Zhuang Rou walked around Douhu County idly, thinking about the way to make money that the adults had said. It is nothing more than looking for a business to collect protection money, or when there is a case, both parties to the complaint will eat silver.

But now there is not even a single case, there is no one who wants to eat the plaintiff and the defendant, and the corrupt officials can't be corrupt. It seems that the only way is to collect protection money, and I don't know if there are any such people here?

Thinking that even if a big shop is charged a protection fee, it is a fixed time to pay the money, and if it is not good, it is better to send it to the door by yourself, and I can't see who will collect it.

However, the market was different, so Zhuang Rou asked someone to inquire, and after knowing the location of the market, she walked over there.

There are not many people living in Douhu County, most of them are people from various prefectures, and even the helpers in the restaurant inn are also covered by the owner, so it is natural to fight backstage when causing trouble. The farmers in this place have all moved away a long time ago, and even the people who set up stalls come early and harvest late, and do not stay overnight here.

Renting a house is too expensive, and I can't afford to live in a hotel, so I can only leave after dark, and this group of people is Zhuang Rou's target.

The market is close to the lake, mainly sold to those who come to play, mainly for gadgets and food, and now it is the spring season, and there are many people who come to visit the lake.

Zhuang Rou leaned on the big tree by the lake, hugged her hands and looked at the stall by the lake, she was not very easy to ask in this dress, even if the stall owner paid the protection fee, she didn't dare to say, she could only grab a ready-made one by herself, and then get the charge to the county office.

Although he couldn't collect a few pennies, he could also deal with the little county king, so if he couldn't do it, he would let him pay his own money to repair the county office.

She stood by the lake and waited for a long time, but she didn't see anyone coming to collect protection money, and she wondered if everyone here was not bad for money, so no one did such a thing. It was uncomfortable to stand for too long, so I took a look at a tea shop and walked in, and sat down next to the door to ask Xiao Er to get some snacks.

On the right side of the door of the tea shop, there is an old woman selling flowers, and you can buy a beautiful flower to wear on her head for two pennies. This is a business that does not require capital, and it is purely based on the sky to eat, and it will not be a fixed stall.

Tea and radish cakes were delivered, Zhuang Rou looked at the lake while eating, there were more cruise ships, as long as there were tourists coming to take the boat, there would be many vendors coming forward to sell things.

"Ma Dezheng, why don't they care about this place, they can also charge a few pennies to buy rice?" Seeing this scene, Zhuang Rou said to herself in confusion, there will be no backstage for these.

The tourists got on the boat, and the vendors sat back with their goods, waiting for the arrival of the next group of tourists. Zhuang Rou also ate two turnip cakes, and was drinking tea and planning to go back and ask why Ma Dezheng and the others didn't take care of these vendors.

Suddenly, a group of strong men dressed in the same clothes came in the distance, all of them swaggering and arrogant, and as soon as they stood in front of the hawkers, a hawker took out a dozen copper and iron and handed them over. They carried a large wooden barrel, and when they received the copper coin, they weighed it in their hands and threw it in, and it was evident that it was already half a barrel.

There really is, it's very strict, and even the clothes are the same. She looked at them carefully, and found that someone had turned around, revealing a big Chen character behind him, so she beckoned Xiao Er over, "Xiao Er, which Chen family are those people, and they also embroidered their names on their clothes." ”

Xiao Er had already heard that there was a woman in this county who should be arrested, and it must be this one, so he said: "Official, that is the person from the Chen Family Martial Arts Pavilion, who is responsible for managing the vendors on the bank of the river, so that they don't make trouble." ”

Zhuang Rou looked at him and asked curiously, "Then you are also under their control?" ”

"Official, what can we do, but sometimes we will encounter a meal of the overlord or an eye-catching flower called Huazi, and the Chen Family Martial Arts Pavilion will come out to help. It's been like this for many years, and Ma Zhutou knows it. Xiao Er explained, feeling that this sister must have been ostracized, and no one from the yamen told her about the situation for so many days.

It turns out that Ma Dezheng and they know, that would be too unusual, this kind of good thing for the people should be done!

She stood up, put the money on the table, and went out to the door. At this time, the people from the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall had already walked over, and they were all stunned for a moment when they saw Zhuang Rou standing at the door, and then they were all full of laughter.

The man carrying the bucket walked up to the old woman and stretched out his hand as usual, "Fifteen Wen!" ”

"Uncle, business is not good today, I just sold Bawen, can you charge a little less." The old woman didn't sell a few flowers today, but fortunately, there is no cost to these, and there is no such thing as losing money, but if you have to pay all these eight wen, you have to owe seven wen.

The man said angrily: "No, don't set up a stall here if you can't pay the money, it's not the rule on the first day." Everyone asks for this, it's not without rules! ”

"But I rely on this to support my family, as long as I sell it, I will make up the money immediately." The old woman begged, there are not so many girls to buy flowers to wear anywhere else, and this is the place where they want to wear them.

"The rules can't be abolished, then hand over half of the flowers, and you can sell the rest." The man said disgustedly.

It's useless to give him these flowers, but after taking them away, he can find a shop and sell them forcibly, which is a rule that has always been set.

