At noon, he had dinner with Sun Huai and Feng Zhi. Du Shouyi was slightly drunk, so Du Ruo did not find the opportunity to ask him. At night, before he could go to Du Shouyi, Du Shouyi took the initiative to send someone to find him.

"Dad, are you asking me for something?"

After Du Ruo arrived at Du Shouyi's study room, he looked at Du Shouyi with a slight look.

Du Shouyi didn't notice that Du Ruo's eyes were wrong. He sat beside Du Ruo and laughed: "Ruoer, thanks to you in this theft case, your performance made you feel ashamed of your father!"

"I have already stated your achievements in detail in the memorial form. This time I will listen to the heavens, and the official will reward you! Officials of Chan Yin cannot escape!"

Du Ruo said: "Thanks to your support and trust from Dad, otherwise I would not be able to do anything."

"That's true."

Du Ruo just said politely, but he didn't expect Du Shouyi to nod his head shamelessly, which made people ashamed.

"Ruoer, study hard!" Du Shouyi patted Du Ruo's shoulder with expectations and said solemnly: "Talent and knowledge are just the stepping stone to become an official. What is more important is ability as an official! You have talent and ability! The achievements of an official in the future are boundless! If you become the priest before the age of 30, then you will be the honor of the Du family in Suzhou!"

Du Shouyi and Du Ruo's hometown is in Suzhou and are also a prominent local family. Du Ruo also has an uncle, an aunt and two uncles.

Du Ruo nodded and took the opportunity to ask Du Shouyi: "Dad, what holiday do you have with Huang Pei? Why does he hate you so much?"

Du Ruo already knew the answer in his heart. He was asking Du Shouyi why he indulged in pawnshops and private usury.

"What can I have with him? Don't you know that he naturally tried his best to suppress me for his brother-in-law's promotion."

"No, why should he risk his official position as the prefect of Chengdu just for the position of prefectural governor?"

The competition for promotion in the Song Dynasty's officialdom was always gentle, and at most it would cause some minor stutters. He would definitely not plan a crime like Huang Pei.

Du Shouyi looked at Du Ruo and admired this son in his heart. His son was far more meticulous than ordinary people.

"Well, very good. You can think of this and feel relieved for your father!"

Fake inexplicably stroked his beard, Du Shouyi replied: "Huang Pei’s conflict with me is not only due to his brother-in-law, but also has great political differences with me. No one can convince each other. He has been aggrieved for two years, so he naturally hates me."

Du Ruo frowned slightly and asked, "Is it a matter of pawnshops and private usury?"

Du Shouyi was stunned and looked at Du Ruo curiously: "How do you know?"

"I heard it when I solved the case." Du Ruo casually asked, "Dad, is Huang Pei going to rectify pawn shops and private usury loan sharks? You don't allow it?"

Du Shouyi nodded: "That's right."

Du Ruo thought to himself that indeed, Wang Lei did not lie.

"You don't know that black pawnshops have a 9-month interest rate of 13 years. Is private usury even more harmful?" Du Ruo asked.

Du Shouyi disagreed and said, "The interest rate on pawnshops has always been like this. The private lending is voluntary, and neither of them violates the law. Merchants are also people. As a people-friendly official, why should I attack them for no reason?"

Du Ruo did not expect Du Shouyi to be so righteous. He strived to say: "But they are not good for the people's livelihood. How many families have been ruined by pawnshops and usury!"

Pawnshops are not just used as things, they also mortgage land origin deeds. Many ordinary people suddenly encounter some urgent matters of spending money. If they can't borrow money for a while, they can only use land origin deeds to mortgage them to pawnshop.

When writing and reporting contracts, the pawn shop will play various text games and have various pitfalls. The people do not understand the tricks and are extremely prone to being hacked.

Pawn shops in other places are very restrained in this regard, but Meizhou pawn shops are supported by the Cheng family and are very rampant.

Du Shouyi shook his head and said, "Ruo'er, you must have heard some exaggerated words. In fact, it is not as unbearable as you think. Pawnshops will not harm people, they will only help people. As for private lending, although the interest rate is a little higher, do you know who is the one who borrows such loans? Most of them are gamblers! They are self-deprecating depravity, so they can live for themselves."

Du Ruo looked at Du Shouyi and thought to himself that Du Shouyi obviously had not realized the role of the financial industry in industry and commerce.

Thinking of Huang Pei again, Du Ruo no longer hated him, and even felt a little respect in his heart.

No matter what purpose he is for, it is a just act to require the rectification of pawn shops and private usury.

"No matter what, pawnshops and private usury are profitable industries that are blood-sucking. It is always good to suppress them appropriately." Du Ruo paused and continued: "Dad, why have you been protecting them? Are you afraid of the Cheng family behind the scenes?"

Du Shouyi smiled and shook his head: "No."

"Are you afraid of delaying promotion?"

"That's right. I guess I'll receive the imperial court's official documents in a few days, and it's just a transfer order. I don't want to cause trouble."

Du Ruo continued: "But even if I still serve as the governor of Meizhou, I will not rectify these things."

"Why? Dad, do you really think pawnshops and usury are beneficial to the country and the people?"

"Of course not, I know these two industries have huge profits."

Du Shouyi looked at Du Ruo hesitantly, and finally smiled bitterly: "But how do you ask me to fix them? Before fixing them, we must fix ourselves first!"

