Outside the city of Shaanzhou, I found a slightly more decent inn, left two people, lived in the inn, and was optimistic about all the horses, Su Tiancheng took everyone and prepared to enter the city, as for Su Jun and Liu Jingting, they had already set off in advance.

According to Su Tiancheng's plan, in Shaanzhou City, after walking around, he will go directly to the state office.

When he saw the city walls of Shaanzhou City, he didn't feel very good.

Shaanzhou is close to Pinglu County, which belongs to Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, when he and Qu Qingze came out to travel, he had passed here, but did not enter the state city of Shaanzhou, the travel at that time, there was not much thought, now it is different, this is the place under his direct jurisdiction, from now on, many things that happened in Henan Mansion are directly related to him.

The city wall of Shaanzhou is not high, from the outside, it looks a little dilapidated, and there are even weeds on the front of the city wall, and the weeds have turned yellow, obviously no one has cleaned them up for a long time. It is the responsibility of the yamen to repair the city wall, especially in places like Henan Prefecture, where the rogues are often harassed, and it is even more necessary to be vigilant. If there is no money left to repair the city wall, it can be said that it is impossible for the government to come up with a penny of silver for farmland and water conservancy.

At the gate of the city, many peasant households and other people who were about to enter the city were queuing up, and the queue was very long.

In many prefectures and counties in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan, because of the harassment of the rogues, the inspections are very strict, and there must be a road guide from the government to go out.

Su Tiancheng slowly waited in the back.

Before and after him, they were all personal soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, and the vigilance of these people was very high.

Almost all of the people who entered the city early in the morning were nearby peasants, dressed in shabby clothes and with tired expressions on their faces. Some people carried firewood, and even two people carried charcoal, and some women, carrying baskets, probably went into the city to sell eggs.

Winter season. In the fields, there are hardly any vegetables.

The speed of the inspection was very slow, and there were bursts of crying or pleading voices in front of it.

Su Tiancheng was a little strange, checking the road guide is not a complicated matter, these are all nearby farmers, they may often come to the state city, and they are sergeants of the inspection department. It should be known, is it necessary to make such a complicated fuss.

Ten minutes later, it was finally the turn of the farmer in front of Su Tiancheng.

The four sergeants of the inspection department, holding spears in their hands, looked at each other, as if there were no good people in their eyes, and the two sergeants of the inspection department. Responsible for inspecting the guides, and even checking the baskets and dustpans carried. An officer-like soldier with a steel knife at his waist walked around, probably in charge of supervision.

Strangely, on the left side of the city gate, there is a large wooden box. The wooden box has no lid, and there are quite a few copper plates inside.

Su Tiancheng and his entourage also came to the gate of the city behind the farmers, and Qu Qingze walked in the front.

A scene that shocked Su Tiancheng appeared, next to the city gate. The men knelt on one side, and the women stood against the wall, and the dustpans and baskets were placed on the ground haphazardly, and it seemed that the cries and cries and pleadings that had appeared in front of them were from these people.

Maybe it's Su Tiancheng and his entourage, the temperament is not ordinary, and the sergeant of the inspection department has a slightly better attitude.

After reading the road guide handed by the farmer, a sergeant spoke.

"Two pennies, put it in the box yourself."

The farmer hesitated and did not move.

The sergeant's face changed, and his attitude quickly became bad, probably because he was used to it, and forgot about Su Tiancheng and his party.

"Hurry up, if you have money, go in, if you don't have money, you are conspiring with the rogues with the intention of rebellion."

"Master Jun, I didn't rebel, I really don't have anything on me, I'm counting on selling this load of firewood, there is no food at home, please."

"Don't come to this set, Lao Tzu has seen a lot, if you have money, you will go in, and if you don't have money, you will kneel next to it, and the firewood will be placed here."

When the sergeant was about to make a move, Qu Qingze spoke.

"Wait, these two dollars, I'm out."

After looking at the road guide handed by Qu Qingze, a sergeant muttered in a low voice.

"It turned out to be from Luoyang."

The officer, who straddled the steel sword, apparently heard the words clearly, immediately came over, took the guide from the sergeant's hand, and looked at it carefully.

With such a situation, Su Tiancheng quickly thought that there were not many people from Luoyang, and his own group might become the main target of attention.

There was nothing wrong with his thoughts.

The officer took the road guide and looked at Su Tiancheng and the others carefully, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, the officer spoke.

"Those who come from Luoyang can only enter the city for ten cents per person."

Qu Qingze was a little angry and was about to speak, but after seeing Su Tiancheng's face, he swallowed what he was about to say.

With a smile on his face, Su Tiancheng spoke slowly.

"This military master, there are two questions, first, everyone is two cents, what is the ten cents from Luoyang, and second, what is the use of the money collected."

The officer's face changed and became very unsightly.

"Where did you get so many words, hurry up and pay the money, or ......"

"How else are you going to do it?"

The officer smiled coldly.

