After traveling through time, she still led the villagers to make money as a county magistrate

The meal was a great pleasure for both the host and the guests

Come to think of it, both parties got what they wanted, and the food was also to Gu Niannian's taste, so they got along better and better as they talked.

Finally, they talked about opening a sugar factory. Gu Niannian wanted to open this sugar factory in the name of all the villagers.

But to be honest, the county magistrate is not as good as the county manager. Xu's father has both prestige and reputation here, and he is also the village head.

It just so happened that Xu Yingfeng had read a book on how to make sugar, and his family was wealthy, so the opportunity to try and make mistakes was perfect for him to get started.

Father Xu is old, but because he is old, he always thinks about doing good deeds to accumulate merit for himself. Before Gu Niannian came, Father Xu provided these people who had no land or houses with a place to live so that they would not have to wander around or even starve to death.

Now every household has enough food and no longer has to worry about having enough to eat, so they just think about improving their quality of life.

What Gu Niannian pursues is equality for all. Although it is unlikely to achieve equality for all across the country under the current circumstances, at least in the area under Gu Niannian's jurisdiction, it can be achieved little by little...

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公懈

Li Jing and Zhang Da looked at the county magistrate, who was holding a brush with a worried look on his face, but he didn't say a word. "Sir, why are you so worried?"

Gu Niannian put down the brush, got off the stool, squatted in the corner and bit her fingernails.

Now Li Jing was even more certain that the county magistrate had encountered difficulties, and he performed all the standard actions he would take when encountering difficulties.

Li Jing brought over a plate of chestnut cakes and said, "Fingernails are not as delicious as cakes. Come, try some. My mother made them this morning."

When Gu Niannian heard that it was made by Li's mother, she took the pastry and returned to her seat. It can't be said that she sat back, but rather squatted on the chair. "The pastries made by Aunt Li are really delicious, not sweet or greasy, and the taste is just right."

Li Jing took advantage of her improved mood and leaned forward. "What are you worried about, my lord? I hope I can help you."

Gu Niannian sighed deeply, "Today we went to Xu Yingfeng's house. He always said that we should respect farmers and treat the slaves in the family well, but you see, slaves are always slaves. Their indentures are in the hands of their masters after all. The master can give birth to them if he wants, and he can die if he wants. To be honest, they still have no freedom and dignity."

"Then what do you want to do, sir?"

Li Jing swept the crumbs that Gu Niannian dropped on the table into his hands and then poured them into his mouth.

By the time Gu Niannian found out, it was too late to stop her. All she could say was "dirty".

Li Jing smiled as brightly as the sun and said, "It's OK. It's not dirty. You won't get sick if you eat it."

Seeing that he didn't take it seriously, Gu Niannian didn't say anything and just sighed to herself.

Mother Li patted the crumbs on her hands and said, "What's so difficult about this? As long as your Excellency promulgates a law one day, human trafficking will be prohibited in Qingshan County. It can only be an employer-employee relationship. The employer does not have the power of life and death over the employee. He just pays people to do things for him. He is just working for others in exchange for money."

"Can an unwritten rule that has existed for such a long time be changed just because of a word from me?"

Gu Niannian couldn't imagine

"Of course not."

Gu Niannian, who had just choked on chestnut cake, choked again because of Li Jing's words.

"Ahem... ahem, since you told me so much, I thought you had a... ahem... a way."

Seeing that he was coughing violently, Li Jing wanted to go forward to help him calm down, but then he thought that if he was a girl, he would be guilty, so one of his hands just stopped in mid-air.

That's right, Li Jing didn't know that Gu Niannian was a girl. Li's mother didn't tell him and didn't plan to tell him. She could see that although Gu Niannian had a good impression of her son, she didn't like him that much, or she hadn't realized that she liked Li Jing. This kind of thing should be said by the parties themselves, and only by exchanging sincerity for sincerity can the relationship last.

Gu Niannian reached out and knocked Li Jing's hand down in mid-air, "What are you doing? Say something!"

"How can I do?"

Li Jing came back to his senses

"If this incident becomes a trend, and everyone is proud to have this kind of relationship, then wouldn't that be..."

"It will come naturally"

Gu Niannian snapped his fingers

"Then let me set an example for everyone with my county magistrate's mansion."

"However, this is not a trivial matter after all. I wonder if my mother would agree."

After all, Bai was raised under the feudal etiquette of this era, and had people serving her from childhood to adulthood.

The person who had been with him day and night suddenly became free again, but he no longer had the indenture in his hands, which made him feel uneasy. Moreover, the personal maid knew a lot of her master's private matters. Now that she was free again, not only did the master feel uneasy, but even the maid was afraid that she would bring about fatal disaster.

"We have to proceed step by step and there will be a transition period."

"Even my mother can't accept it, let alone others. We are doing things for the people, so we have to think carefully. We don't want to not only fail to accomplish good things, but also end up in a bad situation. If we attract people's complaints, then we will end up with good intentions but bad results."

"Well, knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in every battle."

Gu Niannian gave a thumbs up and said, "That's right. I need to understand their thoughts before making a final decision. Otherwise, we won't be able to do it one-sidedly."

Gu Niannian sat upright on the chair and wrote four words, "Questionnaire"

Li Jing looked at the words and was confused. "What is a questionnaire?"

"Didn't you say, 'Know yourself and know your enemy!' Since you want to know what others think, you have to investigate. And you can't just ask my mother for her opinions. I'll write a questionnaire and write down all the questions I want to ask. Then I'll find a woodblock print and make more copies. Have the people in the government distribute them. Most families who can afford servants are literate."

"So what do you want to ask?"

While grinding the ink, Li Jing glanced at the four big words on the paper.

"Can you help me think about it?"

Gu Niannian turned and looked at Li Jing

When she was a village official in modern times, she wrote a lot of questionnaires. The first few questions asked about the basic information of the people, such as name, age, gender, etc.

But this is for an individual.

If it is written based on households, it definitely cannot be written like this. There are not many wealthy families in Qingshan County, that is, families that can afford maids and servants.

Basically, it is concentrated on the South Street where Gu Nian Nian lives.

"There aren't that many. We can just write a few more. Printing would cost a lot of money."

"Although there is money in the government now, it is not spent like this."

Li Jing proposed

Gu Niannian then remembered that this was not the modern world. It was only a matter of a few cents to make a copy.

It’s different here. If you use woodblock printing, you have to ask a craftsman to carve your own words in reverse one by one, and then apply ink and copy them, which is labor-intensive and time-consuming.

"No, I'd better go home and ask my mother what questions to ask in a way that won't offend her."