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Chapter 29 Little Junior Sister Really Doesn't Treat Me as an Outsider
"Ming Mansion...Ming Mansion, please stay!"

Diao Xiancheng chased him out, and finally stopped the vigorous and resolute someone.

"What's your order, Mr. Diao?"

"Don't dare to obey orders..."

Diao County Chancellor was out of breath, he helped his crooked official hat, and said helplessly:

"How can you let the Ming government spend money on entertaining guests? The Ming government has come all the way to Longcheng to take up the post. It should be right for the local gentry to show their kindness to the landlord and let them invite them. How can they bother the Ming government."

Ouyang Rong thought for a while and asked, "You mean I'm a guest? Are they the host?"

"Yes... No, no." Diao Xiancheng hurriedly waved his hand, "The lower official said that it is a fine tradition in this county for the gentry and elders to welcome their parents and officials. The previous county magistrates followed this process, and the Ming government does not need to be so polite. , out of pocket..."

Ouyang Rong shook his head, "I'm not polite at all, just tell them not to be too polite."

He glanced at Diao Xiancheng, who was expressive, and said softly:

"Actually, I don't want to hide from you, Mr. Diao. This time, I invite everyone to Yuanminglou for dinner. Apart from getting to know the sages and nobles of the village, there is also a serious business for the country and the people...for them."

"Ming Fu said..."

"That's right. After the banquet that day, I will hold a fundraiser for water conservancy. At that time, I will take the lead in donating food."

Diaoxian Cheng hesitated to speak.

Ouyang Rong said calmly:

"You also saw the official documents sent by Jiang Zhou and the court's proposal that day, and I also thought about it for a few days.

"Right now, the food for disaster relief is roughly enough, and with the 24 shi of rice shipped from Jiangzhou later, it is not a problem to maintain the stability of the [-] disaster relief camps in the suburbs for three months...

"But now there is one more urgent matter before our eyes - the water conservancy projects including the Di Gong Gate must be built as soon as possible, otherwise the official predicts that when the rainy season floods in the near future, it will flood Dragon City again.

"Lord Diao, this matter is not just a matter of the tens of thousands of disaster victims in the suburbs, but concerns the safety of everyone inside and outside Longcheng. You are the magistrate of Longcheng County, the oldest in the government, and you are more important than the gentry and rich people in the county. I am familiar with you, and you will clarify these interests for me, and tell them about the difficulties of the court and Jiangzhou."

Diaoxian Cheng sighed, "The Ming government has really dedicated itself to the people of Longcheng."

"It's just a matter of time."

Diao Xiancheng hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help reminding: "Mingfu, you can actually consider the suggestion that the subordinate official gave you that day... It is not impossible to hold a fundraising banquet, but if you want to raise donations effectively, you can do it tomorrow." It's better for the government to have a private banquet with Liu's family before this, and discuss it carefully..."

Ouyang Rong suddenly interrupted: "Master Diao has a good relationship with the Liu family? Always speak for them."

Diaoxian Cheng said sternly: "Mingfu misunderstood, the lower official did not speak for the Liu family, but for Mingfu's sake, so he made these shallow suggestions."

Ouyang Rong looked at him for a while, then nodded and said:

"Thank you, Mr. Diao, no need. This fundraising banquet will be open to all the gentry and wealthy businessmen in Longcheng County. I am not begging for food, but sincerely and sincerely.

"Go and tell them the tax benefits after fundraising mentioned in the official document of the imperial court. Although I have a bad temper, I am not unreasonable. I will implement it as appropriate, as long as they actively raise funds... This ruthless natural disaster, the government and the people are united. , can spend time together, this is not a family matter."

With the last sentence, Ouyang Rong gave Diao Xiancheng a meaningful look, turned and left.

Diao Xiancheng sighed, looked at his back and said:
"Your officer...obey your orders."

……

Just when Diao Xiancheng went from house to house in Longcheng County to contact the nobles and nobles, and conveyed the invitations and promises of the young county magistrate one by one.

Ouyang Rong silently walked into the official office of Li Sihu, and checked the county's financial and taxation books over the years.

He made arrangements for today's disaster relief camp in advance yesterday, so he can come later today and come to the county government for a more important matter.

The young county magistrate dismissed the respectful scribes and sat alone in the small room, quietly reading.

When Xie Lingjiang found it with a two-layer small box, Ouyang Rong was still looking down carefully.

"Brother."

"Ah."

"I brought you some pastries. Aunt Zhen asked me to bring them."

"it is good."

Seeing that he was still focusing on his official documents without looking up, Xie Lingjiang calmed down, put down the pastry box, sat aside and waited, and looked at someone from time to time.

Xie Lingjiang has always felt that men look better when they are serious and focused, and her father is like this.

Not long after, Ouyang Rong temporarily closed the book, kneaded the bridge of his nose with two fingers, and looked up to see the white clouds and blue sky outside the door to relieve his fatigue, but the younger junior sister suddenly stood up, handed over the opened pastry box, stretched out her hand Waist, upper body leaning forward...

Ouyang Rong, who was caught off guard, suddenly felt that his eyes were no longer tired.

The twigs hang the fruit.

Such a word popped out of my mind inexplicably.

