Chapter 486 Huaxi Little Lady
The female gang leader was taking her brother Jing for a tour in the imperial city. After Guo Jing relaxed, she was amazed at the huge imperial city and sincerely envied the emperor for having such a spacious residence.
The female gang leader was delighted. She pulled Guo Jing up and used her lightness skills to leap onto the roof of the Wende Hall to look at the city of Hangzhou. He looked at the endless palaces and temples and said to the female gang leader with some fear: Rong'er, we are sitting here because this is the place where the emperor summons his important ministers to discuss matters. Isn't it disrespectful for us to be so presumptuous?
The female gang leader leaned against Guo Jing, snuggled in his arms and said, "I don't care. I'm going to stay where the emperor sleeps for a few nights."
Guo Jing immediately said dully: This is not good, this is the imperial city, we'd better find a place to stay outside.
The female gang leader smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? If Shi Ze can live here, why can't we? Yang Daquan has lived here too."
Brother Jing is worried that there has been too much killing here, and is afraid that some lonely ghost or some beautiful ghost of an imperial concubine will take Brother Jing away at night?
Guo Jing felt embarrassed and didn't respond to her. He looked around casually and said that Rong'er was joking again. He really didn't expect that he could climb up to the hall where the emperor gave orders to the world and look at the stars.
Three days later, the female gang leader got tired of wandering around Hangzhou, but the new directors had not yet arrived. She was anxious and snatched the dog-beating stick from the maid's hand and started hitting people all over the palace, muttering that Hongzhou was not as fun. Just a word from Minister Miao to take charge of Lin'an Prefecture meant that she was stranded in this shabby city and couldn't escape.
It's hard to get things done without the right reasons and logic.
She has been a local official for several years now, and knows the importance of having reasons and justifications. This is called having a legitimate reason.
Just as he was venting his anger, a maid came up to report: Wu Yuqi, the chief steward of Shunfeng Division, wanted to see him.
The female gang leader was still waving her dog-beating stick, and she was swinging it so tightly that no one dared to get close. After she stopped, she asked the maid who was coming?
The maid reported again, and she heard that it was Wu Yuqi who arrived, and immediately blamed the maid for not calling her twice more?
How can we neglect our superior from Chengdu?
The female leader immediately threw the stick to the maid and walked quickly towards the Wende Hall. When she saw Wu Yuqi, she smiled and said that she was late to greet him, and asked Lord Wu to forgive her.
Wu Yuqi immediately said that the female boss was busy with work and she was her elder, so what crime had she committed? She had just arrived, too, and immediately handed her the secret letter.
The female gang leader immediately opened it and saw that it was a carrier pigeon letter from the Central Court in Chengdu, appointing her as the Pacifier of Liangzhe Road, in charge of the military and political affairs of Liangzhe and to restore order.
The female leader was delighted at first, but then her expression became dull again. She said lightly that she was just a woman of the underworld, with little knowledge and talent, and was not up to the task. How could she handle the affairs of Liangzhe?
Wu Yuqi smiled and said that the female leader was wise but appeared foolish, acted decisively and resolutely, and dared to take responsibility. All the adults in the Central Academy praised the female leader. When giving lectures, several old teachers in Caotang Academy often warned students to be outstanding people and take the female leader as a role model.
The female leader was very happy in her heart, but her face showed no reaction at all. She asked calmly: "Am I that good?" The last time I went to Beijing, Mr. Fan from the Ministry of Personnel criticized me from head to toe.
Wu Yuqi still smiled and told her: This is how the Ministry of Personnel is, all newly promoted officials have to go through that test. She said that she had just arrived to prepare for the Liangzhe Shunfeng Office, and asked the female leader if the Shunfeng Office should be placed in the original government office in the northwest. It was located in a remote area, which was suitable for the Shunfeng Office to do business.
The female leader said casually: "Okay, just follow Wu Dazongguan." She immediately realized that she had been tricked by Wu Yuqi. Didn't she admit that she had taken over the official hat of the Liangzhe Pacifier?
After the two finished talking about business, the female gang leader watched Wu Yuqi leave, secretly admiring this shrewd woman like Zhao Yulin.
In Chengdu, Zhao Yulin was walking out of the city towards Huaxi Village. Along the way, he saw a large number of people driving carts and carrying loads on their shoulders, all heading towards Huaxi.
Haha, the small village has become lively.
Zhao Yulin arrived at the Zhang family yard, which had been newly renovated. White brick joints were outlined on the blue brick walls, and the eaves were painted a bright red. From a distance, it looked like a brand new yard.
Yangjin welcomed him in happily. He saw that the floor was paved with the sintered tiles used in Jinguan City. He praised the fast progress and said it was very good.
Wei Rensheng reported proudly: Mr. Qiu has given us his full support and everything we asked for. He also sent three master craftsmen to help. The foundations have already been laid and houses have been built on the slopes on both sides for the relocated people.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile, Dashan, the labor and material fees cannot be reduced.
Meng Gong's wife A Qian told him that it had been paid, not a penny less.
Everyone was still talking when suddenly there was a loud noise outside the yard.
The guard ran in to report: There is a large group of people gathered outside, clamoring to see the third young master.
