Chapter Twenty-Five: Corruption and Perversion of the Law
"Government?" The waiter had a look of disgust on his face and said helplessly: "In addition to bullying the people in Yurou Township, our Taiping County Magistrate, you can't expect him to do anything good to our people!
In the past, the tax was thirty to one, but now it has become fifteen to one. The county magistrate was not satisfied and still levied a poll tax. As a result, every year, everyone did not even have enough to eat and had to tighten their belts to live.
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The waiter sighed more and more as he thought about it, and said with a sad look on his face: "Now that I'm in trouble again, it will be even more difficult in the future!"
"No matter how bad the county magistrate is, the floods will always be cleared away. Otherwise, where will so many people live? If these people are allowed to move to other places, how can he collect the poll tax?" Qin Wan said.
"Hey, maybe." The waiter felt that what Qin Wan said was reasonable, but he didn't believe that the county magistrate could do anything.
After eating noodles, Qin Wan paid for the meal and room and left the inn.
As soon as she went out, she saw the county government officers going door to door on the street and breaking into shops.
"The county magistrate issued a decree that there was a sudden flood in Taiping County. Every shop in the city and every household must donate ten taels of silver. Those who disobey the order will be fined with fifty taels of rod and put in jail!"
Ten taels of silver!
Qin Wan had just stayed in an inn, and the rent, bath water, and a bowl of noodles totaled only more than fifty cents.
Ten taels of silver is ten thousand guan. This inn needs to receive two hundred guests like her to earn it, not counting the cost.
This county magistrate is simply outrageous!
"No, this villain is running a small business. How can I come up with ten taels of silver at once?"
"Hit me! Beat him until he pays!"
"father!"
Cries and screams are endless.
"Write down his name. If you can't pay him back tomorrow, I will take over your shop and put you in jail!"
After the officers finished cursing, they turned around and went to the next house.
In the blink of an eye, another family was crying for father and mother...
In the evening, the county government officials finished their work and handed over all the collected silver to the county magistrate.
County magistrate Xu Zhi looked at the white money and suddenly became happy, "How many families have not finished it yet?"
"Sir, except for a few who are really poor and can't afford the money, all the shops are basically closed."
"Wouldn't it be impossible to accept it?" Xu Zhi felt very regretful.
"Master, you can call on the local gentry to donate money, and you can earn more from them!" Headcatcher Zhao Da said flatteringly.
When Xu Zhi heard this, he smiled brightly and said, "After everything is done, I will definitely reward you!"
"Don't worry, sir, I will take care of it for you!"
After Zhao Da left, Xu Zhi ran to the study, put all the money into a secret compartment behind the bookshelf, and left with satisfaction.
Not long after, the study door opened quietly.
Qin Wan entered the study and opened the secret compartment according to the method Xu Zhi just mentioned.
The secret compartment was four feet in size from top to bottom, left and right, and was filled with boxes of various sizes. Qin Wan did not open it to take a look, but just waved his hand and took everything inside into his own space.
Then he slipped out of the study room quietly.
Xingsheng Inn.
The boss, who had just been robbed of ten taels of silver, sighed.
"What kind of world is this? I really can't live anymore!"
"Uncle, why don't we leave? We are no longer in Taiping County. Taiping County is not peaceful at all. That county magistrate is really a dog official!" the waiter said angrily.
"It's easy to say, where can we go? In this world, it's hard to live anywhere."
Just as they were talking, suddenly, with a "swish" sound, a short arrow hit a table in the inn.
"Oh, my mother!"
The boss was startled and fell down on his butt.
The waiter bravely went over to take a look and said, "Uncle, there is a note on this!"
He pulled out the arrow and took out the note.
"I have all the silver that the county magistrate plundered from the shops. Don't make any noise. Tonight at Haishi, I will take everyone to Fenggui Pavilion outside the west city gate to collect the silver. - A stranger from this world."
The waiter finished reading the above content and asked the boss excitedly: "Uncle, is there someone doing chivalry here?"
"I'd rather believe it, let's go and inform everyone!"
In order not to attract the attention of the soldiers guarding the city, each merchant quietly left the city through the four city gates. In the evening, they visited Fenggui Pavilion outside the west city gate.
At this moment, mountains of grain were placed in Fenggui Pavilion.
Qin Wan dressed in black and covered his face, walked out of Fenggui Pavilion, put the money aside, sat down and said: "You all take turns to come forward and tell your shop number to receive the money. If anyone commits fraud, you will get the money."
You can’t get it anymore.”
Everyone said yes one after another and respectfully came forward to receive the silver.
Each household had ten taels, and soon those people had collected all the money.
After receiving the money, they did not leave, but looked at the mountains of food, curious to see what this "otherworldly man" wanted to do.
"In addition to looting your money this time, I also found a lot of silver in the county magistrate's warehouse. Now I have exchanged all those things for grain!" Qin Wan said: "The owner of Xingsheng Inn."
"Here you are." The innkeeper stood up quickly.
"This grain is not for you, but you can also get part of it. There are a total of 200,000 jins of grain here, of which 100,000 jins, you will distribute to the common people in the city according to the population. The remaining 100,000 jins, I hope you can make porridge together.
Distribute food and provide relief to the victims, is it possible for you to do it?"
After hearing Qin Wan's words, everyone was moved to tears.
Oh my God, they have met a great person!
"We can do it!" everyone said in unison.
Qin Wan said: "I leave all this to the boss and waiter of Xingsheng Inn. You must listen to them! You have all seen what I am capable of. If I know that someone is fishing in troubled waters, I will never show mercy!"
With that said, Qin Wan gave the innkeeper an extra money bag and said: "This is the cost of building the porridge shed. It's up to you to decide. You don't need to let anyone know how much money is in it, so as not to cause you trouble. But if you
If you use this money for personal gain, I will definitely come to you to settle the matter."
"Don't worry, girl, I won't let you down!" the innkeeper said firmly.
The waiter next to him looked at Qin Wan with admiration.
"Be careful, find a place to hide these grains, and don't let anyone in the government know about it."
After Qin Wan finished speaking, he stopped talking and turned to leave.
She couldn't help but be shocked when she thought of the silver coins she had plundered from that secret room.
After three years of clearing the prefecture, he received one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver.
An honest official can earn so much money, let alone a corrupt and corrupt official like Xu Zhi?
In that small secret room, there were actually hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!
After leaving Fenggui Pavilion, the effect of the painkillers she had taken before seemed to have worn off, and Qin Wan's stomach seemed to be twisted.
She found a place on the ground and changed into clean aunt's pants, took another painkiller, and silently hurried back to the cave dwelling of the exile team. She ordered a dozen strong men headed by Xiao Hao and Xiao Jun to come out and said:
Chapter completed!