Royal Gold Magistrate

Chapter 870 Sure enough, there is a big problem!

"Is there such a wide ring?" Wang Erzhu muttered a few words, happily pocketing it.

No matter how good this thing is, it looks very good, and it's jade, so it should be worth some money!

"My fellow, can I go to your house to talk now?"

"Let's go."

The four of them followed Wang Erzhu home, and after walking for about twenty minutes, they came to a wooden house surrounded by an orchard.

The house is extremely simple, there is only one room, and the stove is still outside.

There is only a muddy Kang and a dirty table in the room.

Five people seemed a bit crowded in the room.

Fangzheng took a few glances and came to a conclusion in his heart.

This Wang Erzhu is an old bachelor who doesn't even have a family, otherwise he should be able to build another room outside.

After all, I still have an orchard.

Wang Erzhu would also come to trouble, knowing that he met a rich man, he hurriedly took out two dirty and broken bowls, and scooped two bowls of water from the bucket in the corner of the room.

Put it in front of Emperor Jing, smiled shyly: "Drink, drink water... just two bowls."

Emperor Jing smiled and nodded, but did not move, and so did Guo Tianyang.

This broken bowl is also dirty, it's really hard to eat.

Fang Zhengyi and Zhang Biao did not dislike it, each took a bowl and drank it clean.

I am indeed thirsty. It is not uncommon to see something dirtier than this, as long as the water is clean.

Seeing that he didn't dislike him, Wang Erzhu felt a little happy.

Emperor Jing said: "I came here to see the customs of the county, and then do some business in the county, so I want to ask you, what do you think of the situation in Xinzhang County? Are the people living well?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Wang Erzhu became vigilant again, and looked at Emperor Jing carefully.

In the next second, he said with a sullen face: "You don't have eyes, don't you know how to see? Great, great! The people have food and drink, and live and work in peace and contentment!"

Guo Tianyang was unhappy: "Hey! How are you talking?"

"Wait a minute." Emperor Jing raised his eyebrows, stopped him and said, "I think the people in the city are not in good spirits, not as good as you said."

Wang Erzhu said sarcastically, "Do you have eyes?"

"If you don't believe me, do you have to tell me? Don't you want to hear good things?"

Emperor Jing, who was armed with a gun and a club, was speechless for a while, Fang Zheng pulled him to the side, and said in a low voice: "Master, let me ask, he is wary of us."

"Why does he speak in a strange way?"

"If people are restricted and cannot speak normally, they can only be yin and yang."

As soon as Fangzheng turned around, he walked towards Wang Erzhu and said with a smile, "Don't be angry, fellow, why don't you just ask you some questions, and just tell whether the people in Xinzhang are living well or not."

Wang Erzhu's face was filled with disdain: "Stop pretending, who is your fellow countryman? Outsider, I can tell from looking at you that you are sent by the government to collect good things. If you want to hear good things, you can just make up some lies yourself." ? I want to tell the truth, the unlucky one is me!"

"Let's go, let's go, my place is small, I can't hold you big Buddhas!"

After Wang Erzhu finished speaking, he started to push Fang Zhengyi.

Fangzheng tried his best to compete with him, and shouted in his mouth: "In broad daylight, there is such a thing? Sending people to collect good things from the people, is it because the magistrate of Xinzhang ordered Sun Sheng, that dog officer, to do it? "

Dog officer? !

Wang Erzhu stopped moving, and looked at Fang Zhengyi in disbelief.

"You...are you really here for business?"

Fangzheng said: "Of course, my father and I dragged our family from the capital to this place for nothing to do business. We couldn't compete with others in the capital, and we were suppressed by our peers, so we had to change to a smaller place. The officials in Zhang County are Qingming, and they are well-known in Hengjiang Mansion, that's why they came here."

"But I see what you mean...it doesn't seem to be the case? Brother, just tell me, we came all the way here, and we lost most of our fortune in the capital. But there’s really no way out.”

Hearing what Fang Zhengyi said was a bit miserable, Wang Erzhu slapped his thigh and sighed: "Hey, you have come to the wrong place. If you want to do business, you should go to Pingwan County. I heard that it is the most suitable place for doing business. You can make money selling anything. "

"Then what's the problem here?"

Wang Erzhu said: "You don't know something, this Xinzhang County... the roots are already rotten!"

"On the surface, everything looks good, but in reality? Let me tell you this, everything is much more expensive than the outside world, and ordinary people can't get involved if they want to do business!"

"What's the matter?" Fangzheng asked quickly, "I see that the prices of the street hawkers are much cheaper than those in the capital."

Emperor Jing and the others pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

Wang Erzhu said again: "Listen to their fart! Those businesses are all business of a famous landlord in the city. He asks for a low price, but you go in and buy it. If you can buy it at the price he shouted, I don't care. You can call me Dad!"

Everyone looked at each other.

"Tell me in detail, there is such an unheard of strange thing? It is said that the new magistrate of our county is an expert from the capital. How can we allow such things to happen?"

Wang Erzhu's chatterbox has been opened, and he chattered endlessly: "Yes, who the hell said no?! When the new official took office, the people in Xinzhang actually welcomed him very much. He has indeed done many practical things. The landlord bullied the people, He went to crack down on landlords, profiteers shoddy goods, prices were too high, and he sent people to crack down hard.”

"Even officials who bullied the people, he took action to punish them severely. In the first two months...everything was fine, no one was bullied, and things were sold very cheaply."

"But who knows, after two months without his mother, the prices in the city started to skyrocket, and the selling price is still cheap, but you can't buy it at the original price unless you go through the back door in private!"

"Especially the medicinal materials have been multiplied several times. Anyone who suffers from a minor illness will have to pay for it, and his life will be in vain!"

Emperor Jing looked dignified, and murmured: "The gold and jade are outside, and the rot is inside. I didn't expect it to be so corrupted?"

"Oh, it's not just that. All the officials and landlords who bullied the people have returned, and they've gotten even worse! If anyone dares to say no, then the others behind will suffer."

"Many people originally came from a decent family background, but after a year of tossing and suffering, they fell back into poverty after encountering minor illnesses and minor disasters. The land in their families was also sold to big landlords... so they became long-term laborers for them."

"Everyone guesses that the wealthy locals have already colluded with the government and businessmen. New merchants like you, I dare say that they will be squeezed out within a month, and they will not be able to survive here!"

The land was merged and the local gentry monopolized it. It seems that the collusion between the government and businessmen has not escaped.

Fangzheng was thinking in his heart.

Wang Erzhu started to speak, and suddenly stomped his feet: "A few years ago, it was fine, and the days got better and better, but now it's not good, and if it continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat!"

"Fucking nonsense, the dog court doesn't do anything about personnel, and sent such a bastard county magistrate! But, do you think there is a possibility, is it because we have no money to fight with Jin Guo in Dajing, and the money is changing in our small What about getting money from the common people?"

Guo Tianyang's stolen goods seemed to be grabbed by someone, and he hurriedly looked at Emperor Jing.

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(Jie Chong clocks in on the first day.)