Should I say it or not, these family forces who want to show their muscles to the court still have some habits of being brave and ruthless.

Not to mention anything else, in these unstable years, it can have such a large industry in the local area and still survive, but as long as there is no official backstage, which one is not fought with fists and sticks?

Even if there is an official backstage, he himself must be able to fight, resist things, and stand up to show his attitude.

In these years, abundant martial arts is the foundation for getting ahead, and if you can't fight, even if you have thousands of family fortunes, you can't keep it.

Back then, Liu Bei fought all over Zhuo County's invincible opponents, and only then did he create a small world that belonged to him, and now the new families in these places are all local kings who are involved in fights, and one is counted as one, and they are all a little capable.

You said that if you don't let us keep slaves, we will listen to you, so we are not very faceless?

Lao Du's blood and energy, which had been silent for many years, were stimulated, and without saying a word, he joined the torrent of protests, and took his family to the county government to ask for an explanation, to see how hard the fists of the Luoyang court were.

If General Liu can fight again, will he really use the army to deal with our own people?

Aren't you worried about the pressure of public opinion?

But until Liu Bei cared about his reputation very much, and his style of acting was very restrained, so Liu Bei's reputation was praised inside and outside Luoyang City, so they speculated, they didn't think that Liu Bei would be a killer.

As a result, when they arrived at the county government, a group of angry family representatives looked at a team of heavily armed soldiers outside the county government and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

This group of soldiers wore armor, armed with waist knives, some held spears, and some held crossbows, looking at them with a vigilant posture, the kind of fierce sharpness unique to the elite of a hundred battles made them involuntarily stand still, not daring to move forward.

Liu Bei really wants to use troops?

He wouldn't really dare to kill these good people at the feet of the Son of Heaven, right?

Not really, right?

The family representatives began to drum in their hearts one by one, and Lao Du, who came forward in person, also felt that the problem was a bit serious.

The road to the county government was blocked at the intersection, and a county government official stood here and said with a pleasant smile: "Are you going to visit the county magistrate?" There is an order in the county, if there is something important, only one person in the family is allowed to enter, and no one else is allowed to enter. ”

A group of family representatives, you look at me, I look at you, and suddenly I don't know what to do.

Lao Du and Xiao Du looked at each other.

"Father, what should I do?"

Lao Du looked at those heavily armed elite soldiers, swallowed his saliva, and gritted his teeth.

"It's all here, and the Longtan Tiger's Den is going to go in! You wait outside, I'll go! If something is wrong, run away and don't wait for me. ”

"Father, I ......"

"Say no more, obedient!"

Lao Du also worked hard all the way from the bottom, and he still had the courage to do so, so he took the lead out of the crowd.

"Xincheng County Du, ask to see Mingting!"

"Please."

The county official stepped aside and smiled.

The eyes of the elite soldiers guarding the road stared at Lao Du in unison.

They were holding sophisticated weapons, and although they did not make a combat posture or look like they were about to cut people, their eyes were really terrifying.

Lao Du settled his mind and moved forward step by step, but this county government road, which has been here dozens of times, is not easy to walk today, and every step is a little frightened, for fear that those armed soldiers will raise their hands to give him a guy.

Lao Du thought to himself that he had gritted his teeth and bled to this day step by step, and the lives in his hands were not thirty or twenty-nine, but he didn't know why, he just felt that the eyes of these expressionless soldiers were more terrifying than the eyes of the most vicious villains he had ever seen, and they made him feel terrified.

What's going on?

Walking forward under their gaze is like walking on a knife in thin wooden shoes, for fear that if the wooden shoes are pierced or cracked by a knife, you will be stabbed to death by a knife.

It's a really uncomfortable feeling.

But the road that needs to be walked must be completed.

Lao Du bravely walked to the door of the county government, looked at the six soldiers on the steps of the county government, and the strong man who looked like an officer, hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and stood still.

"Xincheng County Du Shi, come to visit Mingting!"

He bowed to the county government and walked forward, each step was difficult, and each step required a lot of effort.

When he walked up to the brawny officer, he felt his heart beat almost through the sky, and he could even hear the brawny officer's breathing.

Fortunately, the strong officer did not stop him, but when he entered the main gate of the county government, the two county government officials searched his body and made sure that he did not enter the county government with a sharp weapon.

After passing the last level, entering the county mansion that he was very familiar with, he breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, and then unconsciously reached out and touched his forehead, feeling a sweat.

Then he looked back at the few people who had come in with him, and saw that each of them had a bad complexion.

This Ma Wei is a bit too ruthless.

A group of people with relatives met with the county magistrate Guan Jing in the county hall meeting room.

Guan Jing didn't have a good face for them, a glass of water for one person was considered a hospitality, and there were no snacks and fruits, so it took half an hour to come out to see them.

"This official has not been in office for a long time, and he is busy with official business, so I hope you will not blame him."

His face was flat, and he said with a businesslike look: "There are still a lot of things to do in the future, and I will not be in the county government for the next two days, so if there is anything, please get straight to the point, talk clearly, and don't delay everyone's time." ”

A group of people, including Lao Du, originally wanted to say hello, but they didn't expect Guan Jing to come up and do business, which made them a little unaccustomed.

However, everyone is a person who has seen the world, so they quickly adapted to the rhythm of Guan Jing.

It was Lao Du who took the lead and saluted Guan Jing.

"Dare to ask the Ming Court, is the imperial court's slave restriction order true?"

"It's all been sent out clearly, and the whole Luoyang knows about it, how can it be fake?"

Guan Jing seemed to think this was funny: "This is an order from the Son of Heaven, can it still be fake?" ”

"But...... Isn't this slave restriction a little too unkind? ”

Lao Du accompanied the smiling face, and said slowly: "Our family, there are many places where slaves are needed, daily life, running errands and boats, and some miscellaneous things of the entourage, don't use slaves anywhere, limit slaves, we have no official status, a person can only have three slaves, how can this be used?" ”

Lao Du poured out his bitterness, and the other family owners also poured out their bitterness one by one, expressing to Guan Jing all kinds of difficulties and obstacles in starting a family business, anyway, the main one is a bitter hatred.

After listening to them, Guan Jing's face still did not change, and then he took a sip of water from his water cup.

"What does this have to do with the imperial court and the government? That's your family affair, what is there for the court and the government to interfere in? Or do you think that the court needs to intervene in these matters? Or are you going to starve to death without these slaves? ”

This rhetorical question stunned Lao Du's group of people.

We've talked so much about feelings, but you didn't listen to it at all, did you?

Lao Du was a little out of breath.

"Ming Ting, this is not a trivial matter, the slave restriction order, we have all dismissed the slaves, so many people, what do they eat and wear? Although my generation does not have an official status, but raising these slaves can be regarded as giving them a mouthful of food, which has helped the court relieve a lot of burdens, isn't it? ”

(End of chapter)