The days when I fished in Daming

Chapter 204
"Hou Ye, there are 130 households on the mountain, a total of [-] people, all of whom are arrested."

"The houses on the mountain have been sealed up, and the humble officials came to return."

"Okay, good job, let's go and rest first."

"promise."

Like the hundreds of people who were arrested before, the old, young, women and children who stayed behind on the mountain were all arrested at the foot of the mountain, waiting for Zheng Xiong's trial.

Looking at the crowd in front of him, Zheng Xiong didn't know what to do for a while.

If it's pure robbery, it's okay to say, Zheng Xiong has a hundred ways to deal with this kind of talent who occupies the mountain as king.

These people now are said to be gangsters, but they are actually a group of farmers, and they even dragged their families along.

The heinousness is not to that extent, but the nature is still relatively bad.

Their results also depend entirely on the art of language.

"Who's in the lead."

"Grassman Cai Da, I have met you."

"Eh~ Cai Da, right? Where are the tolls you collected for my brother, and where are the things you brought over?"

"The money hasn't been spent yet. Cai Er just took it over to buy food, and now it's in Cai Er's hands."

"The other things we brought were used by us, and we distributed some to each family."

"That's it! I won't embarrass you. The toll is unreasonable and illegal. You have to refund the money."

"Other things are exchanged for money and refunded to me, I will not pursue it, how about it."

"Thank you sir for not killing me, I will refund the money, and I will refund it now."

That's all it is, after talking about it, Zheng Xiong didn't intend to kill them all.

"Boss, do you know how much these things are worth?"

This Zheng Hu knew that, as the eldest son in the family, he gradually began to accept the family's chores and property.

Zheng Hu knew very well what he brought to Zheng Xiong, and gave the price without hesitation.

"Twenty guan. At that time, I considered that the journey was far away, and it would be inconvenient to carry too many things, so I bought [-] guan to take on the road."

"Oh, Cai Datou, you heard it too, there are a total of 120 guan, if you take it out, you won't be held accountable."

Until then, Cai Da was able to clarify the relationship.

This person's eldest brother was the one who took advantage of him last time, and this person's purpose for coming here this time is also very clear, that is, he came for himself.

Just to put it bluntly, there are so many gangsters in Cao County, they found him so accurately, and brought so many people with them.

Ordinary people don't have such energy, the tolls are paid for nothing, and these people can't afford to provoke them, and let themselves run into it, and this bad luck will happen.

"My lord ~ ​​Master Hou, can you have less, we don't know that the things brought by this big brother are so valuable, we will give them all."

"The income on this mountain is also small, and the tolls collected on weekdays are not much. These incomes are only enough for us to exchange for some food on weekdays~"

"That's not it?"

Before Cai Da finished speaking, Zheng Xiong interrupted Cai Da's words and asked directly.

"I won't say much, I'll give you two ways, one is the crime of blocking the road and robbing, and occupying the mountain as king."

"One is the crime of encroaching on land, transforming it privately, seeking personal gain, and illegally accumulating wealth."

"The former is the crime of beheading you, but I can forgive the latter."

"You can choose between these two!"

It seems to be an alternative, but in fact there is no choice at all.

Cai Da could only reply resignedly.

"The little one chooses the latter."

"It's over now, why bother talking so much, pay the money and let him go."

"The money has to be collected. I hope Hou Ye can release some people and go back to get the money."

"No, you can take out all the money you bought for food, is it so difficult for the twenty pennies?"

"Master Hou doesn't know, except for the goods and things he brought, this big brother didn't move a single cent of his money, in order to meet the unexpected needs."

"It's good that there are so many people here who can maintain their daily necessities. I really haven't saved any money, so I have to collect it from my fingers to hand it over to Lord Hou."

"Okay, let's get together!"

"Yes Yes."

Each household arranged for people to go back to collect money by taking the mountain road again.

Zheng Xiong was also a little bored for a while.

Can only sit and wait.

As for these people, Zheng Xiong has absolutely no interest in flirting with them.

In the final analysis, it is all caused by poverty. As long as the Yellow River does not change its course, as long as the common people have no food for one day, these situations will continue to happen.

Didn’t you say that, there is only one disease in this world, and that is the disease of poverty, which cannot be cured.

Zheng Xiong is not a saint, he just needs to take care of his own affairs, and he doesn't want to take care of other things.

After waiting for a long time, Cai Dacai slowly descended the mountain with his exhausted body.

At this moment, he seemed to be bent a lot.

When I saw that Cai Da handed over the money to Zheng Xiong.

The man showed a look of despair, some women even sobbed softly, only some children watched innocently.

This scene made Zheng Xiong a little embarrassed, making himself look like a villain.

Is there anything wrong with me, I just get my own money back. To be honest, this money is not enough to consume the army under me for a day.

It's just that things developed unexpectedly.

I thought it was a gang of gangsters, not to mention extremely vicious, they are not good people.

Even if it is immortal, you have to clean up one or two.

There is nothing wrong with this group of people now, they are also for the sake of living, and the tolls they collect happen to be unreasonable, and it is still Zheng Xiong's.

It doesn't matter if they are ordinary people, except for big businessmen and officials who can collect tolls these days, they are also gangsters.

How to define it depends entirely on the person, that is, Zheng Xiong.

He became a villain out of nowhere, and Zheng Xiong had no choice but to ask.

"What's wrong, Ben Hou didn't eat people, he just took what should be taken, what are your expressions."

"What Hou Ye said is that I am not ready for the winter. I am afraid that this winter will be sad. I feel sad and disturb Hou Ye's interest. Please don't blame me."

"You can't blame me if you are not ready. Benhou is already very talkative. If you don't believe me, try another person. If you are not all old and weak, women and children, according to Benhou's practice, you should be handed over to the yamen of Cao County. I should be content."

"Yes, yes, Lord Hou is lenient, Xiaomin is very grateful, don't blame Master Hou."

That's what I said, but the cries of these women and children really disturbed Zheng Xiong, and it was annoying to be a villain for no reason, so he let go.

"Did you build this road?"

Although he didn't understand why Zheng Xiong asked such a question, anyway, there was nothing to hide, Cai Da replied honestly.

"Yes, my lord."

"Since that's the case, I'll do you a favor. It's not easy for you to live in the mountains, and you even built such a road."

"Well, when I pass by Cao County, I will discuss with the magistrate of Cao County to see if the road you built can be legalized, and the government will recognize it. In the future, you can also collect fees in a fair manner, and no one will care about you."

"Tell them to get you some food and grass to support you through the winter. You should be satisfied now!"

The unexpected joy came a bit suddenly, and Cai Da still couldn't believe it.

What I did originally was to walk on the edge of the law, but now with Zheng Xiong's rhetoric and promise, there seems to be some hope for the future.

(End of this chapter)