Regarding He Shiyin's name, Hua Rujin had some memories in her mind. It was said that he was a rather legendary figure who had become a wealthy family on his own and was listed as one of the four talented women of the Daye Dynasty.
She is also the only female lawyer in Jiangling City who can file lawsuits on behalf of others and has never been dismissed.
It's just that at this juncture she was raising the price, which was more or less unruly.
"Miss He taking advantage of others' danger is really an insult to her reputation. I have already sent someone to the provincial capital to inform my cousin."
Shu Jinxuan patiently comforted Cai Baiwei: "If it doesn't work out, I'll advance the money for everyone. Anyway, I have to fish them out first."
Hua Rujin looked at Hua Minze with a steady gaze: "Where are the eldest aunt and the rice merchants now?"
Hua Minze quickly replied: "I heard that the rice merchants have gone to the county government office, so I also went to the county government office to look for them."
"This matter cannot be handled by the county government. It is a matter of the state government."
Hua Rujin looked at Shu Jinxuan thoughtfully: "The situation is urgent. Writing a complaint and submitting it is not a feasible method at the moment. Even if Mr. Ye wants to help, he will pass the complaint to the state capital layer by layer. When there is a result, and not
It is said that the people of Yuezhou cannot afford to wait, and so much food on the Chu River cannot remain on the river."
Shu Jinxuan hurriedly asked: "What can my cousin do?"
"Let's go to the county government first to find my aunt and those rice merchants."
Hua Rujin immediately stood up and told the two little beans: "You take good care of grandma at home. I will come back as soon as I go. Don't run around."
Cai Baiwei was a little worried: "Rujin."
"Don't worry, grandma, I will definitely find a way to rescue grandpa."
After saying this, Hua Rujin followed her two cousins out of the yard and hurried to the county government office.
At three o'clock in the morning, as the autumn wind blew in, the city of Jiangling gradually became cooler.
At that time, the Jianglingcheng County Government Office was already overcrowded, and all the families of rice merchants who were trapped in various places gathered here.
The lawyers who came to work on writing the lawsuit heard that it was related to Yuezhou's grain transportation, so they ran away without waiting for people to elaborate.
The rice merchants had no choice but to continue besieging the county government office.
Classical historian Lu Xiuyuan led the officers at the yamen gate and tried their best to persuade them, but no one was willing to disperse. Instead, more and more people gathered.
As soon as Hua Rujin got off the carriage, she found her aunt Lu He in the bustling crowd.
She quickly pushed her way into the crowd.
Seeing his niece coming, Lu He was so anxious that he forced out a smile: "Rujin, you're here."
"Auntie, how are you?"
Hua Rujin asked first.
"Everyone has been here for a long time, but we haven't seen the magistrate yet."
Lu He frowned tightly: "I wanted to come and discuss with you guys to get some money, but I heard that Miss He's family has changed her mind and now wants eight thousand taels of silver."
"Is it rising again?"
"Well, it's hard for your eldest aunt and I to get together five thousand taels of silver, let alone eight thousand taels. She's going around the corner and doesn't want to wade into this muddy water."
Listening to Lu He's complaints, Hua Rujin also secretly smiled bitterly:
Who is willing to offend the government unless the money given is worth the risk she is willing to take.
"Let's not beg her and go directly to the magistrate's office."
After Hua Rujin persuaded Lu He, she hurriedly shouted to everyone: "Listen to me, everyone, the person was detained by the inspection department of Jiang'an County, and Magistrate Ye can't take care of this matter. We can only go to the magistrate's office.
In order to avoid angering Magistrate Ye, he will gather people to cause trouble and send everyone to jail, which will outweigh the gains and losses."
Someone listened with anger on his face: "No matter what you said, if you go to the county government office to seek justice, you will be charged with gathering a crowd to make trouble. If you go directly to the state government office, the crime will be heavier. What's the difference?"
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"Of course it's different."
