"What? Meet the county master?"

My uncle opened his mouth wide and was stunned for a moment.

For small businessmen like them, the county magistrate is very high and mighty, and it is difficult to meet him even once. Lin Dong actually said that he wanted to pay a visit to the county magistrate. Is this boy crazy?

Seeing the astonishment on his face, Lin Dong sneered secretly in his heart and said: "I don't know what I know. My nephew just won a scholarship not long ago. He is also the disciple of the county prince. It should be okay for my nephew to pay a visit to the county prince."

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"Xiucai?" The man finally came to his senses. His gloomy expression disappeared in an instant, and he replaced it with a friendly expression: "It turns out that my nephew has already been selected as a scholar. At his age, I think it will not be a problem to win a scholarship in the future. Come on.

Come on, sit down first and ask your aunt to cook two side dishes, and we will chat while eating..."

"Yue'e, hurry up, hurry up and cook two delicious dishes. It's rare for my nephew to come to the house. Why don't you have any taste?"

Lin Dong was stunned. Didn't this young man's face change too quickly?

"Thank you very much, nephew." Lin Dong was also polite. Such people are the most stingy. He changes his attitude so quickly. Doesn't he want to wait until he becomes a high official in the future so that he can take care of him?

Lin Dong didn't say anything, just thanked him and started chatting with the man.

"Why don't you go quickly? I haven't seen my nephew walking such a long way. Are you already hungry?" Seeing that his wife was stunned and didn't move, my uncle roared loudly.

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away..." Lin Yuee was yelled at by him before she realized what she was doing. She thought she was used to being scolded in the past, so she didn't dare to say anything, so she lowered her head and headed towards the kitchen at the back.

"It seems that my aunt is not living well in this family..."

"Dad, I heard that there are guests at home?" At this moment, a girl's voice came over, and then an eight or nine-year-old girl was seen jumping in from the outside, with a baby in her mouth.

Tanghulu, his speech was also slurred.

"Ling'er, you went out to do mischief again..." When the girl came in, the man said with a look of disgust.

The girl ignored him, looked around Lin Dong, and then said with a smile: "You are not the guest that Zhang Ma said!"

"Hey, why does this guy look a bit like my mother?" the girl asked naughtily.

"Don't be ridiculous. He is your cousin. If you have nothing to do, don't go crazy. Like your cousin, he was awarded the title of scholar when he was just over ten years old. He may have a bright future in the future." The man said with a hint of sourness in his tone.

"Cousin? Why haven't I seen him before?" the girl looked at Lin Dong curiously and asked.

"His name is..." The man wanted to introduce Lin Dong, but suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to know his nephew's name, and immediately coughed awkwardly and said, "I don't know what my nephew's name is."

"Lin Dong."

"Yes, Lin Dong, he is a relative of your mother's family. It's not surprising that you haven't seen him before. Okay, go back to your room quickly. Don't be embarrassed here." The man thought that Lin Dong had become a scholar at such a young age.

I was very unhappy, and since I had no son, I immediately directed all my anger at the girl.

The girl stuck out her tongue, made a face at Lin Dong and said, "Brother Lin Dong, I'll come see you later..."

Lin Dong nodded, feeling a fondness for this eccentric girl.

"My dear nephew, come and sit here..." Seeing the girl walking away, the man started chatting with Lin Dong again.

When he heard that Lin Dong went to visit the county magistrate to exterminate the bandits, his expression became a little unnatural, and he thought to himself: "This Lin Dong can't really come to me to borrow money? After all, he is looking for the county magistrate."

It's impossible to do things without money. No, I have to find a way to refuse him."

The topic immediately changed to his own business.

The time of burning incense passed quickly, and the two of them talked a lot, ranging from science and technology to business and family.

From the beginning to the end, his uncle has been complaining. In short, it is difficult to do business now, his shop will be closed soon, and there is no way to borrow money.

After all, Lin Dong had been in sales for several years. How could he not understand what his uncle meant, but he just pretended not to understand. After lunch, Lin Dong proposed to buy some gifts for the county magistrate.

Lin Dong's words surprised the man, and he thought to himself that you want to buy something and you are hiding it. Instead of giving money to others, you might as well give it to your uncle and me.

He immediately laughed and said: "My dear nephew, why didn't you tell me earlier that you wanted to buy something? Your uncle owns a grocery store, and I happen to have things to give people as gifts. Why don't you let your uncle choose for you?"

Seeing the change in the man's expression, Lin Dong felt sick in his heart, but in order for his aunt to have a better life in their Ma family in the future, he didn't mind letting his uncle earn some money.

After having lunch, the two of them left the house one after another and walked towards Ma's shop.

In fact, it was not too far from the Ma family's residence to the shop. The two of them arrived at the shop in just one cup of tea.

When I entered the store, I saw that the Ma's store was quite large, with people coming and going, and the business was pretty good. It was definitely not going to close down as my uncle said.

"Uncle, your business is doing well..." Lin Dong praised.

"Small business, small business..." The man scratched his head in embarrassment: "Niece, come this way, all the good things are here..."

