"Little Lao'er really has no money, Master Hu, you can do well, open your grace!" Old man Li looked really pitiful with a handful of snot and tears, and grabbed Zhao Hu's trouser leg and cried.

Zhao Hu watched Li Laohan's performance coldly, until he couldn't cry anymore and then said word by word: "Is the performance over?" Take...... Money...... ......."

"Acting...... What to play...... The little old man really has no money...... Mourning Xingke killed my youngest son, leaving behind two little cubs, and the money was spent on them......" Li Laohan wiped the corners of his eyes, looking inexplicably aggrieved, "Little Lao'er really has no money......"

"Alright, alright." Zhao Hu smiled contemptuously, "Ten catties of millet in your mill, and four catties of rice come out, it's not bad, it's twenty percent, and your heart is black enough!" There are only a few mills in this county, and there are more than 1,000 stones of rice and noodles handled every month, dare you say that there is no money? ”

Li Laohan was exposed to the trick, and quickly put away his crying face and replaced it with a flattering smile.

"Tiger master, tiger master, the little old man also wants to live. You raise your noble hand......" Li Laohan fell down under the pretense of kneeling for a long time, and took the opportunity to stuff an object into Zhao Hu's hands.

Zhao Hu weighed it without a trace, casually threw the things to his subordinates, and shouted: "Li Laohan, pay two thousand yuan." ”

"Huh?" Li Laohan was dumbfounded.

One of the officials who received it put it in a bamboo basket on his back. Lei Heng took this opportunity to see clearly that this thing was actually a small piece of gold. Damn, he is generous enough, and he is richer than his dignified Linjiang brother.

"Noted down, Brother Tiger." Another official with a bamboo slip brushed a few strokes and shouted, "The Li family mill should pay 8,000 yuan, and receive a piece of gold, which is discounted into 2,000 yuan, and there is still a difference of 6,000 yuan." ”

"Master Tiger, why is this, Master Tiger?" Lei Heng could see that Li Laohan was really crying this time.

"Why? The apportionment of the county is required to be made up within a time limit, and the county lord cannot bear to harass the poor, so he has to find a way out of you 'shrewd' merchants! Zhao Hu continued very confidently, "With so much money and food for the people, how can your conscience be safe." Master Hu, this is a chance to atone for your sins......"

"Yes...... Can...... It also costs 6,000 yuan......" Li Laohan's flesh was extremely painful.

"Do you want me to search for your sack mixed with chaff and sand again and show it to the neighbors?" Zhao Hu made a gesture and beckoned his subordinates to go in and search.

"Don't ...... Don't ...... No...... It's not bothering you masters......" Li Laohan hurriedly grabbed Zhao Hu, took out a gold from his arms and handed it to Zhao Hu, "The extra 2,000 yuan is considered a little old man, please drink tea...... Please be merciful......"

"Write down, the Li family mill is happy to donate 2,000 dollars." Zhao Hu threw it to his subordinates and put it in the bamboo basket.

"Got it, Brother Tiger." After a few strokes of the bamboo slips, the official shouted loudly, "The Li family mill should pay 8,000 yuan, pay 8,000 yuan, and donate another 2,000 yuan." ”

Seeing that the money task was completed, Zhao Hu didn't bother to talk nonsense with Li Laohan, and beckoned his subordinates to leave. After only taking a few steps, he turned back slightly, and smiled at Li Laohan, who was sitting on the ground: "Li Laohan, you can be more 'smart', and next year's regular money will have a source again." ”

"The little old man doesn't dare anymore, never again."

"By the way, remember to inform your sons that their rice shop and oil shop have ready money, and I will go to collect it in the afternoon. Don't fix these useless tricks, next time you won't have so much effort to watch the show......"

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Zhao Hu led a group of servants to gradually move away, and Lei Heng hurriedly trotted to follow.

"Zhao Zhutou stays ......"

Zhao Hu heard someone calling him, looked back suspiciously, and saw that it was Lei Heng chasing after him, and hurriedly greeted him: "Zhao Hu has seen Gongzi!" ”

Lei Heng didn't dare to say anything, and looked at the other officials.

Zhao Hu understood and waved his hand at them: "You first collect the money according to the list." Your hands are clean, dare to be greedy for ink, don't blame Lao Tzu for not thinking about love! ”

"Huh!"

"What do you command?" Zhao Hu clenched his fists, and his attitude was very different from that of Li Laohan at that time.

Lei Heng wanted to directly ask Zhao Hu to come forward and press the aquatic dignitaries, but Li Laohan's scene was like a thorn stuck in his heart, making him not vomit and be unhappy.

"I just saw Zhao Zhutou asking for 8,000 yuan from the Li family...... It's still my father's approval......"

Lei Heng said vaguely, Zhao Hu has been dealing with all kinds of characters all year round, and his eight-sided exquisite mind instantly understood what he meant. Zhao Hu thought to himself that since it was a personal inquiry from the county's parents, it was not a secret matter, so he asked Lei Heng to a secluded place and explained in a low voice.

"But Gongzi didn't know that the current official position of Li Sheng, the current Taishou of Ba County, was bought from Xidi. This person is greedy for money, he spent a full 20 million yuan, how could he accidentally set up a name when he took office, and get this money back with interest.

This money is one of them, and each person in the counties under Ba County will pay fifty yuan per year, and at the end of the month is the deadline for handing over, and he will send his henchmen to ask for it.

Although my Linjiang County is located in an important area of waterways and has industries such as salt, iron, grain and oil, it is still eight or nine poor, and how many families will be ruined and killed by these 50 yuan. The county lord couldn't bear it, so he came up with this method, and we collected the bad deeds of profiteers and gentry, and then saw the opportunity to extort money, and scraped together four million dollars and handed over the power to deal with it. ”

"Does the court care?" As soon as Lei Heng asked this question, he suddenly felt speechless, up and down, the world is like this, how can he care about these "idle things"?

