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Chapter 49 Good brother-in-law! (Third watch, begging to be the first to book a ticket!)
Kitten meowing is not like laughter.

What kind of cat are you?In the tomb?
County government lobby.

Everyone was speechless.

Ouyang Rong looked expectant, waiting for their reply.

The bossy shopkeeper Ma was the first to bear it no longer, and interjected:

"Lord County Magistrate, we actually borrowed these grains. Before, we saw that the people in Longcheng County were suffering and lacked food, so we had the audacity to borrow them and sell them. Now we have to return them. We can't pile them all up in Longcheng."

Wang Caozhi nodded: "That's right, that's right, maybe the disaster-stricken people in other counties are also in need. It's better to transport some out. The people in Longcheng can't eat so much."

The people of Longcheng can't eat so much food, so why bring so much food here?Isn't it greedy for profit, coveting the high food price in Longcheng? After the food supply is too large and the food supply is scarce, the food price does not fall but rises... Xie Lingjiang, who was listening in the back hall, clenched his fist with his slender sleeves, but let it go again immediately.

Hmph, now that the dog door is locked by the senior brother, after hoarding so much food, you finally know how to be afraid?

In the lobby, shopkeeper Li and other grain merchants echoed.

He thought he would continue to be embarrassed, but Ouyang Rong, who never wanted to listen carefully, nodded immediately. He patted the armrest of the wooden chair, and said with emotion:
"It's hard for you gentlemen to have such a compassionate heart for the people. This official can only manage one county and one place, but you can have the opportunity to benefit the people everywhere when you engage in business. It's really hard for you gentlemen. Since you have such great righteousness in your heart, how can I be an official?" If I can hold you back, the food at the pier can be transported away! I will do my best to assist you!"

With such a straightforward attitude, Wang Caozhi, shopkeeper Ma, shopkeeper Li and others could not be dealt with directly. Even after listening to Ouyang Rong's words, a group of old foxes who traveled all over the country blushed a little.

Wang Caozhi tentatively said: "Then... let's transport it away now? But those government servants outside the warehouse..."

Ouyang Rong waved his hand kindly, turned his head and said: "Liu Lang, go and get the people out."

Detective Yan quickly knelt on the ground with a thud, his neck was straightened and his face was red: "Mingfu, we can't all withdraw!"

The young county magistrate frowned, and his voice was harsh:
"If you tell you to withdraw, you will withdraw. Why are you talking so much nonsense? I know in my heart that none of the lords here are loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and they are definitely not the kind of rats who steal food from the people's warehouses!"

Yan Liulang grabbed the corner of the young county magistrate's robe and remonstrated, crying:

"Mingfu, think twice! This is the order of Master Shen, the inspector. If we don't investigate any of them, we will let them all go. How can you explain to Master Shen? Master Shen is famously ruthless. Dismissal..."

"Let's just break, I, Oumou, am not afraid!"

"Mingfu!"

"You let go!"

"Not loose!"

"I tell you to let go!"

"Mingfu, think twice, you have to check it out before releasing it!"

"you!"

Ouyang Rong sighed, and Yan Liulang hugged his calf tightly.

The two masters and servants struggled to the limit, and the grain merchants were stunned.

The thick-skinned Wang Caozhi couldn't help muttering: "Why don't you... just check it out, our food is really clean anyway."

But who would have thought that this small whisper sounded like throwing a stone into the water, causing waves to spread throughout the audience.

Ouyang Rong and Yan Liulang stopped arguing immediately and looked back at him, and other grain merchants also looked over with dissatisfaction.

"..." Wang Caozhi.

Fuck, I'll just say it casually, don't look at me!

Yan Liulang opened his mouth tentatively: "Mingfu, why not, as this man said, check one family and let the other go. Let's at least make a show."

Ouyang Rong hesitated for a moment, and sighed bitterly: "Then you should keep your eyes open and see if you have wronged a good person, and see if what I say is right."

