My life skills in Daming Liver

The three of Su Ze kept vigil for Xiong Yue in the mourning hall. They waited until the next day to meet the lawyer who came from the county, Chen Chaoyuan's brother Chen Chaoyu.

Chen Chaoyu is a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian scholar. He is wearing a bright blue Confucian shirt. He looks similar to Chen Chaoyuan, but he is rounder and more vicissitudes than Chen Chaoyuan.

Chen Chaoyu also failed the imperial examinations for many years, so he simply gave up his studies and became a litigator in the county by studying the "Law of the Ming Dynasty".

Fujian itself has a tradition of litigating, and there are many things in court, and the prosperous business in Nanping also allows many types of contracts to be drafted, so the business of litigators is not bad.

Chen Chaoyu is not the most powerful litigator in the county, but he has been a litigator in the county for ten years, and he can be regarded as a scholar with a good life in the county.

From the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, many scholars began to engage in occupations other than the imperial examination. In places with a strong commercial atmosphere such as Jiangnan, Guangzhou, Fujian, there was also a trend of looking at money.

Being rich will naturally be respected. Studying for the imperial examination is one way, as long as you can make money is another way.

However, these are mostly scholars who cannot take the imperial examination or have no talent for the imperial examination. After all, in our society where "study and excellence lead to officialdom", becoming an official is still the first choice of all scholars.

"Meet Mr. Su."

Chen Chaoyu didn't know Su Ze very well because of the relationship between Su Ze and Chen Chaoyuan, but greeted Su Ze politely.

Su Ze also bowed his hands in reply, and then he asked: "Chen Zhuang, if I sue again in the name of Mrs. Xiong, is there a chance of winning?"

Chen Chaoyu shook his head and said, "This case has already been settled, it's not easy to reverse the case."

Chen Chaoyu said: "I have also inquired about this case with Sun Dianshi. Cai Yuanwai is behind the Feihu Gambling Shop, and Cai Bangzhuang, the shopkeeper of the gambling shop, is a branch of the Cai family. Su Xianggong must know the power of the Cai family in the county."

"When Cai Yuanwai was distributing the tribute, Cai Yuanwai filed a lawsuit for false financial difficulties?"

Chen Chaoyu shook his head again and said, "I also found other tea farmers who participated in the distribution of tribute money, but they refused to testify."

"The Xiong family distributed fifty taels of tribute silver, and the rest of the families also received less tribute silver. If it turns out that Mr. Cai used cheating means to get Father Xiong to sign the deed, then the tribute deed will be invalidated. , the interests of all will suffer.”

At this moment, Su Ze understood the brilliance of Yuanwai Cai. This was the strength of the Daming squires, and it was also the method they often used to exploit the people, that is, through the knife and pen.

Knife and pen officials are small officials who draft documents and contracts.

The Cai family is not a sharp-edged official, but Cai Yuanwai is also proficient in legal documents and government procedures. Relying on various text traps and flaws in the process, the Cai family set up such a situation.

The squires and landlords raced to enclose land and seized it by force. This is already a thing in the Han Dynasty.

In the history books of the Western Han Dynasty, nouns such as "haoqiang" and "baihao" often appear, but in the books of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the adjectives for "haoqiang" are much more positive.

Among them, there are naturally tyrants and officials merged, and the buttocks of the people who wrote the history books have changed.

Another point is that the rough way of governing the people in the Western Han Dynasty has changed. Landlords have begun to worry about their reputation and no longer directly use violent means to seize land.

By the time of the Ming Dynasty, a more covert method of land grabbing had already been developed.

This is naturally related to the continuous peasant uprisings in history. The powerful landlords and gentry are also afraid that the people will smash the pot, and they will lose the most.

In addition, when facing the government, Haoqiang is unwilling to make things big and let the government intervene in grassroots affairs.

In short, there are not many things that directly kill people and grab land.

Chen Chaoyu said: "Xiong Yue is dead. Father Xiong has already signed and pledged on the county government document. It is very difficult to overturn the case."

"The distribution of tribute is related to the interests of the family, and no one is willing to testify to the Xiong family."

Su Ze clenched his fists and said, "That is to say, it is difficult to seek justice for the Xiong family by taking the official route?"

Chen Chaoyu nodded weakly. He has been a lawyer for many years, and he has also helped a powerful family to fight a lawsuit.

He is well aware of the darkness of the society. Ordinary people have no room to resist the local tyrants who are not human.

Members Cai and the others not only have relationships in the county, but also comply with the regulations of the government and the laws of the Ming Dynasty. You have no way to sue them.

After a period of litigation against these tyrants, Chen Chaoyu no longer accepts business from the local tyrants because he can't stand the dark world.