Throughout history, the emperor who was most enthusiastic about selling official titles was Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. In the first year of Guanghe (178 AD), Emperor Ling of Han, who had reigned for ten years, was still young and in the prime of his life. But this year, the young emperor turned his attention to selling officials and focused on generating income. "Zizhi Tongjian Han Ji Forty-nine" records: "It is the age of the first to open the West Mansion and sell officials, and the income is different: 2,000 stone and 20 million; four hundred stones, four million; Half or one-third of those who should be selected by virtue are secondary; Set up a warehouse in the West Garden to store it. Or the book on the book occupies the long, with the county is ugly, and there is a good abundance. The rich get money first, and the poor go to the government and then lose. He also privately ordered the sale of the public secretary left and right, the public was 10 million, and the secretary was 5 million. ”

Lei Heng knew that his father was not a corrupt official, and his heart was extremely relaxed, and he remembered his original purpose, so he hurriedly asked: "Does Zhao Zhutou have leisure in the afternoon?" ”

"Childe, don't see anything like this, just call your subordinate Zhao Hu." Zhao Hu didn't dare to say again, "Zhao Hu is deeply favored by the county lord, how dare he not saddle the front and back of the horse." But please tell the childe to ......"

Lei Heng said secretly, too, this Zhao Hu is his father's confidant, I am polite to him, and quickly relayed the aquatic matter to him.

"I'm worried that her husband's family is too powerful, so you can bring a few brothers to help out."

"The Wang family in the east, the Liu family in the north lane, and the Zheng family in the Xizhuang ......" Zhao Hu muttered for a while, and suddenly raised his head and shouted, "But this Li Laohan's family?" ”

"Old Han Li's house?"

"That's right! Gongzi didn't know that there were four classes of the county government to catch the fast government. Zhang Long was in charge of arresting the murderers and robbers, I was in charge of security patrols, and the other two arresters were in charge of the river and the prison. This Linjiang County is under the governance of the county lord, it is very peaceful and tranquil, and if you want to maintain law and order, the focus is on those places. One of these places is near the door of these widows' homes, and as the old saying goes, "there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widows' doors", it is because I know a lot about the situation in the county.

This Li Laohan has four sons, and the family runs a grain and oil business. The year before last, his youngest son died of illness, and the three sons competed for the orphans and widows' inheritance, which led to a fight on the spot, and I went to deal with it. Zhao Hu suddenly remembered something, and added, "Oh, that widow's house is next door to Gongzi's courtyard." ”

"The result of the disposal is that this old man Li will take over?" Lei Heng made a bold guess.

Zhao Hu nodded: "Exactly." He took out the deed of sale of the second girl, saying that since she was a child daughter-in-law, she was not allowed to open a door again. The property under the name of the younger son is in his own hands, and the second grandson will divide the property according to the situation when he reaches adulthood. ”

"Depending on the situation? Hehe...... I'm afraid that I won't be able to share a single hair by then......" Lei Heng doesn't have a good impression of this Li family at the moment.

"This Li family is well-known in the county for being open-minded and selfish and stingy, but I am afraid that the second girl and her two children will have a hard time." Zhao Hu watched coldly, and what he said was also the truth, "Helping her escape from the sea of suffering is also a merit, and in the afternoon, my subordinates took a few brothers to the other courtyard to wait." ”

"So good......

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In the afternoon, Zhao Hu gave an order, and in the morning, the handyman who followed him to collect the regular money changed into regular clothes and came to the gate of the other courtyard to wait.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Po was quickly admitted to the hospital to report.

Lei Heng asked Xiao Di to find a set of his old clothes and put them on for Shui Sheng first.

Shui Sheng hesitated for a while, but returned the pearl to Lei Heng: "This thing is very precious, it's a pity for the Li family, and I asked my son to convert it into cash." ”

Fortunately, Lei Heng has this money in his hand.

After a year, the county officials and gentry wanted to express their hearts to the respect of a county, but Lei Su was a person who valued fame over profit, and refused all goods. When these people heard about this, they sent it all over in one go. Lei Heng weighed it again and again, but he accepted them all, which can be regarded as the first pot of gold for entrepreneurship. After cleaning up, there were more than 20 gold, so I asked Xiao Di to keep it on my behalf.

Lei Heng asked Xiao Di to take out twenty gold from the New Year's gift and gave it to Shui Sheng as a dowry.

The group came to the door of the Li family in a menacing manner, Lei Heng signaled Shui Sheng to come forward and call the door, in the end, this matter must be dominated by him, and he and others can only help on the side, the purpose is also to prevent the Li family from being untrustworthy and even waiting for the opportunity to cheat money again.

"Open the door...... ......"The aquatic life has Lei Heng's support, and his courage is many times stronger than last time."

"Who?" Although the Li family is not a wealthy family, they are also quite wealthy, and they hired an old man as a gatehouse, he heard the sound of the door, reluctantly got up, opened the door a little, poked his head out and meowed.

"Yo, isn't it the poor ghost in the fishing village, why, haven't you been scared?"

"I'm looking for a second girl." Shui Sheng didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and squeezed into the door by himself.

"Do you have the money to ransom someone? Get out of here......" The porter hurriedly blocked the door, but how could he, an old man, stop the young man's heart of chasing love.

Shui Sheng knocked down the porter and strode towards the main hall.

Lei Heng smiled slightly and walked to follow.

The porter thought to himself, who is this person, how can he come to join in the fun, I can't stop Leng Qing, and I can't stop you hairy boy.

"Get out of the way!"

Before Lei Heng could speak, a handyman behind him stepped forward and kicked the porter away.

The group swaggered straight to the main hall.