Liu Ziwen is about thirty years old, with an ordinary appearance, a round fur hat and a gray forged robe, dressed as an ordinary rich man.

It belongs to walking on the street, and it is a very inconspicuous existence.

It can't be compared with the outstanding demeanor of Ouyang Rong and Xie Lingjiang who stand out from the crowd outside the hall at this moment.

However, as soon as Liu Ziwen arrived with a lame servant, he became the focus of the field second only to the county commander Ouyang Rong, and was always watched by the surrounding squires and wealthy businessmen.

And there are some people in this world, even if it is the first time they meet, they can determine what kind of person the other person is with just one look.

That's the case for the two of them right now.

As soon as the young county magistrate and the head of the Wen Tun family looked at each other, they sensed a kind of familiarity, which did not come from the previous acquaintance, but from the ...... themselves.

Meet the same kind ...... The familiarity of smart people.

Liu Ziwen didn't get in front of Ouyang Rong a few steps away, so he bowed his hand and said respectfully: "Grass people Liu, I have seen the county commander!" ”

Ouyang Rong stepped forward to greet him warmly, "Lord Liu is really polite, you are not a grass people, you are a sword envoy given by Her Majesty the Empress." The subordinate should call you an adult. ”

Liu Ziwen shook his head and waved his hand, "It's just a false name with a title, Your Majesty doesn't set up a few 'so-and-so envoys' in a month, and there are a lot of lychee envoys, banana envoys, and wood carving envoys in Lingnan Road next door." The county magistrate is a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and Liu is never as good as him. ”

Ouyang Rong smiled and raised his hand to support him, "Don't fight for this first, Lord Liu, please come in." ”

Liu Ziwen immediately said: "You can't enter first, Liu has to apologize to the county magistrate first." ”

"Oh? Where does sin come from? ”

"Liu's godbrother has no way, and when the street top collided with the adult and Miss Xie, the two of them were frightened, and Liu was guilty!"

"Hey, Lord Liu still doesn't know about this official. Brother Ling is very individual, lively and active, the official likes his unruly appearance very much, beating is love and scolding is love, that day in the hall the official 'love' can't help himself, accidentally let his subordinates play a few more boards, and hope that Lord Liu will forgive his sins, and also look forward to Brother Ling recovering his unruly appearance as soon as possible. ”

“……”

Liu Ziwen was speechless for a while, but he still waved his hand and said sincerely:

"The third brother is fine, thank you for the love of the county order. But no matter what, the third brother is too stubborn, and the brother should atone for his sins, Liu has nothing to offer, it just so happens that the county order is holding a fundraising banquet today, please allow Liu to do some meager efforts, the first to take the lead in donating, and give the county order a good start! ”

"Okay, Lord Liu is refreshing." Ouyang Rong was very pleased.

The surrounding squires and high-rollers were also full of applause, and they felt at home.

In such a lively atmosphere, the host and guest were seated, the luncheon began, and soon, it was time for the popular fundraiser.

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“…… Ladies and gentlemen! The construction of water conservancy is by no means a private plan of the portal, nor is it the selfishness of the official to win performance, it is related to all the people of Longcheng County, whether it is a farmer or a businessman, or a good and lowly slave, under the nest, there are no eggs?

"The difficulties of the court and the county government are also known to everyone; The follow-up policies and benefits of the imperial court and the county government for those who are active in disaster relief should be conveyed by Lord Diao, and the official will not repeat it. Longcheng is in danger of being tired, and the people are in urgent need of being overhanged, so we won't delay the time and start fundraising, and the official will take the lead and donate all the money for the last four years! Now there's the guy to come in. ”

After Ouyang Rong "said two simple sentences", the audience applauded warmly and sent off the stage.

After the young county commander left the high platform and sat down in the first row of the stage, he turned his head and gestured to the more than a dozen squires on the field, and the ink and paper and red pen in his hand.

He showed a mouthful of white teeth and smiled embarrassedly:

"This official has prepared a list, and for those who have donated generously today, I will make a good note of ......"

Liu Ziwen suddenly got up and said sincerely: "Lord County Commander, Liu has a thin opinion, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

"Speak, there's nothing you can't say." Ouyang Rong's eyes looked at him squarely, and he looked very patient.

