The best county magistrate

On the third day of May, the scorching sun was high.

Ma Fugui, a well-known wealthy businessman in Qingzhou, brought a team of carriages and horses from Linjiang City to Qingshui County.

The Ma family's business spans all over Kyushu, and they are a famous grain merchant in Dayan. Naturally, they also have salt.

Ma Fugui was the first businessman to get the news and came to Qingshui County to collect salt, and he received great attention from Yang Xuanchen.

From the moment the convoy entered the city gate, news continued to spread back to the Yamen.

"Sir, Ma Fugui is making a fuss at the city gate right now!"

Zhang Biao drank some water and shouted with his loud voice.

"Why is he making such a fuss? Are you not serving him well?" Yang Xuanchen asked.

"What else is there to make a fuss about? The county is building roads these days, and his carriage can no longer run. He is cursing!"

Yang Xuanchen laughed, "Isn't there a parking lot? Let him park the carriage there."

"By the way, send someone to Liujia Village to call Liu Si here, then go to Youpeng Pavilion to book a table, and tell them that I will treat them to a drink in the evening."

Zhang Biao went out after receiving the order. Yang Xuanchen looked at the direction of the city gate and thought about the evening's events in his mind.

Ma Fugui, who came to Qingshui County for the first time, was very tired now. After a bumpy journey, he finally entered the city and encountered road construction again.

The horse-drawn carriage was not available, so we had no choice but to walk.

After not walking many steps, he saw a group of people gathered in front of a white wall, and a scholar was talking nonsense beside the wall.

Out of curiosity, he approached with a few of his men.

"Folks, come! Follow me and say, everyone is responsible for a beautiful environment, and improving the sanitary environment starts with me."

The scholar pointed to the words on the wall and taught the people word by word.

"This is the concept that the master asked me to instill in everyone. The streets in Qingshui County used to be too smelly."

"The sanitary environment is really bad. Look at the past half month, do you feel that the air in the county has improved a lot?"

The people chirped in response, "You've been saying this for almost half a month. We all understand. Please tell me when the lottery will be drawn?"

"I've pinched three or four of these lottery tickets, and I'm still looking forward to two taels of silver!"

"Yeah yeah!"

The scholar wiped the sweat from his forehead and secretly spat, you guys are just talking about money.

"Today, the lottery will be held at the square in front of Shenshi County Yamen!"

The people got the answers they wanted and dispersed with a crash.

Ma Fugui looked at the red letters on the wall and curled his lips, "Interesting. No wonder Qingshui County is not as stinky as other places. It turns out that the education work is done so well."

"It seems that Qingshui County Magistrate Yang Xuanchen is a capable official."

He did not lower his voice, and all the scholars beside the wall listened, "This man is right, our master may be pregnant."

Ma Fugui didn't answer and coughed a few times. The scholar frowned slightly and was about to step forward to remind him.

He~tui, a mouthful of thick phlegm fell to the ground.

An old lady wearing a red armband quickly ran to Ma Fugui.

"Spitting anywhere will result in a fine of five cents!"

Ma Fugui looked confused and was fined five cents for spitting?

He looked at the old lady with her hands outstretched and an angry expression in disbelief, "Old man, why don't you just spit out a mouthful of phlegm? As for the fine of five cents?"

"These are the rules set by our master. Do you understand the seven-step rule?"

The old lady pulled the scholar over and said, "You tell me!"

The scholar smiled shyly, "Sir, the so-called seven-step rule is not to spit or litter..."

After some explanations from the scholar and the old lady, Ma Fugui paid the fine, turned red, and left angrily.

Not long after, he suddenly felt urgent again and was ready to find a corner to release his full bladder.

When I walked to a corner, I was about to loosen my belt and take out Xiaofugui, but I was attracted by the scene in front of me.

I saw two lines of people queuing in front of a low house, and a commoner paid a penny in exchange for a piece of white paper with writing on it.

Not long after, the man came out of the low room again, with relief written all over his face.

Ma Fugui had no desire to urinate for a moment, and his businessman nature made him feel that he had to investigate.

