"Young man really has no money. Master Hu, you are good, be kind!" Old Man Li looked so pitiful that he grabbed Zhao Hu's trousers and cried loudly.

Zhao Hu watched Old Man Li perform in a cold manner until he couldn't cry, and said word by word: "Are you finished acting? Get... money......"

"What are you playing... the little old man really has no money... The little old man died of my youngest son, leaving two little kids behind, and all the money was spent on them..." Old man Li wiped his eyes and looked inexplicably aggrieved, "The little old man really has no money..."

"Okay, okay." Zhao Hu smiled contemptuously, "It would be nice if you get ten kilograms of mill mills in your mill and four kilograms of rice out. I've lost 20% of them. I'm so sad! There are only a few mills in this county, and they handle more than a thousand stones of rice and flour every month. How dare you say you have no money?"

Old Man Li was exposed and quickly put away his crying face and changed into a flattering smile.

"Thu Master, Tiger Master, the little old man also wants to live. You are proud of your own hands..." Old Man Li fell down on the pretext of kneeling for a long time, and took the opportunity to stuff something into Zhao Hu's hands.

Zhao Hu weighed it without revealing his mark, threw the things to his subordinates, and shouted: "Old Man Li, pay the bill for 2,000 yuan."

"Ah?" Old Man Li was stunned.

A yamen runner who accepted the matter put it in a bamboo basket on his back. Lei Heng took this opportunity to see clearly that the matter was actually a small piece of gold. Damn it, he was generous enough to make a move, and he was richer than his dignified Linjiang No. 1 brother.

"I've written it down, Brother Hu." Another yamen runner who held the bamboo slips wrote a few strokes and shouted loudly, "The Li family mound should pay 10,000 yuan for the regular price. After receiving one piece of gold, he discounted 2,000 yuan, and was still eight thousand yuan short of it."

"Master Hu, why is this?Master Hu?" Lei Heng could see that Old Man Li was really crying this time.

"Why? The county vassal requires a deadline to be collected. The county priest cannot bear to harass the poor, so he has to find a way out of you 'smart' businessmen!" Zhao Hu continued with great confidence, "I have lost all my conscience because of so much money and food for the people. Master Hu is giving you a chance to atone for your sins..."

"Yes...but...it costs 8,000 yuan..." Old Man Li was in great pain.

"Do I want you to search for your sack mixed with chaff and sand for the neighbors to see?" Zhao Hu was about to call his subordinates in and search.

"No... Never... No... No... I won't bother you guys..." Old Man Li quickly grabbed Zhao Hu, took out a gold from his arms and handed it to Zhao Hu, "The extra two thousand yuan is considered a little old man who invites you guys to have tea... Please show mercy..."

"Remember, Li's Mofangle donated 2,000 yuan." Zhao Hu threw it to his subordinates and put it in a bamboo basket.

"I understand, Brother Hu." The bamboo slip yamen runner wrote a few strokes and shouted loudly, "The Li family moor should pay 10,000 yuan in a regular manner, and pay 10,000 yuan in actual amount, and donate another 2,000 yuan."

Seeing that the money task was completed, Zhao Hu was too lazy to talk nonsense to Mr. Li, so he called his yamen runners to leave. After taking a few steps, he turned slightly and smiled at Mr. Li who was slumped on the ground and said, "Mr. Li, you can be more 'smart'. Next year's money will have a source."

"The little old man will never dare to do it again, and he will never dare to do it again."

"By the way, remember to notify your sons that their rice and oil shop will have the money ready, and I will confiscate them in the afternoon. Don't mess with these useless tricks. Next time, the man will not have so much time to watch the show..."

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Zhao Hu led a group of yamen runners to go away gradually, and Lei Heng quickly trotted and followed.

"Captain Zhao stayed..."

When Zhao Hu heard someone calling him, he looked back in confusion. Seeing that Lei Heng was chasing him, he hurriedly came forward: "Zhao Hu has seen the young master!"

Lei Heng dared not dare to look at other yamen runners.

Zhao Hu knew it and waved his hand at them: "You can collect the money according to the list first. Be cleaner in your hands. If you dare to deduct it, don't blame me for not being merciless!"

"Hey!"

"What are the instructions for the young master?" Zhao Hu bowed his hands and fists, his attitude was completely different from that of Old Man Li.

Lei Heng wanted to ask Zhao Hu to come forward and ask Shuisheng to suppress the situation, but Old Man Li's scene was like a thorn stuck in his heart, making him not vomiting.

"I just saw Captain Zhao asking for more than 10,000 yuan from the Li family... It was my father's approval..."

Lei Heng said it in a concealed manner. Zhao Hu had been dealing with all kinds of characters all year round, and his versatile thoughts instantly understood what he meant. Zhao Hu thought that it was not only a matter of personal inquiry by the county magistrate, but not a secret matter, so he asked Lei Heng to go to a secluded place and explain in a low voice.

"The young master didn't know that the prefect, Li Sheng, the current prefect of Ba County, was bought from the Xidi. He spent a total of 20 million yuan. How could he accidentally make a name for himself and get the money back with the capital and profits when he took office.

This example of money is one of them. Each county under Ba County pays 50 yuan a year. The end of the month is the time to pay, and he will send his confidant to come and ask for it.

Although Linjiang County is located in a water and road land, and has industries such as salt, iron, grain and oil, it is still poor. How many families will be destroyed by this fifty money? The county master couldn't bear it, so he came up with this method, so he collected bad behaviors of unscrupulous merchants and gentry, and then extorted them at the opportunity, gathered four million yuan in power and handed over the task to deal with it."

