Chapter 182: Looting stores

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"Zhixian, Zhixian."

With a word, Mr. Liu from Yuzhi County hurried to Yuzhixian's office with a letter that had just arrived.

Every time he hears this voice, County Magistrate Yu Wenbin's heart beats fast.

Seeing Master Liu running in in a hurry, the county magistrate Yu Wenbin hurriedly put down the brush in his hand, stood up, and took the letter from Master Liu's hand.

While Yu Wenbin was looking at it, Master Liu said from the side: "This is the letter I just received, from Magistrate Yan."

After looking at it, County Magistrate Yu Wenbin showed a look of reluctance on his face. He looked at Mr. Liu in front of him and asked, "Today, I asked you to go to He House and raid He House. How much money did you get?"

"Back to the magistrate, it's not much, only twenty-five taels of silver." Master Liu replied.

Listening to this number, Yu Zhixian muttered to himself: "Twenty-five taels of silver, how can this be enough?"

Master Liu, who had not seen the letter yet and had no idea what it contained, asked: "Magistrate, what's wrong?"

"Take a look." Yu Wenbin handed the letter to Master Liu and continued: "The letter says that the court is going to start collecting taxes, and our county will have to spend 50,000 taels of silver."

After reading the letter and listening to Yu Zhixian's words, Mr. Liu began to worry for Yu Wenbin: "I wasn't allowed to collect so much the year before last. This... suddenly collected so much, how can I get this... come out?"

"Yes. The year before last, look, if Zhang Chunxu hadn't begged Landlord Jiang on my behalf, I would have gotten these 20,000 taels of silver. The year before last, the people were full of resentment. They confiscated it every other year. Why did they collect so much this year? "There are so many, we just ransacked every household in Xitong County to get it." Yu Zhixian said to himself.

After a while, Yu Wenbin came up with an idea and asked Master Liu: "How many shops does the He family have?"

"It seems like there are about fourteen." After speaking, looking at the expression on the face of the county magistrate Yu Wenbin, Master Liu said: "Do you want to raid all the shops under this one?"

Yu Wenbin sighed: "This is the only way at the moment. If I can't get the fifty thousand taels of silver to hand over to the court this year, I'm afraid I will have to take up an official position in the frontier."

"Okay, then I'll go." After saying this, Master Liu was about to take a few steps when he was stopped by Yu Wenbin's words.

"In this way, when you go, tell him that because the He family violated the sea ban, their property will be confiscated, including the shops they have formed alliances with." Yu Wenbin said.

"good."

I saw Master Liu walking out of the door, immediately summoning the Yamen servants, and headed towards the store that was allied with the He family.

Master Liu and the county magistrate Yu Wenbin are friends, but not really.

Master Liu is from out of town, not from Xitong County. He has been the master of County Magistrate Yu Wenbin for many years.

Over the years, whenever county magistrate Yu Wenbin encountered a problem, regardless of whether he knew it or not, he would first ask Master Liu for his opinion.

As for Master Liu, this Master Yu Wenbin only does it for money.

If Yu Wenbin really one day goes to serve as county magistrate in a place even poorer than Xitong County, I'm afraid Master Liu will have to resign from his position.

Master Liu today should be regarded as a prestigious day. In the morning, he led his troops to loot the He family's property, and in the afternoon, he wandered the streets and led his troops to raid other shops.

"Sir, please come inside, please come inside."

"These cloths are of the best quality. If you miss this, you will never be able to buy this cloth again."

The Lu family's cloth shop can see customers both inside and outside the door.

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Human shadow.

After the collapse of the He family, many shops that were allied with his family wanted to sell their cloths as soon as possible so that they could buy goods from another company.

And those customers who like Hejiabu are also rushing to the stores it has alliances with to buy it. After all, if they don't buy it, they really can't buy it.

Perhaps in Xitong County, the He family's cloth has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It sells well in Xitong County, but cannot be sold to surrounding counties.

"How do you sell this?" asked a customer.

After hearing the customer's question, the fat proprietress came over and said, "Here, this is twenty taels of silver a piece."

After hearing this, the customer was shocked: "It's so expensive!"

"You think it's expensive, and you won't be able to buy it if you want to buy it in the future." the proprietress said.

When the landlady said this, the customer suddenly hesitated, but he didn't have the money to buy it, so he had to look at the good cloth in front of him.

While the landlady was still praising how good the cloth was, Mr. Liu from Yuzhi County walked into the shop.

After seeing this, the landlady and the owner of the store hurriedly put down their work and came over.

"Master Liu, what are you...?" The boss felt a little uneasy.

After all, these dozen yamen servants are surrounding the entrance of my store, how can I not panic?

