Ouyang Rong has received a lot of letters recently.

There are classmates in the academy, there are former teachers, there are parents and officials in Nanlong, hometown, and even the same year of the first year of Jiushi, and if I remember correctly, he and this same year also toasted each other at the Xingyuan banquet, and I forgot what it looked like.

These old friends all sent letters to greet each other, reminisce about their past friendships, and make an appointment to get together in the future, and then finally, at the end of the letter, they will mention a little bit that they have a little friendship with a wealthy family in Longcheng County, and I hope that Brother Lianghan will take care of it a little.

Is this reasonable?

It makes sense.

Ouyang Rong put down the letterhead, chuckled, casually threw the stack of letters into the trash basket at his feet, got up and left the study.

The plum blossom forest outside the study is falling, which is very pleasing to the eye, and the plum blossoms in Dragon City bloom late and wither late.

Ouyang Rong twisted a piece of pale pink plum petals on his shoulder, carried a pot of wine, and went out humming "hometown song".

He was actually in a good mood, because he had never received a letter from his mentor Xie Xun and the supervisor Shen Xisheng, and a few days ago, Ouyang Rong was already mentally prepared to receive a letter from the two.

Ouyang Rong came to the official office, and after a short time, he took a large group of officials and officials to the outskirts of the city to see them off.

He ordered Qin Heng and the other soldiers of Zhichong Mansion to return to the Jiangzhou camp yesterday, and the soldiers left today.

At the ten-mile long pavilion south of the city, Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes and poured a glass of wine, and gestured to Qin Duwei and other soldiers.

"General Qin, the contemptible people don't have any literary talent, so they won't chant poetry and sensationalize, you guys are on the road, you have worked hard these days."

"The prefectural commander is humble." Qin Heng shook his head.

"By the way, bring me another letter to the Supervision Envoy Lord Shen."

Ouyang Rong took out a letter and handed it over, and Qin Heng took it without asking.

After everyone drank the wine of the candied line, they folded the willows and said goodbye.

The young lieutenant of Zhichong Prefecture in Jiangzhou, who had just taken a few steps out of his horse, suddenly turned his horse's head and said to the young county commander who was calmly watching in the pavilion behind:

"Ouyang County Order, the last general is actually ...... There has always been something I don't understand, and when I saw you walking out of the warehouse with a head that night, I would be able to see it...... The prefectural magistrate wanted to take his brothers to raid the house, but why didn't he go later? ”

"General Qin also wants to raid his house?"

Qin Heng, who has always been few words and capable, nodded without scruples, "This kind of local inferior gentry and bully, it is difficult to solve the hatred of copying a hundred houses a day, and it is not a pity to die." ”

"General Qin has a good temperament."

"Isn't it the same with Ouyang County's order."

"Then why didn't General Qin go to raid his house?"

"Hate no military order. But Ouyang County ordered that it could, that it could be ordered. ”

"Yes, it can be ordered, but I am not a general, I just need to take the lead in the charge and draw my sword willfully." Ouyang Rong paused and said seriously: "I am the head of a county. ”

Qin Heng was silent for a while, then raised his scarlet horsewhip and pointed to the disaster relief camps on the field, and said loudly:

"Ouyang County Order, the last general will take the soldiers out of Jiangzhou City at night, through Xingzi, Hukou, Jishui County, along the way, your county is the place we have seen the lightest hunger of refugees, the best disaster control, and the fastest officials to do things...... This county magistrate has done a great job! ”

"Ouyang County Order, there will be a period later!"

Qin Hengda laughed, turned around and shook the whip, rode a horse with three hundred armor, and left with three feet of smoke and dust.

Ouyang Rong was slightly stunned, shook his head with a smile, and returned to the county office with the officials behind him.

……

"How many buckets?"

"Sixteen dollars, this lord, this is the best lead mountain tribute rice......"

Yan Liulang interrupted: "Other rice shops are also at this price?" ”

"At this price, Tong Su is not bullied."

"Let's do two."

"Well, thanks to the patronage of thirty-two dollars."

In the rice shop in the downtown area, Yan Liulang paid the money and carried a bag of rice, and turned back.

Along the way, the blue-clothed catcher obviously felt that the county was a lot more lively and busy, and there were a lot more fireworks.

The sails on Butterfly Creek are like a forest, there are many more foreign boats than in the past, and the laborers who move goods at the Penglang Ferry Wharf are busy and understaffed, so they need to increase their wages and recruit people from refugees outside the city.