"There is a problem with your guide, I suspect that you are colluding with the rogues, that is, the spies sent by the rogues, who came, detained these people, and sent them to the inspection department."

Inside the city gate, a group of sergeants soon ran out, holding spears in their hands, as if they were facing a great enemy.

The atmosphere at the city gate quickly became tense.

Su Tiancheng was angry and didn't know what to say, he didn't expect the sergeant of the District Inspection Department to be so arrogant, in order to make money, he would do whatever it takes, and he didn't know how much the people of Lu Dao were blackmailed, but he lost his temper at the gate of the city, it was not very rational, it was better to say after entering the city, so as not to delay the people behind.

After entering the city gate, he had not taken a few steps before the officer of the Inspection Division saw that there was no one around, and spoke again.

"It's the first time you have come to Shaanzhou, I don't know the rules of Ludao, I'll give you a chance, one or two pieces of silver, take it out, you can do whatever you want, if you can't take it out, don't blame me for being polite."

Su Tiancheng held back for a long time, and he couldn't help it for a long time, he couldn't imagine that this little officer of the Inspection Department didn't have any scruples about making money.

"Let's go to the Inspection Division."

The inspection department is generally not far from the city gate, of course, if the city is large, there are also several places.

"Damn, I don't know what to do, I thought you were from Luoyang, it's amazing......"

The officer scolded in his mouth, and walked towards the house of the Inspection Division not far away, probably thinking, go to the front, find the inspection of the Inspection Division, and make up any charges to deal with Su Tiancheng and his party.

The sergeants who guarded Su Tiancheng and the others were only about a dozen people, and these people were by no means the opponents of the Jiangning battalion's own soldiers.

As soon as he entered the courtyard of the inspection department, an officer with a full face and a beard came out, and his voice was like a bell.

"Brothers, cheer up Lao Tzu, the rogues dare to come to the Inspection Division, and there is work to do."

Soon, more than twenty sergeants rushed out of the house, some with spears, some with steel knives, and the officers who had just entered, standing next to the bearded, had a smug and grim smile in their eyes.

As for the sergeant who escorted Su Tiancheng and his party, the courtyard door had already been closed.

At this time, Su Tiancheng will not continue to be polite.

"Daiji, take that bastard down for me."

Wang Dazhi went with a thousand hands in his bare hands, and a sergeant of the inspection department, who did not know whether he was alive or dead, said words that were not allowed to move, and stabbed Wang Dazhi with a spear.

Wang Dazhi easily avoided it, stretched out his right hand, quickly snatched the spear from the sergeant's hand, and kicked the sergeant out of the mountain for a long time.

All these movements were too fast, and the beard didn't react at all, he would never have imagined that someone would dare to do something in the inspection department, would he die, or really be a rogue.

After the officer was held by Wang Dazhi, the beard finally came to his senses.

Looking at the many sergeants who were about to rush up, he roared loudly.

"Don't move."

Seeing that many sergeants were standing in place, they saluted Su Tiancheng with their beards and fists.

"I am Hu Chuan, the inspector of the Shaanzhou Inspection Division, and I dare to ask who you are, and I dare to do it in the Inspection Division."

"Hehe, it seems that you still understand things a little, who am I, you don't need to know the Tao for the time being, or two questions, first, the inspection department collects money at the city gate, what is the reason, second, where is the money collected."

Hu Chuan paused for a moment, and suddenly Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled, laughed for a while, and his face suddenly changed.

"Bold, making trouble in the Inspection Division, it's clearly a rebellion, I'm polite, you're crazy, and you dare to ask me questions, it seems that you don't want to live anymore."

As soon as Hu Chuan finished speaking, Su Tiancheng's face also turned cold.

"This official sees that you don't want to live anymore, the duty of the inspection department is originally to maintain local law and order, look at what you have done, slander others at will, rebel, extort money, and enrich your own pockets, if the inspection department is like you, wouldn't it force the people to rebel."

Su Tiancheng's momentum was indeed different, and after saying these few words, everyone was stunned.

Hu Chuan's face turned pale, and the officers who were controlled by Wang Dazhi began to tremble, and they knew that no one dared to say the word "official" at will.

Seeing this scene, Qu Qingze spoke.

"The prefect has been slandered as a rogue by you, it seems that the Shaanzhou Inspection Department has done a very good job."

The sergeant holding the spear and steel knife heard this, hurriedly put away his weapon, and stood in place, not knowing what to do.

"Hu Chuan, the official is still the same sentence, since you are the inspector of the Shaanzhou Inspection Department, you must be able to answer the questions raised by the official, I don't know if you want to answer."

"You, you said that you are the prefect, but you have a certificate."

Su Tiancheng waved his hand and motioned for the casual soldiers to take out the paperwork.

Hu Chuan is probably illiterate, but he still knows the official seal on the document, which is the clear official seal of Henan Prefecture, which cannot be faked, and no one dares to fake it. (To be continued......)