Let's not talk about these things that happened in the South for the time being. Nebuchu, where Yu Zhong and Mo Jing were, finally ushered in a little excitement after a few days of silence.

First, there was Nebuchu's first theft.

It's not that no one has ever lost anything in Nebuchu before, but in this small city where most of the residents are Qiuba, there are not a few cases of fighting and stealing and robbing. However, those are generally resolved by the parties themselves, and they are all acts that have not been filed!

But now it's different! The owner reported the crime, and the owner was a "friendly man" who insisted on doing business in Nebuchu during the war in Europe and insisted on bringing money to the East, a Dutch merchant with senior experience in Nebuchu.

The thief who was accused was a gypsy girl in Yesenia's group who was still good-looking.

"I knew something was going to go wrong! Su Wan told me that in fact, on the first day the Gypsies arrived, they committed at least seven crimes in our Nebuchu. The hands and feet are really unclean! Yu Zhong whispered in Mo Jing's ear. He is not a judge, Mo Jing is even more not, the presiding judge is Lang Tan who has just come from here! After all, Nebuchu belongs to the "military management", and although Yu Zhong, the customs admiral, is nominally one level older than Lang Tan, he no longer belongs to the military system. So, it was natural to hand over this position. And now, he and Mo Jing are just observing the trial.

"You didn't remind Su Wan that they should take precautions?" Hearing Yu Zhong's complaint, Mo Jing asked rhetorically.

"I'm not a Buddha, how do I want to get this?" Yu Zhong asked rhetorically.

"Please! Didn't you say when these gypsies first came that they were thieves and ...... Why didn't you think of guarding against them? Mo Jing asked.

"I heard you think so highly of these gypsies that I thought they weren't so bad!" Yu Zhong complained.

"So, what happened now, do you want to blame me?" Mo Jing said unhappily.

"No, what's the matter? Don't think about it! ......" Yu Zhong denied it again and again, and then whispered to Mo Jing and said: "However, if you can make some compensation to this official, I will shoulder this responsibility!" ”

"What responsibility do you have? Are you and this defendant still co-accused? Mo Jing glanced at Yu Zhong and smiled, but her smile looked a little "ill-intentioned" in Yu Zhong's eyes.

"Come on, I can warn you, it is a great crime to falsely accuse the court officials! …… I'm just saying that I didn't take the responsibility of letting people take precautions early, what do you think about! Yu Zhong whispered.

"What about falsely accusing you? Are you not convinced? Mo Jing glanced at Yu Zhong.

"Don't dare, don't dare, but, although this gypsy chick looks average, but this figure is ......" Yu Zhong choked back in the second half of the sentence, Mo Yan secretly twisted him, although it was not heavy, but the two fingers remained in place and did not move, clearly threatening him not to continue.

……

"So, this woman is willing to confess?" Yu Zhong and Mo Jing were playing tricks underneath, and it was not difficult for Lang Tan to ask the case in the court. With the help of the translator Fleis, he quickly interrogated the case without complicated facts. The gypsy girl named Lamedal was caught in the middle of the crime, although she had just ended a one-night stand with the Dutch businessman Victor and had been "paid", but something called habit made her take advantage of the opportunity for Victor to turn over and fall back asleep, and took two more French gold louis out of the other party's purse...... At this time, Victor woke up again, and after that, the two of them tore out of the room, and then, this case became Nebuchu's first officially filed case.

"Yes, my lord, she said she was willing to confess!" Fryce replied.

"Hmmm! Just confess your sins! ......" Lang Tan pondered for a while, then turned his gaze to Yu Zhong, "Lord Yu, how do you think this crime should be punished?" ”

"Lang Dutong, you are the presiding judge! Ask me what to do? Yu Zhong asked rhetorically.

"Lord Yu, this sufferer and the criminal are both foreigners, I don't think it is appropriate to use our laws! …… My lord, you and Gege know more than I do, so how about you help you think of a feasible solution? Lang Tan said. It's not the first time I've come to Nebuchu, and it's not the first time I've seen foreigners, and he is now a rare general with a broader vision in the Qing Dynasty.

