At this moment, a discordant voice came from outside the crowd.
"Lord is too overbearing!”
"We merchants, do we open a shop to do business?"
"It seems to be our own business,"
"Sir shouldn't be able to interfere, right?"
Yang Shiqi looked towards the voice.
This time, Yang Shiqi saw someone.
A man in gorgeous clothes,
She was looking at him with disdain.
Seeing this, Yang Shiqi said,
He was not angry.
Instead, he asked,
"Who are you?"
That person also said,
"He's just an ordinary citizen."
"Oh right, it's a commoner who was bullied by Lord Yang to the point where he couldn't continue his business!”
The group of people around him also followed suit and jeered,
"Yes, we are a group of people who have been bullied and can't continue doing business!”
"We don't want the Revenue Council or the Overwatch Council. We want to open our doors and do business freely!”
If it was in another dynasty,
These people definitely did not dare to speak to Yang Shiqi so fearlessly.
Unfortunately, this was the Hong Martial Dynasty.
In thousands of years of feudal society,
The only dynasty that wholeheartedly considered the people,
In this dynasty,
Officials are afraid of the common people!
Of course, these things were not known to the ordinary people at the bottom.
However, wealthy merchants like them knew very well.
Therefore, they were not afraid of Yang Shiqi at all.
She even dared to stand here and mock Yang Shiqi.
Yang Shiqi smiled and said,
"Alright, then I'd like to see if you can continue laughing like this!”
"When the time comes, I hope you won't come crying and begging me!”
It was as if he had heard a funny joke.
These people stood there laughing so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs.
Yang Shiqi did not intend to bother with them anymore.
He took the lead and ran towards the grain store that the commoners had mentioned.
After so many days of activity,
Yang Shiqi had long known the layout of Suzhou City.
Not long after, they arrived at the street of grain stores.
Under Yang Shiqi's lead,
The commoners came to the door of the largest grain store.
I see the shop door shut tight,
Yang Shiqi went up to knock on the door.
After knocking for a long time, no one opened the door.
At this moment, from behind the crowd,
Someone rushed out.
"Sir, sir, this lowly one is here!”
A fat man ran towards Yang Shiqi.
She walked up to Yang Shiqi with a smile.
"Who are you?"
Hearing Yang Shiqi's question,
The man replied,
"My surname is Zhang, and I'm the boss of this rice shop!”
It turned out that Boss Zhang was the owner of this grain store.
Ever since they received the news that they were going to join forces to close down the market,
I've been idle all this time,
I wander around Suzhou,
He happened to see the commoners surrounding Yang Shiqi's place.
Hence, she became interested.
Standing there like a bystander,
He didn't expect to be the one to suffer in the end.
Seeing Yang Shiqi knocking on the door of his rice shop,
Boss Zhang was not surprised but happy.
He knew that Qian Jin was watching nearby.
Therefore, she was prepared to put on a good show in front of Boss Qian.
As long as Boss Qian was happy,
When the time came, if a little leaked out from the gaps between his fingers,
It's enough for me to eat and drink without worrying.
Therefore, when she heard Yang Shiqi knocking on her shop door, she said,
Boss Zhang immediately rushed out.
"May I know why you are knocking on my door?”
Yang Shiqi looked at Boss Zhang in front of him.
Then, he pointed at his shop door and said,
"Open the shop and we'll start business immediately!”
Boss Zhang heard Yang Shiqi's words.
He wasn't nervous at all.
He said to Yang Shiqi with disdain,
"Lord Yang is too overbearing, isn't he?"
"You care about the heavens and the earth. You even care if I want to open the door or not?”
"The imperial court can't force me to open my business!”
"Be careful that I don't go to the capital with the Great Decree on my head and report to the emperor!”
His voice was extremely loud.
He was afraid that Old Master Qian, who was not far away, could not hear him.
Old Master Qian sat by the window.
Looking at Boss Zhang, who was working hard to perform,
"This person did well. He's a talent!”
Everyone in the room cast envious looks at Boss Zhang.
This kid was going to soar into the sky!
Yang Shiqi looked at the person in front of him.
A trace of pity and disdain flashed across his eyes.
Boss Zhang's background.
He had already asked Eunuch Yu to investigate thoroughly.
Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental?
She knocked on Boss Zhang's shop door.
He was trying to catch a typical example.
Kill the chicken to warn the monkeys!
Yang Shiqi looked at the arrogant rice store owner in front of him.
He smiled faintly.
"The Imperial Court naturally won't force it to open or not."
Hearing this,
Boss Zhang's face revealed a trace of pride.
However, Yang Shiqi continued,
It almost made Boss Zhang feel like he had fallen into an ice cave!
"But Boss Zhang, take a look at these first."
With that, Yang Shiqi took a few pieces of paper from the servant beside him.
He handed it to Boss Zhang.
Boss Zhang was slightly puzzled as he took the papers.
It was fine if he didn't look.
At a glance,
Cold sweat dripped down Boss Zhang's forehead.
