The best ring

"Exceptor Wang, why do you think the Viscount called us here?"

"Who knows? I'm confused right now."

"Could it be related to the death of the new county magistrate?"

"Did you hear the news too?"

"Well, I just learned the news this morning. The previous Magistrate Guo was exiled, and the new Magistrate died on the way. Now in Qingyuan County, this Lord Viscount is the biggest."

"The identity of this Lord Viscount seems to be quite mysterious. A mere Viscount can have a city as a fiefdom. This shows that His Majesty favors him. This banquet can be an opportunity for us to get closer to the Lord Viscount."

"It makes sense. This world is so chaotic. It would be a lot of benefit to have a noble with a background as your backer."

Nearing noon, Wu Mansion had gathered a large number of wealthy businessmen and heads of families in the city. They were all invited. Everyone did not dare to neglect the invitation of Wu Fan, a new rich man in Qingyuan County. After receiving the invitation, they rushed over one after another. feast.

However, no one knew the purpose of Wu Fan recruiting them. When Sun Liang invited them, he did not give a detailed explanation. However, most people held an optimistic attitude and felt that Wu Fan was the newly created viscount after all. The purpose of inviting these local merchants and gentry in Qingyuan County to get together was to get acquainted with each other and get closer to each other. After all, whether the income of the fiefdom was high or not had a huge relationship with them, the local wealthy businessmen.

"The Viscount is here!"

While everyone was talking and communicating with each other, a chorus rang out and everyone quickly silenced their voices. No matter what they thought about Wu Fan, the newly promoted Viscount, they did not want to leave any bad impression during this first official meeting.

"I have met the Viscount." Seeing Wu Fan stepping through the door, everyone saluted.

The people invited by Wu Fan today are all merchants, people from wealthy families in the city, and even some low-level officials. However, the status of these people is obviously lower than that of nobles, especially those businessmen. Even if they are rich, their social status is much lower than that of the nobles.

"You're all here? You're welcome. Sit anywhere and treat yourself as your own home." Wu Fan walked in and said with a smile. His smile was full of kindness, which made some people who were still speculating about Wu Fan's purpose of inviting them here before , I felt a lot more at ease in my heart.

"I invite you all to come to the banquet today. I don't have any other intention. I just want to meet you and get familiar with you. After all, His Majesty gave me this Qingyuan County as a fief. I can't be sure of the situation in the fief. You know nothing, you don’t know anyone, do you think this is true?" Wu Fan said with a faint smile while sitting at the top.

"That's the truth."

"What your Lord Viscount said is absolutely true. We have long wanted to admire His Majesty the Viscount's style. Today we are lucky enough to meet him. His Majesty the Viscount is indeed young and promising."

"It is rare for the Viscount to own a city as a Viscount. This shows that His Majesty has great trust in the Viscount. In the future, we will still need to rely on the Viscount. I hope that the Viscount will take good care of you."

After Wu Fan finished speaking, everyone present agreed.

Wu Fan nodded with satisfaction, still with a smile on his face, and continued: "I am very happy that everyone can be so sensible, but since this Qingyuan County is my fiefdom, I can't watch it fall into chaos. It becomes a dead city in my hands, or it is occupied by rebels. In that case, I will be ashamed of your Majesty's trust in me, don't you think so?"

"Yes, yes..."

"What the Lord Viscount said is true."

...

The people at the scene echoed again, but some smart people seemed to have sensed that there was something in Wu Fan's words. Although they echoed, their expressions changed slightly.

"This Qingyuan County is my fiefdom, and it is also the home of everyone here. I don't want my fiefdom to become a dead city, and you don't want to see your homes become a mess, right?" Wu Fan continued.

"Yes, your Excellency is right."

Now, more and more people feel that Wu Fan invited them here not just for a meal and a meeting, but for another reason. Everyone's thoughts were wandering, thinking about Wu Fan's real purpose.

"Very good, I'm glad to see that your ideas are consistent with mine." Wu Fan continued: "However, it is not enough for you to just have this idea, you still have to take action."

"Lord Viscount, what do you mean?"

"There are a large number of refugees outside the city now. They are all people under the rule of Qingyuan County. They are my people. Because of the rebels, they lost their homes and were displaced. Now they are starving outside the city. Please tell me. , can I sit back and ignore it?" Wu Fan said.

"Can't...that can't be..."

The expressions of everyone at the scene changed even more. Everyone seemed to have figured out the purpose of Wu Fan inviting them here, and all of them looked a little ugly.

"Yes, I can't sit idly by and ignore it. Moreover, not only can I not sit idly by and ignore it, but you can't sit idly by and ignore it either!" Wu Fan continued.

"We... don't quite understand what your Lord means. What does those refugees have to do with us?" One of the businessmen asked Wu Fan.

"Short-sighted!" Wu Fan looked at the other party and said coldly: "With your vision, no wonder the business is not doing well."

The businessman's face turned red when Wu Fan said it, and he was very unconvinced. Although he was not the richest in Qingyuan County, his business was definitely not small. Why was he so short-sighted?

"Not convinced?" Wu Fan glanced at the other person, then looked at the others present, and said: "Do you also think that the lives of those people outside the city have nothing to do with you?"

No one spoke, but most of the expressions on their faces meant this.

"If you really think so, you are totally wrong!" Wu Fan said loudly: "The lives of those people outside are not only related to you, but also very important!"

"What is the world outside now? I think you should all understand it." Wu Fan continued: "The world is in chaos, rebels are everywhere, and even the new county magistrate sent by His Majesty to our Qingyuan County died at the hands of the rebels. It can be seen that the rebels are crazy, but why have the rebels never attacked our Qingyuan County?"

Why?

Everyone was slightly puzzled.

When County Magistrate Guo was in office, there were rebels who came to provoke, but after that, there were very few rebels who came. They mostly wandered around Qingyuan County, sweeping out villages and towns one after another, which destroyed many villages and towns under Qingyuan County, but Qingyuan County had never been attacked.

"Because our county has high walls and thick walls, those rebels can't get in at all." Someone said.