When the third division and the janissaries came to the north of the town, the time was approaching the end of the year.

They could have opted for a faster, less labor-intensive waterway.

But at present, almost all the waterways are under the control of the family, and in order to avoid some unnecessary troubles, the third division still chose to go to the north of the town by land.

Along the way, I rested at various post stations, and I drove for nearly a month in a row, and finally came to the north of the town.

Except for some janissaries, all the officials, including Cheng Zhijie, came to Zhenbei for the first time.

Looking at the tall and magnanimous Zhenbei City, some people were impressed by its grandeur, some people were amazed by its firmness, and some people felt a headache for such a defense.

You can vaguely see the towering bomb trucks on the top of the city, and the scattered city defense sergeants.

The number of bomb trucks was much denser than before, and there was a bomb truck on almost every gun emplacement.

If you think that there are only so many sergeants in the city, then it is a big mistake, and those who stand up are only vigilant, and most of the sergeants are training in the barracks under the city walls.

The conscription system gives them more time to train and make their combat skills more proficient.

To put it mildly, if someone comes to attack Zhenbei City now, these soldiers can quickly come to their battle positions with their eyes closed.

The town is in the north of the city.

Ma Zhou had already prepared a residence and office space for the three divisions.

It is a separate courtyard, and although there is a lot of traffic in the north of the town, thanks to its early planning and design, the city is not very crowded.

Dali Siqing is Li Gui, the king of Hanyang County, who was appointed not long ago, and Li Gui is Li Xiaogong's younger brother and Li Yuanji's cousin.

No one is available, so he can only be promoted from these blood relatives, but fortunately, Li Gui's personality is not bad, and it doesn't hurt to use it for the time being.

"It's a little difficult!" Inside the house, the heating was turned on, and it was as warm as spring, but it couldn't warm Li Gui's heart.

Holding the information that Ma Zhou had investigated in advance, Li Gui was full of black lines on his forehead, and his heart was full of entanglement.

"If it's difficult, you have to do it, Your Majesty sent me and others this time, if we don't make this matter half complete, you and I are afraid that it will be dangerous." Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also frowned, this matter is indeed not easy to handle.

"Too many people are involved, and those ordinary lenders are better to say, what about the family?" After being a doctor of imperial history for a year, Du Yan, who was demoted back to the imperial history by Li Yuanji, also came to the north of the town this time.

"Zhijie, you should open your mouth!" With no conclusion in his heart, Li Gui set his eyes on Cheng Zhijie, who closed his eyes and recuperated, and at this time, many people had multiple ideas.

Whatever the idea is? Can it be used.

Cheng Zhijie moved his buttocks, opened his eyes lazily, and said lazily: "The old man is here to do it this time, you just need to arrest people, and don't worry about anything else." ”

"You...... What is your attitude? Li Gui angrily pointed at Cheng Zhijie and reprimanded angrily.

This goods shows an attitude that Lao Tzu doesn't care about anything, and the task given to him by the emperor is to escort and arrest people, but this goods is really honest escort and arrest people, and he doesn't even bother to say a word about other things.

Cheng Zhijie continued to close his eyes, and even lazily replied to the previous sentence.

Seeing this, Li Gui was even more angry.

The three of us are embarrassed here, so it's good for you to sit alone and enjoy the blessings, right?

Okay, I'll let you enjoy it, Li Gui, who is angry, doesn't care if it's difficult or not, anyway, the emperor has already explained, it's a big deal to break the net, don't have a headache here.

directly threw a bunch of materials on the table in front of Cheng Zhijie, and said angrily: "Arrest someone, right?" Just follow the above to arrest, all the names that appear, all the names that appear, all of them are arrested and interrogated one by one. ”

Cheng Zhijie slowly opened his eyes again, picked up the pile of materials and walked out of the door directly, handed it to the adjutant of his entourage, ordered him to arrest people according to the order, and then continued to come back and enjoy it.

For such a thing as arresting people, it is not his turn to go out in person, just send the people below.

Seeing Cheng Zhijie's attitude, Li Gui was even more angry, and left the house directly.

"Everyone has pressure, but this time we are facing several major families, and everyone is considerate of each other." Zhang Liang sighed, comforted the only two people left in the room, and then left the place as well.

Cheng Zhijie's reaction was indeed quite disappointing, but there are some things that no one can say much.

Cheng Zhijie has Cheng Zhijie's worries, and Li Gui also has Li Gui's difficulties, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, he is not the main person in charge this time, and Zhang Liang can only do this.

……

For a while, there was a sudden bloody rain in the north of the town.

Everywhere there are guards arresting people, and the defenders in the north of the town have reconnoitred the location of the target for them in advance, and the guards catch them one by one.

