"Once upon a time, there was an old man who raised monkeys in the Song Kingdom in the pre-Qin period, who liked monkeys and raised them in groups, and the macaques could roughly understand the old man's words. The old man may be gifted, or he may have been with the monkeys for a long time and understand the monkeys' minds.

In order to raise monkeys, this old man often saves his family's rations to satisfy the monkeys' appetite. After a long time, the family naturally lacked food rations.

"He had no choice but to reduce the food provided to the monkeys, but he was afraid that the monkeys would get angry and not obey him, so the old man first deceived the monkeys and said, 'The old man will give you acorns, three in the morning and four more in the evening, is it enough to eat?'

"When the monkeys heard this, they were furious, and when the old man saw this, he immediately changed his mind and said, 'The old man will give you acorns, four in the morning and three more in the evening, is it enough to eat?' After hearing this, the monkeys happily lay at the old man's feet and obeyed him......

"Lord County Commander, Miss Xie, you are from the academy and well-read, you must have heard this little story, what do you think of this story?

"Is this Song country monkey breeder both kind-hearted and very wise, as for the group of monkeys, it can't be completely ridiculed for their stupidity, the Guy people are different from the monkeys, and the monkeys are like this.

"The important thing is not to reason with them and explain that there is no difference between the morning and the fourth, and no monkey will listen, but to conform to their nature and resolve this small contradiction when getting along, so that the monkey keepers and the macaques can get along harmoniously...... That's all that matters, isn't it? ”

In the box on the second floor of Yuanming Building, Liu Ziwen looked past the delicious food on the table, looked at the two opposite with a smile, and slowly finished telling a small story, with some emotion in his mouth:

"Liu saw this story when he was reading before, and sighed very much, it is really not easy for this Song country to raise monkeys, and there is really nothing new under the sun, and the ancestors have taught us."

"Oh? Is it? A handsome young man smiled and said, "Are the ancestors of Master Liu all these things, how can they be a little different from the ancestors of this official." ”

Xie Lingjiang said crisply: "Maybe Senior Brother and him are not the same ancestor." ”

Liu Ziwen's smile remained unchanged: "Yes, what is the difference between the ancestor of the county commander and Liu?" ”

Ouyang Rong propped up the table on his elbows, his chin resting lightly on the back of his hand with his fingers crossed.

Under the gaze of Xie Lingjiang beside him and Liu Ziwen opposite, he leaned forward slightly, smiled and nodded:

"Coincidentally, this official also happened to hear the story of a monkey keeper from his ancestor. But it seems to be a little different from what Master Liu said. ”

"Oh? What's the difference, adults will talk about it. ”

"The story that this official listened to was not in the Song Kingdom in the pre-Qin period, but in the Wei Kingdom next door to it.

"Wei Guo also had an old man who raised monkeys in the past, but unlike the monkey keepers in the Song Kingdom, he made a living by raising monkeys, and the same thing is that he can also understand monkeys, and the macaques under his command can roughly understand his words.

"Every morning, the old man will let the monkeys line up in the open space in front of the house, and start a meeting to assign tasks, he let the old monkey as the leader, lead the macaques to the back mountain, pick acorns, and then return after dark, and each time the old man who raises monkeys will take half of the tax to support himself.

"If a monkey is disobedient and does not give or steal acorns, or if he does not have enough acorns every day, the old man will whip the monkeys.

The monkeys were afraid of him and did not dare to disobey him.

"One day, however, the monkeys who were going up the mountain to pick fruits met a wild monkey, and the wild monkey asked curiously, 'Are all the fruit trees on this mountain planted by the old man?' The monkeys said, 'No, it's natural.' ’

"Then the monkey asked, 'Then without the old man, you can't go and pick the fruit?' The monkeys said, 'No, anyone can pick it!' ’

"Then the monkey asked, 'Then why do you depend on him and pay him tribute?' Before they could finish speaking, the monkeys immediately understood.

That night, the monkeys waited quietly until the old monkey keeper fell asleep, climbed out of the railing, took away the stored grain, lit the yard with a fire, ran into the mountains and never came back. In the end, this patriotic monkey breeder was starved to death. ”

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes and finished speaking, raised his head and asked with a smile:

"Master Liu, you are familiar with the story of raising monkeys, have you heard this story? What do you think of the story told by the officer?

In this way, the monkey does not seem to be so stupid, it is understandable, after all, the more correct the truth, the simpler, and even more obvious.

"Also, this monkey's nature seems to prefer to be in the mountains, what is the way for Master Liu to conform to it? How does Master Liu think that monkey keepers should resolve this 'little contradiction' and get along well with the monkeys? ”

The young county magistrate paused, smiled and waited.

Xie Lingjiang saw that Liu Ziwen on the opposite side listened to the story of the senior brother, his face became gloomy, and now he looked at the senior brother expressionlessly, and did not speak.

