There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 339 Have More Children... Multiple Trees.

"If you think it's feasible, go outside and recruit people. Any nearby villages belonging to Shanghai County can come." Wu Youwei said: "Also, looking for someone to repair the county government office, who knows who is a bricklayer and carpenter? Come over, their wages are doubled

These days, although the status of craftsmen is low, their wages are higher than that of ordinary workers, and they will never starve to death if they have skills.

"Hey!" Lao Zhang happily ran out with his three sons to announce the good news.

Wu Youwei was left with the students and assigned them tasks.

Many of the students came with him to find a job. They could read and write and could do arithmetic. Wu Youwei selected people from poor family backgrounds who could not take the imperial examination and appointed them as various office staff in this small county government.

Among the [-] guards, the older ones were also selected, who didn't care about their status, and who were willing to serve as the third class of officials.

As for those who did not hold positions, they were all divided into several shares by Wu Youwei, and they either took up deputy positions or patrolled the entire county.

Don't think that the whole county seems to be very big. In fact, the whole county is really not big. There are four villages and one county seat, that's all.

In addition, with a large army here, robbers and Japanese pirates may not be afraid for the time being, but petty theft may not be absent. People are poor and short-sighted.

Don't dare to make big mistakes, and keep making small mistakes.

Therefore, people need to patrol, the first is to give deterrence, and the second is to give a sense of security.

The fish scale books in Shanghai County were dilapidated. Wu Youwei urgently asked for repairs, and then went to the four villages to count the population.

Wu Youwei simply designed a household registration book, one for each family, and the county government also kept a record.

In the future, when a family gives birth to a child, or when an old man passes away, they must be outlined and added.

Furthermore, the person in charge of taxation came to him: "Sir, Shanghai County has owed taxes for three years...

"Arrears of taxes?" Wu Youwei quickly took it over to look at it.

According to the above, the annual taxes and grains of the counties in Songjiang are as high as 64 shi.

Shanghai County is an inferior county, a poor county, but the annual tax is 50 shi for tax and grain, and [-] tax for silver.

Does it all depend on Shanghai County?What about the rest of Huating?50 shi?

And he remembered that the emperor had decreed that the taxation of the disaster-free land would come?

Taxation includes tax food and tax silver, why isn’t there any here?After reporting a disaster, you can't pay taxes, right?

Wu Youwei immediately asked Lao Zhang to ask, but Lao Zhang replied with a puzzled face: "Tax exemption? Never before! We can't pay tax here, and the government government even exempted us from our salary. Go to Fucheng Buying cloth has to be sneaky, for fear that people will know that we have money here.

"I know." Wu Youwei sent Lao Zhang away, and went to find Zhang Shen with his belongings.

If he wanted to submit a memorial, he would have to go through the government office, and the governor was not a good person, so he just found a shortcut, Zhang Shen was good.

"So many?" Zhang Shen was also taken aback by what Wu Youwei brought: "There are more than 2000 counties in Daming, and the gap between rich and poor is very large, but the annual tax of about 2000 million is equally divided into each county, which is 1 About [-] taels, even if the tax in Jiangnan is higher, it has not turned "ten times" so much! "

Moreover, Zhang Shen also saw Shanghai County with his own eyes. It was so dilapidated that even if the only intact lobby of the county government was demolished and sold for money, it would not be enough to collect taxes for a year?

Look at those people who are building roads outside, all of them are sallow and emaciated. Wu Shidu didn't dare to feed them meat three days ago, for fear of something wrong, they gave them broth. That's it, there are still people who have diarrhea!

It took three days before they dared to give them some lean meat, and five days later they got pork belly. They didn't dare to give them slices of fat meat, for fear that they would be spoiled if they didn't have oil in their stomachs.

How can such a high tax be collected in such a poor place?

Besides, in order to come here, he had checked before, and the emperor had already exempted the disaster-stricken Shanghai under the Songjiang Mansion from paying taxes for nine years.

Not to mention these three years, the taxes in the previous years should not be paid!

"It's too much!" Zhang Shen's face turned red with anger, he stood up and said in circles: "Our family is going to chop off the head of that Fu Yin!"

It's not like there's no such thing as bullying, but if you don't do it, what is this place like?Can oil and water be squeezed out?I'm afraid all the squeezed out is bone marrow oil, right?

No wonder the poor in this place are about to lose their pants, it's all the fault of corrupt officials

So without Wu Youwei saying anything, Zhang Shen wrote the memorial in front of him. He wrote it for a long time, filled with righteous indignation, and used fierce words, almost as if he wanted to scold the governor of Songjiang Prefecture to death.

You must know that the emperor of Ming Dynasty trusted eunuchs more than ministers, and what Zhang Shen wrote was also true. He mentioned it in the memorial he wrote back every day a few days ago. Xian became an unwanted child.

Now someone makes this unwanted child work without food, and asks the emperor to make decisions for the people of Shanghai County.

After filing the complaint, Wu Youwei entrusted the matter to Zhang Shen.

Then I went to see Wantong.

Wantong occupies a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, but instead of building a military camp, it builds a kiln.

"Create a mountain to build a kiln?" Wu Youwei was taken aback: "What do you want to burn?"

"Cement." Wantong gave him a knowing blow.

Many years ago, Wu Youwei bought bricks and tiles from a kiln factory to build his own house. After the house was built, he asked him to renovate it and study how to fire cement.

Later...the place was requisitioned by the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court. For this, he was given a lot of money as compensation, but the kilns and craftsmen there were all incorporated by the Ministry of Industry.

When coming to Shanghai this time, Wantong not only brought 1 soldiers, but also many craftsmen.

Among them are cement craftsmen.

"Cement...have you researched it?" Wu Youwei's eyes lit up.

