423 After putting on the ruby anklet, Huang Wan'er and Chen Jie looked at each other, and they both understood each other's feelings.
"Chen Lang, be careful with the child..."
After a long time, Huang Wan'er wiped the corner of her mouth, her face full of complaints: "Why don't you do the same to Su Yunjin."
Chen Jie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's different."
"What's the difference? We're both pregnant. If she doesn't let you get close to her, you comfort her. If I don't let you get close to her, then you let me..."
Huang Wan'er blushed when she thought of what had just happened.
Chen Jie laughed and said, "Wan'er, are you jealous?"
"I..."
"You are really becoming more and more like a normal woman now, not crazy at all!"
Chen Jie said, Huang Wan'er rolled her eyes at him and said, "Do you hope I'm crazy?"
Chen Jie said: "I don't hope so, but Wan'er, if you think so, I am feeling uncomfortable and come to you instead of Yunjin. Does it mean that I need you more..."
"this..."
Huang Wan'er hesitated, thought about it, and it seemed to be true.
Chen Lang came to me instead of Su Yunjin, it's obvious that I'm more useful to Chen Lang...
Chen Jie looked at Huang Wan'er who was calculating foolishly, and a wicked smile appeared on his face. Pregnancy really makes people stupid for three years. Look how smart she was before, but now she is easily PUA by me...
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"Chen Lang, let me tell you something. Although Nan Batian has escaped, I know him. He won't give up. You are going to hold a ceremony in seven days, and I am afraid he will..."
Chen Jie smiled and said, "Don't worry, I was afraid he wouldn't come!"
Chapter 197: Rewarding subordinates, willing to die for the leader
Time flies, seven days passed in a flash, and soon it was Chen Jiusi's inauguration ceremony.
During these seven days, the entire Mianshui County was generally stable, and no other major events occurred. It was just known that the fishing gang would soon have a new leader.
And the new one is from the famous White Tiger Hall, Master Chen Wu.
Chen Jiusi's name can be said to be resounding throughout the entire Mianshui County, especially the four streets of Baihutang, which have become the four most economically developed streets in Mianshui County.
The people living in these four streets lead a pretty good life. Over the past year, many people have used their connections and tried every means to get into the White Tiger Hall's territory and be under the management of Chen Jiusi, Master Chen.
And if you ask why Chen Jiusi has such a good reputation, it is because Chen Jie sincerely wants the people to live a good life.
The people are the ones who know best what is good and what is bad. How could they not know who they can follow to live a good life?
Following Da A Ying, he lost everything. Following Ba Tian, he went hungry six times in three days. He went north to Lao Liu and had porridge every day. After he went to Baihu Hall, his life was sweet as sugar, with dry rice and meat for every meal. If he had the money, he would go to Baihu Hall!
This is the true voice of the common people. Da A Ying is Qin Ying. In his territory, the most prevalent things are casinos, brothels, and usury.
If you accidentally become a resident of the two streets managed by Qin Ying, you can just prepare to lose everything.
The second is Nan Batian. Although Nan Batian is not as cruel and vicious as Qin Ying, he is not much better. The head tax of the people in his territory is 20% higher than that in other places. He exploits them severely and the people live a hard life.
The next best one is Old Monster Liu. He collects taxes at a normal level, but it puts a lot of pressure on ordinary people. They can only guarantee one meal of porridge a day, and it is difficult to eat solid food.
Among these people, the one who lived the best was Chen Jie.
The four streets of Baihutang are model streets in the entire Mianshui County. Anyone doing business here will surely make a fortune.
That's really delicious food and spicy drinks.
It was for this reason that when Chen Jie was about to become the leader of the Fishing Gang, the people of the entire West City cheered, as their good days were coming.
The people in the other three districts all looked at them with envy.
After Chen Jie came to power, he immediately issued three policies that benefited the people.
First: The Fishermen's Gang adjusted its external loan business, changing it to a 10 out, 13 back rate. In addition, for a series of related loans to the common people, such as emergency money, medical money, and money for starting a small business, the White Tiger Hall lowered the interest rate by another 10%, achieving a 11 out, 13 back rate.
As soon as this policy came out, the whole West City was in an uproar. You have to know that in the past, borrowing money was like a donkey rolling in the wind, with interest compounded, and the people were squeezed by these loans and could no longer afford to survive.
Selling children has become the norm. Under such circumstances, Chen Jie left home 11 times and returned 13 times, which was really conscientious. For a time, the people of West City cheered.
However, some speculators also seized the opportunity. Many people wanted to borrow low-priced loans from Chen Jie and then go to other urban areas to do usury.
However, this behavior was directly stopped by Chen Jie, who ordered that identities must be verified before loans could be taken. At the same time, those who dared to target Baihutang would be severely punished. This behavior was a symbol of provocation and declaration of war against Baihutang.
As soon as this policy came out, the entire Xicheng loan business returned to normal levels, and no one was allowed to raise prices.
At the same time, Chen Jie also reorganized the gambling houses on the two streets under the jurisdiction of the Eagle Hall, and took out the gambling debts inside. He selected the poor who could not pay, and burned the IOUs of all of them at their homes so that they could live a good life.
The brothels operating on the two streets of Xiongyingtang were also cleared out.
For girls who were forced or forced to sell their children by their gambling-addicted parents, their indentures will all be returned.
Chen Jie was not against brothels, but this kind of behavior of forcing women of good character into prostitution should be strictly prohibited.
However, after all the girls were rescued, except for a few who were willing to return home, most of them were unwilling to do so.
