Chapter 48: Magistrate Ouyang loves the people like a son (second update, please subscribe)
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The government officials from the third shift and the sixth ward in Longcheng County acted very quickly today.
Under the leadership of the resolute and resolute Yan Captou, several major grain storage warehouses near Penglangdu Pier had been cordoned off before lunch time.
If he said that he had not rehearsed beforehand, Wang Caozhi, shopkeeper Ma, shopkeeper Li and other grain merchants would not believe it.
Luming Street, Longcheng County Government Office.
The newly renovated county government hall 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 were all sitting in the hall.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Behind the public case table, Ouyang Rong, dressed in a green official uniform with a silver belt, looked dignified and upright. In front of a group of grain merchants, he scolded Yan Wuxie, who had returned to life. He slapped the table and said:
"It is absolutely impossible for our county warehouse to have the greedy food of Jimin warehouse! It is related to a major court case, you are a little detective, don't lie easily! Be careful, you can't catch a good businessman by mistake."
Yan Liulang raised his hand with a grimace:
"But in the Ming Dynasty, our county has 230,000 shi of grain in the dock warehouse alone, which is almost equal to the deficit of Jimin Warehouse. It's hard not to think this way."
"Handling cases is not random handling, and conjecture is not fantasy!"
Faced with such a stubborn subordinate, the young county magistrate was very angry. There was a bang on the table. The eyelids of Wang Caozhi and others below jumped with the pen holder on the table. Ouyang Rong, full of righteousness, pointed at everyone in the lobby.
Asked rhetorically:
"I can make a reasonable guess. Couldn't it be possible that my friends came to Dragon City to watch the dragon boat race and brought it to me?"
Yan Liulang's face was full of confusion: "Why are you bringing so much food to watch the dragon boat race?"
The young county magistrate who glared at Yan Liulang hesitated, let out a light sigh, and muttered: "It seems so..."
He turned his head, full of curiosity, and humbly asked Wang Caozhi and others in the lobby:
"Dear friends, why do you think a dragon boat race brought so much food here? Could it be...making rice dumplings and throwing them into the river...Qu Yuan and the fish couldn't eat so much."
"..." There were a lot of grain merchants in the lobby.
Realizing that all the friends and businessmen around him were looking over him, Wang Caozhi licked his dry lips and said bravely:
"The peasants are here to sell...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 shouldn't say loudly when doing business."
He persuaded Captain Yan who looked dissatisfied:
"What's wrong with everyone coming here to do regular business? Maybe the rice in the salty rice dumplings we eat today was brought by Brother Cao and the others. They just want to bring food here to feed everyone. What do you think?
What could be wrong?
"Besides, which of the Dazhou laws prohibits merchants from buying and selling? As long as they pay taxes according to law, that's enough.
"correct."
Ouyang Rong asked again: "You are selling grain in Dongshi, have you paid taxes?"
"Hand it over, hand it over, 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 with satisfaction, clapped his hands on the table and concluded:
"Okay, if you have nothing to do, just retreat. We are all good people and good businessmen who come to do legal business. They cannot be tainted out of thin air. Our Longcheng County has free business and clear government. It is by no means a place outside the law. We cannot copy casually."
People’s property.”
Ouyang Rong shook his head and sighed:
"Captain Yan, please reflect carefully when you get back. Your habit of ransacking homes needs to change! You think about flipping tables every day. We are a county government, not a gangster den. We serve the good businessmen of the people."
Liu Ziwen and the other twelve rural gentry and wealthy men who were sitting silently at the back of the lobby couldn't help but twitch when they heard these words.
Yan Liulang lowered his head and said, "I understand, Mingfu."
Ouyang Rong turned his head, switched back to the amiable parent-official mode, and said warmly to the good businessmen and gentry in the lobby:
"Now that you've withdrawn, you can all go back. You can sell the grain as you like, no problem. As long as the legal transactions within the county are protected by the county government, if any of the urban management officials who supervise the city embarrass you or blackmail you, you can come over immediately and talk to you.
I said, I will make the decision for you, and I will not spare these brats!"
There was silence in the lobby. Everyone looked at the young magistrate's face secretly or openly, and no one dared to leave.
In the back hall, a certain junior sister was leaning against the door and eavesdropping on the drama going on in the lobby. She was covering her mouth with her slender hands, shaking her shoulders and enjoying herself.
But the beauty didn't know that she had a thin neck, thin shoulders, and slender arms, and the fruit was hanging on thin branches. With this smile, the fruit was about to fall off.
