Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

The next evening.

Fang Zheng Yi was already preparing to leave the pleasure boat when Li Yuan Zhao grabbed his official robes from behind, refusing to let go.

His face was filled with grief and indignation as he said, "Didn't you say you'd take me to the Wind Flower House to have some fun? I haven't even had any fun yet!"

"Three days! I've been on this boat for three days! Do you know how I've spent these three days?!"

"Every day, I've been helping you deal with those useless official documents! Stamping! Signing!"

"I want to go to the Wind Flower Club and have a blast!"

Fang Zheng Yi looked at Li Yuan Zhao speechlessly.

He had indeed been too busy these past few days, busy eating, busy listening to songs, so tired he could barely function!

In order to train Li Yuan Zhao, he had dumped all the unimportant chores from the yamen on him.

He hadn't expected that at this crucial moment tonight, he would be pestered by this overgrown child, and he couldn't ignore him.

Fang Zheng Yi sighed and said, "Your Highness, no matter how fun or tempting the Wind Flower Club is, it's all fake, not real."

"So, don't be greedy and infatuated!"

"To achieve great aspirations, first set yourself a small goal, like reading five hundred books."

"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving. I'm busy tonight!"

Li Yuan Zhao's eyes widened, and he shouted, "Lao Fang, you've changed!"

"I just want to go out and have some fun. I've heard people on the boat talking about it! The Wind Flower Club has all sorts of romantic stories, it's so exciting!"

"I just want to try it out! So, you go out whoring every day and don't take me? Is that what you call being a brother?"

Who the hell went whoring?

Fang Zheng Yi closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and forced a smile: "Your Highness, we're here to handle official business! Not to whore!"

"I'm not in the mood to listen to any bullshit romantic stories. I just want to make money now!"

"We need to take action! Get the money out of their hands and then use it to help the disaster victims!"

Li Yuan Zhao remorsefully released his grip, and said sheepishly, "Then I'll go tonight too, to broaden my horizons with you."

It seemed that these three days had really stifled him.

Fang Zheng Yi could only nod and agree: "Alright, it's fine if Your Highness wants to go, but don't talk, and don't leave Zhang Biao's side!"

"Okay!"

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Fang Zheng Yi, Li Yuan Zhao, and Zhang Biao rode their horses to the Wind Flower Club.

Li Yuan Zhao dismounted and immediately went inside.

Fang Zheng Yi followed behind him and whispered to Zhang Biao: "I'll say it again, keep an eye on Xiao Li. As long as we're still in Jianjiang, he absolutely cannot leave your side."

"Especially in crowded places! Don't let anything happen to the Prince, understand?"

Hearing this, Zhang Biao looked around: "Prince? Where?"

"It's Xiao Li! You still don't know after all this time?" Fang Zheng Yi looked at him with exasperation.

"What!?" Zhang Biao immediately felt like a thunderbolt had struck him from head to toe. His eyes went straight, and he stood there with his mouth gaping open!

That brain-damaged Li Yuan was the Prince!?!

"Did you hear me! I'm talking to you!" Seeing that he didn't react, Fang Zheng Yi added another sentence.

Coming back to his senses, Zhang Biao swallowed and leaned close to Fang Zheng Yi's ear, whispering: "Master, how about we... rebel...?"

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"You shut your mouth! If you say that kind of nonsense again, I'll find someone to slap you!"

Fang Zheng Yi suddenly felt like his heart had been kicked by Zhang Biao, glared at him angrily, and then quickly walked into the Wind Flower Club.

Zhang Biao stood there, scratching his head, muttering, "Can this world still be good...?"

When Fang Zheng Yi entered the Wind Flower House, everyone had already arrived.

Li Yuan Zhao very consciously found a corner where no one was paying attention and sat down obediently.

Under everyone's gaze, Fang Zheng Yi strolled onto the stage, saying, "I'm late, everyone has been waiting, let's start immediately!"

New tricks had been added to the stage.

Many candles were placed around the corners, and small mirrors were placed behind the candles. Someone was standing below, controlling the angle of the mirrors.

Obviously, they wanted to create a simple spotlight effect.

There was also a small table on the stage, with a wooden mallet on it.

The backdrop was still the same as yesterday, covered with red cloth.

When Fang Zheng Yi walked to the table, he immediately waved to the left and right, and two maids came forward to unveil the cloth.

Behind the cloth was a city map that had been enlarged many times.

"I won't waste everyone's time! Let's get straight to the point!"

"Everyone, please look, this map is a map of Jianjiang City. The project to be auctioned today is on this map!"

"The rules are very simple. You will each receive a numbered paddle, and each bid will increase by one hundred taels!"

After speaking, he actually pulled out a slender stick from under the table and pointed to the street in the middle of the map!

As Fang Zheng Yi pointed, the maids below quickly adjusted the small mirrors to illuminate the area of the street being pointed to.

"The first project to be auctioned is the main street of Jianjiang City. The content of the project is to completely renovate this road!"

The audience was immediately silent, and everyone looked at the map in confusion.

Sun Jia Cheng silently raised his paddle and shouted, "One thousand taels!"

Wang Qi Xun glared at Sun Jia Cheng and also raised his paddle, shouting, "I bid one thousand one hundred taels!"

"I bid one thousand two."

"I bid one thousand three!"

"......."

The others looked at the two with long faces. Are you two sick or something? Did you burn your brains out with too much money?!

Wasn't it supposed to be a tender? How did it become an auction!?

Oh! I pay money and manpower to build the road! And I still have to give you money!

The idea is completely absurd! Is your appetite that big, Fang Zheng Yi? There's no way to bully people like this!

Finally, someone couldn't help it and stood up, shouting loudly: "Lord Fang! Wasn't it agreed that it would be a tender offer! Why has it become an auction again!"

"There's no reason to pay your own money to help the government build roads and still give the government money!"

"That's right! Exactly, there's no such reason in the world!"

"Lord Fang, you must have made a mistake!"

Fang Zheng Yi glanced at him and said calmly, "Sit down, please sit down."

"Everyone, please be patient! Let me explain it to you properly."

Then, he smiled slightly and tapped the map with the small stick.

"That's right, it's an auction. There's never been any tender offer, and I never said anything about a tender offer, did I? It's always been an auction!"

The audience below looked at Fang Zheng Yi, their chests heaving.

Their eyes were practically tearing him apart.

This guy is definitely not a good person. It seems that they won't be able to leave today without leaving something behind.

"Of course! Everyone is a great merchant! Since it's an auction, it must be worth the price!"

"We can't let everyone make money, but at the very least, we definitely shouldn't let everyone lose money."

"The road must be repaired, and you must give the money."

"However... I guarantee that the things attached to the qualification to contract the road repair are definitely worth more than the price!"

The eyes of the crowd lit up again .......

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