Chapter 258 The water is clear and there are no fish
With Meng Changqing's words, Yang Zheng calmed down and passed on the news. The soldiers were very happy and were about to write a letter home immediately.
Meng Changqing didn't know how happy they were. At this time, she led a group of people to the camp next to the wall.
Zhang Yuan had been waiting at the door for a long time. When he saw someone coming from a distance, he immediately went up to him with his confidants, "Sir! I haven't seen him for several days."
Meng Changqing got off the horse and replied with a smile: "How is Colonel Zhang doing lately?"
"Same as usual, please come inside, sir."
The two of them sat down in the tent. Zhang Yuan served tea and cakes before speaking, "Sir, you may have read the letter I sent last night."
Meng Changqing untied the cloth bag from his waist and took out the opened letter and put it on the table, "I have already read it. As Xiaowei Zhang said, the official system really needs to be repaired as soon as possible. I came here today to discuss this with you in detail. thing.”
Zhang Yuan nodded, "I have prepared all the personnel. I wonder who the county government will send to take charge of this matter?"
"Zuo Datou." Meng Changqing tilted his head and called the person closer. Before he came, Meng Changqing had already talked to him. "He does things carefully and carefully. This time, he will participate in the road construction."
They say they are participating, but they are actually monitoring the work.
There are a lot of tricks he can do when it comes to road construction. Meng Changqing doesn't have much trust in Zhang Yuan, so he naturally needs someone to supervise the whole process.
Zuo Datou nodded towards Zhang Yuan, "Colonel Zhang."
"Okay!" Zhang Yuan stood up and patted Zuo Datou on the shoulder, "You are capable. My lord believes in you, and so do I. When building the road, if the soldiers did anything wrong, please tell me directly. ”
"Yes." After Zuo Datou said hello, he retreated to Meng Changqing.
Meng Changqing said to Zhang Yuan: "The captain asked me before, what kind of trees should be planted on both sides of the official road?"
"Yes."
"I see that there are many white birch trees on the mountain. It is better to plant birch trees and have people dig them up directly in the nearby mountains and plant them. It will be easier to survive."
"Okay." Zhang Yuan didn't have any objections. He had thought that he could make a fortune by purchasing trees, but who would have thought that Mr. Xiao Meng just started digging nearby. He obviously had no money, so Zhang Yuan gave up this idea.
"The county government has ready-made tools for road construction, just ask someone to pick them up." Meng Changqing said, "When the time comes, just ask your people to find Zuo Datou.
And money. " Meng Changqing couldn't help sighing when he said this, and complained to Zhang Yuan: "I look at Beishan County as a bucket full of holes. Every hole has to be plugged with money. Since Beishan County has been established as a county, How many days are there in total? How many people are there in the county? There is no gold waiting for me to dig in that field, so where can I find the money? What a shame. ”
After speaking, Meng Changqing cleared his throat and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this. I will ask Zuo Datou to bring the money for road construction, and I will withdraw it from him when the time comes."
Zhang Yuan thought to himself, it turns out that this is the case. He just doesn’t want money to pass through his hands on the large section in front.
What is this thing called? I brought a group of people to help him, but in the end I couldn't get any benefits?
As a result, Zhang Yuan smiled reluctantly, "Managing expenses is a very troublesome thing, especially for these people in the military camp. They are careless and have bad tempers. They are not easy to talk to. I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to do it."
Meng Changqing said: "Have Captain Zhang forgotten that he also came from Weishan Camp, and now he still receives money from the Ministry of War?"
The reason Zhang Yuan was looking for was completely blocked. Helpless, Zhang Yuan had no choice but to nod, "Then I'll trouble you, Brother Zuo."
Zuo Datou said nothing and saluted to him.
Meng Changqing raised his voice, "It's my turn to trouble you, Colonel Zhang, the official system of Beishan County starts with you."
Zhang Yuan felt very uncomfortable. The oil and water in front of him could not fall into his hands. Could it be that Meng Changqing was sorry for him.
I also thought to myself: After all, he is just a young boy who does not understand the truth that there are no fish in the water, and he will always suffer from this in the future.
He muttered about Meng Changqing in his heart, and Meng Changqing also muttered about him.
Meng Changqing knew that he wanted to gain some benefits, and even the other party's temptation was not considered subtle.
Any money given from above has always been distributed layer by layer and less at each layer. This kind of corruption system does not allow honest officials to exist at all.
Officials caught in the middle will be forced to reach out even if they don't want to make money.
If you are not as evil as me, who can guarantee that you will not report it?
So Meng Changqing was not surprised at all that Zhang Yuan had this idea.
When building official roads like Beishan County, generally speaking, the government allocates funds to the corresponding person in charge in the military camp, and requires the soldiers to complete the construction within a certain period of time.
The government will not take care of materials or personnel, but will only check the progress regularly.
Although it is compulsory for soldiers to build official roads, the government needs to provide certain subsidies to soldiers, but often the money does not fall into their hands.
Over the years, it has been divided up by the people above.
But for Meng Changqing, either the rules have been established for a long time or they are right.
If I were rich, I might turn a blind eye and let you make some money, but I can't live any longer. If you still want to take money from me, who will give you the face?
Zhang Yuan didn't answer, and the scene was silent for a moment, but at last Zhang Yuan seemed to be a decent person. He coughed twice, and then said: "Then please set an auspicious day and auspicious time."
"What day is tomorrow?" Meng Changqing asked Bafang.
"Thirty." This was Zhang Yuan's answer. He knew in his heart that he had just hurt Meng Changqing's face, and now he was looking back to make amends.
"Then tomorrow, there's nothing wrong with it. We'll start construction tomorrow at midnight." After Meng Changqing finished speaking, he asked Zhang Yuan, "What do Captain Zhang think?"
Zhang Yuan: "I think it's pretty good."
"The camp will send someone to the Yamen to pick up the tools later." Meng Changqing said to Zuo Datou again: "You go back to open the warehouse first and order the things."
"Yes!" Zuo Datou took the order and left.
After sitting for a while, he asked about the patrol arrangements on the city wall. Zhang Yuan answered them one by one and asked Meng Changqing to go up to the city wall to take a look.