When Si Chen rushed to the southwest corner of the salt transport company, Hu Biao had already been captured.
However, at this time, Sun Dafu and the others took off their clothes and washed them by the Yong 'an Canal that flowed through Xi City.
It turned out that Hu Biao wanted to climb over the wall and escape when he saw Lord Wu coming to capture him. However, its body was short and fat, so it could not flip over and could only hide in the toilet.
Sun Dafu and the others were so anxious that they actually kicked Hu Biao into the toilet bowl. That feeling…was indescribable.
Hu Biao's mouth was very tough. In the prison cell of the Marquis Martial Shop, Sun Dafu and Zhao Xin used six or seven torture instruments, but they still couldn't pry open his mouth.
He only admitted to destroying the city gate's "restricted rail" and inciting his subordinates to gather and cause trouble. He did not admit to any other crimes.
He would not admit that he had any relationship with the Zheng family.
In his words, he was an honest businessman. He had forty carts under him and was responsible for transporting goods to the salt merchants, cloth workshops, rice shops, and medicine shops in Xi City. He was earning profits legally.
Because Wuhou Wei had re-installed the " rail limit " at the city gate, his 40 carts could not enter Xi City. He could not do any business, so he had been muddle-headed and encouraged the drivers to destroy the rail limit.
As for inciting the crowd to cause trouble, he was worried that the forty carriages would be destroyed or confiscated by Marquis Wu.
With these two crimes on his head, he would at most lose his family property, be beaten with a hundred sticks, and be exiled for three thousand miles.
Although it was very heavy, it would not be a death sentence.
Hu Biao knew very well that if he didn't mention the Zheng Family, the Zheng Family would protect him.
After he was sentenced, the Zheng family would step in and help him change his name. Then, he could return to Xi City and be the boss of his car shop. And if a Marquis Wei dared to offend the Zheng Family, he wouldn't be able to survive for long.
……
Si Chen listened to Sun Dafu and the others 'report and analysis and smiled coldly.
Hu Biao must have done a lot of bad things in the past three years. There must be many businessmen in Xi City who had been bullied by him. If he refused to admit it, could he stop those businessmen from talking?
The reason why these bullied merchants didn't step out now was because they didn't trust Wuhou Wei and were afraid of being attacked and retaliated.
After all, in the past three years, the few colonel generals of Wuhou Wei had colluded with the Zheng family and lost the trust of the merchants. Now, although Si Chen had shown that he was not afraid of the Zheng family, the merchants in Xi City clearly did not think that Si Chen had the ability to defeat the Zheng family.
"What if I stand out and accuse Boss Hu of his crimes? In the end, this new colonel is taken down by the Zheng family.”
"It's better not to get involved in this to avoid getting into trouble.”Most of the victims thought so.
They didn't feel safe.
What Si Chen needed to do now was to give these merchants a sense of security and "impulsiveness."
"Dafu, bring some people to find craftsmen to build wooden doors like this at the entrances and exits of the four streets and nine shops!”
Si Chen took a piece of hemp paper and used a brush to draw carefully on it. After a while, a cross-shaped revolving wooden door similar to the one in his previous life appeared.
However, this wooden door was completely blocked. After a person went in, the people outside could not see what was going on inside.
In the center of each of the four doors, there was a report box the size of a school bag. Anyone who passed through the rotating wooden door could throw the report into the report box without anyone noticing.
This was the "sense of security" that Si Chen gave the merchants of Xi City!
"After these doors are installed, each sect will have two marquis guards. All the commoners who pass through the four streets and nine shops will pass through the revolving wooden doors. Then, he pasted a notice on each door, telling everyone that they could anonymously put evidence related to Hu Biao into the box in the wooden door.”
Sun Dafu understood and left with the blueprint.
"Zhao Xin, take some men and build a high platform at the First North Gate. Place the two hundred gold taels that Hu Biao bribed on the platform. Then, he borrowed three thousand strings of copper coins from the treasury and placed them together.
The court would reward anyone who could list out the crimes and evidence of Hu Biao, the city tyrant, or put the materials into the report box with their real name!”
This was Si Chen's "impulse" to the merchants of Xi City!
There must be brave men under heavy rewards!
He grabbed Hu Biao from the salt transport company and pulled him out. He did not believe that he would not be able to get something big!
The Zheng family was now secretly controlling everything in Xi City, exploiting merchants and citizens, and disrupting the market. It seemed like they were as stable as an old dog, but he would soon be able to force them to jump out.
This kind of malignant tumor must be eliminated!
Xin Zhao's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he followed the order.
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On the second day, a high platform piled with copper coins and shiny gold appeared at the North Gate of Xi City, which had the largest number of people. Strange revolving wooden doors were installed at every street entrance in the city.
When the merchants and citizens of Xi City who came to shop understood what these things were, they were all shocked!
It felt like his worldview had been refreshed!
"There's such a game?"
"The court's method of collecting evidence is brilliant!”
"This wooden door opens and closes so mysteriously! Also, will you really be rewarded with gold if you report it?"
When the commoners passed through the wooden door, they were like curious babies, having a lot of fun.
Many merchants in Xi City were excited after seeing the reward money and verifying the function of the wooden door.
They felt a sense of security and an impulse!
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