Li Shanchang is not joking, if he really adds a city department, it may really be just collecting taxes from Ma Du and Shen Wansan, and there is no strong coastal defense, but it is just empty talk.

"If you really have an idea, give the prince a story, you are also a subordinate of the prince, don't always hide in the countryside and be lazy." Li Shanchang said again: "When will your school open again?" ”

Ma Du smiled bitterly: "On the fifth day of the eighth month, I just don't know if anyone dares to come." ”

"Others don't know, anyway, the old man's second son Li Fang will go, if he is not honest, let Zhao Desheng beat him hard!"

"Really? However, there are no famous teachers among the younger generations, and only Mr. Luo will go there for ten days a month. ”

Li Shanchang pointed at Ma Du and said with a smile: "Who said no, you are not yourself, but the copper smell on your body is a little bigger." ”

Look at what you said, it seems that you Li Shanchang don't love money, and you can't wait to collect profits just now.

With Li Shanchang's order, things will be easy to handle, and Ma Du and Shen Wansan's arrival at the house will be handled according to the ordinary commercial tax. It is not the later thirty taxes and one and the fifteenth tax one, but ten taxes and one.

The world is undecided, there are beacons everywhere, and Lao Zhu is at war in the north and south, which is all asking for money. Ma Du did not rashly go to Lao Zhu to discuss the matter of adding a city division, because he didn't have a suitable plan for himself, so he could only hide in the study and think hard.

A woman suddenly came to the house, who came to help Song Shuang have a baby, and in front of the maids and servants, she kept saying that Ma Du had eaten her milk. In the study, I listened to Zhang Wuliu's report, Ma Du was furious, where the eighth woman was spreading rumors at home, and was about to be driven away.

Lao Liu said that Ma Du had really eaten the lady's milk in Hongdu, and that woman was Xu Daliang's mother-in-law, and Xu Daliang specially picked up from Hongdu to help Song Shuang deliver the baby.

The fact is so undeniable that Ma Du's acquiescence made this woman's status in the Ma family soar, and she was called Mother Xu by the maids and servants.

But this Xu's mother is Xu Daliang's sequel, young and unusual, only twenty years old, and she looks good. At night, Ma Du was inevitably forced by Song Shuang to ask what the relationship was with Xu Daliang's mother-in-law. Ma Du had no choice but to tell the truth, which caused Song Shuang to laugh again.

After thinking about it at home for two days, Ma Du finally came up with a Chen Tiao, and he got up early in the morning to let Zhang Wuliu and Lao Liu drive into the city in a carriage, ready to hand the Chen Tiao to Lao Zhu.

When I arrived in the city, it was already three poles old, and it was stuffy in the carriage, and Ma Du was still dressed in a neat official uniform, which was even hotter, and no matter how he fanned his sweat, it was all over the place.

The streets were still bustling on a hot day, and the carriage was caught in the crowd and walked very slowly.

There was a sudden sound of beating and scolding in front of him, and the carriage also stopped, and Ma Du lifted the curtain and asked, "What's the matter with Lao Liu?" ”

Lao Liu replied: "The lord seems to have a slave bullying people!" ”

Ma Du stood on the wheel of the car and looked at it, only to see that the people on the street in front of him were surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and in the middle of the crowd he faintly saw a few people who looked like servants kicking and beating the ground.

"Lao Liu, let's go over and have a look!" Ma Du walked over with Lao Liu and Zhang Wuliu.

As soon as I walked to the side of the crowd, I heard a person who looked like a lively shopkeeper: "This old woman is really, isn't it just a few bowls of sour plum soup for a few dollars." These wicked servants have just taken two fine silks from my shop, and they haven't paid for them......"

The shopkeeper turned his head and saw Ma Du in official clothes, immediately closed his mouth, and returned to the silk shop next to him.

"Let Jean, let my lord let me!"

Lao Liu and Zhang Wuliu separated the crowd and walked to the front, only to see a crooked burden on the ground, a black clay pot at one end of the basket, and a black ceramic bowl at the other end. The big black clay pot had broken, and the dark red juice flowed out, like blood flowing wantonly on the bluestone slab.

Four or five servants were beating an old woman and a young man of fifteen or sixteen on the ground. The young man lay on the ground with his head in his arms and let people punch and kick him, and the old woman rolled in her fists and kicks while begging and crying: "Don't beat my grandson, I don't want money!" I don't want the money! ”

"Stop!" Madu shouted loudly, and the surroundings immediately fell silent. Watching the lively melon-eating crowd immediately dispersed a large circle and just didn't leave, whether it was the official protection in broad daylight, or the Qingtian lord punishing the slaves, it was a rare good show.

