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Chapter 258 Master Wu's Judgment
Early the next morning, Wu Youcai sat up from the bed with dark eyes.

He has lived most of his life without any ambition, and he has never thought of being praised by others, leaving his name in history.But yesterday I was praised so much by the people of Gusu, saying that it doesn't matter, I don't care, but I was still so excited that I didn't fall asleep all night.

Is this what it feels like to be praised by the people?Wu Youcai sat on the bed with dark blue eyes in a daze: "It's... quite happy, it's more happy than the improvement of handwriting!"

After washing, he changed into a brand new Gusu county magistrate, oh no, it was the official robe of the acting county magistrate. Wu Youcai adjusted his official hat, looked at himself in the bronze mirror, turned around twice, and then went out the door.

Walking into the office room of the county government, several small officials from the former Gusu county government were already waiting there.

The new official took office three fires, and now facing the newly appointed "county magistrate" oh no, it is the "acting county magistrate", and the small officials of the county government are a little nervous.

They have heard that "Wu Youcai" has been around for many years, but in the past they were always mentioned as a model of "fishing", so they never cared about this Mr. Wu who fished in the past.

Until this suddenly became the acting county magistrate of Gusu, Mr. Wu, who had been fishing for many years, transformed into one of the best "good officials" in the entire Jiangnan Province. Such a sudden change really surprised everyone, but it didn't No matter how much time is left for everyone to react, Mr. Wu has already arrived at the county government.

Master Wu even "feared no power" at the gate of the county government office yesterday, and this matter has already spread in Gusu City.

The Yang family has been the "Emperor of Gusu" for many years. Although they have never done anything evil to oppress the people, they still can't stand the fact that there are always people who don't understand the Yang family's behavior.

Right now, Wu Youcai's actions obviously played into the hands of these people, so Wu Youcai became a role model for these people and was very much sought after by them.

After all, you have to choose between being used to it and not being used to it!
The previous lord had a good relationship with the Yang family, but this new lord Wu is obviously completely different from the previous one.

Sure enough, after seeing a group of small officials, Wu Youcai said hello, "Bring me the dossier that the Yang family sued Fireworks Week earlier for a look!"

Miss Jiang Si had told him: he came to Gusu mainly to deal with the Yang family's fireworks week, so naturally he couldn't forget it.

Seeing that Wu Youcai mentioned this matter as soon as he sat down, everyone couldn't help but secretly said, "So it is!"
This way, he met the Yang family before his butt was hot.

The little official didn't dare to be negligent, and hastily handed over the dossier that he had prepared earlier in the morning.

"Master Wu, the dossiers are here, the Yang family sued the fireworks week for their poor craftsmanship, so that the fireworks caught fire and burned the other garden..."

"Bieyuan isn't burning, is it?" Wu Youcai interrupted the little official when he heard this.

The matter of Miss Jiang Si was his business, and Miss Jiang Si was half-witnessed about the Mid-Autumn Festival Fireworks Festival. Of course, Wu Youcai believed what Jiang Shaoyan said.

Miss Jiang Si clearly said that the other garden was not burned down.

"Yes, yes!" The little official who was interrupted by Wu Youcai quickly changed his words and said with a dry smile, "A few sticks of bamboo were burned, but neither people nor other places were burned!"

"Oh, that's the loss of bamboo!" Wu Youcai said to the little official holding the file, "There is nothing wrong with Bieyuan, and neither are the people." Having said this, Wu Youcai couldn't help frowning, "The fireworks week won't pay for the bamboo. money?"

A few bamboos are not expensive, even if he doesn't have much salary, he can afford to pay. Isn't Firework Week willing to lose money after making fireworks for so many years?
That's not it!
Hearing this, the little official looked at each other, remembering the first time he went to the fireworks workshop of Fireworks Week to catch Fireworks Zhou, and said: "The market price of the burned bamboo is ten taels of silver, and Fireworks Week expressed its willingness to compensate A thousand taels of silver..."

"Ten taels of silver to pay a thousand taels?" Wu Youcai interrupted the little official again, dissatisfied, "How can I do that? High interest rates are not so ruthless, and the Yang family wants to steal money?"

