Zhuang Rou was idle and had nothing to do, thinking about the way to make money that adults had said. It was nothing more than asking a merchant to collect protection fees, or when there was a case, he would eat both parties who complained.

But now there is not even a case, and there is no one to eat the plaintiff or the defendant, and even corrupt officials cannot be regarded as the one. It seems that the only way is to collect protection fees. I wonder if there are any people here?

I thought that even if the large shop is charged for protection fees, I would pay the bank at a fixed time. Maybe I would deliver it to my door by myself, and I couldn’t see who would collect it.

However, the market was different, so Zhuang Rou asked someone to inquire about it, and after knowing the location of the market, she walked there.

There are not many people living in Douhu County. Most of them are from various courtyards. Even the helpers in restaurants and inns are protected by their bosses. If they cause trouble, they will naturally fight for the backstage. The farmers here have moved away long ago, and even the people who set up stalls come early and collect late, and do not spend the night here.

Renting a house is too expensive and you can't afford to live in a hotel, so you can only leave when it gets dark. This group of people is Zhuang Rou's goal.

The market is located near the lake, mainly for those who come to visit, mainly for gadgets and food. Now, it is time for spring, so many people come to visit the lake.

Zhuang Rou leaned against the big tree by the lake, and looked at the stall by the lake with her hands. She was not easy to ask questions in this outfit. Even if the stall owner paid the protection fee, he would not dare to say it. He could only catch a ready-made one by himself and then bring the charges to the county government.

Although he couldn't collect a few entries, he could still make an agreement with the young prince. If it really didn't work, he would ask him to pay the money to repair the county government.

She stood by the lake for a long time, but she didn't see anyone coming to collect protection fees. She was a little suspicious if everyone was not short of money here, so no one did such a thing. It was uncomfortable to stand for too long, so she looked at a tea shop and walked in, sat down to the door and asked the waiter to get some snacks.

On the right side of the tea shop, an old woman was selling flowers. She could buy a watery flower for two cents and wear it on her head. This is a business that doesn’t cost money. It’s just a matter of food, and it doesn’t think it’s a fixed stall.

Tea and radish cakes were delivered. Zhuang Rou looked at the lake while eating. There were more cruise ships. As long as tourists came to take the boat, many vendors would come up to sell things.

"Why can Ma Dezheng and others charge a few cents to buy rice without paying attention to this place?" Seeing this scene, Zhuang Rou said in confusion, there will be no background in these things.

The tourists got on the boat, and the vendors sat back to their original place with their goods, waiting for the arrival of the next batch of tourists. Zhuang Rou also ate two radish cakes and was drinking tea to go back and ask why Ma Dezheng and the others didn't come to take care of these vendors.

Suddenly, a group of strong men in the same clothes came from a distance, all of whom were swaying and arrogant. As soon as they stood in front of the vendor, a vendor took out a dozen copper and iron and handed it over. They carried a large wooden barrel, received the copper coins and weighed it in their hands and threw it in. It can be seen that most of the barrel was already there.

It was really a bit too strict, even wearing clothes. She looked at them carefully and found someone turned around, with a big Chen character behind her, and waved her hand and called her over, "Waiter, which of those people belong to the Chen family, and even embroidered their names on the clothes."

The waiter had long heard that a woman was coming to the county to be arrested, and it must be this one, so he said, "Official, that's the person from the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall, who is responsible for the vendors on the banks of the river so that they don't make trouble."

Zhuang Rou looked at him and asked curiously: "Then are you also being in charge of it?"

"Official, what can we do? But sometimes we will encounter beggars who eat a king meal or are unable to see each other. The Chen Family Martial Arts Hall will come out to help. It has been like this for many years, and Captain Ma also knows it." The waiter explained, feeling that this sister must have been excluded. She has not been in the yamen for so many days and has not told her about the situation.

It turns out that Ma Dezheng and the others knew that that would be too unreasonable. The good things that the people should do should be done by the public!

She stood up, put the meal money on the table, and walked out to stand at the door. At this time, the people from the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall had already come over. Seeing Zhuang Rou standing at the door, she was stunned for a moment, and then she was full of laughter on her face.

The man carrying the bucket walked to the old woman and stretched out his hand in a routine, "Fifteen articles!"

"Uncle, business is not good today, so I have only sold eight cereals. Can I buy less?" The old woman did not sell a few flowers today. Fortunately, these are not cost-effective and there is no need to talk about losing money, but if you want to hand over all eight cereals, you still have to owe seven cereals.

The man said sarcastically: "No, if you can't pay the bill, don't set up a stall here. It's not the rule of the first day. Everyone asks for it like this, that's not without rules!"

"But I rely on this to support my family. As long as I sell it, I will make up for the money immediately." The old woman begged. There are not so many girls in other places who have to buy flowers to wear, so I only want to wear it here to meet the situation.