The servants also stopped, and when they saw Madu's appearance clearly, their expressions seemed to be very relaxed. A middle-aged man in a brocade robe leaned forward and arched his hand, "It turned out to be Lord Ma, you are polite!" ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a buzzing discussion around them.

"Oh, I actually know each other, this time the old woman was beaten in vain."

"It's light to be beaten for nothing, maybe you will be arrested and sent to jail!"

"Yes, the lord is not as big as the grandfather!"

……

Ma Du heard these discussions clearly, and couldn't help asking, "Are you?" ”

"We are from the Duke of Wei's mansion, and I am the maternal uncle of the Duchess of Guo, and the mother-in-law who sells sour plum soup is too ignorant, so she gave her a copper coin and pestered her, and taught her a lesson......"

The mother-in-law on the ground said with blood in her mouth: "Master, they drank half a jar of sour plum soup from the old woman before giving a copper coin!" ”

As soon as I heard that it was the people in Xu Da's mansion, Ma Du was a little confused, Xu Da, Xu Da, you can manage hundreds of thousands of troops properly, why can't the affairs of the family be settled, or let me help you!

As soon as Ma Du raised his hand and punched the middle-aged man's cheek, the middle-aged man didn't expect Ma Du to suddenly make a move, and he fell directly to the ground.

"Lao Liu tied up these gangsters who pretended to be slaves of the Duke of Wei! But if there is a person who resists arrest, he will be killed immediately! Madu was very loud and tried to hear everyone around him.

Lao Liu and Zhang Wuliu immediately pulled out Ming Huang's waist knife, the servant is the servant, and in the face of the Ming Huang's steel knife, he immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "The villain is really the house slave of the Wei State Mansion." ”

Lao Liu is shrewd like a ghost, why don't he understand what Ma Du means, seeing them shouting indiscriminately, he immediately slapped them in the mouth, and his mouth was full of blood, and his speech became slurred.

Lao Liu took out the belts of these people and helped them one by one.

"Lao Liu, give me a discount on their right legs!"

Lao Liu hesitated and asked in a low voice: "Is the lord too heavy, Wei Guogong is afraid that he will be surprised when he comes back!" ”

"If you are told to fight, you will fight! I've got my own! ”

For the execution of Ma Du's order, Zhang Wuliu did not take the slightest discount, and had already picked up the flat burden on the pick from the ground, and rushed to the lower leg bones of several people, and several people immediately screamed in pain.

As for whether there is a discount, it's hard to say, anyway, Xu Da shouldn't have a chance to go out and cause trouble before he comes back, and as for Xu Da, most likely he won't come to the door to ask for the guilt.

The old woman pulled her grandson, who had a blue nose and swollen face, and kowtowed, and Ma Du asked Zhang Wuliu to take his mother-in-law and grandson to the medical officer next to him for treatment.

"These people pretended to be the slaves of Wei Guogong to do evil, ruined the reputation of Wei Guogong, and now they have been captured by this official, so let's disperse quickly, don't block the streets."

As soon as this remark came out, there were many people who shouted Lord Qingtian, and there were also those who secretly rolled their eyes, but there were many smart people in this world, but the crowd dispersed.

Ma Du saw a team of street patrol catchers standing far away, so he beckoned, and a few catchers came over timidly, Ma Du showed them the waist card, and reprimanded: "Why don't you care about the evil people doing evil?" ”

The head catcher said with a bitter face: "What is the identity of the villain, where do you dare to care about them." ”

"It's just a few ordinary gangsters pretending to be the house slaves of the Duke of Wei to do evil, what don't you dare to care!" Ma Du lowered his voice and said, "When I go back, I will know how to file a case." ”

"The little one understands that these people are pretending to be the house slaves of the Guogong Mansion to do evil, so they will be brought back to the mansion for disposal."

"Nope! They ruined the reputation of the Duke of Wei, so they were sent to the Duke of Wei's mansion for disposal! ”

Seeing that the catcher was about to carry those evil servants away, Ma Du had just taken a breath, and heard someone behind him sneer: "Ma Qingtian is really good at punishment!" ”

Ma Du's heart jumped, and he turned his head to see that it was Lao Zhu's black face.