He Laoer went out from a small door in the backyard. Two big men were waiting there. When they saw He Laoer coming out, they hurriedly greeted him and followed him away.
One of them asked: "This Zou Ji is so confused, why should we give him money every month? The two commanders only have so much money to share with you."
He Laoer said with a smile: "If you don't give him any money, what will he do if he reveals the matter? We borrowed the skin of Prince Lu's Mansion, but it's still a small matter. If you want to make big money without the protection of the county magistrate, it's impossible."
No way."
The man looked like he had been taught something, and then asked: "Did the prefect accept any money?"
He Laoer had an unfathomable look on his face: "Then I don't know. A fourth-grade official is not something people like us can see."
He Laoer then said: "By the way, that adult said today that the emperor's grandson will be coming to Yanzhou in the future, and he asked you to stay at home for the past few days and not go out to make trouble. Did you two hear it?
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The person who had not spoken just now said: "What kind of emperor's grandson can still take care of Yanzhou's affairs?"
He Laoer stretched out his hand and patted him hard on the shoulder, and said: "That is a more powerful person than His Royal Highness King Lu. If you want to kill people like us, just raise your fingers and countless people will come to kill us.
Let me tell you, if you go out and cause trouble these days and get caught, I won’t dare to care.”
The man said: "Besides the emperor, is there anyone more powerful than King Lu?"
He Laoer said: "You don't understand this, right? This emperor's grandson is the emperor after the death of the current emperor. Do you think he is more powerful than King Lu?"
Then He Laoer saw that he was still mumbling and said, "Stop mumbling blindly. Just remember the matter."
In the backyard of the county government office, Zou Ji, who returned to his dormitory, happily took out the gold he collected, counted it carefully, and then put it into the small box where he kept his money.
His wife Ma looked at him and hesitated several times. Zou Ji turned around and saw his wife's expression and said: "I know what you are going to say; I just collected some money, that's all.
"
His wife, Ma, said: "Husband, I know you were hit hard in Qingzhou before, but you can't give up on yourself like this. Just charge a little money. There are so many 'big men' in the county government, and the 'second master' is pointing at you."
While you are eating, the old people in your hometown are also waiting for you to send money back. But all this money is obtained through evil deeds, so how can you accept it with peace of mind."
Zou Ji, who was originally cheerful, suddenly said with a distorted face: "What's so unreasonable? When I was the prefect of Qingzhou, the King of Qi raped the women of the people and robbed the people's property. I reported it to the capital. Even if His Majesty doesn't do anything to the King of Qi, he will be killed."
It's okay to call him back to the capital and reprimand him, but nothing happened. On the contrary, the King of Qi found out about it and obstructed the government office. In the end, he was rated inferior in the three-year evaluation and was demoted to Ziyang as the county magistrate."
"I have seen through it all. There is no benefit at all from working for Lao Zhu's family. You have to make money as long as you can. His Majesty will not reprimand King Lu. Even if it is known, it will be fine. Just rely on King Lu and accept the money with peace of mind. Anyway, I
Early the next morning, Yunxi and his party got up one after another. Yunxi let Qitai and others go out according to yesterday's arrangement, and he took a few guards to continue to "understand the sentiments of the people."
At noon, Yunxi and several people who went out to investigate the situation gathered in a medium-sized restaurant. After everyone was seated and the waiter served all the dishes, the guard Qin Nan said: "Your Highness, we are pretending to be in Yanzhou City.
The messenger soldiers who passed by asked about the situation seemingly casually, and found that everyone missed King Lu Huang very much. They all said that although King Lu Huang did not rule Yanzhou for a long time, his virtue was admired by all the people."
Another guard named Luo Bingzhong said: "The people said that these people who exploited the people under the banner of His Highness King Lu appeared three years ago. They said that His Highness King Lu gave the order to establish the Imperial Mansion, and then they
They began to plunder people's fields on a large scale, and now they have more than 3,000 hectares of land."
A guard named He Yong behind said: "His Royal Highness King Lu was only four years old three years ago. It was impossible to issue any orders."
Another guard, Zhao Fu, said: "That's why we say they faked the order and are guilty."
Yunxi didn't hear the two people's whispers. He listened to another guard Mao Zhong say: "If it is possible that the construction of the Imperial Mansion is His Majesty's will, then the construction of other courtyards and houses for the palace guards is definitely
They have their own ideas."
Guard Chen Xing said: "I have inquired. There are hundreds of evil men who came forward. Yesterday was only a small number, but the leader was the man from yesterday. Everyone calls him He Laoer."
After a pause, Chen Xing continued: "I didn't see any evil men committing crimes in the city today. When I came to the place where yesterday I said I would come and smash things today, I didn't see any evil men actually doing it. It's very strange.
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After hearing what Chen Xing said, Qin Nan, Mao Zhong, Luo Bingzhong and others thought for a moment and said: "It is true that no evil man came out today."
At this point, all those who can speak Shandong dialect have finished explaining what they have discovered. Yunxi thought for a moment, but did not express his opinion. Instead, he said: "Today is the 29th. The three, six and nine are for the Yamen to pick up the people."
On the day of the prosecution, in the afternoon Chen Xing, Qin Nan, you two and I will go to the county government office to see how the magistrate named Zou Ji judges the case."
Then everyone started to eat. Yunxi had something on his mind, so he put down his meal after eating a little. When the guards saw Yunxi put down his bowl and chopsticks, they took two big mouthfuls of rice and put down their bowl and chopsticks.
The group of people walked downstairs, and Chen Xing went to pay the bill. Yunxi was thinking as he walked, and suddenly heard Chen Xing say: "You are not a small restaurant anymore, why don't you accept treasure bills? You have to add two yuan to collect treasure bills."
It’s a good price, how do you do this business?”
Yunxi turned around to look. The boy must have seen so many of them, and each of them did not look like a commoner. He said patiently: "To tell you this, although treasure notes can be exchanged for food, they must be exchanged for food."
The exchange is only available in Jinan Prefecture, but not in our Yanzhou Prefecture. If you ask someone to go to Jinan Prefecture to exchange grain, you will have to pay 10% of the reward and travel expenses."
"And now the official money is exchanged for four guan banknotes, but now is not the time in early spring when the usual money can be exchanged for four shi of grain. Instead, one guan money can buy five shi of grain, which is equivalent to the regular money for five guan banknotes. According to the official
It’s not fair to charge high-end banknotes for the price. Our store is a small profit maker, so if we continue to charge high-end banknotes at the official price, we will lose money. There’s nothing we can do.”
