Zhu Houzhao was extremely angry. Here, the gangsters from Sunjia Coal Mine had already caught up with them. When they saw Zhu Houzhao and others, they showed no sign of fear. Instead, they looked at Niu Xiaopeng and Wei Dabao with pride.
"Noble man, help me, noble man, please help me!"
Niu Xiaopeng and Wei Dabao really couldn't run anymore, so they could only kneel on the ground and kept asking Zhu Houzhao for help.
"Save people, even if the King of Heaven comes, I can't save you."
"If you dare to run away, see if I don't break your legs when I get back."
The leader was very arrogant, and then said to Zhu Houzhao and others: "These two people are slaves of our Sun family. I advise you to mind your own business and don't cause trouble for yourself."
After saying that, no matter what Zhu Houzhao thought, he waved his hand and his men held the ropes and the fishing nets were about to catch Niu Xiaopeng and Wei Dabao.
There is no doubt that they have not encountered this kind of thing once or twice, and have become accustomed to it. In this one-third of an acre of land in Huairou County, no one dares to make trouble with the Sun family.
In the past, some people escaped and were caught easily because no one outside dared to offend the Sun family.
"We are not their slaves, we are not their slaves~"
"Noble man, help me, noble man, please help me!"
Niu Xiaopeng and Wei Dabao were scared to death when they saw the gangsters coming over, and they even asked for help again and again.
"Wait a minute~"
Zhu Houzhao walked out, his face gloomy and extremely ugly.
Huairou County is at the foot of the emperor, but something like this still happens.
The Ming Dynasty had already abolished the slave system a few years ago. Of course, this system was for the people of the Ming Dynasty. No one was allowed to traffic, kidnap, buy or sell the people of the Ming Dynasty, let alone enslave the people of the Ming Dynasty. For non-Ming Dynasty people, no one was allowed to do so.
protected by this law.
This system was also to prevent big families, big landowners, and big bureaucrats from keeping domestic slaves, and it was also to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty.
As soon as the law came out, even the servants in the homes of princes and nobles were free people and no longer their slaves. The relationship between them was no longer that of master and slave, but an employment relationship.
Just because the Ming Dynasty has always had this tradition, many times even if they are no longer slaves, they are still the following people. The status of servants continues to work for the previous master, but they can come and go freely, receive regular wages, and also enjoy the legal rights of the Ming Dynasty
holiday and work rest system.
But now, in Huairou County, the Sun family actually forcibly imprisoned people and called them slaves. This was simply a slap in the face of the imperial court. They did not take the imperial decrees into consideration at all and had no regard for the king's laws.
Lawless.
Seeing Zhu Houzhao standing up, these gangsters didn't panic at all.
The leader has a scar on his face, and his nickname is Scar.
"Did I not speak clearly enough?"
"These two people are slaves of our Sun family. Now we are enforcing family laws. Are you tired of living and dare to interfere with our Sun family's affairs?"
"Little brat, I advise you to be wiser, mind your own business, and don't get into trouble."
Scar looked at Zhu Houzhao carefully, and then looked behind Zhu Houzhao. When he saw the beauties brought out by Zhu Houzhao, his eyes widened and he stared at the beauties Zhu Houzhao had brought out.
"What a beautiful girl~"
Scar sighed softly in admiration.
"I'll take care of this business!"
Zhu Houzhao frowned, extremely unhappy, especially since they were still staring at his beauty.
"Take them all down~"
"Yes~"
When the palace guards around him heard this, they immediately rushed towards Scar and others like a tiger descending a mountain.
"You are really looking for death, and you dare to attack our Sun family members."
"Brothers, kill them."
When Scar saw it, he immediately became even more angry. This was Huairou County, and someone dared to attack the Sun family. He waved his hand and rushed over with his men.
However, as soon as the two sides fought, in just a blink of an eye, all these people under his command were restrained. Each and every ruffian was no match for the palace guards.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Do you know the Huairou Sun family?"
"If you dare to attack us, you will never leave Huairou County alive."
Scar was pressed to the ground twice and then tied up tightly. He struggled and shouted arrogantly.
"Of course I know about the Sun family, but the Sun family will soon be finished."
Zhu Houzhao didn't even bother to look at the scar.
"Liu Jin, immediately return to Beijing with my token and ask my father to dispatch 10,000 horses to Huairou County. This time, I will uproot the Sun family and completely eliminate this cancer that has poisoned Huairou County."
"Take my token and go to Huairou County Jinyiwei and the person in charge of Dongchang. I want to get all the criminal evidence about the Sun family and information about all the members of the Sun family."
"snort!"
