CH 142

Therefore, money had become the number one issue in Changshan County.

However, Sheriff Lin assured him that money was not a problem.

So, Zhao Minggong proceeded with the plan as if money was not an issue.

Changshan County was a very underdeveloped place. The main reason was its complex terrain, numerous mountains, inconvenient transportation, extremely scarce infrastructure, and the risk of flood disasters.

But from the perspective of the entire empire, it was located right in the middle of the empire. The Yunxiao Mountain Range was to the north, the Taixu Mountain Range to the south, Yunzhou, Lingzhou, and Hezhou to the west, and Zhongzhou, Mingzhou, and East Qin Prefecture to the east.

It was not an exaggeration to say it was a transportation hub.

However, more than half of the western part of Changshan County was completely wild mountains and ridges, making it impossible to pass through.

Crossing Changshan County was almost as difficult as crossing the Yunxiao Mountain Range.

Therefore, the future development plan of Changshan County must involve the construction of infrastructure, roads, railways, docks, and the complete reinforcement of the dikes.

Moreover, due to various issues, the silt and sand accumulated by the floods had not been cleared yet.

The breach in the dike had only been temporarily blocked by the empire's engineering team. It had not been repaired or reinforced. If there was a flood next year, the outcome would be the same as this year.

Therefore, the work Zhao Minggong was currently arranging for the laborers was to clear the silt from the floods, eliminate the impact of the water disaster, and repair the dikes.

There were also subsequent tasks such as digging through mountains to make roads, large-scale infrastructure construction, major water conservancy repairs, leveling hills, and so on.

Once the plan was rolled out, not to mention 400,000 laborers, even 800,000 could be accommodated.

The core issue was still money.

Of course, a large number of talents were also needed.

A normal government could not operate with just one person.

All affairs required corresponding officials to handle them. A well-established and mature organization was the greatest guarantee for the plan.

Therefore, Zhao Minggong once again urged Lin Wen to recruit talented individuals as soon as possible.

At this, Lin Wen was somewhat scratching his head.

To attract a talented person to develop in Changshan County, he must see the prospect of development. It was very difficult to recruit with money alone, unless "he was given too much".

But he couldn't afford that.

Before he could come up with a solution, a special envoy from the governor's mansion arrived and handed him two documents.

One document was an administrative notice, informing Lin Wen that the administrative jurisdiction of Changshan County had been changed from East Qin Prefecture to independent, directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial headquarters.

The other was a new document granting him the power of command, with the grantor changed from Governor Sheng Huaixuan to the imperial headquarters.

Lin Wen didn't quite understand what this meant, so he went to find Qin Luoshuang.

She already had an office in the county government building, with a sign indicating she was the director of the Changshan County Security Bureau, a town-level official.

This was a standard official organization, meaning that all salaries and budgets for this department were allocated by the imperial headquarters.

At the same time, she was also the head of the Sheriff's Guard Department and the director of the highest political bureau, which were local organizations within Changshan County.

Ordinary sheriffs did not have this power. To establish new departments or professional work organizations, they needed to apply for approval from higher authorities.

But Lin Wen had the power of command. He could directly establish any department. Its authority was only effective within Changshan County, but the official rank was recognized by the official, and it could not exceed the town level. However, the salary was paid by Lin Wen.

So the salary of the heads of these two departments was only 1 coin.

All the staff inside them also held positions in the Security Bureau, so Lin Wen didn't have to pay their salaries.

If it weren't for the limit on the number of people, Lin Wen almost put all 1.5 million people in Changshan County into it.

So Qin Luoshuang's current income was the director's salary of 3600 coins + 3600 coins of benefits + 1 coin + 1 coin, a total of 7202 coins.

According to purchasing power, it was equivalent to a monthly income of 14404 yuan in the original world, a bona fide rich and beautiful woman.

Of course, Qin Luoshuang herself didn't feel this way. Her daily pocket money in the past was more than this amount.

Upon entering the director's office, he saw Qin Luoshuang working behind a huge mahogany desk. Ten "crows" from the KGB stood by her side, their expressions cold and serious, with badges composed of swords and shields on their chests.

These were members of the special service organization that Qin Luoshuang had established in the Song of the Sky in the past. Although the Song of the Sky had collapsed, the members of this special service organization were still loyal to her.

Upon hearing the call of their former leader, they gathered one after another. There were now more than 200 people, and the KGB had begun to take shape.

The KGB was an organization under the Sheriff's Guard Department, with its headquarters in Changle Town, which was also Qin Luoshuang's other office.

Both of them were very busy and didn't exchange greetings. Qin Luoshuang directly said, "The Yaojing Spiritual Capital just called to express their condolences and support for Changshan County. Has something happened?"

All external relations were maintained by Qin Luoshuang. That was what the highest political bureau was for.

Currently, this department only had Qin Luoshuang as the sole commander.

Lin Wen handed over the documents in his hand. After quickly reading them, Qin Luoshuang closed her eyes, leaned back slightly, and rested on the back of the chair.

This action revealed the flatness of her chest.However, this is the standard for a fairy. Only in this way, dressed in white, can she exude an ethereal aura and graceful demeanor.