Hua Rujin replied righteously: "Zhixian Ye is the magistrate of Jiangling City. He can neither control the affairs of Yuezhou nor Jiang'an County. We have no choice but to go to the state capital."
Feng's eyes paused for a moment, and she slowly uttered a few words in a solemn tone: "Let's go to the Yamen of the state capital to plead for the lives of the people of Yuezhou."
After hearing this, a burst of gratified voices slowly sounded from the teahouse not far away: "Finally, someone who understands has arrived."
Seeing that the young master was moved to tears, Ting'an quickly asked: "Young Master, what about us now?"
"Ouch, the wind is strong, sand got into my eyes."
Ye Chengguan rubbed his black eyes and stood up decisively: "Go back to the county office."
Then, he led Ting An out of the teahouse with a calm expression.
As soon as he showed up, he saw a crowd of people surrounding him, pleading: "Master Magistrate, you have to make the decision for us."
Ye Chengguan was protected by the guards, but he walked quietly inside, walked straight to Hua Rujin, met her eyes and smiled faintly: "How sure are you that you can convince Magistrate Wen to let me go?"
Hua Rujin frowned and thought hard: "If Magistrate Wen is a smart man, I think there is a 70% certainty."
"Okay, then this county will add another 20% for you, and we will use this 90% certainty to bet on his temporary confusion."
Ye Chengguan immediately ordered the officers to fetch the horses, mount them, and lead the people to rush to the magistrate's Yamen.
In the magistrate's office of Jingzhou Prefecture in the north of the city, Wen Yuming was sitting in the teahouse, leisurely and comfortably sipping this year's new tea.
Master Mu Xian stood aside and waited respectfully.
"The second master of the Hua family is quite smart and sharp. If he hadn't reminded him in time, I would have actually let those untouchables transport the grain to Yuezhou, thus giving an advantage to that old man Tang Ji."
Thinking of the situation in Yuezhou at this time, Wen Yuming looked gloating.
"Sir, I'm worried that trouble may arise."
Master Mu Xian reminded from the side: "In the past few days, I heard that the Meng family rice store has begun to reduce prices to buy the rice grains that the rice merchants have hoarded a while ago."
"This is a good way to make a lot of money without having to work hard. After all, the most indispensable thing in Jiangling City is food."
Wen Yuming slowly touched his bulging belly with a proud look on his face: "When this matter is over, we will bring Hua Junxu to the school. I think this person will be of great use sooner or later."
Master Mu Xian still felt a little uneasy, but he couldn't pinpoint the details.
While he was hesitating, he suddenly heard a messenger coming in to report: "To inform you, the magistrate, Magistrate Ye led many people to the front of the government office. I noticed something was wrong, and I'm afraid something big is going to happen."
"Ye Cheng Guan?"
Wen Yuming's expression tightened and he stood up quickly: "Go out and take a look."
As soon as a few people walked out of the government compound, they saw the endless crowd of people from Jiangling City surrounding them.
The leader was none other than the newly appointed magistrate Ye Chengguan.
"Ye Zhixian, what do you mean by this? Are you here to transport grain to Yuezhou for merchants?"
Wen Yuming asked dissatisfiedly.
"Your Majesty, you are worrying too much."
Ye Chengguan calmly jumped off his horse, walked up to Wen Yuming, cupped his hands and said solemnly: "I'm here to borrow troops from the prefect."
"Borrowing troops?"
Wen Yuming's brows froze in fear, and he looked around in a panic: "But where is the enemy?"
"I'm afraid it will be soon."
Ye Chengguan's bright eyes flashed and he pointed directly at the people watching: "My Jianglingcheng County Government Office has been surrounded by water for the past two days, and there are more than 100,000 stones of grain and thousands of civilians on the Chu River waiting to pull anchor and set sail for
For fear of causing serious trouble, I sincerely request the magistrate to send troops to suppress it in advance to avoid riots."