"Dare to quibble! Our county lord has a clean breeze on his sleeves and never accepts bribes, if it weren't for my hard persuasion, he would even want to return the New Year's gift secretly sent by the people, who do you want to insult with the silver? ”

Wu Desheng's words instantly caused a round of applause around him, and the people praised the county order as a rare clean official, not oppressing the people, not increasing the conscription, and personally going to the field...

The courtyard quietly listened to the praise outside and drank the tea with satisfaction, this year the people have a good year, and even the miscellaneous taxes have been collected enough, but she is not in a hurry to hand it over, several surrounding counties have reported disasters, and the miscellaneous taxes are only about half of them, and she is not good at offending her colleagues.

After the year, she has to prepare for the county exam, and she has to figure out two sets of exam questions, speaking of which, the rich businessmen in the county are about to move recently, and there are errand servants who inadvertently inquire about her preferences every day.

The squires are very worried, the new county order has been in office for a year, and now they have gained a firm foothold, they should also say that they should also say that their county order is a woman, and it is not appropriate to send beauties and wine in the past.

The calligraphy and painting are okay, but they are from a family, so I am afraid that the ones they send will not be eye-catching.

Some people want to send silver tickets directly, but if you want to send money, you have to find a name, right? The other party doesn't have a birthday, and he doesn't get married, and he can't go to the back house if he wants to, it's just a person who is in a hurry to die.

When they were worried, Bai Ash suddenly sent an invitation, saying that they had something to ask them to come to the house, and the rich businessmen were pleasantly surprised.

They are really not afraid of the county order asking for money, and now that they have paid for it, they will naturally be able to get it back from other places.

Why did White Ash suddenly invite these people? In the past few days, she went to the granary to check and found that the grain stored in the county government was all old grain, so she planned to transport the old grain to other cities and sell it for new grain.

She can't always come forward in this kind of thing, in case someone misunderstands that she is stealing tax grain.

These people are happy and ready to prepare gifts, such as the little golden Buddha, the jade Guanyin, the inkstone that secretly dug a hole and stuffed it with silver tickets, etc., in short, there is no empty-handed.

However, they were stopped at the gate of the county government, and those with gifts were not allowed to enter.

Since they came, of course, they couldn't turn around and leave, so the rich merchants had to let their subordinates wait at the door with their things and enter the door by themselves.

Bai Ash served tea and invited a total of six wealthy businessmen with good reputations.

"The day before yesterday, I looked through the files of previous years, and happened to see that there was a disaster year, and everyone generously donated food to help the people, which touched a lot, so I invited you to drink tea and chat."

The eldest of them replied with a smile, "We have only done our best, and we don't dare to take credit." ”

The system, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly went online, "Big guy, it's been a year since you came here, and these people don't even look down on your identity as a woman..."

White Ash: "You woke up?" ”

The system was a little embarrassed: "Hehe, it's too boring to watch you farm and handle official business all day long, and I fall asleep watching it." Normally, shouldn't someone jump out and accuse you of not being worthy of being a county magistrate and let you go back to your husband and children? ”

Bai Ash: "Thinking too much, I am an official of the imperial court, the county order approved by His Majesty's imperial pen, who dares to make trouble with me?" "The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty didn't say anything, and these people still dare to go against the government? It's too late to please.

Then, she first asked a few people about the situation of the year, and then asked whether their families were healthy, and after chatting for a long time, everyone became enthusiastic, and she suddenly sighed, "Actually, the official invited you here today, there is one thing I don't know what to do..."

The hearts of the people said, "Here we are!" ”

"The grain stored in the granary of the county government is all old grain from last year, and the official is very worried about it, if there is a disaster year, these old grains will not be a problem, and the longer it is placed, the more food will be lost..."

Several people glanced at each other, and one of them gritted his teeth and got up and gave up his hand, "The villain is willing to serve the adults and horses, and the new grain at home can be exchanged for the old grain of the county government." "It's just that his strength alone is limited, and he really can't eat all the savings of the county government.

A part of the tax grain is handed over every year, leaving a part of the granary in the county, if the county order has the right to cut the warehouse and release the grain for disaster relief in the year of the disaster, the harvest of Changshan County in the last three years is passable, although it was exploited by the previous county order, there are still a lot left.

This Zhou Gui's family is a grain store, and he is also the focus of Bai Ash's attention today.

As soon as he spoke, two more expressed their willingness to exchange new grain for old grain, while the remaining three remained silent.

Bai Ash waved his hand, "How can this be done?" You are also the people of the county, even if you have money and food, are they all blown by the wind? I can't do such a thing. ”

"What do you mean..."

"Old grain naturally sells at the price of old grain, our county is not easy to sell, you can go to other places to try, I heard that there are several counties nearby that have suffered disasters, presumably there is a shortage of food..."

Several people kept pondering in their hearts, but Zhou Gui reacted the fastest, "The grass people are willing to run this trip for the adults, sell the old grain, and come back with new grain." ”

Several other people also got up one after another, anxiously wanting to get a piece of the pie, "My lord, there is a caravan in the old decay, and it is very familiar to go south and north..."

"Grass people can too!" "The villain has a lot of relatives in other counties."

Bai Shen raised his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down, "Don't worry, this official is not good at business, and he doesn't want to spend so much effort, if only he could turn the old grain into new grain as soon as possible." ”

"My lord, if you sell me the old grain, I will give you the money first, and I will send you the new grain as soon as I buy it..."

Bai Shen smiled and shook his head, "Isn't that official guilty of the felony of selling tax grain privately?" In this way, when you go back and think about it, when you think of it, come back to this official. ”

The six of them went back uneasily, and the people around them only thought that these people wanted to give gifts but were rejected by the county magistrate, and they had a lot of reputations for being honest and honest.

A few days later, Zhou Gui suddenly brought several truckloads of grain to the county office, and the white ash came out, and he expressed in public that he was willing to exchange the new grain for the old grain accumulated by the county government.

Bai Shen looked very relieved, and then frowned and pondered, "Your kindness is understood, but you can't lose too much, so that the new grain will be exchanged for one pound of old grain." "This price is based on the market price.

"Thank you for the adult mercy!"

Then, under the witness of the people, the white ash opened the warehouse to exchange grain, and the entire county government was busy, first weighing the new grain, putting it aside, weighing out the old grain exchanged, letting Zhou Gui pull it away, and finally the new grain was put into storage.

Seeing that the county magistrate locked the door of the granary, the people were relieved, as long as the grain was still there, they could rest assured, and they were not afraid of disaster years.

Subsequently, several wealthy businessmen followed in Zhou Gui's footsteps, exchanged grain with them at the same price, and then invited them to come over for dinner as a token of gratitude.

After he was full of wine and food, Bai Shen asked Wu Desheng to bring a few letters written in advance, "This is a letter I wrote to the county magistrate of Linxian County, and it is more convenient for you to take it to the official mansion to sell grain." ”

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