Du Zhongxiao and Su Song stood under the big willow tree by the river, looking at the busy people on the boat in the river, without saying a word.

After a long time, Du Zhongxiao said: "The rise of Yongcheng depends entirely on this Bian River. With this waterway, it is convenient to buy anything and the goods produced can be sold. It is also because this waterway will be mixed with fish and dragons, and there are all kinds of people. Yongcheng County is far less simple than the folk customs of Yingtianfu. Speaking of which, I left the Yingtianfu and sent them to my elders, and I was very reluctant to leave. But in Yongcheng County, from the officials to the local officials, I only had a few glasses of wine, and it was like a strange road."

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao shook his head with a wry smile.

Su Song said: "The poor and poor people in the world are most likely to remember their kindness. Those who give them good will remember them for many years. As for these wealthy and noble people, they only have money in their eyes and can no longer tolerate anything else. When they are about to leave their post, in their eyes, hum——"

Seeing Su Song shook his head repeatedly, Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "In their eyes, I am a useless thing. There is nothing wrong with thinking like this. I stepped down from here and I don't know if I will go here again in this life. People who only have money in their eyes naturally don't have to flatter me anymore. This is also good, and it will save me from the separation of separation. But Zirong, with my lesson, you don't have to give these people a good look. Now Yongcheng is not short of money and food, and taxes are always paid in advance, and there is no need to rely on local forces. In the future, we will focus more on doing things for the poor people."

"That's right!" Su Song said seriously with a tight look on his face.

Turning around and looking at the lively grocery shop not far away, Du Zhongxiao said: "Now it seems that the first good thing I did for Yongcheng County is to establish Yongcheng Commune, and taxes are no longer collected from the people. In Yongcheng Commune, the most beneficial thing for the people is this grocery shop. Let's go and take a look!"

The two of them walked in a car and slowly arrived at the grocery store, watching the servants and customers doing various business. At this time, the water in the Bian River rose, and after a winter of ice, the business was particularly booming. Especially those unique goods in Yongcheng, such as fireworks, soaps, farm tools, etc., were bought in a lot of people. They often came from other places to specialize in purchasing goods, and the whole ship was purchased from here.

Su Song looked at it and sighed: "No wonder Yongcheng abolished all the various tax donations. Just this shop can make no money in a year. With these financial resources, we can't guarantee that we will not be able to reap the taxes for the people."

Du Zhongxiao said: "More than that, these shops have two benefits. One is that they do not belong to any major private household, and the money they earn belongs to the Yongcheng Commune under the jurisdiction of the yamen, so that the money can be directly subsidized for taxes. Another thing is that the goods sold here are purchased from the countryside. If they sell more, the people can also get benefits. These two points make this shop countless times stronger than other restaurants."

Su Song nodded repeatedly. There is no saying that there is no way to compete with the people for profit in this era. Due to the great financial pressure, the government often uses various means to acquire officials whenever they see a business that makes money. When they don’t make money, they will only be consigned to the private households. Officials don’t like the wealth of the private households. There are merchants gathering in Kaifeng City, and some large merchants trade thousands of guan at a time. The cage was surprised when they heard about it. It said that private transactions cost millions of guan, which is shocking. In fact, guan transactions are nothing in a peaceful society. It is still a rare thing in this era.

Seeing the shop supervisor and servant busy, Du Zhongxiao said, "But this kind of shop also has one disadvantage. It belongs to the commune, so it will not belong to the company. The business of the shop depends on the supervisor. It is okay now. When the year goes by, local forces and public officials with real power in the yamen will inevitably insert their own people into it. Collusion between inside and outside will inevitably lead to many disadvantages."

Su Song said: "There is no way to do this, so officials need to supervise it. I heard that the property in this commune is usually managed by the county magistrate and the chief clerk, and the public officials interrogate. Besides, when the business is big, you can open another one and monitor each other."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and did not respond. What these collective economic organizations fear most is the chaos in management, rigid personnel, and collusion between managers and local governments and emptying assets. Du Zhongxiao has a thousand years of memory, so of course he knows these disadvantages. Therefore, all the management and operation personnel of Yongcheng Commune are hired, and they do not need to work part-time by officials and public officials, and can be fired at any time.

Manager Ge, who manages the grocery shop, finished a guest from Yangzhou, took a breath, turned around, and found Du Zhongxiao and Su Song standing not far away, and hurriedly ran up to salute: "Why not go to the shop to have a bowl of tea when the magistrate is here?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "We are just standing here, you just need to be busy with your own."

Manager Ge rubbed his hands and said, "How can this be made? If it spreads, wouldn't the little one be scolded?"

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao and Su Song insisted on not entering the store, they had to stand aside and accompany him.

Du Zhongxiao told Manager Ge: "I am in Yongcheng and I will leave in less than two days. This one is the new magistrate Su."

Director Ge hurriedly saluted Su Song: "The young man also heard that the magistrate has left office, but he didn't want the new magistrate to arrive. He heard that the magistrate has left office, so the young man and the supervisors of several nearby shops discussed setting up a table and feast to see off the officials. The young man also collected some gifts and took them back."

Du Zhongxiao did not expect that these people who were employed to work were interested in him and said with a smile: "No need, just now, several county officials have already held a banquet in Wangjiang Tower. I left for a long time. It was the imperial decree of the court. How to accept your gifts?"

Manager Ge hurriedly said, "What's the same? The officials have made a lot of money in the past two years and should see off the officials. The young people are not as good as those rich and noble officials and cannot make a fortune, but with this business, they can ensure that the family has food and clothing. I am really grateful to the magistrate's kindness. If the officials do not dislike it, they will hold a farewell banquet for the officials today or tomorrow. We originally discussed that the officials have done so many things for the local area, and should report to the court to keep the officials as a term, and even if they are not good, they will give the umbrella of the people. But I heard from the officials that doing this is not good for the officials, then forget it."

A villager who was carrying a mat to sell was standing next to him. When he heard this, he couldn't help asking: "I heard that the people are grateful for the kindness of the local officials. They can go to the court and stay one more term. Why is it bad for officials?"

Manager Ge shook his head: "I heard from the outsiders that the magistrate was promoted this time, wouldn't it be delayed to stay in the county?"

Du Zhongxiao kept smiling and listened to the discussions of Manager Ge and the villagers selling mats, without interrupting. What was because they didn't do promotion was just an excuse for those outsiders. The real reason was that Du Zhongxiao developed the local economy and gave them the opportunity to make a lot of money. But on the other hand, Du Zhongxiao was too strict with the local area, limiting the wealthy outsiders to accumulate money. People were so complicated. Du Zhongxiao did not create these opportunities, and those people would not say anything. They also applauded when they reduced taxes. The opportunity was created, but Du Zhongxiao restricted the aggregation of large households and made the interests tilted to the common people as much as possible, which naturally caused them to be dissatisfied. Anyway, the local area had developed, and these large households wanted Du Zhongxiao to leave quickly. They were so generous and made a lot of money. On the contrary, the people in remote places were more grateful to Du Zhongxiao's political achievements in the past two years because of the development of handicrafts driven by this grocery shop. They were just too gentle and didn't listen.
Chapter completed!