Walking to the house, he took out a penny and stuffed it into the hand of the yamen servant, then stepped in and wanted to go in.

A commoner made him stagger, "What are you doing? Is it moral to queue up behind me?"

Seeing that Ma Fugui wanted to jump in line, several other people also shouted, "Get behind you, you idiot."

Ma Fugui glared angrily. No one in Linjiang City knew Ma Fugui. Why did he have to queue up in Qingshui County to get into the room and find out.

However, seeing that there were still three or four people in the women's queue, he was not in a hurry and stood behind the last woman.

At this time, everyone cast strange looks at him.

The yamen officer walked over to him and said, "Hey, you're here to take a dump, right?"

The yamen officer pointed to the team of all men and said, "Get in line over there."

"Didn't you see the writing on the wall? Male, female, are you illiterate?"

"Our latrine is divided into men and women. Men stand on the left and women stand on the right. Shemales... Bah."

Ma Fugui was confused again, "This...is this a latrine?"

"Hey, isn't it the latrine or something? Get in line." The yamen servant said angrily.

"You have to pay to go to the latrine? What kind of truth is this?" Ma Fugui was anxious.

The yamen servant didn't take it seriously and actually smiled, "Of course you don't have to pay to go to the latrine, but this is our lottery for going to the latrine. If you pay a penny for a visit to the latrine, you can exchange it for a lottery ticket."

"The lottery will be drawn today. If the words on the lottery ticket match the words that Master drew, the grand prize will be two taels of silver."

If I blanch it, can I still get money when I go to the latrine?

Ma Fugui immediately took out ten coins and said, "Here are ten!"

The yamen servant chuckled and said, "Sorry, each person is limited to one ticket at a time. If you want to get more tickets, just go to the hut a few times."

“There is a hut every few hundred steps in our county!”

Ma Fugui turned around and shouted to his men: "You guys all come and line up, I'll join in too."

After he got a few lottery tickets, he happily walked towards the Qingshui County Government Office.

There was still some time before the lottery draw, and the square in front of the county government office was already crowded with people waiting for the lottery draw.

A high platform with a height of one person was set up in the center of the square. Wei Junzhi held a loud voice and vigorously read out the declaration that everyone is responsible for protecting the environment.

"Master, stop inking, hurry up and draw the prize!"

"Yes, yes, I have so many lottery tickets in my hand, I will definitely win the jackpot."

"Damn it, if you don't draw the prize, I'm going to tear this whole thing down for you."

Wei Junzhi was stunned and stopped reading the seven-step guideline that was halfway through.

"Since everyone is so anxious, let's start the lottery now."

A yamen servant brought a big red box filled with red pieces of paper with black characters printed on it.

"Come on, come on, folks, pay attention, the lottery has begun."

Wei Junzhi took out a piece of paper from the box, spread it out, and showed it to the people in the audience.

"The moonlight shines in front of the bed!"

"Folks, if the lottery tickets in your hands can light up the moonlight in front of your bed, please come to the stage to receive your prize!"

The people looked at the lottery tickets in their hands and wailed.

"I blanch, but I missed!"

"I didn't hit it either, Ergouzi, did you hit it?"

"I got a chicken feather, and I didn't get one either!"

Ma Fugui reacted and quickly compared the seven or eight lottery tickets in his hand.

"Front, month, bed..."

"Hey, I'm blanch, I'm hit! I'm hit!"

Ma Fugui excitedly held up the lottery ticket and shouted that he had won the prize!

Wei Junzhi glanced in Ma Fugui's direction, raised his voice to his mouth, and shouted with his fiery voice.

"Someone has won the lottery! Please invite this lucky guy!"

After Ma Fugui came on stage, Wei Junzhi whispered a few words in his ear.

He nodded and understood what Wei Junzhi meant, then picked up the loudspeaker and said, "First of all, I am very grateful to our county magistrate."

"I also want to thank my family..."

The people screamed, no one wanted to listen to his nonsense, everyone tore up the lottery tickets and prepared to throw them away.

The eyes of dozens of old men and women wearing red armbands were all red. For five cents each, no one could escape!