Seeing Chen Huaili so arrogant and interrupting his case trial repeatedly, Guo Zhiyuan could no longer control his anger, slapped the arrogance hard, and said in a cold voice: "Old Chen, although the Justice of Peace has the privilege of participating in the trial of the case, this official does not need Chen to teach him how to investigate the case. When I was asking Chen Donghai, he only needed to answer yes or no. If Chen had different opinions, it would not be too late to wait until the official finished his question. This is in the court, and the official represents the majesty of the court. Old Chen repeatedly interrupted his question, but did not take the majesty of the court seriously?!..."

Chen Huaili didn't expect Guo Zhiyuan would scold him so mercilessly, but Guo Zhiyuan put down a big hat that despised the court and made him feel uncomfortable. His cheeks twitched violently twice, and finally he could only say embarrassedly: "I'm not polite. My lord just keep asking the case. I won't interrupt anymore. Chen Donghai, the county magistrate asked you, just answer truthfully. With me here, no one can impose a charge on you!..."

Chen Donghai was supported by Chen Huaili, and became more and more fearless. He bowed and replied calmly: "When the county magistrate said, Caomin never forced Liu Changfu. He had previously mortgaged the ten acres of paddy fields under his name to me Cheng and Dianpu, signed a contract, and the village chief of Anfuli, who was a book of books, was purely voluntary and had no forced matters. He could not repay the monthly interest on time, so Caomin took away the ten acres of paddy fields he had mortgaged according to the contract. Why did he seek short-sightedness afterwards? Caomin had no idea..."

Guo Zhiyuan had long guessed that Chen Donghai would not admit to forcing Liu Changfu. Seeing that he had completely pushed him, he sneered: "Can you sign a contract with Liu Changfu be here? Present it to me..."

Chen Donghai had already made sufficient preparations and took out the prepared contract from his sleeve. The yamen runners came forward to take the presentation to Guo Zhiyuan. Guo Zhiyuan took the contract and saw a cold light flashing when he saw it. The Ming Dynasty ruled that the maximum interest rate for private lending should not exceed three points, but the monthly interest agreed in this contract reached an astonishing two cents and three cents! It can be said that from the date when Liu Changfu signed the contract, his fate was already destined, because no matter how hard he tried, the grain he planted in the fields would definitely not keep up with the rate of interest growth!

Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan put the contract in his hand heavily on the table and said coldly: "Chen Donghai, the Ming Dynasty ruled that the maximum interest rate should not exceed three cents, but the interest agreed in your contract is as high as two cents and three cents! How can you repay Liu Changfu?!..."

Before Chen Donghai answered, Chen Huaili couldn't help laughing again and shook his head and said, "Mr. Guo, do you know whether you really or not? There is no monthly interest rate of all dictionaries in the world. If you are a dead set of Ming Dynasty rules, then the dictionary shops in the world will be closed! Even our Gutian County is not just Cheng and Dianpu, one dictionary shop, which one has a monthly interest rate of less than two cents and three cents?..."

Guo Zhiyuan was about to refute anger, but a light cough came from the screen behind him. Looking in the sound, Bai Du was hiding in the screen and waving his hands constantly. Although Guo Zhiyuan was a little puzzled, he knew that Bai Du had always been calm in his work. If there was no special reason, he would never stop him from continuing to trial the case at this time. So he hesitated for a moment, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said expressionlessly: "I do not know much about the Dianshop in this county. Since that's the case, I will wait for me to understand it first and then try the case..."

Chen Huaili thought Guo Zhiyuan had surrendered, and laughed more and more arrogantly, "Mr. Guo is justified if he doesn't understand the customs and customs of our Gutian. However, you must be cautious in this case, otherwise it will be bad if you make a joke. If you try this case again, remember to notify me, so I can help me check..." After that, he stood up and took a few justices of the peace and Chen Donghai with a smile!

After Chen Huaili and the others left, Bai Du came out from behind the screen. Guo Zhiyuan couldn't wait to ask: "Why did Brother Bai stop me from continuing to hear the case just now?..."

Bai Du shook his head and sighed, "Sir, I'm a little too hasty. This case is very involved. If you don't prepare and investigate rashly, I'm afraid that you will be very passive..."

"Oh!" Guo Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Does Brother Bai know the inside story of this case? Apart from Chen Huaili, who else is involved?..."

Bai Du shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not that Bai knows the inside story of the case, but that there are too many such things. Bai doesn't need to investigate and know who is involved!..."

A glimmer flashed in Guo Zhiyuan's eyes. Although he had the advantage of time travel, his understanding of the grassroots officialdom in the Ming Dynasty was far less than that of Bai Du. He hurriedly bowed: "I would like to ask Brother Bai for advice! Who are involved in it?!"

Bai Du hurriedly returned the courtesy and said, "Why would Bai dare to give advice to the adults? In fact, as long as he is a county magistrate for one or two years, he will naturally understand the key points. First of all, this matter must be involved in the households of the county government. If there is no support for the households, this shop cannot be opened. Because the households are responsible for taxes, it is difficult for farmers to pay taxes. Tell the shops about these farmers to give targeted loans. In fact, when the households send people to urge taxes, these shops will also send people to accompany them, singing and reconciling, forcing those farmers who cannot pay taxes to sign contracts. This is almost an open secret..."

"The second is the local village chief and book book. Although the Changhe Book book book is not a public official, it is all the famous gentry in the local area. Without their cooperation, the court's taxes would not be collected at all. This shop had already communicated with the shop book book. One of them sang a red face and the other sang a white face when lending to the door. It is not afraid that farmers will not sign a contract. After the matter is completed, the shop will also give the shop the benefit of book book book book..."

"There are three yamen runners. The favorite thing about these three yamen runners is the fat who goes to the countryside to demand taxes. They even pay money to buy tickets for the countryside to demand taxes from Chengfafang. Naturally, they will not do a loss-making business. Naturally, they will have to double the money back from the farmers. They are just blushing and threatening that farmers will take people if they don't pay the taxes. At this time, the shopkeeper of the Dianpu will come on stage again, and the result will be twice as good as half the effort. Even if the farmers know that they can't pay the contract, they are afraid that the yamen runners will really take people, so they can only sign the contract and deal with the disaster in front of them..."

Guo Zhiyuan was stunned when he heard this. He really didn't expect that this seemingly simple case would involve so many people. According to Bai Du, a complete chain of interests has been formed, and most of them are public officials in the county government. The situation is complicated now. If he wants to thoroughly investigate this case, he must first start with rectifying the administration!
Chapter completed!