Today's county hall is very lively.

In the corridor, there was an endless stream of officials and servants serving tea and pouring water, and the threshold of the lobby was almost flattened, and occasionally a few unlucky people fell.

The county order, which has always had a simple style, suddenly invited guests with great fanfare, so it was natural to treat them well.

The county hall hall.

Recently, the major foreign grain merchants who have been active in the Longcheng rice market, as well as the twelve gentry and landlords who have been rooted in Longcheng for many years, gathered together.

Diao County Cheng, Yan Catch, and the female master surnamed Xie, who has often appeared beside the young county commander recently, are all in the lobby, drinking tea with the guests.

It's just that in the eyes of the grain merchants and squires on the field, the two most important people are missing in the lobby.

"Why didn't the head of the Liu family come? I don't think I was invited......"

"What about the prefectural magistrate? Didn't you say that there was something important to explain......"

There was a lot of gossip in the lobby.

Diao Xiancheng got up and said with a smile: "Don't be impatient, everyone, the Ming Mansion has just had something to do temporarily, and you will come right away." ”

Wang Caozhi and other grain merchants and a group of squires felt a little at ease.

However, because of Liu Ziwen's absence, some of the squires who were temporarily notified were a little embarrassed, and exchanged glances, just when they were hesitating to find a reason to leave.

A busy figure broke into the lobby, walked straight to the desk on the stage, grabbed the teacup, raised his head to drink, and wiped his mouth.

It's like a lost person in the desert encountering Ganlin.

"Everyone's here?"

The lobby was quiet, and everyone didn't reply, looking at the peculiar dress of the young county magistrate in a daze:

I didn't wear an official uniform, I was a little dirty, one of the sleeves of the regular clothes was rolled up to half of my arm, I should have forgotten to pull it down before entering the door, and a piece of white gauze was wrapped around the middle finger of my right hand, and there was a faint bit of dry blood on the belly of my finger.

I don't know why I'm busy with dirty work all day long, as a county commander.

Some of the grain merchants and squires in the lobby muttered, but Xie Lingjiang, Yan Liulang and others were obviously accustomed to it, and their faces remained unchanged.

"I just finished a little thing, I didn't expect everyone to come so early, by the way, there shouldn't be any inconsiderate hospitality, right?"

It is still the sincere smile and enthusiastic attitude of the young prefectural order...... It's still a familiar recipe, a familiar taste.

The reaction of everyone in the lobby was mixed.

However, these days, Wang Caozhi, Ma Shopkeeper, Li Shopkeeper and others, who have seen the methods of young county magistrates, can't help but shrink their heads, for fear that this young county magistrate with a bright smile will "accidentally" slip off the teacup in his hand, and then jump out from behind the lobby with five hundred knives and axes, rush up, and chop into meat sauce.

Then why are they so afraid, they still have to come today, because they are really forced by the price of food, and there is also the grain that Shopkeeper Li has lost and recovered, which makes people smell a signal that it may be hope.

"No, no, there is no inconsiderate hospitality, Lord Diao, Yan Zhukuai, and Master Xie are all very enthusiastic, coming to the county magistrate is like going home."

Wang Caozhi led everyone to quickly wave their hands.

"That's good."

Ouyang Rong looked at them and smiled with relief, he didn't talk nonsense, and ordered directly outside: "Ah Shan, go and bring the grain up." ”

The tall and thin man who was waiting outside the lobby immediately turned his head and went out.

After a while, everyone followed the gaze of the young county commander and looked straight from the open gate of the lobby, and outside the gate of Longcheng County, there were ten carriages full of bulging rice bags, slowly stopping.

Ouyang Rong chuckled at the stunned shopkeeper Li in front of the full house of grain and squires:

"Do you want to go and count the nine hundred and twenty-one stones of high-grade rice that you lost on the outskirts of the city, all here."

