In front of the gate of the Kaifeng Mansion Prison, Wang Hao and Bao Zheng stood side by side, and after watching Song Renzong Zhao Zhen and his party leave the Kaifeng Mansion Prison, they turned around and re-entered the Kaifeng Mansion Prison.

"Wang Sicheng, when will we implement your new plan to build concrete roads and revise new traffic regulations?" Bao Zheng re-entered the prison of Kaifeng Mansion and asked Wang Hao, who was walking side by side with him.

Faced with Bao Zheng's inquiry, Wang Hao replied without hesitation: "Bao Gong, in the eyes of the lower officials, without further ado, we should act immediately." ”

Next, in the cell where Fan Zhongyan was held in Kaifeng Mansion Prison, Wang Hao and Bao Zheng discussed the specific details with Fan Zhongyan to avoid deviations or mistakes in the implementation process.

The plan has been decided, in the cell where Fan Zhongyan was detained, Bao Zhengming brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone, which was dictated by Wang Hao, and Fan Zhongyan personally picked up the pen.

Seeing that it was about noon, Wang Hao and Bao Zheng said goodbye to Fan Zhongyan, and the two of them acted separately, Bao Zheng mainly took a group of Kaifeng government officials to post notices revising one of the new traffic regulations in the streets and alleys of Tokyo.

The penalties for violating the new traffic rules have been revised from the previous three forms of punishment, namely, verbal warning, criticism and education, and imprisonment to fines, and the amount of fines varies from 100 yuan, 1,000 yuan, 10,000 yuan, 100,000 yuan, and 100,000 yuan, according to the degree of violation of the new traffic regulations.

Those who are unable to pay the amount of the penalty within 12 hours may mortgage their labor by selling their labor to the Street Division, and for each day of work, they may mortgage 10 cents, and so on.

The introduction of this newly revised penalty fully reflects the principle that the rich who violate the new traffic rules will have a money game, and the poor people who violate the new traffic rules will have to hold a personal game.

Whether you are rich or poor, after violating the new traffic rules, you have to make a show, and it is absolutely impossible to escape punishment.

Adhering to the principle of non-retroactivity, the revised penalty will be promulgated and implemented in the city of Tokyo from 4 o'clock this afternoon.

In other words, Fan Zhongyan, who was previously sentenced to squatting in Kaifeng Mansion Prison for three days, could neither pay the fine nor sell his labor to mortgage his punishment of being held in the prison for three days, and could only be released after squatting for three days.

In this compartment, Bao Zheng led a group of officials of Kaifeng Prefecture to post notices written by Fan Zhongyan himself in the streets and alleys of Tokyo.

Thanks to the fact that there was already a fairly mature printing technique at that time, the manuscript of the notice written by Fan Zhongyan had already been printed in hundreds of copies in less than a moment.

Under the guidance of Zhang Sanmu, the group drove the carriage and walked for about an hour and a half, and then stopped in the field of a village.

After getting out of the carriage, Wang Hao looked at the place about a hundred miles away in front of him, looked at it, and immediately raised his eyebrows, and said to Zhang Sanmu who was standing beside him: "Brother Miki, you have helped me a lot after class, and this time it can be regarded as helping me solve a thorny problem." ”

Because the road ahead was relatively narrow, the carriage could not pass at all, so Wang Hao asked the two accompanying guards to wait here to watch the carriage, and he, Zhang Sanmu, and the other four guards rushed over on foot.

It took about a moment of effort, Wang Hao walked to the front, only to find that in this large area, there were as many as a dozen kilns made of stones.

After stopping, Wang Hao immediately instructed Zhang Sanmu and the four street priests who followed him to call the owners of more than a dozen stone kilns within a radius of two or three miles to him one by one for questioning.

Because at this moment, the chimneys of each stone kiln are almost emitting green smoke outward, that is to say, these stone kilns are burning things, and as the owners of the stone kilns, they are basically supervising the work next to the stone kilns.

Next to almost every stone kiln, there are one or two simple shacks, which are used by the stone kiln workers to rest, and the stone kiln owners who are responsible for supervising the work are naturally also here.

Sure enough, after about half an hour, Zhang Sanmu and the four guards of the Street Division basically called the owners of the more than a dozen stone kilns to Wang Hao.

Previously, when he was in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, Wang Hao was still wearing civilian clothes, and when he returned to the street division yamen, he immediately changed into official clothes, including Zhang Sanmu and the accompanying street division guards, each of whom was also wearing official clothes.

For the owners of these stone kilns, each of them is a common man, and when they see a person wearing official uniforms, they are called to interrogate, how dare they disobey, so they are naturally happy to agree.

