Chapter 213 It’s not the throne

Bai Tao: "That's fine, more people means more work."

"It's hard to build houses now. When you come back from the market, have someone go to the upper and lower villages to notify them. Then we can start building houses in the spring..."

"Yes, auntie." Bai Dashan recorded it carefully and sighed in his heart. See, he knew that there would be a lot of trivial matters waiting to be dealt with.

Soon, people from Futao Shangcun and Futao Xiacun were selected.

Zhou Yang is the village chief of Futaoshang Village.

The village chief of Futaoxia Village is Kong Daming.

Kong Daming had studied in a private school for three years. He was an honest and simple man. He also fled with a family of more than a dozen people, and no one starved to death.

The two men came over with a compiled list of villagers to report.

The one who met them was Bai Dashan. After looking at the list, he was puzzled: "Shouldn't every village have three deputy village heads? Why aren't they all elected at the same time?"

"I have also selected one, but I'm not sure. I want to ask the young boss for his opinion." Zhou Yang quickly handed another list to Bai Dashan.

Everyone knows that Bai Tao is in charge of the Baijiabao caravan and Taohua Village.

Therefore, Zhou Yang and Kong Daming came to ask Bai Tao for decision on behalf of the villagers of their respective villages.

Bai Dashan frowned: "You can make your own decisions on these matters."

Are you kidding me? You dare to make us worry about these trivial matters?
We try to solve all the things in our village by ourselves, for fear that if I tire myself out, I won’t grow taller in the future.

You are so rude to use our aunt.

Bai Dashan said in a bad tone: "If the person you choose is not useful, you can just change him when the time comes. What's so uncertain about it?"

Zhou Yang was surprised: "Can it be changed?"

"Of course." Bai Dashan said unhappily, "This is not the throne, it can be passed down from generation to generation."

"If you do a good job, do it. If you don't do a good job, step down."

In ancient times, although the village chiefs and village heads were elected by the villagers, it was almost like their sons inherited their father's business.

First of all, those who have never been in charge and have no predecessor to guide them are completely in the dark and have no idea how to handle village affairs, let alone how to deal with the township or even the government.

In ancient times, being a village chief was also considered a skill. After all, how to pay taxes, how much to pay, and how to interpret the court's laws were all knowledge that was not passed on to outsiders.

When managing village affairs, can you make the villagers obey your management? When you encounter disputes among villagers or disputes with neighboring villages, how do you deal with them...

Many villagers may never have been to the town in their entire lives, and they don’t even know which way the entrance to the government office faces.

If there was something going on, they would go to the village chief, politely carry their things and ask him for help, for example, matters like the sale of land deeds, house deeds, and land.

Therefore, Bai Dashan's words shocked Zhou Yang and Kong Daming.

Seeing that the two were so shocked that their jaws dropped for a long time, Bai Dashan curled his lips and said, "Why do you look like you have never seen the world?"

"If you do a good job, keep doing it. If you don't do a good job, replace someone else. This kind of management is to prevent people from doing things that are not their job."

"Or do you like that kind of..."

Before Bai Dashan finished speaking, Zhou Yang quickly shook his head: "I don't like it, I don't like it."

Kong Daming also nodded and said, "This kind of management is very good, very good."

Both of them thought of their former village chief, who was so arrogant that his family bullied villagers who had no male children.

Things like exchanging one's own poor land for other people's good land, bargaining for the best land at a very low price, and giving the good land to one's relatives, etc.

Kong Daming smiled naively and said, "We are lucky to have met such a kind-hearted person like the young master." "And Shopkeeper Bai, I am once again grateful to Shopkeeper Bai for speaking well for us in front of the young master and accepting us."

Who doesn't like to hear nice words? Although Bai Dashan knew that it was flattery, it is not advisable to hit someone who smiles at you.

He looked at Kong Daming and smiled: "Everyone says you are simple and honest, but I think you are very smart."

Before, it was Kong Daming who had the courage to step forward and take the contract from Bai Dashan, and he was also the first to put his fingerprint on it.

Kong Daming smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Shopkeeper Bai."

"Okay, we just got here and there are a lot of things to do, so I won't chat any more." Bai Dashan: "I'll leave the list here, and you can go back and learn more about the situation in your own village."

"In two days, there will be a big market in Junji Town. If any of you want to go to the market, just wait at the entrance of the village."

Bai Dashan finished speaking and warned, "But I have to say this in advance. The big fair in Junji Town is very complicated. If there is no need, don't join in the fun."

There will be a big market in Junji Town in a few days, and the people in these two villages know about it. Even if Bai Dashan doesn't say anything, these people can go on their own if they want to.

Bai Dashan said this because he didn't want these people to cause any trouble when they first arrived, and then Taohua Village would have to clean up the mess.

Zhou Yang: "I'll talk to everyone about it when I get back."

Kong Daming: "Me too. I'll tell Shopkeeper Bai what he said when I get back. Actually, we've already purchased some things, and we don't need anything now, so we probably won't go to the market."

Bai Dashan cannot be denied.

The two of them went back and quickly passed the message along.

"If any of you don't need anything at home, it's better not to go to the fair this time."

"The people of Dongzhou are tough and sturdy, and Junji Town is even tougher. We are new here, so it's better not to join in the fun."

"Whether we join in the fun depends on whether it is safe. If it is not safe, we will be the ones being joined in the fun."

"It's not a good time to start building in winter, but we still have a lot of things to do..."

When the villagers heard this, they all agreed and said that they would not go to the market.

"I won't go home."

"My family bought some things before, but it's barely enough."

"I don't lack anything at home."

"Anyway, I will definitely not go to my house. Even if I want to buy something, I will buy it from the caravan." The things are good and there is no trouble.

"That's right! We made some money before, so maybe we've been targeted for a long time. It's okay if the money is gone, but if the person is gone, or even if something happens and drags down the family, it will be troublesome."

That’s right. We finally got some money by collecting heads from the Baijiabao caravan, but the good days haven’t even started yet. Who would be willing to be a fat sheep to be slaughtered in the eyes of others?

Moreover, you can't just build a house in the spring. If you don't cut some wood, transport stones and look for clay now, it will be too late when the time comes.

Besides, how are they going to survive the winter if they don’t build a shed or something?

I dealt with it that night, and then the next day.

Everyone started to get busy.

The situation in Taohua Village is not so bad. The villagers are very strong and chopping down a tree is just a matter of swinging the axe two or three times.

What's more, there is the electric saw distributed by Bai Tao. Once the electric saw starts, a large area of ​​​​wood can be cut down in a day.

If the required wood was not limited, the logging team in Taohua Village could saw down an entire mountain.

“This chainsaw is really useful.”