Yan Liulang nodded hastily, and then the blue-clothed policeman discussed with the sullen and impatient young county magistrate for a while, and finally, the latter reluctantly agreed to a plan that took both internal and external considerations into account.

During the period, the eighteen grain merchants waiting on the side stared at each other. The smooth development of the situation seemed to be vaguely wrong. Wang Caozhi, shopkeeper Ma, and shopkeeper Li couldn't help but look suspicious.

But before a few people thought about it, the young county magistrate who loved the people like a child turned his head and said apologetically:

"Since the procurator wants our local government to investigate, I have to give him some explanation.

"Look, if it's not like this, you gentlemen, you should continue to sell grain in Longcheng first. Captain Yan will soon lead people to work overtime to review the grain you store, and check the year and origin of the grain. Don't worry, as long as the grain is clean, we will never stop you." Let me transport you away, and I will personally issue a customs clearance certificate for you, and the Yamen will also organize a manned ship for you to send you out of the country as a gift!"

Shopkeeper Ma hurriedly asked, "My lord, how long will it take to review the stockpiled grain? If it takes too long if Chen Hua can't sell it..." Seeing that Ouyang Rong turned his head to look at him, he hurriedly nodded and explained: "The main thing is still worrying. People in other counties are suffering, so we can't send them old grains."

"I see." The young county magistrate nodded with a half-understanding face, and he smiled shyly:
"Actually, this is my first time as a local official. I don't know much about it. You hand over the specific matters to Yan Butou, and he will cooperate with you. Don't worry, I'm always watching, and you can ask any questions."

Yan Liulang faced everyone with a cold face, with a businesslike tone:
"Let's discuss how to conduct the investigation. After the warehouse at the dock is uniformly inspected, the certificates will be issued and released, or they will come in order, check one by one, and issue customs clearance ultimatums one by one. Those who complete the inspection early will leave early."

The eighteen grain merchants were all taken aback, and the atmosphere in the hall fell into a brief silence.

Under the eyes of the face-faced policeman and the smiling county magistrate.

The eyes of Wang Caozhi, shopkeeper Ma, shopkeeper Li and others gradually became complicated.

In this small circle of grain merchants who were frying grain together and driving up the price of rice, many people began to stare randomly.

A chubby little grain merchant asked with a sneer: "Dare to ask the catcher, how long will it take to finish the inspection of the dock warehouse?"

Yan Liulang said casually: "You can't say for sure, it will take half a month, if it's a month, the main reason is that you have too much grain, who knows if there is any greedy grain hidden in it, hmph, if it wasn't for the Ming government Guaranteed, I thought you were here to embarrass our brothers."

"..."

Hearing that it would take at least half a month, many grain merchants fidgeted and their faces were faintly anxious. This is a lot of money just for the warehouse management fee and moisture protection fee.

And who knows if the price of grain will drop in the next half month? There are not only [-] foreign grain merchants like them in Longcheng County. The price of grain has skyrocketed some time ago. of.

The rise in food prices was good for everyone before, and everyone agreed to maintain the price, but now the gate is blocked, everyone lacks confidence, and the relationship between supply and demand is still seriously unbalanced. Who knows if there will be a country gentry and landlord who can’t help but take the lead in reducing prices in half a month? , by then it will be panic selling...

"It's a bit of a grind, hurry up and choose, the Ming Mansion is going to eat, the young master will start an investigation immediately in the afternoon, don't delay, don't come to the Ming Mansion to sue, saying that the brothers are bullying the people. Hurry up and choose, what's the matter?" kind of investigation."

Wang Caozhi couldn't help asking: "Yan Butou, if the second method of investigation is door-to-door, how long will it take to investigate each family?"

"It can be as little as two or three days, and as long as five or six days... This must depend on how much food you have stockpiled. If you stock too much, you will be slow to check, if you stock less, you will be quickly checked. Damn, do you even need to ask?"