Seeing county government officials in front of the store, some customers hurriedly left.

Suddenly, many customers left the store.

"Yu Zhixian said that the He family violated the sea ban. The family's property has been confiscated, and the He family's allied shops have not yet been opened. I have been specially ordered to clean up." Master Liu said.

Hearing these words, the owner of the store panicked: "Master, this...this...this has nothing to do with my family and his family. This...why are you copying my store?"

Seeing the boss in front of him like this, Mr. Liu, who is the magistrate of Yuxian County, didn't feel bad at all. After all, he was used to it.

I saw Master Liu acting like a domineering king and said, "Your store sells items from the He family. Since these are items from the He family, why does it have nothing to do with your store?"

The lady boss on the side almost burst into tears after hearing this: "Master Liu, this... we are doing business, and this is just business dealings with the He family. Besides, the He family has touched the forbidden sea. Ling’s matter has nothing to do with us.”

"That's right." The boss said.

Seeing their appearance, Master Liu couldn't stand listening anymore: "What are you talking about? If you want to argue, go to Magistrate Yu to argue."

As soon as Master Liu said this, the two of them didn't know what to do, and they couldn't say a word for a while.

"Copy!" Master Liu waved his hand.

I saw these county government officials rushing into the store and searching them.

"Bring everything you can! Don't destroy anything you can't bring." Master Liu shouted.

Immediately, all the customers in the store ran away. These government officials were like bandits, all holding various goods in their hands, and some wrapped the cash at the cashier with cloth.

Seeing such a chaotic scene, the boss and his wife felt distressed.

"This... this... this..." The boss, who was speechless, suddenly sat down on the ground and shouted, "Is there any justice in this?"

Seeing her husband like this, the landlady sat down on the ground together, pounded the ground with both hands, and cried, "How can we live like this!"

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The couple's shouts quickly attracted a large number of people to watch in front of the store.

Seeing this, the proprietress cried out: "It's unreasonable! Our shop is innocent! It has no connection with the He family! How can we survive after taking my things!"

The couple's cries caused the people in front of the shop to talk and accuse Master Liu.

But who is Mr. Liu? How could he be so soft-hearted?

At this time, Master Liu just remembered that Yu Zhixian wanted him to raid all the He family's shops.

After thinking about it, Master Liu shouted: "This... no need! No need! Put it all here! Put it all here!"

Master Liu's words made the boss and his wife, who were sitting on the ground crying, think that things had turned around. They stopped crying and looked at Master Liu with a smile on their face.

When Master Liu shouted, the government officials thought they would stop copying. After putting down the things in their hands, they looked at Master Liu.

"This...Yu Zhixian said it! Not only this family will be plundered! Anyone who has an alliance with the He family will be plundered, so there is no need to take it. Besides, when will you get so many things?" Master Liu explained Come.

After hearing this, the expressions of the boss and his wife who were kneeling on the ground changed, and they continued to cry.

"How can I live like this! I can't survive anymore!"

"Ignore it!"

Master Liu had long been used to hearing the cries of the two people, and it wasn't the first time he heard it.

"You few, stay and seal this shop. The rest of you, follow me!" Master Liu shouted, and several government servants followed Master Liu away.

After seeing Mr. Liu leave, the boss and his wife cried even louder.

"It's unreasonable!" the landlady cried loudly.

Looking at the fat figure of the landlady and listening to her cries, I wanted to laugh but couldn't.

Seeing the appearance of Lu's shop, the people watching the excitement started talking about it.

"It's so good, how could it be copied?"

"that is."

"I often buy their fabrics, so that's no problem."

"That's right. Even if they are selling cloth from the He family, they haven't done anything illegal."

"that is."

Seeing Mr. Liu walking away, looking at the two government officials behind him motionless in a corner, and looking at the money scattered on the ground, suddenly the landlady stopped crying, looked at the money, and ran away quickly. He walked over, wrapped the cloth up, and wanted to take it away.

But those two yamen servants were not vegetarians. After seeing them, the two yamen servants hurried over and stopped them.

"What are you doing? What are you doing? You still want to recover some losses, right?" asked a yamen servant.

"Everything in this shop, including this shop, now belongs to the county government. You two, get out of here. If you dare to think anything else, I won't be polite." As he said that, the government servant pulled out the knife and threatened.

After seeing the sharp knife, the couple hurriedly ran out, sat down in front of the onlookers, and cried.

"Folks! Comment! Are you the county magistrate? My family and the He family are just businessmen. They have violated the sea ban. This is none of our business! How can they close my shop? !” cried the landlady.

Seeing this couple crying like this, the righteous people said: "It's so abominable."

"That's right, isn't this difficult for people doing business?"

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