Take the earth to enshrine the gods

Chapter 21

No need to think about it, Zhang Huairen has already set his sights on his cronies——the factory official Hu Jinsheng.

Hu Jinsheng's heart turned cold when Zhang Huairen glanced at him like this, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he could only get up, weeping, and said bravely: "My lord, as the official of the workshop, I should be responsible for this matter."

Qian Yuan saw the communication between the two, and said with a half-smile: "It's very good."

"It's everyone's responsibility to govern Yingshui. This king donated 1000 taels of silver to do his best." Qian Yuan couldn't help Zhang Huairen, but he didn't want to mess up the matter.

When the others met, they expressed their opinions one by one. The donations ranged from 100 taels to 500 taels. In short, they wanted to show their loyalty without exceeding the prince's standard.

In the previous inspection of Li's house, more than 1000 taels of silver were confiscated, not including other income. Qian Yuan's withered pockets suddenly bulged, and even if he donated an additional [-] taels, he would not be burdened.

But Qianyuan, as a vassal king, couldn't squeeze the people below too hard.

Everything has to be done in moderation.

As long as Qianyuan takes the lead, can the officials below, including those gentry and wealthy families, not show their expressions?Thinking about it, Zhang Huairen had a way to raise enough money from these people.

This also prevents Zhang Huairen from doing crooked ways and pouring dirty water on him in order to complete the task.

These people donated money and naturally hoped that this flood control would be successful and thus gain a good reputation so that no one would stand up to cause trouble, thus killing two birds with one stone.

While Zhang Huairen breathed a sigh of relief, he looked at Qian Yuan with solemn eyes. From now on, he would never underestimate this prince again, and would definitely be extremely cautious to deal with the next struggle.

The road is still long.

Qian Yuan felt Zhang Huairen's gaze, but he didn't take it seriously. From the moment he decided to stand at the front desk, he was ready to face all challenges.

People always have to grow.

Once everything is finalized, this discussion will come to an end.

From the beginning to the end, Cao Wen, who once again acted as the mute master, looked at Qian Yuan before leaving, and tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat three times in a row.

What Cao Wen didn't know was that Qianyuan looked at his back with the same thoughtfulness.

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Return to the back hall.

Qian Yuan took a sip of strong tea, looked at Uncle Zhong who followed, and asked, "How is Hu Jinsheng?"

Uncle Zhong took advantage of the situation and sat down at the bottom, thought about his choice of words, and replied: "This man is an official, and he has experience in river management and has ideas, but he can't make use of them."

This evaluation is already very high. From this point of view, Zhang Huairen's employment is not useless.

"Can you win him over and use it for me?"

Uncle Zhong said: "Your Highness has just run on Zhang Huairen, and the two of them have already been divorced. I see some drama. After I come down, I will do Hu Jinsheng's work again."

Qian Yuan nodded, trying to win over a pawn, but he would not have to do it himself.

Just after talking about Hu Jinsheng, Zhou Qing came to see him.

During this period of time, in order to cooperate with Xu Chu in forming a personal guard team and recruiting troops for the city defense battalion, Zhou Qing was busy going back and forth between Yizeguan and the county seat.

"Please come in quickly." Qian Yuan was about to find out about the recruitment situation of the city defense battalion.

"Your Highness!"

Zhou Qing was dressed in military uniform and gave a standard military salute.

"sit!"

With a smile on his face, Qian Yuan was very satisfied with Zhou Qing. After taking charge of the city defense battalion, Zhou Qing combined strength and softness, quickly cleaned up the negative influence brought by Li Xie and others, cleaned up military discipline, and gave the city defense battalion a new look.

The reorganization of the army was also a matter of course and did not cause any turmoil.

Zhou Qing came to ask for help.

After reorganizing the army, things began to go wrong. The recruitment order had been issued for five days, and there were very few applicants. At this rate, it was impossible for the city defense battalion to reach full strength before the end of the year.

This doesn’t include training time.

"Why is there no one to respond? Isn't the people in Yize County tough and martial arts popular?" Qian Yuan was puzzled.

Zhou Qingdao: "The Yizeguan garrison is at the forefront and suffers heavy casualties in every battle. Therefore, local warriors are not willing to join the army. In previous years, the Southern Corps recruited troops from elsewhere."

There is another thing that Zhou Qing did not dare to say, that is, Yize County has a new owner. Even if the local warriors want to join the army, they will wait and see and are not very enthusiastic.

