From Chief to Ball

Merchants seek profit, and it is obvious that Nan'an will become the most important county in Fujian City, and it will be an indispensable county.

However, he is not a businessman, but an official, so it is impossible for Chen Jian to think on the same plane as Chen Jian.

"Mr. Chen, I believe everything you said. It's just... once your river is completed, thousands of hired workers gather together, and the river is completed. What should I do? I'm afraid that some lawless people will borrow This river is being repaired in Nan'an, and after the repair is completed, those refugees will also flood into Nan'an, and there will be no stability."

Chen Jian said with a smile: "The sun, the moon, the stars, and everything in the world are always changing. Once the canal is repaired, the mines in the Nan'an mountain area will transport more and more raw materials to Fujian City, which is profitable. Is the mine owner willing to watch others ask for ten catties? Can you dig out three catties?"

Speaking of this, Chen Jian plucked up the courage to say something heartbreaking.

"Brother Yuanshan, if the mining area in Nan'an is rich, the mining areas in other counties will inevitably wither. One increase and one decrease are all due to the great governance of Nan'an County. Prosperity is adjacent to decline, and prosperity is evident."

There was no one else around, and Ye Yuanshan didn't refute, just smiled.

Sitting there thinking for a long time, he finally said: "This is a good thing that benefits the people's livelihood. Naturally, I have to take this risk. After all, being an official must benefit one side."

Chen Jian praised again and again, then took out a few pieces of paper and handed them over: "This is some management method for privately digging canals and building roads. After all, the land is also state-owned, and [-]% of the proceeds still needs to be paid. There are also some Some detailed rules for operation and management, control and dispatch, wartime requisition, and the passage of state-use minerals..."

Yan Yuanshan took it, took a closer look, nodded and praised: "Mr. Chen is really impeccable in his work. These things can be used as a reference even when the Chinese people's meeting discusses and decides on the canal law or the private road construction law in the future." The [-]% of the proceeds...still have to be collected...not only for the land fee, but also for the county to participate in the management and recruitment of personnel..."

He is still very satisfied with the [-]% of the income, and Chen Jian did not do too much bargaining. The most important thing is that the [-]% of the income is not collected from the national treasury. River regulations.

The provisions are also comprehensive, and even details such as wartime requisition and national demand allocation are not overlooked.

He also understood that the [-]% income was Chen Jian's bottom line.No matter how much, I'm afraid I won't earn anything.

This is equivalent to the county's free work, because it is clearly stated above that there is no need for the county to send out civilian husbands, and all problems will be borne by the canal builder.

In this way, the efficiency can be much faster, and I can completely modify this provision and issue it as a government order.

These provisions will definitely be changed in the future. Once there is a reversal in the National People's Council, the [-]% income will be a big problem-the industrial and commercial capitalists, big landowners and plutocrats who pay the money will not accept it, even if Acceptance would also require the state to take responsibility for both of these gains.

Ye Yuanshan accepted the terms and was in a good mood, and had a few more glasses of wine with Chen Jian.

"Mr. Chen, the prosperity of Nan'an County is thanks to Mr. Chen's efforts. This glass of wine, I, the magistrate of the county, will respect you for some people in the county."

After the polite words, Chen Jian said with a smile: "My workshops suck money from the whole country and come to Nan'an to spend it. If they go to Mincheng, then Mincheng will be more prosperous than before."

The seemingly unintentional words moved Yuanshan's heart, he calmly said with a smile: "This city of Min is a city of one county, a small county of Nan'an, after all, it cannot be compared."

"That's natural. If one day Brother Yuanshan is promoted to Min County, I will move the workshop to Min County, backed by a big tree to enjoy the shade, and those who enjoy the shade will also weed and fertilize. Wouldn't it be beautiful?"

What Chen Jian said was a bit fruitless. It clearly implied that he wanted to be the head of the underground organization in Nan'an, and if he came to Mincheng in the future, he would even be the underground organization department of Mincheng.

The collusion between officials and businessmen is also a right path. Today, it is not the family but the system of the plutocratic aristocratic council that determines that this kind of collusion is reasonable and legal.

He Yuanshan was not angry about this. Chen Jian had done so many things in Nan'an, and he had never done anything clearly illegal, nor did he use everyone to evade some responsibilities for him.Even taxes are always paid on time, and in addition to supporting people's livelihood, even things like buying land are done in the normal way.

The feudal emperor would be afraid of capital stretching its hand into power, and this is an important factor in the bourgeois revolution.When you have money, you naturally want power, not only power, but also the right not to pay taxes and pay less taxes.

