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Chapter 1087 Calculations
It is not difficult to be a magistrate in Muye.

The most difficult thing is not government affairs, nor is it coordinating the relationship between the tribes, but trying to integrate the tradition of self-government of the tribes into local administration.

In the side hall of the county government office in Muye, bone and stone decorations presented by various tribes were filled to the brim on the cabinets on both sides of the wall. He was lying on his stomach comfortably, holding a uniquely shaped and brightly colored porcelain lotus suction cup in his hand stretched out from the edge of the couch.

There was chilled blueberry juice in the glass, and I was humming so comfortably after being massaged. From time to time, I took a sip of the drink mixed with the pulp, which was very pleasant.

Li Yuxi was sitting by the couch, not knowing what to say... This is not the first time he entered the county government office, nor was it the first time he entered the Muye County government office, but it was the first time he was invited by Yang Zhaolong to the Muye County government office. Come in the hall, who would have thought that the county magistrate actually put a bed in the middle of the side hall?
This is not the back hall with more privacy, but the side hall on the left side of the middle hall, which is usually used for receiving guests. The county government's side hall is also decorated too informally, right?
In particular, he only placed one bed, and he groaned and groaned on the couch. Not to mention the serious chairs in the hall, even the top chairs were closed, and visitors had to open them by themselves. .

There were no tables or chairs on the floor, but five low tables were placed upside down, and a woven carpet with the names of various Iroquois tribes was spread in front of each table.

Obviously, the five chiefs of the Longhouse Alliance used to come into this side hall, and let them sit on the floor when they came.

Li Yuxi couldn't help thinking: When other people came, whether Yang Zhixian was also moaning on the couch.

"Brother Li has worked hard from afar. The plums presented by the Mohawk department are delicious when I pound them into juice and ice them. Taste... well, it's comfortable, let's go down." Yang Zhaolong hummed twice before speaking, and then he was satisfied He smiled at Li Yuxi and said, "Don't blame Brother Li, Mr. Yang was sore from climbing the mine yesterday and swimming in the Great Lakes. This county magistrate is not good!"

He is still feeling it.

From Fujian, Nanyang to Dadongyang, Li Yuxi has never met a county magistrate who lives more comfortably than Yang Zhaolong!

Which county magistrate in the world is not too busy to touch the ground?
The tobacco tycoon responded with a smile: "The magistrate really loves the people like a son. It is good to visit the people more frequently, but you must also pay attention to your health."

"Don't talk about these polite words, what kind of county magistrate is Yang, don't I, Yang Zhaolong, not even have this self-knowledge?" Definition: "This Makino looks like I don't!"

"The county magistrate said..."

Before Li Yuxi finished speaking, Yang Zhaolong had already sat up from the couch, took a straw made of porcelain and made it into a flower-leaf rhizome, and threw it casually, and the cup was fixed in mid-air and was carefully placed on the table next to the couch by the maid On the other hand, the county magistrate poured out bitter water.

"The county is full of waste and prosperity. The military government is responsible for major events, and the chiefs of the ministries are autonomous. Yang has nothing to do all day long. Even if he sees the evils in the county, there is nothing he can do. This is the key. ——All the ministries perform their own duties, and Yang must talk to the leaders of the ministries one by one if there is something to do, there is no cure for this disease.”

Li Yuxi listened and pondered, thinking about what the county magistrate asked him to do, but the more he listened, the more confused he became, so he asked, "That's why the county magistrate recruited grassroots people?"

He believes that every word that everyone says has a meaning behind it, and even nonsense and small talk, one can see the emotion in the speaker's heart.He didn't believe that Yang Zhaolong had brought him here to watch him massage and drink, and to listen to his complaints.

"Muye is the same with or without Yang, but brother Li is different!"

Sure enough, following Yang Zhaolong, he changed the subject and brought the topic to Li Yuxi, saying: "Your Excellency's paper mill, flue-cured tobacco factory, and cigarette factory are the pillars of Muye. There is something to rely on."

"There are some things that Mr. Yang can't solve, but Brother Li can."

"Many industries need workers, but Brother Li is unwilling to hire women from the Iroquois tribes." Yang Zhaolong sat upright on the couch with his legs crossed, arms crossed, and asked, "Why?"

Although Yang Zhaolong is not an orthodox scholar, he also has the idea that being an official will benefit one side as a county magistrate. Since the common people encountered such problems, he had to find a way to solve them.

But Li Yuxi didn't seem to want to solve it. Instead, he said with a wry smile: "The longhouse alliance... I hope the county will forgive the crime. The grass people really don't want to hire them to work. If the county government encounters such troubles, the grass people can give Tongbao 200 400, 600 million, and [-] million can be used, and they will be allocated by the county government and various departments to solve the urgent needs of the county officials."

These words quickly faded the smile on Yang Zhaolong's face, and he said, "I'm not asking for money."

To tell the truth, Li Yuxi does have the ability to breed goods, and Yang Zhaolong admires it very much, but it is meaningless to withdraw money. The silver in the entire North Asia is collected by his brother-in-law, and he is the one who uses Tongbao to travel across the Great East to Daming Port in Spain. Brother-in-law printed it.

What's more, the magistrate who defeated Bozhou has no concept of wealth itself.

"Why, is it because they don't work hard?" Yang Zhaolong was a little unhappy, he shook his head and said: "I think they are very hardworking in the mine, this county shouldn't let women go to the mine to dig rocks and get ore. If they want to work, Muye will do it." Should come up with a job."

Li Yuxi didn't know how to explain to Yang Zhaolong, so he simply changed the subject and asked, "Does the county lord know what merchants are most afraid of?"

"There are no skilled craftsmen in the manufacture of goods? The roads for transporting goods are difficult? The officials are corrupt? None of them. The son of Zheng Wangshi, the head of the imperial family university, once told the grassroots that merchants are proficient in arithmetic, and the grassroots deeply think so."

Li Yuxi spread his hands and said, "It's okay if you don't have skilled craftsmen. You just need to figure out how much you need to invest. When will the workers be able to become skilled workers? The roads are difficult? That's just the cost of transporting goods. The officials are corrupt? That's not only okay, but even Sometimes it’s better to do things better, Li just needs to know where to send money and how much money to get done.”

"As soon as the difficulties are solved, these expenses."

Li Yuxi paused, looked at Yang Zhaolong, and said, "The expenses will eventually be included in the cost of each pack of Muye cigarettes. When they are sold to Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands, the money will be counted on the buyers. The more the cigarettes, the more expensive they are, because this is a special product of Ming Dynasty, and only Muye can make it, so there is nothing to fear from all difficulties.”

"The scary thing is that there are no rules, and the Iroquois is very strange. They discussed everything. The grassroots went to the Mohawk headman and settled the matter of the tobacco field. It was only ten days before they came to ask for it. Renegotiate, because they feel inappropriate after discussion."

When Li Yuxi said this, he seemed very angry, and then said: "Re-negotiate, after re-negotiation, ten days later, because a child in the tribe became an adult, he felt that the previous matter was wrong, so he brought everyone back to re-discuss. "

"It's the same in Mohawk, it's the same in Haifa Sand, and it's the same with the workers...they can come today if they think it's right, and they'll come tomorrow if they don't think it's right. If they come, they'll talk to you again. If you don't follow orders, you won't be controlled. Trade is math. , Li needs to know the profit and loss, and calculate beforehand before he can set the rules."

"They don't have a charter, and they don't obey the charter. The county respect thinks, what can the grassroots do?"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)