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Chapter 48 Love the people like a son Ouyang county magistrate (Second update, please subscribe!)

The yamen servants of the third class and the sixth room in Longcheng County moved very quickly today.

Under the leadership of the resolute Yan Butou, several large grain storage warehouses near Penglangdu Wharf have been sealed off before noon.

If Wang Caozhi, Ma shopkeeper, Li shopkeeper and many other grain merchants were beaten to death, they would not believe it if they said that they hadn't rehearsed well in advance.

Luming Street, Longcheng County Government.

The newly renovated lobby of the county government office is very lively.

Eighteen large and small grain merchants including Wang Caozhi, shopkeeper Ma, and shopkeeper Li, and thirteen Longcheng squires headed by Liu Ziwen all sat in the hall.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Behind the office desk, Ouyang Rong was dressed in a green official uniform with a silver belt. He was awe-inspiring and upright. In front of a group of grain merchants, he reprimanded Yan Wuxie who had returned to his life. He clapped the desk and said:

"It is absolutely impossible for our county warehouse to have greedy food from Jimin warehouse! It is a big case of the court, you little policeman, don't lie easily! Be careful, you can't catch a good businessman by mistake."

Yan Liulang cupped his hands with a bitter face:
"But in the Ming government, our county has 23 shi of grain in the wharf warehouse alone, which is almost equal to the deficit of Jimin warehouse. It's hard not to let people think about it."

"Handling a case is not random, guessing is not a fantasy!"

Faced with such a stubborn subordinate, the young county magistrate was very angry. There was a banging sound on the table, and the eyelids of Wang Caozhi and others below jumped with the pen holder on the table. Ouyang Rong was full of righteousness and pointed at everyone in the lobby. Asked rhetorically:
"I make a reasonable guess. Couldn't it be that you friends came to Dragon City to watch the dragon boat race to save face, and brought them along?"

Yan Liulang was full of doubts: "Watching the dragon boat race, why bring so much food?"

The young county magistrate who stared at Yan Liulang hesitated to speak, gasped slightly, and muttered: "It seems to be..."

He turned his head, full of curiosity, and humbly asked Wang Caozhi and others in the lobby:

"My friends, why did you bring so much food for the dragon boat race? Could it be... make rice dumplings and throw them in the river... Qu Yuan and fish can't eat so much."

"..." All the grain merchants in the lobby.

Noticing that all the friends and merchants around him were looking at them, Wang Caozhi licked his dry lips, and said bravely:
"Grassmen are here to sell... to sell food."

Ouyang Rong nodded and said loudly, "Did you hear that? Selling grain! They all come to Longcheng to sell grain. There is nothing you can't say loudly when doing business."

He persuaded the dissatisfied Captain Yan quickly:
"What's wrong with people coming here to do regular business? Maybe the rice in the salty rice dumpling we ate today was brought in by Brother Cao. They just wanted to bring food over to feed everyone. What do you think? Could be wrong?

"Besides, which regulation of the Great Zhou Law prohibits merchants from buying and selling? As long as they pay taxes according to the law, that's fine.

"correct."

Ouyang Rong asked again: "You guys are selling grain in Dongshi, have you paid the tax?"

"I've handed it in, I've handed it in, absolutely nothing will be missed!" Wang Caozhi, shopkeeper Ma and others immediately said in unison.

The young county magistrate, who was worried about the innocence of good people and good businessmen, nodded in satisfaction, slapped the table and concluded:

"Okay, let's get out of the court if you have nothing to do. They are all good people and good businessmen who come to do legal business. They can't be tainted and innocent. Our Longcheng County has freedom of business and clear officials. It is by no means a place outside the law. You can't just copy it. family property."

Ouyang Rong shook his head and sighed:
"Hurry up Yan, reflect on it when you go back, you have to change your temper of confiscating your house every now and then! You think about how to overturn the table every day. We are the county government, not a den of bandits, and we serve the people and good businessmen."

Liu Ziwen, who was sitting silently at the back of the lobby, and the other twelve gentry and rich men couldn't help twitching the corners of their mouths when they heard the following words.

Yan Liulang bowed his head nonuo: "Understood, Mingfu."

Ouyang Rong turned his head, switched back to the amiable parent-officer mode, and said warmly to the good businessmen and gentry in the lobby:
"Withdrawing from the court, you can go back. You can sell the food as you like, no problem. As long as the legal transactions within the county are protected by the county government, if there are urban management officials from the prison city who make things difficult or blackmail you, you can come here immediately This official said, I will make the decision for you, and I will definitely not spare these brats!"

There was no sound in the hall, everyone looked at the face of the young county magistrate openly or secretly, and no one dared to leave.

In the back hall, a certain junior sister leaned her back against the door to eavesdrop on the blushing scenes in the lobby. She was covering her mouth with her slender hands and shaking her shoulders lightly to enjoy herself.