"The rules cannot be abandoned, then hand over half of the flowers and you can sell the others." The man said disgusted.

It was useless for him to give these flowers, but after taking them away, he just found a shop and forced to sell them. This is the rule that has been set.

The old woman had sixty or seventy flowers, and half of them were divided into dozens of copper coins. She hurriedly protected the flowers and begged, "Okay, okay, just sell a few more flowers."

"Stop talking nonsense, don't waste our time!" The strong man winked and the people around him were about to grab the flowers.

At this moment, more than a dozen copper plates shone brightly in the sun and fell into the bucket with a bang. Zhuang Rou leaned against the door of the tea shop and looked at them and said, "I'll pay this money."

The people from the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall were originally smiling and squinting at her, but now seeing her throwing out the money, the person in the leader suddenly looked ugly, "Sister, it's not your turn to care about this."

Zhuang Rou ignored him, but walked down to look at the bucket and said, "It's a lot of money. Thank you so much. From today on, you won't have to bother you. Master will give you a list tomorrow to calculate how much money you have temporarily managed in the past years, and then I'll bring it up together."

"What?" Everyone in the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall looked at her in a daze, thinking that something was wrong with her ears. What did she just say?

Zhuang Rou said righteously: "Maintaining the safety of the lakeshore should be the matter of the county government. I'm sorry for trouble for you for many years. We will calculate the wages for you. This is good for everyone, so you can practice martial arts with peace of mind, and no longer have to be occupied by the mundane things of collecting money, which will make your martial arts regress."

The originally lively lake shore suddenly became quiet, and everyone retreated one after another. Even the old woman was frightened and picked up the basket and rolled and crawled to the back.

The people from the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall also realized that the newly appointed sister wanted to take back the work. Even Ma Dezheng didn't dare to come as the head of the police. She wanted to interfere in this matter too?

"Ma Dezheng didn't dare to say that, are you the onion?" Chen Zhongping shouted angrily.

Zhuang Rou looked at him carefully and said, "My master is Prince Yinde, he can always be considered a scallion, right?"

Chen Zhongping was speechless for a moment, and then shouted without losing his temper: "My son is Chen Xunting, one of the four young masters in the capital, and the nephew of the current empress!"

"Is there a little prince Chu Xia among the four young masters in the capital?" This was the first time Zhuang Rou heard about this, so she asked curiously.

The little prince is already the best among the playboys. If he hadn't been among the Four Young Masters in Beijing, it wouldn't be considered a thing. The nephew of the Queen Mother's Queen even had a few small copper coins. It was really embarrassing to do such a business.

Chen Zhongping said proudly: "Of course there isn't!"

"As sure, my little prince is good at character and does not lack money. He will not do such things as fish and meat to make some copper coins for the people." Zhuang Rou said casually, so what about the queen mother's nephew? The little prince is also the emperor's cousin, and after all, he is also a relative.

She asked seriously: "What else can I convince me to let you continue to fish and meat, so say it quickly. If not, don't gather here and go back and lift the stone lock."

"Ma Dezheng dared not be so arrogant! Do you know how the premiered county magistrate went home to farm because he was too arrogant!" A strong man next to Chen Zhongping couldn't listen anymore, so he pushed him over. Others didn't want to hit women, so he loved this one the most.

Especially the woman's screams and begging, which made him feel comfortable all over.

Seeing his hand pushing towards his chest, Zhuang Rou pulled his right hand and a light flashed by, and the arm fell to the ground. The strong man screamed, "My hand! My hand!"

"Black Bull!" Chen Zhongping roared, and saw that his arm was cut off cleanly from his elbow. Blood gushed out. If he didn't stop the bleeding quickly, he would die. They quickly pressed him down, pulled off the cloth strip and tied the wound, so that the blood would flow slowly. Now they must be sent to the hospital for treatment!

Zhuang Rou held the sword and said expressionlessly: "I pretended to be a toll-man, bullied the market, and openly wanted to attack the toll-man. The bandits are really rampant now."

Chen Zhongping shouted angrily: "We are the sons of the Chen family. If you kill us, we will be against the Chen family!"

"So what? Is your dandy the magistrate of Douhu County? Or Douhu bandits?" Zhuang Rou said indifferently, "I had already asked you to refund the money to protect you, but I had to force me to use the Dahao Law. Then no one should leave now. The court has always killed the lake bandits without surrendering."

"So everyone, are you surrendering or not?" She lifted the knife and pointed the tip of the knife at Chen Zhongping.

Chen Zhongping and others looked at her and felt that they had encountered a mental illness. They just collected a protection fee, but they even used the knife when they were disagreeable. They were from the Empress Dowager's family, and she dared to really kill them!

Zhuang Rou seemed to see through the anger in their eyes and said, "Don't think of using the Queen to suppress me. How could a noble man like her stand out for the matter of collecting copper coins for a few servants from her parents' family? She can't afford to lose her face."
Chapter completed!