Fortunately, a parent who loves his people like his own children was doing so and didn't see it. Otherwise, all the merit he planned to exchange for new blessings would have been lost.
The lobby ahead was quiet for a while.
Finally, Liu Ziwen stood up first, said goodbye and left. The other twelve Longcheng squires got off their stools and respectfully saluted Ouyang Rong above them to say goodbye.
Judging from the faces of these squires, they seemed to be relieved. They probably thought they would have to peel off their skin before going out to the county government office. But in the end, nothing happened. The county magistrate did not take the opportunity to confuse right and wrong and seize the grain.
, instead let each family continue to sell their food...
Many squires had a greatly changed impression of Ouyang Rong.
Liu Ziwen was the first to walk out of the yamen and enter the carriage. He turned around and said something to Liu Zian who stepped forward to greet him with a curious look on his face:
"No need to look, there are sheep inside."
In the carriage slowly driving away on Luming Street, the young head of the Liu family looked a little gloomy.
The "grain price bureau" in front of them was not set up by Ouyang Lianghan for them. What Ouyang Lianghan was eating this time should be fat sheep abducted from outside, and they looked very gentle and elegant.
In this game, the Liu family seemed to have suffered no losses, but if you think about it carefully, they have suffered a lot.
Because Liu Ziwen, who had been in Longcheng County for many years, felt for the first time that the situation was vaguely out of his control.
It's just like Longcheng County is a table. The Liu family has occupied the poker table alone for many years. He can shake this table with just a shake of his legs. He can shake it as much as he wants, but suddenly a man with a weak smile walks over from the empty seat opposite.
The young scholar sat down without permission. He even stretched out a hand to hold the table steady and was not allowed to shake his legs casually.
Liu Ziwen, who had been waiting for a sword for twelve years, did not like this feeling.
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"Um, let's talk first. Our county government doesn't care about lunch. I have 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 yet? Go back and continue selling food."
All the grain merchants looked at each other, no one moved, like honest sheep.
"Oh, that means you still have something to say, right?"
Ouyang Rong immediately walked off the stage enthusiastically and spread his right palm:
"Okay, I'm a guest from afar, please take a seat."
Wang Caozhi's right eyelid twitched when he heard these familiar words.
A group of grain merchants sat down one after another under the recommendation 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 a chair opposite the grain merchants and smiled at them.
Perhaps after looking at the young county magistrate for a long time, he felt that the young county magistrate was indeed very amiable. This time it was shopkeeper Li who tried to speak:
"Lord County Magistrate... In addition to selling grain in Longcheng County, can we transport the grain to other places for sale?"
Ouyang Rong, who was so breathtaking just a second ago, suddenly turned serious:
"Selling grain in another place? What, is it that we Longcheng people are not enthusiastic enough, or our Longcheng County Government is not fair enough?"
"No, no, no." Shopkeeper Li couldn't laugh or cry, and quickly waved his hand to explain: "The people in your county are very enthusiastic, and your government is also very fair."
Ouyang Rong nodded melancholy: "Oh, that means I, the magistrate of Longcheng County, have neglected everyone. How about I knock on the spot a few times..."
"This is not the case, even more so," the old grain merchant with the goatee became even more anxious. He did not dare 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 time."
"Then why do you want to transport the grain away? First of all, let me explain, it is definitely not not to prevent you from transporting it. The main reason is to know the reason so that I can improve my future work."
Ouyang Rong sighed, shopkeeper Li and others looked hesitant.
Behind the door of the back hall, Xie Lingjiang, who had finally suppressed his laughter, let out another "puff" and buried his head in his chest.
She hasn't smiled so happily for a long time since she entered the academy... Mainly because her senior brother is too evil-minded.
Only now did Xie Lingjiang realize that it turns out that men are quite interesting when they are not serious... Well, in short, when senior brother is not serious, he is more serious than being serious.
Only this time, Xie Lingjiang's laughter didn't have time to cover it up with his hands, and a little silvery laughter faintly spread to the lobby in front, making the beautiful woman shrink her neck in fear.
In the lobby, the young county magistrate who was sitting upright twitched his lips. Next time, he won’t let his junior sister behind him.
Wang Caozhi, Shopkeeper Ma, Shopkeeper Li and others turned their heads in confusion.
"Ahem, it's okay. I have a kitten. I guess it's hungry... If you have anything to say, please tell me. We'll go have dinner later. The cats waiting for us are all hungry."