For this reason, Yuanshan laughed, shook his head and said: "Mr. Chen's vision is good. It's just that Nan'an County, even if it is rated as the top in the past two years, how can it be so easy to be promoted to Min County? But if you wait until After the canal is repaired, there may be some changes in five or six years."

Chen Jian said with a smile: "Five or six years, it's too long. Let's not talk about this, brother Yuanshan, I heard a joke a few days ago."

"How to say?"

"You said who is taller between a child and an adult, but there is no mound of soil nearby for the child to grow taller, but is there any way to make the child taller than the adult?"

"Wait for ten years, and you will naturally grow taller when you grow up."

Chen Jian laughed and said: "There is another way, cut off the adult's legs, wouldn't it be taller?"

This was just a joke, and Ye Yuanshan laughed a few times, glanced at Chen Jian, and said along with the joke: "Then this kid is probably even worse. Knocking people broke the law, bleeding to death, and killing him with his life." Isn't the head even shorter?"

"But what if the adults cut it themselves?"

"Of course that's another story. This adult is also good. He has good legs. How can he cut off his own leg when he has nothing to do?"

"Maybe this kid will know how to divination. Knowing that the grown-up wants to cut off his own leg, I don't know if he rushed here to compete."

"Mr. Chen is famous in the palace, he is proficient in the six arts, and has many talents. I don't know if he understands the art of divination?"

"I understand a little bit, and I have studied medicine for a few days."

After telling the joke, the two raised their glasses and laughed, thinking that this joke, which was not funny at all, was very interesting.

What the child has to do is to do nothing, and wait until the adult cuts off his leg and stands over to compare himself.

Since someone has learned medical skills, it's not a big deal if a leg is broken, and it's just a matter of picking it up.

At the end of the banquet, Yuanshan pretended to be drunk, and brought up the previous joke again, but asked another irrelevant thing that sounded extremely absurd, and asked Chen Jian to do some calculations at will.

Chen Jian also pretended to be drunk, and used the method of the priests in his previous life to pretend to be ghosts and do calculations, and wrote a word "two" on the table with water and wine.

After Ye Yuanshan saw it, he smiled and said, "Why?"

"If you do nothing, you will do everything."

Chapter 1 Seventeen Tycoon

Not to do it, that is not to do it on the bright side; not to fight, is also to not fight on the bright side.

As for the origin of Ye Yuanshan and whether he will take advantage of this opportunity to pave the way ahead of time, that is not something Chen Jian wants to consider.

Ye Yuanshan is an orthodox bureaucrat, not an idealist who is a patriot and the common people is his own responsibility, so Chen Jian needn't be afraid of anything.If it was the latter, even if Chen Jian was killed, he would not have set up the workshop in Nan'an, let alone say these things.

It would be even more perfect if the bureaucrat happened to be an opportunistic speculator.

The ultimate mutual use is that there seems to be no mutual use at all, and everything is handled in accordance with the law and regulations, without bending the law for personal gain.

Therefore, Ye Yuanshan can do nothing and govern Nan'an County with peace of mind, waiting for the breeze to rise up. No matter what, he needs an opportunity.

In the blink of an eye, in mid-October, a government order in Nan'an County was issued, but it did not cause much disturbance.Not everyone can do such things as building canals and roads. Not to mention the money spent, there are not many people in the entire Fujian city who can spend so much working capital.

October and November in Mincheng are very busy.

Some dozen landowners are growing cotton right in time for harvest, which, unlike the rest of the crop, lasts a long time.

It takes a lot of labor to squat in the ground every day to pick off the bolls little by little, because the bolls don't mature in one day.

Such a huge amount of human labor also means that the land managed by small farmers is not profitable for cotton.Merchants will control the price of cotton, especially the price of seed cotton, and the labor spent will not make enough money.

Especially the land will be enough for those who do not need to be reduced to hired labor.During the harvest season, all kinds of taxes, fees, and loans need to be repaid. Individual farmers do not have the ability to negotiate prices with the market. Rat bites and other losses are not something small farmers can bear.

When picking cotton bolls, it is also the slack period for other crops, so a large number of small farmers choose to go to the land of some large farmers to pick cotton to make money.

There is no need to pay taxes, the price is clearly marked, and the price is exchanged by the catty. Although the price is low, it is better than growing cotton yourself.

Various guilds have set the purchase price of this year's seed cotton early. As commercial capitalists, they have a strong capital and can easily manipulate the market under the premise of inconvenient transportation.