Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey! Chapter 676 - 196: Rewarding the Subordinates, Willing to Di

Ti flew by, and in the blink of an eye, seven days had passed; it was almost ti for Chen Jiusi’s inauguration ceremony.

During these seven days, the overall situation in Mianshui County had been relatively stable; no other major events had occurred, save for the knowledge that the Fishing Guild would soon be changing its leader.

And the new leader to take office was the renowned White Tiger Hall’s Fifth Master Chen.

Chen Jiusi’s na could be said to reverberate throughout Mianshui County, particularly in the four streets of White Tiger Hall, which had beco the most economically developed areas in the county.

And the citizens living on those four streets were having a particularly good life; in the past year, many had sought connections and ans to enter the territory of White Tiger Hall, to be under the rule of Chen Jiusi, Grandpa Chen.

And if you asked why Chen Jiusi had such a good reputation, it was because Chen Jie sincerely wanted the common people to live better lives.

The common folk knew best who could provide them with a better life—could they not?

Under Da Ayin, families were ruined; under Ba Tian, they’d go hungry six als in three days; seeking refuge with Old Liu in the north ant a ager daily portion of porridge. But in White Tiger Hall, life was sweet as sugar, with dried rice at every al and at to taste; if you had capital, you’d definitely head to White Tiger Hall!

This was the real sentint of the common people. Da Ayin was Qin Ying, and in his territory, gambling houses, brothels, and usury were the most prevalent.

If you were unlucky enough to beco a resident of the two streets managed by Qin Ying, prepare to be ruined.

Next was Nan Batian. Although not as savage and brutal as Qin Ying, his territory wasn’t much better; the head tax for his people was twenty percent higher than other places, and the exploitation was severe, with the people living in hardship.

Slightly better was Elder Liu; the tax he collected was roughly the normal amount, but the pressure on the citizens was high, barely ensuring one al of porridge a day, with dried food being a challenge to obtain.

Yet among these people, those who lived the best were under Chen Jie.

The four streets of White Tiger Hall were the model streets in Mianshui County. Who didn’t profit handsoly from doing business here?

That truly ant living a life of luxury and taste.

It was precisely for this reason, when Chen Jie was about to assu the title of Gang Leader of the Fishing Guild, the citizens of West City burst into cheers; their good days were coming.

And the citizens of the other three districts cast envious glances.

Upon taking office, Chen Jie imdiately enacted three policies for the public good.

Firstly: the Fishing Guild’s external loan business was adjusted, with all loans changing to a sche where borrowing ten would entail repaying thirteen, and for ergency funds for the common folk, dical expenses, and preparation for small trades, among other various small-scale civilian loans, White Tiger Hall would further reduce the interest rate by ten percent, making it eleven out, thirteen back.

When this policy was announced, all of West City was in an uproar; previously, loans had been like rolling donkeys—interest compounding upon interest—and the people were already squeezed to the point of not being able to live.

Selling children had beco the norm, so Chen Jie’s move to eleven out, thirteen back was incredibly conscientious, and for a ti, the citizens of West City jumped for joy.

However, so speculators also aid at this opportunity, with many thinking of borrowing low-interest loans from Chen Jie and then lending them at high interest in other districts.

But this behavior was directly curtailed by Chen Jie. He ordered that loans be verified by identity and declared that anyone daring to exploit White Tiger Hall would be cracked down upon, treating such behavior as a provocation and declaration of war against White Tiger Hall.

With this policy, all loan business in West City returned to normal levels, and no one was allowed to inflate prices.

Chen Jie also reford the gambling houses under Eagle Hall’s control in the two streets and took out the gambling debts. He selected those who were impoverished and unable to pay, personally visiting their hos to burn their debt papers, allowing them to live their lives properly.

He also cleaned up the brothels that were operating on the streets of Eagle Hall.

For the girls who were forced or dragged out to sell by their gambler parents, he returned their indentured contracts.

Chen Jie was not against brothels per se, but such practices of forcing good won into prostitution had to be strictly prohibited.

However, after rescuing these won, aside from a few who wished to return ho, most did not want to go back.

Having gone through that life, going ho would surely result in being pointed at; therefore, these won were reluctant to return and face scorn.

Seeing this, Chen Jie temporarily arranged accommodations for them and made arrangents for their future employnt.

This was related to Chen Jie’s future policies, which will be introduced later.

Thus, under Chen Jiusi’s managent, the usury problem in all twelve streets of West City was cleared, and with the burning of the debt papers from Qin Ying’s gambling houses, Chen Jie’s reputation was elevated once again.

Even so families, previously driven to the brink of selling their children due to usurious loans, had found hope again. For this, they even built shrines for Chen Jie in private, wishing their descendants would rember Chen Jie’s great kindness and virtue.

Chen Jie’s second policy:

This was aid at the rchants in the city. This policy stipulated that for the twelve streets in West City under the jurisdiction of the Fishing Guild, the monthly taxes paid by all rchants would be reduced by twenty percent. However, there was a condition: they must create additional employnt positions based on the size of their shops.

As soon as this policy was announced, the rchants present were all dumbfounded, not knowing what Chen Jiusi was up to.

Reducing taxes and increasing employnt opportunities seed like the policy was using the tax money to hire a few more staff.

It looked like a good idea, but then a rchant said, "Won’t this bring so Old Masters to us who don’t work but still collect a monthly salary? If we have to support too many of them, we won’t be able to handle it."