Chapter 52: The Hen on the Road
Zhuang Rou smiled and didn't speak, she never cared about this kind of threat, what about Qianhu, it's not just a life.
After tossing for a long time, the county government finally calmed down, and the master didn't stay here, and followed them away.
"Lord Zhu, His Royal Highness the King of the County had something to order yesterday, and his subordinates asked your lord to decide." Zhuang Rou looked at Zhu Fenggong and said.
Zhu Fenggong has never been in contact with Zhuang Rou, and the secret loss he ate here just now is still in his heart, and now there are no outsiders, seeing that she is still coming up, he immediately said with a cold face: "Who are you, how did the woman come to be arrested, and how did the top arrange people now, it's really child's play!" ”
"The emperor chose it, saying that in order to take care of the female suspect, if you have an opinion, you should mention it to the emperor." Zhuang Rou said calmly.
"......" Zhu Fenggong was dumb all of a sudden, it turned out to be someone sent by the emperor, no wonder it was arranged in Douhu County, but there was no case here.
Except, of course, this assassination of the little county king.
But he didn't want to give Zhuang Rou a good face, the emperor was so far away from the palace, where could there be such a trivial matter, so his attitude was still very bad and asked: "What's the matter with the county commander, don't come quickly." ”
Looking at his official tone, in order to get closer to the relationship between the little county king and him, he called the county magistrate. Zhuang Rou didn't bother to bother with him, but said calmly: "Your Highness asked you to collect enough money from all merchants within two days, he wants to repair the county government, and now only the master of the history of the canon is left to be in charge, and the person who is in charge of this matter on weekdays should also be the history of the canon, so he can only trouble the adult." ”
Zhu Fenggong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, why did he want to find a merchant to collect cash, what is this collection?
Seeing his dazed face, Zhuang Rou considered that he was his boss, and he would inevitably have to carry the black pot in the future, so he couldn't bear to explain: "Master Dianshi, it's the protection fee collected by the Chen Family Martial Arts Museum." No, now it's time to change the name, it's Ding'an Tax. ”
"Ding'an tax? Who took it! Zhu Fenggong asked in surprise, he really served these magnates, and he just took office and opened a new tax in a bright way. It's also called a fixed security tax, if you don't pay it, it will make you unstable, right?
Zhuang Rou raised her eyebrows and said, "I just thought of the current name. ”
"......" Zhu Fenggong thought that it was a new tax made by the king of Xiaojun, and it was just her own work for a long time, and she was speechless to the extreme.
"What kind of green onion are you, you can still collect taxes indiscriminately, nonsense!"
The way he blows his beard and glares at his eyes can scare a group of ordinary people, and he looks like a butcher all over his body, selling pork more like a pig killer than any stall. Zhuang Rou didn't eat this, she saw it at the door just now, although this guy seemed to be in charge of the county Yazhong prison case, but he seemed to be a little timid, but now he was the biggest when he showed off his might.
Zhuang Rou tilted his head and looked at him and said, "Okay, then it's up to the master of the history to decide, the little county king wants 100,000 taels of silver to repair the county government, how do we earn it now?" ”
"One hundred thousand taels? This broken county government can use so much silver! Zhu Fenggong was stunned, if I remember correctly, I didn't spend a total of 10,000 taels of silver when I repaired the yamen last time, and they embezzled 4,000 taels of it.
100,000 taels to repair the county government, what kind of cultivation does this have to be?
He couldn't help but stared at Zhuang Rou with wide eyes and said, "One hundred thousand taels of silver, can't you inlay gold leaf on the county office!" It must have been you who instigated the county magistrate to make him come up with such an unbelievable amount! ”
Zhuang Rou looked at him carefully, and suddenly smiled and said, "The county magistrate is the little county king, and that is His Royal Highness." If he can be instigated by me, wouldn't it mean that he is a fool, then I have already transferred it to the master of the canon, in fact, it is not necessary to collect the security tax, as long as you can get 100,000 taels of silver to repair the yamen within the time limit. ”
"I heard that the master has invited a master who is specially designed to make a mansion for the emperor's relatives and relatives, and he is painting the construction drawing, and it must be started within seven days. If you can't take out one hundred thousand taels at a time, you must have ten thousand taels of silver in the early stage. ”
She arched her hand at Zhu Fenggong, "My lord, the word has already arrived, then I will go out to patrol the streets, you are always busy." After saying that, he ignored the people, and turned around and went out.
"How can this be true? Stop! "Where has Zhu Fenggong ever seen such a disobedient arrest, he was angry with thousands of households just now, and now he is even being ridden by his subordinates to on his neck, it's really unbelievable!
Zhuang Roucai didn't care about him, listened to him shouting behind him, and went out without looking back.
Zhu Fenggong was so angry that he wanted to arrest her and beat her board, no matter whether she was a woman or not, now that he was under his command, he couldn't control her!
Ma Dezheng immediately pounced, glanced at everyone, thinking that Zhuang Rou could bring money to everyone, if she couldn't run away, what would she do!
If Zhu Dianshi had the ability to make money, they wouldn't even have rice money back then, at least Zhuang Rou would have the ability. So everyone pounced on him, hugged him tightly, and kept shouting, "My lord, you have to be calm!" ”
"My lord! She's just a girl, it's too ugly to use to hit the board, let's hit it next time! ”
"By the way, my lord, how to get 100,000 taels of silver, and the little ones can also call a car to pull it."
Hearing the silver, Zhu Fenggong immediately calmed down, where to get the 100,000 taels of silver? If he had this ability, he wouldn't have sold pork.
