Now that Tian Gui and Xu Gen have their support, as well as Liu's, Tian's and others' silent attention, and Xiao Man Ye is "untouchable", Jiang Zhi also took over the position of village head.
However, she also had something to say: "Since everyone supports me to be the village chief, I will also be the first to say ugly things. I have a bad temper. I am always talking about people and ghosts."
"If you talk and act like a human being, I'll have a discussion. If you act like a ghost and want to be shady and do evil things, don't blame me for turning against you."
"Both men and women are born to their mothers and raised by their fathers. They will suffer from all kinds of diseases if they eat grains. When they die, they will be just a pile of stinky meat eaten by maggots. No one should show off that thing in their crotch."
"Also, if anyone tries to show off in front of me, I'll show you what I'm capable of!"
Her words really didn't sound good, but those in the Xu family didn't even frown.
Compared to the old days when Mrs. Jiang had her mother as the main one, her father as the assistant, and her six relatives, even the ones on the ancestral tablets, and all the way to greet her, this was already considered polite.
She also said that whoever made trouble in front of her... Mrs. Jiang would be the most troublesome, and she would be at peace if she didn't curse others.
Li Laoshi was eye-opening and filled with joy.
He felt that he had to admire one more skill of Sister-in-law Jiang: her ability to recognize medicine was different. Swearing people did not have thorns, only poison.
Jiang Zhi continued: "As long as you can trust me and listen to my arrangements, I will try my best to help everyone eat.
It's hard to say whether you can eat enough or not. It all depends on God's face. He can't even harm people or gods.
At least we will collect as much as we can, so that everyone can have a bite of meat and a sip of wine during the Chinese New Year! "
After saying bad things, say something nice to encourage morale.
Tian Gui and others clapped their hands and applauded: "Okay, Village Chief Jiang said well, we will follow your arrangements from now on."
Zhang Juntou also laughed loudly: "Village Chief Jiang must keep his word!"
Only then did he finally let go of most of his worries.
Zhang Juntou was initially reluctant to have a woman serve as village chief.
Before going to the county government office, Li Laoshi asked Sister-in-law Jiang to stand up, but she was scolded by him.
Zhang Juntou thought that no matter how capable a woman was, it would be difficult to convince the public if she wanted to be an official.
All you need to do is let Xu Errui be the village chief, and Jiang will assist you. Others can't say anything, and they won't make any mistakes.
But in the county government office, Magistrate Zhang asked about Xujia Village.
He himself told the story of Jiang's plan to plant two crops of corn and to build ridges and furrows to interplant sweet potatoes. He also said that he would plant land on the mountain to grow rice and use a kang to heat the rice.
Unexpectedly, Magistrate Zhang was very interested in these things, especially the Kang. He kept asking questions and spared no effort to praise, saying that Ba County was damp and cold, and the Kang was the most moisture-proof and very practical.
Zhang Juntou has already used a large kang, which indeed resists the cold and saves him a lot of money. However, not everyone likes it. Many people think it is too hard and causes back pain.
But it can still be promoted.
In the past, there was green rice flour, but now there is a method of growing grain and a kang.
As for the medicine, it’s still early.
I haven't eaten yet, so I can't talk about medicine for the time being.
This has already made Zhang County Magistrate value Jiang Zhi: If everyone is like this, why worry about not making the country prosperous and the people safe!
Therefore, when it comes to appointment arrangements, Magistrate Zhang said: "Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters."
"When choosing a person for an official position, you should only choose talents. If you are not talented or talented, you are not worthy of being a relative!"
"Although the boy from the Xu family is sensible and can obey his mother's words, in the end he still went full circle.
The people are important, so why not let his mother be his mother for a few years and wait until Xu Xiaozi learns how to do it. "
Zhang Juntou has only attended private school for two years, but he still understands these few sentences in the Analects.
The meaning here is: If you want to do big things, you can't care about the trivial things. When I choose talents as an official, I only choose talented people.
If you don't have talent, you won't use it even if you are close to yourself; if you have talent, you won't give it up even if you have a grudge against yourself.
Magistrate Zhang did not dislike Jiang as a woman and wanted to entrust him with the position.
Although the village chief is not an official, his name will also be recorded in the list of officials in the six departments of the county government.
A female village chief has set a precedent in Pingchuan County, and even if she doesn't do it well, the county magistrate will be offended.
Zhang Juntou thought about the county magistrate who went to the countryside in person to supervise farmers every day...
Zhang Zheng was thinking very hard about people's livelihood, and it seemed that he was willing to give it all.
At this time, seeing that more than half of the men and women in the village were willing to let Jiang be the village chief, Xu Changming was so angry that he trembled and shouted at the top of his lungs: "As men, how can you be inferior to women!"
But no one paid attention to him, including his own son.
Instead, the son came over to persuade: "Dad, if you are always tired, go back and rest, and I will listen to the arrangements for growing grain!"
He is also a filial son, but how can he honor the old man when he has no food? He can't just rely on empty talk every day. Of course, it is more important to eat first.
His son and grandson were disobedient, leaving Xu Changming disgraced but speechless.
He could only stamp his feet fiercely, glare at the sons and grandsons of the second son's family who were also disobedient in the crowd, and turn around and leave.
"Brother Qing" and others who had just followed the opposition could only leave in anger.
Now that the village chief has finally been elected, it’s time to get things started.
Zhang Juntou called Jiang Zhi aside and said that he would need villagers to provide labor.
Building the inn requires a large area of flat land. If you want to occupy less land in the village, you have to cut down the trees on both sides of the official road and move earth and rocks to pave the hollow area.
For those who lack mechanical equipment, this is a big project.
"Is there any compensation for using labor?" Jiang Zhi asked.
Zhang Juntou looked at her with a strange look on his face: "This is corvee labor. Not only is there no pay, but you also need to bring your own rations. Do you think you are a servant?"
Sure enough, being a village chief is not an easy job.
Now is the busy time of spring, and farmers need seeds and grain.
In the end, I had nothing, and I had to work for the government on an empty stomach. I was afraid that I would be scolded as soon as I opened my mouth!
Jiang Zhi was not willing to be honest like this: "Since it is a corvee, let's move it to winter when the farm is slack. I don't have time now!"
Start bargaining!
Zhang Juntou did not hide anything from her, and said directly: "Before summer, the work must be started. If you delay, you will only be punished.
However, this is the first thing you will do when you become the village chief. I can help you go to Magistrate Zhang and ask for exemption from taxes this year. "
Jiang Zhi knew that this was another "big shift" in the way of being an official, demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall, dragging and pulling.
It seems that this matter must be done.
After leaving Zhang Juntou's place, Jiang Zhi, the village chief, took office immediately.
Take Er Rui to find Xu Genyou and Tian Gui first, and ask them what difficulties they need to solve now.
Tian Gui said: "There are no seeds!"
Xu Genyou said: "The family is short of food to help them cook!"
This was within Jiang Zhi's expectation, and the government's seed was simply not enough.
If there is a lack of seeds in the spring, there will be famine again in the autumn, and people cannot live on green rice flour alone.
And he can't borrow food, and more than a hundred people are hungry. This is similar to the hell mode at the beginning last year.
Although there was some food on the mountain, Jiang Zhi never thought about it at all.
One hundred and eighty kilograms of food is just a drop in the bucket, and it will also make people develop the habit of waiting for it to be delivered to their door.
There is also a way to solve the problem, and that is to buy food.
In fact, Jiang Zhi already had in mind a way to raise money to buy grain and seeds, but the villagers had to "support themselves" first.
