Chapter Eighty-Seven: Buying People's Hearts

Not to mention that Zhu Wei had any calculations and ran in a carriage for a long time, just to say that this Ying Xiaosi used the advertising and marketing of later generations to earn more silver taels in just one day than the entire Lion City's annual tax burden, this ability to accumulate wealth can be described as a miracle It is not an exaggeration, but on the contrary, this massive amount of money has also attracted the prying eyes of many people, and there are not a few people who think they have the ability to get a piece of the pie.

Today is the day when the advertising space is officially used, but I don't know why, the flagpoles and signboards on other streets have been erected early, but the largest advertising space on the main street has not moved, and the two deep round pits are so swaggering there, the thick horizontal log is lying on the side, and a huge cowhide cloth is covered with red silk, without the slightest intention of erecting in advance.

And not far from the side is a temporary table with a table, at this moment, the four people in official uniforms are sitting in the middle like dogs, on the left is the chubby Su Heng, on the right is the smiling Xu Yin, and the slightly shorter row is sitting are those military merchants, it is worth mentioning that there is no one in the officialdom of this Lion City, this is not that Ying Xiaosi looks down on people and does not take others to play, but invited, people did not come at all.

Seeing that the time had come, and the surrounding merchants and people had almost gathered, Bai Hao, who was in charge of coordination, shook his head slightly at Ying Xiaosi, meaning that those officials were still nowhere to be seen, and they didn't think they would come.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the Lion City, my name is Ying Si, and I am the new city lord of our Lion City, and from today onwards, you are the people under my rule! I'm also from a civilian background, and I don't speak much, but I can guarantee one thing, that is, all the money I have collected is taken from the people and used by the people! Two days later, I will use the money I earned from this advertising space to unclog the canals and ensure the water supply of the crops as much as possible! ”

"Good!"

Meng Liang and Jiao Zan were mixed in the crowd and immediately took the lead in applauding, but except for those merchants, there were few ordinary people who responded, and they watched Ying Xiaosi's performance on stage with a numb eye, and did not react to the encouraging words in the slightest, as if they had no hope for those in power.

Seeing this scene, Ying Xiaosi couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart, it seems that this ordinary people have been oppressed by the powerful for a long time, and they have long had servility, for Ying Xiaosi, the city lord, they naturally divided it into the elite class, so Ying Xiaosi's words are all empty talk for them, and there is no credibility.

Thinking of this, Ying Xiaosi waved his hand, and Bai Ning, who was dressed as a man, walked to the front of the table with a tray covered with a red cloth.

"I know, it's useless for this red-mouthed and white-toothed person to say this, then I'll come to the most affordable in the hearts of our people!"

Ying Xiaosi gritted his teeth and smiled, without the slightest bit of the demeanor of the city lord, and pulled out the red cloth on the tray, only to see that the tray was full of silver taels full of color, and under the sunlight, it emitted a white light.

"Shhh

This time, not only those merchants, but even those ordinary people gasped, their eyes were full of doubt, and they really didn't understand what the new city lord wanted to do.

"Well, you can see the two beams next to you, as long as anyone can erect the beams and put this advertising slot on the shelf, then the silver in this plate will be his."

As soon as Ying Xiaosi finished speaking, the whole scene was silent, and there was no expected fierce reaction at all, and the people below looked at each other, as if they didn't believe that this was true, but it was embarrassing to be embarrassed, and it was cold to the city lord's field, which was unjustifiable no matter what.

"Lord of the City, since there is such a good thing, why don't you let my subordinates try it?"

Seeing this, Xu Yin hurriedly rescued the scene, but as for the money, he didn't pay attention to it. But although this is out of good intentions, it is not the original intention of winning Xiaosi, if you really do this, today's scene will be really fake.

While he was struggling, he suddenly heard a lazy voice from the corner of the wall.

"Hmph, you officials, eat the people on weekdays, use the people's, when have you done anything practical for the people, it doesn't matter, the old beggar has nothing, you don't have a little extra strength, don't ask for your silver taels, just give a full meal."

As he spoke, he saw an old beggar in ragged clothes walking over slowly, the jacket that he had worn for many years was full of greasy, black and bright like armor, but the smell on it should not be very good, except for a few green-headed flies around him, the people along the way covered their noses and retreated, giving way to the old beggar.

"Old man, the weight of these two beams is not light, are you sure you can erect them?"

Ying Xiaosi looked at the old beggar's trembling body, and felt a little unsure in his heart, and secretly said that the long pole should not fall down and kill someone. But the old beggar smiled and didn't speak, but stretched out his two thin arms and held the long pole in his hand, and with a fierce force, he slowly erected the long pole.

Ying Xiaosi hurriedly glanced at Meng Liang, Meng Liang understood, secretly guarded the old beggar's side, once he found that the old beggar was exhausted, he immediately stepped forward to take over, in case of an accident.

The old beggar didn't seem to be aware of the arrangement of winning Xiaosi, and took care of himself to erect the two long logs, the top of the long wood is two pulleys, which are fixed with ropes, and the huge advertising plaque is pulled by ropes, which needs to be pulled by manpower to the position of the card slot at a high place. Originally, the task was completed by erecting the long pole, but the old beggar did not stop, but sat on his horse, holding a rope in one hand, and pulling the plaque up with both arms!

I rub! Is this really a beggar?

Ying Xiaosi, who was holding the tray in person, was shocked by the old beggar and opened his mouth wide, if it was Meng Liang's brute cow, it would be normal to be able to drag the plaque up, but it was clearly a shriveled old man in front of him, pinching it, pinching it, there was no meat, how could he have so much strength.

Looking at the old beggar again, he tied the rope with his backhand, only to find that Ying Xiaosi really came over with silver, only to see that he was also a little surprised, and asked cowardly: "This, these are really for me?" ”

"Really for you!"

Ying Xiaosi was amused by the old beggar, he didn't think the old beggar had a big smell, and after handing over the silver to the old beggar, he stretched out his hand and pulled the old beggar to the front of the stage.

"Dear people of the Lion City, as I said at the beginning, I am also from a civilian background, and since I am sitting in this position, I want to do something practical for the people of our Lion City. It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, today's incident is just the beginning, and I will use my practical actions to prove that I am a pro-people official who does things for the people! ”

After Ying Xiaosi finished speaking, he said to the old beggar with a blank face: "This silver is what you deserve, although you are older, but you still have a lot of strength, take advantage of the good time, hurry up and buy a house, marry a daughter-in-law, and live a good life." ”

The first half of the sentence is quite right, but the second half of the sentence sounds so awkward, the old beggar was choked enough for a while, and he didn't know what to say. But at this moment, an inopportune voice suddenly sounded!

"The silver in the Lion City Treasury is not something you can take away if you want to, old thing, don't hand over the silver taels!"