Yang Dashi followed Lin Haoran with the hatred of losing his son, and at this time, seeing Cao Meng so tough, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl slightly. When he heard that Lord Qincha appeared, he looked gloated at Lin Haoran who came from the corridor.

Lin Haoran was wearing that majestic bullfighting suit tonight, followed by Ma Chuyuan, the magistrate of Jiangdu County, and Yu Changqing, the governor of Yangzhou, as well as his direct subordinate Xu Yi, who patrolled the salt imperial history.

"I've seen Chincha-sama!"

As Lin Haoran came to the flower hall, Chen Boren and the others stood up one after another, and saluted Lin Haoran in a proper manner.

Hey?

Jiang Du Zhixian Ma Chuyuan's eyes were very sharp, but at a glance, he saw that the local squire Cao Meng was still sitting in the seat, which made his brows frown slightly, and his heart was even more angry.

Although when he was appointed as the magistrate of Jiangdu, he knew that this old man was very unsightly, but he never thought that he would still be like this in the face of the dignified Lord Qincha, which was really hateful.

Cao Meng's buttocks seemed to be glued to the chair board, and he didn't mean to stand up to greet him at all, and even looked at Lin Haoran from far and near, and a cold snort came from his nose.

Everyone looked at this anomaly, but they quietly watched Lin Haoran's reaction to see how he would punish this old man.

The smile on Yang Dashi's face was even stronger, and he seemed to sit quietly on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Lin Haoran also saw Cao Meng's rude behavior, but the smile on his face did not change, and he gently raised his hand to everyone and said, "You don't need to be polite, please take a seat!" ”

Even if Fan Qianshan and Yang Dashi hated Lin Haoran very much, they didn't dare to make a mistake at this moment, they would really sit down before Lin Haoran, and everyone respectfully replied, "Lord Qincha, please!" ”。

It was like this that made Cao Meng's rudeness even more prominent, sitting there alone waiting for Lin Haoran's arrival, and Lin Haoran was probably impossible to pretend to be invisible anymore.

"But Mr. Cao?"

Lin Haoran came to the front of the first seat, but he did not fight against it, but smiled at Cao Meng, who was sitting in the original seat, and arched his hand.

Cao Meng faced Lin Haoran's respect, but responded coldly: "Cao is a master of teaching, so he doesn't need to do this to me!" The old man's legs and feet have fallen from the old disease, and now he can't get up to salute Lord Qincha, and I ask Lord Qincha to forgive him! ”

Although he explained it like this, his tone did not have the slightest warmth, and he had already thrown out such a reason, so that Lin Haoran had no way to take him.

Lin Haoran is most troubled by this kind of local squire who relies on the old and sells the old, they seem to have no one in their eyes by virtue of their age and local prestige, and even become an obstacle to local governance, but after so many years of officialdom tempering, he naturally seems to be decently resolved and said embarrassmently: "Mr. Cao can come to the banquet, the official is very happy, how can he blame!" ”

"Clever!"

Xu Yunan saw Lin Haoran's response in his eyes, neither did he "influence" the other party by constantly promoting Cao Meng, nor did he seem to oppress people with power, but he couldn't help but glance at Lin Haoran.

Yang Dashi watched the small flame that had just been lit suddenly extinguished, but his face could not hide the disappointment, and he looked at Cao Meng hopefully.

Although Cao Meng had no one in his eyes, and even looked down on this Lord Qincha from the bottom of his heart, he also knew that he did not have the strength to directly trouble this Lord Qincha.

Lin Haoran's identity and status are here, so naturally he will not make concessions to anyone, that is, he led three subordinate officials to the seat, and he sat down in the first seat without concession.

Everyone watched Lin Haoran sit down, and then they all took their seats, and the officials and cooks brought the dishes up.

To everyone's surprise, officials have always shown a frugal side when they invite guests, and most of the dishes are not in their eyes. However, this banquet appeared in Yangzhou's famous local specialties, and even the high-grade chili dishes of the United Restaurant.

It's just that no one's mind is on these dishes, but they are toasting and pretending to eat and drink to Lin Haoran, constantly curious about Lin Haoran's true intention to invite them.

Xu Yi found that Chen Boren's gaze was directed at him with an inquiring look, but he could only shake his head with a wry smile.

Although he appeared with Lin Haoran, he didn't know Lin Haoran's true intentions, and was just pulled over to accompany him. Now Lin Haoran is his top boss, he can only obediently obey orders, where dare to ask this top boss for the reason.

Lin Haoran watched everyone eat and drink, and found that everyone was looking at him frequently, so he picked up the wine glass and took it.

After seeing Lin Haoran standing up with a wine glass, except for the stubborn Cao Meng, everyone else followed and stood up with a wine glass to show their respect for Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran raised his wine glass, smiled at everyone and said, "This official respects you with a glass, and I wish you all the best!" ”

"If everything had gone well, you wouldn't be as beautiful as you are today, but you would have gone to hell!" Yang Dashi listened to this toast, but he immediately said in his heart.

Chen Boren watched Lin Haoran drink it, and drank all the wine in the cup.

After Lin Haoran drank the wine, he didn't sit down immediately, but swept the hops on the corner of his mouth and continued: "I invite you here today, I really have something to ask for!" ”

Here it comes!

When they heard this, everyone immediately cheered up, knowing that what they had been waiting for all night was about to be announced. It's just that I don't know if it's as speculated, Lin Haoran is going to announce in public that he will implement the ticket salt law.

But it was not their random speculation that the reason why the imperial court was rectified again was precisely because the ticket salt law had been a huge success in Guangdong, and the promoter behind it was Lin Haoran, who was the Yin of Shuntian Mansion at the time.

Now that Lin Haoran has come to rectify the salt administration, it is very likely that he wants to promote the ticket salt law in Huaishang, so as to increase the revenue of the imperial court's salt tax.

"Lord Qincha is polite, what do you have to order!" Although Chen Boren and the others were very excluded in their hearts, they responded hypocritically at this time.

This situation made them hear that Yan Maoqing, the former deputy capital of the left, announced that he would raise the salt tax from 600,000 taels to 1 million taels like Lin Haoran.

Although they all pretended to agree at that time, they were united in private, and finally helped the second assistant Xu Jiejie to ascend to the throne, thus abolishing this hateful new system last year.

Lin Haoran saw everyone's reactions, but announced the intention of the banquet: "Baobao Lake is the flood lake of the ancient canal, but now the ancient canal is abandoned, and the Baobao River is also like a dead lake, the silt in the center of the lake is piled up, and if there is wind, it smells, and it has the name of a stinky lake!" ”

Yes?

Fan Qianshan and the others were slightly stunned, while Yang Dashi opened his mouth widely, but he didn't expect Lin Haoran to come for this matter.