The atmosphere fell silent.

Ouyang Rong smiled on the other side:

"Master Liu's ancestor doesn't seem to have taught this......

"It's okay, this Great Zhou Dynasty, there are more people who haven't heard the story of this monkey keeper who defends the country, and the most widely spread is the story of Master Liu's monkey keeper in the Song Kingdom, Master Liu doesn't have to be presumptuous, and the official is also hearsay."

He also showed some general expressions:

"It's also very impressive, this patriotic monkey breeder is living too well, and if he doesn't do anything every day, he can take half of the tax.

"But the ending is interesting. It seems that there are still new things under the sun, the ancestors can toss so many stories when they raise a group of monkeys, the monkeys are difficult to serve, you have to be careful, maybe there will be some new tricks another day, Master Liu, don't you say? ”

The young county magistrate asked with a smile, raised his glass, toasted Liu Ziwen, who was speechless on the other side, and raised his head to drink.

The lady of the Xie family next to her smiled, lifted the fine-spouted wine jug in her hand, and filled him with a small glass.

"Well, it's a good story. Thank you for the county commander's advice, Liu has gained some insight today. ”

Liu Ziwen nodded suddenly and clapped with both hands.

He reached out, grabbed the wine glass, drank it all, and said with a long breath:

"Okay, as a token of gratitude, the porridge shed can be closed."

Xie Lingjiang bowed his head slightly: "It should have been like this a long time ago." ”

Liu Ziwen didn't look at her, stared at Ouyang Rong, nodded and said, "Liu Mou showed sincerity, I don't know if the clear road given by the county magistrate is wide enough." ”

"This official is actually okay, it mainly depends on how big Master Liu's appetite is, and he can point the finger for this official."

"Okay, then Liu is not hiding it, a Di Gong Gate, plus the closure of the porridge shed and the nursery hall, I hope to exchange for the admission ticket of the Folding Wing Canal, our Liu family wants to vote for this number."

Liu Ziwen stretched out a finger towards Ouyang Rong.

The latter glanced at it and nodded: "A million? ”

“……”

"It's 10,000 yuan." Liu Ziwen frowned and said: "Don't joke about the county order, one million yuan, is this to build the Grand Canal?" ”

"It turned out that there were only 10,000 pieces, so it's okay."

Ouyang Rong smiled lightly.

But in fact, he was quite surprised, 10,000 yuan of money is already larger than Wang Caozhi, Li shopkeeper, and Ma Zhang's share, although it can't shake the leading power of the Longcheng County Government in the new construction of the Folding Wing Canal, but it is also the party that has invested the most in addition to the county government.

So, is the Liu family so optimistic about the Folding Wing Canal? Or do you really want to shake hands with him and make peace, full of sincerity?

Just when Ouyang Rong was secretly facing, Liu Ziwen nodded and said, "However, for the Folding Wing Canal, the Liu family has a small condition. ”

"What conditions, let's hear about it." After a pause, Ouyang Rong added: "The county government has enough manpower, and there are even some leftovers, and Master Liu may not be able to intervene in anyone." ”

"Not on this condition."

Liu Ziwen's face was as usual:

"Liu thinks that if we want to repair, we will repair the biggest and best! The county magistrate's micro-view sand table, Liu has seen it, and I feel that it is still a little childish, I suggest deepening and widening the river, and use the 10,000 yuan invested by Liu! ”

Ouyang Rong and Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but glance at the young head of the Liu family.

It sounds like there's no problem, anyway, there is a big deal to pay for, and who doesn't want to give it away for nothing, but ......

Xie Lingjiang suddenly said:

"If you add more specifications, then the previous preparation work has to be perfected again, stop and change...... The completion of the Folding Wing Canal may be delayed again, and you businessmen are willing to wait? ”

Liu Ziwen glanced at Ouyang Rong, who was speechless, shook his head, and said quietly:

"It's okay, the Folding Wing Canal has a great deal to do with Longcheng, it is naturally the best to repair, our Liu family is willing to pay this money, anyway, it is a good thing for everyone, the time is not in a hurry, the county commander and Miss Xie can go back to the county office, and then discuss, it doesn't matter if the repair is slow, quality is the most important."

"Liu heard before that the county ordered the adults to build the Folding Wing Canal in two phases, but there was a shortage of money and manpower, so should they be repaired first? I don't think this is appropriate, if it is divided into two sections, we will now have to widen the river, wouldn't it be very troublesome?

"It's better to build it at one time, do the preliminary work well, don't worry, if there is a shortage of money, food, and manpower, our Liu family is willing to fund adults and county officials, 10,000 is not enough, you can add more."

Liu Ziwen looked at Ouyang Rong with a smile: "What do you think, adult?" ”

The young county magistrate looked at him and didn't speak for a while.

(There is one more chapter at twelve o'clock)

(End of chapter)