Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 946 - 944_1

Chapter 946: Chapter 944_1

Helping the entire state’s poorest people to reinforce their houses, such an important matter, even Jingrui as the Magistrate, couldn’t accomplish it alone. He needed the cooperation of the county magistrates from all over the state, so he issued an official document directly using the Pigeon Post method, sending it to the county magistrate of each county.

At the same time, he also sent a team to each county, with the purpose being to supervise them and ensure that this matter was completed!

The county magistrates in each county exploded when they saw this official document!

"Reinforce the houses of the poor? Does the Magistrate have too much free time, creating work for no reason? Does he not think before doing things? Where in the government office is there silver to do such a redundant task!" A hot-tempered county magistrate threw the official document on the ground, then swore loudly, but of course, after venting, he still had to pick up the official document and put it away.

The other county magistrates and officials didn’t feel any better when they read this official document.

"The people’s houses are good enough, why reinforce them? Was the Magistrate kicked in the head by a donkey! Only a top scorer like him can come up with such unrealistic ideas! I wonder how he managed to be the top scorer in the first place!"

"If the people have no objections to living in such houses, why would the Magistrate initiate a reinforcement project? Isn’t this seeking trouble when there’s none? It’s fine as long as the people have houses to live in! Why bother with so much!"

"If the government uses all its silver for reinforcing houses, then what happens when there’s a natural disaster? Is there silver left for disaster relief? There wasn’t much silver left in the government office, but now we even have to spend some of it on this task that’s not necessary! I think the Magistrate is mad, trying to achieve political gains! He is capable of doing such crazy things!"

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In the end, he’s young, without any experience in being an official - this is the conclusion that the county magistrates came up with unanimously after getting angry.

Then they began to worry about their own futures! With such a young and inexperienced Magistrate, they can only imagine the bad luck they are going to face! Because the things this Magistrate does are beyond the usual duties of a Magistrate!

They dare not ignore the tasks assigned by the Magistrate, but it feels unrealistic to carry them out. So the county magistrates all sent letters to each other, inquiring about how to handle this.

However, no one knew what to do precisely. After all, it’s not realistic to follow the orders, and if they don’t, the Magistrate’s influence was too significant, they couldn’t offend him! It was truly puzzling for them!

However, they didn’t have to worry for long. Two days later, the officer sent by the Magistrate to supervise this matter arrived!

In this case, they couldn’t refuse to do it, even if they disagreed in secret!

It seemed that the Magistrate was determined to do this! Oh well! Do it then! Wait until the office’s remaining silver is all used up, when disaster relief is needed, ask him for it! Ask the Emperor for it! After all, they are only following orders, and the official document is the best proof. When the sky falls, the Magistrate will have to take the responsibility!

Jingrui knew that the county magistrates must have objections to this, so he directly sent someone to forcefully supervise and ensure its completion!

Seeing Jingrui arrange it like this, Xiao’er knew how great a pressure he was under. So, she said, "Big brother, thank you for believing in me so much!"

Jingrui looked at her, "Fool, if you don’t believe, then who should I trust? As for what you said, you will pay for the silver to reinforce the houses for the people. I don’t agree."

Xiao’er said she would pay all the silver for reinforcing the houses for the people, but Jingrui disagreed with this. Since it is done in the name of the imperial court, the court must pay a part. He, as the parent official of this state, must also pay a portion. As for Zhenyang County, the magistrate of Zhenyang County is Shangguan Xuanhao, of course, he must pay for it all! There is no reason why she should help him manage Zhenyang County and still have to pay out of her own pocket. This makes his role as the county magistrate too easy! Then the remaining silver is what Xiao’er pays!

Jingrui expressed his thoughts.

"Big brother, since I said that Brother Shangguan and I will pay, it will be us. You don’t need to worry. We are a married couple, one is a Prince, and the other is a Princess, enjoying the noble status given to us by the people. It’s reasonable for us to do something for the people! As for Zhenyang County, let’s not fight with the second imperial brother. However much silver we spend, you give him the bill later, and directly ask him for the silver!" Shangguan Xuanhao is also a Prince, and Zhenyang County is his fief. It is simply intolerable that he does nothing. Xiao’er thought.

As for asking the government to pay silver, the government’s silver is actually taken from the people! Since she has promised, let it be so, after all, she has a lot of resources in her space! And this space was given to her by heaven, and now that a natural disaster has occurred, she is using what was given to her by heaven to save the lives of the people as much as possible. It can also be seen as adhering to the will of heaven!

She believes that in this world, there is absolutely no such thing as getting something for nothing! Heaven would not give her a space for no reason. She doesn’t believe that she did great deeds like saving the Milky Way in her past life, so she could receive such good fortune!

She only knows that one must fulfill one’s duties while enjoying rights!

Jingrui heard Xiao’er’s words, knew that she was determined, so he nodded, "Well, let’s listen to you, but I also want to pay a bit!"

Later, when Zhu Yan and Master Zhu heard about this, they also said, "Our Zhu family should also contribute a bit of strength, although it’s not much, it’s the thought that counts. Consider it as doing good deeds for the sake of our descendants!"

When Jingrui heard this, he agreed, as he also believed in this saying.

So, the project to reinforce the houses of the impoverished people started in full swing.

The houses of the poor were either thatched houses or mud brick houses. Now they were only reinforcing, not rebuilding, so they only needed to push down the walls that were about to collapse and build new sturdy ones, or replace the rotted thatch and wooden pillars with new and thicker ones.

The Magistrate’s intent was that the walls must be sturdy, the roof beams and tiles or thatch must also be secured well, so they wouldn’t be blown away or fall off in case of strong winds, or earthquakes, or other natural disasters.

When the county magistrates heard the Magistrate’s requirement, they became more speechless, earthquakes? There have never been earthquakes in Nanyue Prefecture, only floods and drought!

Did the Magistrate apply his strength in the wrong direction!

If the silver was used in the construction of water conservancy projects, they would have absolutely no objections! They were simply exasperated!

Just as the county magistrates were becoming stressed by this issue, the supplies arranged by soldiers under Shangguan Xuanyi started to arrive in each county one truckload at a time!

When the county magistrates learned that they did not need to squeeze silver out of the government office to reinforce the houses for the people, they breathed a sigh of relief, and also felt ashamed for wrongly assuming that the Magistrate did not use his brain! He’s the one with the most boldness! So many supplies, saying it’s to be delivered and then just delivered, there’s likely no one else in the world that can do this! No wonder he could become a state magistrate at such a young age!

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