The matchmaker is reasonable, the hero does not suffer the loss in front of him, and he uses the silver with good words, Chen Kai and his party did not make such a big movement as the kissing team just now. As for the problem of being "suspected" as a fine work, there is a reality in this world called that money can make ghosts grind, and even ghosts are grinding.

After passing the "Ghost Gate" with low eyebrows, Chen Kai still had that humility on his face, but the anger in his chest had already begun to burn. It's a pity that this is Hangzhou, not the Anping Bridge across the sea from the center and left. Besides, this broad daylight is really not the time to do things.

The queue for the kiss took a lot of time, and half a day of work passed. When he arrived at Chen Kai, he paid the money clearly and quickly, and the flag soldiers were not too embarrassed, so it passed. Behind Chen Kai, there were the two locals who had predicted that they would spend more time, and they didn't see anything special about these two people, but when they came to the group of flag soldiers, they nodded and bowed for a while, and they didn't even give a single piece of silver. Even if in the past, it was accompanied by the word "roll" with a smile and scolding, it was not the treatment of ordinary people.

Chen Kai didn't pay attention to this, but after walking for a while, Cai Qiao came to Chen Kai and whispered a few words, which caused Chen Kai's vigilance.

"They, still behind?"

"Yes."

Could it be that their whereabouts are exposed, and will these two guys be stalking? Chen Kai was a little hesitant, because it stands to reason that most of the people who are being watched should be as low-key as possible, and that prophecy makes them really conspicuous, which is not in line with common sense. But if they think backwards, assuming that they have guessed that they have been exposed, then it is easier to dispel the suspicions of the person being followed.

What flashed in his mind was suspicion, but he had already entered the city, and many methods could not be used. Seeing this, Chen Kai began to show his curiosity about the surrounding environment little by little, and his pace naturally slowed down. At this time, the two locals were still walking forward at a constant speed, exchanging views with each other as they walked.

"This group of flag soldiers is too ......"

"What is this, I almost lifted the lid of the coffin a few days ago. Uncle Bannerman, I can't afford to mess with ......"

“……”

Slowly and evenly staggered, and the two locals walked in front. Chen Kai vaguely listened to this, frowned slightly, but did not catch up, still walked slowly, until the two sides had a considerable distance, Cai Qiao confirmed that there was no tail behind him, and he noticed that the two locals were still on the street and greeted a guy dressed as a servant, and the official seemed to be very respectful to them.

The doubts in my mind began to be explained gradually, until a moment later, the two locals were just limping, and when Chen Kai and the others followed to that corner, they looked at it again, and the two of them swaggered into a compound. And on the plaque at the entrance of the compound, the four big characters of "Renhe County Ya" are clearly written.

"Uncle Bannerman, I really can't be provoked."

Leaving such an exclamation, Chen Kai and the others went to find the inn agreed with Kuang Lu. Fortunately, the war did not reach this place, and the inn still stands there. There is only one point, that is, the signboard has been changed, and there is a great possibility of changing the owner.

Whether there is a change of owners or not, it has nothing to do with them. Looking for the hotel opposite, Chen Kai and his entourage went up to the second floor, occupied the three tables near the window, and ate and drank there, while waiting for Daozong and Kuang Lu to meet here.

The agreement was Shenshi, it was still early, Chen Kai was not in a hurry, he ate slowly, and began to think about what to do next. Just thinking about it, a man and a woman on the street pulled two little girls with double buns and hurried to the direction of Wulin Gate, just when Chen Kai caught a glimpse of them in his spare eyes, at the intersection where they had just turned, suddenly a few ruffian-like guys suddenly came out of the road, looked around, and quickly caught their movements from the flow of people.

"Run!"

The man dragged a little girl in one hand and the woman who was holding another little girl in the other, and ran wildly. However, their speed was really difficult to compare with those young and strong ruffians, and not far from Chen Kai's sight, several ruffians surrounded them in the middle of the road.

"Damn, you owe the flag man the silver, and you dare to run?"

The ruffian at the head shouted and cursed, and the man knew that he couldn't run anymore, so he simply cried loudly. It's a pity that the passers-by he pinned his hopes on all fled here in a hurry, and they didn't dare to stay even a little longer, as if staying a little longer would cause great trouble.

The man was still some distance away from the restaurant where Chen Kai was, and Chen Kai couldn't hear his cry very clearly, but he vaguely heard about usury, what interest rose too fast, and he had no intention of continuing to listen.

Unexpectedly, crying here, those ruffians were about to step forward to snatch the woman and the two little girls. The ruffians tore their faces, and the man took out a wrist-dissolving knife from his shirt, holding the handle of the knife in both hands, and trembling and yelling at the ruffians, ordering them not to come closer. It's just that his lust didn't last long, and in the distance, an arrow slashed through and plunged straight into his chest.

