Yu Yi walked up to Lu Liang and whispered: "Sir, do you want the original cooks and widowers in the county government to go home?"
He is still very tactful. Yesterday he learned that Lu Liang came here with the cook and the widower, so he was thinking about this matter.
Lu Liang shook his head and said, "Please all stay, it's not easy for them to find a job."
In fact, I thought that I might not stay in Youxian for too long, and Lao Xiao and Lao He would definitely follow me.
Yu Yi quickly slapped the rainbow fart and said, "Your Majesty is so considerate to the people, it is really a blessing to us Youxian people..."
Lu Liang just smiled.
Afterwards, the three of them got into the carriage.
Yu Yi sat next to the car door curtain and showed Lao Xiao the way to Sifang Building.
Sifanglou.
It can be regarded as one of the few buildings in Youxian County that can barely get on the stage.
Two floors, entirely made of wood.
The signboard looks quite new.
Lao Xiao stopped the carriage at the door.
Yu Yi took the lead to get out of the carriage, and a boy immediately came up to meet him. He looked like he was in trouble, "Master Yu, you are here."
Yu Yi nodded, looked back at Lu Liang getting out of the car, and then said to the boy: "Has the private room been arranged?"
The boy smiled apologetically and nodded, "What you told us will be done properly."
"My lord please."
Yu Yi turned around and said to Lu Liang.
"The common people have seen the adults."
This young boy was also smart and quickly saluted Lu Liang.
Lu Liang took Lu Fang and walked to the inn.
In such an occasion, it is not appropriate to take Lao Xiao with you.
Go to the private room upstairs.
Yu Mao asked the boy to report the dishes he had ordered, and then asked Lu Liang, "Sir, do you have anything else to add to the student arrangements?"
Lu Liang smiled and shook his head, "Very good."
In fact, it is quite easy to have a master who can handle things.
What's a pity is that Yu Yi may not be willing to sincerely help him.
After a while, it was noon.
Yu Yi stood up and said: "The noble gentry should be arriving soon, students will go down to greet them."
Lu Liang just nodded again.
After he went out, he said to Lu Fang: "No wonder the previous magistrates of Youxian County failed to suppress bandits. It is not easy to deal with these gentry internally and mountain bandits externally."
Lu Fang sneered, "If it was easy, why would Pan Nanzhang transfer you here? Let's wait and see, it will probably be more troublesome than we thought."
He didn't think that the previous magistrates of You County were fools.
All of them are ineffective in suppressing bandits and poor governance, which only shows that the situation in You County is very serious.
Soon, Yu Yi came upstairs with a dozen people.
What made Lu Liang and Lu Fang frown slightly was that there were actually two black-robed martial artists following these wealthy gentry.
The gentry followed Yu Yi into the house, and the two black-robed martial artists were standing on the left and right of the door.
This style is even greater than that of Lu Liang, the county magistrate.
With a smile on his face, Yu Yi turned to the gentry first and said, "Everyone, this is our new lord of You County."
Then he introduced to Lu Liang, "This is President Lu of our Youxian Chamber of Commerce."
President Lu was standing next to him, at the head of all the gentry. He was wearing a blue brocade robe and a hat. He was plump and tall, and he looked quite imposing.
Lu Liang just nodded, "President Lu."
And President Lu just bowed his hands to him and said, "Your Excellency, County Magistrate."
This is...
If he really followed the rules, it would be a bit rude if he didn't have any fame.
arrogant.
This was President Lu's first impression on Lu Liang and Lu Fang.
Immediately afterwards, Yu Yi introduced the remaining gentry.
All of them are members of the Youxian Chamber of Commerce.
Lu Fang found it a bit funny.
Even Ningyuan doesn't have a chamber of commerce. I didn't expect that a place like You County would have a chamber of commerce.
But this also shows that these wealthy gentry in You County are all in a group.
No wonder it's troublesome.
The remaining gentry have instilled President Lu's attitude to the end. In front of Lu Liang, they are neither humble nor overbearing, and they only show slight courtesy.
"This is Mr. Lu Fang, the younger brother of our Magistrate Lu. He is also a student of Master Yu."
Finally, Yu Yan introduced Lu Fang.
This actually made President Lu and others couldn't help but look at Lu Fang a few more times.
But I didn’t take it too seriously.
Not to mention whether they knew about Yu Yuanwei's return from official service, even if they didn't, Yu Yuanwei was still far away in Kyoto!
The emperor is far away, so he won't have anything to do with Youxian.
Under Yu Yi's invitation, everyone sat down one after another.
Yu Yi was very meticulous in his work and specially arranged President Lu to be on the left side of Lu Liang. He was on the right side to accompany him.
Obviously, President Lu is the leader of these wealthy gentry in You County.
After finishing, Yu Mi clapped his hands outside and said, "Let's serve the food!"
Someone outside will answer.
President Lu, whose magnanimity was even higher than that of Wang Ye and Xu Zhilou, turned his head to look at Lu Liang and chuckled, "Is County Magistrate Lu coming from Ningyuan?"
This is asking knowingly.
Lu Liang nodded, "Yes. This county was formerly the magistrate of Ningyuan County."
Chairman Lu added: "I heard that County Magistrate Lu was very successful in controlling floods in Ningyuan. Why was he transferred to our You County for no reason?"
Judging from this attitude of speaking, he completely puts himself and Lu Liang in the same position.
Lu Liang chuckled, "The higher ups asked this county to come over and suppress the bandits."
"Good thing, good thing."
Chairman Lu said with a smile: "We in You County have been invaded by bandits for many years, but we have long been looking forward to capable ministers like Magistrate Lu coming to suppress bandits in our area."
The other gentry also laughed.
Lu Liang blinked and said, "This requires a lot of support from everyone. I am new to this county and I am not familiar with the place. I am afraid it will not be easy to suppress the bandits."
"this……"
President Lu hesitated.
Then he showed a bit of bitterness and said: "County Magistrate Lu, it's not that we don't want to help, it's really...we are powerless..."
Lu Liang raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you say this?"
President Lu sighed: "We have suffered greatly from banditry over the years and it has been difficult to do business... Even though we have united to form the Youxian Chamber of Commerce, we are still often robbed by bandits and lose money.
Yes. To tell you the truth, we can’t even sustain our business now. If the county magistrate asks us to contribute, it’s better to say that the money will be..."
"well……"
Some wealthy gentry sighed, "We just hope that Magistrate Lu can successfully suppress the bandits as soon as possible. Otherwise, our business will really be impossible."
have to.
Before Lu Liang said anything, they poured out the bitter water first.
Lu Fang looked on with cold eyes and just sneered in his heart.
Look at the faces of these guys all glowing red, how could it be possible that business is as difficult as they say?
If they were really worried about business, they wouldn't be like this.
I'm afraid these guys are unwilling to suppress the bandits!
I don't know whether it's because they don't want to spend money or work, or because they are afraid of bandits.