Now he only litigates ordinary economic and civil disputes in the county, so after many years of practice, he is still only a lesser-known lawyer in the county, which cannot be compared with those well-known lawyers who wear silk and satin.

After thinking for a while, Su Ze realized that he wanted to be simple.

It seems that Cai Yuanwai's plan to cheat Xiong's family was premeditated. Maybe Cai Yuanwai arranged for Father Xiong to become addicted to gambling.

The death of Xiong Yue may have been an accident in the execution process, but the Cai family quickly canceled the matter with an IOU, and let Xiong's father sign a document to close the loophole.

Given that the Cai family has been operating in the county for many years, and the relationship between top and bottom, it is probably impossible for Su Ze to reverse the case through a lawsuit.

Su Ze sneered in his heart, since the Cai family doesn't play tricks and insists on doing these dark things, then just overturn the table and have fun with him.

Su Ze didn't come here to be a lawyer. Compared with the tricks outside the market, is there anyone in Nanping County who can match him?

Su Ze already had a plan in his heart, to deal with the squires like the Cai family who covered the sky with their hands. Since they were unreasonable, Su Ze didn't need to be unreasonable and go through any legal procedures.

Su Ze said coldly: "Thank you Chen Zhuang for your advice."

Seeing that Su Ze didn't mention the matter of continuing to sue, Chen Chaoyu thought that Su Ze had given up on helping Xiong Yue take revenge, so he also breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Su Xianggong, you are a scholar who is favored by the two elders of the prefecture and county. You must not ruin your career because of impulsiveness. If you can win the Jinshi in the future, you will naturally have a way to clean up the Cai family."

Su Ze said in his heart that he would have a way to clean up the Cai family now, but he was still grateful to Chen Chaoyu and said, "Thank you, Chen."

Chen Chaoyu cupped his hands, expressing that these were all done with little effort, and left money for condolences to Mother Xiong, and went back to the city.

Su Ze said to Lin Qingcai, "I won't sue."

Lin Qingcai breathed a sigh of relief when he thought that Su Ze had given up on avenging Xiong Yue, but also felt sad. Even a capable person like Su Ze couldn't avenge Xiong Yue, which shows the darkness of this world.

After bidding farewell to Mother Bear, he returned to Changning County, but Su Ze did not return to Changning Guard right away.

He found Xiong Wu who was working in the county.

During this time, Xiong Wu was teaching the children in the nursing home various tricks to get around on the streets.

In his opinion, it is impossible for these children to live in the nursing home all the time, and going downhill is also a means of survival.

Naturally, there are many unspoken rules for living on the streets. As the former leader of Luohanjiao, Xiong Wu has learned a lot from these children.

A few days ago, he just came back from other counties, and trained a group of bookboys from "Surprise" to teach them how to unite and deal with street gangsters. Su Ze called him over just after he returned to Changning County.

"How much do you know about Feihu Casino?"

Xiong Wu looked at Su Ze and said quickly, "Flying Tiger Gambling House is the gambling house of Cai's family. This Cai's family is a big family in Nanping. You know Cai's family."

Su Ze nodded and signaled Xiong Wu to continue.

Xiong Wu continued: "Mr. Su, it is not easy for you to deal with the Cai family."

"This Flying Tiger Casino is not just a gambling shop. The Cai family also lends money in the gambling shop. People from the Bawang Club are usually there to cover them. If there is a need to collect debts, people from the Bawang Club will come to the door."

Hearing Bawang Society's name again, Su Ze asked, "Bawang Society has such a deep connection with the Cai family?"

"Such low-level clubs are naturally related to the big families in the city. Isn't this normal?"

These days, the squires are black and white, and they have armed servants. It is not normal to have some collusion with clubs and gangs.

Su Ze had come into contact with before, Lin Qingcai's family just moved here, and no one in the family was an official.

Chen Chaoyuan's family is only a poor family of scholars, and the Xiong family is the first generation to start studying.

The Chen family in Beishan Village has not yet started studying, and Changning Guard is only a military guard of a hundred households.

The only one who is up to the mark is Jiangmen Yujia who is not seen by scholars.

Su Ze's impression of these squires is still on people like Chen Moqun, the head of the Academy, and He Liangjun, Mr. Tuohu, but he doesn't know that they are celebrities themselves, and they are the leaders of the big clan for many generations. Naturally, their morals are better than Cai Yuanwai's. People are much taller.

Su Ze still underestimated the moral lower limit of the local gentry.

Su Ze said to Xiong Wu, "Take me to Feihu Casino."

"Su Xianggong, you?"