Yan Butou seemed to feel that his IQ had been seriously insulted, and he grabbed the handle of the knife with his palm, and everyone shrank back. It seemed that if there was not a respectable and amiable county magistrate by his side, the irritable police would probably have killed the thief with a knife .

The chubby little grain merchant cautiously suggested: "Then why don't we let the ones with less grain check it first, and check it quickly..."

"Choose the second one! Check one by one."

Shopkeeper Ma suddenly stretched out his hand to push the fat grain merchant away, his face trembled, and he said to Ouyang Rong and the other two:
"My house comes first!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then immediately fried the pot. Some grain merchants were anxious:

"Horse shopkeeper, your family has the most food, at least half a ten-day investigation, why squeeze so far?"

When talking to the young county magistrate, the shopkeeper of the horse, who suppressed his voice and sounded good-naturedly, snapped his head, stared straight at the complainer, and pointed behind him with his fat finger holding the rosary:

"What did you say? Say it again."

All the small grain merchants fell silent for a moment, more honest than the monkeys in the acrobatic troupe.

"Hmph." Shopkeeper Horse snorted coldly and turned back, and then changed to a soft voice, but this face is uglier when smiling than crying:

"Master County Magistrate, our Jinling Xue family has long admired the name of the county magistrate, a gentleman, and if you have the opportunity to come to Jinling some other day, you will definitely sweep your couch and welcome you. In addition, Ma is still a bit sloppy on the road. If you need... ..."

"Isn't it just thin noodles, the old man also has them."

Next to Wang Caozhi, who was about to speak, shopkeeper Li stood up not to be outdone, blowing his beard and staring at him, saying, "Small grain merchants are afraid of Shopkeeper Ma, but he is not, and his background does not encourage him much."

"Let the old man's family come first. The magistrate, our long-time lord admires your name, and often says 'Liang Han is a true gentleman'. He has long wanted to write letters and make friends. It's decided, after returning to Hongzhou, I will carry the letter for Master Changshi."

Ouyang Rong put down his teacup, his face showing some surprise: "I didn't expect these grown-ups to miss this little official in the midst of their busy schedules? The little official is really flattered."

"It's the county magistrate who is being humble."

"Master County Magistrate, don't underestimate yourself."

"Let me go first."

"Let me go first! The one surnamed Li will come later."

"You just stepped back a little..."

Afterwards, shopkeeper Ma and shopkeeper Li fought each other, and surrounded Ouyang Rong for a while to flatter him.

A group of small grain merchants with not so big background were left behind by the two and couldn't get in the conversation. They were all aggrieved, but they dared not speak out.

Many small grain merchants suddenly noticed an abnormality, and couldn't help looking sideways at Wang Caozhi. From the moment shopkeeper Ma and shopkeeper Li confronted each other, this shopkeeper Wang Shao fell silent.

The faces of the small grain merchants were a little strange. Logically speaking, the shopkeeper Wang Shao was born in the Wang family of Langya, and he is worthy of the background of the horses and Li. He also has acquaintances with the county magistrate of Ouyang, but now why does he suddenly look like Does it seem like a different person?
Just when Shopkeeper Ma and Shopkeeper Li left the short young man behind and competed with Ouyang Rong for the first place, other grain merchants were also puzzled.

Wang Caozhi suddenly roared:
"Brother-in-law!"

The shopkeeper Wang Shao jumped forward and grabbed Ouyang Rong's hand with both hands, as if grasping the last straw. His eyes were full and he stared affectionately:

"Let me go first! Good brother-in-law!"

"Pfft..." The young county magistrate spat out a mouthful of old tea far away.

"!!!" A certain junior sister in the back hall.

"???" Shopkeeper Ma, Shopkeeper Li and other grain merchants.

The big and small grain merchants were dumbfounded, wondering if they heard it wrong.

Brother-in-law?

Shopkeeper Wang Shao, that's not what you called out on the viewing platform just this morning, and that's not what you said to us...

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