"We ourselves?" Du Ruo was puzzled.

Du Shouyi nodded: "You don't know some things. Your mother's family is not only a general, but also a huge merchant. There are more than a dozen pawn shops in Bianjing, and there are also five or six pawn shops in your mother's dowry! Our Du family is in her hometown in Suzhou... Some people also lend money."

After Du Shouyi finished speaking, Du Ruo directly petrified. He never expected that he would fight against the Landlord himself, who was the landlord.

‘It’s really a fucking evil dragon!’

"So!"

Du Shouyi patted Du Ruo's shoulder and said earnestly: "You said that your father is so embarrassed to rectify the pawnshop usury. If you have rectified it, others will ask me why I don't rectify my own family? But do I dare to rectify my own family's property? Not to mention that my uncles and brothers at home do not agree, even your mother can eat me!"

Du Shouyi looked bitter and continued, "Ruoer, you are full of justice, pleading for the people, and are very pleased for your father, but pawnshops and private lending are not a big disadvantage after all, and the states are similar, so there is no big mess. As a good man in the Song Dynasty, you should be determined to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, why bother with these details?"

Du Shouyi comforted Du Ruo, but Du Ruoze was in a complicated mood.

‘It seems that I can’t control it yet.’

Du Ruo was a little helpless and had his interests hidden for the time being.

Before leaving, Du Ruo asked Du Shouyi to help Huang Pei ask for a relationship. Du Shouyi naturally agreed, saying that he would protect Huang Pei at most and be dismissed from office.

In the Song Dynasty, the punishment for officials was generally deposed outside the outside world. The more remote the place, the more severe the punishment it was. For example, in Lingnan, which was not yet civilized, many officials could not stand humiliation and commit suicide on the road outside the home, or could not stand the bumpy road and fell ill.

The most severe punishment for officials in this era was to be demoted to Danzhou, Hainan Island, which was equivalent to the 21st century when Chinese were demoted to Africa as chiefs. Their diet, medical and health conditions were extremely different. Some officials who were demoted to Hainan Island in the Song Dynasty basically did not return alive.

Except for only one person, only he can be demoted to Hainan Island and eat oysters happily. In the end, he not only went back, but also taught the first Jinshi in Hainan Island's history.

He is Du Ruo's current elder brother-in-law Su Shi. The reason why Du Ruo regarded him as an idol in his previous life was not only his unparalleled poetry, articles and calligraphy, but also because of his optimistic and open-minded personality charm in adversity.

Therefore, being demoted is simply grace compared to being demoted and being half-dead and being dismissed.

———

The next day, Du Ruo began to think about dealing with the ill-gotten gains he got, so he found someone.

"Large intestine, you are not interested enough. You haven't come to play with me for so long!"

At the Meizhou Flower and Bird Market, in front of Du Ruo, a 17 or 18-year-old man with a round figure and a blue short shirt stood. The young man was only fat, but he didn't have much fat on his face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a silly smile on his face, looking very festive.

His name is Zhu Dan, the young master of the Meizhou Shunfeng Escort Agency, and he is Du Ruo's previous hardcore friend. He is both a low-level cricket circle boss among the playboys in Meizhou.

He not only likes fighting crickets, but also likes to eat, especially jealous and fat intestines, so Du Ruo gave him the nickname "Pig Intestine".

"Du Ruo, I miss you so much!" Zhu Dan said without saying anything and gave Du Ruo a hug, and then said with grievance: "Who said I didn't go to play with you? I went to you five times, and every time your doorman didn't let me in! Humph..."

The day after Du Ruo traveled through time, he gave all the crickets to his sister to play with, and he also told the doorman that he had never seen any of his former friends.

So Zhu Dan couldn't see him.

"It must be that you have gained weight again. My doorman doesn't recognize you anymore." Du Ruo laughed.

"Have you been fat? I've been in such a miserable life recently. My aunt has become more and more mean to me! Alas."

Zhu Dan sighed helplessly, but he was not sad. His eyebrows were frowned and his expression was very funny.

It is true that Zhu Dan is the young owner of Shunfeng Escort Agency, but his parents both died for some reason during an escort a few years ago, so his escort agency fell into the hands of his uncle and aunt.

His uncle was quite kind and kept raising Zhu Dan. He also planned to obey his father's last wish and return him to the escort agency when he was young, but his aunt wanted to invade the escort agency and was always mean to him.

Du Ruo also knew that Zhu Dan was fat and broad-minded, so he never cared about these things. Sometimes when his aunt didn't give him food, he would ask Du Ruo for help.

"Hey, Du Ruo, tell me the truth, where did you copy the lyrics and songs?"

Zhu Dan approached Du Ruo and asked sneakily.

When someone asked, Du Ruo would be angry, but Zhu Dan asked, he laughed it off, but did not answer him, but said, "You guess. If you don't say this, I'll come to you today, because I have something to ask for your help."

Zhu Dan immediately patted his chest: "Tell me, what's the matter? I'll go through fire and water without hesitation! But I have to pay for the errands!"

"Don't worry, you will be beneficial."

Du Ruo smiled and said, "We used to go to the restaurant you love the most, do you remember?"

"Yipinlou, of course I remember that I still owe money for food! Hehe!"
Chapter completed!