A poor hero

"Want to leave? It's not that easy. Shen Qian, go and close the door. I want to report it to the official."

Chen Chen shouted loudly.

Shen Qian was obedient and immediately ran over, closed the door, and stood guard at the door.

Shen Nan saw her sister guarding the door and ran over to help.

"Son-in-law Dadong, wouldn't it be great if they left? Why did you stop them?"

"It's just that these people are not easy to mess with. It's better to drive them away and prevent them from entering the village in the future."

……

The villagers didn't know what Chen Chen was going to do, so they asked curiously.

Scar Leopard slowly stopped, and after a while, turned around.

He stared at Chen Chen with cold eyes and a wicked smile on his face, "Boy, you won't let me leave? I'm not leaving now. Let's see what you can do to me."

When Chen Chen was chatting with Master Jiaoyu yesterday, he made it clear that the Ming Dynasty's legal interest rate was only three cents.

Although people usually do not hold officials accountable.

But Scar Leopard was too cruel this time. If he went to court, even if there were people in his government, he would be covered in blood no matter what.

If it were somewhere else, Chen Chen might be a little worried about Scar Leopard's revenge.

But this is in Shen Village, not Scar Leopard's territory.

Clan power has always been important in rural areas. Although there are usually conflicts within the village, as long as they are external, they will all share the same hatred.

Chen Chen's strength is weak, but he is stronger than using external forces to help him.

Whether it was Chen Chang coming to fight or arguing with the cloth store clerk, he always had the upper hand, taking advantage of the situation to build momentum and defeat all monsters and monsters.

So Chen Chen said with a smile: "Scarred Leopard, you came to my father-in-law's house to blackmail me, and now you can't leave even if you want to."

Scar Leopard was stunned.

He thought to himself: What's going on with this kid? He just ignored Shen Dadong, and now he's acting out of character and starting to make trouble for Shen Dadong.

But he thought about it and realized that he was just collecting debts, not killing people or setting fires.

In this large public place, it is impossible for this boy Chen Chen to find an opportunity to frame himself like he did just now.

"The IOU is now with Shen Dadong. You can take a look at it. It is only natural to pay back debts."

"This time, you kid, even if you tell lies, it's my fault. I'm not afraid of you no matter where you go. It's my responsibility to sue the government."

A hint of ridicule flashed across the corner of Scar Leopard's mouth, and he spoke proudly.

Chen Chen looked at the villagers and said in a gentle tone, "Folks, come here to comment. I borrowed two taels of silver and charged eight taels of interest for three days. Can you tell me whether this is blackmail?"

The onlookers were shocked, although they had been mentally prepared in advance.

But they didn't expect that they were still shocked when they heard Chen Chen mention the interest rate.

The interest rate is simply ridiculously high.

I simply don’t believe that this was signed by Shen Dadong voluntarily.

So they started talking one after another.

"Dadong must have taken the courage of a leopard! Dare you borrow money at this interest rate?"

"I guess Dadong was deceived. Looking at how useless he is, who would dare to lend him money?"

"That's right, Dadong doesn't know how to read, so he must have been deceived."

……

The villagers glared at Scar Leopard fiercely, as if they wanted to kill him with their eyes.

Shen Dadong lowered his head, blushed, and did not say a word.

When the eldest lady heard this, her anger that had not subsided became aroused again.

She even took a stick and beat her son.

The beaten Shen Dadong kept begging for mercy and said that he was deceived by Scar Bao and Shen Erkui.

Scar Leopard's face turned a little green, a vein on his forehead swelled out, and several veins on his face connected to the sunken area were twitching.

His intestines, stomach and internal organs also turned into dry wood in the fire, burning up.

He was furious, his eyes were as big as his fists, "Shen Dadong, are you looking for death? Did I fucking press your pledge? Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai, one was willing to hit and the other was willing to suffer, who can you blame now?"

Then he turned to Chen Chen and cursed: "What are you going to do, kid? This is something Shen Dadong and I agree on, and there's no point in going back on it."

When the villagers heard this, they thought it made sense.

Just now, Patriarch Shen saw this IOU and knew that Shen Dadong had signed it, so he left here and stopped defending Shen Dadong.

"It belongs to Shen Qian's family. Although the interest rate is too high, after all, Shen Dadong signed it voluntarily. We have no reason!"

"That's right, if you want to blame me, it's Dadong who doesn't know people with his eyesight. He doesn't even know he was deceived."

"Chen Qian's family, let them go. We will still lose if we report to the official. We will learn a lesson next time."

……

Chen Chen smiled.

If he wasn't sure, he wouldn't bring it up.

So he first bent down and bowed to the villagers to express his gratitude.

Then he angrily scolded Scar Leopard, "Scar Leopard, the government has explicitly restricted the monthly profit to no more than three cents. You are defying the law, openly provoking the government, and charging several times the high interest rate in three days. I really think there is nothing the county can do. you?"

When Scar Leopard heard this, his face flushed with anxiety, beads of sweat fell down, his face was so red that he even stuttered when speaking.

Because he clearly remembered what his backstage officials said.

The Ming Dynasty Law clearly stipulates that the monthly interest on interest money cannot exceed three cents, otherwise both the borrower and the borrower will be severely punished.

He usually lends interest, although it is more than three points stipulated in the Ming Dynasty Law, but he has never taken interest that doubled in three days like now.

Shen Dadong's IOU was made by Shen Erkui in collusion with Scar Leopard in order to defraud Shen Dadong's house.

The victims who usually lend money are afraid of him and dare not go to the government to complain.

The people do not pursue the officials and do not hold them to account.

Now that Chen Chen has caught him lending money at high interest rates, even though he has people in the government, he still has to spend a lot of money to get out.

After a while.

Scared Leopard gritted his teeth and said: "Boy, you are so powerful, but have you forgotten that both the borrower and the lender will be severely punished? What's more, there are people in my government, and it will only be your father-in-law who will be severely punished."

When Shen Dadong heard that he would be severely punished by the government, he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead.

Before Chen Chen could say anything, he hurriedly said: "I won't report to the official, I won't report to the official, and I don't want the money."

Chen Chen smiled and said in a cold voice, "It's not like I'm being severely punished. I don't care. What's more, what if you have someone in the government? It's not like you have to spend a lot of money to ask him to help you."

Scared Leopard drooped his head, looking helpless.

He felt that what Chen Chen said was so right. The appetite of the government's backstage was getting bigger and bigger, so much that he had a headache every time he saw it.

If you go to the backstage for help on this matter, you might get a lot of money blackmailed.

Relying on violence, there are only two of them, so they really can't defeat the people in Shen Village.

This time against Chen Chen, he had no choice.

So he lowered his head and compromised: "Dadong son-in-law, what do you want to do? I will compromise and I will listen to you."

Chen Chen nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Bao, you are also a figure in Dongzhen. The interest will be calculated at six points and you will take away your principal and interest."

Scar Leopard was quite happy, he only took three copper coins, and left the silver and the rest of the copper coins before leaving.

Chen Chen saw that his goal had been achieved, so he couldn't go too far.

After beating someone, you always have to give someone a few sweet dates.

So he picked up the copper coins and called out to Scared Leopard, "Brother Bao, wait, it's my fault, Chen Chen, for letting you see blood here today. These copper coins should be considered as an apology to you."