"Hehe, Lang Tan, I didn't expect you to have such a brain! ......" Although Yu Zhong felt that what Lang Tan said was not very in line with the rules, there was really no need to play any prestige in front of a businessman and a woman, so after seeing that Mo Jing had no intention of objecting, he nodded and accepted Lang Tan's request.

……

"Father Freish, tell this Mr. Victor that I will discount all the goods he wants to buy by one percent in exchange for him to withdraw the charge!" After thinking about it for a while, Yu Zhong thought of a solution.

"One percent cheaper? Well, good luck Mr. Victor! "This Victor bought a lot of things, the total value of tens of thousands of gold louis, one percent is equal to a few hundred gold louis, this is a lot of money, compared with his loss, it is a huge amount of hundreds of losses. Moreover, since Victor was an agent, the few hundred gold louis was not a small amount for him. That's why Frisch would say that. And with such good conditions, that Victor naturally will not refuse, a person who wants to snatch back even two gold louis from a prostitute is naturally unable to ask for a hundred times the amount, compared to it, what is it to be stolen once? He thought about being stolen a few more times.

"Thank you, my lord, for your generosity, you are so kind!" Lalmeda thought that he would be punished well, but he was worried and afraid. After all, in the West, a gypsy like her who was caught stealing something would not end well. But she didn't expect Yu Zhong to let Victor withdraw the accusation, and she was immediately overjoyed, if she hadn't seen Mo Jing sitting next to Yu Zhong, she would probably have to rush up to give Yu Zhong an intimate hug and a few kisses.

"No thanks! Actually, I asked Mr. Victor to withdraw the accusation, mainly because I wanted to have jurisdiction over you! Yu Zhong said with a smile.

"Punish me?" Larmeda peeked at Mo Jing, then at Yu Zhong, and couldn't help asking, "Aren't you afraid that your wife will be unhappy?" ”

“……”

Frisch didn't dare translate that. He had been hired by Yu Zhong and Mo Jing to "preach" and work as a translator at the same time, and had been in Nibuchu for several years, so that, like most people in the city, he knew Yu Zhong's temper of "fear of his wife". This time, in front of so many people, if he translated Lalmeda's words, Yu Zhong would definitely not be able to step down, and when the time comes, won't he be asking for hardship? Although Mo Jing, who was proficient in Russian at this time, did not get angry after hearing Lalmeda's words, but looked very funny, but this lady is not easy to mess with, is it easy to mess with Yu Zhong?

"Fleis, what did she say?" Frishi didn't translate, Mo Jing held back a smile, and at the same time looked at his own eyes with a warning meaning, Yu Zhong was a little confused, and couldn't help urging.

"Oh! My lord, she said she was willing to accept your punishment! That's what the gypsy woman meant! I can only be ambiguous, but I am not lying! Frease secretly shouted "Amen"!

"That's good! You tell her that she and her companions will all be moved to live in the city in the places I have designated, and that they will no longer be allowed to live in their caravans, and that they will be subject to the labour which I have set for them...", Yu Zhong continued.

"My lord, do you mean to deal with this woman and all her companions, and not just her?" Frease asked.

"yes, that's what I just said! What's wrong? Yu Zhong asked.

"My lord, I think you'll have to think about it again, after all, punishing all of them for one person, even if they are all gypsies, is ......," said Fleis.

"Priest, I think you don't seem to think much of these gypsies, do you? Why are you still talking for them today? Yu Zhong felt a little inexplicable.

"My lord, though these gypsies do ......," said Fleis, whose face was a little crimson, and who spoke in a hurry, glanced at him, and did not ask him to continue, but went on to say on his own: "You tell them that from tomorrow onwards I will find a suitable place and build an amphitheater, and they will come forward to perform songs and dances for the 'inhabitants' of the city on a regular basis." ”

"Singing and dancing?" Fleith was stunned.

"Of course. Do they have any other specialties? You tell them that they have to pay 40 percent of their income as taxes! to redeem them for the 'crimes' they have committed here! Yu Zhong continued.

