Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 814

Qi Renli has been sighing a lot these past two days, and he even deliberately went to Meng Changqing to sigh.

Meng Changqing was so annoyed by him that he had a headache. "I say, Lord Qi, if all else fails, I'll deposit the six taels from selling the mule into the treasury?"

"My lord, you are too kind. If you were so inclined, you would have saved it long ago." Qi Renli is different from before. He has now learned a skill of speaking in a sarcastic and unsettling way from Meng Changqing.

"Try to look on the bright side, Brother Qi," Meng Changqing said. "Only eight hundred taels have been deposited into the treasury, so there's still money to be made. There's no need to worry so much."

"I'm sighing because I've lost a way to make money, sir. Is our idea of ​​taking money from other people's pockets just not going to work?"

“It won’t be impossible to get through,” Meng Changqing comforted him. “Don’t forget who we are. If we can’t take it, we can always steal it.”

Qi Renli felt a little embarrassed to hear such words spoken openly, "Isn't it... not very nice to steal?"

"Do you want it to look good or do you want money?" Meng Changqing asked him.

"Of course, I want money."

At this point, the constable Ma Laifu ran in from the main gate with a beaming face, excitedly announcing to the two officials, "The money-giver is here! The money-giver is here!"

"My lord, Lord Qi, the three men who bought the mules the day before yesterday have returned!" Ma Laifu ran up to the two men and stopped. "They brought a lot of gifts and said they want to pay their respects to the county magistrate."

"Let them in, but don't bring any gifts. Tie them to the horse or leave them somewhere else, just don't bring them into my county office." Meng Changqing didn't mind doing this kind of overt avoidance of suspicion.

"Yes." Malay immediately went to the door to relay the message.

Soon he brought in the three people he had met the day before yesterday. "My lord," Feng Zi'an said with a smile as he walked in first, remembering his wife's instructions before he came in, "Thank you for acting as our intermediary. We went to see Doctor Hu, who is compassionate and willing to give us a prescription for pills. We came here to thank you."

"Yes," Duran continued, "We are ignorant and did not know that you are upright and honest. We originally wanted to thank you, but we did not expect to cause you trouble."

Meng Changqing waved his hand, "Since you can talk to me like this, don't say such superstitious things. Please sit down."

Meng Changqing and Qi Renli sat on the stone bench.

There was a small round table with four stone benches around it. Qi Renli took one look and thought, "Fine, I'll give up my seat. These people are willing to stand there for half a day as long as they can afford to pay me."

Qi Renli thought so, but with Ma Laifu waiting beside him, how could he let him stand there with him?

He quickly brought out a square stool and placed it behind Meng Changqing, inviting everyone to stand and sit down. Of course, Ma Laifu not only brought a stool but also brought out a tea set.

"Now that you have the prescription for the pills, why did you return to Beishan County? And why do you need to buy mules?" Meng Changqing asked knowingly.

"No, we," Feng Zi'an said with a forced smile, "we want to open a pharmacy in your Beishan County and sell the pills that Doctor Hu gave us. What do you think?"

“Why not?” These were Meng Changqing’s words, and also Qi Renli’s thoughts. It was perfect! Come on over! If you’re going to open a pharmacy in Beishan County, you’ll at least need to rent a shop.

Duran continued to state his demands, "We want to open it on the south side of the city wall."

“Great! You’re very welcome!” Meng Changqing said. “As long as you’re selling genuine pills, the county government will support you no matter what.”

"Thank you so much. With your words of reassurance, we feel much more at ease about our work." Du Lan smiled and added, "We took a look around the area before we came. Although there are people living there, there don't seem to be any shops. I'm thinking of buying a piece of land there and building a shop myself. I wonder if that's feasible?"