People in the county already knew yesterday that County Magistrate Gou wanted to recruit laborers to build a wharf.
Yesterday at noon, County Magistrate Gou asked Yiguan to post a notice in the city and read it to the people of Chongcheng County, telling them that he would be conscripting laborers to build the wharf. This conscription was different from the previous ones, as the county government would provide meals.
After seeing the notice and hearing the official's words, the people in the county were quite surprised: "They're actually providing meals this time?"
"This must be because of County Magistrate Gou. County Magistrate Gou is a good man."
"Yes, it must be because of Magistrate Gou."
"Don't we already have a wharf in our county? Why do we need to build another one?"
"The current dock is too small. There was a large fleet passing by before, but they couldn't stop to rest."
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In the past, seeing such a notice, the common people would definitely complain a little, but because County Magistrate Gou's reputation is so good now, the people in the county did not complain at all. Instead, they mentioned something else: "The latest story is "County Magistrate Gou punishes Zhang Chouqian". Have you heard it?"
"Listen, listen, this story is really well written!"
"Thanks to the county magistrate, otherwise the county town would be stinking now."
"Yes! Now those dung men are back. They not only empty the toilet but also clean it. How great!"
"Speaking of this story... The eldest son of the Hong family actually wants to marry Zhang Chouqian's daughter... I said that the Hong family is not a good family."
"The Hong family is not a good family, and that Mr. Sun is not a good person either!"
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The story of "County Magistrate Gou Punishes Zhang Chouqian" was written by Li Qingzhi.
He did not deliberately discredit Hong Hui and Mr. Sun, he just wrote down what he learned from Zhu Qian and others truthfully. But even so, it was enough to make the people of Chongcheng County hate these two people.
After a period of time, no one mentioned the affairs of Mr. Sun and Hong Hui, but in the past few days, everyone started to scold these two people again.
The county town was quite lively yesterday because of the conscription of laborers, but the villagers didn't know about it. Yao Yugong and Li Laogen only found out about it after they arrived in the county town and had tea today.
Recently, the story of "County Magistrate Gou Punishes Zhang Chouqian" has been read in the teahouse every day. The two did not come yesterday and were regretting that they missed a part, when they learned about this incident.
Yao Chengong's heart skipped a beat and he felt a little worried.
He is already old, but Yao Zhenfu is in his prime, so their family must have someone.
In the past, because Yao Zhenfu had to go to school, Yao Chengong gritted his teeth and spent money to avoid this job, but now... their family is a little short of money.
In comparison, Li Laogen didn't care much about this matter. After all, it had nothing to do with him.
Li Laogen was heartless. He went to ask someone about the content of "How Magistrate Gou Punishes Zhang Chouqian" that the old gentleman in the teahouse read yesterday. After finding out the truth, he joined others in cursing Hong Hui.
Li Qingzhi had his arm broken by Hong Hui's younger brother!
His son was such a good man, but his arm was broken!
If Li Qingzhi's arm wasn't broken, he could have made a lot of money copying books!
On the other hand, Jin Xiaoye and the others also learned about this matter after they came to Sister Wang.