Every time a few merchants leave, a few more will follow.
It stretches on endlessly, as if there is no end.
In addition to being a little dissatisfied, Li Qing also looked a little anxious.
Coincidentally, this time it was the next businessman's turn.
The other party had a frown on his face and his shoulders were slightly slumped, "I originally took the money to pay for the goods, but unexpectedly, I was robbed of the money for the goods in Riliang Mountain, which was about one hundred taels of silver."
The dissatisfaction in Li Qing's heart was all ignited.
Just when the clerk was about to register this, Li Qing suddenly shouted sharply: "It's only a hundred taels, and you come to register it? Do you really think that the people in the government office are idle and have nothing to do?"
The more he talked, the angrier Li Qing became, and in the end he almost shouted, "My lord, seeing that you have suffered such a great loss, kindly allowed you to register, but you people are pushing your limits!"
Li Qing pointed at the merchant, "It's only a hundred taels. I'm afraid the little money flowing out from your fingers is more than this, but you still have to register here?"
The people who had registered before were basically at least a few hundred taels. This one hundred taels was really conspicuous yet inconspicuous.
The pen in the clerk's hand hung in the air. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should drop it or not.
The merchant who was scolded was a little at a loss, "Sir, ordinary people are not people who do big business. This one hundred taels is already a lot for ordinary people."
"Ha!" Li Qing sneered, with disgust in his eyes, "You guys don't say a single word of truth. Do you think I will believe it?"
Li Qing originally disliked these wealthy gentry. They plundered the people's wealth and wealth every day, only running around doing business, which caused unrest in the country.
Now, I have to trouble the government office for such a trivial matter. I am really shameless!
"Get out of here!" Li Qing waved his hand, impatient to see this person again.
The merchant was a little stunned, the flesh on his face trembled, and finally he turned around unwillingly and prepared to leave.
The businessmen lining up behind were no longer as happy as before.
They all saw the disgust in Li Qing's eyes just now, and their hearts were filled with mixed feelings and bitterness.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.
Although the gentry can always bully the people, in fact, the status of the gentry is not as good as that of the common people, unless there is an official in the family or someone with a good reputation.
Zhao Jin originally wanted to come out to see what was going on, but happened to hear what Li Qing said.
He directly raised his foot and stepped forward, "Master Li, you are so majestic!"
Everyone was shocked when they saw Zhao Jin appearing in front of everyone.
"Sir, sir?" Li Qing was so shocked that he was even speechless.
How could the adults come out? When did they come out?
Without time to think too much, Li Qing quickly tried to make amends for himself, "Sir, some of these people are really ignorant of their sense of proportion."
"Master Li, what did I say yesterday?"
Zhao Jin's gaze on Li Qing was rather cold, "Everyone who has been robbed."
Raising his hand and pointing, Zhao Jin asked: "Isn't he?"
The merchant who was just about to leave saw Zhao Jin coming out and quickly stopped and walked to salute, but he never thought that he could hear Zhao Jin's words.
"Yes..." Li Qing struggled to squeeze out a word.
The adults are angry.
Those merchants and gentry did not expect that it would end up like this.
However, Zhao Jin's aura was too strong, and they did not dare to look too blatantly. Instead, they held their breath and paid close attention to the situation over there.
Zhao Jin asked calmly, "If so, why not register him?"
Li Qing was so panicked that his forehead was sweating, and even his back was soaked, "Xiaguan, I just thought that it's not much more than a hundred taels, so there is no need to waste the energy of the government guards."
"Not much, one hundred taels?" Zhao Jin laughed, "Master Li, how much is your monthly salary?"
Li Qing raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, "About twenty taels."
"More than twenty taels."
Zhao Jin's voice was cold and stern in vain, "One hundred taels is equivalent to nearly five months of your salary, isn't it much?"
Li Qing lowered his head and whispered: "But, for these merchants, one hundred taels may be the amount of money they earn in a day."
"Li Qing." Zhao Jin directly called him by name.
There was a hint of disappointment in his eyes, "Is it possible that the money they earned was brought by the strong wind? Isn't anything they earned hard-earned?"
Li Qing opened his mouth but had no words to argue.
Those merchants and wealthy gentry had mixed feelings in their hearts when they heard Zhao Jin's words.
Most of them are engaged in business. Although this business is profitable, it is not without hardship, especially when they are just starting out.
However, it seems that because they seem to make money easily, everyone has a prejudice against them.
It's as if their money can be blown away by the strong wind just by sitting down.
Zhao Jin frowned calmly, "The fact that they are standing here at least means that they have not broken any laws or disciplines."
"As long as they don't do anything harmful to nature or violate laws and disciplines, they are my people in Yunzhou and my people in Zhao Jin! As the governor of Yunzhou, I should protect them!"
Many businessmen bit their lips and knelt down without saying a word.
Li Qing was speechless.
Zhao Jin ordered a yamen guard to take charge of the matter, ignored Li Qing and left.
He is very busy, but he doesn't have much free time.
Li Qing stood here, feeling the obvious or hidden glances everywhere, mostly mocking. He couldn't help but clenched his fists, waved his sleeves and left without saying a word.
However, if you observe carefully, you can find that his steps are a little hasty and panicked.
Later, nothing happened again.
At night, the booklet registered during the day was delivered to Zhao Jin.
The more he looked, the tighter his frown became.
"Sir, is it very difficult?" Qin Heng asked.
At this time, Yang Xu, Qin Heng, Tang Yixing, etc. had followed Zhao Jin to Yunzhou City, and the remaining dozen or so people were all here.
Zhao Jin took a long breath and said, "A little bit."
He put down the book and rubbed his brows, "I sent people to register this situation. Firstly, I want to know what the current situation is, and secondly, based on their robbery situation, I can infer their number."
"Too many."
The booklet was opened and spread out on the table, with a large area of myself on it densely packed.
Yang Xu and others took a look and frowned.
"The current inference is that they came out to rob the Tao in order to survive because their contact with the people behind them was cut off after the plague."
"They have been keeping secrets before, probably to keep it secret. Therefore, even if they are forced to rob the road, they will have some control."
Zhao Jin closed his eyes and opened them again, "So, it is feasible to deduce their number based on the robbery."
If this is true, according to the number in the booklet, the number of these bandits is at least several thousand, maybe more than five thousand.
Everyone's expressions became more solemn. Five thousand bandits was already a very terrifying number.
It should be noted that the garrison strength of a county is no more than 10,000.
And the five thousand bandits can already directly rise up and plot rebellion!
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