Wang Wangzhou was a little angry about the sudden toll collection behavior of the Wind and Rain Corridor Bridge, and it was a discriminatory toll collection behavior: "This is unreasonable. Who allowed them to do this?"
Then, Wang Wangzhou said again: "Wait a moment, everyone, I'm going to ask what the reason is!"
With that said, Wang Wangzhou was about to walk towards the bridge.
Unexpectedly, Chai Yan grabbed Wang Wangzhou, shook his head and said: "Stop asking, Secretary Wang! Pay the bridge toll early, and cross the bridge early is the business!"
"But..." Wang Wangzhou looked confused.
Chai Yan said seriously: "Secretary Wang, regarding the tolls for the covered bridge, it's not too late to ask again when we meet Magistrate Situ!"
Yuan Yuan also nodded and said: "Yes, Secretary Wang, it's impossible that County Magistrate Situ doesn't know about the tolls for covered bridges. When we go to the county and ask him, we will definitely know more details and details!"
Wang Wangzhou thought that it made sense. If he didn't find out anything after asking and had a dispute with the Youlong tribe, it would be too much of a waste of time.
So, the three of them led the horses and lined up quietly behind the team crossing the bridge.
After waiting in line for a while, Chai Yan heard someone shouting loudly from behind.
"What's going on? Why do you have to pay to cross a bridge?"
"Yes, I didn't have any when I came last year. Why do you suddenly need money?"
When Chai Yan heard the sound, he turned around and saw two strong men, one with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the other with a beard.
In the blink of an eye, the two big men crossed the queue and came to the Youlong tribe members to question them.
The content of the question is nothing more than: Who are you? Why do you have to pay to cross the bridge? Who gave you the right?
As a result, within a few words, both parties became angry and started to move their hands, which immediately made the open space in front of the bridge lively.
As for the result, it doesn't take much to think about it, but the two big men who set up an army to punish the enemy must suffer the consequences.
They were beaten by the Youlong tribe until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen. It was not until they repeatedly begged for mercy that someone behind the people who surrounded them shouted: "Stop!"
Hearing this voice, the Youlong clan members who were beating up the two men stopped.
Then, a middle-aged man from the Wandering Dragon Clan walked up to the two big men. From a glance, he knew that this man was the leader of their group.
The leader of the Youlong clan looked at the two of them coldly and said calmly: "Listen up, this bridge was built by us, the Youlong clan, with money and effort. The government didn't pay a penny, so it's up to us whether we accept the money or not."
It’s us, the Youlong Clan, who have the final say! You
If you have any objections, or want to sue the government... No problem, go ahead! Go wherever you want! However, if you want to go to the Yamen, you have to cross the river first. If you don't want to pay to cross the bridge, then you can do it yourself
Jump into the river and swim across it!"
After saying that, the man gave the two big men a look of contempt, then turned and returned to the bridge of the covered bridge.
The two big men were already weak after being beaten, and they lost their temper even more after hearing what this man said, so they had no choice but to take out the money and prepare to hand it over to the Youlong clan members.
Unexpectedly, the leader yelled: "What are you doing? Everyone else is queuing up, why do you jump in line? Go ahead and queue up at the back!"
"You...don't bully others too much!" the thick-browed man said angrily.
The leader of the Youlong Clan said: "You don't want to queue up, right? That's fine... let's take a detour!"
There is another road that can also go to Ganquan County, but it is very far and will take half a day.
The bearded man didn't want to take a detour and was afraid of offending these evil people again, so he hurriedly grabbed his companion and said: "Forget it, let's wait in line, there are not many people..."
"Alas!" The thick-browed man sighed angrily, but there was nothing he could do.
With no choice but to do so, the two big men had no choice but to stand at the back of the line in disgrace, their heads hanging down as they lined up.
"Hahaha......."
At this moment, all the Youlong clan members laughed proudly.
At this point, no one dares to question the toll charges on the Wind and Rain Covered Bridge.
Wang Wangzhou was angry in his heart, shook his head and said: "Madeh, the people of the Youlong Clan are too arrogant!"
Although Yuyuan didn't say anything, his indifferent expression told the story.
Chai Yan, however, had a calm look on his face, yawning while holding the horse, and waited in line to cross the bridge.
After a while, it was finally Chai Yan's turn...
A Youlong tribesman who was holding an account book saw that Chai Yan and the others had taken horses, and he calculated loudly: "One horse is worth two heads, three horses is six, plus three of you, you have to pay nine heads in total."
A share of money......"
Wang Wangzhou, who was about to take out the money, immediately became unhappy. He immediately withdrew his hand and said: "Jiufen? Damn it, you Dragon Clan are too shady, why don't you go and rob it?"
"What did you say?"
Three or four members of the Youlong tribe immediately surrounded him and stared at Wang Wangzhou menacingly.
Wang Wangzhou was not afraid of them and was about to fight back, but Chai Yan next to him held him back.
Chai Yan frowned and shook his head slowly: "Forget it, brother, I paid the money to cross the bridge, but there are still other things to do!"
After saying that, Chai Yan took out a large piece of silver and threw it to the settler.
"That's right, this young master is still a sensible person, hahaha..."
The leader laughed after he finished speaking.
Without even looking at him, Chai Yan led Yuan Yuan and Wang Wangzhou on their horses to the bridge. He had no time to waste with this group of people!
After he was far away from the group of people at the bridge, Chai Yan suddenly said: "It seems that the civil strife this time has seriously injured the Youlong tribe..."
Wang Wangzhou was stunned and immediately understood the meaning of Chai Yan's words, and immediately nodded and said: "That's right, otherwise they wouldn't let go of such a small amount of money!"
Yuan Yuan also nodded and said: "It seems that the Youlong Tribe has not discovered new gold veins, otherwise they would not have to send people here to collect bridge tolls."
"Mrs. Chai's words make sense!" Wang Wangzhou agreed.
Chai Yan did not comment, led the horse forward and said: "Stop talking about this here, let's go..."
So, the three of them led the horses and continued forward.
Walking to the middle of the covered bridge, Chai Yan stood on the railing and looked down. The current of the Ganquan River was very fast, much faster than the previous waters where there were no gold diggers.
Chai Yan looked at the river bank in the distance and asked curiously: "Sir Wang, why are there no gold diggers around here?"
Wang Wangzhou immediately explained: "Sir Chai, the river in your area is too fast and is not suitable for gold mining..."
Generally speaking, gold diggers usually pan for sand gold in the suddenly wide waters of the river. Because gold sand is heavy, it is easy to deposit in wide areas of the water surface. Just now they saw the riverbank where gold diggers gathered for the first time, which is a suitable place for gold mining.
waters.
Chai Yan asked curiously: "Do gold diggers make much money?"
"Earn? Haha..." Wang Wangzhou shook his head and smiled, and said: "Secretary Chai, how can you make money? First of all, these gold diggers are all prisoners, and gold mining is their punishment!"
Wang Wangzhou told Chai Yan that all the gold found by the gold diggers must be handed over to the court. Anyone who dares to hide it privately will be severely punished once they are discovered.