"Does the court care?" As soon as Lei Heng asked, he felt abrupt and said that he was acting on the top and doing the bottom. If Shi Feng is like this, how could he care about these "nothing business"?

Looking at history, the emperor who was most keen on selling official positions and titles was Emperor Ling of Han. In the first year of Guanghe (178 AD), Emperor Ling of Han, who had been in power for ten years, was still young and was in the prime of his life. If he could work hard to govern, he might make a difference. But in this year, the young emperor focused on selling officials and focused on generating income. "Zizhi Tongjian Han Ji Forty-Nine" records: "In that year, when he first opened a western residence to sell officials, he had different money: 2,000 shi 20 million; 400 shi 4 million; half of the candidates should be selected according to virtue, or one-third; he set up a treasury in the west garden to store it. Some went to the palace to write a letter to the chief of the imperial court, and the county was ugly, and there were rich people. The rich first invested money first, and the poor went to the official and then lost twice. He also ordered the left and right to sell the officials, the officials, and the nobles were 10 million, and the nobles were 5 million."

Since Lei Heng knew that his father was not a corrupt official, he felt extremely relaxed. When he remembered his original purpose, he quickly asked: "Does Captain Zhao have free time in the afternoon?"

"Young Master, don't be so good at seeing Zhao Hu." Zhao Hu said undared, "Zhao Hu was deeply favored by the county magistrate, how dare you not let the front and back? But please give me instructions..."

Lei Heng thought to himself that, since Zhao Hu is his father's confidant, why should I be polite to him? I quickly briefly conveyed the matter of Shuisheng to him.

"I'm worried that her husband's family is full of power, so you can bring some brothers to help."

"The Wang family in the east, the Liu family in the north, and the Zheng family in the west... " Zhao Hu murmured for a while, suddenly raised his head and shouted, "But this old man Li's family?"

"Old Man Li's house?"

"Yes! The young master doesn't know anything. There are four squads of the county jail's constable and provocation. Zhang Long is responsible for the arrest of murderers and thieves. I am responsible for public security patrols, and the other two captains are responsible for rivers and prisons. Under the governance of the county master, Linjiang County is very peaceful and peaceful. If you want to maintain public security, the focus is on those places. One of these places is near the homes of these widows. Since ancient times, "there are many troubles in front of the widows", so I have a lot of understanding of the situation in the whole county.

This old man Li has four sons, and his family runs a grain and oil business. The youngest son died of illness the year before yesterday, and the three sons competed for the orphan and widowed mother's property, which triggered an armed fight on the spot, but I went to deal with it." Zhao Hu suddenly remembered something and added, "Oh, the widow's house is next to the young master's villa."

"The result of the disposal is to be taken over by this old man Li?" Lei Heng made a bold guess.

Zhao Hu nodded: "That's right. He took out the second girl's contract and said that since he was a child bride, he would not be allowed to set up a business again. The property under his youngest son's name is under his control, and the second grandson will be divided according to the situation when he becomes an adult."

"Depending on the situation? Haha... I'm afraid that there will be no hair at that time..." Lei Heng did not have any favors for the Li family at this moment.

"The Li family is famous for being jealous of money in the county, selfish and stingy, and I am afraid that Erya and her two children will have a hard time." Zhao Hu watched coldly, saying the truth, "It is a merit to help her escape from the sea of ​​suffering. In the afternoon, my subordinates took a few brothers to the other courtyard to wait for their appointments."

“So good…”

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In the afternoon, Zhao Hu ordered, and in the morning, he followed the servants who had collected the routine money to change their regular clothes and came to the other courtyard to wait for the order.

Seeing this, Po Zhao quickly went to the hospital to report.

Lei Heng asked Xiao Di to find a set of his old clothes and change it to Shui Sheng first.

Shui Sheng hesitated for a while and returned the pearl to Lei Heng: "This thing is very precious, it's a pity to give it to the Li family. I also asked the young master to make it into cash."

Fortunately, Lei Heng has the money in his hand.

After the Chinese New Year, the officials and gentry in the county had to express their feelings about the honor of a county, and Lei Su was a person who valued fame and over profit, and refused all the money. When these people found out, they sent it over. Lei Heng weighed the pros and cons, but they accepted them all, which was a cheating pot of gold for their business. After cleaning up, there were more than twenty gold, so they let Xiao Di keep it for the time being.

Lei Heng asked Xiao Di to take out twenty gold from the New Year gift and gave it to Shui Sheng as a betrothal gift.

The group came to the Li family with great momentum. Lei Heng signaled Shui Sheng to come forward and called the door. After all, he was the main thing. He and others could only help, with the purpose of preventing the Li family from being untrustful or even waiting for an opportunity to cheat money again.

"Open the door...Open the door..." Shui Sheng was supported by Lei Heng, and his courage was so strong that he was many times stronger than last time.

"Who?" Although the Li family is not a big family, they are quite wealthy. They hired an old man as a gatekeeper. When he heard the door screaming, he stood up reluctantly, opened the door a little, poked his head out and meowed.

"Oh, isn't that poor man in the fishing village? Why, I'm not afraid of being beaten?"

"I'm looking for Erya." Shuisheng was too lazy to talk nonsense to him and squeezed into the door.

"Do you have the money to redeem people? Get out..." The concierge quickly blocked the door with great force, but how could he, an old man, stop the young man's pursuit of love.

Shui Sheng pushed down the doorman and strode towards the main hall.

Lei Heng smiled slightly and followed.

The doorman thought to himself, who is this person? Why can't I stop Lengqing, but you are so handsome?

"Get out!"

Before Lei Heng could speak, a servant behind him stepped forward and kicked the doorman away.
Chapter completed!