Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 463 Autumn Fu (Nineteen)

I saw a few particularly tall ones in the middle of the Australian team, and everyone knew that they were probably real guys.Zhen Kun is not only tall, but also larger than the average person.I saw that they did not take sedan chairs, ride horses, "automatic vehicles" or "iron horses", but came on foot.The common people have a good impression of this unassuming manner.

The dozen or so people at the gate of the city did not dare to stop them, so they let them enter the city.The team went straight to the county yamen, and when they reached the intersection in front of the county yamen, the team split into two, and one went to the back of the yamen.The rest went straight to the main gate of the county government.

The two soap classes at the gate of the county government office felt bad, and they glanced nervously at the "door administrator" on the door.Wu Xi, who is in charge of the gate, has dealt with Xiong Buyou many times. He saw that there were several Australians who looked like officials beside this "Master Xiong". The case—it contained a powerful Australian pistol inside, so I felt a little timid in my heart, and because of my duties, I had to put on a smile and greeted him.

Master Xiong, who had always been amiable and cheerful, seemed extremely authoritative this time, and simply said that he wanted to see Master Wu.Of course, they wanted to see Wu Mingjin, no matter what time, the master could see him even if he was asleep.Wu Xi quickly agreed and went inside to communicate.

Wu Mingjin was having a headache. This case of throwing knives and shooting arrows, which suddenly caused a storm in the city, was not a big deal. After all, neither life nor property was lost, but the matter involved the gentry and scholars in this county. If he could not handle it properly Solved, but also can't bear it.

Hurry up and send someone to invite Master Wang to discuss.

"This matter must be done by Chen Minggang and his gang," Wang Zhaomin whispered, "Master Huang has recently linked up with big households to submit a petition, and Mr. Liu has also stepped forward—blocking their way of making money."

"That's why the Kun thieves are troublesome!" Wu Mingjin was very annoyed. "They have to take over all the food and taxes, and they have to make a lot of land! The city is full of trouble! I want to see how they plan to end." He glanced at Wang. Master.

Wang Zhaomin's face was hot. He was the one who tried his best to convince Wu Mingjin that the Australians were very capable and could solve many difficult tasks that the county couldn't handle.

But this will not know that when taking the medicine of regret, Wang Zhaomin saw that the master had expressed that he was a pick, so he hurriedly said:

"Master, they can just let this matter go..."

Wang Zhaomin's words reminded Wu Mingjin that he was the county magistrate of Daming Lingao County, not an Australian from Bairen City.He has to be responsible for stabbing Lou Zi.

In the past six months, Wu Mingjin's sense of being the county magistrate has gradually weakened.Except for occasional complaints from ordinary people, offering incense to officials in the county seat according to the dates in the calendar, and presiding over the daily examinations of children and scholars in the county school, he has never done anything related to the county magistrate.Most of the days are either drinking tea and playing chess with Master Wang, or teaching and instructing his own children.The days are extremely leisurely.

"Exactly. The thief doesn't know the rules of the Central Plains, so he just messes around. In addition, the entrustment is not human, and he doesn't know how to end the trouble." Wu Mingjin nodded heavily, "I think Chen Minggang still knows it on weekdays. Why are you so bold and reckless this time!" Saying that, he glanced at Wang Zhaomin again.

"Chen Minggang, a humble official, was able to gain the trust of the Australians, nothing more than seducing them with 'profit'." Wang Zhaomin quickly changed the topic, "The most urgent task is to appease the big gentry..."

The big gentry households have complained about being expropriated for grain and land this time, and there has been another incident of intimidation. If they are not dealt with properly, they will go to Qiongshan Mansion or Guangzhou to file a complaint, and they will not be able to eat their own money. If he leaves, he will be dismissed from office, or he will be charged as a "bandit" in severe cases, and he will be involved in a lawsuit.

"What's the best way?" Wu Mingjin was already troubled by this matter.There is no need to solve the case. Now the three-year-old children in the county know that Chen Minggang and his gang did this, but it is quite tricky to deal with.

To satisfy the gentry, Chen Minggang and his gang must be punished, but Wu Mingjin felt embarrassed.It sounds absurd that the county magistrate has concerns about dealing with small officials in the county.In fact, it has been like this since the Song and Yuan Dynasties.The subordinate staff mastered the administration at the grassroots level, and they were often officials from generation to generation, with extremely rich administrative experience, and they shared the same spirit with each other.If you offend them and are secretly tripped by the subordinate staff, not only will you not be able to make a fortune as an official, but you may also lose your official position due to administrative mistakes.Therefore, local officials often open their eyes and close their eyes to all kinds of evil deeds. Even if something happens, the punishment is very slight. local administration.

Now that Chen Minggang has pulled the tiger skin of the Australian as a banner, it will be even more difficult to move him.

"Chen Minggang and his gang will naturally have to deal with it," Wang Zhaomin had already thought about it, "call Chen Minggang, reprimand him, and order him to push out a few people to take the blame..."

