Tang Baoen couldn't do anything else, but he was okay in recruiting manpower, and soon called the rich and wealthy people in Bocheng County.

Those rich and rich people came as soon as they called, the key is that they all paid money, and they paid a lot, and what happened in the county, although they didn't know, but they heard that there was a supervisor from Chang'an, and some well-informed people could also get the letter, they were afraid that their money would be wasted, so as soon as Tang Baoen called them, they arrived immediately.

When Tang Baoen reported to Li Rizhi, Li Rizhi was writing a letter in the backyard, and he wrote another letter about Bocheng County and sent it to Xu Jingzong, of course, this letter was not particularly urgent, and it could be sent by Chen Yingying's entourage.

Li Rizhi asked Tang Baoen to call the landlords and old fortunes who came to the back garden, and nearly 200 landlords and old treasures crowded the back garden.

Li Rizhi stood on the rockery, so that the landlords and old fortunes saw him, and the landlords and old fortunes saw Li Rizhi, and they all felt that this supervisor from Chang'an was too young, and he held such a high official position at such a young age, I am afraid that the family background is very large, and it should be the son and nephew of a powerful person.

Li Rizhi glanced at the rich people in the courtyard, and he said loudly: "Some time ago, Wu County ordered everyone to collect a sum of money for road repairs, presumably everyone paid it!" ”

The rich men were stunned for a moment, the money they paid was not the money for road construction, but the money for the saints, and they still had to be ranked during the interview, and whoever paid more money would have to kneel in front.

They are willing to pay the money of the face saint, because this matter involves the interests of their own family, and they are still waiting to use this matter to glorify their ancestors!

But if it is the money for road construction, they are not willing to pay, even if they have to pay, each family will pay hundreds of copper coins, at most a consistent two-way will be the top, let them pay hundreds of dollars, it is simply the same as asking for their lives, they are absolutely impossible to pay.

Hearing Li Rizhi say this, these landlords and old wealthy people immediately became anxious, and they all cried out in a gossipy manner, regardless of Li Rizhi's identity as a supervisory envoy.

There was a rich man in his fifties, his voice was the loudest, and the rich man shouted: "This Inspector, the money we paid is the money we handed over to Wu County's order, but it is not the money for road construction, it is the money to face the saint, that is, the money to see the saint!"

Inspector, do you understand? It's the meaning of meeting the saint, the saint is the emperor, and the queen's mother, we all copied the money paid by the family, but it's not any road repair money, the inspector, don't make a mistake! ”

There was also a landlord who called loudly, and he shouted: "Inspector Shi, you have just arrived in Bocheng County, and you may not know much about the situation, otherwise you should ask Wu County Order to come out and speak, the money is collected by Wu County Order, and we all believe what Wu County Order says!" ”

Li Rizhi looked coldly at the shouting rich man, his face was expressionless, and after he finished speaking, he stopped squeaking and looked at the noisy rich man below with his hands behind his back.

The rich men shouted for a while, and when they saw that Li Rizhi's face was not good, slowly, they didn't dare to squeak anymore, and they didn't dare to shout anymore.

The landlords and old fortunes in Bocheng County are also divided into grades, the first level of landlords and old wealth, they have scholars in their families, and the scholars have also gained fame, and even become officials outside, which is regarded as the first level of landlords and old wealth.

The second-level landlord Lao Cai has land at home, and he still has a lot of land, and he is also training scholars, but he has not yet gained fame.

The third-level landlord has land at home, but there is not a lot of land, and he has not yet begun to train scholars, and his status is only a little higher than that of ordinary people.

The first and second level of landlords and old wealth shouted louder, and the third level of landlords and old wealth belonged to the majority of people, but they did not dare to shout, they could only do it in a hurry on the periphery of the crowd, they could only wait for the people in front of them to shout a result, and then they dared to follow up, they belonged to the kind of people who were most afraid of things.

The landlords and the old wealth quieted down, and Li Rizhi said in a low voice: "It is to repair the road to face the saint, if you don't build the road, what qualifications do you have to face the saint, who do you think you are, you want to see the emperor and the queen mother for a few small dollars, do you really think so?"

If you have such thoughts, it is disrespectful, that is, disrespect to the emperor and the queen, do you know the consequences of this disrespect, have you ever thought about it? Come, who will tell the official what the consequences of this will be? ”

Li Rizhi's voice was not loud, only the landlords and old fortunes standing in front heard it, and the landlords and old fortunes in the back only saw Li Rizhi's mouth moving and knew that he was talking, but what he said was vaguely inaudible.

The rich man standing in front is naturally the first rank, only they can get close to Li Rizhi, and the second level of the landlord Lao Cai is standing behind them, although their number is not large, but they are the backbone of more than 200 people, and most of the people behind are judging the direction of things according to their attitude.

The rich people standing in front, after listening to Li Rizhi's words, instantly thought of the seriousness of this matter, they simply didn't want to shout anymore, and they didn't even have the heart to shout, because there was only one result of disrespect for the imperial power, and what they needed to think of at this time was how to take all the blame on themselves to avoid affecting their families and the family behind them.

There was no sound in the courtyard, only the heavy breathing of the landlords and old wealthy.

Li Rizhi pointed to a middle-aged rich man in his forties standing at the front and said, "You are standing at the front, so now you talk about it, and the official will ask you what the consequences are?" ”

The middle-aged rich man already saw sweat on his forehead, and he didn't care about wiping the sweat, but arched his hand and said: "Back to the words of the Inspector, the grass people, the grass people don't know, but the grass people's brother is an official in Yangzhou, and he is a county lieutenant, so he can be regarded as an official in the same dynasty as the Inspector Envoy......"

Li Rizhi waved his hand and said, "Needless to say, you have committed the crime of great disrespect, this is to the Nine Clans, and your brother can't escape!" ”

The middle-aged rich man was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he couldn't stand steadily, and sat on the ground with his buttocks, and he couldn't bear it anymore, and he actually cried.

The rich people behind him were all frightened when they saw him behave like this, because this middle-aged rich man was the most powerful rich man in the county, and there was an official brother in the family, who had always been the head of the rich people.

Li Rizhi then said: "You have all committed a big crime, now this official has given you a way to live, if anyone dares to talk nonsense, then how to punish the crime, this official doesn't care about you, don't die, you just continue to talk nonsense, or go home now, prepare for the future!" ”

The rich people were all frightened like rookies, how dare they talk back, they didn't have any sense of resistance, they all knelt down and begged Li Rizhi to let them live.