readytorunbook Chapter 156: This is too much
Chapter 156: This is too much
Sun Xin opened his mouth in surprise for a long time. Where did he see this information?
So it was Jingzhou instead of Jingzhou. However, can this be said in broad daylight in public?
He finally understood why Jiang Yuan looked nervous just now. Who wouldn't be nervous?
This storyteller named Wang Kun is simply misleading children by telling them these things.
"Don't go to listen to Wang Kun's storytelling anymore." Jiang Yuan's mouth twitched for a long time, and in the end he could only utter these words.
The child looked at Jiang Yuan with a confused look on his face: "Okay, then I'll go listen to Ma Zhi's storytelling next time."
Jiang Yuan shuddered. Ma Zhi? How was this guy any better than Wang Kun?
"No! Children should focus on their studies. How can they listen to this every day? I think you don't have enough homework. I'll ask the teacher to assign more. Go home quickly."
The child looked at Jiang Yuan with a bitter face, as if he wanted to bargain, but Jiang Yuan glared at him and he immediately walked home feeling aggrieved.
"County Magistrate Jiang, you have so many talented people here." Sun Xin said gloatingly.
Jiang Yuan had a smile on his face. "Okay, okay, since they are talented, I will let them destroy your Taizong County later."
"Master Sun, it's getting late, and you're exhausted today. I think you should get some rest early."
Jiang Yuan said, pointing to the Taiping Inn they were heading for: "Master Sun, it doesn't matter where you stay tonight. I've already made arrangements."
After saying that, Jiang Yuan took Wang Gang and left in a hurry.
Jiang Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he returned to the county government office. He had been standing for a whole day and hadn't even had lunch. Fortunately, he had some strength now, otherwise he would have been starving.
Following the fragrance into the room, Xiaoqing had already prepared the meal. After a delightful meal, Jiang Yuan came to the lobby again.
Looking at the many plans placed in front of him, Jiang Yuan nodded cautiously and took out one.
"Well, it's time to take this step."
Opening the plan, Jiang Yuan saw many steps densely written on the paper. He picked up the brush and filled in a few names.
Taiping County’s current income is no longer sufficient to support its continued crazy expansion.
Although iron ore mining can make a lot of money, Jiang Yuan does not plan to sell it outside.
Firstly, there is no market for it. Secondly, it is not enough to keep this thing for yourself, but you also have to sell it outside. Once it is discovered, you will be in real trouble.
Although there are not many soldiers in Taiping County at present, only 500 people, the armor rate is less than one-tenth. The difference in combat effectiveness between soldiers with and without armor is extremely large.
After filling in a few names, Jiang Yuan added some details to the plan. By the time he finished, it was already dark.
Throwing down his brush, Jiang Yuan washed up and went straight to bed.
The next day, Jiang Yuan got up early, ate a few mouthfuls of food, and went to the county government office to start work.
Just as he finished his work and threw down his brush, an uninvited guest appeared at the gate of the county government office.
"Magister Jiang, shouldn't we settle the accounts today?" Sun Xin walked into the lobby with a calm expression as if he had a plan in mind.
Damn it! I didn't sleep all night last night. In a nutshell, the more I think about it, the more I lose!
Let’s not talk about the ten taels of silver for a cup of water. If it is really as the boss said, ten taels of silver is still fair.
But why do you charge me so much money just for peeing?
Sorry, we fertilize your land in Taiping County for free. Logically, you should be the ones paying me!
Even if we take a step back and say that I don't want money for the losses caused by Ergou and others, then you, Jiang Yuan, don't want my money either, but you have to pay it back to the people of Taizong County.
"Oh? It's Lord Sun. How come you brought the money overnight?" Jiang Yuan said with a forced smile.
"Hmph! Magistrate Jiang, I'm afraid we have to talk about what happened yesterday again today." Sun Xin walked into the lobby with a cold face, pulled out a chair and sat down.
Jiang Yuan narrowed his eyes. This bastard didn't want to admit it.
