"Huh! Have you heard? The Jinshi Gang in the southwest of the county was served a pot by the county officials yesterday afternoon~! ”

"What? Did Jin Wanbiao catch it? ”

"Got it! Caught it! It is said that all of the 58 members of the Jinshi Gang were arrested and put in the county jail! ”

"Great! That's great! The people of the Jinshi Gang have done all the bad things, and Jin Wanbiao is even more brutal by nature, I don't know how many merchants have been blackmailed by him! They should have been put in jail a long time ago! ”

"Didn't you want to arrest Jin Wanbiao before you became the commander of He County? Isn't that without evidence? ”

"What's wrong? Is there evidence this time? ”

"Hey! This time it's different! This time, it was not Sun Zhutou in the county government who led the team, but the pro-guard army of the Hou Mansion, even if he lent him ten guts to Jin Wanbiao, he didn't dare to say anything! ”

"Wow! It seems that Hou Ye can't get used to these bullies! ”

"Isn't it? And I heard that the Canghai Gang in the north of the city was also wiped out yesterday afternoon! Although their gang leader Tsunami is not as hateful as Jin Wanbiao, he also collects protection fees from many merchants! ”

"Far more than that! In addition to these two gangs, yesterday afternoon many thugs in the city were all arrested and put in prison, I have a nephew who is on an errand in the yamen, I heard him say that now the prison cells of the county government are overcrowded, and Hu Dianshi, who is in charge of trying these prisoners, is said to have been unseen all night last night! ”

"Wow! Such an exaggeration! It seems that the Hou Ye really made a move! Otherwise, no one would have this kind of thunderous means to wipe out all the ruffians and hooligans in Lantian County! ”

"No wonder yesterday afternoon, the Sifang City Gate of Lantian County was suddenly closed! It turns out that Master Hou wants to completely eliminate these tumors in the city! Now that these hooligans are gone, I feel that the security in the city is much better! ”

"And have you noticed that there are a few more teams of street patrol officers in the market today? I don't know if they have only been patrolling in the last few days, or if they will patrol like this in the future, if it is the latter, then there will never be a matter of ruffians extorting protection money from merchants in the city again! ”

"Haha! What did I say yesterday? The establishment of this business department by the county government is definitely a good thing for us businessmen! Although the commercial tax is paid more than before, without the protection fee extorted by bullies like Jin Wanbiao and Tsunamitian, the money saved is enough to pay the commercial tax! What's more, our merchants in Lantian County, in addition to being able to get the priority supply of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, the heirs can also go to the county to study, overall, it is definitely a good thing! ”

"That's right, that's right! If you do business in other states and counties, you will also be blackmailed by a bully like Jin Wanbiao, and the various expenses added up every month may not be smaller than the cost of opening a shop in Lantian County! So, the business department of the county government, I support it from the bottom of my heart! I rushed to Hou Ye this time to clean up the bullies in the city in one fell swoop, and gave us merchants a bad breath, I Jin Fugui said that I would support Hou Ye in everything~! ”

"Yes, yes, yes~! You must support Hou Ye~! ”

Day 2.

The people of Lantian County, who got up early, couldn't help but talk together in groups, and the focus of the topic was naturally the Skynet operation in Lantian County yesterday!

Merchants who were not satisfied with the Department of Commerce and the new commercial tax law have changed their attitudes and began to talk about the good of the Department of Commerce!

"Go and see! The county government has posted a new notice! ”

Coincidentally, at this moment, someone ran over and shouted.

"New notice? It must have something to do with Jin Wanbiao's bullies! Walk! Let's all check it out! ”

I don't know who shouted, and suddenly, the merchants and people walked quickly in groups in the direction of the county office!

In front of the notice board at the entrance of the county government, there were already twenty or thirty people surrounded at this time, and a scholar read while reading: "The members of the Jinshi Gang and the Canghai Gang have been wantonly extorting merchants in the city in recent months, demanding protection money, and committing crimes such as wounding people and arson. The leader of the two gangs will be exiled directly to Qiongzhou!

