Liaodong County Sheriff's Mansion

Lu Desheng is writing a document, which is about the request for instructions on moving the county governor's mansion to Houcheng. He is going to send it to the emperor of Chang'an after writing it.

He wrote very quickly, and the whole article was eloquent, and it was all about the necessity of moving the government.

When he finished writing, he put down his pen.

Guo Dongsheng on the side said worriedly, "Sir, is there something wrong with changing the plaque? It's not that it can't be changed, but you should write a note to ask the emperor for instructions first."

The Liaodong County Sheriff's Mansion was built after the first county governor selected a place and asked the imperial court for instructions, and the imperial court agreed. Later it was moved due to other reasons, but before moving, it must be reported to the imperial court and asked for instructions.

"What you said makes sense. Aren't I just asking for instructions?" Lu Desheng said lazily.

Guo Chunsheng: Sir, are you sure you are asking for instructions and not beheading first and reporting later?

"Sir, what I mean is that if you change the plaque so quickly, what if the emperor doesn't agree?"

Lu Desheng sneered in his heart, "He will agree." How could he not agree?

At the beginning, when the new emperor agreed to his release and placed him in Houcheng, Lu Desheng was a little suspicious that the new emperor wanted him to die in Houcheng.

You know, the border between Houcheng and Xianbei grassland is the front line of war every year. How dangerous it is.

It was true that he wanted to go to Pingzhou, and it would be best if he could be in Liaodong County. However, in the eighteen counties of Liaodong County, the new emperor chose to place him in Houcheng, which made him have to doubt the new emperor's intentions.

Lu Desheng once felt that he had thought too badly of the person. When he arrived in Houcheng and reunited with his daughter, he couldn't help but express his suspicions.

Then his daughter told him with certainty that his suspicions were correct and that the new emperor had indeed sinister intentions in releasing him to Houcheng.

He was so angry at that time, what the hell is Song Mo? Compared with the late emperor, he is far worse than the late emperor!

Guo Chunyu wondered why Mr. Lu was so sure that the emperor would agree to move the Liaodong County Governor's Mansion to Houcheng?

Lu Desheng snorted, could he tell him that the emperor wanted him to die in Houcheng?

In addition, "I decided to locate the governor's palace in Houcheng to reassure the people. Why doesn't the emperor agree?"

Song Mo better agree.

If you don’t agree, don’t blame him and blame him!

Guo Chunyu shook his head, "Sir, you are too willful."

Lu Desheng listened to his words and did not act willfully. Is he still Lu Desheng? If he had thought deeply about everything, the emperor would probably not be able to sleep.

Guo Chunyu was even more worried. Sir, behead first and then tell the story. Even though the intention is good, the emperor is only fifteen and will be more willful. He doesn't care whether you are trying to appease the people or not. Isn't Sir Lu being slapped in the face? How should we reconcile with him?

Common people explain?

If that's the case, the person who has to answer to the people is not him, but the emperor! Lu Desheng said heartily.

He wrote the note and sent it to the emperor of Chang'an as quickly as possible using the inn.

For the people of Houcheng, a very relevant thing happened the day after the Houcheng County government office changed its plaque. This event was that the county magistrate issued the first decree after taking office to collect corvees and build roads.

Lu Songli recently read the laws of Dali and learned that Dali stipulates that a man is sixteen years old, and after he becomes a man, he has to serve in corvee until he is sixty. The age span in between is forty.

Four years.

Every adult man had to serve in corvée for one month every year.

She knew that compared with later generations, various taxes and corvees in ancient times were very heavy. In many dynasties, land taxation was around ten taxes per year. Fifteen taxes per year, twenty tax per dollars, and thirty tax per dollars were all uncommon. Only

Only powerful dynasties, that is, prosperous times, would dare to set it so low.

Lu Songli remembered the Romance of the Three Kingdoms she had read, in which the taxes of the Shu Han were really heavy.

The policy implemented by the Shu Han Dynasty at that time was "one from every three dings, and a tax of four to six". One from every three dings meant that if there was a male in the family, one of them would have to join the army, and a tax of 46 means that farmers had to pay 40% of their harvest.

handed over to the country.

You can imagine how miserable the people were at that time, but there was nothing we could do. It would be good if people in troubled times could keep their lives safe. There was no requirement for happiness index at all.

Lu Songli planned to build a road starting from Chen Village at the border of Wulu County and Liaoxi County, connecting to Liaoyang, Wangping, and finally ending in Houcheng.

On the basis of the official roads of the four counties, we will widen, connect and smooth them.

In fact, it would be better if there was cement or asphalt at this time.

But she thought about it, asphalt is refined and decomposed from petroleum, forget it, there is no such condition, but cement can still be used.

She knew the approximate composition of cement. Living in an era of rapid infrastructure development, people of her generation were often exposed to cement on a daily basis.

I roughly know the ingredients, but I don’t know the exact ratio.

But this matter is not urgent. We will wait until her brother Lu Mingzhi makes the paper.

Moreover, at this time, they are still too weak, and it is not the time to take out the cement.

Lu Songli felt that this was the time when the people in Houcheng were most fond of her father, and since this year's corvee service had not yet been completed, the road construction should go smoothly, and the people should not have much resistance.

Lu Songli's guess was correct. Their conscription of corvees and road construction went smoothly.

After Geng Yuan returned home, he thought about it and felt that he couldn't just let it go. So he personally visited several powerful landlords in the same circle.

After a while of discussion, they unanimously decided to send someone to probe Lu Desheng and ask him if he still needed money for the construction of Liaodong County or Houcheng.

As for Geng Yuan and other wealthy landlords in Houcheng, who took the initiative to borrow money, Lu Desheng did not refuse anyone who came.

Previously, Lu Desheng must have refused without saying a word.

You looked down on me before, but now I want to make you look down on me.

But my daughter said that if you want to do big things, you must be morally obsessive. Nowadays, there are still many places to spend money in Houcheng and even the entire Liaodong County. People trust them and are willing to lend them money to develop, so why should they refuse?

Of course, the treatment for people like Geng Yuan will be inferior to that of Lan Bingrong, who was the first to donate generously. When the opportunity arises and under the same conditions, the treatment will be inferior.

Lan Bingrong took risks and took real money to play with them. If he made the right choice, he should be rewarded.

When Geng Yuan and others came to the door with money in their hands, Mr. Lu's disregard for past grudges and smiling face made them feel relieved.

These people were very generous in borrowing money this time, ranging from as much as 20,000 to as little as 10,000.

Boxes of silver were carried into the government office one after another, and finally everyone took away an IOU stamped by the Liaodong County Sheriff.

This time Lan Bingrong didn't come, so Lu Desheng took the initiative to give him an IOU stamped by the Liaodong County Sheriff, and then arranged for someone to send it to his home.
Chapter completed!