Seeing that Chen Huaili was so arrogant and repeatedly interrupted his trial, Guo Zhiyuan could no longer control the anger in his heart, slapped the shocked wood hard, and said in a cold voice: "Old Chen, although the Justice of the Peace has the privilege of participating in the trial of the case, but the official does not need Chen Lao to teach the official how to try the case, the official is asking Chen Donghai, he only needs to answer yes or no, if Chen Lao has a different opinion, he can wait for the official to finish asking before mentioning it is not too late, this is above the public court, the official represents the majesty of the court, Chen Lao repeatedly interrupted the official's questioning, But don't you take the majesty of the court in your eyes?! ……”

Chen Huaili didn't expect Guo Zhiyuan to scold him so ruthlessly, but Guo Zhiyuan's big hat that defied the court was buttoned down and made him have a bad seizure, his cheeks twitched violently twice, and finally he could only say sarcastically: "It's the old man who is rude, the adults just continue to ask about the case, the old man doesn't intervene again, Chen Donghai, the county official asks you, you just have to answer truthfully, with the old man here, no one can impose charges on you!" ……”

That Chen Donghai had Chen Huaili's support, and he became more and more fearless, and replied unhurriedly: "Back to the county official, the grass people have never persecuted that Liu Changfu, he mortgaged the ten acres of paddy fields under his name to me Chenghe Dianpu, signed a contract, and the governor of Anfuli, the book is a Chinese person, it is purely voluntary, there is no compulsion, he can't repay the monthly interest on time, the grass people only took away the ten acres of paddy fields they mortgaged according to the contract, why did he want to find a short sight afterwards, the grass people don't know ...... at all"

Guo Zhiyuan had already guessed that Chen Donghai would not admit to forcing Liu Changfu, and when he saw that he had pushed it all out, he sneered: "Can you sign the contract with Liu Changfu?" Present it to the officer ......"

Chen Donghai had already made sufficient preparations, took out the prepared contract from his sleeve, and his own servant stepped forward to take it and present it to Guo Zhiyuan, Guo Zhiyuan took the contract and saw a cold light in his eyes, the Ming Law stipulates that the maximum interest on private loans cannot exceed three points, and the monthly interest agreed in this contract has reached an astonishing two dollars and three points! It can be said that from the day Liu Changfu signed this contract, his fate was already doomed, because no matter how hard he tried, the grain grown in his field would definitely not be able to keep up with the rate of interest growth!

Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan put the contract in his hand on the table and said coldly: "Chen Donghai, the law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that the maximum interest cannot exceed three points, but the interest agreed in your contract is as high as two dollars and three points!" How can you let Liu Changfu afford to pay it back?! ……”

Before Chen Donghai could answer, Chen Huaili couldn't help laughing again, shook his head and said, "Lord Guo, do you really don't know or don't know?" How can all the pawn shops in the world have a monthly interest of three cents, if it is a dead set of Ming law, then the world's pawn shops will be closed! In our Gutian County, there is not only one shop in Chenghe Dianpu, which one's monthly interest rate is less than two dollars and three cents? ……”

Guo Zhiyuan was about to retort angrily, but there was a light cough from the screen behind him, and he followed the prestige, and saw Bai Du hiding in the screen and waving his hand constantly, although Guo Zhiyuan was a little inexplicable, but he knew that Bai Du had always been calm, and if there was no special reason, he would definitely not stop himself from continuing to try the case at this time, so he hesitated, suppressed the anger in his heart again, and said expressionlessly: "This official really doesn't know much about the pawn shop in this county, since this is the case, I will wait for this official to understand it first, and then try this case......"

Chen Huaili thought that Guo Zhiyuan had softened, and laughed more and more arrogantly: "Lord Guo has just arrived, and it is understandable that he does not understand the customs and customs of our Gutian, but this trial case must be cautious, otherwise it will be bad to make jokes, if the adult tries this case again, he must remember to inform the old man, and the old man can help the adult check the ......" After speaking, he stood up, took a few justices of the peace and Chen Donghai laughed and left!

As soon as Chen Huaili and the others left, Bai Du walked out from behind the screen, and Guo Zhiyuan hurriedly asked impatiently: "Why did Brother Bai stop me from continuing to try this case?" ……”

Bai Du shook his head and sighed and said: "The adults are a little in a hurry, this case is very involved, if you don't prepare and investigate it rashly, I'm afraid that the adults will be very passive......"

"Oh!" Guo Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Could it be that Brother Bai knows the inside story of this case?" Apart from Chen Huaili, who else is involved? ……”

Bai Du shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not that Bai knows the inside story of this case, but there are too many such things, and Bai doesn't need to check to know who is involved!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan's eyes flashed, although he had the advantage of crossing, but if he understood the grassroots officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, he was far less than Baidu, and hurriedly said: "Please also ask Brother Bai to teach!" Who is involved?! ……”

Bai Du hurriedly returned the salute and said: "How dare Bai give advice in front of adults, in fact, as long as the adults have been a county official for a year or two, they will naturally understand the trick, first of all, this matter must be implicated in the county government's household, if there is no household support, this pawn shop can not be opened, because the household is responsible for taxes, know which farmers are difficult to pay taxes, tell the information of these farmers to the pawn shop, the pawn shop can have a target, door-to-door loan, in fact, when the household sends people to the door to collect taxes, these pawn shops will also send people to go together, singing and harmonizing, It is almost an open secret that farmers who cannot pay their taxes have to sign contracts......"

"The second is the local governor and the book, although the chief and the book here are not public officials, but they are all local famous squires and elders, if they do not cooperate, the tax of the court can not be collected at all, this pawn shop has already communicated well with the chief, the book, when the door to lend money, a singing red face, a white face, not afraid of farmers do not sign the contract, after the fact, the pawn shop will also give the chief, the book benefits......"

"Then there are three classes of officials, the three classes of officials like the most is to go to the countryside to collect taxes, and even do not hesitate to pay their own money to buy tickets to the countryside to pay for the house, they will naturally not do a loss-making business, this money is naturally to double the farmers to get back, they sing is a red face, threatening farmers if they do not pay taxes will take people, then the pawnshop shopkeeper will appear again, it will be twice the result with half the effort, even if the farmers know that they have signed the contract, but they are afraid that the government will really take people, I can only sign a contract to deal with the disaster in front of me first......"

Guo Zhiyuan was dumbfounded when he heard this, he really didn't expect that this seemingly simple case would involve so many people, according to Baidu, a complete chain of interests has been formed, and most of them are still public officials of the county government, now the situation is complicated, he wants to thoroughly investigate this case first from the rectification of the rule of officials!

(Note: The county government is responsible for arranging the daily daily official affairs of the county government, and its functions are somewhat similar to the current county government office)