"This matter is difficult," Wu Mingjin shook his head and said, "It's a case without merit. If you ask him to come, can he admit it?"

"Of course we can't intimidate the gentry with swords and bows. He's not stupid. Wouldn't it be a great disaster if the accusation falls on paper?" Wang Zhaomin came up with the idea that the accusation of "harassing the locality" when collecting grain was the only one.

In this way, it was always dealt with, the gentry calmed down, and things generally calmed down.

While discussing, I saw the door trotting in, and before Wu Mingjin could speak, he said first: "Master! Master Xiong is here to pay respects!"

"Please!" Wang Zhaomin hurriedly ordered regardless of the owner's attitude.Wu Mingjin also nodded, "Please come in quickly."

Chen Minggang was relying on the power of the Australians, so he had to talk to them about this matter.Fortunately, Australians are not unreasonable people.

Xiong Buyou wasn't the only one who came, there were also several tall Australians with unfriendly expressions.After sitting down, he didn't say a word, and Xiong Buyou didn't make any introduction.While Wu Mingjin was in doubt, a close family member ran in and whispered a few words in his ear.His expression changed drastically.

The Australian team has already guarded the front and rear gates of the county government. No wonder they want three or forty people to enter the city!Wu Mingjin's face was ashen, maybe they were preparing to formally raise the flag to rebel.

Thinking of this, Wu Mingjin's legs and feet became weak. If he hadn't been sitting, he might have fallen to the ground.If the Kun thief did such a rebellious thing, he would definitely not be able to follow the thief!It's fine if he was martyred, and his wife and children were also killed. Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling like a knife, and secretly hated himself for trying to save a few money and bring his family back to Lingao from Qiongshan Mansion.

Wang Zhaomin didn't hear the family's reply clearly, but seeing Wu Mingjin's complexion changed drastically, knowing that nothing good happened, his complexion also changed.

Xiong Buyou said: "Master Wu! Master Wang!" He cupped his hands, "I heard that something big happened in the county this time. Some people threatened the big gentry in the city, and even Mr. Liu's house was threatened by thieves shooting arrows. The whole county was disturbed by this. disturbed."

Wang Zhaomin originally wanted to bring this up, but when he saw him bring it up, he said, "It's true. It's just that the matter is very difficult..."

Xiong Buyou looked ignorant and ignorant: "What's so difficult?"

Wang Zhaomin thought you knew it and pretended it!But it's inconvenient to say this clearly, anyway, my original plan was for Li Daitao to be stiff, not to mention intimidation, just talk about "harassing the place", and let the matter get mixed up and it's over.

But for all my painstaking efforts, the Kun thief should see his love.He deliberated over his words before slowly saying: "There is no circumstantial evidence for this matter, except for a few knives, arrows and stickers, there is no strong physical evidence. It is not easy to prove who did what..."

He didn't talk about "solved the case", but only talked about "testimony", implying to the Australians: The master of this matter let us know, but he is not going to investigate further.

"It's not easy to solve the case?" Unexpectedly, Xiong Buyou didn't understand the ambiguity in his words at all, and talked about how since he settled in the local area, he is also a citizen of Lingao, and he should also contribute to the construction of "harmonious Lingao"——

Wang Zhaomin secretly smiled bitterly: If all the "people" in this county are like you, who else in the world would want to be an official? "Troublemakers" are pretty much the same, no, they are not even counted as troublemakers, they are simply emperors.

According to Wang Zhaomin's experience: Every time the bandits talk about "harmony", there must be no good things. As expected, Xiong Buyou immediately put forward his own request:

"...I, Australia, have a very good way of investigating and handling cases. Since I am also a citizen of Lingao, I have to share the worries of my old parents. Let us, Zhou Dongtian, handle this case together! It's not me who boasted. , within three days, the case will be solved!"

Wu Mingjin was relieved to hear that he didn't mean to raise the flag of rebellion and to participate in accepting the fake job in his words, but now he suddenly heard that he made a request to handle the case, and he couldn't open his mouth in surprise.

Wang Zhaomin was also taken aback.handle the case?Whether it's suppressing bandits, collecting food, building roads or mining... He can roughly understand the meaning of these actions of the Australians, but what is the reason for this case?Of course, there are benefits to handling cases, but this benefit is too pitiful for Australians.

Furthermore, it was clear that this matter was only ordered by Chen Minggang.According to Wang Zhaomin's thinking, on the one hand, the gentry represented by Liu Dalin, whom the Australians want to win over, and on the other hand, Chen Minggang, who is jumping up and down to collect food for the Australians.The Australians should be pretending to be deaf or dumb or adopting a "peaceful" attitude similar to him. How can they ask for trouble like this?

"This—" Wu Mingjin didn't wait for Wang Zhaomin to speak, and was already incoherent, "Da Ming has never had such a case..."

"There is no precedent, so let's create a precedent!" Xiong Buyou said a new word indifferently, "This matter is settled like this!"

(End of this chapter)