Rongcheng is the prefecture of Shu. Although its prosperity is not as prosperous as that of other places, it is located in Daliang because it is located in the north by the West Sea, the right by the east by Guanzhong, Jingchu, the south by the north by the north by the capital, so it is also considered a prosperous city in Daliang, second only to the capital Yunjing!
Li Xiaoran followed the caravan into Rongcheng, intending to rectify the situation in Rongcheng for a few days, and then continued to walk south and headed all the way to Liangzhou.
Because the carriage carriages carry a large amount of food, they can only walk on a relatively flat official road, and the speed is not fast. So it will take more than half a month to get from Bashu to Liangzhou.
Old Man Li asked everyone to rectify what should be rectified and what should be replenished. Then he ordered some things up and down so that he could be smooth when leaving the city.
"Shopkeeper, it's not good!" someone hurriedly ran in from outside the door and shouted.
Old Man Li frowned and asked, "What kind of morality is that in a panic? If you have something to say!"
After all, they are considered to be a large-scale business. As a friend in the business, why are they so unsteady?
"Shopkeeper, it's not good!" The gangster didn't care about Old Man Li's scolding, ran to the front and said, "Shopkeeper, there was a team of officers and soldiers in our caravan just now. As soon as they came, they said that there was something wrong with our goods. They didn't care what our brothers said, and they just detained them! There were a few brothers in the team who were so angry that they argued with them for a few words, but who knew that not only did not listen, but they also hit people!"
"What's going on?" Old Man Li immediately asked, "Didn't I ask you to go and handle some?"
The guy said with a bitter face: "We have managed all the things we should do. Even the group of officers and soldiers who came just now had two taels of silver! But they refused to admit it after collecting the money!"
"There are still such things?"
Several people hurried to the place where the goods were seized. Before they could reach the place, they saw about seven or eight people surrounding the warehouse rented by the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce's friends stood aside indignantly.
"The shopkeeper is here!" Someone saw Old Man Li and others walking quickly towards here from a distance.
Old man Li walked to the warehouse and saw the officials standing in front of the warehouse door, asking, "I wonder what the few messengers are coming?"
"Are you the shopkeeper here?" The head official faced a cold face. He held the hilt hanging around his waist with his left hand. While looking at Old Man Li up and down, he sneered and said, "We suspect that you are smuggling. Everything in the warehouse will be sealed off for the time being. Since you are the shopkeeper here, let's go with us!"
"Smuggling?" Old Man Li was stunned. Although he had made some preparations in his heart, the "big hat" he was detained by the other party was stunned.
"This messenger is clear!" Old man Li immediately said: "What our chamber of commerce has always been doing is grain trading, and this trip also transports rice and grain. How can we smuggle it? Please ask this messenger to observe it!"
However, the official officer ignored his statement and did not give Old Man Li a chance to refute. Instead, he waved his hand and shouted: "Take it away!"
After saying that, two officials who accompanied him surrounded Old Man Li, each holding him on the side.
Old Man Li didn't dare to resist and followed them honestly. Although Li Xiaoran and others were angry, they did not take action.
After all, this is in Rongcheng. If you take action, it will only attract more officials, and it will become more troublesome to get out of here! What you can do now is to see what the situation is like at this moment. How can the goods be seized by the government? Not only were the goods seized by the government, but the name of "smuggling" was also detained!
The crowd came to the county yamen, but they did not see the county magistrate of Rongcheng, and they did not come to the county yamen hall. Instead, in a side room in the yamen, a fat man lay lazily on the chair of the Grand Master, holding a teapot and savoring fragrant tea.
"Master Jia, Bei Zhi has brought the prisoner!" The official who arrested Old Man Li took a few steps forward and then spoke.
Everyone looked at the hall, and the old guys who had been with Old Man Li for several years were vaguely guessing in their hearts, and then they recognized that this person was the "second-in-command" in Rongcheng County... Jia Aiming, the county magistrate!
"So it's Lord Jia!" Old Man Li immediately said hello when he saw this.
Although Jia Aiming is only the county magistrate, no one dares to treat him as the "second-in-command"!
Because over the past decade, the county magistrates in Rongcheng have been replaced one after another, either promoted or transferred to another place due to unfavorable work, but no matter what, Jia Aiming still sat firmly in the position of the county magistrate!
So there has been a saying in secret in Rongcheng: If you want to ask someone for work, it is better to ask the county magistrate than to ask for the county magistrate...
This shows how it is!
However, Old Man Li couldn't figure it out.
Every time he passed by Rongcheng, he would do some tricks, especially the county magistrate, who had won a lot of benefits... but he didn't know when he offended this person?
Jia Aiming savored the tea slowly. He didn't speak, and the others didn't dare to speak. It was not until a long time before he slowly spoke: "Shopkeeper Li, don't be fine..."
Old Man Li bowed and replied with a smile: "I haven't seen you for half a year, Lord Jia is getting more and more energetic!"
Jia Aiming ignored Old Man Li's smile. He looked at the purple clay teapot in his hand and stroked it with his palm with great care. After a long time, he snorted heavily: "Mr. Jia doesn't dare to accept the title of Shopkeeper Li!"
"Mr. Jia was joking!"
When Old Man Li heard this, he didn't know what Jia Aiming meant, so he could only smile and said, "Mr. Jia is a local parent, and the villain is just a small businessman, so how can he not afford it?"
Jia Aiming played with the purple clay teapot in his hand, but suddenly changed his mind and said, "I heard that you are doing smuggling? Yes, right?"
As soon as he said this, everyone present was shocked! In particular, the old man Li said quickly: "This matter is purely false! The villain is just an ordinary grain merchant, and the chamber of commerce has been doing rice and grain trading peacefully. Not only does the price not dare to be higher than the market price, but he also actively pays it when levying taxes!"
"The villain has been a grain merchant for more than ten years. You know what the details are. Master, you know very well!" Old Man Li defended: "The villain has been following the rules for more than ten years in business, not to mention that he is under the eyes of the adults. How dare he do such a life-deserving life?"
Chapter completed!