These days, because of Miss Jiang Si, he and Qian San have gotten closer, so he also has a little understanding of the rules of high interest rates. After seeing a hundred times the compensation, San San would probably exclaim, "This is money robbery." "Are.

Lieutenant: "..."

This...why does it sound so reasonable?
But how could they feel that Fireworks Week was cheap when they asked for compensation in the first place?

"According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the compensation can be tripled at most, so you can pay 30 taels!" Wu Youcai made a decision and said, "It's a big deal, but the Yang family has a lot of people, so he won't let you go! Everyone take a step back and live in peace, okay? ?”

"It's the same as that young lady of the Yang family who will go to Beijing for a while and not for a while. Why do they have so many things? Can't they pretend that this Gusu yamen is opened by his Yang family? Do they have to go around his Yang family?"

Before the little official could speak again, Wu Youcai yelled: "Go and talk to the Yang family, or this matter will end like this!"

Lieutenant: "..."

Although it feels weird, Master Wu's words... are so strange that no one can find anything wrong.

Because there were already many people waiting at the gate of the Gusu county yamen, which became famous in the first battle last night, when the gate of the yamen opened early in the morning, when the small official came out of the yamen with Wu Youcai's order, he bumped into a crowd of people waiting People of long time.

"How? How's it going?" The common people surrounded them, and in a blink of an eye, they surrounded several small officials who were ordered to go to Yang's house.

The little official looked at each other, thinking that Wu Youcai hadn't ordered "secrecy" before leaving the house, so he readily confessed everything Wu Youcai ordered early in the morning.

"Master Wu said, you will be compensated for what you hurt. The market price of the injured bamboo in Yang's Bieyuan is 30 taels. According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the maximum three times the compensation is [-] taels. Ask the Yang family if you want to accept it!" The little official said loudly.

These words really shocked the crowd of onlookers, but after careful thought, they couldn't find any problems.

Seeing that the people froze in place, the petty officials didn't hesitate. They got out of the crowd and hurried to the Yang family to discuss.

After the little official left, the people who came back to their senses burst into an uproar.

"Just... just pay 30 taels?"

"I remember that when the Fireworks Week was first arrested, they had to pay thousands of taels, but Mr. Wu actually..."

"Is there any problem?" A girl asked.

Everyone looked over in search of prestige, and saw that the girl who opened her mouth was a girl with buns in a bun, holding a crabapple plum cake in one hand and a cake with soles in the other. Looking at her attire, she seemed to be a maid next to a young lady. Look at her relaxed appearance, call the shots. The son should treat this maid pretty well.

"Master Wu has already taken care of the Yang family very much. The maximum compensation in the Dazhou law is three times. Isn't 30 taels the sky?"

This statement...does make sense, but I don't know why it's a little weird.

Xiangli snorted, thinking of what her young lady taught her, she said, "Everyone thinks it's strange because he belongs to the Yang family. If he is placed in an ordinary family, wouldn't Mr. Wu's sentence be reasonable?"

Everyone was silent, you looked at me, I looked at you, opened their mouths, wanted to say something, but couldn't find anything to refute.

Indeed... makes sense.

Seeing this, Xiangli couldn't help snorting, paused, and then said: "Aren't those members of the Yang family ordinary people? Besides Mr. Yang, they have official status?"

Uh... it doesn't.

"Just considering that it is Mr. Yang, the emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law! What? In front of the laws of the Great Zhou, is Mr. Yang still superior to others?"

The people onlookers murmured for a while: This is really a word that awakens the dreamer.So what about the Yang family?Before the law, is Master Wu's judgment problematic?If Fireworks Week was arrested because of a firework mistake, then it would be fine to lose money. Why should the Yang family arrest people?
Of course, it's not that the Yang family can't arrest people, unless there are other reasons for arresting Fireworks Week.

There is of course a reason for this.

Faced with the "huge compensation" of 30 taels, the Yang family naturally did not accept it.

The steward of the Yang family said, "Master Wu made a mistake. We caught the fireworks week not because of the fire in the Bieyuan, but another matter."

(End of this chapter)