Siyun smiled and said: "Chen Xianggong, you are modest, speaking of which, such as today's martial arts, talents are withering, and my aunt is enough to be called the first in the world." It's a pity that her martial arts didn't pass on to Chen Xianggong, otherwise Chen Xianggong's martial arts are much more powerful than my crop man's style. ”

"I heard that Lin Wenzhenggong is also a martial arts master, but I didn't expect that in addition to Xinjian Bo, there are also people who can do martial arts among the great Confucians."

"Lin Wenzheng's kung fu, I just heard that he has entered the transformation realm, which is naturally amazing. It's just that Lin Wenzheng has this reputation, not because of martial arts, even if he doesn't kill the commander of the Southern Kingdom, it is enough to last forever. ”

Chen Shihong nodded, saying that he wanted to learn martial arts with Siyun, Siyun said that he had this little crop style, but he couldn't wait for the elegant hall, if Chen Shihong really wanted to learn, it was better to ask his aunt.

Chen Shihong recorded this incident, he had been away from home for so long, he should indeed write back to inquire about the situation at home.

When he arrived at the county office, Chen Shihong was still busy dealing with the affairs of these beggars.

Chen Shihong asked people to invite a beggar, this beggar in Haining County is only thirty or forty years old, with a fair face and a big belly, and he doesn't look like a beggar at all, but a rich man.

The beggar saluted Chen Shihong and said, "Master, I don't know what you keep looking for me?" ”

"I heard that all the beggars in the city are under your control, is it true?"

"Master, this is true or false, this is in my charge, naturally blame me, not me, I can't do anything if I want to."

When Chen Shihong heard this, he frowned and asked the beggar what this meant.

The beggar said that most of the beggars were still together, but there were some unruly people who were not from the yamen, and there was nothing they could do with them.

"Are there many people who are not under your control?"

"Master, if there are many people who don't belong to the small ones, then the little beggar is not a joke."

Although Chen Shihong didn't like the tone of the beggar, there was really nothing wrong with the beggar, and it was inconvenient for him to get angry, so he told the beggar: "From today on, this official wants you to do three things, the first is to register and make a register of the beggars under your jurisdiction and send them to the government. Second, let all the beggars in the city wear waist cards, and if there are beggars in the city who do not have waist cards after ten days, they will be expelled from the county. The third is to hope that you can let your beggars under you do things for the government, and the bounty will naturally be indispensable to you. ”

Speaking of which, Chen Shihong also said that these old and weak women and children don't need beggars to help support them, and these courts will provide money and food to support them.

After hearing this, the beggar was naturally overjoyed, this has always been his biggest headache, and now that the court is willing to share it, he naturally can't ask for it.

Chen Shihong asked the beggar to go down, hoping that the beggar could hand over the booklet as soon as possible, and the beggar head was also resolute, and soon sent the booklet of the beggar under his jurisdiction.

Seeing the 3,000 beggars who belonged to him, Chen Shihong couldn't help but be shocked, thinking that the prefect would say 100,000, but he was afraid that it would be too little.

Among them, there are more than 500 strong men, more than 800 old people, and half of them are women and children.

Chen Shihong inquired about this ratio, but he was relieved, at least there were fewer strong men, and there were fewer troublemakers.

"Why are there fewer strong men, more old and young?"

"Master, now that the Holy Son of Heaven is above, the world is peaceful, there are strong men in this family, how can they become beggars, most of these people are because their husbands died early, there is no backbone in the family, and this farm work is not something they can do, and they can beg for a living."

Chen Shihong nodded and told the beggar that there were so many people, and there was no way for the imperial court to provide for them, so he could only do his best.

The beggar had long expected that Chen Shihong would not be able to share this heavy responsibility, and he told Chen Shihong that the imperial court only needed to help support those who were disabled and weak.

Anyway, the old man and the woman could go and ask for food, and some of the beggars were unwilling to send these people out.

Chen Shihong saw that the beggar was so easy to speak, so he began to let people start making waist cards according to the requirements.

By the middle of April, all the beggars in the city had their belts, and those who did not have them were driven away.

In order to observe the people's feelings, Chen Shihong took a look at Weifu and Siyun in the county.

In this county, after a general look, there are no beggars, and there is a scene of prosperity in the world.

Chen Shihong went to a teahouse, and after sitting down, he wanted to hear what the people said about him.

The tea drinkers in this teahouse are also talking about this matter, and some people are amazed, saying that this new county has arrived, but it has done a few good things, and it is considered a good county.

An older person said unhurriedly: "You really haven't seen the world, this Xinzhi County is a little worse than Lin Wenzhenggong." ”

Everyone laughed, saying that this is for sure, Lin Quan is one of the Otsuka Zai, one of the Jiuqing, compared with Lin Quan, this county is naturally the difference between Yunyang.

Chen Shihong also asked, what is worse than Lin Quan in this Xinzhi County.

