Chapter 362: Sell in advance
After a short conversation, I realized that the young man didn't want to wade into troubled waters, so I let him leave.
Meng Changqing asked the man standing hunched in front of him, "How much money have you prepared to redeem people?"
Zheng Jiasheng raised his head slightly and replied: "The Yamen will give you as many villains as you want. If it is not enough, I will go home and find a way to make up."
"Oh, you didn't understand what I said." Meng Changqing said in a different way, "How much money do you have on hand to redeem this person?"
Zheng Jiasheng hesitantly said two words, "Two liang." Then he added, "If it's not enough, I can borrow it."
Meng Changqing laughed when he heard this.
Bafang didn't know the reason for her laughter. He thought she thought the person in front of him was ridiculous, so he also sneered.
When Zheng Jiasheng saw this, he thought the money was much worse. "The poor family is not rich. This is all I ask you to do. I beg you to raise your hand and let my brother go. It's not enough. I will find a way to borrow it."
He repeatedly mentioned that if you don’t have enough money, you can borrow it.
Meng Changqing asked, "If you borrow it, how much can you borrow?"
"...I can borrow two taels, no, three taels."
"You are really rich." Meng Changqing said, "It's a pity that it's not enough. Money alone can't do this.
The officer arrested them and asked them to do work. Four or five taels of silver can't solve the problem of a few people. If you want the Yamen to release them, in addition to paying the ransom, you also have to find someone else to go in. How about that? ”
Zheng Jiasheng was surprised, but he saw hope, "Okay!"
"Ah?" Bafang looked at Zheng Jiasheng with disbelief on his face. This man is really crazy.
"Are you willing to go in?" Meng Changqing raised his head and called for someone, "Zhou Xing, prepare the hemp rope."
"No, no, no." Zheng Jiasheng explained in a panic, "I didn't say it had to be me. I have a daughter at home who has good physical strength and can work."
He was so angry that his nostrils dilated, what a piece of shit!
"I still know a little bit about your family's situation." Meng Changqing said calmly, "It's a pity that your daughter has separated from you, and you have no right to be her master."
Zheng Jiasheng said: "The villain is her biological father after all. Even if the family is divided, she still has to listen to me. Master, just send someone to arrest her."
"Sheng from the Zheng family." Meng Changqing looked at him and said, "Although you have an honest face, your intentions are very vicious and you are very courageous. You are so bold that you dare to bargain with me."
At this time, Zhou Xing had already stood aside with a hemp rope, and Meng Changqing said, "Tie him up."
Zheng Jiasheng knelt down in panic and begged for mercy, but his body did not dare to make any evasive movements, allowing Zhou Xing to tie him up tightly. "Don't be afraid." Meng Changqing said, "Although I have a bad temper, I won't really do anything to you just because of a few nonsense words.
Just go home like this and ask Li Erfang to untie it in the village.
Don't untie it halfway, I won't send anyone to follow you, but if I ask you later and I know you are being naughty, you will not have a good life. ”
"Let him go like this?" Bafang watched Zheng Jiasheng walk away, wishing he could catch up and make up for it, "He is so annoying, is this it?"
Meng Changqing asked: "What if it's not the case?"
"Lock him up and go with his brother."
"That's really an advantage for him." Meng Changqing thought that the scene was funny, but he quickly got down to business, "Help me grind and cut the paper, I want to draw a picture."
Bafang followed Meng Changqing and muttered as he walked to the study, "You are so talkative, so talkative! How can they be afraid of you in the future?"
Meng Changqing said, "As a county magistrate, no matter what happens in private, I have to be fair in what I do on the surface.
In what name should I punish him? Because his words are irritating and have bad intentions? Neither of these is illegal.
If you feel unhappy, it's because you haven't mastered cultivation. Why should you be angry with him? Is his language that offensive?
I don't think it's because you listened to him too carefully. For a person like him, you can listen to what he says nicely, but ignore what he says badly. ”
When Bafang heard what she said, the clouds that had gathered in his heart instantly dispersed, "It makes sense, I treated him like a dog barking."
"You still have to speak in a civilized manner!" Meng Changqing said, "From now on, you will be fined five cents for saying a bad word."
Everyone in all directions immediately began to wail.
The howl returns, but the matter at hand is not delayed at all.
He quickly arranged the desk, doily and drawing paper, "Master, are you in such a good mood today? Why do you think of painting?"
"As a painter, when have you ever seen me paint when I'm in a good mood?"
Bafang looked aside and saw Meng Changqing leaving many horizontal and vertical lines, and quickly realized, "You want to draw a house?"
"I'll draw a few more pictures and post them on the new storefront."
"Post it? What to do? Ask people to appreciate it in advance?"
Meng Changqing has never been too showy to the people around him, "If you sell it in advance, don't they have money? Zheng Linsheng can scrape together five taels. In the entire Beishan County, the county government has the least money."