Hmm, but it will take time to verify. "Wan Tongdao:" I brought people here to burn cement, which can be used to build the city wall at that time.

If cement could be as solid as a rock, let alone the city wall in Shanghai County, even the Great Wall would have to use it.

"Okay, okay!" Wu Youwei rubbed his hands happily: "Not only the city walls, but also roads, docks, houses...

Don't underestimate the cement. It is too slow to be developed by a single person, and it will be faster if the imperial court studies it. Wu Youwei only gave a prescription, and the experimental one needs to be arranged by the imperial court.

However, Wantong was able to bring craftsmen here, which was beyond Wu Youwei's expectation, because there were too many people, and Wu Youwei didn't even know that there were craftsmen here along the way.

"Then can I ask craftsmen to repair the county government office?" Shanghai County is too poor, and people with some crafts have moved out with their families to make a living. So far, he has not been able to find suitable craftsmen to repair the county government office. You can only let the person who comes to clean up first.

"Yes." Wantong nodded: "Anyway, they are here to eat for nothing."

He really doesn't have much work for them to do here, so it's better to help Wu Youwei with all of them.

"I plan to build a military camp for you in the city, so that you can be stationed in the city." Wu Youwei said with a blushing face, "It's also closer to me."

Wantong nodded solemnly: "Not bad!"

In fact, the corners of his mouth are turned up. If one is in the city and the other is outside the city, he will definitely disagree. Do you want to meet once a year like the Cowherd and Weaver Girl?

It would be different if they were in the same city. Even if they couldn't see each other during the day, they could live together at night.

In addition, Wu Youwei has too many secrets, Wantong can't help but feel worried.

"What trouble do you have there?" Wantong asked him, "Do you need help?"

He leads troops to give him courage, and he can do whatever he wants.

"Don't tell me, the patrolling people really encountered something, but it has been resolved." Wu Youwei told him what happened with a smile.

There are not many people in Shanghai County, but it is also a place where there are people. There are a few rogues who have provoked the patrol team and were arrested by the patrol team.

He was sent directly to the newly built prison by the county government.

Wu Youwei felt that it was a waste for them to eat and drink here, so "labor reform" was put on the agenda, and they were asked to do the heaviest work every day. Although they ate well, they didn't get paid.

Pinch them well every day so that they won't be exhausted, but they can't be idle either. Aren't they lazy?

Then let them reform through labor!

Not to mention, people can get paid for the same work, but they watch helplessly, not letting them sleep if they can't do the work well, and not letting them eat if they can't finish it!

When dealing with them, the overseer's guards don't care about the three sevens and twenty ones. If they don't work and cheat, they just whip them over with a big leather whip, and they will be honest after a few times.

They did this, but they got the unanimous approval of all the people who came to work, because they also hated these lazy bastards.

Now everyone applauds and cheers, and their mental outlook is much better.

"Reform through labor... the cycle is wrong." Wantong nodded and asked in a low voice: "You didn't want to save some money and arrest people on purpose, did you?"

"Hey hey..." Wu Youwei pretended to be silly and smiled.

Whether it was intentional or not, people in the four villages are very grateful to Wu Youwei, the newly appointed county magistrate. Although the weather in May is already very hot in Shanghai, having a job means being able to work. There are wages and a full stomach.Wu Youwei is very generous, he has a lot of things in his space, especially meat.

This place is near the sea. In the past, when they came back from fishing, they would naturally sell the good ones for money, and those who were a little worse would not want them, so they would take them back and eat them.

But Wu Youwei used so many workers to work, of course he had to feed the workers.

Therefore, in the fish market, the top-quality ones are sold for money, the middle-level ones are sold to construction sites, and the remaining small fish and shrimps are kept for myself to eat.

Shanghai County has a small population. After registration, it has a population of just over 1.

Among them, 2000 are young and strong, 2000 are women, more than [-] are old people, and more than [-] are children.

This can be seen, the ratio of men to women is uncoordinated, there are few elderly people, and there are few children.

Moreover, there are more boys than girls among the children, because boys can go fishing to support their families, but girls can only be brought up to marry outsiders, and at most they can return with some dowry.

Some families even drown or throw away their daughters after giving birth.

After Wu Youwei found out, he immediately issued a decree for him, the first decree since he took office: You can't abandon your own children, and those who violate it will be punished as homicide!

Now, no one dares to throw away their girls casually.

But the chiefs of the four villages came to look for Wu Youwei: "My lord, I really can't afford it!"

"Unable to support is not a reason for abandoning or killing female infants." Wu Youwei said with a straight face: "Look in the long run, without girls, how will your boys marry wives in the future? How much does it cost to marry a daughter-in-law now?" Have you ever counted the dowry? The end result is that there are many men who are more than women, and there are many people who are single, and there will be no future in the future. Let's see how you can be worthy of your ancestors!"

The four chiefs were dumbfounded, they hadn't thought about it that much!

"What's wrong with being a girl?" Wu Youwei said earnestly: "I have more than ten younger sisters, all of them are married, and they go back to their mother's house during the holidays. Brothers-in-law are very respectful to me.

He didn't say it was his adopted sister, she used to be his family's maid.

But this is enough to surprise the village chiefs. Among them, if any family has so many girls, they will be laughed at!

Because the girl is going to be married off when she grows up, so she is someone else's family.

But after the county magistrate said, they really thought about it, there are too few girls in their village, and every family regards girls as cash cows, and the bride price is higher than that of the other family.

In this way, there are still many boys from other families who can't be called daughter-in-laws. In the future...will they really be cut off?

How can you get married without a girl?How can you have a baby without a daughter-in-law?

"Go back later and tell them to have more children...and grow more trees." Wu Youwei talked eloquently: "The key point is to plant fruit trees.