I'm a marquis in Datang

Originally Du Qi listened to Wang Gan's words and wanted to attack Road Hog.Unfortunately, after he walked along the way to inquire about it, the Road Hog mentioned by Wang Gan had disappeared, and these people didn't even commit murder anymore.

After all, Du Qi had no evidence.

So Du Qi stayed for a while, then continued on his way.The group left the territory of Gaochang County, then continued westward and entered Puchang County.This Puchang County is the easternmost county in Gaochang Prefecture. It is developing very well and its economy is very prosperous.

After Du Qi entered, he made private visits along the way.

The people around are living a good life, and they all have extra money.At the beginning of April, Du Qi and his party approached the county seat of Puchang County, and at this time, there were more businessmen coming and going on the official road.

The horse-drawn carriages are on their way, all of which are transporting goods, either leaving or going, which is quite prosperous.However, the group of people walked forward for about two miles, and when they were less than three or four miles away from the county seat, they saw that the official road ahead suddenly became crowded.

All the horse-drawn carriages on their way stopped.

Du Qi's carriage also stopped, because the road ahead was already full of people, and it was impossible to move forward.Du Qi raised the curtain of the carriage, looked forward, and saw the crowded situation on the official road ahead.He frowned and ordered

: "Liu Jian, go ask and see what's going on in the official road ahead?"

"Yes!"

Liu Jian got the order and went forward immediately.

He inquired for a while before returning to Du Qi's side, reporting: "My lord, the reason why the road ahead is congested is because there is a checkpoint set up on the official road ahead, and all merchants entering and leaving Gaochang City have to pay a certain amount of money." Money. The payment is not much, five renminbi for a small amount of goods, and ten renminbi for a large amount of goods. Because there are checkpoints, even if ordinary people do not charge money when entering and leaving the checkpoint, they will be affected to a certain extent, resulting in being blocked the way."

Du Qi narrowed his eyes and asked with a cold expression, "Is this arranged by the government?"

"no!"

Liu Jian shook his head and said, "The checkpoint was set up privately. The person who set up the checkpoint is Guan Zhilan, known as Prince Puchang, the youngest son of Guan Yi, the county magistrate of Puchang. Guan Zhilan is not very old, probably nearly twenty years old. He He is very greedy for money, but he has never been greedy for money, he only collected money moderately."

After a pause, Liu Jian said again: "Just like the checkpoints set up, for businessmen, five pennies and ten pennies are actually a drop in the bucket. It takes a little money to solve the problem, and no one says anything, so Everyone defaulted to the checkpoint. What's more, Guan Zhilan is the son of Guan Yi, and Guan Yi is the county magistrate, which is equivalent to the emperor of Puchang County.

Dare to say anything. "

Du Qi said: "I really don't know if I don't see it. I was shocked when I saw it. I didn't go to the bottom to search, so I couldn't know about this situation. Come and walk around to know these things."

Liu Jian stopped talking.

He knew that Du Qi must be angry.

Shangguan Yi said: "Your Majesty, please give me an order to arrange for people to enter the city quickly and take Guan Yi down for questioning."

"Don't worry." Du Qi shook his head and said, "After we enter Puchang County, we will learn more about the local situation. I don't care about Guan Zhilan's situation for the time being, and let him collect money."

"Yes!"

Shangguanyi responded immediately.

Du Qi didn't say any more, and after waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the group went straight through the border and entered the county seat.Although Puchang County is not as prosperous as Gaochang County, it is still lively enough.

Many merchants come and go.

Many goods are sold here.

When it was almost noon, Du Qi and his party were ready to have lunch.The group of them did not go to a high-end restaurant, but directly

I chose a restaurant in the city to drink and eat meat.

There is wine and meat, enough!

Because it is a roadside stall, there are quite a lot of people in such a restaurant. Even though the location chosen by Du Qi and his party is a bit remote, there are actually a lot of people who come to eat. They are all middle-aged people who work hard. Everyone eats Chatting while eating.

