The growth of the eldest daughter-in-law of the farm gate

In the county government office, Li Mingren was receiving an order to thank him.For his contribution to the previous battle to protect the city, a reward from the capital came, and also came Liang Musheng, the new top scholar in the same class as Li Mingren.

Naturally, Liang Musheng was not here to visit Li Mingren, but was passing through Shiyang County with the officials from the north on his way to Motong County to serve as county magistrate.When he learned about this situation, Li Mingren was very surprised. Why was the top pick still devolved?But at the dinner table, Li Mingren didn't dare to talk. The relationship between the two didn't cross the line so much, so he could only say congratulations.

After drinking and eating, Li Mingren sent a servant to take several official servants from Beijing to the inn to rest, and Liang Musheng also stayed at the inn.

Now the inn in Shiyang County has been made very comfortable under Li Mingren's strict instructions. All the beds and bedding have been washed and dried, and there is no trace of musty smell.The food at the inn is no longer cold, and the inn doesn't prepare too many vegetables now. It always buys fresh vegetables, except in winter of course. After all, there are no vegetables to eat in the north in winter, so you can eat whatever you can. No extravagance or waste.

After saying goodbye to the adults, Li Mingren hurried back home. Yunlan had already eaten and washed up.

"There is someone coming from the capital, is it for a reward?" Although Zhao Yunlan said it as a question, he was also sure about it. Ye Sheng had roughly said this when he came back to report that Li Mingren did not go home for dinner.

Li Mingren replied while changing his clothes: "Yes, now the county government's warehouse is full." Obviously there was a smile on his face.

Zhao Yunlan joked: "I was wondering if I would be promoted to an official position!"

"Promotion is definitely not possible now. I am only rewarded with some money and the verbal praise you often say, madam. Of course, this can be regarded as a credit. If I am transferred in the future, I will have some credit here."

"Hahaha, I'll write you another credit book."

Li Mingren looked at Zhao Yunlan and smiled. He didn't know where he hit the point of laughter, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Yun Lan, guess who else is here today?"

"The group from the capital?"

Li Mingren nodded pretendingly: "Yeah~"

"Who? It can't be your brother Hanwen, right?"

Li Mingren shook his head: "I wouldn't be surprised if Brother Hanwen comes again now, but it's not him. It's Liang Zhuangyuan."

"Liang Musheng? Are you here to announce the award to you?" Zhao Yunlan was a little confused. Logically speaking, this person should not be the one to present the award.

"No, he will leave for Motong County tomorrow to take up his post."

"Ah?" Zhao Yunlan opened his mouth in surprise. He saw that he was a person who had made great progress, but how could he be transferred to the north, where he was still in a devastated border town.

Li Mingren shrugged: "I don't know why. I don't dare to ask people. I'm afraid it won't be good if I hit someone's sore spot. Brother Hanwen hasn't written a letter recently, and I don't know the current situation in the capital."

Zhao Yunlan nodded: "If you don't know the reason, don't ask. We are all colleagues. Just manage your own world."

If Liang Musheng is a talent, that small world is just a stepping stone for others.Perhaps the Northern Diversion Project is their starting point.Zhao Yunlan was thinking about this. If Liang Musheng has great talents and makes real achievements, Motong County can develop, which will also be beneficial to Shiyang County.

The couple stopped talking about this person. Li Mingren went into the bathroom to wash up and came out. Yun Lan had already turned over and fell asleep.

The next day, Li Mingren went to the inn early to see off Liang Musheng and others.Liang Musheng is about to take up his post, and the accompanying award officials will also go to Motong County to continue awarding awards.General Fang Qifeng is still in charge over there. Now that a new county magistrate has taken office, there will naturally be a handover between the two sides.

Li Mingren looked at the cars and horses going away, thinking deeply about the future development of Shiyang County. "Old Chen, let's go back and divide the money!" Li Mingren came back to his senses and looked at Chen Yiqing happily, thinking that he would go back and distribute some of the rewarded money to the soldiers who had done meritorious service in protecting the city.

This time he was rewarded with 1000 taels of silver, fifty stones of flour, thirty stones of rice, thirty bolts of satin and ten cows.

Li Mingren was a little surprised to receive cattle as a reward. Moreover, the cattle were not delivered this time. He was only given a voucher in exchange for the cattle. With this voucher, he could keep ten cows when he passed by Shiyang County when paying tribute in Bei Mo. .

