Chapter 477: Squatting in the Bridge House?
Hua Yue also agreed immediately. Holding the manuscript with wet ink, he said that Commander Zhao must have stayed up all night worrying about state affairs, which made us ashamed.
Let's try it according to the commander's wishes.
Everyone nodded again.
Zhao Feiyan immediately looked at Hulan happily and said: Brother Yulin personally serves as the chief protector of Huaxi Village. I suggest that Zhao Tu Hulan be the general manager of Huaxi Village. The Ministry of Personnel must give a letter of appointment. How about he be a steward in the Ministry of Personnel first?
Mr. Fan said happily that Madam Hulan was very talented and it was a waste of her talent to be a deacon, she could definitely be his deputy.
Yangjin said with a smile that Hulan had just completed her studies at Caotang Academy, so Mr. Fan gave her a deacon position to practice.
After some laughing discussion, everyone decided.
Hulan was delighted, and stood up gracefully and bowed to thank the gentlemen...
In Huaxi Village, the chief villager Old Zhang is gathering villagers to discuss matters.
Yesterday, after Zhao Yulin and the others left, Old Zhang called the heads of each household in the yard to have tea together. Old Zhang proudly asked his wife to boil water, picked up a few tea leaves with two pointed fingers and put them into everyone's bowl, while he kept talking about Qingcheng tea, and asked everyone to try the tribute tea that the third young master gave us.
The common people were very happy. They held their tea bowls tightly and carefully observed the changes of the tea leaves in the water.
Old Zhang told everyone that the third young master would come to lead Huaxi Village on the road to prosperity, and guaranteed that things would get better every year, and good days would come one after another like sesame seeds blooming.
Everyone's face was filled with surprise.
However, he was unhappy when he heard that he had to give up his own house to the third young master to live in a public housing.
What is this called?
The third young master is here to seize their property. This is the house of the landlord Zhang family, which was allocated to them to live in after the village cleared out bandits and tyrants.
What will the whole family do if they lose their place to live?
Are you going to beg for food again and squat in the bridge hut?
Old Zhang told them: The third young master will come to be the chief security guard of our village, and his wife will also come to live in the village to guard the house we are building, and every household will have a new house to live in.
Officials from the imperial court want to live in our village to make plans. The third young master has personally chosen this place and wants it to be used as public housing. How can we stop them from moving out?
Do you still want to live a good life?
Giving up the house means digging out the roots, and it is not easy to make this decision. Everyone has a dark face and is filled with reluctance.
Upon seeing this, Old Zhang drank all the tea and tea leaves in the black fish bowl and said: Anyway, he believes that the third young master will not fool people, and has made up his mind to move to the land temple. Let's vacate the house for the third young master to live in, and see if he won't build a new house for us.
Then, a rough man named Tie Niu also said he would move. Anyway, his family was very poor and had few belongings, so he decided to move to the land temple and squeeze in with the Dubao.
Then one family after another began to express their opinions, trying to find ways to move in with relatives and friends and vacate their houses for the third young master to use as public housing.
Old Zhang's second uncle leaned on his cane and pointed at him, saying, "My son, you have to think carefully. All the neighbors have moved out. If the third young master doesn't repair the house for me, you will be stuck with it. Ha ha, ha ha." His second uncle walked away while muttering and coughing.
Old Zhang told everyone not to worry, saying that if the Third Young Master didn't repair the houses for everyone, he would go to Jinguan City to file a complaint. We still have this crystal tea can, which is a rare item worth at least a few hundred strings of cash. We can sell it for some use.
The people of Zhang's compound began to get busy, carrying benches and drying mats to move.
At Zhao Yulin's house, the ladies were congratulating Hu Lan for taking up the position of Junior Deacon in the Ministry of Personnel.
Yangjin said with a laugh that although the deacon looked a little young, he was no ordinary deacon when he was with her brother, but the chief deacon who managed the deacons.
Zhao Feiyan said enviously that her brother doted on Hulan and was personally responsible for the reform of a village. It was obvious that she went there to support Hulan and give him advice.
Ma Linger said with a smile that when we first started doing things, my brother taught us one by one. Hulan doesn't know much about our Han affairs, so it's normal for my brother to teach us step by step.
Fire Phoenix said with a smile that it is not just teaching by hand, but teaching day and night, holding the children tightly in their arms.
The women immediately burst into understanding laughter, which made Hu Lan run to tickle Fenghuang.
At night, Zhao Yulin went to Ma Ling's room to sleep with her.
The woman was about to go down to inspect banks in various places. After the two of them had carefully taken care of their responsibility fields, Ma Linger let out a long sigh and curled up lazily in his arms to talk, asking him why he had to make Hu Lan start from the Dubao position with such hard work?
Zhao Yulin said that Hulan needed to learn, and he also had some strategies to change the current situation in the rural areas that needed to be tried.
The most important thing is that we don't want Hulan to be exposed to too many core secrets of the court at present. Because we are still fighting with her brothers, the officials in the court must have opinions.
Although Huaxi Village is a small society, there are all kinds of people in it. Once you get familiar with them, you can control the big world. It is enough for Hu Lan to learn.
Ma Linger already knew Zhao Yulin's feelings, and she stuck her butt out to tell him that she understood and went to sleep.
In the city, the various departments of the Central Council are still busy selecting people.