"Well, let's hear what Lord Sun has to say." Jiang Yuan said slowly.
Sun Xin sneered as he sat on the chair. "Magistrate Jiang, pooping and peeing are human nature. However, since we are new here, we didn't know that Taiping County had such a rule."
"I know that when in Rome, do as the Romans do. But County Magistrate Jiang, you know there's a saying: ignorance is not a crime. We in Taizong County don't know about this, so in my opinion, your punishment cannot be carried out according to your rules."
"At the very least, we'll clean up all the filth from yesterday and compensate Taiping County with one thousand taels of silver. That's fair."
Jiang Yuan shook his head and said, "Master Sun, I don't agree with what you said. Can the law be compared to the saying 'ignorance is not a crime'?"
"In my opinion, you should still pay compensation as usual. At most, I'll make some concessions and only charge you the cost of the water you drank."
Just as Sun Xin was about to speak, footsteps were heard outside the door and Jiang Yuan stood up abruptly.
"Boss, what are you doing here in broad daylight at the county government office?"
"Sir! Please help me!"
The owner of Taiping Restaurant fell to his knees without saying a word, tears streaming down his face, looking extremely sad. If you didn't know, you would think he had suffered a great injustice.
"Boss, please get up quickly and tell me what you have to say. I will make the judgment myself." Jiang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Wang Gang quickly helped the shopkeeper up.
Seeing this happen, Sun Xin had no choice but to endure it.
"Sir, here's what happened. Last night, I was pushing my cart to sell food to the military camp as usual. I never expected a group of people to eat it up, but they didn't even pay after they finished eating it!"
At this point, the restaurant owner started crying and wailing.
"Sir! You don't know that in order to provide them with meals, more than a dozen chefs from our Taiping Restaurant collapsed from exhaustion yesterday."
"I've broken more than twenty rice spoons, and even the accountant's brain is burning with calculations. But they won't pay me. Please, sir, help me!"
As soon as the restaurant owner finished speaking, Sun Xin stood up with an angry face.
Jiang Yuan had previously suggested merging Taizong County into Taiping County, and he had actually considered it. But now, such a thing actually happened, and it happened in the military camp.
This is simply a contempt for the law. Sun Xin has no intention of incorporating Taiping County into his system.
"Jiang County Magistrate, I didn't expect the public security in your Taiping County to be so poor. Is Jiang County Magistrate's mind focused on how to create laws to punish the people with money?"
"I used to think that Magistrate Jiang was a good official who was dedicated to the people. Now something like this has happened. It's simply too much. Magistrate Jiang, you have truly disappointed me!"
Jiang Yuan looked at Sun Xin with a strange expression and said, "Okay, okay, you spoke first before I even said anything."
Even though he knew it well, Jiang Yuan still had an angry expression.
"Master Sun is right. I have failed in my duty. I will have all those freeloaders apprehended right away."
After saying this, Jiang Yuan looked embarrassed and said, "But Lord Sun, as the saying goes, the law cannot punish the masses. With so many people here, what crime do you think I should be charged with?"
Sun Xin waved his sleeves and said in a deep voice, "It's true that the law doesn't punish the masses, but these people are too rampant. In my opinion, they must be severely punished!"
"Don't you have some kind of labor reform in Taiping County? I think we should just punish them with five years of labor reform."
Jiang Yuan blinked and looked at Sun Xin: "Master Sun, is this punishment too severe?"
"Heavy?" Sun Xin puffed out his chest and spoke word by word, "Jiang County Magistrate, if the law isn't severe, why should you be afraid of it?"
"Does County Magistrate Jiang still want this kind of thing to happen in his jurisdiction in the future?"
Jiang Yuan suppressed the urge to laugh and nodded solemnly, "Master Sun, this is true."
"Boss, let me ask you, where are those people now?"
"He's still in the military camp, but he's been taken under control by Li Hu."
Jiang Yuan waved his hand and said, "Let's go. I'll punish them right away!"