In less than two days, no less than 1,000 people were arrested.

Most of them are thugs, and the real principals are less than fifty.

But these fifty people represent forty or fifty loan sharks.

Just imagine, in a small town in the north of the city, there are so many loan sharks, how crazy was it here for a period of time before that?

Among those arrested, there were ordinary lenders and family lenders, and this time it can be said that they were all in a net, regardless of their status.

"Why aren't we allowed to cross the bridge?" On the side of the pontoon bridge north of the town, a group of sergeants blocked the way of a group of students, and some people roared and questioned in dissatisfaction.

The Yellow River has frozen, and even if they don't pass through the pontoon bridge, they can reach the other side smoothly, but the other bank is all desert, and if they don't pass the pontoon bridge, they have to go back after that.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to cross the desert at all.

What's worse is that these people all have one thing in common, they are penniless.

So they can only choose the nearest route.

"Until the case is cleared, no one is allowed to leave the north of the town!" The captain in charge of guarding the bridge looked at the group of students with contempt.

"We have not made any mistakes, what does it have to do with this case?" Someone immediately stood up and retorted.

"If you made a mistake or not, what you said doesn't count, now, go back all of them, don't let me say it a second time!" The lieutenant said impatiently.

The most annoying thing is these students, one by one, they can only do it, except for these, there will be nothing.

That is, he has no ability to survive, and he refuses to let go of his body, and he only lives a day with clothes to reach out for food and open his mouth, and he always thinks about pleasure when he has no money.

Almost half of the theater is made up of these people, even in the casino.

Judging from the surface alone, those who don't know the bottom line really don't know that these people are a group of poor people.

"It's okay for you to stop them, but you can't stop me, I didn't borrow money this time." One of them walked to the front and pointed to the captain with a swagger.

"It doesn't matter if you have a loan, if you really don't, you can go to the Governor's Mansion to issue a circular, and when you see the pass, the school captain will let you go."

One-size-fits-all is not a one-size-fits-all solution, and this time it is mainly about people related to lending.

There are many sons and brothers who come north to the north of the town, and for these people, the third division does not intend to embarrass them.

If you want to leave, you can also go to the Governor's Mansion to issue a pass, and the defenders will let them go when they see it.

But this general is not so easy to get, and you have to check whether you really don't have a loan.

And rectification is not a one-size-fits-all remediation.

Its most direct targets are those borrowers who kill people, and those who do not kill people are given warnings and punishments.

As for those students who borrowed money, I'm sorry, the court is not responsible for helping you solve the loan, and you still have to pay back the money.

And those who think that if they are caught lending money, they can run away without paying back, they can only tell you, naïve!

The weather is getting colder and colder, and Rao is a common person in the north of the town, and he rarely goes out in this season.

The wilderness is not suitable for long-term survival at all.

On both sides of the Yellow River, there are cavalry patrolling back and forth, and if they want to directly step on the ice to cross the Yellow River, theoretically it is only feasible at night.

But in such weather conditions, traveling at night is tantamount to looking for death.

……

Still in that courtyard, the lights are bright, only a few soldiers stand guard alone outside the courtyard, and the rest are hiding in the house to keep warm, and then the armor does not leave the body, once there is an abnormality, you can rush out immediately.

Li Gui, Zhang Liang, and Du Yan led a group of entourages to constantly read the information, counting the number of people and funds.

For this, they have been busy for three whole days.

As for Cheng Zhijie, just listen to the earth-shattering snoring sound in the next room, this product is purely here to pull hatred.

"It's finally been counted!" Li Gui sighed deeply, and felt the urge to cry.

"A total of 1,384 students participated in the loans, of which 220 were from the family, and the number of loans ranged from 5 to 20. The remaining borrowings ranged from three to ten yuan, and the total amount of borrowings was 8,879 yuan, and the amount due was 17,630 yuan, calculated according to the interest due on the books of accounts. Looking at the statistics, Zhang Liang couldn't help but sigh, and continued: "I didn't expect that this town north is really rich, and more than a thousand students can borrow so much money. ”

"I'm afraid that this money has already been spent, and the old man still has a good understanding of the speed at which these people spend money." Du Yan also laughed helplessly.

According to the confiscated account books, the interest on the money borrowed by the family is relatively low, mostly the interest of fifty percent of the repayment after one year, and the other loans are much higher, the most basic is also fifty percent, and the more even have to be repaid.

"The list, the amount, the names of the dead are all here, what next?" Zhang Liang asked.

"Check, check those students one by one, to see if there are any missing, isn't Cheng Zhijie very idle? You have to find something for him to do, right? ”

Li Gui just said the thoughts of the other two, and the three of them hit it off, planning to let Cheng Zhijie start to investigate tomorrow.