PS: Thanks to book friend Hua Xiaoyun and book friend Jisu Guangyu for their rewards.
The government servant outside the door suddenly saw so much money in front of him, and his Adam's apple squirmed subconsciously.
Zhao Yutu, who was standing aside, said with a smile: "There is some silver in the wooden box, a total of five thousand taels, and I have to bother a few policemen to carry it in."
"It should, it should." The yamen servant nodded and immediately said to the other yamen servants, "You guys, carry these wooden boxes and follow this gentleman into the back yamen."
"Thank you." Zhao Yutu bowed his hands to the other officials.
The lid of the wooden box was replaced, and several government officials lifted the wooden box from the ground.
Du Wanyuan raised his hand toward the back office and said, "Mr. Zhao, let's go in! Don't keep us waiting too long."
Zhao Yutu nodded and followed Du Wanyuan into the back office.
Behind them were several government officials carrying wooden boxes.
The back office is a suite, with a hall-like room outside and a guest room further inside.
After passing through the outer room, the two people came to the inner room.
As soon as he came in, Zhao Yutu saw Governor Liu sitting in the front seat. In addition, there were several young and strong men standing beside him, all with waist knives hanging on their hips.
"The common people have seen the governor." Zhao Yutu took a few steps forward and bowed in salute.
Governor Liu, who was sitting in his seat, frowned, showing dissatisfaction.
After all, he is also the governor of Datong, the crown prince Shaobao, and a high-ranking official in the imperial court, but the person in front of him is not even a child. When seeing a high-ranking official like him, he has to kneel down and salute, instead of saluting like a scholar.
No one from the Tiger Flag had ever knelt down before, but this time he felt uncomfortable no matter how he looked at it.
Thinking of this, he raised his hand and slapped the table at hand, shouting: "Come here, arrest the traitor in front of you."
"Sir!" Du Wanyuan looked at Governor Liu with a puzzled expression.
I don’t understand why my lord arrests people as soon as they meet him, even though he has agreed to meet him.
Two men carrying knives walked towards Zhao Yutu.
"Wait a minute!" Zhao Yutu raised his hand to block the two men, then looked at Governor Liu and said, "I'm afraid you may have misunderstood. The common people are just associates of a business. When did you become a traitor?"
"Now, you still dare to quibble." Governor Liu snorted coldly and said, "You Tiger Character Banner secretly raises private soldiers and secretly forges cannons and armor. Are these all fake?"
Zhao Yutu defended: "Tiger Character Banner is just a trading house. It does business from north to south. It doesn't have the things that adults said. At most, it has some bodyguards to protect it."
"What a bodyguard." Governor Liu sneered and said immediately, "I would like to ask you, which serious businessman would keep thousands of bodyguards and carry dozens of general cannons when going out."
There was no trace of panic on Zhao Yutu's face, and he said calmly: "Nowadays, bandits are constantly happening in various places, and there are many robberies happening on the road. In order to protect the safety of the caravan, my boss hired more bodyguards, but there is no treason." meaning."
"Whether it is rebellion or not is not decided by you businessmen, but depends on what the Ming law says." Governor Liu said coldly.
Zhao Yutu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Sir, do you think our tiger-character flag has turned against the traitors?"
"Raising so many soldiers, isn't this treason?" Governor Liu snorted coldly, and then said, "What are you two doing in a daze? Why don't you get him quickly?"
The two men who had stopped rushed towards Zhao Yutu again.
Zhao Yutu did not resist and allowed the two men to capture him.
He just said in his mouth: "There is a saying that the government forces the people to rebel. Your Excellency, aren't you afraid that you will really push our Tiger Flag to that point and end up causing Datong to fall into the flames of war?"
"Are you threatening me?" Governor Liu's face suddenly darkened.
Zhao Yutu said coldly: "My proprietor only hopes to be in harmony with the adults in Datong so that we can share the money together as before. But if it really comes to that step, my proprietor is not afraid."
"You don't need to scare me. As long as you dare to raise the Tiger Flag to rebel, I will immediately send a large army to suppress you." Governor Liu said in a cold tone.
Hearing this, Zhao Yutu raised the corner of his mouth and said, "I wonder if your Excellency has received the news that the Commander-in-Chief has defeated the Beibei soldiers and captured no less than two thousand heads of the Beibei soldiers."
"What do you mean?" Governor Liu frowned slightly, not quite understanding why the other party suddenly mentioned these things.
Zhao Yutu said: "As far as the grassroots know, the Northern barbarians who invaded the border this time were said to have at least five or six thousand riders. But what is surprising is that before the army led by the General Soldier reached Xinping Fort, the Northern barbarians had already retreated to the grassland, and countless The herds of cattle and sheep were left outside Xinpingbao and no one cared about them. Unfortunately, the gate of Xinpingbao was closed. In the end, we took advantage of our tiger-character flag and got these cattle and sheep in vain. By the way, the person who picked up these cattle and sheep was my tiger-character flag. Those thousands of soldiers."
Governor Liu's eyes twitched.
How could he not understand that the other party was threatening him, telling him in a subtle way that the Beilu army was defeated by the Tiger Flag, and that all the herds brought by the Beilu fell into the hands of the Tiger Flag.
At this time, Du Wanyuan intervened and said: "Sir, Mr. Zhao is here this time to bring five thousand taels of silver."
As he spoke, he waved in the direction outside.
Several yamen servants from the governor's yamen came in from outside carrying wooden boxes.
The wooden boxes were arranged one after another in a row.
Du Wanyuan said to the government officials: "What are you doing standing still? Why don't you open the box quickly?"
As he finished speaking, several government officials opened the wooden boxes next to them.
An ingot of silver ingot appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the room seemed to be much brighter, with a little more silver light.
Governor Liu glanced at the silver in the wooden box, his expression softened, and he looked at Zhao Yutu and said, "I am planning to use the silver to silence my mouth."
"This is Your Excellency's money, the common people are just escorting it here for Your Excellency." Zhao Yutu said with a smile, the same as before when there was no threat.
Governor Liu seemed to have forgotten the previous unhappiness. He looked at several wooden boxes and then said to the government officials: "Stand back!"
Several government officials withdrew from the back office.
"You two, please come back too!" Governor Liu said to the two men who captured Zhao Yutu again.
The two men let go of Zhao Yutu and retreated.
Du Wanyuan walked to the wooden box and closed the lids one by one.
"Sir." Zhao Yutu intervened and said, "I, Tiger Character Banner, have no rebellious intentions, let alone go against the imperial court. In Datong, Tiger Character Flag is just a business, and we conduct business in a down-to-earth manner. Please don't be underestimated." People are deceived.”
Governor Liu reached out and picked up the tureen on the table, blew it on it and said, "Has Zhang Huai been bribed by you too?"
"General Zhang gave us Tiger Flag to escort 4,000 taels of cash. It will be delivered in a few days." Zhao Yutu explained.
