Seeing that the people below were so easily satisfied, Lu Yuan sighed.

Whether in modern or ancient times, the reason why Chinese civilization can form a strong country is not because of faith or force, but because of the hard-working nature of countless descendants of Yan and Huang, which supports them to work silently for the country and their family behind their backs.

Lin Zhao beside him looked up at Lu Yuan, his heart full of admiration.

Lu Yuan pressed his hand, and the crowd suddenly fell silent.

However, there were still people among the troublemakers who didn't believe him, and sneered: "Fool, Land Dog Officer-"

As soon as he said this, he was knocked to the ground by the people around him.

Lu Yuan didn't see this scene, and pointed to the drum of grievances and said: "This drum is used to voice grievances, everyone has major grievances, just beat the drum, I will immediately go to the court to ask the case." ”

Seeing that someone in the crowd wanted to say something, Lu Yuan pressed his hand and added:

"I know that you may be worried that someone will not allow you to play the drum, and that there is only one drum, which is not enough. So that's not enough, there are too many of you to talk to everyone, so I want you to nominate three people of high moral character, and tell them what you want, and they will convey them to me. ”

The crowd in the audience was in an uproar, and some people praised: "This method is good!" ”

Some people also shouted: "Three people is too little, can thirty people?" ”

There is also a humanitarian: "My lord, I recommend us as the head of Sanyan Village!" ”

"Don't worry, in the future, I will try not to take a carriage or a sedan chair when I go out, so that everyone can see me. In addition, I will go to various villages every once in a while to visit you, and I will go to every village, and I will never let you lose sight of me! Lu Yuan continued to make promises.

The crowd cheered again:

"My lord, if you come, the people of She County will be saved!"

"Lord Lu, you can deal with those bullies!"

"My lord, please come to our village first!"

"Lord Lu, business has been getting more and more difficult recently, you can think of a way." All kinds of rhetoric, to name a few.

Li Xiancheng and the three of them had already heard the news and rushed over, so he subconsciously wanted to go over and persuade him, but he was worried that he would be killed by the people around him, so he took two steps and retreated.

Thinking in my heart, if I really do this, I am afraid that some of the things I do will be difficult to hold, and he will definitely offend the wealthy and big families by buying the hearts of the untouchables like this, so I have to think of a way to let these local heroes fight with him, forming a momentum like fire and water, then I can calmly arrange.

Lu Yuan thought about it, if they were to be elected by themselves, they would always be a little uneasy, so he said, "Everyone, it's better to nominate here!" ”

The people immediately rushed to speak, most of them were elected by people from their own villages, and no one was convinced by each other, Lu Yuanshi was not a good choice, and suddenly heard a person say loudly: "I will elect the king!" ”

When he said this, many people immediately echoed him, Lu Yuanzheng felt a headache, and said happily when he heard this: "Okay, the first person is Wang Yuanwai." ”

The king happened to be here, and was immediately pushed out by the crowd, it was an old man in his sixties, and he arched his hand to Lu Yuan: "Old man Wang Yu, meet the county commander." ”

"You don't have to be polite." Lu Yuan returned the salute.

After that, everyone elected the great Confucian Ji Yan and a restaurant shopkeeper named Yue Yi, Yue Yi was also pushed to the front row, but Ji Yan was not in the crowd.

This Ji Yan seems to be a great Confucian with the same name as Zhuang Mozhi, and he can't imagine that he is so loved by the people.

"Next, let's talk about the tea industry, I guess everyone came here after hearing about it." Lu Yuan pointed to Lin Zhao and the hammer beside him, and continued:

"Before I took up the post of prefectural governor, I stayed in a village outside the county for a few days, and these two friends are the friends I met in the village."

Hearing that the county magistrate had lived in the village, the surrounding people felt warm in their hearts, and they all listened attentively to the speech of the county magistrate.

"At that time, I was living in Tiezhu's house, and they were eating something called wild vegetable dumplings, which should be here."

Before he could finish speaking, someone in the crowd shouted:

"Who is the Iron Pillar? What are you talking about? ”

"The iron pillar is not there, if you are there, what a fucking squeak!"

The voice was transmitted to the back layers, and suddenly there was a person in the back row: "I am an iron pillar, if the adults want to find me, let me go." ”

The man squeezed out of the crowd, but it was a big man, and he smiled and said, "My lord, are you looking for me?" ”

Lu Yuan smiled and said: "It's not you, it's the iron pillar in Huangkou Village." ”

So the crowd passed down again, and the old man Tiezhu was finally pushed out.