It's just that the beauty doesn't know that she already has a thin neck, shoulders and arms, and a slender branch with a lot of fruit. This smile will soon drop the fruit.

Fortunately, a certain parent official who loves the people like a son is loving the people like a son, and did not see it, otherwise, it is estimated that the merits he is going to exchange for the new blessing will be lost.

The lobby ahead was quiet for a while.

Finally, Liu Ziwen got up first and left with a word of farewell. The other [-] dragon city gentry got off their stools and bowed respectfully to Ouyang Rong one after another to say goodbye.

Seeing the faces of these squires seemed to be relieved, it is estimated that before coming to the county government, they thought that they would peel off their skins before going out, but in the end nothing happened, and the county magistrate did not take the opportunity to turn black and white and seal up the grain , instead let the food of each family continue to sell...

Many gentry's impression of Ouyang Rong changed greatly.

Liu Ziwen was the first to walk out of the yamen, before entering the carriage, he turned his head and only said a word to the curious Liu Zian who came forward to greet him:

"Don't look at it, it's full of sheep."

On Luming Street, in the carriage slowly driving away, the head of the Liu Clan's Young Patriarch had a gloomy expression.

The "Food Price Bureau" in front of them was not set up by Ouyang Lianghan. This time, Ouyang Lianghan should eat fat sheep that were lured in from outside, and the food was very gentle.

In this round, the Liu family didn't seem to suffer any losses, but after thinking about it carefully, they lost a lot.

Because Liu Ziwen, who has been in Longcheng County for many years, tasted for the first time a feeling that the situation was faintly out of his control.

It's like Longcheng County is a table. The Liu family has occupied the poker table alone and has been in the dealership for many years. He can shake this table by shaking his legs. The young scholar sat down without permission, and stretched out a hand to hold the table firmly, not to shake his legs casually.

Liu Ziwen, who has been waiting for a sword for 12 years, does not like this feeling.

……

"Uh, let's say it first, our county government doesn't care about lunch, the official has to go home to eat."

In the half-empty county government hall, Ouyang Rong said helplessly to the eighteen grain merchants who stood silently below and dared not move:

"Why don't you leave? Go back and continue selling food."

All the grain merchants looked at each other in blank dismay, no one moved, just like honest sheep.

"Oh, so there is something to say, right?"

Ouyang Rong stepped down from the stage enthusiastically, and spread out his right palm:
"Okay, I'm a guest from afar, please sit down."

When Wang Caozhi heard this familiar sentence, his right eyelid twitched violently.

A group of grain merchants took their seats one after another under the urging of the young county magistrate. The young county magistrate was also very close to the people, instead of sitting in the high hall, he sat on the chair opposite the grain merchants and smiled at them.

Maybe it was because of looking at it for a long time, and felt that the young county magistrate was really kind and amiable. This time it was the shopkeeper Li who tried to say:
"Master County Magistrate... In addition to selling grain in Longcheng County, can we transport the grain to other places for sale?"

Ouyang Rong, who was still enjoying the spring breeze just a second ago, suddenly became serious:
"Another place to sell food? What, is it because the people of Longcheng are not enthusiastic enough, or is our Longcheng county government not fair enough?"

"No, no." Shopkeeper Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly waved his hands to explain: "The people in your county are very enthusiastic, and your government is also very fair."

Ouyang Rong nodded melancholy: "Oh, that's why I, the county magistrate of Longcheng, have neglected everyone, why don't I knock a few on the spot..."

"It's not, it's not," the goatee old grain merchant became even more anxious, not daring to touch the stool with his buttocks, and said with a sad face, "I haven't seen such an upright and kind parent official like the county magistrate for a long, long time."

"Then why do you want to transport the food away? First of all, let me explain that it is definitely not that you are not allowed to transport it. The main reason is to know the reason so that I can improve my work in the future."

Ouyang Rong sighed, shopkeeper Li and others looked hesitant.

Behind the door of the back hall, Xie Lingjiang, who had managed to hold back his laughter with great difficulty, gave another "chih" and buried his head in his chest.

Since she entered the academy to study, she hadn't smiled so happily for a long time... Mainly because her senior brother was too mean-spirited.

Xie Lingjiang only realized now that it turns out that it is quite interesting for men to be unprincipled... Well, in short, when a senior brother is unprincipled, he is even more serious than being prudish.

Only this time, Xie Lingjiang's laughter didn't have time to cover it with his hands, and a silver bell of laughter faintly spread to the lobby in front, causing the beautiful woman to shrink back in fright.

In the lobby, the corner of the young magistrate's mouth twitched.Next time I won't let my junior sister be behind.

Wang Caozhi, Shopkeeper Ma, Shopkeeper Li and others turned their heads in doubt.

"Hey, it's okay. I have a kitten. I guess I'm hungry...Everyone has something to say, I'm going to eat later, the waiting cat is hungry."

Ouyang Rong nodded solemnly.

"..." Everyone.

"..." Xie Lingjiang.

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