It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Even though Lu Yunfeng had endless energy, he still felt overwhelmed looking at the mountain of booklets.

"There are too few available manpower." Lu Yunfeng complained to Lu Xingchen.

"I only beheaded the three heads of the family, Liu, Wang and Zhao. I am going to take the others to the mines to do hard labor." Lu Xingchen said.

Mining coal and iron ore on Niutou Mountain requires a large amount of labor.

"Otherwise, select some talents from these three companies." Lu Xingchen said.

Previously, the internal affairs of Yongzhou Prefecture were handled by these three families at home.

The people they employed were all their own relatives.

Lu Yunfeng nodded, "Now it seems that there is nothing we can do about it."

"I came to Yongzhou City alone, without any of the people I needed. I can't finish all the accounts by myself before the New Year."

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly, "Okay, I understand. Then let's recruit talents regardless of their background."

"As long as they work hard, I can keep these people here, and their children and grandchildren in Yongzhou as well."

“Even relatives have different degrees of closeness.”

Lu Yunfeng did not object, "Don't worry, I will keep a close eye on them, they won't dare to cause trouble."

The pace of development is too fast and the talent gap is too large.

If all the people from the Zhao, Wang and Liu families were sent to Niutou Mountain to mine, more than half of the shops in Yongzhou would be unable to open.

So, Lu Xingchen went to the place where the three families' relatives were imprisoned.

She selected some people from among them. Firstly, these people were not closely related to the three masters by blood, and secondly, they were all capable people.

These people who were selected did not expect that there would be a turning point in the fate of themselves and their families, and they were naturally grateful to Lu Xingchen.

Life now is certainly incomparable to before, but at least we don’t have to go to Niutou Mountain to mine.

Comparing the two, they are already very satisfied.

Yongzhou City was captured by Lu Xingchen, and she beheaded three masters in the square.

This incident soon spread to other parts of Yongzhou.

The county magistrates of several counties that were originally under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou were very tactful and brought their county's account books and rosters of the people to Yongzhou City to swear allegiance to her.

Lu Xingchen would naturally not turn away such a county magistrate who knew the current affairs.

She reprimanded the three county magistrates, and then asked them to follow Lu Yunfeng to sort out the accounts.

This is also pre-job training.

Lu Yunfeng looked at her and said helplessly.

"You just said you caught three free laborers and you even called it pre-job training."

"Uncle, your awareness is not as good as Master Guo's. Master Guo thinks that what I did is particularly right." Lu Xingchen said.

Lu Yunfeng snorted softly, "Old Guo is a smooth talker. Don't be fooled by his appearance of being carefree and unrestrained. He is actually very good at flattering others."

"How else could I make you so happy?"

"Wouldn't it be nice to find you some free labor?" Lu Xingchen said.

Lu Yunfeng showed a sly smile on his face, "It's really good..."

"This is pre-job training." Lu Xingchen said seriously.

"Uncle, you have to make these county magistrates realize that working for us is different from working for others."

"Let them see how serious you are about your work, how rigorous you are, and how severe the punishment will be if they make a mistake."

"These people are used to being free and undisciplined. They used to be local tyrants in the county. Now they have to be under our control. They are loyal to us on the surface, but many of them are definitely doing those despicable things behind the scenes."

"If we find any dishonest people, we must punish them severely to serve as a warning to others."

Seeing that Lu Xingchen was serious, Lu Yunfeng naturally agreed.

He was just looking for a county magistrate who had committed a crime to punish.

The so-called killing the chicken to scare the monkeys should also make them behave themselves.

The commerce in Yongzhou City is almost entirely controlled by the three masters.

They were killed, and all their close relatives were sent by Lu Xingchen to the Niutou Mountain Mine to do hard labor.

The commerce in Yongzhou City was severely damaged.

Commerce and agriculture are different. It is not easy to restore them to their original state.

Just when Lu Xingchen didn't know how to develop Yongzhou's business, Feixue walked in and said.

"Girl, there is a man named Jiang Fangtu who wants to see you."

When Lu Xingchen heard that Jiang Fangtu was coming, she was overjoyed, and handed her a pillow.

"Please come in." Lu Xingchen said.

Soon, Jiang Fangtu strode in.

"Congratulations, General, congratulations, General, for taking Yongzhou..."

Jiang Fangtu said loudly as he walked inside.

"Your nose is quite sharp, why did you come to Yongzhou?" Lu Xingchen asked.

"I returned to Jizhou and waited for the governor's summons, but the governor was always busy. Later I found out that the governor had come out to train the troops," said Jiang Fangtu.

"The commander-in-chief is really training his troops."

Jiang Fangtu's small eyes were full of brilliance, and one could tell at a glance that he was a smart man.

"I thought that the commander-in-chief would not have the time to summon me, so I might as well take the initiative to visit him."

"Besides that, I also brought some goods from the south."

As Jiang Fangtu spoke, he asked the people outside to bring in a box.

The box was opened, and there was a dazzling array of things inside.

There were exquisite fans, books, porcelain, and even a pair of glass cups.

"This thing is very popular in the south and is very valuable." Jiang Fangtu took out the pair of glass cups and showed them to Lu Xingchen.

There were no glass products in this era, so this pair of glass bottles was naturally extremely expensive.

The colored glass bottles in the homes of wealthy families of this era were much more expensive than high-end porcelain.

But in later generations, this thing will be worthless.

Moreover, this pair of glass bottles are of good quality with very few impurities, and you can see the other side from one side.

In this era, this is definitely a fine work of art.

"If I can make a more exquisite glass bottle than this, can I sell it for a good price?" Lu Xingchen asked.

Jiang Fangtu looked at her in shock.

"If it's more exquisite than these two glass bottles, it will certainly be able to sell for a good price."

"It's just that the south is also in turmoil right now, and colored glaze is not easy to preserve, so fewer and fewer people are buying it."

Jiang Fangtu sighed, "If it were a peaceful and prosperous time, a pair of glass bottles would be sold for a thousand taels of silver without any problem."

This time, Lu Xingchen conquered Yongzhou and several counties around Yongzhou. The system did not give her anything more valuable except extending her life points.

She thought that next time if the system came out, maybe she could make some requests.

After all, there are glass bottles in this era, so it’s nothing for the system to give her some cheap glass products from later times, right?

"These things are good, I'll keep them for now." Lu Xingchen said.

To her, the goods in the box were of little value. If these things could be sent to the capital and given to Concubine Shu, she would surely be happy.

In the box there was an exquisite dressing box, a glass cup, and a beautiful small mirror.

In this era, only people like Concubine Shu could enjoy such a gift.