"How can these well-dressed beasts who eat people and don't spit out bones suddenly get better, I see, they must be holding back!"

Everyone said a word, and they chatted happily.

The shopkeeper's face was full of helplessness, and he chased out with the silver.

For a while, the whole restaurant exploded.

The crowd chatted even more cheerfully.

Bai Luomei carried a wine jug and walked towards several diners, sat on a chair casually, and chatted with a few diners.

Seeing that she was so unpolite, the corners of his mouth twitched, "Fourth brother, your side Fujin is too casual, you don't care?" ”

Tube?

He can control Bai Luomei.

"She's dressed as a man now, and that's fine."

The fourth master smiled helplessly, as if he had already figured out Bai Luomei's thoughts.

I saw Bai Luomei wave her hand at the guy, "Serve all the delicious food in your store, this meal is mine!" ”

"Brothers, don't be polite, the younger brother has come from afar, and he is not familiar with Tianyuan Mansion, there are some things I want to ask you brothers, and I hope you will advise."

This polite remark will come as soon as you open your mouth.

"It's easy to say, what do guests need to know?"

"If a guest is passing by and listening to the excitement, it's best to pass by and forget it, and if the guest wants to do business here, dispel the idea as soon as possible."

Bai Luomei suddenly slapped the table and sighed again and again, "Don't hide it from you, the little brother is from Jiangnan, and he wants to do some small business here, brother, what you mean, can't you do business here?" ”

The man at the table with her looked around, and mysteriously deliberately lowered his voice, "It's not that you can't do it, it's that you can do it in vain." ”

"In Tianyuan Mansion, if you do business, you must give money to the government, and if you earn one hundred taels, you must honor the government eighty taels, otherwise, the government will try its best to find trouble for you!"

"If you are light, you will be beaten with a board, and if you are heavy, you will be imprisoned, distributed, and beheaded!"

"Hey, it's not all, you didn't see the previous movement, but it's too big!"

"Have you ever heard of slaughtering a white duck?"

Slaughtering a white duck?

Bai Luomei looked puzzled, what does this have to do with eating?

The man smiled and said, "You don't know at first glance that this slaughtering of white ducks is a game of the rich and noble, and when the rich and powerful commit crimes, they will sell their lives with silver and sell the poor to atone for their own crimes, which is called slaughtering white ducks." ”

"Some people who have no money and no power, in order to let their family live, will willingly apologize for the rich and noble, and suffer on behalf of the rich."

Bai Luomei suddenly realized.

It turns out that there are so many more to say here.

Before Bai Luomei could react, the man continued, "There are many people in the governor's yamen now, most of them sell themselves to rich people because they can't survive, of course, there are also some people who offend the government and have no money to dredge. ”

"These people, as long as they enter the prison, they can only wait for the autumn queen to be beheaded and want to come out, unless someone takes money to ransom them!"

Bai Luomei glanced at the fourth master meaningfully, and gestured with her eyes.

See!

That's the game for the powerful!

If it weren't for what she heard and saw with her own eyes, Bai Luomei couldn't believe that such a terrifying thing happened in the prosperous era of Kangxi.

Bai Luomei's face sank, "The little brother just saw that those were all quite good, they were given silver for dinner, and they spoke politely, how could there be such a thing?" ”

"Whew! You've been deceived by their appearance! ”

"Look at the big and small businessmen on this street, who has not been extorted by the government?"

"They rely on a bit of power, they do all kinds of evil, they do evil, they stink from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside!"

"You don't know, our Tianyuan Mansion has a canal that can go straight to Jiangnan, and the goods of the two places can be bought and sold freely, but if the goods of these two sides want to be bought and sold, they must be approved by the government, and if they want to get the documents, they must be dotted up and down."

The man took a sip of wine and sighed.

The people around him echoed and told their own things.

After listening to everyone's words, Bai Luomei only felt incredible.

It's just a Tianyuan Mansion, and there are hidden mysteries in it.

If it is other remote prefectures and counties, I don't know how many words there are.

Bai Luomei frowned, gave the fourth master a look, and after leaving the silver, the three of them left the restaurant one after the other.

Along the way, Bai Luomei was observing the surroundings and did not say a word.

"Luoluo, but what did you find?"

"Master, don't you think it's strange, this place is only two hundred miles away from the capital, but why does the emperor know nothing about this place, so that the magistrate has been here for many years?"

"There must be something in this, you say, will it be like Tianqing Mansion, Tianyuan Mansion also has a prince as a backer?"

Bai Luomei's eyes flashed, and she inadvertently saw that several officials were driving away beggars, and the doubts in her heart were even worse.

As soon as they arrived at Tianyuan Mansion, the people in the official mansion underwent a 180-degree change.

It was to settle the money for the merchants, and it was to remove the beggars, and the people of the government were directing the people to clean the front of each house, as if they were greeting a certain big man.

Bai Luomei clasped her hands in front of her chest, carefully observing the every move of those officers and soldiers.

The Thirteenth Master snorted coldly, and said in a strange manner, "I see that the starling brothers have already stabbed out the matter of our investigation in Tianyuan Mansion, and Tianyuan Mansion has just started to make a pretense!" ”

"Fourth brother, what should we do now, should we arrest Tianyuan Mansion and torture it, or should we go to the prison first to understand the situation?"

At this moment, the Thirteenth Master couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to do the right thing for the sky.

These people are just making a show!

The fourth master sat in a tea stall on the street in a dull manner, asked for three bowls of tea, and observed the officers and soldiers on the street with the two of them.

In line with the situation just now, those officers and soldiers were extremely kind to the people.

It's so good that the people can't believe it.

Meanwhile.

The officers and soldiers walked into a rice shop, and then the rice shop men carried out the rice and placed it at the door, beating gongs and drums to give alms to the people.

"You have all listened, the governor has compassion for you, and wants to give you rice, everyone has it!"

"Two liters of rice per person, don't grab it!"

The beating of gongs and drums by the shopkeeper attracted many people.

As soon as they heard the government's alms, the people were uneasy, and they looked at the rice and the officials and soldiers with cold faces on the spot, but no one dared to step forward.

"Don't be stunned, hurry up and get the guys."

The shopkeeper grabbed a person, directly filled two liters of rice, and instructed the man to flatten the placket and put two liters of rice on the placket of the man, "Take it, hurry home, shout and shout along the way, and publicize for the governor, but all the people, two liters of rice per person!" ”

The people who got the rice were pleasantly surprised, and they thanked them again and again and ran away, as if they were afraid that the people who were in the rice line would regret it.

As soon as I saw that someone had got rice, the passion of the onlookers was ignited, and they all picked up the guys and squeezed into the rice shop to get rice.

In an instant, the street was lively.

Many people came from afar, scrambling to be the first.