"Let's just say that this time to adopt these beggars, this matter Lin Wenzhenggong has also done, it is the Lantern Festival, the specific year, the little old man forgot, the little old man had a supper at a stall, and happened to meet Wen Zhenggong and his wife came out for supper, this Wen Zhenggong saw that there was a little beggar who did not eat, so he asked the little beggar to eat, and later let the beggar's mother come. Everyone, if you invite a supper, then you will underestimate Wen Zhenggong, everyone has compassion, a bowl or two of noodles, not to mention a big official like Wen Zhenggong, even if we are small people. However, after that day, Wen Zhenggong adopted most of the beggars in the city in the academy and taught them to read and write, and as for the women, he bought them silk and shuttle machines, and those people gradually became rich, and they did not need to be funded by Wen Zhenggong. This is called the parent officer, you say no. ”

After Chen Shihong heard this, he bowed and said: "Thanks to the teachings of the old man, indeed, like Wen Zhenggong, he can be regarded as a good official." ”

Chen Shihong asked about the specific situation, but this old man had actually heard a lot, so Chen Shihong didn't ask more.

Chen Shihong returned to the yamen, pacing back and forth, Siyun said to Chen Shihong: "Chen Xianggong, do you also want to learn from Wen Zhenggong?" It's just that Wen Zheng has money and can fund it. And Xianggong, you don't seem to have any extra money except for official funds. ”

"This is also a dilemma for Xiaosheng, I don't know what the old man has to teach me."

"This way of making money is not difficult, but Chen Xianggong is a Geng Jie, and he definitely doesn't want to make money like this."

Chen Shihong nodded and told Siyun: "Although Xiaosheng doesn't dare to say that his sleeves are clean, but the ill-gotten wealth is not touched. ”

Siyun smiled and said: "Xianggong has no money, there is no one in the academy, and when Wen Zhenggong was in the past, it was enough to do this, so why not go to the academy and ask for some money?" ”

Chen Shihong slapped his forehead and said to Siyun: "It's really a word to wake up the person in the dream, what you said is right, this is not the clock, but to find the iron." ”

Chen Shihong then went to the academy, found Lin Duowen who was studying, and told him about it, and after Lin Duowen heard it, he said to Chen Shihong: "This is a trivial matter, on the side of Qian Yin, I will naturally have arrangements, but I don't know how much silver I want." ”

Chen Shihong said that he didn't know, so Lin Duowen found Mr. Ledger, who turned over the old accounts, counted them, and then asked Chen Shihong how many women there were, and Chen Shihong said that there were as many as five or six hundred, and the account room counted and told Chen Shihong a number.

This amount is not small, but Lin Duowen didn't care, and asked the account office to get the money, and the account room was embarrassed to tell Lin Duowen that this academy didn't have so much money.

Although the income of two uncles and a county lord's mining is a lot, but they can't bear the great business of the academy, and the food and clothing of these scholars in this academy are all from the academy, and now it is difficult for the academy to maintain its operation, and if it still spends such a large amount of money, it will be really difficult.

After Lin Duowen heard it, he thought about it and told Chen Shihong that this matter was on him, and he would definitely satisfy Lin Duowen.

After Chen Shihong thanked him, after Lin Duowen sent Chen Shihong away, the account room said to Lin Duowen: "Second young master, where did you get such a large sum of money?" ”

"Of course it's the old way, you've been in my house for many years, don't you still know my father's methods back then?"

The bookkeeper thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Young master, at that time, the master did that because he was forced to do so, forget it, since the young master has decided so, then let's do it, I'm afraid those people won't be fooled." ”

"As long as my Lin family's holy family is here, they will obediently and generously donate money to support my family."

Lin Duowen asked the bookkeeper to write a letter and tell the nearby squires that he was going to set up a banquet to entertain the squire, and the reason was Chen Jingjing's 50th birthday.

Although Chen Jingjing has already passed, but because Chen Jingjing has no intention of living a life, most outsiders don't know about it except for the people in the academy.

But even if they know that this Lin Duowen wants to make up for his birthday, these people can't only come to congratulate.

The day before this birthday, Chen Jingjing found Lin Duowen and asked how she suddenly thought of celebrating her birthday.

Lin Duowen told Chen Shihong about it, Chen Jingjing shook her head and said, "You kid, in this matter, you have a deep inheritance of your father." ”

"Hey, you didn't tell me, auntie, if it weren't for me, how would I know about it."

"I'm not telling you to ask the squire to send money, but to let you understand thrift, it's not easy for the Lin family to make a fortune, so naturally you should be diligent and thrifty, but you are also doing good deeds, and I won't say anything more."

Lin Duowen said with a smile that half of it was for money, and half of it was really for Chen Jingjing's birthday.

"It's good if you have this heart, the three of you brothers and sisters, just count your eldest brother as a failure, not to mention anything else, he doesn't even have this filial piety."

Chen Jingjing thought that Lin Shaowen never seemed to care about this, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Lin Duowen smiled and said, "The eldest brother is a bit informal, but he really respects his mother." ”