Rich and powerful

The old village chief yelled from a long distance, causing the villagers who were still working to stretch their heads to watch.

Lin Yun opened the door and asked, "Who's here? Don't be so excited!"

"Yes...the government sent someone here! Said it was a reward for Mr. Lin!"

Hearing that it was a reward, people from the village rushed out.

Even Zheng Li, who was about to leave, came over.

A smile appeared at the corner of Lin Yun's mouth. He had already guessed that it must be after Yucheng Mansion got the news that Qiu Guangri made such a move on purpose.

"Go, go and see!!"

Lin Yun walked out first, and everyone immediately followed.

The old village chief stopped the villagers who wanted to follow, and said, "Why are you following? Go back to work!"

"Old village chief, let us go and see the excitement!"

The villagers usually like to get together and chat, but now they are busy making black powder raw materials every day, and they have long felt uncomfortable.

"No! Don't make trouble just after a few days of good life!"

Hearing what the old village chief said, everyone went back to their homes reluctantly.

Here, Lin Yun and Zheng Li have arrived at the entrance of the village.

But Lin Wuyue and the three daughters had been waiting for a long time.

I saw a group of more than 30 officers and soldiers standing in line at the entrance of the village. In front of them was a red sedan chair and a fat man with a white face sitting on a white horse. Beautiful lady.

However, when he saw Lin Yun approaching, he immediately regained his seriousness, coughed lightly, and said, "Is your son Lin Yun?"

"Exactly! I don't know how to call the official?"

"My official is Ma Ji, the Chief Internal Affairs Officer of Yucheng Mansion! Mr. Fu Yin learned that Young Master Lin had made great achievements in suppressing the bandits last night and protected the safety of the people in Niubei Village. He specially rewarded him with 200 taels of silver and ten dans of rice!"

On the side, the old village chief and Zheng Li were taken aback, they did not expect to be rewarded.

On the contrary, it was Lin Yun's three wives who seemed to be smiling, but actually slandered, accusing Yucheng Mansion of being stingy.

After all, Lin Yun sent 200 taels of silver that day, and this time he sent it back intact. Ten loads of rice seems to be a lot, but Niubei Village has more than 500 people, so this amount of rice is just a drop in the bucket.

Lin Yun immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Mr. Fu Yin!!"

Lin Yun understood that what Qiu Guangri did seemed to be a deliberate response to his previous goose feather gift from thousands of miles away.

The 200 taels are returned in full, telling myself that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.

The ten loads of rice were also given to Lin Yun personally by Qiu Guangri.

At least from Qiu Guangri's point of view, he would not be sympathetic to the people's feelings at all.

Therefore, combining these two gifts, Lin Yun knew that Qiu Guangri wanted to befriend him.

"Boss Ma please hurry up! It's more than 500 miles from Yucheng to my Niubei Village, please go into the house and rest!"

Ma Ji had already heard about Lin Yun's glorious deeds, especially when he learned that Qiu Guangri wanted to make friends with Lin Yun, how could he dare to take advantage of this, and quickly said politely: "No need! Mr. Lin has a lot of things to do every day, and he must be busy with business. Don't bother me!"

"However, there is a sentence that Mr. Fu Yin asked me to tell Mr. Lin!"

Lin Yun's eyes lit up, and he understood that the topic was coming.

Said: "I also ask Mr. Ma to express it!"

"Master Fu Yin said that Mr. Lin loves the people like a son, and guarding the Niubei Mountain for him is really meritorious! Therefore, I want to invite Mr. Lin to the mansion tomorrow, and my lord will hold a celebration banquet for you!"

Lin Yun was secretly happy, but in order to express the truth, he still evaded and said: "Caomin is the lord of Niubei Village, and protecting the safety of the villagers is the most basic thing. I dare not let adults celebrate for me!"

"Hey... Mr. Lin, don't be modest! Don't embarrass the lower officials! Otherwise, you won't be able to go back to work!"

Ma Ji secretly scolded Lin Yun for his hypocrisy, but he smiled brightly, almost grinning to the ears.

Just listening to Lin Yun's words, he realized that this concubine from the Lin family was not simple, capable of both civil and military affairs, and he was afraid that he would gain the favor of his own adults in the future
Lin Yun made a gesture, but finally agreed.

"Okay then! Since Mr. Fu Yin's kindness is hard to turn down, then the grass-roots people would rather be respectful than obedient!"

After the words fell, he bowed again.

Ma Ji nodded, rode away, and a large number of government soldiers followed immediately.

Only the bright red sedan chair remained where it was, with ten loads of rice and 200 taels of silver in it.

At this time, the three women immediately stepped forward.

Wu Na smiled and said, "Ms. Xiang is really good at predicting things! Then Qiu Guangri really sent someone here!"

Ye Wanqing praised: "Yes! However, this old thing is really stingy. With our silver as a reward, ten loads of rice is not enough for Niubei Village!"

Lin Yun let out a long sigh, and said, "Don't be dissatisfied! When have you ever seen the governor of Yucheng give gifts to others?"

Everyone looked at each other.

This is really the first time you have encountered this kind of thing.

Lin Yun turned to look at the old village chief and said, "Village chief, I will trouble you to distribute the ten loads of rice to the villagers!"

"Don't! Mr. Lin has done so much for my Niubei Village, you can keep these ten loads of rice for yourself! Everyone has surplus food at home now, so it's not bad!"

The old village chief also knew how to behave. They depended entirely on Lin Yun to live a good life. They could not reciprocate, and they could only say a few nice words.

But in fact, from Lin Yun's point of view, Niubei Village has been making contributions to itself, producing a large amount of black powder, which will definitely have a great effect in the near future.

It's just that the old village chief's realm is too low to realize it at all.

Lin Yun had no choice but to look at Zheng Li and said, "In this case, store these ten dan rice in the cellar as a grain reserve!"

As the head of the entire Niubei village, he naturally has to see the overall situation. Grain storage is equally important. No one knows what will happen in the future, so he has to prepare in advance and know what to do.

"it is good!!"

Zheng Li immediately ordered his men to go down to carry the rice on the sedan chair.

The last soldier sent 200 taels of silver, but Lin Yun didn't pick it up, and said in a deep voice, "Zheng Li, you should immediately go after Ma Ji, the head of internal affairs, no matter what, give him the 200 taels of silver! Don't be seen by anyone, give it to him alone! Just say it's my heart!"

Zheng Li quickly took the silver, got on his horse and left.

Wu Na frowned and said, "Sir, it's fine if you send the governor of Yucheng Mansion, why do you want to curry favor with a chief of internal affairs? The chief of internal affairs in Yucheng Mansion is only a fifth-rank official, not to mention grabbing a lot of such roles." , it’s nothing special!”

Lin Yun shook his head helplessly and said, "Wanqing, explain to her!"

Ye Wanqing smiled and said, "Third Sister, haven't you heard a word? Tell the King of Hades to make trouble for the little devil!"

Wu Na looked confused, and said: "Hmph, I've never heard of it! We barbarians have never had so many vigilances. You Donglu people are too cunning!"

Lin Wuyue chuckled, she was a relatively simple Donglu woman, but she also understood this truth, and Wu Na was not stupid, but her personality and the environment she lived in since she was a child made her too lazy to think about these human relationships.