The news of the arrival of the Imperial History of the City Patrol soon spread throughout the East Fourth Pailou Market.

After hearing the news, Shopkeeper Luo of Zuihualou pondered for a while and quickly had an idea.

He had been waiting for such an opportunity for a long time, and now it had finally come.

Immediately sent out his fellows, and found two men to come back.

One is the Lu Dongjia of the Lu family's rice shop, and the other is the rice shopkeeper of the Four Seas Silk Village.

Luo shopkeeper, Lu Dongjia, Mi shopkeeper, are the three largest merchants in the East City archway. Among them, the shopkeeper Luo is still the head of the market.

From the perspective of industry associations, the head of the association is the leader of the non-governmental organization of the merchants, the households, and the city households.

From an official point of view, Jitou is a market leader appointed by the Department of Soldiers and Horses that resembles an autonomous organization. It is the representative of these businesses who is responsible for communicating and cooperating with the yamen.

After Lu Dongjia and the shopkeeper Mi came, the three of them simply calculated and waited in front of the Zuihualou.

As long as you walk into the market, this is the place to go. You will definitely meet the people who patrol the city.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Jia Rui to accompany Xu Daozhong and Wei Ruolan and the others.

The shopkeeper Luo Zhang made a look, and the three of them greeted him together.

"The grass people have seen Lord Yushi and the commanders of the city."

Jia Rui knew these people, so he introduced Xu Daozhong.

"It's admirable that you are so close to the people. The grass people have a reluctant invitation, and they want to invite all the adults to come in and sit down, have a cup of tea and leave. The grass people have some public feelings, and they also want to react with adults. ”

"Okay, then go in and sit. I'm just a little tired. ”

Xu Daozhong agreed, and everyone went into the drunken flower building to sit down, and quickly served tea.

"Thank you Lord Yushi for coming to observe the people's feelings, since Lord Xu took office as the Imperial History of the City, our days have been much better. On the first day, Liu Baihu and his minions were cleared, saving us from his bullying and oppression. ”

Shopkeeper Luo began to put on a high hat for Xu Daozhong.

"Yes, my lord is wise and decisive, as soon as he took office, he San and Song Si got rid of the two scoundrels, we went back and forth to purchase and deliver goods, and the passage was comfortable, so as not to be blackmailed by him."

The rice shopkeeper also added a one.

"Yes, as soon as the lord took office, he immediately captured Wen Fengyu, so as not to be harmed by his arson......

Then the three of them began to list all kinds of good things that have happened recently, including but not limited to traffic rectification, public platforms, and so on.

Even the fact that the patrol camp caught two thieves in the market was counted on Xu Daozhong's head.

As Jia Rui listened to it, he felt a little strange.

What do you three guys mean? I did all these things, what does it have to do with him Xu Daozhong?

Oh, it's because he's a big official that he credits him with all the credit?

You are on the territory of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division, and I am the head snake of the land, okay?

However, these guys are all cunning and treacherous, and they don't seem to be able to make such a low-level mistake when they talk like this in front of me, do they have other intentions?

When Xu Daozhong saw a few people talking like a tide, he was so happy in his heart.

Sure enough, I have made so many political achievements, and it turns out that I am so highly evaluated by the people.

However, these things were all done by Jia Rui, and they don't seem to have anything to do with me.

It's not right, it's related, it's big.

It was I who recommended Jarry to this position, otherwise he wouldn't have had the opportunity to do these things. I'm a discerning hero.

What does the boss do, that is, to employ people. It is precisely because of my proper use of people that I have achieved these achievements.

I deserve the people's evaluation.

However, Jia Rui has done a lot of work after all, and he should be appeased. If I don't praise him a few words, he won't work hard in the future, who will I find to work?

Just with Marchand and their few wastes? What can they be expected to do?

If I want them to do anything, I might as well find a rope and hang them. ”

The plan was decided, and Xu Daozhong coughed.

"You're overrated, these are what I should do. However, Commander Jia has contributed a lot here, and you have to thank him. ”

"As for me, I don't have the time to do those little things, my duty is to use people, put the right people, in the right place."

"I asked Tianxiang to be the commander of the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses, just to put him in the right place."

"Lord Xu has a good eye for heroes, and he uses people properly, which is admirable."

"By the way, you said that there are some public sentiments to react, what is the matter?"

"Lord Xu really understands the people's feelings and loves the people like a son."

"Wherever and wherever we are, diligent government and love the people is the duty of our generation. Just say something. ”

A few guys looked at each other, and Shopkeeper Luo made up his mind.

"Then let's talk about it, there is really a difficult matter, please ask Lord Yushi to call the shots. This is the matter of some customers defaulting on our payments. ”

When Jia Rui heard this, he felt that something was wrong. Just wanted to speak, Xu Daozhong over there said quickly.

"Killing people to pay for their lives, and paying off debts, it is natural and righteous, and it has been like this since ancient times. Although, the official is in charge of you. ”

"Master Xie."

The three guys made a normal noise and knelt on the ground together.

"Mishi-sama, here's the thing. These are the people who owe us money. ”

Shopkeeper Luo took out a piece of paper and handed it to Xu Daozhong.

Xu Daozhong took it and looked at it, and was dumbfounded.

saw that on that list, there were patrol camps, Jingying, Shuntianfu, Guozijian, and the last one turned out to be Shang Baosi in the palace.

The purchased goods are also varied.

There are dozens of kinds of four treasures of the study, lanterns, candles, rice, flour, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, clothes, shoes and hats, silk and satin, cloth, etc.

There is also money for wine and food to eat at restaurants such as Zuihualou.

Together, there are more than 23,000 taels in total.

It is said that doing business to make money, but in fact, it is not true. In many cases, it is not easy for some small and medium-sized businessmen, especially those who do not have the backing of officials behind them, to do business.

Not only do they have to bear the risks of operation, but they also have to endure the exploitation of the yamen and the extortion of scoundrels.

One of the most important items is the so-called procurement projects of some yamen.

Some of these procurement projects from the Yamen are purely purchased on credit, and the goods are taken when they come, which is almost the same as grabbing, and the merchants dare not disobey at all.

It is said that it will give money in the future, but in fact, many times, it is not given at all, it is just a forcible take.

Some of the better yamen, although they gave money, the money was smuggled by the handler and did not reach the merchants.

Many businessmen have suffered heavy losses in this regard.

This kind of procurement, if it was placed in Jia Rui's previous life, would be regarded as a government procurement project.

Because the government's reputation is good and the financial resources are guaranteed, it is worth celebrating when a business encounters such a thing.

But here, it became a disaster for the merchants, and the yamen took the lead in trapping these small and medium-sized merchants.

As soon as they looked at this list of old men, everyone understood that this was a tricky matter.

If this account is good, where do you need to wait until today, where do you need to find the imperial history of the city patrol?

These guys said that they were invited to drink tea, and it turned out to be a Hongmen banquet.