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Under the guidance of the officials, Lin Dong came to the back office. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the lobby of the back office, there are more than 200 large round tables in a space of more than 200 square meters.

The tea and snacks on the round table are not ordinary at a glance.

More than half of the twenty or so large round tables have been seated, dressed in brocade clothes, except for a dozen hurried men in big cotton jackets sitting on a round table in the far corner, everyone present, judging by their clothes alone, is either rich or expensive.

In the four corners of the lobby, four large copper pillars surrounded by one person exuded a gentle heat. When I looked at it, I knew that there was a charcoal fire burning inside. Because of this, the temperature in the lobby was not low, at least, none of the people present showed that they were cold.

"Shopkeeper Lin, please come here!" The official led Lin Dong to a large round table below his head.

Lin Dong glanced at the first people sitting on the top, there were a few he knew, two of them were well-known and wealthy people in Lingnan City, and the other was a marquis who had been hereditary in Lingnan City for more than ten generations. With the financial resources of the Lin Ji Inn and the county merchant title that Lin Dong himself spends 100,000 taels of silver every year, it is still inferior to these three.

Following the official to the second large round table and sat down, Lin Dong greeted the rich businessmen and nobles who were familiar with him at the same table, and at the same time, he was distracted and investigated the six people at the first table.

These six, all of them are not martial artists. This also means that the county government did not invite the patriarchs of the major families to come over.

If it was a good thing, Yang Yankang didn't want to offend the major families, so he would definitely have to invite them over. If it weren't for the good thing, Yang Yankang would not offend the major families and invite them over.

There is no doubt that everyone present is here to respond to the catastrophe.

Although the identities and wealth of everyone present are not enough to dare to blatantly compete with Yang Yankang, they are really going to provoke the annoyance, and the power of joining forces is enough to make Yang Yankang unable to eat and walk around. Lin Dong frowned, he couldn't figure it out, could Yang Yankang offend so many people in one go?

Even if everyone is embarrassed, each family agrees to donate 350,000 taels of silver, which adds up to a lot of money, but Yang Yankang has to swallow it. After all, this is a real gathering, and the total amount will be known. Yang Yankang really wanted to swallow it all in one bite and keep it for everyone to use in the future. It is far better to post a notice, throw a few great benevolent people who donate a lot will get the name of the county to personally feast and go out, although the silver is not as much as gathering together, but the emphasis is on secrecy, except for a few parties who want to send silver to Yang Yankang can barely guess the approximate amount, no one can guess the exact amount.

Afterwards, he allocated tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy some black flame grass and give it away for free in the name of the county government, and no one could catch Yang Yankang's pigtails in this matter.

A few million taels of silver is indeed not a small amount for a county, but compared with the position of the county, it is still a little worse. As long as you sit in this position, you don't have to worry about coming to the door without money.

Lin Dong's gaze involuntarily moved to the somewhat unique table in the corner.

"Boss Ma, you say, what will happen when Lord Yang comes to us?"

Opposite Lin Dong, a middle-aged man with a big belly muttered to an acquaintance next to him, although the voice was small, it didn't miss a word into Lin Dong's ears.

Boss Li asked...... Of course, it is related to black flame grass, so I have to donate some silver. ”

"In my opinion, it may be more than that." Boss Li's huge belly straightened.

"How?" Boss Ma came to the spirit.

Boss Li glanced around, and after finding that no one noticed the two, he whispered: "Do you think, Lord Yang really wants silver, and he can find us all in one go?" ”

"Makes sense." Boss Ma paused, and his voice was lower than that of Boss Li: "Actually, I think so too." If you look at the people at the table in the corner, I don't know any of them, and looking at the clothes and restless expressions, there should be no reason. This thing is very strange. ”

"It turns out that Boss Ma also noticed? I hope Lord Yang won't make any ruthless moves this time, to be honest, I'm afraid that there are some tricks waiting for us. Boss Li muttered: "Tens of thousands of taels of silver are nothing, if they come out, they will come out, anyway, after the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, in the past year, just when there is nothing to do, the silver has been saved." I'm afraid that Lord Yang thinks that there is no progress this year, and wants to find a few unlucky people to copy the house, and prepare a trick for these people to step on it and not be able to turn over, if we are not careful, we may become this unlucky egg. ”

"It makes sense, later, please ask Boss Li to take care of it more, and remind me when I see something wrong."

"Please also ask Boss Ma to take care of one or two when the time comes."

"Yes, yes, our brothers haven't gotten together for a while, I'll book a box at Lin Ji Inn tomorrow, and we'll get together."

"I'll please! Boss Ma forgot, I went to Fenglin Restaurant last time, but you invited it. ”

"That's fine!"

The two laughed together, and pulled an ally, and it would definitely be much safer by then.

On the other side, Lin Dong looked at his nose and nose, and the old god was there, listening to the conversation between the two, coupled with Liang Gufeng's performance, he was almost certain that Yang Yankang's battle today might not be related to Lin Ji Inn.