Du Qi and his group ate and drank slowly, they were the slowest.However, more people eat more, even if it is slower, the shopkeeper of the restaurant greets them with a smile.In the end, only Du Qi and his party were left eating.

Seeing that the shopkeeper was free for a while, Du Qi looked at the shopkeeper of the restaurant and asked, "Shopkeeper, this is the first time I've come to Puchang County. I heard that Prince Guan Zhilan of Puchang set up checkpoints to rob money. I'm afraid this person behaves like this. It’s not right. The county magistrate Guan Yi doesn’t care about it.”

The shopkeeper was injured and kept washing dishes, and said in his mouth: "This is the first time for the guest officer, so it's normal if you don't know. Guan Yi has three sons under his knees, but the first two died, and only Guan Zhilan, the youngest son, is left. Well, how could it be possible to control it."

"What's more, everyone knows that Guan Zhilan is smart, and the money he charges is not too much. It's just a few pennies, at most ten pennies. Therefore, no one cares about it. After all, the money involved is not much, and it doesn't involve To ordinary people. Ordinary people can pass the official road without being affected at all."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "So even if Guan Zhilan collects the money, it won't have any effect."

Chapter 902 Summoned

Summon

After listening to the shopkeeper's words, Du Qi roughly understood.

It is true that Guan Zhilan set up a pretense to make money, but what he did was within certain limits.The businessman could bear it, so he chose to endure without suing.Guan Yi is the official of the parents, and angering Guan Yi is tantamount to angering the local bully in Puchang County.

It's absolutely not worth it.

So far, Guan Zhilan is still rampant in Puchang County.

Du Qi changed the subject and said, "The shopkeeper, Guan Yi pampered his son and allowed him to do anything wrong. From the looks of it, Guan Yi, the county magistrate, is probably not very good. He must be a corrupt official."

The shopkeeper shook his head and said: "If you want to say this, it's really not true. As the county magistrate, Guan Yi loves the people, is honest and upright, which is quite good. The reason why Puchang County is what it is today is all thanks to the magistrate Guan. It's just him This son is just a little incompetent. Whether it is Guan Yi's official style or Guan Yi's ability, they are all excellent."

After a pause, the shopkeeper continued: "Just like I just called him by his first name. In other places, if you dare to call the county master by his name, that would be a serious crime, and you might have to be punished. Our Master Guan, as long as you don't break the law, even if you call him by your first name, he won't hold you accountable."

Du Qi asked, "How do you know?"

The shopkeeper said: "Someone used to call Guan Yi's name directly, but was arrested by a businessman who wanted to curry favor with Guan Yi. That is to say, the name is just a code name, there is no problem in calling him by his name, as long as there is no violation of law or discipline, everything is easy to talk about.”

"Since then, everyone knows."

Speaking of the county magistrate, the shopkeeper became interested. After all, there is no business now, so the shopkeeper continued: "But our county magistrate Guan is not a soft-hearted person. He has a very hot temper."

"He handles government affairs, which is extremely strict. But anyone who does not follow the rules, or breaks the law, will be severely punished. You can call him by his name, but it is absolutely not allowed to break the law."

"Otherwise, you will be severely punished."

The shopkeeper said: "It's just his son, there's no way. After all, no one is perfect, and Guan Zhilan also kept Guan Yi from it. No one told Guan Yi the news, so naturally Guan Yi didn't know about it."

Du Qidao: "In that case, I'd like to meet our County Magistrate Guan."

The shopkeeper said: "This young master has come from a long way. If he is a businessman, he would like to meet Guan

County magistrate, you only need to post a post, and you can see it.Because the magistrate of Guan County has always strongly supported the merchants, and he hoped that the merchants would do business in the city.This matter is well known.You only need to ask a little bit, and you will know everything. "

Du Qi also laughed when he heard this.

This is a good thing.

Du Qi chatted with the shopkeeper for a while, and after understanding Guan Yi's situation clearly, the shopkeeper finally got busy, and Du Qi and his party also left.The group wandered around the city again, continued to learn about the situation in Puchang County, and finally found an inn in the city to stay.

To inquire about the situation, one must stay.

In the room, the host and guest are seated.