Xia Hongsheng's census in Jingyang began. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In the fields, I can always see some polite young students dressed in white, holding a watch book and charcoal in their hands, visiting the door with Lizheng, asking carefully, and filling in carefully.

The census is not an easy task, and it will not end in a short time.

But Xia Hongsheng's county government can't wait for this matter to end before doing other things.

After the census was in full swing and on the right track, Xia Hongsheng began his second major event as the commander of Jingyang County.

If you want to be rich, build roads first, have fewer children and more trees - uh no, you don't need the latter half of the sentence.

If you want to get rich, build roads first.

There is no doubt that transportation plays a leading role in the local economy of a place. The transportation of a place determines the degree to which local resources are converted into wealth. With good transportation conditions, a place will have more communication with the outside world, whether it is people or things. Local resources can be quickly transported to other places through good transportation conditions and transformed into wealth. After the road is repaired, it can greatly shorten the time of cargo transportation, the road can have more affordability, support large-scale transactions, and can also increase the local communication with the outside world, let the outside world know what good things are in the local area, and attract more attention from the outside world.

The matter of building the road has already been done by Zhang County's order before. However, the road he built was only a few main roads in Jingyang County, and counting the distance after the main road extended out of the city, although it also improved the road conditions and living convenience in Jingyang, but it did not play a big role in strengthening the connection and communication between Jingyang and the outside world.

"The matter of building a road, Zhang Xianling also thought about it before." Yang Xiancheng said to Xia Hongsheng: "At that time, looking at the cement road from Chang'an to Jingyang, Zhang Xianling said that if all the roads in Jingyang can be made like that, Jingyang will definitely be able to make Jingyang a place where the east and west, north and south meet, and Yangzhou may be rebuilt on the northern land." It's just that it hasn't been able to be achieved since. ”

Xia Hongsheng smiled and said, "Let the county guess why such a good idea has not been achieved." Come to think of it, I'm afraid it's because of lack of resources and can't afford it! ”

"That's true!" Master Shen nodded and said to Xia Hongsheng: "If you really want to build so many roads, you must report to the imperial court, and please order the people to be recruited." Not to mention whether it can be approved by the imperial court, just requisitioning so many people is a big problem. First, if a large number of people are requisitioned, the agricultural time will be wasted. When the farming is deserted, there is not enough food. If there is not enough food, there is no tax to collect. There are not enough taxes, and there are no resources to speak of. Perhaps, they could not even afford the rations of the people they were recruited. ”

"Yes, that's a problem." Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "I'm afraid it's not feasible to recruit people's husbands." Your Majesty has now decreed that all localities should reduce forced labor, let alone harm the peasants. If Jingyang wants to build roads, the county prefers not to apply to the imperial court for conscription, but to apply for employment. The news of the upcoming road construction was reported to the people, and all the remuneration was clearly written, publicized in place, and then those who were interested in signing up on their own. In this way, the imperial court will not disagree. It's just that hiring a man requires more resources. ”

"Yes! The county commander, so until now, the cement road in Jingyang has only completed the construction of the main road in the city. Yang Xiancheng sighed and said.

"Hehe, Yang County Cheng Xian don't sigh." Xia Hongsheng laughed: "Since this county can guess the difficulty of Zhang County's road construction earlier, it has naturally already thought of a way to solve it." ”

"Oh?!" Yang Xiancheng and Shen Zhushu were taken aback, looked at Xia Hongsheng, and asked, "What is the clever strategy of the county commander?" ”

Xia Hongsheng smiled and said, "Loan." Ben Hou had persuaded several merchants in Chang'an City, including the Datang Imperial Wine Factory, to temporarily lend their money to Jingyang County. The contract is signed, the deadline is set, and the deadline must be returned to these firms with interest. Of course, after the county's lobbying, these merchants are already willing to lend money to Jingyang County this time without charging interest. ”

"Borrow money?!" Yang Xiancheng was taken aback again, and immediately became anxious, and hurriedly said: "The county commander must not!" Jingyang road construction, the cost is very much. What if you borrow money from a business and you can't pay it back then?! Jingyang County's annual tax revenue is not much, although it is Qi County, but it is only barely over 100,000 stone of grain. Even if you sell it all for money, you may not be able to pay off the money you borrowed to build the road! If we don't pay it back then, if the county government drags it out, how will the world view us? If the business makes another fuss and is found out by the court and His Majesty, I am afraid that we will all go to prison! Lord Prefectural Order, this move must not be done! ”

Xia Hongsheng looked at Yang Xiancheng, smiled and did not speak. The county lieutenant next to him pulled Yang Xiancheng's sleeve, gave him a look, and said half a sentence: "Brother Yang, haven't you forgotten?" Our county magistrate is ......"

Nayang Xiancheng had a righteous face and said: "This, I naturally know it." The county magistrate is still His Majesty's concubine, and His Majesty may not be to blame at that time. It's just that the county magistrate only said what the official said, but he asked the county magistrate to listen to it. Now as a county magistrate, everything he does represents a county government and the imperial court. Lord Prefectural Commander, you Xu was a noble and high-ranking official in the DPRK before, and you don't know about civil affairs. The only person who can be contacted by these ordinary people is the county government. In the eyes of ordinary people, the county government represents the imperial court. Every move of the county government is every move of the imperial court. If our county government leaves behind a person who uses his official identity to deceive businessmen of money and steal the infamy, then how will the county government do things in the future? How should the people view the county government and the imperial court? Before the county magistrate, I asked us to write a sentence of warning and hang it on the wall, which can be seen everywhere, thinking that it is a wake-up call. How can you do this and yet do this? ”

Listening to Yang Xiancheng's speech, it was not very good, and the other people looked at him with some concern.

"This ...... Lord County, Lord Yang has always been outspoken, and he has always been a straightforward person, and please don't be surprised! Master Shen hurriedly said to Xia Hongsheng on the side.

"Hahahaha, what's the difference?" Xia Hongsheng said with a smile: "Please rest assured that the county has privately imagined and planned the scale of road construction in Jingyang County, and has budgeted according to this plan." According to the county's budget, although the money needed to build the road is quite large, the county also has a method of increasing the revenue of the county government, which must be repaid within two years. ”

While speaking, Xia Hongsheng took out a stack of papers, asked everyone to gather around, and talked to the pile of papers. (To be continued.) )