From now on, if anyone dares to extort merchants, the county government will severely punish them! And in order to maintain the law and order of the city, there will be guards patrolling every day in the future, and at the same time, the patrol will also be strengthened in the city to ensure that the merchants have a good business environment and that the people have a stable living environment! ”

A careful examination of the relevant laws of the Tang and Song dynasties shows that the maximum period of punishment in these two dynasties generally did not exceed three years, that is, the prisoner would only be sentenced to less than three years in prison, and even most prisoners would only be sentenced to less than two years in prison. The laws of the Tang and Song dynasties set three years as the upper limit of the sentence, and divided it into five levels of criminal law from one to three years.

The reason why there is no longer prison sentence is mainly because the population in ancient times would not be as large as in modern times, and human resources would not be as worthless as in modern society. In this era, everyone was a very valuable labor force used to develop production and weaving operations. Once the prisoners are detained extensively and for a long time, it will have a great impact on the production operations of the whole society.

Moreover, the prison sentences in this era could not only be imprisoned by prisoners, who had to complete compulsory and high-intensity labor in addition to being detained. This practice is roughly similar to the fixed-term imprisonment and labor reform implemented in modern society!

Therefore, the county government's punishment for the ruffians and hooligans arrested yesterday is still very heavy!

"Great! That's great! In the future, no one in the market will dare to collect protection money! ”

"Master Hou is really thinking about us and other merchants! This business department is well built! ”

"That's right, that's right! In the future, you will be able to do business with peace of mind and steadfastness! Although there are many commercial taxes, the old man is willing to pay! ”

"No! The old man also has to buy a shop in Lantian County, who has a shop that wants to be sold? The price is negotiable! ”

After seeing this notice at the gate of the county government, the people and merchants finally saw the determination of the county government to rectify the law and order in Lantian County, and the merchants were all relieved and rejoiced!

"Huh? Isn't that Boss Cao of Chang'an City? Why did he bring so many cars? What's in the car? ”

"Wouldn't you just ask? Boss Cao is still very talkative! ”

When everyone was talking, they caught a glimpse of a convoy on the road west of the county government, and the person at the head was Cao Wendong, the largest cloth merchant in Chang'an City! Seeing that Cao Wendong came to Lantian County with so many carriages, the people at the gate of the county government couldn't help but talk a lot.

Naturally, someone who is bold and good will come forward and ask: "Boss Cao, what are you going to do?" ”

Cao Wendong didn't put up a fight, he said with a smile: "Cao heard yesterday that Lantian County has established a business department, which treats merchants, ordinary people, and craftsmen equally, and the children of merchants can also participate in the county school, which makes Cao very excited!" Because of the Department of Commerce, we businessmen will no longer be blinded and bullied! So after thinking about it left and right, he planned to completely move his family to Lantian County, anyway, there are a few shops in this city, which can be used to let the dog enter the county school! ”

Last year, when the Yanhuang Academy was not established, Cao Wendong found Li Zexuan several times, wanting the latter to set up a chamber of commerce and help businessmen improve their social status, at that time, Li Zexuan refused his request for personal reasons, and later, Li Zexuan himself established the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, although Cao Wendong also joined the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, but the status of businessmen in society has not changed!

Everywhere, the merchant is a low-class pariah, a despised being!

Now Li Zexuan plans to set up a business department in Lantian County, which is specially used to protect the social status and interests of businessmen, and makes it clear that the status and class of businessmen are no different from ordinary people.

After all, it can be said that Lantian County is the only piece of pure land for the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, and it may also be the last piece of pure land! Only here, businessmen can get fair and just social treatment and social status, and can get the opportunity to enroll in the county school, both of which in Cao Wendong's view, are good "things" that cannot be exchanged for money!

"What? Boss Cao? Are you moving to Lantian County to live~? ”

After listening to Cao Wendong's words, the merchants couldn't help but exclaim one by one.

Cao Wendong smiled faintly: "What? Isn't it like? The old man has already bought a mansion in Lantian County, which is in Yong'an Fang, and he can become a close neighbor of the Hou Ye when the time comes! ”

"But what should Boss Cao do with your cloth workshop in Chang'an City?"

Then someone asked again.