Shops that had closed down due to the disaster in the east and west markets are gradually resuming business, and temples and buildings are being renovated and renovated everywhere in the county.

In the past few days, a number of official documents issued by a young county order to promote business and work and the policy of vigorously promoting the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival have become the most lively topics among the wealthy households, civilians and refugees in the suburbs of Longcheng.

The streets and alleys are discussing, I heard that the county magistrate is going to give a speech at the Dragon Boat Festival in person, and will also ask the county government to come up with real money to reward the winning dragon boat and subsidize some active merchants.

In fact, the Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat race in previous years is also a very grand event, because the people of Wuyue are also superstitious, and regard the dragon boat race as a major event that can pray for good weather in the coming year, so they naturally actively participate.

In addition, the assessment of local county orders in the general state, whether the county orders have changed customs is also a standard, and the previous county orders have to be handled. However, it is really rare to see such a strong force as the current young county order, especially after the Yunmengze flood, when the counties are tired of coping.

As soon as the news came out, Longcheng County was very conspicuous in the upper and lower basins of the entire Jiangzhou boundary.

And Yan Liulang knows that this is just the beginning, and now they are all businessmen and wealthy families from several nearby counties, and more tourists and wealthy businessmen are still behind.

This is the advantage of developed water transportation, only Jiangzhou is affected by the flood, but the surrounding states are all 'rich and peaceful', you can get there by boat.

However, the young prefectural magistrate said that this was both a good and a bad, and the door had to be locked...... Yan Liulang was a little puzzled by this, but the Ming Mansion didn't elaborate on it, so he didn't ask.

Right now, as soon as Yan Liulang returned to the county government with Mi Ao, he ran into Ouyang Rong and others who had returned from outside the city.

"Mingfu, the price of rice in the east market ......"

"Go in and say."

"Yes."

The two came to the back hall, and Yan Liulang's butt was not on the stool, so he reported the situation he observed all the way in the county town, including today's rice price.

"It's only sixteen dollars a bucket?"

Ouyang Rong took a sip of tea, and immediately put down the cup when he heard the words, very unhappy:

"Who do you look down on when it's so cheap? I don't know outside, I think we Longcheng people can't afford to eat rice. ”

The corners of Yan Liulang's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but say:

"Mingfu, sixteen dollars and a bucket are already the same as robbing, the humble just didn't say a word, paid the money to buy rice, and the boss looked at me with the same joy as looking at a fool...... This is the most basic price of rice, even if it rises by a penny, it is terrible. ”

As if he hadn't heard, Ouyang Rong rolled up his sleeves, grabbed a handful of snowflake-like cold white rice from his bag, stared at the "trickle of rice" falling between his fingers, and muttered:

"No, it's not high enough, it has to rise again, how can you get twenty dollars a bucket before the Dragon Boat Festival, our county has to give those grain merchants a little Dragon City shock."

Yan Liulang: "......"

Mingfu, if you are kidnapped and coerced by the grain merchants, you will blink.

Yan Liulang wanted to speak and stopped, but Ouyang Rong preemptively opened his mouth and ordered.

"Rokuro sent someone to release a message first......"

After his careful advice, Yan Liulang nodded hesitantly and retreated, but not long after he walked out of the door, Yan Liulang turned back into the lobby, this time followed by a black-faced man.

"Ming Mansion, look who's coming!"

Ouyang Rong, who was still bowing his head and twisting white rice in contemplation, looked up and was a little surprised: "Ah Shan? ”

"Thank you, sir, for saving your life."

Liu Ahsan knelt and kowtowed directly on the corridor outside the door.

Ouyang Rong hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

"You don't have to kneel to me, it's your life to survive, and it has little to do with other people." He sighed. It's the truth, it's really a ruthless person to get through.

Liu Ahsan didn't listen, and still respectfully finished the kowtow.

But then, Ouyang Rong, who had been a little busy and dizzy recently, said something that embarrassed him.

"Why did Brother Ahsan come here, but what's the trouble at home?"

Liu Ashan's face was stunned, "Didn't the master let me come to the county government to look for the master after I was injured?" ”

Ouyang Rong realized it later, and only then did he react.

The casual words of that day were always remembered by the sick man.

The old face was slightly red, and he said quietly:

"Yes, yes, Brother Ahsan came just in time."

