In the study, Su Yan was planning the expansion of the army in the future.
During the Battle of White Bear Ridge, Su Yan had seized a large amount of military supplies.
He asked Dian Wei to equip the newly formed 500-man army with these equipment, and then moved the camp to White Bear Ridge.
A few days ago, the Zou family had sent over a lot of weapons and armor.
Su Yan took a look at the equipment. They were all of high quality.
He called Dian Wei back and told him to start recruiting soldiers in the county.
He planned to convert all the gifts from the aristocratic families into money and use them to buy food and weapons.
According to his estimation, with the population of 20,000 in Zhuo County, he could recruit an army of 2,000.
After training, these people would become the daily garrison, responsible for war and defense.
As for those 500 men, he planned to train them into an elite army and make them his personal guards.
At the critical moment of the war, these people would be like a sharp knife that stabbed into the enemy's heart to help win the war.
In modern times, this was considered a special force.
On this side, Su Yan was planning the development of the army when someone knocked on his door.
"Milord, there is a group of people from aristocratic families causing trouble outside the county government office.”
the guard reported.
"Invite them to the hall. I'll be right there.”
Su Yan narrowed his eyes. He understood that these people should be those who had failed in the bidding.
They left the study and came to the hall. Everyone hurriedly bowed when they saw this.
"Everyone, please take a seat."
Su Yan said and sat down.
The others also sat down. Then, a person stood up and said,"Sir, I am Jian Yun, the representative of the Jian family. I am here to sue the county magistrate, Du Ji, for taking bribes and perverting the law.”
"Sir, we are also here to sue the county magistrate.”
"Sir, please punish him severely!"
As soon as Jian Yun opened his mouth, the other families followed suit.
The monarch said that he was right, and the woman said that she was right.
Su Yan carefully listened to their story and then smiled."I understand what everyone means. Then I'll call Du Ji over and ask him in detail, okay?”
"That's good!"
The others nodded in agreement.
Su Yan looked at the servants." Go and call the county magistrate."”
"Here!"
The servant turned around and left to look for Du Ji. Su Yan and the others slowly waited.
After a while, Du Ji walked in slowly.
"Greetings, my lord!"
He respectfully bowed to Su Yan.
"Sit!"
Su Yan waved his hand, indicating for him to sit down.
Su Yan looked at him and said," Du Ji, Jian Yun, and the representatives of the other ten families have jointly accused you of corruption and perverting the law. You embezzled their money in advance and promised to give you the right to use the fifth street of the South City. In the end, you turned your back on us. Is that true?"”
As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes fell on Du Ji.
Du Ji raised his head and looked at everyone."My lord, I don't know about this.”
In an instant, the crowd was excited.
"Du Ji, you still dare to quibble in front of the county magistrate?”
Jian Yun looked at Du Ji and said coldly.
He looked at Su Yan." Lord, please help us to punish Du Ji severely!”
The others in the hall echoed, and it instantly became noisy.
Su Yan coughed lightly and everyone immediately quieted down. He looked at Du Ji and said,"What do you have to say?"
"My lord, I have something to say.”
Du Ji cupped his hands and said in a neither servile nor overbearing manner.
Jian Yun saw that he was standing straight and confident without the slightest hint of nervousness, and he was a little uncertain.
Why wasn't he afraid at all now that the matter had been exposed?
Was there something fishy?
Jian Yun muttered in his heart.
Du Ji laughed,"My lord, everything they said is slander."”
"Everyone knows that I am the new county magistrate and have just taken over the power. Many people want to build a relationship with me. When they come to visit, it is normal to bring some gifts. I believe everyone should agree with this, right?”
No one said anything. Obviously, no one refuted him.
This was the basic principle of how to conduct oneself. Everyone understood it, so no one dared to refute it.
" I'm the county magistrate," he said after a pause." I'm here to host this auction. Naturally, I have to act impartially and speak with integrity.”
"However, the ten shops, including the Jian family, did not speak of their sincerity at all.”
"As far as I know, these ten shops have never had a moral bottom line. They often bully other shops and do not allow them to open their businesses. In serious cases, they even send people to assassinate them.”
"Let me ask you, if we let such a dishonest shop obtain the right to use the fifth street of South City, wouldn't the entire market of South City be in chaos?”
"When the people of the other counties know that the Southern City is in chaos, they will not come to Zhuo County to trade in the future. In the end, the losses will be the government and the people. Who will bear the responsibility?”
"Therefore, based on the above factors, I removed these ten shops from the list of candidates and assigned the South City Fifth Street to the Zou family and the Lu family, who are trustworthy shops.”
Du Ji rattled off a bunch of things. The other families knew what was going on and lowered their heads.
"Wait!"
"What about the money we gave you?" Jian Yun asked again."You accepted bribes privately. This matter can't escape."”
"I didn't take the money."
Du Ji said loudly," My mother is the only one in my family, so I don't need such a huge amount of wealth. Therefore, I confiscated all of it and put it into the county government's treasury."”
"Pa! Pa! Pa!"
Su Yan clapped and smiled." Du Ji did a good job. A businessman's business is based on honesty. No matter what he does, he should be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth.”
Jian Yun sighed lightly. He knew that this matter was over.
Su Yan and Du Ji, one playing the good cop and the other the good cop, were simply acting for them to see.
Under such circumstances, they would only be asking for trouble if they continued to pester him.
When everyone saw this, they did not say anything else and immediately bade farewell and left.
Only Su Yan and Du Ji were left in the hall.
The two of them looked at each other and laughed.
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