And I don't know if it's because he read too much of the densely packed small characters just now, his eyes have a kind of trance that sees everything suddenly big and small... This wave is superimposed, Wang Zhan.

"Senior brother, why are you leaning back?" Xie Lingjiang asked crisply.

"No...it's okay, just stretch your waist." Ouyang Rong said calmly.

He's not the kind of person who can't control his eyes, but Junior Sister is indeed too rich, and her behavior is decisive and neat, dangling in front of his eyes, even if a man with strong chest muscles of the same weight is in front of Ouyang Rong, He can't help but look at it, it's just a subconscious reaction.

And it can be seen that she should wrap her breasts tightly, and she pays great attention to this matter on weekdays, and it is well fixed, because seeing her in action on weekdays, the bulging and stretched cloth does not have any exaggerated waves.

"What are you looking at, brother?"

Ouyang Rong was a little flustered, but he quickly reacted, as if he didn't ask this question.

"The financial expenditure of the Longcheng County Government in the past two years, and the tax collection of some rich households."

The senior brother of a certain gentleman said sternly.

"Oh."

Xie Lingjiang nodded, reached out to take a piece of pastry, then bent over to get closer, curiously looking at the books on his desk.

She seemed to be very interested in everything this senior brother did recently, and she didn't know if it was because of that "qi".

"Did you find anything, brother?"

Ouyang Rong nodded, picked one of them and said: "In the first half of this year, the Longcheng County Government had only 2000 yuan in savings last year, but the expenditure flow was more than [-] yuan. And the year before last, the financial balance was more than [-] yuan. Keep saving money..."

Xie Lingjiang frowned more and more as he listened, "Isn't it just enough to spend every year's income, and there is not much left? Such a coincidence?"

Ouyang Rong glanced at the clerks and yamen servants passing by in the distance outside the door, "And every financial item is very detailed every year, even how many door gods and couplets need to be posted in the yamen on the first day of the new year. ... If you count it, it is true that you have spent so much, there is no error."

Xie Lingjiang frowned even more.

He smiled, "Leave these things alone."

The young county magistrate casually closed the financial books and threw them aside, as if nothing had happened. He rang a bell on the table, and immediately summoned a few respectful scribes. The books of county finance were taken back for filing.

After the scribes left, Ouyang Rong's face remained normal, and Xie Lingjiang couldn't help asking, "Is that the way to go, don't you check the yamen?"

His tone was calm: "It's over for now. There are more important things now."

Ouyang Rong pointed to a thick book that was left on the table, which was related to Longcheng's taxation. This is the focus of today's visit.

Xie Lingjiang was silent for a while, then nodded lightly, then turned to look through the books left on the table curiously, as if trying to figure out the intention of his senior, he even forgot to eat the pastry in his hand.

At the same time, because she was too focused, her upper body subconsciously leaned forward...

A beauty approached, and Ouyang Rong, who was about to taste the cake, suddenly smelled a more fragrant fragrance than the cake.

Although he knew that the little junior sister did it unintentionally, he still avoided suspicion silently and moved back for her who was leaning forward.

Ouyang Rong went to pinch a piece of pastry, bit it lightly, and thought to himself:
"Junior Junior Sister really doesn't treat me as an outsider."

She is a senior brother who is not at all wary of being a gentleman... The feeling of being trusted by his junior sister made him quite gratified, and he silently decided to keep his eyes open in the future.

However, Ouyang Rong suddenly noticed something, sometimes his eyes got lost and he accidentally looked somewhere, as if he hadn't deducted any merit, and he didn't know if it was because the other party didn't notice...

Regarding this, he was just purely curious, and couldn't help turning his head to check it out.

At this moment, there was a "clang", and the dull sound of wooden fish rang in my ears.

Merit deducted one.

Before Ouyang Rong's face turned black, Xie Lingjiang, who had been leaning forward and carefully looking at the text book on his desk, stood up abruptly, holding the pastry in his left hand, and grasping the hilt of his sword with his right hand, facing away He walked quickly to the door without looking back.

Rather than saying "quick step", it is better to say that it is like escaping.

However, Ouyang Rong still saw with sharp eyes that the small part of the fair skin exposed between the collar of the young junior sister's neck and the temples was flushed, like a maple leaf drunk by the warm wind.

It's just that this noble lady of the Xie family who was about to run away seemed to have realized something. When she reached the door, she hurriedly stopped, as if stopping to look at the scenery, she turned her back to the "unscrupulous" bastard brother inside the door, shook her head, and looked around. Looking around, after a while, I couldn't see her expression, only heard her lower her voice and say "It's too hot in the room...I'll get some air", and Qianying disappeared at the door.

The little junior sister ran away holding the pastry.

"..."

Only Ouyang Rong, who was hesitant to speak, was left in the room... Well, can you listen to my explanation?
"It's over, my image of a gentleman in my junior sister's heart is gone."

A certain brother is sad.

But... Although it was a misunderstanding, but there is one thing to say, he never expected that the little junior sister who used to be rigid and serious, but occasionally blushing with shyness, is actually quite cute in a daze.

This wave, it seems to be called contrast cute.

　Don't worry brothers, yesterday's update will be added!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)