Chapter 648: What to Do when You First Take Office

Chapter 649: What to do when you first take office (the third update)

Half a minute later, the villagers who came with water dispersed.

"It's okay, the fire is on fire." Village Chief Chen Mo said.

The stove is outside, and the firewood is also outside when the fire is burning.

Four people use one stove, and a lot of firewood is moved to the stove.

Most of them are pine branches, which the villagers rake up the mountain with rakes.

They are dried outside and are very useful for burning fire. Coal is reluctant to use now, and it is difficult to make coal blocks and transport coal.

The stove needs to use a fire stick to add firewood little by little, and sometimes the fire will come out at the stove mouth.

When the four people carried the firewood to the side of the stove, some pieces fell off.

When they grabbed the firewood and put it in the stove, each handful fell down.

As a result, the stove mouth caught fire, and all the pine branches they held were on fire.

The four people beat various blows, and thick smoke rose.

It was not a big problem, and the villagers went back to continue eating.

Last year, the poor families who cooperated with Lijiazhuangzi to grow greenhouses sent big meat buns.

They were poor before last year, but they became rich after selling greenhouse vegetables.

The manual flour mill bought from Lijiazhuangzi can be used by any family in the village who wants to grind flour.

The whole village, no, the whole Lantian County, all the people now have three meals a day.

There are no poor households in the village that Li Yi pays special attention to.

Even if there is no labor force in the family, Lijiazhuangzi will rent the other party's land and pay more money.

The election of Lantian County village officials was grabbed by the candidates, all thinking that Lantian County will develop well and have political achievements.

They don't know now that political achievements require the increase of local people's income, and there is a proportion.

The four people feel lucky and chat while eating porridge, buns, and pickles.

"Thanks to being elected in Lantian County, we can eat meat buns early in the morning."

Chai Baohong sighed with black marks on his face.

"Hello, the villagers told us that we don't need to cook anymore, they will deliver it to us."

Xia Hao swallowed the buns with porridge and smiled.

Zhu An ate a bite of pickles: "Seeing that the people live a good life, as an official, I feel at ease."

"It has nothing to do with us, right? We just arrived." Brother Donglai told the truth.

"If we come, the people will be better off." Zhu An said with a firm look.

After eating, they cleaned up and took the unwashed bowls to find the village chief.

One was to ask questions, and the other was to return the bowls.

The village chief stayed at home, and there was no village committee.

If there was anything, Chen Mo would knock on the bamboo clappers.

The villagers lived in courtyards next to each other, and even if they had land, they would not build a courtyard next to their own land.

Live together, so that they can take care of each other if something happens.

The village chief's family has two courtyards and is the richest family in the village. It used to be, but not now.

The Chen family is the most numerous in the village. Chen Mo is considered the head of the family. There are scholars, and his father was a clerk in the county.

Chen Mo can read, write and calculate, and was elected as the village chief by the villagers.

The county dared not to choose someone with a different surname as the village chief, as it would cause problems.

The village chiefs in villages like Weinan County have no foundation, which is a special case.

When the four people found Chen Mo, Chen Mo was drinking tea, looked at the unwashed bowls they brought, and said nothing.

After pouring tea for the four people, Chen Mo said: "In the village, if there is anything inconvenient, just greet someone."

"Thank you, Chen Village Chief, the people in the village are simple and honest, and we are very grateful."

Zhu An stood up and saluted, and the other three people also saluted. They knew this kind of communication.

Chen Mo returned the salute, and everyone sat down again.

"Village Chief, what do the four of us do? Do you have any accounts to settle?" Chai Baohong looked at Chen Mo and wanted to be the chief accountant.

Chen Mo looked at him with a smile on his face: "There is no account to worry about. Yonghe and Diao have been cancelled. Thank you, Your Majesty.

The rent will be collected by each family after the harvest, weighed and sent to the county.

Now we listen to the words of the chief accountant of Lijia Village. When everyone makes money, they will share a little according to the proportion. There is a public fund in the village."

"Then we will take care of this public fund." Xia Hao immediately took over the words, very seriously, and looked like he wanted to do things for the villagers.

"Okay." Chen Mo smiled unchanged and nodded in agreement.

He got up to get the account book. The public fund was in his house. Who paid and how much money in total could be checked.

After a while, he came back with a stack of books and gently put them on the table.

"Everyone, take a look." After saying that, Chen Mo picked up the tea bowl and drank slowly.

The four people were curious, why are there so many accounts in the village?

Looking through them, they saw "accounting vouchers", "project public fund", "debit funds", "credit funds", "corresponding tables", etc.

There are numbers on it, and I flipped through the pages, but I didn't understand.

Then I looked at other books, which were "List of villagers who paid public welfare funds in Liangpo Village", "Initial Summary", "Amount of Arrears"...

Then I flipped through other books, and other tables began to show names and amounts. There was a total under each table, also with debits and credits.

Then there was the expenditure table, name, amount, unit, and remarks.

The four people's eyes widened, and they found trouble. I don't know, what kind of accounting method is this?

"Village Chief, is there a running account or a four-column account book?" Brother Donglai swallowed his saliva and asked in a low voice.

Chen Mo shook his head: "The chief accountant of Lijia Village in the county requires each village to keep accounts according to this method."

"Too wasteful of paper." Chai Baohong complained.

"We will pay for the purchase from the public welfare fund. The cost is not much. Lijiazhuangzi will print it." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"Is it the same in other counties?" Zhu An was curious.

"No, only Lantian County for the time being. The village originally planned to build a road with this money. Now that the court pays, the village will not build it. Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chen Mo stood up and clasped his fists in the direction of Chang'an.

The four people followed and clasped their fists, feeling that they had chosen the wrong place.

"Village Chief, are there any families in the village who want to repair their houses? Let's report it."

Xia Hao finally thought of something that could help the villagers.

Chen Mo shook his head slightly: "As far as I know, the villages in Lantian County don't need it, but other villages do."

The brother Donglai looked at the account book again: "How do you spend the money in the village? Just buy the account book of Lijia Village?"

"Yes, how do you spend it? The four of you help think about it." Chen Mo followed the words.

He could see that the four officials who were sent here didn't understand people's livelihood at all and were lacking in many aspects.

They wanted to take the account right away. Is it so easy to seize the financial power?

The most interesting thing is that the four people did not want to seize power, but wanted to help.

"Murama, I have an idea. Our village can plant more greenhouses in winter and use this money." Xia Hao thought of it.

"Okay, how much to plant? How much cloth do you need? What to plant? Do you want to light extra candles for lighting? Which land to use? Let's discuss it."

Chen Mo agreed. Planting greenhouses is fine. Even if you don't say it, my village will also plant.

"It's better to plant cucumbers. Cucumbers are expensive in winter." Xia Hao, who proposed to plant greenhouses, chose a vegetable.

"Okay, Xia Zhubu, worry more and ask how to plant cucumbers and when to plant them."

Chen Mo still agreed, but threw the work that needed to be done to Xia Hao.

These village officials' deputies are all village Zhubu, that's all.

"Eggplants are bigger than cucumbers. The same amount of eggplants can be planted on the same land. It's better to plant eggplants." Zhu An had a different suggestion.

"Okay, Zhu Zhubu, please help me find out how to grow eggplants." Chen Mo still agreed. You guys bring it up and go to work.