He paused, and his face was apologetic: "I'm sorry, the speed is a little slow, but this official is a good talk...... In addition, the official also personally criticized the education of the displaced people involved in the case, and here the official apologized to the shopkeeper Li on their behalf. ”

"No need to apologize, no need to apologize, the county magistrate is too polite, and the grass people can't afford it......"

Shopkeeper Li quickly bounced up from his seat as if he was burning his buttocks, waved his hand wildly, and turned around to let go of the young county magistrate's salute.

A picture of official benevolence and filial piety suddenly appeared in the lobby.

The shopkeeper looked at it for a while, got up and was about to ask, "What about mine", but was quickly pulled back by Wang Caozhi, who was quick-eyed.

He glared at the shopkeeper.

You are a big stick, shopkeeper Li is a red date, you go up to join in the fun.

The young county magistrate didn't seem to see Wang Caozhi and the horse shopkeeper's tug.

"Hey, Shopkeeper Li has recovered the lost grain, why is he still sad? So do you. ”

Ouyang Rong's face was puzzled, Shopkeeper Li was speechless, Ouyang Rong turned his head to look at the grain merchants and squires in the lobby, and the latter all looked embarrassed.

"Oh yes......"

Ouyang Rong's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly put the teacup in his hand back on the table, revealing the caring face of his parents to all the visitors:

"Is it the recent matter of food prices in Dragon City that has bothered you?"

He sighed and nodded worriedly: "Five coins and one bucket, everyone worked hard to transport it...... It's too low. ”

The smiling faces of the foreign grain merchants and the local squires who all sell grain at home are becoming more and more embarrassed.

"All of you here, some of you are guests from afar, and some are law-abiding and good citizens of Longcheng, as the order of a county, this official not only cares about refugees, but also cares about you, and treats everyone equally."

After Ouyang Rong finished speaking, he lowered his head and thought about it, walked to the public case, and Xie Lingjiang helped him grind ink and lay paper.

He rolled up his sleeves, took out a pen with his middle finger wrapped in gauze, and asked directly in front of the audience:

"How much grain does Shopkeeper Li have in store that needs to be taken out?"

was called by name, and Shopkeeper Li shook.

The corners of the grain merchants also twitched, how many grain stocks do we don't know? It is estimated that it is more familiar than the rats in the rice barn......

However, under the eyes of the young county magistrate, Shopkeeper Li still stubbornly said, and said honestly: "Lord Yu, four ...... More than 40,000 stones. ”

Ouyang Rong's face was calm, he took a note, and then raised his head:

"Where's Wang Shao's shopkeeper?"

Wang Caozhi smiled embarrassedly, and didn't dare to call his brother-in-law in front of Xie Lingjiang: "My lord, it's also about 40,000 stones." ”

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes and wrote it down again, and continued in his mouth.

"Where's the shopkeeper?"

"More than 58,000 stones."

"What about the Cheng family master?"

"More than 17,000 stones."

“……”

“……”

A young county magistrate has a good memory, and the name of every visitor in the lobby was shouted by him, and in the end, except for the Liu family, the interrogation was completed.

He looked down at the paper and raised his eyebrows, "Hey, everyone together is almost 300,000 stone of grain, enough for all the people of Longcheng County to eat nothing for three years." ”

Even though his face was already very thick-skinned, when he was said by the parents of Longcheng in front of the court, everyone's faces were still a little embarrassed, and they coughed to explain, but a fluttering word suddenly came from the young county commander.

"Okay, this official wants it all."

“……”

The audience was silent.

As if seeing that the legs of some grain merchants were shaking, and some squires were about to turn their heads and run away, Ouyang Rong reacted to something and explained softly:

"Those who give money do not prostitute in vain."

The lobby suddenly exploded.

The crowd gossiped:

"The prefectural order is all for you?"

"Why does the county order want so much food?"

"Is that true? Give money, how much to give? ”

"Don't tease us......