After seeing Lu Yuan, he kowtowed and bowed: "My lord, my lord!" ”

Lu Yuan helped him up and said softly:

"Uncle Tie, I remember that when I saw you eating wild vegetable dumplings that day, I asked you if the harvest was not good, and you said that it was because of more and more taxes and lower and lower tea prices, is that so?"

Tie Zhu couldn't help nodding: "My lord, you asked, the old man said it, said it." ”

"The tax must be the government's reason, and I will definitely rectify the tax in the future, but what is the reason why the price of tea is getting lower and lower?" Lu Yuan asked.

Tiezhu plucked up the courage and told the truth:

"My lord, in the past, everyone sold it separately, although it was a little troublesome, but the price is stable, if someone receives a low income, we can sell it to the one who receives the highest.

But then the whole village sold together, at the beginning, the price was really okay, and the buying and selling was also neat, but every six months, the price would be lower, and this year, the price could not be lower! ”

"Is this all the way we are?" Lu Yuan asked in a deep voice.

The onlookers said yes, and those who had made trouble before also shouted: "That's it! "I've forgotten what I was here for.

Lu Yuan asked again: "Uncle Tie, who are you selling tea to?" ”

"Then the old man doesn't know." Tiezhu shook his head.

Yue Yi pondered and said, "My lord, most of the tea in She County is purchased by the four major chambers of commerce!" ”

"Okay, let's let the people of the four major chambers of commerce make it clear." Lu Yuan nodded, turned to Zhan Yuan and said:

"Zhan Zhutou, you go and invite the head of each of the four major chambers of commerce to come over."

"Yes!" Zhan Yuan led several officials to stand in front of the crowd, and the crowd immediately made a way.

……

In the lobby of the Sun Mansion, a heated debate is going on. The two sides of the debate were the eldest lady Sun Shaoqing against the head of the family, Sun Bo, and the cousin young master Huo Cheng.

Sun Shaoqing frowned and said, "Daddy, what are you still thinking about?" Hurry up and pull your hand, it's not good to go against the county magistrate. ”

Sun Bo still didn't seem to be able to make up his mind, and was silent, Huo Cheng shouted on the side:

"I said cousin, you helped Xu Yun fight the lawsuit before, and you have already offended our family by offending the Chen family, and now you want us to work against the Chen family, what are your intentions?"

Sun Shaoqing has never had a good face towards Huo Cheng, and said coldly:

"Huo Cheng, I know that you have taken a lot of benefits from Chen Qian, but don't forget where your roots are, the Sun family is down, you see that Chen Qian still doesn't care about you!"

Huo Cheng said angrily: "You don't talk nonsense. ”

Sun Shaoqing glanced at him contemptuously, ignored him anymore, and continued to persuade: "Daddy, you also saw Lord Lu in the side hall of the court that day, you should know his wrists, why are you still confused?" ”

Sun Bo finally stopped being silent, and said with a long sigh:

"Daughter, you don't know the situation of the two of us, since the death of your second grandfather, our family's power in the official family has been completely cut off, I have been trembling all these years, do you think I am really willing to follow the Chen family to do evil?

It's not that I'm afraid that the wolves of the Chen family, the Cao family, the Lin family, and the Qi family will bite our family, the reason why I am so close to the Xu family is that I want to rely on the momentum of his family's reporter to protect myself. ”

Speaking of which, he took a sip of tea and continued:

"You also saw it, Xu Lu's affair is over, you are so smart, you should be able to see the horror of the Chen family, if Chen Qian didn't like you, the day Xu Lu fell, our family would be over."

Huo Cheng said again and again on the side: "Yes, that's it, the Chen family is not easy to mess with!" ”

Miss Sun only regarded Huo Cheng as air and said:

"Daddy, we really couldn't fight the Chen family before, but the county magistrate is here, and my daughter is familiar with him, so we don't have to be too afraid of them."

Although she and Lu Yuan have known each other for a short time, she is convinced that he will not die without saving her.

Sun Bo thought to himself that although his daughter was shrewd and capable, she was younger after all, so he shook his head and said, "Do you think that the Chen family only has Li Xiancheng as a backstage?" ”

"Could it be that there are other official forces in their family?" Sun Shaoqing exclaimed.