After another pause, he asked, "This official remembers that you are an official slave, where did you do things before." ”

Liu Ashan immediately said: "Gu Yue Sword Shop." Our family is a worker, and before that, it was an official pariahs under the management of the county government, and later, the Liu family on the west bank was appointed by the saint as the imperial sword envoy, and our group of workers were assigned to the Guyue sword shop, which was regarded as helping the Liu family to do long-term work. ”

Ouyang Rong nodded, and immediately asked Yan Liulang: "Can an official slave like Ah Shan redeem himself?" ”

Yan Liulang was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said:

"Yes, but there is no need to waste money, the Ming Mansion can find an excuse and simply send a document to transfer the Ahsan brothers back to the county government, isn't it just to do things for the Ming government, Gu Yue Jianpu over there, there are countless such households, and it is impossible for the Liu family to care about the Ming Mansion for an official slave......"

"No need." Ouyang Rong directly interrupted: "Although this official is poor, he also has some savings, which can be used to redeem the Ahsan brothers." ”

Someone hates the bus for personal use the most.

Ouyang Rong immediately asked the price again, asked the two to wait for a while, returned to the study of Merlot Garden, and took some money back.

Last time, he took ten yuan from his aunt, but the fundraising banquet in Yuanming Building only cost more than two yuan, probably because he didn't invite any Hu Wunu and the wine escort to the whole banquet, or maybe the restaurant owner gave him a "limited-time discount".

As for the 650 "pen and paper money" donated to him by those squires and wealthy families, he donated all of them to the county government.

But even so, the remaining nearly eight yuan of money on him is a huge amount of money for civilians.

Ouyang Rong picked out a few copper plates, stuffed them back into his arms, and handed over all the remaining seven pieces of money.

Liu Asan waved his hand in fear, "Master, I don't need so much money to redeem my body." ”

Ouyang Rong shook his head, "Then redeem your sister or mother, but Qiguan doesn't seem to be enough, but if you can redeem a few people, you can redeem a few people first, and the rest of the money will be used to buy belongings." ”

Liu Ahsan, ahhh

Ouyang Rong waved his hand, "Go, follow Liulang to go through the formalities, and come back to me after redemption, just work for me, I heard that you have a good water nature, I am here...... There is just a shortage of people. In the future, I will have to help the Ahsan brothers a lot. ”

Liu Asan looked at the sincere smile on the young county commander's face, nodded vigorously, said no more, turned around and followed Yan Liulang out.

Ouyang Rong watched the two leave, thought for a while at the door, and turned around to deal with the official documents, but at this time, Yu Guang saw a red-clothed man on the corridor in the distance.

After a while, they rushed in front of him.

Ouyang Rong silently retreated, as if he was afraid of being hit by the little junior sister with the ball.

Xie Lingjiang, who was still a "senior brother" with a curious baby like a little follower the day before yesterday, frowned at the moment, and asked Ouyang Rong with disgust:

"Division...... Why did Brother Lianghan liberalize grain prices! Do you know that now the grain in the county has risen to 16 yuan a bucket! I heard rumors that the county magistrate's family was secretly selling grain, so they were filling their own pockets, is this true? ”

Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows.

But the first reaction was...... The little sister looks quite angry and loving.

……

"You mean, on the night of the audit, after the county order cut off the head of a scribe, he did not immediately lead troops to raid the house, but sealed the treasury and did not check the accounts, and two days later, he sent someone to the thirteen families in the city to apologize? In the past few days, he said that he would unite the squires to hold the Dragon Boat Festival? And today you also repatriated the soldiers of Zhichong Mansion? ”

Sioux House, back garden.

After Su Bao'er silently listened to the matter inquired about by the bun-faced little maid, she couldn't help but confirm it with her again.

"That's right, miss."

The chick nodded like a peck of rice, but the little girl's focus was obviously not the same channel as her own miss, and she added in a whisper:

"Miss, I really didn't expect that the new county commander would kill people with his own hands when he looked so handsome and weak as a scholar."

"yes, I really didn't expect ......," Su Bao'er whispered.

Caishou's eyes were shining, "Well, it's just like the deadly scholar in the romance book, he is suave, but he is deadly." ”

Su Bao'er ignored her.

Su Bao'er left the bamboo chair with a slender body, held a book in front of her chest, and walked around the garden, and after a while, she suddenly said in a crisp voice:

"Shangjiu, Kang Long has regrets."

"What do you mean?" ”

"I was blinded before."

Su Bao'er thought lightly, ignoring the stupid girl, she opened the week in her arms, pressed a certain page and a certain line with her fingers, and whispered:

"So now it'...... On the ninth day of the first month, don't use the hidden dragon. ”