Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

Chapter 143: Magistrate Tian

Gao Xi ordered someone to move the silver over. Soon Yan Chong actually saw the silver, but he still could not recognize it and insisted that it was a frame-up.

"Sir, I am wronged. I don't know where these silver coins came from. Can't you just find them somewhere and say they are mine? Even if you found them here, they may have been left by the governors before me. You can't convict me based on these alone."

"Yan Chong, stop playing dumb. Don't you know whether these silver coins are yours? The Qian court is short of money, and the rebels have just started fighting. Most people don't know this news yet, but you know it so early. Is there something wrong with you? Do you need me to prove it?

The imperial court will be busy dealing with the rebels soon, and they are short of money. If I hand over these silver coins to the imperial court, do you think they will believe me or you? "Gao Xi looked at Yan Chong with a smile.

"And you slandered the people of various counties. Do you think we don't know? All this evidence is enough to kill you several times."

Yan Chong knew that he was really finished this time. He just wanted to give himself a chance to come out, but he didn't know what went wrong and attracted General Li Yun's men. Now even if he didn't do it, they could convict him, not to mention that he did all these things.

He collapsed to the ground powerlessly, his eyes dull, and no longer made any excuses for himself.

"Take the man away and keep him under strict guard."

"Yes."

When Tian Zhenwei came over, he happened to see Gao Xi's men taking Yan Chong to the jail.

"Master Gao, I have brought the silver and the people here. Do you want to take them to the county government office or leave them in the government office?"

"Put it here for now. I'll send someone to invite your Excellency to come over. In the future, I'll let your Excellency take over the management of all the affairs of this prefecture city."

"Yes." Tian Zhenwei was about to go down when he saw several large boxes of silver beside him and asked, "Hey, sir, you found the silver in the prefect's house so quickly. This speed is too fast."

Tian Zhenwei thought that they were so efficient. He had calculated how fast it was, but they actually found the money and caught the person directly.

"Hahaha, even you were fooled by me," Gao Xi smiled as he walked to the boxes of silver, picked up a few ingots of silver on the table, and made way for Tian Zhenwei to see them. "What do you think? Am I very smart?"

Tian Zhenwei walked closer and saw that the surface was made of silver ingots and the bottom was filled with paper.

"Hahaha, I admire you." After Prefect Yan was arrested, County Magistrate Tian reported to the court and waited for transfer. During this period, he began to investigate the cases of missing population in various counties. He found that all the counties under his jurisdiction had been involved, and all of them were handled by Prefect Yan. County Magistrate Tian reported all the evidence and official silver he had investigated to the officials sent by the court to investigate.

With Gao Xi and others stepping forward to handle the matter, and the court was in the process of clearing out the rebels and was short of money, the case of Prefect Yan was soon resolved. He was executed in the autumn, his property was confiscated, and the rest of his family was exiled.

Finally, because Magistrate Tian solved a major case in Yingzhou Prefecture and the court was short of people, and no one wanted to go to this remote place, he was directly promoted to the position of prefect. As for Shu County, the position would be left vacant for Magistrate Tian to manage.

"Dad, you've been promoted. You're the boss here and everyone has to listen to you." Tian Xing'er was so happy when he heard that his father had been promoted. From now on, his father would be the local emperor of this area and would not be afraid of anyone. Oh, that's right, except for the generals guarding the border. But they were in charge of the soldiers, while his father was in charge of the people in the city, so it didn't matter much to them.

"What's so good about you being the boss of a poor place? It's too poor. Shu County was poor enough before, and now you give me an even poorer official position. I, your father, am not happy at all. I have to worry about such a large group of people." County Magistrate Tian started to cry about being poor again, and Tian Xing'er ignored him.

"Oh my father, then you have to work hard. Your daughter will support you spiritually." Looking at her father's appearance, he really doesn't look like a serious county magistrate.

"Hey, girl, shouldn't you support me financially?"

"I have no money." After saying that, Xing'er ran away.

"My daughter has grown up and is no longer caring for me. She is no longer my little cotton-padded jacket."

Tian Xing'er has not been idle recently. While her father was investigating the case, she asked her people to go with her to take a look at the situation in several surrounding counties. She did not come north empty-handed. She also bought a lot of goods along the way, thinking of opening a large grocery store here and selling the goods that had been shipped before in various counties.

Now that I know my father is the prefect, it will be easier to do business. I can just open a head office in the prefectural city and then open branches in each county. I wrote to Fang Shiya some time ago and asked about their situation. I just received a reply these few days.

Shang County seems to be developing very well now, with more and more people coming here. Tian Xing'er also asked Fang Shiya to send some professional personnel here. She was thinking of setting up a cloth workshop here and emulating a second Shang County, so that the entire supply chain from planting to sales could be self-produced and self-sold.

At present, the people sent by Fang Shiya are still on the way, but Tian Xinger feels that her territory is now larger, and she plans to develop it in the entire Yingzhou city, and boost their economy at the same time.

Yingzhou has a large area, and besides being able to grow food, cotton, and hemp, the yields are better than in the south, so this route is completely feasible. They lack everything here, and everything is an opportunity. What they lack is a master as rich and powerful as themselves.

Tian Xinger felt that the North was simply her blessed land. Poor places meant more opportunities and cheaper labor. She could build a factory here, produce products, and then sell them all the way south through the trade routes she had opened up. She would never have to worry about making money.

Soon, Tian Xing'er agreed with her second brother that the first project plan was to start a cloth workshop.

"Dad, please grant me a piece of land first. You see, I support your political achievements. I want a bigger piece of land, all planted with cotton and hemp. Then I will hire the people around to farm, weave and dye for me.

My cloth workshop is your political achievement. What should I do? Isn't it exciting? Isn't it very motivated? Come on, I will mark out a large piece of land for your daughter, and you will follow me in the future. "Tian Xing'er took out the plan she made,

It contains information such as land requirements, planned factory construction, investment, number of people to be recruited, and expected output.

County Magistrate Tian certainly supported his daughter's plan, not only for his political achievements, but also for the people here.

The previous prefect Yan exploited the people here to the point where they were barely able to avoid starvation, and he also killed more than half of them. The population here is also pitifully small. If we want to build such a large project, it may be able to solve most of the employment problems in the entire prefecture, but farming is also the main occupation of the people and cannot be abandoned.

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