Chapter 26: Sudden Major Case
Wang Dalang called the buyer a carrot, saw Mo Tai and the two of them coming over, and said, "Brother Mo, Brother Yao Liu has been in the yamen for two or three days. Is there any news? He suddenly disappeared here, so I'm not used to it."
Motai said: "Who is not in this industry yet? I heard that I have been checking, but it's just who fights with whom I'm today and doesn't allow anyone to come in to sell vegetables yesterday. These are all trivial matters and nothing."
Wang Dalang said: "It's true. Brother Yao Liu is the one we watch every day. What big deal can we do?"
The two of them talked for a while, and Motai went around to patrol the stalls with others.
Wang Dalang sighed: "What a happy day, why did Brother Six be taken away? Without him watching here, I don't know what chaos will be like in such a huge vegetable market. Alas——"
A man next to him sold citrus and said, "Brother, don't say that, brother, sixth brother is here, we are happy, but there are also people who are unhappy."
Wang Dalang said: "How could it be? As long as you pay a full amount of money here every month, Brother Liu will ensure that we are fine. You don't know that there are many idle people in the market now, and there is no Liu Ge in the market. I don't know how many people are going to mess up in this market!"
The man said, "Brother is right, but paying a permanent sum is not a small amount. The rule set by Taizu of the founding country of the Song Dynasty, farmers do not pay taxes when selling fruits and vegetables. The government does not charge us taxes, but the sixth brother wants to charge us a permanent sum."
Wang Dalang said: "The Sixth Brother is working hard and it is the right thing to collect money. Without him, we would not be able to do business with peace of mind. At that time, we were only more troubled. You don't know that since ancient times, there must be Yaren Guild in charge, otherwise there will be countless chaos. If the government abolished Yaren Guild, then it would be just people like Liuge who came out and managed the market."
The man said, "Brother, we are one person, and there are nearly a hundred vendors in this market, which is nearly a hundred coins per month, not a small amount of money! With the Sixth Brother in charge of this place, those poor families who cannot afford to pay for the monthly coins will not be able to do business. With the Sixth Brother, within a mile or two, they are not allowed to set up stalls outside. Not everyone is like a man, and there are many fields in the family, and they don't take the money seriously."
Wang Dalang said: "If you can't even get the money for a month, what business will you do? It's natural that Brother Liu does this."
The man shook his head, ignored Wang Dalang and sold oranges to pedestrians.
This vegetable market is close to residential areas, and many residents are in business. With the help of selling vegetables here, Wang Dalang's family lives very well. The fourth brother just studied and ignored his livelihood, and his life is still very relaxed. In his heart, Yao Aliu, who protects the peace here, is an amazing person. The government arrested him, but the superior did not have eyes.
Of course, this is not the case. It is the case every month, and not every vendor can afford it. Especially those who sell fruits and vegetables, the business is getting better and worse, and sometimes it is inevitable that there will be difficulties. Brother Liu said that if he can't afford to pay, he is not allowed to set up a stall, which is a lot of trouble.
More importantly, in order to ensure the business here, Yao Aliu did not allow small vendors to add fruits and vegetables within one or two miles around. He caught him, and at a very least he beat him up, and at the important point he would collect the goods and drive them out of his own control. Because of these things, I don’t know how many conflicts are.
When local forces divide the market, they must have the means to ensure the sphere of influence. Yao Aliu collects 100 yuan of protection fees here in a month, and with other businesses, he has raised seven or eight heroes and specializes in fighting with others. He is not a good family.
Just as Wang Dalang was sighing, he saw several men entering the vegetable market, quickly approaching Mo Tai, and sternly said: "Your lawsuit has been committed, please follow us back to the yamen!"
Motai was about to argue, but he was kicked to the ground, and several men came up to tie them up.
Seeing that Motai's subordinates around him were about to take action, the leading official said, "Before the New Year, a villager went to sell winter lotus nearby. He was robbed of goods by Yao Aliu and Motai and lured them to a remote place to kill him. Who dared to openly make trouble? He was regarded as a co-inmate and took them to the yamen!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone around was shocked. Unexpectedly, Yao Aliu and others were involved in a life lawsuit and dared not speak anymore. Seeing the public taking Mo Tai, tied their arms, and shoving them away.
After the others walked far away, Wang Dalang closed his mouth and said, "Oh my God, why is Sixth Brother still involved in the life lawsuit!"
The citrus seller said coldly: "In this market, there is a 1,000 or 2,000 yuan interest a year, what's the point of killing people!"
Wang Dalang shut up and didn't dare to say anything. He saw Yao Aliu walking around here every day, but he didn't expect him to commit such a major case. Of course, the person who can kill people is not a good person, and Wang Dalang doesn't want to get involved again.
In the county government office, Bao Ke looked at the pose on his hand and wrinkled his head tightly. He transferred the public servants from the Iron Supervisor and suddenly dug up many major cases after the Ye County officials involved in poverty alleviation. Among them, there were as many as 10 or 20 cases of life lawsuits, which scared Bao Ke very much.
The city foxes and club rats caught were originally ruthless and had a very strict mouth. They distinguished clearly what should be said and what should not be said. No matter how they asked, it was all small matters. The public officials were different. They were taken to prison and punished and told everything. How could the major cases be hidden from the public officials about what happened in Ye County? Not to mention, local people need them to calm the incident.
In most cases, the public officials only helped to cover up the government and did not participate. The disclosure did not have much interest in them. Not to mention that the public officials have stopped taking turns in the past few years. The original Ye County big households are not rich compared to the current extras. The local powerful people combined with them, some have become the way of playing for big households, and some have blackmailed them.
Thinking of what Du Zhongxiao said to him the day before yesterday, Bao Ke only felt that he was too impressed. According to now, if you investigate all the cases, let alone the local city foxes and clubs, even the public officials in Ye County were trapped.
He sighed, Bao Ke sat in his seat, not knowing what to do for a moment. He was proposing the punishment and should have been tried strictly, but Ye County said that there were no officials and no local governments, what should he do if there were no local governance forces?
After thinking for a long time, Bao Ke said, "Go and invite County Magistrate Li to come, I have something to say to him."
The guards promised to go out, and in a short while, they invited the magistrate of Ye County Li Qi.
The guest and the guest took a seat. Bao Ke said, "The magistrate, the magistrate has begun to manage officials in the past two days, and many major cases have suddenly appeared. If it were ordinary cases, it would be fine, there were many lawsuits in the life of many people, but they were not careless. Now, the public servants have been transferred from the Iron Supervisor, just to help with the work. After the case was tried, they will have to go back to the Iron Supervisor. There are almost no officials here in Ye County, and the oxen snakes on the market have been caught again. You have to be prepared and it will be a big mess without much time. What kind of governance is required at that time? Does the magistrate know what to do to manage the place?"
Li Qi shook his head: "There is no external use of local officials and servants. In Ye County, there are many households and chaotic households, and it is difficult to use for servants. I have arrested so many officials at once, but it is really difficult to manage later. I will report to the supervisor to prepare early."
Bao Ke shook his head: "What's the use of submitting Zhijian? Wu Zhijian is outside. I think you'd better go to Zhongcheng and ask what to do."
Chapter completed!