"Whatever you have in mind, tell me." He cleared his throat and said, if he can really get 100,000 taels of silver, he can also get a lot with his previous methods. Not to mention that the sold house can be bought, and if it is not good, it can be restored to the original property.
Zhu Fenggong has heard of Chuxia, the king of the little county, who is a well-known gentleman, as long as he is respectful to him on the surface, he can't see the little tricks behind his back. Coax this useless nobleman, there is no pressure at all.
Ma Dezheng and they let go of their hands, looked at him with a blank face, and no one spoke for a long time.
"What's the matter with you, you were so incompetent a few years ago, and you still are!" Zhu Fenggong was angry when he saw it, it was all waste, and there was no half of a capable person!
Seeing that he had denied the security tax himself, and now asked them to come up with ideas, and he couldn't get the money to get angry with them, Ma Dezheng slandered in his heart, but he still laughed and said: "Where are the little ones who are smart adults, this kind of thing must be adults, we can only follow the adults with a clear vision, and do our best to share some of the labor for the adults." ”
Everyone put their hopes on Ma Dezheng, who made him the head catcher, or the most talkative person in the entire county government.
Zhu Fenggong hadn't heard sycophants for a long time, and suddenly felt refreshed and happy, and after thinking about it, he said: "Then you can go and collect cashiers, but it's too ugly to call Ding'an tax, let's call it Ping'an tax." ”
It's not all the same, let's say it's still going to be Zhuang Rou's method, what else is pretending to be just now!
Everyone saw that this guy was really as shameless as before, not only the silver was greedy, but even the credit was snatched.
Although there were opinions, everyone still had to mess around under him, and immediately gave a thumbs up and praised him, praising the wisdom of the adults, and came up with such a good way, and finally went out to collect the peace tax with a disgusted face.
Zhu Fenggong walked around the yamen, wanting to go to the former office to stay, but found that it was already in tatters, and only the cell was intact. But he couldn't sit here, so he had to stand alone in the back hall after turning around, only to find that the yamen was so poor that he couldn't even afford to hire a handyman, and he was the only one left to guard the door after everyone went out.
"What a broken yamen, it's really getting more and more shabby!" He stood alone for a while, really bored to the extreme, but as soon as he came back to take office, he was embarrassed to leave immediately, so he sat on the threshold and leaned against the broken pillar and took a nap.
Zhuang Rou walked on the streets of Douhu County, she was supposed to collect the Ding'an tax, but now she didn't want to do it, anyway, she couldn't hand over the money and let the little county king go to find the history.
Today is an auspicious day of the zodiac, and there is an endless stream of people visiting the lake, many young ladies come to the green with their servants, and there are more sisters here, and there are more sons who follow. There are a lot of horse-drawn carriages on the avenues in Douhu County, although most of them are moving slowly, but there are also some high-flying magnates, I don't know if they are in a hurry or they are used to making people look sideways.
On this crowded street, the horses are also galloping, and the coachman is also shouting all the way to gallop through the street.
Zhuang Rou looked at a galloping carriage, raised her eyebrows and said disdainfully: "What virtue, it's better to shake your ass!" ”
At this moment, another horse-drawn carriage came galloping in the distance, and a reed hen suddenly fluttered out of the roadside alley and landed in the middle of the street. At the same moment a figure flashed in the alley, and pounced on the hen.
Seeing that it was not good, Zhuang Rou rushed over, grabbed the figure and pulled it back, and the two of them rushed by the carriage and fell heavily on the side of the road.
"Blind! I want to die jumping into the lake! The coachman didn't stop the carriage, scolded a few words in the carriage, and drove away.
Zhuang Rou sat up and saw that the person she saved was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, wearing ordinary tender green clothes, looking delicate and lovely, looking like a small jasper. At this time, she didn't know if she was frightened, and her face was full of horror and trembling.
I wanted to scold her, how could I run out in such a hurry, but seeing her like this, Zhuang Rou forgot it, stood up and said, "Why are you running out in such a hurry, if I hadn't stopped you, I would have been hit by the carriage and killed." ”
The girl looked up and was startled when she saw her suit, and pointed to the Luhua chicken in the middle of the road and escaped the catastrophe and replied timidly: "Official, I'...... The chicken is mine. ”
"Scared? In order to catch chickens, you don't look at the road and run around, this chicken can still fly to the sky, pay attention next time. Life is not just worth a chicken, but don't be a miser, the big deal is that the chicken is gone. Zhuang Rou said speechlessly, looking at this girl's clothes and family scene, it should be okay, but it will be a big loss to catch a chicken and die.
"Yes, sir." The girl stood up and whispered, very frightened of her appearance.
Zhuang Rou held the saber and waved her hand and said, "Okay, I won't rob the people's daughters, why are you afraid of doing this." Hurry up and get the chickens away, I'll help you watch the dots. ”
The girl quickly thanked her, grabbed the hen in the middle of the road, and went into the alley on the opposite side with her head down.
"It's a good day, I saved my life when I went out." Zhuang Rou was in a good mood, muttered and walked into the alley where the girl came out just now, and went around to patrol the streets in other alleys.
She was fine, walking around on the streets of Douhu County, turning around a few times and returning to the alley on the side of the street, and suddenly saw the mouth of the alley in front of her, the girl who caught the hen was standing there, and the hen in her arms struggled and ran away.
"Make no mistake, you can't catch a chicken." Zhuang Rou walked over quickly, and saw the girl chasing the hen into the street, she rushed up in a few steps, grabbed the girl's collar and pulled it back.
At this moment, a carriage ran in front of them at a rapid pace, bringing a gust of wind. Zhuang Rou raised her head and looked at the carriage in the distance in surprise.