Chapter 220

Shen Qingzhou is selfless in handling cases, and he will pay for a person's life. However, for some cases of bullying, the person will not be put to death, but if he does not pay, he will definitely suffer. Under normal circumstances, he would keep the money himself, but he took it out directly and opened a porridge stall regularly.

Although many people are unhappy with his actions, it has to be said that even those wealthy businessmen cannot find fault with him.

After Shen Qingzhou took office, the atmosphere in the county government changed. Some people wanted to embarrass Shen Qingzhou and deliberately reported the case in public, saying that there was a constable blackmailing him. Shen Qingzhou's thought at the time was that there was still a good thing going on, and he left a message saying, "If you don't want to do it, then people will do it." He asked them to take off their constable uniforms on the spot and let everyone applaud.

With such an unapproachable leader like him, wealthy businessmen and businessmen feel that business is much easier and they don't have to worry about corruption.

The main reason is that everyone is afraid that Shen Qingzhou is really righteous. Even if someone in Shenjia Village commits a crime, Shen Qingzhou will not give them face. He will directly find the next patriarch of Shenjia Village and criticize him in public for not disciplining them strictly.

Of course, that night, he went back to Shenjia Village, and the clan leader and his son drank with him happily. Although he was criticized, the clan leader also understood that Shen Qingzhou, in his capacity as a county magistrate, had directly appointed the position of clan leader to his son. Otherwise, his term would be over, and the next one would be 100% Shen Qingzhou.

Moreover, the father and son also knew that Shen Qingzhou was deliberately using his own people to do things, and they supported it very much. Although Shen Qingzhou was too righteous and caused many complaints from the clan, the power of Shenjia Village was great. There were seventy or eighty people from Shenjia Village in the county government, most of whom were just errand boys, but they also had status.

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"Mr. County Magistrate." Shen Qingzhou came to the outside of the county town. Many workers were laying curbstones. If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. No matter what you do, just do it first.

The workers all respected him very much. He was a county magistrate who was so righteous that everyone thought he was excessively just. Not to mention being greedy for money, it was said that now in Shenjia Village, even his own clan was forced by him to pay money to contribute to the road construction.

Of course, this is complete nonsense. The previous Shen Zheng didn't have that kind of brains, and the current Shen Qingzhou is not that shameless.

He has asked Shenjiacun to conduct experiments in secret, and the results have been very quick. Now soap and mirrors have been produced.

If it was his first time traveling through time, he really wouldn't be able to remember this because it happened too suddenly. However, in the world of Joy of Life, Ye Qingmei directly gave him a process of how to make modern items in ancient times, so he didn't have to think about how to modify it.

In addition, he himself knew that it was inevitable for him to enter the world of ancient costumes, and he had learned some special skills, which had already been put into use.

Of course, he has not fully revealed the secret recipe now. He just took out some soap, manufactured it on a small scale, and then sold it to some wealthy families.

The main reason was that he didn't know some high-ranking dignitaries in Daliang. Otherwise, he could develop very quickly if he went directly from top to bottom. Now, he would sell his products in the county first and then let the caravans bring them to nearby areas. The most important thing, of course, was to report them to the prefect.

Although it is slow, the effect is still good. Some things have immediate effects. This is why we use soap.

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Three months later, the county magistrate took office. He was a middle-aged man in his forties, and he was naturally the county magistrate.

Someone came to the government office once, but Shen Qingzhou is very popular among the people now, and with his connections at the top, some of his things are still effective.

After the county magistrate took office, he originally planned to keep a low profile first and then develop later. There was no need to keep a low profile. The entire government office was controlled by Shen Qingzhou, and he, an outsider, could not fight against him at all. The registrar did not care about things, and the chief clerk now completely leaned towards Shen Qingzhou. He really admired Shen Qingzhou and had no selfish motives. Under his leadership, the county changed a lot, and there were many more merchants coming and going.

In ancient times, information was not circulated, but over time, word of mouth would spread. Here, the government did not oppress merchants, and the product of soap became increasingly popular. Moreover, if someone was robbed on the official road in the county, the county government would avenge him.

In fact, this is what the county government should do, but it is better to do less than more, and no one wants to do so much, which makes the government office led by Shen Qingzhou stand out.

All the bandits in the surrounding areas knew that they were not allowed to go near Sanyang County. They had experts who could kill people without them being seen, and their stories were very mysterious.

Relying on soap, Sanyang County has attracted a group of visionary businessmen to contribute to the construction of Sanyang County.

Soap also began to spread throughout the world, but it was rare and only the powerful could use it.

This is hunger marketing. Mainly because Shen Qingzhou is afraid that the higher-ups will be jealous, and also because if the rich and powerful use the soap, the price of the soap will soar.

The price of soap is not one or ten taels, which seems very expensive to ordinary people, but the price that rich merchants can barely afford is three hundred taels. It's exaggerated, right? However, when the quantity is not large, the price of this soap is so expensive. The more expensive and powerful people are, the more they use it.

Moreover, even if you pay, you can't buy it directly, you have to draw lots. Shen Qingzhou got the inspiration from Maotai.

Shen Qingzhou was ready. The next step was to make soap, and then use the soap technology he had mastered to pass it down to ordinary people.

During this period, everyone in Shenjia Village was grinning from ear to ear. With the soap, many wealthy businessmen came to Shenjia Village and could earn a lot of money just by staying with them.

The clan leader and his son also made preparations. In fact, they didn't know the craftsmanship at the moment. They only knew that Shen Qingzhou asked them to prepare a lot of miscellaneous things. Shen Qingzhou couldn't make them himself, but the production department was in the backyard of the county government, and he supervised it personally.

Anyway, he is the one who has the final say in the county government. Shenjia Village now depends on him for its livelihood. Ordinary people and merchants do not want to go back to the previous situation where the official did not do his job and even extorted money, so they naturally support him.

When the county magistrate came, he had no ill intentions, but he was almost melted by the onlookers. The civilians were all grateful to Shen Qingzhou. Not only did they say he was righteous, but they also wanted to keep him because he was building roads, giving them money and providing them with food, so they couldn't let him leave.

Shen Qingzhou was extremely selfless. In fact, although the money allocated from above was a little less, it was enough. In addition, he used soap as bait, and the county town developed at an unimaginable momentum. Everyone saw it.

To build roads and bridges, officials are sent to the countryside, and they do it on a rotating basis. If you don't do it this time because you're afraid of trouble, you won't be an official next time.

Shen Qingzhou also gained a lot of enemies because of these things, but they couldn't cause any waves. He now has some self-defense abilities.

He always carried some rice paper with him, and those were all passive triggers. The scholar's talent was rising, and he had already written another poem.

(End of this chapter)