"Forty percent?" After Frishi translated, Yesenia, who was watching outside with a group of people, couldn't help but come out, and stretched out four fingers to Yu Zhong to express her doubts.

"What, too high? That's fifty, how? Yu Zhong said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, just fifty! We are willing to accept this punishment from you! Yesenia replied hurriedly.

"Hmmm! Readily! …… Ha ha! Yu Zhong laughed heartily.

……

"You're not a businessman! When will the Gypsies have a chance to be on stage? Even if it's an open-air theater, it's enough to make them ecstatic! …… Do you give them back fifty percent of their income? Please, think about how rich Nebuchu's soldiers are! And the income from the theater is far more profitable than performing on the street! Besides, there's a lack of entertainment here, and these gypsies will surely go crazy by then! On the way back to his residence, Mo Jing's words ruthlessly suppressed Yu Zhong's pride.

"But if you do this, you're sure to make the soldiers here happy! …… It's a very popular move, and it's not bad! Mo Jing continued.

"So, there's still merit in my disposition? However, I thought that something was wrong, do you think there is anything wrong with the performances of these gypsies? It's even worse if you break the ban! Yu Zhong was moved by Mo Jing's words again.

"When have you ever seen people performing in the streets going too far? It's a big deal, just warn the gypsies when the time comes! It's really not okay to let some dancing Mongolian soldiers go in and stir up the peace, it's not that much of a big deal! ......," Mo Jing replied.

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"My lord, the team we sent to find people is back!" Yu Zhong and Mo Jing continued to walk, and Su Wan chased after him with a few people.

"Coming back? Did you find the team that went west? Mo Jing asked.

"Hui Gege, my lord, I didn't see their figures. This group of people doesn't seem to be ordinary people, and we have more than a dozen brothers' horses taken away by them! ......" replied a Qian general who followed behind Su Wan.

"Someone has lost the horse, and you haven't seen a human figure yet?" Yu Zhong asked with a glare.

“…… Yes, my lord, the brothers accidentally touched the road! Mr. Qian replied with a bowed head.

"You didn't chase again?" Yu Zhong asked again.

"My lord, we were calculated by this group on the way back. Originally, we chased west for three days, but we didn't see any figures. They divided into several teams and searched in all directions, and after another day of searching, they still did not find it. We walked back to the meeting place, and found that the horses had been taken away and a dozen muskets had been lost! …… We got together and searched everywhere, but we couldn't find a hair. …… I'm afraid that you're in a hurry, so we'll rush back again. Mr. Qian continued.

"Those guys who lost their horses, didn't they even find any traces?" Yu Zhong asked again unwillingly.

"My lord, those people are very good at hiding their tracks! I don't know why they are going against us, we just want to persuade them to come back, and we don't plan to use force! But they still ...... My lord, they first stunned the brothers left behind, and then they did it! Mr. Qian replied.

"Stunk?" Mo Jing asked.

"yes, Gege. According to the dozen or so brothers, they were left to keep vigil at night. But when they got up, it was noon the next day, even the two brothers who were keeping vigil. And, when he woke up, the horses, bows and arrows, and muskets were gone, except for the sword, and the salt! ......" The more Mr. Qian spoke, the more he blushed.

"You're really angry! Lang Tan Lang Dutong is now in Nibuchu, I see how you explain it to him! Yu Zhong gritted his teeth and said with hatred that iron is not made of steel.

"If you fail to complete the task, please surrender to Gege!" Mr. Qian dismounted and knelt down on one knee and said.

"Forget it! You go and inform Lang Dutong and ask him to send more people out to look for it, if you really can't find it, forget it......" Yu Zhong waved his hand helplessly, and asked Mo Jing again: "Those few left-behind guys are on the road, why do they sound so like they have been poisoned by sweat?" ”

"It's very similar!" Mo Jing nodded, and then smiled again: "It seems that the people who went west this time may still be the characters of our Great Qing Kingdom!" ”

"Perhaps! However, I hope that there are not just one or two thieves, that would be a shame! Yu Zhong sighed.