Liu felt that in addition to the fundraising plate for disaster relief and water conservancy, could there be another fundraising plate on the stage. The county magistrate loves the people like a son, and as soon as he took office, he ran around for the matter of water control, and did his best. I can't bear to wait, I hope to give the county magistrate some paper and pen fees, and I hope that the county magistrate will not postpone it. ”

Ouyang Rong thought for a moment and bowed his head, "It's not impossible, but since it's a private fee for the official's pen and paper, how the official can use it, or give it away or confiscate it, you should have no opinion, right?" ”

Liu Ziwen nodded calmly, "My lord is honest and honest, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”

"Okay, thank you for your heart." Ouyang Rong said lightly, turned his head and motioned to the two scribes behind him to take another fundraising tray with red cloth and put it on the stage.

Anyway, what he gets today, he will use it to control the water, in addition to the estimated bottom line of 3,000 yuan, if he can raise more silver, it will naturally be better, isn't it just to sell some more favors.

All he owes is favors, but for some people in Dragon City, it is their lives that are saved.

had similar thoughts to Ouyang Rong, as well as Xie Lingjiang, who was sitting in the second row behind him.

Seeing Liu Ziwen's flattery of the senior brother, her impression of the Liu family was slightly better, and she thought that the Liu family in Dragon City was full of unscrupulous bullies who did a lot of evil like Liu Zilin, but now that she looks at it, it is not necessarily the case.

Xie Lingjiang was not sensitive to money matters, but at the moment, I don't know if it was affected by Ouyang Rong's large number of disaster figures, or her own innate strong sense of justice that drove her to empathize with the refugees.

Xie Lingjiang began to privately care about the price of rice on the streets of Longcheng, and he was also particularly concerned about the current fundraising, and he also knew the huge sincere concessions made by his senior brother for this fundraising banquet and his attitude of trying his best.

On the evening when she first went to the outskirts of the city to look for someone, Ouyang Rong revealed to her that he disliked the local squire and wealthy families.

But right now, he sat in the front row and stared at the two fundraising trays on the stage, slapping himself in the face every moment.

So why do it?

Xie Lingjiang silently asked himself if he could let go of his face. She suddenly remembered what her father had said.

When a person suddenly discards something that he used to hold dear, it must be because there is something more important behind him......

At this moment, Xie Lingjiang suddenly noticed that someone was approaching, and when he looked up, he saw that it was Yan Liulang, who had not been seen for several days, he rushed in from outside, and he didn't look at the squire landlords who were whispering at the back of the hall, and went straight to the side of the senior brother in front of him, and whispered a few words quickly, but the senior brother just nodded lightly and did not say anything.

Yan Liulang, who was returning from a business trip, waited with his arms crossed, and did not forget to turn around and nod to her.

It seems that the grain transportation in Jiangzhou should be going well...... Xie Lingjiang also nodded in response.

Finally, the two scribes brought a new tray of red cloth and placed it on the fund-raising table.

In addition to the fundraising tray on the stage, there is also a maid who is specially responsible for registration and singing donations, which was specially arranged by Ouyang Rong.

Everything is ready and the fundraising is officially underway.

Liu Ziwen was really the first to get up in the hall, walked straight to the stage, took the money from the lame servant with a smile like a spring wind, put it on the two plates on the table in different categories, and got off the stage with a smile. And as soon as he took the lead, all the other squires and wealthy merchants in the hall followed in turn, and one after another came to the stage, and also put both plates on them. And the maid of that rank on the stage began to sing the amount of donors from the moment Liu Ziwen came to the stage to raise donations, so the whole audience could hear how much money was raised on the stage.

So next, Xie Lingjiang saw with his own eyes that the smile on the corner of Ouyang Rong's mouth in the front row gradually disappeared...... No, it didn't disappear, but she still kept smiling—but in her eyes, there was no difference between not smiling—and after listening to the "payment" of the registered maid for a while, he directly put down the pen in his hand, folded the red paper that was going to register as an activist with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and then ...... Throw it straight into the trash can at your feet.

Xie Lingjiang knew why, because everyone in the audience knew.

The hall full of people was quiet, and the voice of the maid was crisp and tactful, like a yellow warbler, echoing for a long time:

"Chengxi Liujia, donate ten yuan for Longcheng water conservancy, and donate fifty yuan for county order paper and pencil fees......"

"Xihe Cheng family, donate ten yuan for Longcheng water conservancy, and donate fifty yuan for paper and pen fees in the county order......"

"The Li family in the south of the city, donate ten yuan for Longcheng water conservancy, and donate fifty yuan for the county order paper and pencil fee......"

"The Dingshan Gongsun clan donated ten yuan for water conservancy in Longcheng, and donated fifty yuan for paper and pen fees in the county order......"

Stage

The amount of donations from every family is neat,

The singing voice is also neat.

offstage,

The bully smiles,

The scholar smiled too.