"There is no king's law, lawlessness, and the laws of heaven cannot tolerate it!"
Zhu Houzhao issued several orders one after another, and Liu Jin beside him nodded quickly and quickly went to handle the matter.
Niu Xiaopeng and Wei Dabao were also dumbfounded here. They didn't expect to meet a noble person, be able to mobilize the army, and order factory guards. What kind of immortal is this?
As for Scar and others, they were even more frightened. They dispatched troops and factory guards, claiming to uproot the Sun family. What kind of energy is this?
Who is this person?
"Don't be afraid, you two~"
"I am Zhu Shou, the new magistrate of Huairou County!"
Zhu Houzhao came to Niu Xiaopeng and Wei Dabao and said with a smile.
"Thank you for saving me, sir~"
When the two heard this, they quickly knelt down again.
"Get up, get up~"
"This is what I should do."
Zhu Houzhao smiled and motioned for the two of them to stand up and talk, and then began to ask about the situation in detail.
"We are from the same village and are from Huairou County. We originally planned to go to the capital to work and make money together."
"But when I was about to leave Huairou County, I met these gangsters from the Sun family. They forcibly detained me and then imprisoned me in a coal mine to dig coal for them."
"We have to dig for six or seven hours every day, and we are given very little food to eat. We can't even get enough to eat. The key point is that if we don't dig enough coal, we will be beaten."
"Many people couldn't bear it and ran away, but they were all caught and beaten severely. More than a dozen people were beaten to death."
"How many people are there in your coal mine?"
Zhu Houzhao listened carefully and asked for some important information.
"There are probably more than two hundred people. Of course, this is just one of our coal mines. We have heard those gangsters talk about it. It seems that there are many coal mines like this in the Sun family. They basically imprison people to dig coal."
"Because wages are very high now. If you hire someone to dig coal, a month's wages for any person will be at least five taels of silver. There are also holidays and the like."
"The Sun family didn't want to pay for it, so they used various methods to get people. Two of us were forcibly captured, and some were deceived and trafficked. There were even some ten people among them.
How old is the little baby?"
Niu Xiaopeng and Wei Dabao were talking to each other.
"This Sun family is really heartless and has done all kinds of bad things!"
Zhu Houzhao also sighed after hearing this.
"Ouch~"
"The Sun family has done too many bad things."
"As far as these coal mines are concerned, many of these coal mines did not belong to the Sun family before, but the Sun family used various methods to rob these coal mines. Mr. Li in our town had a coal mine outside and did not want to sell it to them, but they actually gave it to them.
They were forced to death, and finally Mr. Li hanged himself. Their son was beaten into a fool, and their daughter was raped and committed suicide. The family was ruined, and finally all the property was taken away by the Sun family."
"In Huairou County, no one can escape as long as the Sun family likes it. They have specially raised a group of gangsters to do these things. It is said that there are many murderers and wanted criminals here."
"In the past, things in Huairou County were not very expensive. Food, oil, salt, etc. were almost the same as outside. But the Sun family has forcibly monopolized all sales. You can only buy things at the Sun family's store. If you go
If you buy anything from other stores, you will be beaten to death."
"There is no other way. Other merchants have to close, so we can only go to Sun's store to buy high-priced things."
"Also, during the Chinese New Year, many people come back from the Beijing-Tianjin area and earn some money. The Sun family forcibly collects protection fees. Each person has to pay five taels of silver. If they don't
If you pay, they will beat you."
"So, here in Huairou County, people are leaving their hometowns one after another to work in the Beijing-Tianjin area and never come back."
When it came to the Sun family's affairs, the two of them were gnashing their teeth with hatred.
"Has anyone reported to the police before?"
Zhu Houzhao silently wrote down these, thought about it and asked again.
"Ouch~"
"Of course there is a reporting officer."
"But the former county masters took money from the Sun family and didn't care about these things at all. If they reported it to the officials, the Sun family would know about it immediately, and they would be beaten to death by the thugs immediately.
There are dozens of people, and some of those who reported to the police were left with their families broken up, their wives and children separated."
"Some people complained to Shuntian Mansion, but the people from the Sun family chased you while they were still on the road. Even if they arrived in the capital, they would be able to find you immediately."
"It's useless to complain to Shuntian Mansion. Sun Qingjiang of their Sun family is serving as the general judge in Shuntian Mansion. There are people above, even in the court, they are all officials protecting each other. How can they care about the lives of ordinary people like us."
Niu Xiaopeng and Wei Dabao sighed while talking.
Then he looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "It is said that the emperor loves the people like his own sons, but Huairou County is at the feet of the emperor, but the emperor cannot see our Huairou County and the suffering we have suffered!"