"Stop talking nonsense, go and lead the way."

Feihu Gambling House is not in the city, Hongwu group training is naturally forbidden to gamble, but group training, with the gradual development of Ming business, gambling houses have become a semi-grey industry.

Half gray means that the gambling houses have to pay taxes.

Every month, household tax collectors will come to the door to collect security donations. The so-called security donations are donations used by gambling houses to corrupt the security atmosphere and use them to stabilize the government.

The public security donation is not a formal tax of the imperial court, but the gambling houses are very happy to pay this tax.

This money is also not handed over, it is used for the daily expenses of the yamen.

However, according to the court decrees, gambling houses are illegal, as long as no disputes arise, the government will not care.

This is also the characteristic of the Ming Dynasty that the people do not raise officials and do not investigate.

The gambling house is located in the outer square of Yicheng. This is a temporary resting place for merchants entering the city and passing by. Over time, houses were built against the city wall for merchants to stay overnight.

In addition to gambling houses, there are wild prostitutes with heavy makeup on the street.

Xiong Wuyan ran around all the way, and it took a long time to bring Su Ze to the door of the gambling house.

Flying Tiger Gambling House, the big plaque is confident, for fear that others will not know that this is a gambling house.

The sound of various gambling tools sounded, a lot of yelling, and rushed out with the unpleasant smell of sweat. Su Ze walked in holding his nose.

[Find the location of the gambling house, you can learn the skill "gambling", do you want to learn it? 】

This is what he wanted, and Su Ze directly chose to study.

Xiong Wu hadn't entered the casino for a long time. He took a deep breath and showed yearning, but he didn't dare to make a mistake after looking at Su Ze.

"What games are there in general?"

"Pai Gow, but most people play dice. There are special places for cockfights and cricket fights, and those who play those games are not allowed to enter the casino."

At a glance, Su Ze found that most of them were playing dice.

Dice is throwing dice. This gaming activity has a long history and is deeply loved by gamblers.

Xiong Wu said: "You can play with the dealer or with other gamblers, but here are all experienced gamblers, Su Xianggong should not play with them."

"Those who show an arm are the dealers."

Looking at Xiong Wu's hand, it turned out that apart from ordinary gamblers dressed in rough clothes, there were also some people sitting on the table with their arms exposed, shaking dice cups in their hands, and a large group of people gathered around the table gambler.

Su Ze even saw a stout woman shaking dice with one arm barebacked, which was too eye-catching.

Su Ze turned around and found the doorway as expected.

The dealer in charge of Yao dice won and lost, but Su Ze looked around and counted, but found that the results of the dice did not conform to statistical laws.

Out of thousands?

This Cai family is even more rubbish than I thought?

However, a gambling house of this level is not a big gambling house that can make a lot of money by raking in water, and it is normal for the Cai family to pay thousands of dollars.

After understanding this, Su Ze smiled. Since you are out of money, you are welcome.

Su Ze pulled the eager Xiong Wu and said, "Let's go."

"Let's go now?"

Xiong Wu didn't want to finish it, and was finally pulled away by Su Ze.

After returning to the editorial office of "Surprise", Su Ze said to Xiong Wu, "Go and buy some dice and dice cups."

"?"

"Go as soon as you are told, go and come back quickly."

Xiong Wu was kicked out of the editorial department. Could it be that Su Ze wants to bet against himself?

He frowned, then laughed, and quickly went into an alley, and returned to the editorial department with a few dice and dice cups.

Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai looked suspiciously at Xiong Wu carrying the dice cup upstairs, and then there was the sound of distant dice rattling upstairs.

Su Ze is betting with Xiong Wu?

After the two got to know Su Ze, they also knew his character very well. Su Ze hardly had any bad habits. He had the highest talent among the four, but he also studied the hardest.

He would bet against Xiong Wu?

[Gambling with Xiong Wu, Gambling skill experience +1, Lv1, 2/100]

Su Ze and Xiong Wu played a hundred games, almost losing more and winning less. Finally, when his gambling skills were upgraded to Lv2, Su Ze saw the clues.

"Is the dice filled with lead?"

Xiong Wu laughed and said: "Su Xianggong is really talented, he can learn everything at once, this dice is really full of lead."

Su Ze played with it for a while and asked, "Is this the same dice used by Feihu Casino?"

"That's not true. The gamblers in the casino are not fools. How could they let the dealer play tricks on the dice? That's a more sophisticated gambling technique, and it's not something I can learn."

Su Ze nodded, you Xiong Wu can't learn, I'm a systematic person.

Su Ze believes that as long as he reaches Lv5, he will naturally understand the problems in the gambling skills of Feihu Casino.

"continue!"