"In the 10th year of Hongwu, there was a flood in Jiangnan. Someone took the opportunity to hoard a large amount of food and then sold it at a high price, earning a lot of money..."
"In the 12th year of Hongwu, there was a bumper harvest of grain. Someone deliberately colluded with other merchants to lower the price, causing the low price of grain to hurt the farmers."
"In the 17th year of Hongwu, there was another flood in Jiangnan. It was still this person who joined forces with many businesses and some corrupt officials..."
"He actually replaced the new grain distributed by the Imperial Court for disaster relief with the moldy old grain in his own inventory."
"For a period of time, many people fell ill because of this and died in the end."
"This person often conceals his income and evades taxes."
"You earn a lot of money every day, but you're unwilling to pay a mere 30% tax!”
"Boss Zhang, do you know this person I'm talking about?”
Yang Shiqi looked at Boss Zhang as if he was looking at a dead man.
All of this was about Boss Zhang, who was in front of Yang Shiqi.
The records on those papers were far more detailed than what Yang Shiqi had said.
Boss Zhang was dumbfounded.
These were all felonies.
Every single one of them was enough to kill him!
Boss Zhang thought that he had done it flawlessly.
Over the years, he had bribed a lot of relevant officials.
All the evidence had been destroyed by him.
Boss Zhang had always thought that no one would remember these things.
Even if he remembered,
There was no evidence at all.
He couldn't do anything to himself.
He did not expect Yang Shiqi to find him.
Of course, Yang Shiqi did not find the evidence.
Yu Huatian found it.
While Yang Shiqi was having dinner with the rich businessmen and officials in Suzhou,
Yu Huatian was in Suzhou collecting information about these wealthy businessmen who had evaded taxes.
Evidence of lawlessness,
Then, he handed it to Yang Shiqi.
Now, it had finally become a trump card.
"Sir, this lowly one is willing to open the door. This lowly one is willing to sell food, and only asks that the lord can spare this lowly one's life!”
Boss Zhang looked at the irrefutable evidence in front of him.
She instantly gave in.
His only thought now was that Yang Shiqi would spare his life.
Even if he had to exchange his wealth for it,
He was willing to do anything!
Qian Jin and the others, who were originally watching the show upstairs,
Boss Zhang, who was originally arrogant and aggressive, suddenly knelt down in front of Yang Shiqi in tears.
He had a bad feeling in his heart!
It seemed that Yang Shiqi had something on Boss Zhang!
The group of merchants who were watching the show also lost their interest.
He looked at Qian Jin nervously.
"Old Master Qian, what's wrong with Boss Zhang?”
"Is something going to happen to him?"
They couldn't help but be nervous.
The group of people present,
One by one,
None of them were clean.
Therefore, when they saw Boss Zhang's performance,
She couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Qian Jin pretended to be calm and said,
"What are you panicking for? We didn't do anything illegal."
"What can Yang Shiqi do to us?"
That was what she said.
However, he muttered in his heart,
It seemed that Yang Shiqi was quite capable.
He couldn't underestimate him too much.
At this moment, Yang Shiqi looked at Boss Zhang who was kneeling in front of him.
There was no pity in his eyes.
"It's too late to wake up now!”
"Men, take him down and throw him into the imperial prison!”
Very soon, an Embroidered Uniform Guard came forward.
He used the iron chain to lock up Boss Zhang, who was as limp as mud, and took him away.
The surrounding commoners clapped and cheered.
The court's way of dealing with bad people
The scene of making decisions for ordinary people,
They had seen it countless times in plays.
She did not expect that it would happen to her one day.
"Grand Elder Qingtian!"
Someone took the lead and shouted,
Everyone came to their senses.
They shouted together,
"Grand Elder Qingtian!"
"Grand Elder Qingtian!"
“......”
While the commoners were cheering,
A few people's expressions changed drastically.
Quietly trying to slip away from the crowd,
Unexpectedly, he was stopped by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
"What, you guys aren't buying rice anymore?"
The expressions of the few people who were stopped became very unnatural.
"I suddenly remembered that I still have some rice at home."
"I won't need to buy it for a while!”
"Milord, this lowly one will take my leave first!"
With that, he was about to leave.
The Brocade Guard would not be polite with them.
He kicked their calves.
There was a crack.
Immediately after, there were several screams.
These people had their calves broken.
They all let out miserable cries.
He fell to the ground.
She hugged her broken leg and wailed,
But the Jinyiwei didn't care so much.
They were also locked up with iron chains.
He dragged them on the ground like dead dogs.
Among the onlookers,
Some sharp-eyed people immediately recognized their identities.
"Isn't this Boss Zhang's buddy?”
"And Boss Li's,"
"These people are some local ruffians!”
Only then did everyone come to their senses.
It turned out that he had been used by this group of people.
All of them were furious.
He picked up a stone from the roadside and threw it at these people.
Pity this group of people.
I have to endure the pain of my broken leg,
I have to endure the stones thrown at me,
If he had known this would happen, why did he do it in the first place?
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