Zhou Wen Bin explained to Li Qing Shan that being the magistrate was not as easy as he thought. In order to obtain enough “support,” and let the people of Jia Ping City feel that he was a generous man of nobility, there were plenty of costs for him to cover, namely: the construction of general utility facilities, the implementation of public welfare facilities, the need to raise public wages as well as providing the wages for his group of aides who handle general affairs for him. This often leads to him spending more money than he receives. Zhou Wen Bin gestured with both hands and bitterly laughed: “What a pitiful official I am. Not only do I not have any money for myself, I still have to think of ways to accumulate money.” Li Qing Shan also felt that it was quite funny. In this era, although the “income disparity” was incredibly large, but for the common people, it was not necessarily a bad thing. The Great Xia dynasty, from top to bottom, no matter how high-level officials
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