In the county government office, Li Mingren asked Chen Yiqing to calculate the cost of repairing the county government office. It did not require major repairs, but only needed to replace some cracked walls and damaged tiles.If we don't repair it, I feel that a heavy snowfall this winter may crush the chopped wall. Even if it doesn't collapse, when spring comes and the snow melts, it will be unreliable for the snow water to soak into the cracks in the wall.

The other is to arrange a corvee to repair the river embankment before the snow freezes this year. This part of the money must be set aside first. Li Mingren has already made up his mind. As long as he works in Shiyang County for one day, every time he performs corvee work in the future, All provide some subsidies to the people.

Originally, corvee service should not be arranged this year. After all, there was a war at the beginning of the year, and he did not want to add any more pressure to the people. However, when he went on an inspection some time ago, he found that a small section of the river embankment had collapsed, so Li Mingren decided to I sent people to explore along the stretch of the river embankment. It was found that a long section of the river embankment was unstable, and it was determined that the river embankment must be reinforced this year.

After that, there will be mulberry farming after the snow melts in spring the next year. This is another sum of money. Li Mingren wants to encourage the people to reclaim some wasteland. The Yamen will subsidize the seeds and distribute them to plant on the wasteland. When the ten cows arrive, the Yamen Then he distributed the cattle to various villages and lent them to the people in each village.

"Hey~" Li Mingren sighed.

Cao Yingfa: "Sir, what's wrong?"

"I just feel that this money is not enough! I have set aside all this money, and if I want to distribute some more to the brothers who protect the city, I feel a bit shabby."

Cao Yingfa smiled and felt that Li Mingren was too thoughtful, so he comforted him: "Sir, even if everyone only gets a penny, they will be happy. Your Excellency has already given the due compensation before, and this time it will be done again." Compensating for it will be like picking up a bunch of money in vain for everyone. So just share as much as you can!"

After hearing this, Li Mingren looked at Chen Yiqing next to him, and nodded slightly as if he agreed with Cao Yingfa's words.

"Okay, I won't pretend to be fat anymore. You can take whatever you can get. This year's autumn harvest, I plan to reduce the tax by [-]%. This is to thank the people for their contribution to protecting the city at the beginning of the year. I have also informed the prefect about this. Your Excellency, the prefect also wrote back and agreed to this matter. If our yamen were richer, we could be exempted from this tax."

Cao Yingfa: "Sir, please don't act impulsively. You can't decide on the tax exemption arbitrarily. We have a lot to do in a year, and we need money everywhere. Now this Yamen has been causing famine for more than half a year. Have you forgotten that the Yamen I still owe money to Madam."

Li Mingren: "Yes, why did I forget this? Lao Chen, do you think you can still pay me back, ahem, my wife's money?"

Chen Yiqing glanced at it perfunctorily, having already calculated it in his mind, and said: "Sir, there is no money left, unless we don't compensate everyone this time."

"No, hey~" Li Mingren frowned, "That's all, keep owing it! It won't be long now."

Some people are really happy and some are worried!The government officials were very happy when they learned that they had to make amends again. Everyone now admires Mr. Li from the bottom of their hearts.Although the compensation this time was not much, as Cao Yingfa said, everyone was still happy to get the money, even more satisfied than the first time.

Li Mingren also took this opportunity to officially announce that the Yamen will reduce the number of Yamen servants. Of course, he will also help the dismissed Yamen servants find a job.Once the matter was settled, there was no longer any panic in the county government, and some people even had some hope.Everyone can see that the brothers who left the county government now earn more than they did in the county government.

Li Mingren said that if you want to stay in the Yamen, you should go to Cao County Cheng to report first. The reporting time is noon tomorrow. If you don't report by the time, it will be assumed that you intend to leave.At that time, the county government will make arrangements step by step according to the list.

Li Mingren didn't think about resigning all at once. After all, he hadn't found any other suitable job to accommodate these soon-to-be-laid-off workers.

"Everyone, please don't think wildly. Whether you go or stay, it all depends on your own mind. I will naturally be responsible for everyone to the end. If you are on duty at the county government for one day, just do the county government affairs well."

With Li Mingren's guarantee, everyone no longer hesitated. They really couldn't make up their minds, so they went home and asked the elders' wives to ask others to help with the advice. They had to share in the errands of making a living.