Lin Dong nodded, followed the man, and soon came to a small room next to it. There were two rows of shelves with various things on them. It seemed that the quality was indeed better than the ones just now.

Lin Dong chose left and right, and finally selected a set of four treasures of the study.

"How much do these cost?" Lin Dong asked, pointing to the things he picked out.

"My nephew really has a good eye. This set of Four Treasures of the Study is the treasure of my uncle's shop. If it were anyone else, my uncle would never buy it without ten taels of silver. But if my nephew wants it, I will give you a discount. Eight

How about two pieces of silver?"

Lin Dong sneered in his heart, these are the treasures of the store. This set of four treasures of the study is worth at most three taels of silver. He really thought he was a fool, but he didn't expose it, he just scratched his head and took out a piece of silver from his body.

, said embarrassedly: "My nephew didn't bring enough money this time. He only has five taels in his hand. How about I go to other houses to have a look?"

"Five taels? Five taels is just five taels. Who calls you my nephew? Come on, take it..." The man thought in his mind that even if it was five taels, he would still make money. How could he give such a good thing to others?

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He immediately grabbed the silver from Lin Dong's hand, stuffed the thing into Lin Dong's hand and said: "We are all relatives. It doesn't matter whether we have money or not. What is important is that the things are good. Think about it, if you buy some rags

It's shameless to take your stuff to the county magistrate. If the county magistrate is unhappy and doesn't help you, then you'll be in a big loss."

Lin Dong didn't say much, thanked him and walked out of the gate, heading towards the county government office.

In order to facilitate his work, when he came out of the shop, he found a deserted place and put on the scholar's clothes.

Because the Donglin Party controlled public opinion and was influenced by it, the reputation of scholars in the Ming Dynasty was extremely high.

Since there is an advantage to be gained, Lin Dong will not let it go. His status as a scholar was chosen by the county master, which means that he is the county master's favorite disciple.

In his last life, he was in sales. In order to open up the situation, he would find ways to establish some contact with customers even if they were out of reach. Now that he has ready-made resources, how could he let them go unused?

Lin Dong entered the county government office. At this time, the county magistrate Ma Yunlong was studying. He was very happy to see him come in. After the two of them greeted each other, Lin Dong gave him a gift and they sat down separately.

Magistrate Ma, as a county magistrate, although his official status is not high, he has seen a lot of good things. In his eyes, these Four Treasures of the Study sent by Lin Dong are just ordinary things.

I thought that although these gifts were not of high quality, the requirements for children born from middle- and low-income families like Lin Dong should not be too high, so I happily accepted the gifts.

"Why is it you? You just passed the provincial examination and you were not studying hard at home. Why did you come to see me?"

Although Lin Dong is only a scholar, his articles are excellent. Magistrate Ma has read them all. Now he is only sixteen years old, and he may still be able to go to high school in the future. Such a person, Ma Yunlong, will never easily

offend.

Seeing him asking, Lin Dong shouted and knelt down on the ground, shouting: "Old parents, save me..."

"If you have something to say, tell me. If it's within Ma's power, I won't stand idly by." Magistrate Ma was startled by his actions and was greatly surprised. Logically speaking, although the Lin family was not rich, they were not considered poor students either.

, I don’t know what I am asking for.

Naturally, Lin Dong would not miss this great opportunity. He immediately and vividly told the story of how he was seriously injured by bandits on the way home from the provincial examination and almost died. Later, he was besieged by bandits and escaped with a narrow escape.

"I didn't expect the bandits in my Andong County area to be so rampant. It's not bad. My dear nephew, please wait a moment. I will send troops to destroy this group of heartless bandits."

This Ma Yunlong was elected during the Wanli period. He was good at writing and loved to write and write, but he knew nothing about political affairs. Therefore, he rarely interfered in the political affairs of the county government, and was usually handled by the county magistrate Liu Jingzhong.

Lin Dong burst into tears and acted out a painful drama, waiting for these words. Seeing Magistrate Ma promise to send troops, he smiled in his heart: "It's done."

Magistrate Ma was furious. After saying this, he stood up and left the hall, apparently to mobilize his troops.

Magistrate Ma left the main hall and immediately sent someone to call the county magistrate Liu Jingzhong to come over to discuss the matter.

At this time, Liu Jingzhong was holding a woman in his arms in the brothel and groping her body with his hands. When he heard the official calling him, he felt very unhappy.

He immediately asked: "The county magistrate called me, what can I do?"

"I don't know, but before the county magistrate summoned you, a scholar named Lin Dong came to see the county magistrate." The official responded.

"Lin Dong? Let's go back and take a look!" Liu Jingzhong frowned slightly.

Soon, Liu Jingzhong followed the official and walked in.

Magistrate Ma was also unambiguous. He immediately told the story about the rampant bandits in the area, and then ordered: "You should immediately mobilize troops into the mountains to exterminate the bandits."

"Your Majesty, you can't do that." Seeing that Magistrate Ma was about to mobilize troops, Liu Jingzhong hurriedly stepped forward and covered Magistrate Ma's hand.
Chapter completed!