Cao Wendong said indifferently: "Then treat it as a branch, and in the future, the Cao family's store in Lantian County will be the head office!" ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at each other, and in their hearts, they attributed Cao Wendong to the kind of person who was "rich and willful"! After all, although the commercial scale of Lantian County's city is many times larger than before, compared with Chang'an City, Lantian County is still far behind! Now Cao Wendong is willing to treat the store in Chang'an City as a branch and move his family to Lantian County, which is really rich and capricious!

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"Now that most of the ruffians and hooligans in the city have been caught, the Department of Commerce will officially start to carry out the tasks it should perform, but the public security environment in the city must always be paid attention to to prevent the resurgence of evil forces like Jin Wanbiao, after all, it is not easy to govern the stable county seat of Lantian County, once it is chaotic again, it will be really difficult to govern!"

Lantian County Back Office, Li Zexuan said to the officials in the county office.

Yesterday, Liu Feng took the lead to help the county government arrest people, it was indeed from Li Zexuan's instructions, although he failed to catch all the ruffians in the city, but the majority of the scoundrels he caught can at least play a deterrent role, so that those who have slipped through the net will not dare to do things in the city anymore!

Of course, the reason why he chose this time to rectify the security of Lantian County, in addition to giving prestige to the Department of Commerce and letting more merchants believe in the Department of Commerce, Li Zexuan also has a small selfishness, that is, his family has now all moved to the Hou Mansion in Yong'an Fang, including Lan'er and Han Yuxi, all of whom moved over in the first two days! Li Zexuan didn't want those ruffians in the city to affect his family!

Although the people of the Hou Mansion usually have an entourage or escort when they go out, who can guarantee that they will bring a guard every time they go out? How bad would it be if you met some blind scoundrels when you didn't have an escort?

Therefore, instead of defending day and night, it is better to directly serve all the main underworld forces in the city, so that those little scum fish that have slipped through the net will stop for a long, long time without having a chance to continue to be evil!!

"Xiaguan remember the teachings of Lord Hou!"

He Xian Ling arched his hand towards Li Zexuan and responded.

Li Zexuan nodded, and asked again: "How is the progress of the construction of the canal in the county?" How is the installation of the water wheel progressing? ”

Seeing that it was going to be the middle of May, looking at the hotter weather day by day, Li Zexuan said in his heart that he was not in a hurry, it was impossible!

He Xianling replied with some excitement: "Master Hou, with the joint efforts of the people of the county, the construction of cement ditches in our county is basically coming to an end, and as for the waterwheel placement work at each key node, there are only less than five waterwheels left that have not been installed!" It is expected that by the day after tomorrow at the latest, the reservoir will be able to open the gate to release water and test whether our canals and waterwheels can operate normally! ”

"So fast?"

Li Zexuan raised his eyebrows, very surprised.

Counting the days, it's only been ten days! A county's cement ditch is almost finished? The progress of this project has made countless modern people a little embarrassed!

He Xianling said with a smile:

"Master Hou, do you know, after the people of Lantian County learned that you had built a waterwheel that could automatically carry water, the enthusiasm for repairing the canal came up all of a sudden, and men, women and children, regardless of age, all joined the team of building the canal.

Even if they don't get paid, those people are still willing to help build the canal! In addition, in order to rush the work, some Zhuangzi even adopted the working mechanism of two shifts during the day and night, and it is precisely because of the desperate efforts of the villagers on the Zhuangzi that the project progress is so rapid today! ”

Now this situation is thanks to the news in the "Datang Daily" a few days ago, which completely encouraged the enthusiasm of all the people to build the canal! Compared with the number of people reported to the county government before, the number of people who are now repairing the canal is three times as much as before!

Such a positive and powerful choice.

Li Zexuan smiled with satisfaction: "Okay! Very good! As soon as the canal is completed, send someone to inform Ben Hou immediately! Time waits for no one, our county has to start diverting water to water the ground as soon as possible! ”

"The lower official obeys the order~!"

Hu Dianshi, Sun Zhutou, Meng Xiancheng, Wang Xianwei, Zhang Zhushu and others saluted one after another and responded.

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First update!

Thanks to Hans for his 50,000 Prize (26 April)

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