"Brother Hao, I just counted, there are a total of sixteen stone kilns here, I and four brothers from the street division, found the owners of fourteen stone kilns, the owners of the other two stone kilns are not here, I asked the people who are working in the two stone kilns to report to their stone kiln masters." Zhang Sanmu reported to Wang Hao about the search for the owner of the stone kiln.

After listening to Zhang Sanmu's report, Wang Hao nodded slightly, glanced at the owners of the fourteen stone kilns lined up in front of him, and asked, "Do you know who I am?" ”

The fourteen people standing in a row, after listening to Wang Hao's question, they first looked at each other, then shook their heads one after another, and replied in unison: "I don't know." ”

Immediately afterwards, Wang Hao asked again: "Then do you know that there is a street division yamen in Tokyo City?" ”

Facing Wang Hao's inquiry again, these fourteen people looked at each other again, then shook their heads again, and replied in unison: "I don't know." ”

Next, Wang Hao continued to ask: "How do you transport the lime burned from the kiln to Tokyo for sale?" ”

For Wang Hao this time, a middle-aged man standing in the middle, who was a little older, probably to the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, replied first: "Tell the official, after the lime burned in our kiln, the buyers in Tokyo City sent horse-drawn carriages to pull it away, we rarely go to Tokyo City on weekdays, and we go to Tokyo City only a handful of times in a year. ”

After listening to the middle-aged man's answer, Wang Hao realized that it was because they rarely went to Tokyo City, so they didn't know that there was a yamen called the Street Division, let alone that he had just been in office for less than a month.

After thinking for a while, Wang Hao immediately solemnly announced to these fourteen people: "This official is the street secretary in Tokyo, and he is ordered by the official family to build a cement road in Tokyo.

"And all of you lime fired in the kiln is one of the important raw materials for cement. From now on, all the lime you burn in the next month will be requisitioned by the officials, and you shall not betray and sell it to the outside world. Once discovered, he will be imprisoned in Kaifeng Prefecture for punishment. ”

When the fourteen men heard that the little official, who seemed to be in his prime, who claimed to be the secretary of the city in Tokyo, had been ordered by the official to requisition the kilns of each of them for thirty days, they were filled with mixed joy.

"The villain took the liberty of asking this Si Cheng official, every time you sell a cart of fired lime, the buyer will pay 5,000 yuan, I don't know how much money can the Si Cheng official give us a cart of lime after all the lime fired in our kiln is requisitioned?" It was still the middle-aged man, who had the courage to ask Wang Hao, who was standing opposite him, neither humbly nor arrogantly.

As soon as this person's question fell, Wang Hao, who was face to face with him, didn't have time to think about it, so he replied without thinking: "After the expiration of the requisition period, this Si Cheng will pay you the money for the requisition of lime, according to what you said for the elder brother, 5,000 yuan per cart of lime." No, I'll give you another hundred dollars for each cart of lime.

"In order to prove that the official will not default on the debt, you can count how many truckloads of lime you have taken away every day, and the official will sign and draw an IOU for you. Thirty days later, you should take all the IOUs written by your official and go to the Yamen of the street, not far to the west of the Liangmen Gate in the city of Tokyo, to withdraw the money. I am here to assure you that when the time comes, you will not be left with a penny. ”

Just now, these fourteen people, the expressions on each person's cheeks can be described by the words "mixed blessings and sorrows", when they heard Wang Hao's words on credit for 30 days, suddenly, everyone's cheeks immediately appeared stunned, panicked, sorrowful and other intricate expressions.

Seeing the owners of the fourteen stone kilns standing in front of him, they all looked very embarrassed, Wang Hao rushed forward with an arrow, and after approaching them, he asked: "Why, you don't think it's feasible for this official talent's proposal?" ”

Whether in ancient times or in modern society, the old saying "the people do not fight with the officials" is very applicable.

The owners of their fourteen stone kilns naturally knew that they were powerless and powerless Li people, and naturally they couldn't fight the young man in front of him who claimed to be the street secretary, not to mention, this young man was ordered by the Zhao official family, they naturally didn't dare to have disobedience, they could only break their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs.

However, there are still some of them who don't want to be at the mercy of this petty official in front of them, and want to fight for their own interests.

"Si Cheng officials, the villains are also doing small business, and the officials have to pay credit for 30 days in one breath, which is really a long date. We went up the mountain to quarry, not only to test manpower, but also to pay 30% of the tax to Kaifeng Prefecture. If you are credited by the official for 30 days, we will all close our doors. Which middle-aged man stepped forward at this time, straightened his waist, and politely declined Wang Hao's proposal to give credit for thirty days.