There has never been a fairy who would tarnish her image.

After a moment, Fairy Qin said, "It's both a blessing and a curse. Sheng Huaixuan is afraid that your brilliance will ruin his plans. No, not Governor Sheng, but his allies. Sheng Huaixuan has never been afraid of such things."

"Yu Zhongxian is definitely a behind-the-scenes instigator. You directly tore off his face at the joint meeting, he must hate you to the bone. But he can't keep attacking Sheng Huaixuan, the result of blindly escalating the war can only be mutual destruction."

"His best choice is to promote the independence of Changshan County, so he can attack you alone. Because in terms of administrative management, you are already like a province, directly under the control of the imperial headquarters."

"But your power of command has not been taken away, just changed the grantor, which proves that you are not completely abandoned, there is still a lot of room for maneuver."

Qin Luoshuang opened her eyes, only to see Lin Wen staring blankly at her chest, not knowing what he was thinking.

"What are you doing?"

Qin Luoshuang's face turned red, and she buttoned up her coat.

Lin Wen still looked dazed. He had just thought from flat chest to fairy, from fairy to dual cultivation, from dual cultivation to fighting for a Dao companion, from fighting for a Dao companion to magical battles, from magical battles to the great war between immortals and demons, and then immersed in the great war between immortals and demons, his thoughts were hard to pull out for a while.

"Can you be serious?"

Qin Luoshuang was very angry.

"You said I'm not good enough for you, why are you still staring?"

"Oh, sorry." Lin Wen reluctantly pulled his thoughts back, "You are still a mortal, indeed not good enough, I was not looking at you just now, I was thinking about other things."

As soon as these words came out, not only was Qin Luoshuang furious, but even the ten special agents turned their eyes over, but they always adhered to their duties and did not speak.

However, unlike before, she quickly recovered.

"Alright, that's your style."

Lin Wen laughed, "Not bad, you've matured a lot. Do you think I can use this opportunity to recruit hidden talents in the empire, just like you?"

Qin Luoshuang looked at him strangely, "How did you find me at that time?"

Lin Wen said, "A person who didn't want to reveal his name, Zhang Jing, told me."

"Then you go find him."

"He has already ascended to immortality."

Qin Luoshuang felt a little strange, but didn't ask more, thought for a moment and said, "I can do some propaganda for you, hinting that Changshan County's independence is a result of the empire's attention. Outsiders can't possibly understand the internal struggle of the empire so clearly, it might be useful."

"Also, you can go find some officials who have been convicted due to political struggles, but this might be risky, you will offend people."

"Your current relationships are especially important, otherwise it will be difficult for you without any support at the ministerial meeting."

Lin Wen laughed, "Isn't there you? You take care of it."

Qin Luoshuang sighed, "Alright, I'll handle these things. Your primary task now is money, the finance department's books only have 160 million."

"And Changshan County is full of places to spend money. The salaries of 400,000 workers alone cost 320 million a month, not to mention any other expenses. Plus the reconstruction of the homeland, the reclamation of Shangxi Town, and all other expenses, you need at least 1 billion in income a month to survive."

"Changshan County's income now relies entirely on Huaizhen, but this year's major taxes have already been collected, and the minor taxes only amount to a few tens of thousands a month, which can almost be ignored."

Lin Wen frowned, this was too little. Huaizhen was the capital of Changshan County, with more than 400,000 people, collecting so little tax, there must be a problem.

It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from "pawread dot com".

Suddenly remembering the history of fighting against the local tyrants, he immediately had an idea and said:

"Qin Luoshuang, from now on, you immediately establish the Changshan County Anti-Corruption Committee, and the KGB will temporarily stop expanding."

Qin Luoshuang looked at him with puzzled eyes.

When Lin Wen handed this security department to her, he explained that there were seven units. Except for the last one, the "Dragon Group", which was commanded by Lin Wen himself, the other six were all handed over to her to establish.

Among them, the "Changshan County Anti-Corruption Committee" was the sixth one, and should be the last unit she established.

But now, the establishment of the first unit "KGB" is far from complete, its power is far less than one percent of her special service organization during the Song of the Sky period.

But he asked her to establish the sixth unit in advance, why?

She was thinking in her heart.

Does it have something to do with your philosophy?

Only to hear Lin Wen continue to say:

"After the establishment, this Anti-Corruption Committee will focus on Changshan County, mainly Huaizhen, to crack down on tax evasion, smuggling and underground transactions."

"First, arrest some smugglers and confiscate all their illegal gains."

"Then arrest the rich in the city, carefully investigate their deeds, those with bad records are uniformly imprisoned for crimes against humanity, and let them atone with all their property."

"If there are major bad records, those with blood debts, after atoning, hand them over to Fang Yaobo for trial."

"If you can't determine right from wrong, come find me.""Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Qin Luoshuang looked at him, she knew very well, the tremendous turmoil that lay behind these seemingly light and casual words.

He could speak so clearly, it was impossible for him not to know the consequences of his actions.

She asked softly, "Is this your political philosophy?"

Lin Wen laughed, "No, it's not mine, I borrowed it."

"But, to overthrow the strong and support the weak, to uphold fairness and justice, isn't that what we want to do?"