Chapter 55: Civil and Military Affairs
Chapter 55: Civil and Military Affairs
Xu Qing made up his mind and immediately put it into action. He first called his butler Xu Fu.
Xu Fu was now becoming more and more adept at doing these odd jobs, and Xu Qing even took time out to teach him the basics of the Crane Form Exercise to help him exercise his body.
This person is tight-lipped, has no relatives or friends in Jiangning Prefecture, and has no vested interests. Xu Qing is very satisfied with him.
He also made big promises to Xu Fu, saying that when the time was right, he would bring Xu Fu's wife and children over. He has already used his relationship with the county's postmaster to inquire about Xu Fu's hometown.
As for the post station in this county, Zhou arranged for Huang Laier, the child from her mother's family who she originally wanted to adopt, to be a postman. Postmen can also eat public grain and are not of low status. If their descendants have a promising future, they can also take the examination for a scholar.
It can be considered as a great care for my mother's family.
The family also asked Xu Qing to give him a name. Xu Qing encouraged him with the saying "Heaven moves vigorously and self-strengthening never ceases", and named him "Zi Qiang".
However, Xu Qing has never seen that person before.
Because winter is coming soon, farmers have a hard time surviving. They have to prepare winter supplies for their families first, and then go to the post station to work, which can also save some food for the winter.
Ordinary farmers have to be thrifty in their lives, otherwise they will have no ability to resist risks. If they encounter any natural disasters or man-made disasters, they will have to sell their children and their land will be taken over!
Xu Qing ordered Xu Fu to find Mi Qiang, the salt tycoon of the fish market. In the future, the funds for the activities of the Fushe Society would be temporarily paid from Xu Qing's share of the fish market.
By the way, let Mi Qiang be responsible for the external security during the future Fushe activities.
Don't think that the scholars of this era have no connection with these bullies and hooligans who dominate the market.
In fact, Mi Qiang and his people, if they take the next step, will develop into an organized Dahang. The biggest role of Dahang is not to bully the market, but to collect taxes on behalf of the gentry, the powerful and the government.
It has a similar function to the demolition team in Xu Qing’s previous life.
After all, some things are not suitable for gentlemen to deal with.
Professional matters should naturally be done by professionals.
From now on, Mi Qiang and other thugs will be in charge of the military affairs, with Guo Zhuang and others as their protection; Fushe will focus on the civil affairs. Xu Qing can be said to have a team of civil and military affairs under his command.
Don't be fooled by its simplicity. Others who started with only one bowl have a worse team than him.
When doing things, ability is secondary. The key is to be reliable and know the person well. Ordinary abilities can be developed.
How difficult can it be to be a county magistrate?
There are usually precedents for major events and advisors for minor matters. As long as the magistrate is not an expert in micromanagement, there will be basically nothing wrong with him just following the rules and making a smooth transition to the next term.
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Xu Qing took Yan Shan and did not go to the academy first, but met Mi Qiang and his group in the abandoned yard of Zhao's family first.
Mi Qiang is now much more powerful than before. When he goes out, he is accompanied by his left and right protectors and the Four Vajras.
In fact, these people were the vegetable bullies of the Jinguang Temple vegetable garden. Now they were driven away by another group of vegetable bullies, so they came to Mi Qiang for help.
They had also heard of Xu Sanyuan's name and background, and when they saw the real person, they all felt a little uneasy.
There was no way around it. This legend was the one who destroyed the Zhao family, the former overlord of both the black and white worlds in Qingshui County, in the blink of an eye.
When these small minions met such a huge Buddha, they no longer showed their usual ferocity.
Everyone wished they could turn into pugs and lick Xu Sanyuan's toes.
On the way here, Xu Fulai had already conveyed Xu Qing's general intentions to Mi Qiang.
Mi Qiang was naturally very excited.
From being a bully salt dealer to a regular salt dealer, this is an industrial upgrade. Moreover, the original salt can still be sold as it was when it was integrated into the salt dealer.
The key is that the names sound different.
Next, Xu Qing was only responsible for explaining the rules of the fighting business to Mi Qiang and asking him to follow the rules. The rules were similar to those of the fighting business of this era.
To put it bluntly, there are very few people who are born evil.
Whether being a salt dealer, a thug, or a vegetable tyrant, they all want to make a living. The difference is that if an ordinary salt dealer or vegetable tyrant meets a tough opponent and gets beaten up, his accomplices will not care at all.
Legitimate martial arts companies will provide medical expenses, and even if you are disabled, they will arrange a job as a debt collector to give you a living.
When they heard about forming a fighting group, all of them were very excited.
As for the head of the hall, Mi Qiang was still in charge, but the finances of the bank were completely controlled by Xu Fulai from then on.
Xu Qing also gave this new fighting business a name, "Yihetang".
He also instructed Xu Fu to find more orphans to be raised by Yihetang. In the future, these children would become the backbone of Yihetang.
In the future, he also planned to let members of the Fushe Society take turns giving lectures to these orphans.
Firstly, it can unify the thought of saving the world and the people; secondly, the outstanding ones among them can be trained in literary affairs; thirdly, it can improve the bad reputation of the fighting industry.
At present, Xu Qing still has to focus on his own training. After a while, he will try to summarize a set of basic boxing techniques from the Bull Demon's Great Strength Fist, Crane Shape Technique, Bagua Wandering Body Palm and other kung fu, and teach them to the orphan found by Xu Fu.
In addition, some girls will be recruited to teach them basic medical knowledge.
After all these steps, his career had a foundation.
Even if you encounter any major events in the future, there will be enough room to deal with them calmly.
"It costs a lot of money to do these things, and we have to continue to find ways to make money."
Xu Qing already had a plan in mind for this.
Because Li Dianshi will soon take up the position of river inspector of Jiangning River, the fish market's fish salt business can now expand further. He wants the Jiangning River, the river under Li Dianshi's management, to use the official salt of Jiangning Prefecture.
Anyway, Prefect He has already said that he will support Xu Qing in reviving the family business. If Xu Qing does not revive it, he would be disrespecting the Prefect.
In addition, underwriting the official salt of Jiangning Prefecture was also of great benefit to Prefect He.
These are all real political achievements.
Of course, this kind of thing will definitely infringe on the interests of others.
The cake of the world is so big, if you have more, others will have less.
However, Xu Qing now has the background and means to attack his competitors, so there is no need to be timid.
This is also where the benefits of rebuilding the Fushe Society lie.
Even if his opponents wanted to throw dirty water on him, Xu Qing still had Fushe scholars from ordinary families to spread the word. These people could more easily spread Xu Qing's good deeds to the grassroots.
After all, if you don't occupy the public opinion position, others will.
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After the affairs of Yihetang were sorted out, Xu Qing and Yan Shan asked the members of the society to come to the front yard of Li's house, where there was a meeting hall and it was convenient to prepare tea.
Xu Qing lured the members of Yihetang with benefits.
Xu Qing lured the members of the society with huge profits!
Of course, the great profit here is not money, but the experience of eight-legged essay summarized by Xu Qing.
With his current foundation and a soul far more powerful than that of an ordinary person, he does not have to worry about leaking his experience in eight-legged essays, which would pose a threat to his performance in the provincial examination.
What’s more, there are more than one hundred quotas for each provincial examination in Nanzhili.
More importantly, that was three years later.
Xu Qing regarded his experience in eight-legged essay as the core interest of Fushe, which naturally convinced all the members.
Even Yan Shan couldn't help but admire Xu Qing.
Xu Sanyuan, he... is serious!
(End of this chapter)