kingnovel Chapter 1193 Enough
Chapter 1193 Enough
I also heard that all of the more than a thousand brothers who came with her actually gave money and had nothing to say.
Zhou Guo looked at the county magistrate opposite him and said with a smile, "Your Excellency slept well yesterday and looked very rosy-cheeked."
The county magistrate considered it all the way and felt that it was not appropriate to say this, so he hesitated and did not speak.
Seeing his shy look, Zhou Guo asked curiously, "What's wrong? Why are you like this?"
The county magistrate said after a while: "I heard that you generously gave rewards to everyone under you yesterday?"
Zhou Guo laughed, "You came here just for this? Yes, what's wrong?"
The county magistrate asked, "How much money will this cost? Didn't you say that you have many branches and many brothers outside? If you give money to the people around you, it will be bad if others don't give money, right? If you give money to everyone, how much money will it cost?"
Even if each person only has one or two ounces, it would be a huge amount.
Zhou Guo didn't expect that he was actually worried about her money, she was very amused and grateful, and explained: "Your Excellency is worrying too much, our Haoguo Escort Agency originally has a high salary, so the brothers are willing to go through life and death, wind and rain.
It is because of them that the Good Fruit Escort Agency has grown faster and better over the years. I only paid them one or two extra months' wages on top of the original amount. Compared to the benefits they brought to the agency, this is insignificant."
She can still tell which is more important, money or people.
If these people weren't there, what would be the point of her holding on to the money?
To her, mountains of gold and silver are nothing but dead things.
The county magistrate was silent for a long while, then he said, "It is their blessing to work under you, young master! In this world, our salaries as officials are not paid in full, and they are often deducted. Sometimes what we get is not enough to feed our family. People like you are really rare in this world."
Who doesn’t hope that those below will get less and they will get more? She even took the initiative to give it away…
Zhou Guo said: "Apart from the fact that some people are stupid, some people probably just can't pay anymore."
She finished the breakfast that Chef Zhang had specially prepared for her, wiped her mouth, and said, "Sir, the New Year is over, and we still have to try the remaining cases."
Early in the morning on New Year's Day, the gate of the county government was opened.
Zhou Guo started to get busy again.
Wu Jiang and Qian Duo left on the second day of the Chinese New Year. There was a lot of work waiting for them outside, so they couldn't stay here for too long.
She was very busy in Fengfei County, and in the north, the Zhou family in Cangshan Village had also begun to celebrate the New Year.
Li delivered all the New Year gifts to each family, and after making sure nothing was missed, she went straight into the kitchen.
The chefs have been busy since early morning. This year's New Year's Eve dinner is even more sumptuous than in previous years, with everything included.
Now there is no place for Li in the kitchen. She checked the ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner. Whenever she saw something Zhou Guo liked to eat, she couldn't help but stare blankly and sigh. This child hasn't been home for the New Year for two years.
I don’t know if the food outside is good. Have you had your meal now?
After waiting for a long time until the whole family sat down at the table, Zhou Suli and Li Lai said a lot of auspicious words, and Xiaohua added a few words from time to time, and the atmosphere became lively.
The old man looked around, then looked at Li with red eyes, sighed secretly, and lost interest.
I looked outside. It was snowing heavily today, which was a beautiful sight. Unfortunately, my little disciple was not here.
Finally, Zhou Su stood up and shouted, "Everyone, eat and drink. Since my uncle and sister Li Wang are not here, we will eat their share! They will not let themselves suffer in the outside world. You sisters know that you will never let yourself suffer. You should eat well and wear good clothes. Don't worry."
Everyone thought so too. Zhou Guo was the leader of so many people now, so how could he allow himself to be wronged?
Even if she herself doesn't care, can the people around her not care? Let her spend the New Year eating and drinking dew?
After the 15th, the Chinese New Year is considered over.
In Fengfei County, the cases of several families have almost been tried.
What should be repaid was paid, and what should be compensated was compensated. After all this compensation, the money confiscated from several families was almost used up.
The remaining money was used as the county government's treasury.
The grain taken out from several warehouses piled up into mountains and seas, and the several granaries in the county could not hold them all.
Zhou Guo took the initiative to take out half of the grain and transport it to other places. Huguang was hit hard by the disaster, and this grain came in handy.
There are also grain seeds, which are separated by several stores. They seem to be carefully selected and can be kept as grain seeds and distributed during the spring ploughing season.
The whole county had more grain seeds than could be used up, so she transported away the remaining ones.
Although so much grain was shipped out, several granaries in the county government were full, so another one was built to accommodate all the grain.
Zhou Guo couldn't help but sigh. There was so much grain stored in the warehouse, but it was all eaten by insects. The whole family couldn't finish it. I wonder why they kept so much grain?
The county magistrate looked at these things with great joy, his mouth stretched from ear to ear. The county government's silver treasury and granary had never been so full.
With these, it was enough to pay everyone's salaries, and the county government could finally afford to support the chief clerks and constables, and he was no longer a lone commander.
Zhou Guo flipped through the account book from beginning to end, then handed it to the county magistrate, "Sir."
The county magistrate took it with a smile, "Let me see."
Halfway through the page, he remembered that he was now considered a county magistrate, so he asked Zhou Guo, "Sir, when will the appointment of the county magistrate come down?"
Zhou Guo said, "It only takes half a month to get to the prefectural capital from here. Didn't you expedite it? I stamped it, and it will be confirmed in more than a month. In fact, according to me, you don't even need to apply to the higher-ups. We have handled such a big case ourselves. Do you still need to ask for permission for this small position of county magistrate?"
In this world, we are still bound by these rules.
The county magistrate said, "I still have to ask for instructions, otherwise everyone will think I am too frivolous. I am still hoping that the world will be peaceful and I can get a promotion."
He can't make decisions on everything by himself, otherwise he would have no humility at all.
Zhou Guo laughed, "You made the decision on such a big matter yourself, and now you throw such a small matter to him. Wouldn't the Lord think that you are deliberately slapping him in the face and embarrassing him?"
County Magistrate: “…What should we do then?”
He was so anxious that he was sweating all over and could only look at Zhou Guo. He really couldn't handle the affairs of the officialdom. Neither this way nor that way would work.
Zhou Guo said, "Don't worry. Your county office can't accommodate so many people. You can just take all the prisoners from these families to the city and bring the main case files with you. Let the Lord of the City make the final decision. This way, your sincerity will be shown."
The county magistrate said excitedly: "Then do as you say."