Chen Que followed, stood aside, trying to say something, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to look at his wife's back in a daze.

According to Chen Que’s own records in history:

"When I split the family, I only got six stones of rice. Fortunately, my wife worked hard day and night to support her fatigue. Every winter and spring, she used cloth to eat rice. She offered her parents wine and food, raised her servants and maids, and studied for me. She gradually bought land with silk cloth and accumulated more than 40 acres. She was exhausted and died of illness at the age of fifty-one."

In this life, because the Ming Dynasty became more prosperous, Chen Que's wife naturally accumulated a larger family business through her diligence and thrift. The land had accumulated to more than a hundred acres and hundreds of silver coins.

However, Chen really had to admit that even though his wife worked so hard, she was not as high as Xiao Linglong, whom he knew last night, had earned a lot of money from working with her godfather.

More importantly, he found that his wife had saved up such a family business with extreme frugality. Apart from having to raise Japanese child servants to serve her parents because of her filial piety, she never wore a piece of jewelry. Although she could not weave less than a thousand pieces of brocade, she never wore a brocade dress.

"My husband, I went to the market yesterday to inquire. The price of the earth and brocade here is higher than that of Haining. In the future, I can earn more by weaving brocade. Maybe I can get some money in the future, so that the superiors can lift you back to Middle Earth!"

Wang said at this time.

Chen did not respond to Wang's words.

Because he just found a job he could do.

Chen Que lit a kerosene lamp and placed it next to Wang who was scooping water.

However, not long after, Wang blew out the kerosene lamp.

Chen Que couldn't help but ask: "Why is this?"

"It's dawn, you can see it!"

Mrs. Wang replied with a smile.

"Um."

...

Chen Que believed that he was not good at giving Wang some help in life, so he left the kitchen.

He came to the courtyard, looked at the blue sky, and began to plan how to manage Kashima County next, and to promote Chinese education for the natives on the island.

The first thing he planned to do was to set up a school here to teach the children here to learn Chinese.

However, setting up a school requires money, hiring scribes to serve as teachers, and finding local schools, and even more, spending money to recruit craftsmen to build school buildings.

And where does the money come from?

According to Chen Que's plan, he used Kagoshima's local taxes as the fund for the establishment of the school.

Before the prefecture was established, the military and political affairs of Kagoshima were temporarily managed by the Kashima Navy General's Office, and so was the finance.

Once the court sends a new magistrate, the finance and civil affairs will naturally be handed over to the magistrate.

This was the system of the court, so when Chen Que met Kashima Navy General Kong Xigui again and asked him to transfer these powers to him, Kong Xigui did not refuse.

However, when Chen Que made a deal with Kong Xigui, he soon discovered that there was not much money deposited in the county government bank bank.

"As far as the officials came to the scene, the county government's silver treasury should have 200,000 yuan in silver coins, why is it less than 6,000 yuan now?"

Chen Que asked Kong Xigui for this.

He really didn't expect the county government to be so deficient.

"The government office transferred it away and said it was temporarily borrowed."

Kong Xigui replied, and handed Chen Que the official letter for the loan.

Chen Que was very surprised after hearing this: "The government office borrowed money from the county to do it."

"I don't know this. If you want to ask, ask the government office. Why do I care about so much?"

Kong Xigui replied impatiently.

Seeing Kong Xigui like this, Chen Que didn't have much to say, so he had to ask someone to lock the database, but he felt even more distressed: "Where is enough for Confucian education with such a little money! I'm afraid that disaster relief is not enough."

...

"When will our subsidy silver be distributed, and when will you delay it?"

"Are you corrupt officials worthy of the emperor?!"

"You group of bad dog officials will not let us go to Beijing to file a lawsuit. If you are too anxious, we will smash your broken yamen!"

However, just when Chen Que was in trouble because of insufficient treasury and silver, there were roars and drum beats outside the county government.

Because Chen is a poor man and has no money to hire a staff member.

Kashima County is a newly established county, and there are no assistant officials, clerks and Zaoli.

Therefore, he was the only magistrate in the entire Kashima County Magistrate's Office.

Chen Que had to come out of the county government in person to see what was going on.

When Chen Que came, he saw many veterans wearing cotton armor and medals gathered outside, and when he saw him coming out, he rushed over.

One of the veterans asked him first: "Who are you? Where is the Gaomao next to General Kong Shen?"

"I am the new magistrate of Kashima, Chen Que, I don't know who you are talking about. I dare to ask, why do you come to the county government today and why do you beat the drum?"

Chen Que asked because of this.

"Of course I came to ask for pensions and wages. The county government has owed us pensions and wages for two years!"

"That's right, we're still waiting for this money to cure the disease!"

"The emperor said that we should care about the wounded and sick people for the rest of our lives. We said that we were willing to settle down in the original garrison, and we would give half of the pensions. As a result, your county government will not pay! The emperor's decree is not listened to. Are you still the government in the Ming Dynasty?!"

"We came to ask for it at the beginning. You said that after the canal is built, you will pay the wages and pensions together, but there was nothing!"

"You liars!"

...

In order to increase the number of Han people in the newly developed ruling area, Zhu Youxiao did encourage garrison officers and soldiers to settle down in their garrisons, where they got married and had children, and gave them many preferential policies.

Chen knows this too.

But he didn't expect that his county government still had to owe retired soldiers pensions to the Galaxy wages.

And these veterans and their relatives also started to make trouble.

Chen Que knew that these retired soldiers were old members of the Imperial Army. When they were in the army, they attended night classes for literacy and their children also attended Huangzhuang Society. In other words, they had read some books and had a good understanding of the imperial court's government orders. It was impossible for them to be so easy to fool.

Therefore, he had to patiently explain: "You all, I have just taken office. I don't know the specific situation. However, the county government is indeed only worth more than 6,000 silver coins. In addition, the silver coins brought by our own private person in the county are estimated to be 7,000. I don't know if it is enough to pay you, but you can pay a part first. You can go to the warehouse with me to collect it now."

"How can this be enough! We have counted it, and it costs 38,600 in total! Why is your county government so deficit?!"

At this time, the veteran who had been a team leader said first.

"Unforgivable people! This is what you should question. You really dare to make trouble in the county government and kill them all! No one left!"

At this time, a voice from someone came from outside.

And as soon as the man finished speaking, gunfire began to sound, and the retired soldiers and relatives fell to the ground in batches.

Chen Que was stunned when he saw this scene.

At this time, Kong Xigui, a civil servant wearing scarlet official robe and a military general came.

The civil servant also said first: "I didn't expect that these bitches really dare to make trouble."

"I don't choose a good time to die!"

Kong Xigui followed and pointed at Chen Que and said, "This is the first time to arrive in County Magistrate Chen!"

Then, Kong Xigui also introduced a civil servant beside Chen Que to Chen: "This is the deputy envoy of Song, the censor of the Five Islands, the Plan Islands, and the Xingjiu Palaces."

Then, Kong Xigui also introduced the military officer beside him: "This senior officer of the Wudao Branch of the West Factory."

After Kong Xigui said something, Gao Qianshi said first: "Now that everyone has arrived, I'll prepare to collect taxes for this year."

Chen Que asked inappropriately at this time: "Dare you ask about the owed retired soldiers, pensions and wages?"
Chapter completed!