The old woman had sixty or seventy flowers, and half of them were dozens of copper coins, and she hurriedly protected the flowers and begged: "Uncle is good, just sell a few more flowers." ”

"Stop talking nonsense, don't delay our time!" As soon as the strong man made his eyes, the people next to him were going to grab the flowers.

At this moment, more than a dozen copper plates shone brightly in the sun, and fell into the barrel, Zhuang Rou leaned against the door of the tea shop and looked at them and said, "I came out of this money." ”

The people in the Chen Family Martial Arts Pavilion were originally smiling at her, but now when they saw her throw out the money, the leader suddenly turned ugly, "Sister, it's not your turn to take care of this matter." ”

Zhuang Rou ignored him, but walked down and looked at the bucket and said, "It's a lot of harvest, it's really hard for you, and I don't need to trouble you about this from today on." Tomorrow, the master will make a list to calculate how much money you have temporarily managed over the years, and put it forward when the time comes. ”

"What?" The people in the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall all looked at her in a daze, only to feel that there was something wrong with their ears, what did she just say?

And Zhuang Rou said righteously: "Maintaining the safety of the shore of the lake should be the business of the county government, and I am really sorry to trouble you for many years, and we will calculate the salary to you." This is also good for everyone, you can practice martial arts with peace of mind, and you don't have to be occupied by this mundane matter of collecting money, which makes martial arts regress. ”

The shore of the lake, which had been bustling, suddenly fell silent, and everyone retreated, and even the old woman was frightened, and lifted the basket and crawled to the back.

And the people in the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall also reacted, this newly appointed sister wanted to take this job back, and even Ma Dezheng didn't dare to come as a head catcher, so she also wanted to meddle in this matter?

"Ma Dezheng doesn't dare to say that, are you counting that green onion?" Chen Zhongping shouted angrily.

Zhuang Rou looked at him well and said, "My family is the king of Yinde County, he can always be counted as a green onion, right?" ”

Chen Zhongping stopped for a moment, and then shouted without losing his temper: "My son-in-law is Chen Xunting, one of the four young people in the capital, and the nephew of the current queen's mother!" ”

"Is there a small county king Chu Xia among the four young people in the capital?" It was the first time Zhuang Rou had heard about this, so she asked curiously.

Xiaojun Wang is already the best among the gentlemen, if he is not in the four young people in the capital, it doesn't mean that the four young people in the capital are nothing. The queen mother's own nephew even does this kind of business with a few small copper coins, which is really embarrassing.

Chen Zhongping said proudly: "Naturally, no! ”

"Sure enough, no, my little county king has good morals, and he is not short of silver, so he won't do this kind of thing for the people to earn a few copper coins." Zhuang Rou said casually, what about the queen mother's nephew, the little county king is still the emperor's cousin, and after all, he is also a relative.

She asked seriously: "What else can convince me to let you continue to fish and flesh the people, hurry up." If not, don't gather here, go back and lift the stone lock. ”

"Ma Dezheng didn't dare to be so arrogant! I don't know how the previous county magistrate went home to farm, just because he was too arrogant! A strong man next to Chen Zhongping really couldn't listen to it, so he stretched out his hand and pushed it over, others didn't want to beat women, he loved this the most.

Especially the woman's screams and pleading, listening to it made him feel refreshed.

Seeing his hand pushed towards his chest, Zhuang Rou pulled his right hand, a bright light flashed, and the arm snapped to the ground, and the strong man suddenly screamed, "My hand!" My hand! ”

"Black Bull!" Chen Zhongping roared, and saw that the arm had been neatly cut off from the elbow, and blood gushed out, and he would die if he didn't stop the bleeding quickly. They quickly held him down, tore off the strip of cloth and tied it around the wound, so that the blood would flow more slowly, and now they had to be sent to him for treatment!

And Zhuang Rou held the saber and said expressionlessly: "Pretending to be a tolerant fish and meat people, bullying and dominating the market, and openly wanting to attack tolerance, the current bandits are really rampant." ”

Chen Zhongping shouted angrily: "We are the sons of the Chen Mansion, and if you kill us, you will be against the Chen Mansion!" ”

"So what, is your family the county magistrate of Douhu County? Or the Douhu Bandits? Zhuang Rou said nonchalantly, "Originally, I had already asked you to return the money to protect your lives, but you wanted to force me to use the law of Dahao, so now no one should leave, the court has always treated the lake bandits without surrendering and killing." ”

"So guys, are you going to come down or not?" She lifted the knife and aimed the tip at Chen Zhongping.

Chen Zhongping looked at her and only felt that she had encountered a spiritual disease, and she just collected a protection fee, and she used the knife if she didn't agree with her. They are from the Queen Mother's family, she dares to really kill!

Zhuang Rou seemed to see through the anger in their eyes and said: "Don't want to use the queen mother to press me, how can a noble person like her come out for the matter of a few mother's descendants collecting copper coins, and she can't afford to lose this face." ”

"Of course, if I don't descend, I don't mind going back with a few heads. Anyway, it's the lake bandits, and the looted property is still in your hands as evidence. ”