The man fell to the ground with his back to the sky, and as soon as the cries of the woman and the little girl were remembered, the ruffians stepped forward directly and pulled them aside. Immediately afterwards, a young man riding a horse rushed over, pointed at the ruffians who were nearly ten years older than him, and scolded, and then rode on the horse again, and let the ruffians take the woman and the two little girls away. Subsequently, a few officials and helpers came to clean up the corpse.

What they said, just like the man's crying, Chen Kai didn't hear it clearly, but he killed people during the day, walked away, and even kidnapped three women, and just left, which really shocked Chen Kai's eyes.

casually summoned a little second, Chen Kai asked out a little, the little two were a little squeaky, so he took out a silver ingot and put it on the table, indicating that he explained this matter clearly, and the silver was this little er's.

"Listening to the guest officer's accent, it's not a local."

Xiao Er said firmly, and without waiting for Chen Kai to answer, he continued: "You don't know, those ruffians are all camp lines, and they are responsible for lending usury for the flag people in the flag camp, and we all call this a camp debt here." Unlike other usury, if you owe it, the interest will continue to rise, and there is no reason at all...... No one can afford to pay it back, and in the end, their real estate, wives and daughters will be taken away by those banner people, and even those who owe debts are mostly dragged into the banner camp as slaves...... Don't borrow? Hey, the business debt has long been a stinky street, even if you don't talk about this, who would dare to provoke those flag people. But there are always some greedy people who help them to deceive ......."

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Banner people were financially well-off due to massacres and looting, and they issued usury to the common people through brokers known as "camp lines". For example, Hangzhou garrisoned the Eight Banners, and in a wealthy place like Hangzhou, where businessmen gathered, they issued business debts on a large scale and took advantage of them, which was all famous.

Historically, the camp debt was hated by the people of Hangzhou, and in 1684 AD, that is, in the twenty-third year of Kangxi, the camp debt caused a boycott protest by merchants in the Wulinmen area. At that time, in order to alleviate the contradictions, a magistrate who witnessed the whole process seized several local battalions to reassure the people, but was besieged and beaten by dozens of banner men, and smashed the sedan chair that the magistrate was riding. According to that posture, if it weren't for a serious 800 official, it is estimated that it would not be impossible to be killed on the spot.

At that time, it was already three years after the end of the rebellion of the three feudatories, and even Taiwan had been captured by the Qing army the year before. Considering that the large-scale war had ended and was in urgent need of recuperation, the Qing court had co-opted the gentry and the common people to maintain stability, so Kangxi sent an official named Zhao Shilin to serve as the governor of Zhejiang to deal with the matter.

After Zhao Shilin took office, he was surprised to find that the business debts owed by the people of Hangzhou at that time had reached 310,000 taels of silver. This number is limited to those who are still in the repayment period and have not yet been torn by those banner men and arrested to pay off their debts and become slaves. However, such a huge amount of money has also seriously affected the commercial order of Hangzhou.

In the end, Zhao Shilin reluctantly lowered the principal and interest of the business debt to more than 70,000 taels through continuous discussions with the officials stationed in the Eight Banners, and the use of pressure from the imperial court. It's just that this amount is by no means something that those people can afford, and Zhao Shilin had to raise donations from the local officials while raising his own funds, so that this hole could be completely blocked. But there is still nothing that can be done about those who have been arrested and enslaved as debtors.

In order to commemorate Zhao Shilin's courage and great contribution to the people of Hangzhou, the people of Hangzhou set up a shrine on the bank of the West Lake to express their gratitude and love.

It's a pity that the camp debt has already started at the beginning of the Eighth Banner Army's garrison in Hangzhou, and now three years have passed, and this situation of no one will continue to last for 33 years.

How many people have already died because of this, and how many people will die because of this, no one knows, and no one can even say that there is no way to calculate it. But there is one thing that is clearly placed in front of Chen Kai's eyes, that is, the lawlessness of the banner people, which has made the local people neither dare to be angry nor dare to speak.

After hearing this, Chen Kai shook off the shopkeeper who was smiling because he got the silver, but his expression was bleak because of those tragedies that happened to them and he couldn't see the future at all, and he fell back into contemplation.

Shen Shi originally had a lot of time, but for Chen Kai, who was outside the world, it didn't take long for him to arrive. Daozong arrived first, did not go upstairs, and said a few words to a personal soldier who came out to answer downstairs, and then turned to leave. After another half an hour, Kuang Lu also rushed back, but the news he brought back was that his "acquaintance" had already gone into the mountains and lived in seclusion. In this Hangzhou city, Chen Kai and they can only rely on themselves if they want to do things. 8)