse into a twist: "Mother may not have the time. She is not freer than us!"

"Sir, it's because the old lady is too busy that we invited them to come over to enjoy a few days of peace and relaxation. While they are relaxing, they can also help us see what's good for us. The old lady only needs to give some suggestions, and we will do the rest. What do you think?"

"Yes, sir, the capital is full of troubles. How can the old lady have a leisure time there? It's better for her to stay with us for a while!"

Master Wu touched his soft cotton-padded clothes and thought of the heavy ears of grain, the plump black pigs, the endless mulberries and carts of pumpkins, and then looked at the fragrant sunflower seeds and yellow and white paper on the table. If Yuncheng could produce and grow all of them, what a magnificent scene it would be!

Thinking of this, the embarrassment I felt for urging the adults to invite the old lady disappeared in an instant!

When Master Wu was talking about the excitement, he let out a secret: "In your hometown, one mu of millet can produce at least 600 kilograms, and this is still wasteland. With the ability of this kind of land, who can compare with the old lady?

We don't ask for much, but if we can ask the old lady for some guidance, even if one acre of land can produce 400 kilograms, we won't have to worry about food for at least three years!"

"How many?"

The subordinates who had never been to Laohu Town trembled, suspecting that they had heard wrongly, and looked at Master Wu in disbelief. This man must be daydreaming. A yield of 600 kilograms per mu is a level that even Shennong could hardly achieve, right?

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