As for whether there is anyone behind the scenes to do small tricks, it is not known.

In addition to recruiting soldiers, the cost of the city defense battalion is also a big problem. Although Baoluxuan is a gold mine, the talisman market in Yize County is too small, and the previous promotions have drained the market.

No matter how many talismans Qianyuan printed, it would be useless if they could not be sold.

Because the Li family is a martial arts family, very few spiritual stones were found in the search, but a batch of body-building spiritual herbs and elixirs were seized, all of which were allocated to the city defense camp by Qian Yuan.

It's really not in charge of the family. I don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive.

In Dagan, the fastest way to be promoted to a noble is to establish military exploits on the battlefield, from the princes and nobles to the common people.

If Qianyuan didn't want to be trapped in the small Yize County for the rest of his life, he had to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield. It was not as simple as simply resisting the invasion of Qingqiu Kingdom.

To realize Qianyuan's ambition, a city defense battalion is not enough.

"Uncle Zhong, what do you think?" Qianyuan asked.

"In the final analysis, the treatment in the army is not good enough. If the previous promise of His Highness can be fulfilled, then I think there will be many warriors who will actively join the army in order to improve their strength." Uncle Zhong sees the problem clearly.

Qian Yuan was ashamed.

He was still boasting about Haikou in the city defense camp before, but not long after he passed, the spirit stones were stretched again.

"Your Highness, isn't there a Lingshi mine in the county, why not collect it?"

Qian Yuan shook his head, "The mining right of that Lingshi mine for the next ten years has already been sold to Zhang's family by the former county magistrate. How can we take it back?"

Because the former county magistrate Zhao Cheng was an outsider, in order to gain a firm foothold when he took office, he did not hesitate to trade the Lingshi mine to win over the Zhang family.

This is something everyone knows.

However, Zhao Cheng and Zhang Huairen did everything right. At least in terms of procedure, the transaction was legal.

"not necessarily."

Uncle Zhong shook his folding fan, "If Zhao Chengken issued a confession, proving that the original transaction was of the nature of profit transfer, then His Highness can use this as evidence to terminate the contract with the Zhang family and take back the Lingshi Mine."

"Why is Zhao Cheng willing?!"

"What if the prefect of Qingqiu Prefecture forces him to do this?"

"En?" Qian Yuan became a little interested.

"Your Highness forgot? The case of the post station attack is still on the head of the prefect of Qingqiu. As long as His Highness doesn't let go, it will be a curse." Uncle Zhong reminded.

"You mean to use this to make a deal with Qingqiu Mansion?"

"That's right. Anyway, the memorial that His Highness played to the imperial court has not been followed up so far. I guess it won't cause any trouble. Why don't we exchange it for some real benefits."

Qian Yuan was silent for a while, and laughed at himself: "Oh, is it nothing?"

"Your Highness, I didn't mean that."

Only then did Uncle Zhong realize that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately stood up and confessed, his face looking horrified.

So does Zhou Qing.

Qian Yuan waved his hand, "Get up, I'm not that fragile, so I'll do as you say."

Uncle Zhong nodded in response, but he reminded himself that His Highness, no longer the Highness who doesn't care about world affairs in Shendu, must be measured in what he says and does in the future.

Otherwise, disaster is not far away.

Taking back the Lingshi Mine is not something that can be done in one go. Qian Yuan was thinking about how to open Baoluxuan to Qingqiu Mansion, when he suddenly thought of a person.

"The chief secretary Cao Wen is from Qingqiu Mansion, tell me, does he have a shop in Qingqiu Mansion?"

If Baoluxuan wanted to enter a new market, it could only play the acquisition method, but the acquisition was not so easy. All major families regarded the store as a fixed property and would not sell it easily.

Moreover, Baoluxuan must be sneaky when entering Qingqiu Mansion, so that no one else can find out the details of Baoluxuan. This requires the acquired shop to have a strong backing in Qingqiu Mansion.

The Cao family where Cao Wen lived undoubtedly met the requirements.

"should have."

"Then have a good talk with him. I was just thinking about meeting this silent master." After Li Feng was defeated, Cao Wen was the only existence in the county government that could check and balance Zhang Huairen. How could Qian Yuan not focus on.

"Then I'll make arrangements." Uncle Zhong understood.

(End of this chapter)