Chapter 523: Figure
With a flick of his hand, the silver ingots were thrown to the ground in front of the man.
"It's a number with interest."
When the man saw the silver ingot on the ground, his eyes lit up, he rushed over and picked it up, wiped it on his clothes, handed it to his mouth and bit it with his teeth, and when he saw that it was true, he held it with both hands and thanked him again and again, "Xie County Lady, thank you County Lady!"
The man retreated to the door as he spoke, not paying attention to his feet, and tripped over the door, fell to the ground and got up and continued to thank until he couldn't see anyone.
Leng Tongxiang opened his mouth, his face changed and changed, what is the county lady?
For the next few days, even half of the applicants could not be seen.
"Why didn't anyone come?" Leng Tongxiang held his cheeks with his hands, and his face was full of depression.
The old yellow dog spun around at her feet.
After Leng Tongxiang came, the food was much better than before, and the dog was happy every time it was time to eat.
The old man brought the steaming meal to Leng Tongxiang, and the old yellow dog immediately ran to his bowl and squatted down.
"It's not as good as the capital, and there are only a few people who can read and write, all of them are rich people, who will do the drudgery of only a dozen grains a month?"
Leng Tongxiang nodded, feeling that what the old man said made sense.
I didn't expect that most of the people here were illiterate, no wonder no one paid attention to the notice after a few days.
Then it would be nice to go the other way, but ...... What should I do?
The next day, the rising sun hung on the roof of the house, and the stone lion at the entrance of the county government cast a long shadow on the ground with the glow of the morning light, and the mist was dispelled little by little.
The people of Mianyun Town are about to start this dull day like every day in the past.
The unpainted door of the county government slowly opened, and a foot with a tuft of new official boots poked out from the crack in the door, followed by a cyan hem.
Leng Tongxiang walked out with his belt in his hand and stood still at the gate of the county office.
The vendors who were busy setting up their stalls in the street looked at him.
"Ahem!" Leng Tongxiang cleared his throat and said loudly, "Fellow villagers, fathers and elders, this official is the new magistrate of Mianyun County.
Since the day he took office, he has decided to rectify the people's customs and sweep away the decadent and chaotic atmosphere here.
When the words fell, there was silence, those people had already been busy with their own people, and no one paid attention to her at all, and there were some people in front of her, but they all looked at her with blank expressions.
Leng Tongxiang frowned, raised his voice a little, and repeated the words just now.
Seeing that no one responded, she was annoyed, but she couldn't have a seizure, and said unwillingly: "Those who apply for and hire will send one acre of fertile land!"
The number of onlookers increased, but no one spoke up.
Leng Tongxiang can only continue to add benefits, "The county government who has not yet married a daughter-in-law helps to be a matchmaker, and the gift money is borne by the county government!"
There were a few young and stocky young men below, and they whispered in small voices.
Leng Tongxiang saw that there seemed to be a drama, so he added another condition, "If there are elderly people in the family, the expenses for medical treatment and funeral are all responsible for the county government!"
As soon as these words came out, the voice of the discussion was louder, some people frowned and doubted, and some people nodded in agreement.
After discussing for a while, the voice stopped, and someone in the crowd of onlookers finally raised his hand tremblingly and said, "My lord, grass people......
But before he could finish speaking, he saw a man running over panting.
"Yunmian Village is sending money and food at the foot of the mountain, everyone go quickly! It's gone too late!"
Wow!
Like a tide, the crowd dispersed cleanly, and even the vendors who set up stalls ran away regardless of the stalls, and Leng Tongxiang was left standing there on the whole street.
Leng Tongxiang looked at the empty street in front of him blankly, heard the sound of "popping and popping" at his feet, looked down, and saw that the old yellow dog was *** paws, so he said, "People are giving money and food there, why don't you go?"
"Oh?" The old yellow dog looked up at her, then into the distance, and suddenly stood up, wagged his tail wildly, and ran out with a step.
"You......
A beast is a beast, and it gives you food and drink, and then it runs away from others!"
Leng Tongxiang raised his fist to chase it, but it had already disappeared, Leng Tongxiang only ran two steps before stopping, put down his hand hatefully, glared in the direction of the far street, flicked his sleeves and turned around, and returned to the county office.
At dinner in the evening, the dishes were much better, and even the meat and bones in the county lord's bowl were bigger than before.
The old man naturally didn't forget to tell Leng Tongxiang that he got it from Mianyun Village during the day, and seeing that he was old, he also gave him an extra amount of money and food.
Leng Tongxiang was not arrogant enough to say "no" to the food, so he could only change his strategy, with the idea of eating Mianyunzhai poor, and feasted on the food on the table.
"I don't understand why Mianyunzhai is doing this? If you have a lot of money, you can't make it, so what kind of thief is it?"
Hearing Leng Tongxiang ask, the old man laughed suddenly, his facial features wrinkled together, and he laughed for a while before saying, "Of course, it is to buy the hearts of the people and let them all work against the government.
Honest officials are mortal enemies, of course they have to get rid of them, those corrupt officials, raising is a waste of food, it is best that no one takes care of them, they are king and hegemonic here, they can do whatever they want."
"How can it be?" Leng Tongxiang slapped the chopsticks in his hand on the table, "It's just too lawless! Is there a royal law?!"
The old man got up and added another bowl of rice to Leng Tongxiang, "Wang Fa can't manage it here......
But if it weren't for the people on the mountain, the life of the people here would be hard......
What about you, clean up after eating this bowl of rice or leave here, there is really no need for a county lady here......
Leng Tongxiang picked up the bowl and silently picked up the rice, the more the old man said this, the more she didn't plan to give up, not to mention, she came with the task of recruiting An, how could she just leave.
But for this task, Leng Tongxiang has no bottom in his heart.
"Uncle, you listen to those bandits like this, but if you let those bandits come to the county government on an errand, will you help those bandits, or help the bandits who have become the people of the government?" Leng Tongxiang had a whim.
The old man hesitated, "This is difficult to answer, even if it is a person from the government, it is also a person from Mianyun Village, but the people of Mianyun Village have always been unable to get along with the government...... Hey, this ......."
Leng Tongxiang looked at the old man and seemed to see some signs in this problem.
Mianyun cottage!
With a creak, the door was pushed open, and the room was pitch black, and the moonlight spilled outside, outlining the slender figure of the person who pushed the door, and the wide and long knife in his hand.
The third master walked into the room, put the Qingyun knife on the table, and took out the fire fold to light the candle.
At the moment when the flames lit up, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure in the room.