For some reason, Zhao Yulin looked at Hu Lan.
Hulan told him that it was probably these common people who wanted us to build new houses for them. The people who moved out of the Zhang family yard happily told their neighbors that we were going to build them big tiled houses with three entrances. They were all very envious and came to them in groups of three or four to ask us to build new houses for them.
From Hu Lan's tone, Zhao Yulin seemed to agree.
A Qian thinks that we cannot agree to this agreement lightly. The house in Zhang's yard was built because we occupied their house, and other families were not involved. Building houses for them without any reason would encourage these people's lazy and dependent habits.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said: That's right, why should we repair it for them? We must have a legitimate reason.
He called all the deacons to go to the gate and listen to what they were saying.
Everyone quickly arrived at the door, and the guards had brought three chairs. Zhao Yulin sat down on the middle chair. Ke Zhenxie immediately took a deep breath and shouted for silence. The third young master had arrived. If you had anything to say, speak slowly, one by one. People had to raise their hands before speaking.
Wow, this guy has brought out the rules of meeting in the military camp.
Soon, a group of ordinary people raised their right hands, some even raised both hands high without fear of effort.
The guard persuaded these people to move back and asked them to sit down where they were. Then he handed a metal microphone to a thin man in front and taught him how to use it.
The thin man held the microphone with both hands and asked the third young master to repair a house for him. His three sons were squeezed in two adobe houses, which were too small and narrow to accommodate them. He would have to get married in the future, so why couldn't the third young master repair a house for his family?
Zhao Yulin looked at the household steward and asked where the family lived. Should we occupy their yard when we build ditches and roads?
The deacon immediately checked the visit records of the past few days and told him that it was not necessary. This family lived in the large courtyard on the east side and the house looked very sturdy.
Zhao Yulin explained to everyone: The new houses built this time are for the people who have occupied the yards. The next step is to adjust the land. Those families with one or two separate yards in the middle of the flat land, which may hinder our adjustment of the planned land, can also move according to their own wishes and build new houses together. A few families who still live in shacks can also consider building new houses. The rest have houses to live in, so there is no need.
The people in the audience immediately started discussing. Some thought that the Third Young Master was being unfair. Why could these people build new houses but they couldn't? Some even shouted that their Huaxi Village did not want any reform and would not do it.
This caused an uproar. Several people who had the qualifications to build houses immediately started fighting with those who did not, cursing these people for ruining the Third Young Master's good deeds. The scene suddenly became chaotic.
Ke Zhenxie took a deep breath and roared, asking them to stop. He rushed forward to pull them apart and said in a harsh voice: How dare you! The Third Young Master is right upstairs. Who dares to act unreasonably?
Who dares to stop the Third Young Master from doing what he wants to do? He is really courting death.
The Third Young Master hasn’t occupied your house, so why should he build a new one for you?
Haha, Ke Zhenxie’s roar was like a sudden thunderclap out of nowhere, and the effect was immediately apparent after it came down.
The common people were already trembling with fear and were silent.
At ease, the security guard Old Zhang went up to the families who were forcibly occupying their houses and said: The third young master came to our Huaxi Village to do charity. Last year, there was a flood that submerged a lot of fertile fields and there was no harvest. Mr. Wu Shan from across the street provided free porridge for three days, as well as white flour buns. It was all on a first-come, first-served basis, and it would last until all were gone. I've never heard of anyone who didn't get to eat and asked Mr. Wu Shan to make the porridge for him before eating it?
These people gradually calmed down.
The thin man just now still felt that the Third Young Master was being unfair. Why should the Third Young Master build houses for the poor and homeless people, but couldn't he build a bigger new house for his three sons who were squeezed into two rooms?
Zhao Yulin said that his family at least still had a house to live in, while those living in shacks were still suffering from the sun and rain.
He told Old Zhang to gather all the villagers to discuss the matter, elect ten people fairly to be representatives, and jointly decide what to do with the affairs of Huaxi Village.
"Is this okay?" he asked the people at the scene.
Everyone looked at each other in silence.
Hu Lan told them: There are still some families who need to relocate and build new houses that have not been decided yet. How about we go back and choose a person in charge to discuss these important matters together?
After this explanation, the people got up and left.
After a lot of talking and thinking, the sun had already set, and everyone had dinner and went to the living room to discuss matters.
Seeing that everyone was hanging their heads in low spirits, Zhao Yulin said with a smile: It seems that things in Huaxi Village are not so easy to handle.
Everyone started discussing it.
Ke Zhenxie said on the side that these people were just blackmailing the Third Young Master. He had promised to let them live a good life, but they still made demands. How could he just ask for it back?
Zhao Yulin did not criticize his rudeness just now, but praised him for taking action in time and speaking reasonably, and wanted to teach these unreasonable people a lesson. However, we are here to find a way for common people to get rich quickly. How should they live? What path should they take? It still depends on them to decide.
Therefore, let's let them set up a council first, and let Zhang Dubao lead the council. We must unify the opinions of the people and work together to be motivated.
He asked Wei Rensheng, the deacon of the Ministry of Works, to talk first: How should the roads and waterways in the village be repaired?