This unlucky bastard, there is a high probability that it is himself. When the time comes, you can only see the moves.

"Shopkeeper Lin, your footsteps, Liang is satisfied."

At the lower table, the haunting Liang Gufeng sat down in Lin Dong's back-to-back position.

Lin Dong is like an old monk who has entered the meditation, not speaking, not moving.

There were many people nearby, and Liang Gufeng was bored, although the excitement in his stomach was a little panicked, it was not good to continue to entangle, so he could only hold back the excitement in his stomach. The situation of sitting like pins and needles surprised the super big people at the same table.

In a short time, there were fewer and fewer vacant seats in the lobby where they could be seen everywhere, and not long after they were full, a shout rang out at the back door of the lobby.

"Lord Yang has arrived!"

There was a bang, and everyone stood up.

"Sit down, everybody sit!" Yang Yankang glanced at the people with low eyebrows, his eyes flashed quickly on Lin Dong's unfazed face, and with a friendly smile, he came to the first table and sat down.

Everyone present sat down with him. One by one, they sat upright, their eyes focused on Yang Yankang's face.

"Please come over today, first, it has been almost a year since this official took office, and I have never been together except for one time with you in the month when I first took office." Yang Yankang said with a smile: "To be honest, this official is very guilty about this. As for the support of the Lord, you are all doing your best. Lingnan City can have today's situation, and you have all contributed greatly. After thinking about it, an idea came to me the day before yesterday, thinking that if I didn't invite you to a meal, I would definitely be a sinner in Lingnan City in the future. ”

"Where, where, Lord Juntai is too polite."

"Lord Juntai has done his best for our Lingnan City, and it should have been those of us who have benefited a lot to entertain Lord Juntai, but I didn't expect it to be preempted by Lord Juntai, and the villain is sincerely afraid."

Although the marquis of the first table has been left with an empty shell for dozens of generations, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the title of the third-class marquis is really more serious, and it is even more prominent than Yang Yankang, a feudal official. Therefore, he was the first to stand up and shake his head.

Then the pawnbroking giant got up and spoke, followed by the next one, one after the other, as if they had made an appointment, in an orderly manner.

Yang Yankang's words were very watery, but everyone could understand that Lord Yang was complimenting everyone, not making a stumbling block.

can get the compliment of the county, and the compliment that everyone sent back is naturally a little heavier. Even when it was Lin Dong's turn, Lin Dong also followed the crowd and praised Yang Yankang for his good governance.

Except for the people at the big round table in the corner who couldn't speak because they were nervous, everyone present said a sentence one by one, and it took a quarter of an hour to finish.

And in this effort, the maids of the county government also served the wine and food on the table on the tray like butterflies wearing flowers, and then, there were two standing at one table, ready to pour wine and tea at any time.

The table is full of wine and food, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas are paired with two low-level spiritual materials, which is not luxurious, but can also be called sumptuous. With Lin Dong's eyesight, he could judge at a glance that the cost was about ten taels of silver per table.

"Everyone!" Yang Yankang raised his full wine glass, and said in a low voice: "Thank you for your support to this official over the past year, this official is here, I salute you." ”

There was a loud bang, and everyone stood up in surprise. According to the rules, this first cup, Yang Yankang should praise Emperor Qianwei, and then wish Emperor Qianwei a long life and good health. And after that, everyone took turns to pay tribute to Yang Yankang. No one expected that Yang Yankang would depreciate his identity to respect everyone.

On the spot, many people felt that if Yang Yankang really just scraped tens of thousands of taels of silver for each family, instead of having any ruthless tricks, it would be worth it.

In the words of admiration, admiration, and admiration, Yang Yankang craned his neck and drank it all again unexpectedly.

When things go wrong, there must be demons, and everyone no longer feels flattered this time, but instead is deeply jealous.

I can't guarantee that among the people present today, there are one or two families who have suffered serious injuries. No one can guarantee that there will be themselves in these two unlucky eggs.

Of course, jealousy is jealousy, on the face, everyone is full of admiring eyes, the wine in the cup is more heroic than the other, and the neck is tilted, there is no drop of wine left.

"Come, come, let's eat. Thin wine and thin dishes are all made by the cooks of the county government, don't dislike it. Yang Yankang laughed and said: "This official will strive to save a little more in the next two years, and when the time comes, please eat better." ”

Everyone laughed and laughed, but tried not to be cold. No one dared to answer, and no one could answer it. said that the wine and food were good, and there was a suspicion of sarcasm that Yang Yankang was not less greedy for silver, saying that the wine and food were not good, and there was a suspicion of slapping his face, and even praising the cook's good craftsmanship might cause misunderstanding.

Lin Dong, who has been drifting with the crowd, vaguely seems to have caught something, but no matter how he racks his brains, he can't figure out what the key is for a while.

It stands to reason that Yang Yankang doesn't need to say such things. Everyone present, who didn't hit his county? This sounds more obvious hypocrisy than the previous scene.

(To be continued)