Parents are busy farming

After they entered the room, they gathered in the direction of Ye Zifen in perfect agreement.

Due to Pang Chao's status as the president of the Chamber of Commerce, he had to stay with the county government officials.

It wasn't until all the chairs were filled that Pang Chao said to Magistrate Su with a smile on his face: "My lord, magistrate, now everyone from the Chamber of Commerce is here. I wonder why your lord summoned us here today? "

As the president of the Chamber of Commerce, he naturally had to be the first to speak.

Magistrate Su gently placed the tea cup aside, then with a warm smile on his face, he said slowly: "I invite you to come to the Chamber of Commerce today. I have a few important things to discuss with you. I hope you can speak freely. "

After saying that, he turned his eyes slightly and landed on Master Liu, gesturing for him to speak.

In fact, today's matter has already been discussed among several county officials, and they know the specific content well.

The reason why Chief Liu was allowed to speak first was because most of what he needed to express was words of gratitude, while another official would be responsible for actually making requests.

This division of labor is clear and everyone performs his or her duties.

Master Liu has a gentle personality and is shrewd and capable. He never tries to be in the limelight, but no one dares to ignore his existence.

In addition, he is also the father-in-law of the president of the Chamber of Commerce, so everyone will give him a bit of a thumbs-down.

Chief Liu said with a smile on his face: "Hahaha! Today all the ditches in our county have been dug, and the reservoirs are also being dug intensively. All the funds spent are provided by the Chamber of Commerce. The county government is here. On behalf of the people of the county, I would like to thank you all for your generous donation. You are all businessmen with great righteousness, and I deeply admire you!”

After saying this, he stood up and bowed deeply to everyone.

This is clearly to tell the Chamber of Commerce where the money they took out is going, thereby increasing the significance of their action of giving money, and at the same time giving them a high hat full of justice.

Ye Zifen couldn't help but fell into deep thought. What did he mean by saying this? Could it be that the money has been used up and they need to continue to take money out?

But Magistrate Su never told her about the shortage of funds! In terms of food, their county should still have enough.

Could it be that something happened again? She was doubtful and turned to look at Pang Chao. Pang Chao happened to glance at her and nodded lightly when he saw her serious and focused expression.

Pang Chao knew in his heart that she hoped that he could keep up with her pace.

Zi Zifen is not short of money now, but money has its planned use, and the money she can use is not very much, so she must use the existing funds carefully.

Pang Chao's current situation is also without profit and income, and he can only barely maintain the current equilibrium state of no entry or exit.

If the amount of money to be taken out is small, then it is okay and he can accept it directly; but if he needs to take out too much money, then his vitality will be seriously damaged.

Not to mention other businessmen, under the current situation, everyone is in the same difficult situation.

There are many thoughts in my mind, but this only happens in a moment.

Everyone in the room, except for the people from the county government, stood up and returned the courtesy.

Ye Zifen was not immune to the custom, and along with everyone, she raised her hands in gesture.

After Master Liu took his seat again, he turned his attention to Magistrate Su.

Magistrate Su turned his head to look at Liu Dianshi and nodded slightly to indicate for him to continue speaking.

At this time, Liu Dianshi looked solemn. After all, as an official responsible for forceful suppression, he naturally exuded an aura of calmness and authority.

He looked stern and spoke slowly: "The gang of thugs who broke into the county and robbed shops a few days ago have been captured and imprisoned to serve their sentences. However, the losses to the robbed shops are irrecoverable. Our county government does not have special funds for such matters.”

After hearing what he said, Ye Zifen couldn't help but secretly think that these words were just a rogue move.

In short, although the person is caught, the things cannot be recovered. The county government is not responsible for compensation, and all consequences are borne by you.

Only two of the shops that were robbed were members of the Chamber of Commerce, and the rest were small shops.

For these two shops, although they had expected this situation, they still felt as if they had been poured a bucket of ice water on their heads, and they felt aggrieved.

Who would have expected that something like this would happen at this time? I originally expected to earn more profits as the new year approaches, but the ending is...

No matter how angry they were, they had nothing to do and did not even dare to confront the county government.

After all, the situation in their county was one of the best in the entire Great Xia Dynasty.

As businessmen, they still know this information.

They were silent, but Ye Zifen said: "Although the thief has been captured, I think the county government still needs to be more vigilant. If such incidents happen frequently again, will we not even dare to purchase goods? I wonder what will happen? What do you think of this?"

No one in the county government expected that she would be the first to speak!

It was like a stone was suddenly thrown into the calm lake, causing ripples in an instant!

After Pang Chao was named, he immediately followed Ye Zifen's words and said: "This is exactly the reason! The reason why you chose to join the Chamber of Commerce is not just because you think that if you encounter any unexpected situation one day, you can get help from the county government. With the blessings of both sides of the Chamber of Commerce! Now that something has happened, shouldn’t we discuss how to help them overcome the current difficulties?”

These words are like morning bells and evening drums, deafening and enlightening! The eyes of the two people immediately lit up, and they looked at everyone present with hope.

However, before everyone could start discussing the matter, Liu Dianshi had already taken the initiative and said: "As for how the Chamber of Commerce should handle this matter, we can discuss it later. There is another more important matter that needs to be resolved. , I believe you all know that the border has just carried out military recruitment. Many people who went to apply did not bring enough winter clothes, and the situation this year is particularly special, so the imperial court issued an order for our county to prepare a batch of supplies for the border officers. Clothes for winter.”

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There was a dead silence in the whole room. You could hear a pin drop. No one spoke. Everyone looked at each other, as if they were waiting for each other to speak first.

Ye Zifen was also shocked. She had not expected that this would happen. It seemed that the Yamen still wanted money when they came here this time, but we had to wait and see how much it would cost and how it would be done.