When the county magistrate was full of anger and sat under the high-hanging mirror, looking at the crowd of people below, he felt that his head was going to explode.
It's not like he hasn't experienced similar scenes before, but now he doesn't know whether he was angered by that bitch Su Luo or something, but he just felt extra angry.
The Tian Ling Gai on top of his anger hurts.
Grabbing the gavel next to him, the magistrate slapped it on the table and roared in anger, "Who is suing!"
The woman kneeling on the ground immediately said: "Li Cuilian, a common citizen, wants to sue Yishantang Medicine Hall for violating human life, and the price is sky-high!"
The county magistrate endured the sudden beating of Tian Ling Gai and said to the woman below: "You are suing the medicine hall for exorbitant prices for people's lives. Do you have any evidence?"
"Last night, Cao Min's son had a cold and a fever. He bought a pair of herbal medicines from Yishantang for one tael. It turned out that there were no ginseng seeds in the herbal medicines at all. They were all radish seeds. He couldn't even pass them off as good ones.
As a substitute, the poor man's son took the fake medicine and died without surviving the high fever.
This is Yishentang selling fake medicinal herbs to kill people.
A pair of herbal medicines using radish whiskers instead of ginseng whiskers costs one tael. This is a sky-high asking price. According to our laws, the price must not exceed 30% of the cost. May I ask your lord, the cost price of the medicine sold by Yishantang to the grassroots is three hundred
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As early as five years ago, a pair of herbal medicines that could cure diseases only cost 50 taels. Now, a pair of herbs that cannot cure diseases cost only 1 tael. This is not an exorbitant price.
I also ask you to uphold justice for the grassroots and arrest the owner of Yishantang and hold him accountable!"
The county magistrate's eyelids twitched, and he looked at the kneeling woman below with evil anger. How could this ignorant woman know the laws of this dynasty?
“Who told you that according to the laws of this dynasty, the price of goods must not exceed 30% of the cost?”
"The grassroots people already know this. I heard it from someone before." The woman knelt on the ground, "The grassland people's son's body is still cold. I hope you will make the decision for the grassroots people."
The county magistrate just wanted to go back and clean up Su Luo now. The sweet smell seemed to still linger on the tip of his nose, and his body was still covered in hot sweat.
"Presumptuous! Are you free to discuss the laws and regulations of the imperial court? Nowadays, prices are high and it is not just Yishantang that has high prices. When you go out to eat, buy wine, or buy firewood, the price of any item is not high, just because the prices of all items are high.
Therefore, it is normal for Yishantang’s medicine prices to be high because the cost has also been increased.
As for what you said about using radish whiskers instead of ginseng whiskers, you only spent one tael of silver to buy ginseng whiskers? As far as I know, medicine containing ginseng costs at least five taels of silver.
You are making a false accusation!"
The woman kneeling on the ground immediately said: "Sir, prices have been rising over the years, but why haven't our wages for work gone up? The price of food has increased, the price of meat and vegetables has increased, the price of alcohol has increased, the price of medicine has increased, and the price of cloth and cotton has increased.
, then why don’t wages go up?
In the past, I could earn thirty cents a day carrying a big bag, which was enough for my expenses. Now, what is thirty cents enough for?
What's the point of reprimanding common people instead of arresting profiteers?"
Snapped!
The county magistrate was stunned angrily.
"Are you questioning me?"
"Cough cough cough." The master standing aside coughed quickly and glanced at the county magistrate suspiciously.
Sir, what's going on today? Is your brain kicked by a donkey? Why are you so angry? There are so many people standing outside. Isn't this meant to arouse public anger?
The master hurriedly coughed to remind him, but the county magistrate was only filled with anger and did not pay attention to the master's reminder. He stared at the woman kneeling on the ground with a pair of angry eyes.
"You have arbitrarily discussed the laws of the court, falsely accused the merchants of this county, and even blamed others for your son's death. You are really making a lot of mistakes.
If your son doesn't recover after taking someone else's medicine, you should sue the medicine shop.
Tomorrow, if your son is blind and hits a tree and is killed, will you also sue that tree and ask the people near that tree to compensate for your son's death?
Simply unruly!
Someone is here, I am responsible for thirty, pull me down! Retreat!"
The crowd of people outside looked at him, and he must not encourage this evil trend. Some people actually sued the merchants saying that the prices were high.
What is this going to do?
Rebellion?
Where in the world are prices low?
How can we raise taxes when prices are not high? If we don’t raise taxes, how can the court eat and drink!
Innocent!
Kill the chicken to scare the monkey, and see who dares to complain about high prices in the future.
"Sir..." Seeing that the county magistrate had no sense at all, the master immediately reminded him in a low voice.
But before the Master could finish his words, there was suddenly a loud noise outside.
"That's too much! If you don't say that you are an honest official, you are simply looking down on human life!"
"Yes! It was obviously Yishantang who wasted no time and killed his son. Instead of punishing the unscrupulous businessman, you actually punished the sufferer. How can this make sense!"
"Today he can punish Li Cuilian, and tomorrow he can punish us. We may all become Li Cuilian. We must fight for our own interests, otherwise, it is not certain who will die next!"
"I can't bear it anymore, I want to kill this dog official!"
"My whole family hasn't eaten meat for a year, and we live in fear every day for fear of getting sick. I've had enough of this! I'm going to risk it all. No matter what, I'm going to die anyway, so I'm going to fight!"
"Sad, so sad, I opened the book, and there were two words written all over the book: cannibalism! So sad!"
Suddenly a huge noise broke out outside, and then someone wanted to rush to the court. The master was so frightened that he didn't finish his words and turned around to look in horror.
When I looked over, there were already two strong men rushing through the crowd and rushing towards the court.
Even if a government official stepped forward to stop him.
"You also have parents and children, you also have wives, children, and children. Now you are wearing the clothes of government servants and you are about to wave a stick at us. Have you ever thought that your wives, children, children, and children cannot afford medicine and see a doctor. Tomorrow, you may spend one or two like Li Cuilian's son.
Money buys a pack of radish whiskers!"
"That's right, we have to fight for our own interests. Otherwise, no one in the world will care about our life and death. They collude with government and businessmen and are so rich that we poor people will be the ones who suffer!"
"Fight!"
The government officials rushed forward. Some people in the crowd questioned them, and some hesitated to drive away the people.
The master was furious and said to the county magistrate: "Sir, what is going on today? You are so angry and there are so many people outside watching..."
The county magistrate also regrets it now.
Looking at the people in front of him who were about to rush in, a cold sweat made him tremble.
After realizing it with hindsight, he was indeed impulsive just now, but his temper and anger just now seemed not to be under his control at all, as if he had been bewitched... Wait!
The county magistrate immediately thought of the sweet smell he had smelled from Su Luo.
grass!
Wouldn't that bitch drug him?
Otherwise, why couldn't he control his temper just now and lost his mind like crazy?
Otherwise, why would Su Luo look so pitiful for a moment but then change her attitude towards him the next moment?
grass!
Follow that bitch's way.
That bitch deliberately made him feel up and down so he could inhale more smells. There was definitely something wrong with that sweet and greasy smell.
He was itching with hatred, "Go and give Su Luo to me..."
The county magistrate, who had just belatedly realized something, had just finished speaking when there was suddenly a bigger commotion outside.
"You are such a bad official, you dare to detain the eldest princess, adjust the prices in the county without permission, and make the entire Jieshi County people miserable, take it down!"
In the crowd, Su Luo was protected by someone, and she was clearing the way through the crowd with a fierce momentum.