Because they have done this, they will definitely be criticized when they return home, so these women don't want to go back and be looked down upon.
Seeing this, Chen Jie temporarily arranged accommodation for them and made arrangements for their future work.
This is related to Chen Jie's future policies, which will be introduced later.
In this way, under Chen Jiusi's handling, the usury problem in the twelve streets of the entire West City was cleared up, and because of the burning of the IOUs from Qin Ying's previous casino, Chen Jie's reputation was once again improved.
Even some families who were once forced to sell their children and separated by usury had hope again. For this reason, they even privately built a shrine for Chen Jie, so that their descendants would be grateful for Chen Jie's great kindness.
Chen Jie's second policy:
This policy is aimed at merchants in the city. On the 12th Street in the West City, which is under the jurisdiction of the Fishermen's Gang, all merchants will have their monthly taxes reduced by 20%. However, there is a condition, which is that they must set up more recruitment quotas based on the size of the store.
When this policy came out, all the merchants present were confused and had no idea what Chen Jiusi was planning.
Reducing taxes and increasing job openings seems like using tax money to hire more people.
It seems like a good idea, but then a businessman said, "Wouldn't it be better to send us some uncles who don't work but only get paid monthly? We can't afford to support too many of them."
Chen Jie directly reassured these merchants that the workers assigned to them would definitely work seriously. If they found any of them cheating, they could be dismissed and Baihutang would send someone else to take over.
The merchants were reluctant at first, but finally agreed to this condition after Baihutang reduced the tax by half.
After all, they themselves also need to recruit workers.
Chen Jie did this just to help the disciples of the fishing gang and reduce family pressure.
You have to know that the disciples of the fishing gang all have a lot of pressure at home. They have elderly parents and young children to take care of. Many families rely on the disciples of the fishing gang to work and earn money, and the pressure of supporting the family is too great.
Chen Jie's action directly gave the disciples of the Fishing Gang a reassurance. As long as they achieved certain results in the Fishing Gang, they would have the opportunity to send their families to work in these designated stores.
Get a good salary, so that some of the working people in the family can go to various stores to work and earn money.
You know, these shops are usually very strict in recruiting workers, and the families of the fishing gangs can't get a job at all. This is also a roundabout way to solve the employment problem of the families of the gang disciples.
This has greatly reduced the life pressure of these disciples, allowing them to focus on helping the gang.
The third policy.
It was the talent recruitment plan of the Fishing Gang. After so many integrations and wars, the number of people in the gang was only over 1,200, which was far from reaching Chen Jie's goal.
Chen decided to recruit another 800 people to make up a total of 2,000 people.
In addition, recruitment for local fish farms has also been put on the agenda, and great efforts should be made to train talent in fish farm personnel.
In addition to these disciples, they also need to recruit scholars and craftsmen to be introduced into the fishing gang as special talents.
Scholars will serve as clerks, manage some accounts, or serve as assistants and think tanks to managers.
As soon as this policy came out, young people throughout Mianshui County were excited and the enthusiasm for signing up suddenly increased.
In seven days, more than three thousand people signed up to join the Fisherman's Gang. In the end, Chen Jie only selected eight hundred people. The rest, if they were special talents, would be introduced as special talents, or they would be arranged to become the reserve team of the Fisherman's Gang and could participate in some Fisherman's Gang activities at other times.
If the performance is good, or the fishing gang expands, people can be selected from the reserve team to join the main force.
The reserve force directly reached 1,500 people, and each reserve member received a subsidy of 300 Wen per month.
Chen Jie's fishing gang has now expanded to have 2,000 main disciples and 1,500 reserve disciples. In addition, there are various talents, scholars, and craftsmen, who together number about 100 to 200 people.
It can be said that the fishing gang expanded rapidly under Chen Jie's command.
During this whole process, Princess Zhao Ya participated in the formulation of the plan. After understanding the logic behind these policies, Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie with eyes full of little stars.
This Chen Jiusi is indeed a man of great talent, and his methods of governing the people are so superb. Zhao Ya feels that according to Chen Jie's methods, the people will surely live a prosperous life.
She now couldn't wait to go back and talk to her father about reform.
However, only Chen Jie knew that her father did not have the courage to carry out reforms. The big gambling houses, loan sharks, and those who made money from these activities under Prince Ruyang were all powerful families. They would not let Prince Ruyang touch their cake. It was impossible. Whoever touched this cake would die!
But he could still deceive the princess.
All of the above are still Chen Jie's means of appeasing the people.
Next are some internal policies.
The first thing is to institutionalize and standardize internal affairs, ensure that rewards and punishments are fair, and that subordinates perform their duties accordingly.
For example, among the more than 2,000 White Tiger Hall disciples, except for 500 who are assigned to the White Tiger Camp, the rest are all regular disciples, who are mainly responsible for street security and management.
In addition, there is Chen Jie's welfare policy for his younger brothers.
First, the monthly salary of all disciples of the Fishermen's Gang will increase by 10%, and the disciples will be divided into different levels, with a step-by-step salary increase.
For example, a new disciple gets eight cents of silver per month.
After one year, you can be promoted to a formal disciple, and then you will receive one tael of silver per month.
After serving for another two years, he would be promoted to an outstanding disciple, with a monthly salary of one tael and two cents.
If you work hard for another two years, you can be promoted to an elite disciple, with a monthly salary of one to four thousand yuan, plus benefits.
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This goes all the way down to the heads of all the major halls, who all have clear salary lists and are given the fairest financial treatment.
Second, it is the reward for merit.
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