Ouyang Rong rubbed his temples, as if he had a headache from the noise, he stretched out his right hand, and the little junior sister handed the startling wood intimately and sensibly, and the grain merchants and squires in the audience immediately shut up sensibly and obediently.

Ouyang Rong glanced sideways at the quiet crowd and nodded:

"Didn't tease you.

"And this official represents the county government and gives a fair price, eight dollars a bucket."

As soon as the price of the last four words was reported, the lobby was shaken silent, and everyone watched as the young county commander pinched the rice paper with 300,000 stones of grain recorded in both hands, and blew the ink that had not dried, and he chuckled:

"The 300,000 stones on the paper are all for you, and you can deal with the rest of the concealment. By the way, the time is until dinner, so let's think about it. ”

Hear the "eight coins and one bucket" like a heavenly sound.

Sixteen grain merchants, including Wang Caozhi, Ma Shopkeeper, and Li Shopkeeper, and the twelve squires present were all dumbfounded.

Although this is still a little far from their cost price, the current situation is that it is much higher than the price of grain in today's Longcheng market!

Besides, listening to the tone of the young county order, I still eat it all in one go! So that they can throw this hot potato all at once!

Every extra day of so much grain storage is a lot of warehouse management fees and anti-aging fees, and it will face the risk of drying and fire at any time, which makes people worry all day long...... And all of this, at this moment, we can see the dawn of resolution in the smile of the young county magistrate!

"Lord Prefectural, you ...... Is that true? ”

"Lord Prefectural, I'm ...... I'm out, I'm out! ”

"The county magistrate doesn't have to think about it, let's sign the contract directly! As soon as the word is decided, the grass people will go and bring the grain over. ”

Everyone in the hall rushed over, and if it weren't for the table, someone would have been drowned.

Ouyang Rong, who leaned back slightly, smiled, and tapped his left palm with the index finger of his right hand, signaling them to calm down:

"However, there is a small condition, everyone will confirm whether to sell grain to the yamen after listening."

"Lord Prefectural Order, please speak!" The crowd was silent.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that you may have to pay the account on credit and make an IOU."

Ouyang Rong smiled embarrassedly, took a court document from the official case that had been pressed on the desk for a long time, and motioned to everyone:

"Assuming that 300,000 stone of grain is collected in the end, then the Longcheng County Government can only pay you one percent of the silver for the time being, and the remaining ninety percent of the silver, first owe a little.

"But don't worry about defaulting on the debt, everyone, please see, this is the official document sent by the imperial court when the Jimin warehouse was stolen, giving us the right to act cheaply in the local county order, as well as various preferential tax protection......

"Therefore, today's arrears are not only guaranteed in the name of the official himself, but also in the name of the Longcheng County Government and the imperial court, you can rest assured."

The grain merchants and the squire looked at each other, some calmed down, but some still looked moved.

"Okay, everything that the official should say has been said, you guys think about it for themselves, this is also the last thing that the Longcheng County Ya Neng can do for everyone. The last time to pay attention is before the official goes back to dinner. Expiration does not wait. ”

Ouyang Rong gently folded the rice paper in his hand and threw it to the little junior sister.

The crowd gathered around the desk hesitated.

Wang Caozhi, Shopkeeper Li, Shopkeeper Ma and others glanced at each other, nodded their heads, and stepped forward. But today's leaderless twelve village squires still looked a little hesitant and stopped at the end of the crowd...... Don't dare to come forward when a certain family is not present.

At this time, Ouyang Rong seemed to think of something, raised his head and said casually: "By the way, in fact, this arrears ...... There is a construction that may be quite profitable, and if you are interested in it, you can also buy shares with debt. ”

"How?" Everyone was suddenly curious.

The young county commander smiled silently and continued to bow his head and write.

The squires, who were still hesitating, were even more itchy.

……

The role card of the little sister is finally more like than the aunt, and the XP of the brothers is finally less strange to me......

(End of chapter)