Ancient Fortune Records

Shen Li is not a person who likes to grow seedlings. Regarding the development of Youzhou, it still needs to be done step by step.

Starting with the plan to wipe out bandit dens, tax reduction and relief, and work-for-relief programs, it first eased public grievances, and then stabilized the order in Youzhou. It only took a month or two, and everything was just the beginning.

The canning factory was under construction, and Shen Li took the wool of many landlords and wealthy merchants in the Youzhou area, so that three or four canning factories would be built as soon as possible.Youzhou is too poor, so the canned food needs to be sold to the wealthy Fucheng in the early stage. After the canned food business is opened, the economy of Youzhou can be awakened and this poor place can breathe.

Blacksmiths who forge iron and miners who dig coal are being recruited.Countless refugees who lost their fields heard that being blacksmiths and miners would provide them with housing and stable wages, so they went to the newly established civil affairs office to inquire.

"Master Zhang, when will the recruitment start?"

"In seven days, it will be time to recruit workers." Facing the illiterate people who came to ask questions, Zhang Shichu showed the greatest patience in his life and answered them one by one.

"Master Zhang, look at me. Although I am old, I still have strength. Why is the recruitment condition of this blacksmith so harsh? Why don't you want people after 45 years old?" Clothes, staring at Zhang Shichu with radiant eyes.

He spends these days doing odd jobs in the city and living in a makeshift shack.He is getting old, but his wife and children have fled famine in the early years and got lost.When he was young, he worked as a blacksmith. At that time, his arms were like strong and healthy tree roots, powerful and powerful.Unlike now, these arms are like withered branches, trembling even if they are not standing in the wind.

Zhang Shichu asked routinely: "Did you work as a blacksmith before?"

The old man nodded again and again: "I have been working for more than ten years! The craftsmanship may be a little rusty, but after I get used to it for a few days, I can make the best ironware! Hoes, saws, hammers, shovels... I can do it!"

Zhang Shichu was overjoyed and quickly registered the old man.

"You always have to be a skilled worker! A skilled worker is easier than a worker, and the basic salary is higher. Are you always willing?"

The old man didn't know what a skilled worker was, but he heard that there were wages, so he hesitated and asked, "Then can I still forge iron?"

Zhang Shichu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Of course it can."

It's good if we can, if we can, we don't just eat for nothing.The old man hurriedly drew the bet, as if he was afraid that Zhang Shichu would regret it.

Zhang Shichu took the old man through the formalities and continued to answer these people's questions.

Zhang Shichu was the son of a wealthy merchant in Jicheng, and the imperial court's control over merchant status was becoming more and more loose, but he still had to take a scientific examination to become an official, and the assessment for the children of merchants was much stricter than that of farmers.He has long wanted to get rid of the constraints of his household registration and enter the officialdom.It's a pity that since Emperor Xuan opened Enke, he hasn't made a name for himself in the exam, so he can't help but feel disheartened.

It's just that Mr. Shen was willing to give such a chance to be an "official". Although he was not recognized by the court, he was a "civil servant" under Mr. Shen's command, and he was no different from an official.Moreover, Mr. Shen promised that if he really made achievements, he would definitely give him a nomination to be a small official in the local area.

The Civil Affairs Office is Shen Li's new department.Although it is not an official department, all the ministers and members in it have passed the staff assessment and held relevant positions.

It is mainly responsible for some civil cases. Generally speaking, small matters that the yamen is not responsible for, such as cases where the Zhang family lost a chicken or the Wang family lost a sheep, can be reported to the civil office, and then they are responsible for such cases. personnel to investigate.

In addition, the government decrees issued by Shen Li, or the regulations issued by the local county magistrates, need to be publicized by the publicity department of the civil affairs office in various villages.

Shen Li felt that at this time, the stage play could be started.In the form of a stage play, the government decree is compiled into the script, and then performed in vernacular, with simple and easy-to-understand dance moves and nice and clear songs. In this way, the publicity effect must be particularly good.

Zhang Shichu served as the head of the Propaganda Department in the civil affairs office, but now the civil affairs office is relatively short of manpower, even the minister has to be on duty, and it is his turn to be on duty today, so he has to do the work of answering questions.

Anyway, he is very satisfied with his position now, he thought, if he has the opportunity to officially become an official in the future, he will probably miss this place too!

He smiled and continued to devote himself to his busy work.Suddenly there was a discordant voice with strange yin and yang:

"Hey, Mr. Zhang is busy! Look at you, you just have two stinky money, and you really bought an official for you! How about it, it's not easy to be an official who deals with these stinky troublemakers, right? "

The person who came was Zhang Shichu's distant cousin, the son of a certain granary in Jicheng who was in charge of a certain granary in the city. He had been at odds with Zhang Shichu since he was a child. Belittle and sarcasm everywhere.However, Zhang Shichu's family is not without connections, so apart from the anguish of being stared at by flies, there is nothing else.

Zhang Shichu smiled slightly: "You are in a catastrophe, but you still have the time to mock me." He knew some inside information, Master Shen was going to punish the corruption of the petty officials.Few of the food departments in Jicheng had clean hands.

I didn't know it before I was not an official, but now I am in this position, I understand that as long as you are a little closer to the center of power, even if you are just a small official next to the power holder, the level of information you can get in touch with is incomparable to that of a small official .

作者有话要说：就这些，晚安。等我缓过来了，就慢慢增加字数。感谢在2020-09-0901:00:05~2020-09-1000:43:32期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!