Zhao Yulin asked each department to send a deacon to Huaxi Village to participate in the reform to facilitate the connection and communication of various affairs. Wei Rensheng, a young deacon from the Ministry of Works, took the initiative to sign up to participate.
However, when this guy ran back and told his father about it, he was criticized. His father thought that his son had a bright future, so why would he run to the small Huaxi Village?
Although the Third Young Master said that he was going to be the Chief Protector, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Huaxi Village was just something the Third Young Master had found for his concubine Hu Lan, just for fun. Why would Wei Rensheng, who was in his prime, waste his time there? Wouldn't he end up losing the Ministry of Industry's bright future?
His father didn't allow him to go and asked him to go back and find a reason to quit the job.
The weather was still cold, and Wei Rensheng was stunned by his father pouring a basin of ice water on him from head to toe. After listening to the enthusiastic mobilization of the Minister of Industry, he saw that no one responded, so he immediately signed up first. When he went home and listened to his father, a veteran official, he found out what was going on.
No wonder those colleagues who are older than him sitting in front of him are as steady as a rock and remain motionless.
The guy went back to the room and lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. Even when the sun rose, his eyes were still wide open. He thought about it all night and felt that the Third Young Master in his mind was not the kind of person who would play around, so he decided to go to Huaxi Village to take a look.
In the morning, Zhao Yulin saw Ma Linger off and went back to hold a meeting with the officials stationed in Huaxi Village.
The meeting room of the Ministry of Personnel was filled with constables who were transferred here. When Fan Zhong saw him arrive, he immediately and warmly invited him to sit in the main seat in the middle. He cheerfully told everyone that Commander Zhao would be the chief protector of Huaxi Village, and everyone should listen to the arrangements made by the chief protector.
Immediately, several young people couldn't help laughing.
He smiled and said that it was a bit of a waste of talent for the Third Young Master to be the capital guard.
Everyone burst into laughter.
Zhao Yulin asked Yangjin beside him: Is everyone here?
Yangjin nodded and whispered to him that Lord Meng's young wife had married Lord Fan and was also going to Huaxi Village to practice.
Zhao Yulin was surprised. Only then did he notice that the woman sitting next to Hu Lan was none other than Mr. Meng's young wife, A Qian.
What does this old man Meng mean?
He didn't care anymore and asked Yangjin to read out their respective division of labor, then stood up and asked Fan Zhong to move over and talk.
The two of them came out of the hall. Fan Zhong said he knew what he meant and told him that it was Meng Gong who asked him to insert it, and that the boy would definitely not have any objection. Madam Qian would definitely learn a lot from Madam Hulan.
Haha, Old Man Fan’s two consecutive “affirmations” left Zhao Yulin speechless. He said that the directors had all gone to stay outside the city, and he was worried that if anything went wrong he would not be able to explain it to Grandpa Meng.
Fan Zhong said with certainty, what could possibly go wrong at the feet of the emperor and near the imperial city?
Mr. Meng would personally arrange patrols and have detectives arrest hooligans and scoundrels, and patrol day and night to ensure the safety of the two ladies.
Damn, now that people have considered this step, what else does he have to say?
He invited Fan Zhongli to come in.
The two returned to their seats. Yangjin had already made all the arrangements and smiled as she asked Mr. Fan to give her some advice.
The old man talked about the suffering of the people for a while and then said that Commander Zhao had saved the people from danger and needed to find a way to quickly increase the income of the people. All the officials must pay attention to it. The new Song Dynasty appointed people on the basis of merit, and the old rules were still in place. Those who did a good job would be promoted and reused by the court, and those who were lazy would be sent home to raise their children.
Another young man burst out laughing.
Haha, Mr. Fan followed suit and imitated Zhao Yulin to use these plain words to make young people feel close to him.
Zhao Yulin noticed the familiar face and asked with a smile if he was a member of the Wei family.
The boy immediately stood up and saluted, reporting that he was Wei Shiqi, Wei Rensheng, from the Wei family, and thanked the commander for his concern.
He motioned Wei Rensheng to sit down, and said with a smile that Huaxi Village had only more than a thousand people, which was indeed very small compared to our Xinsong.
However, our new Song Kingdom is made up of thousands of villages like Huaxi. If the villages are rich, the country will be rich. Just imagine, if each village increases its income by one thousand strings of coins, how much income will the whole country increase?
If each citizen's income increases by 10 or 30 strings of coins a year, how much will the national income increase?
Small accounts cannot be counted too carefully, and everyone gradually listened to it.
He wanted everyone to believe that the transformation of Huaxi was absolutely unprecedented. We not only wanted to increase the yield of Huaxi's fields and the people's income, but also let the people of Huaxi live in a village that was like a garden.
The people of Huaxi can not only farm, but also open restaurants, hotels and workshops, so that those who envy Huaxi can have food, shelter and entertainment. This is not just about getting some good wheat and rice seeds and sowing them.
Zhao Yulin was very happy to see that everyone had listened.
He announced in front of Fan Zhong: All officials who go to Huaxi to work will receive double salary, but they must live in Huaxi to work. He said that the conditions in the countryside are very difficult, and all officials should think carefully. Those who cannot go can report to the Ministry of Personnel for replacement, and those who think they are not competent should put forward their opinions as soon as possible. We go there to work.
After Zhao Yulin finished speaking, Fan Zhong told everyone to go back and prepare, and then he stood up and took him to Meng Gong's house to have a drink.
