The magistrate of Jurong County lied down again: "I am guilty. But I am really..."
Too poor to do anything.
Zhu Bai sighed: "So I want you to quickly set up a county school. After you set up a county school, I will select people to run the fourth-level official bureau, so that I can make money and distribute it to you. Only then will you have money to support more people." There are many government officials. If you encounter something like this in the future, you can rush forward instead of retreating."
Only then did the two magistrates suddenly realize: This is what happened. No wonder Zhu Bai suddenly started talking about the county school in the middle of asking.
In this way, Zhu Bai not only did not intend to punish their crimes, but also helped them find a way.
The two people burst into tears of gratitude and kowtowed: "Your Highness, the Holy Ming."
Zhu Bai said: "So if the county school cannot be run well, I will do two things together next time I come over. Get up."
The magistrates stood up together.
Magistrate Jintan pointed to the pile of gold and silver jewelry on the ground: "This..."
Zhu Bai sneered: "Don't worry about this. Are you still embarrassed to take it away from me?"
He rolled his eyes and raised his chin at Zhang Yu.
Then Zhang Yu and the others put all those things back into the sacks.
The magistrate of Jintan County was a bit stubborn and continued: "If the thief comes, he will be compensated with money from the thief's stolen goods."
Zhu Bai replied: "Yes, the main reason for suffering is to find it. If you confirm it is correct, write a note with the official seal and ask them to go to the Guanya Bureau Post Station or the Guanya Bureau to get the pension."
According to the guards who followed them to the valley, many of the bones were broken. Most of them are probably unrecognizable.
The two magistrates could only hand over their hands: "Yes."
Zhu Bai said gloomily: "Don't think of any crooked ideas to defraud the king of money. If the king's people find any flaws in the mistress who comes to ask for the money, then it will be the responsibility of the two of you."
The two county magistrates raised their hair and said hurriedly: "I don't dare, I don't dare."
"Even if I have the guts, I wouldn't dare."
Isn't this a joke?
Even the gangsters' capital that they had saved for many years was snatched away by Zhu Bai. They couldn't bear to think that they dared to deceive Zhu Bai.
This little prince is indeed terrifying.
He kills without blinking an eye and has a deep scheming mind.
Zhu Bai stood up and said, "Jurong Magistrate, please go back."
The Jurong magistrate hurriedly saluted and left.
The magistrate of Jintan timidly came up and asked, "Where will your highness stay tonight?"
Zhu Bai looked at the sky and said, "Let's go to Changzhou."
When he entered the county town just now, he took a look and found that the conditions of the inn were really not good.
There are so many of them, and it is not easy for them to crowd into the magistrate's house.
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Zhu Bai and the others came out of Jintan County and went straight to Changzhou.
As we were approaching Changzhou, smoke and dust filled the official road in the distance, as if a large number of soldiers and horses were galloping towards us.
Zhang Yu took a look: Where did the bandits come from, so arrogant?
He hurriedly asked people to stop the formation, surrounded Zhu Bai in the middle, and prepared to meet the enemy.
Zhu Bai originally wanted to sit on the horse and watch the fun.
As a result, Zhang Yu picked him up and stuffed him into the carriage.
When the group of people saw Zhang Yu, they reined in their horses, rolled down and saluted: "Your Highness is here."
Lord Qianhu Wang of Changzhou calculated that Zhu Bai would arrive today and came out with soldiers to greet the escort early in the morning.
But they were almost at Jintan Inn and had not seen Zhu Bai yet.
Wang Qianhu was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. When he asked the inn, he found out that Zhu Bai had changed his route to Jintan and rushed here again.
Zhu Bai came out and said, "Don't panic. I just went for a walk."
Wang Qianhu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: Oh, little prince, you went for a walk and we broke our legs.
On the way, Zhu Bai told others not to mention the robbers. Firstly, he was afraid that Lao Zhu would regret it and called him back. Secondly, Lao Zhu knew that they had robbed others and would ask him to hand over the things.
These gold and silver jewels were given to Lao Zhu to give to corrupt officials, why not take them and do some charity along the way.
Zhu Bai was escorted all the way into Changzhou by Qianhu.
Sun Yong, the prefect of Changzhou, also arrived early outside the city to greet him.
Zhu Bai told them not to worry about him, and then went to wander around Changzhou City.
Overall, the Changzhou Guanya Bureau manages things well, but the delivery speed is too slow. It actually took ten carriages and five days for a shipment of goods to be transported from Changzhou to Suzhou, which was less than 200 miles away in a straight line.
Although water transport is mainly used to transport official grain, his official tooth bureau is also Lao Zhu's business. Lao Zhu clearly told him that water transport can be used to transport goods.
And one more thing.
When Tang He built the new city in the second year of Hongwu, he had already considered the problem of waterlogging and built the ground level very high. Why is there still waterlogging?
Several places hit by floods this time are clearly covered by dense water networks, with crisscrossed rivers and waterlogging.
This unscientific…….
After Zhu Bai finished wandering around, he went to Changzhou Guanya Bureau.
Changzhou's official tooth bureau chief's surname is Tu. He is a tall young man with upright features.
Zhu Bai also specifically selected this type of person when he was selecting secondary tooth growers.
After all, the image of Yagong and Yappo as a deceiver and abductor in the eyes of Bai Xin was so profound that it could only be reversed by such image advertising.
At this moment, Tu Yazhang had come out to pick him up.
After Zhu Bai sat down, Tu Yazhang took out the account book.
Zhu Bai shook his head: "I don't care about this. Naturally, there will be a first-level official tooth bureau to review it. I have questions today that need Chief Tu to answer."
Tu Yachang hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Your Highness, you have broken the villain. If you have anything to say, just ask."
Zhu Bai: "Why don't goods to and from Suzhou be transported by water? Is it because our Guanya Bureau cannot afford a ship?"
When the official bureau was established, Zhu Bai emphasized that money spent on all means of transportation cannot be saved.
Buying a boat or a carriage is a reasonable investment.
Tu Ya was stunned for a moment and replied: "If we use water transport, we can only use small boats. The transport capacity of each boat is about the same as that of a horse-drawn carriage."
Zhu Bai tilted his head: "Why not use a big boat?"
He remembered that water transport and the Suzhou-Hangzhou Canal could easily carry large ships.
Tu Yazhang replied: "The canals are often clogged, and this is true near several dams such as Benniu and Lucheng. If there is a dry season, large ships passing through will get stuck in the mud and will be unable to get out for several days."
Zhu Bai suddenly realized: So, even if the rivers are covered with water networks, they will still be waterlogged.
It's because the natural drainage channels are blocked! !
Dredging rivers is a matter for the government and should be done regularly.
Why don't the government do it?
Again, because there is no money!
But with Lao Zhu's personality, he definitely didn't want to pay and wanted people to work. When the time came, he would just give it to the prefect of Changzhou.
The magistrates of Changzhou put pressure on the magistrates along the canal transport, and the magistrates distributed the power to the people, but in the end it fell on the people.
Originally, according to his proposed method of raising disaster relief grains, if disaster relief grains were distributed, they would either pay back the grains in good years or use labor as compensation.
Now he realized the problem.
For example, now, Changzhou has just suffered a flood. It is obviously inappropriate to ask them to dredge water transportation.
When farming is busy across the country, it is not appropriate to ask people who have been helped by previous disasters to pay off their debts.
