Chapter 3 Collecting Tolls, But Rejecting Treasure Banknotes After a rigorous inspection, the leading detective reached out to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "A carriage costs ten cents, a horse costs five cents, and each person costs one cent, totaling 110 cents."
"Give the money!"
"Why do you have to give it? That Ming law says that you have to give money when entering the county?" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. He could tolerate the previous things, but this one blocked the road to collect money, which already touched the bottom line of 'corruption and perversion of the law'. Originally, The good impression I had towards Ouyang Lun disappeared.
"Why are you so vicious, old man?"
"Let me ask you, along the way, what do you think of this road?"
The police chief seemed to have expected Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction and asked calmly.
"Smooth and magnanimous!" Queen Ma took the initiative to answer while Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry.
"Since you enjoy the comfort and ease of this cement road, why don't you pay? Do you want to have sex for nothing?" The chief of the policemen nodded and then asked.
As soon as these words came out, the four members of Zhu Yuanzhang's family were stunned. It seemed to make some sense.
"Master Detective, I would like to ask what the meaning of free prostitution is?" Zhu Di asked curiously.
"Haha, this comes from my county magistrate. Free prostitution means eating without paying. The magistrate led us to drive out of Kaiping Avenue day and night. We spent an unknown amount of energy and money. Let's take some of it. The toll is not exorbitant!”
"Nothing is too much, nothing is too much." Zhu Di nodded with some emotion.
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stared, and Zhu Di shrank his head and shut up.
"No matter what you say, setting up a card to charge privately is a violation of the Ming Dynasty's laws. I won't pay the money!" Zhu Yuanzhang said very firmly.
"If you don't pay the toll, you can't enter Kaiping County. Of course, if you are willing to cross the mountains and take the mountain trails, we will not stop you. However, I would like to remind you that there are wolves, tigers and leopards in the mountains, rugged roads, and many other things. It's still a cliff, and many people have risked their lives just to save tolls."
After the police chief finished speaking, he ignored Zhu Yuanzhang and his party.
"Dad, I think this detective is right. It's not worth it for us to take the mountain path in order to save a hundred cents." Zhu Biao advised.
"Chongba, please pay the money quickly. I want to see Anqing as soon as possible." Queen Ma said.
"Dad, I think there's nothing wrong with us paying to cross the road." Zhu Di thought to himself, if he had such a road, he would have to pay ten coins no matter what!
In addition, Zhu Di was still thinking that after his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, returned to Nanjing, he would have to have a good relationship with his fourth brother-in-law. By then, it would be great to build cement roads like this in the entire Peiping and collect the money!
"What do you know?" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "This is an evil trend and must not be encouraged!"
"Come on, let's take the mountain road to Kaiping County, we don't believe it yet!"
Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and left. Queen Ma, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and others had no choice. They knew Zhu Yuanzhang's character very well. Once he decided something, even eight horses could not bring him back.
"Mao Xiang, record it. Kaiping County Magistrate Ouyang Lun set up a checkpoint privately to collect money in violation of the law. When he returns, he will be investigated by the Ministry of Justice together with the previous matters."
"Yes."
The police officers did not stop Zhu Yuanzhang and his party from leaving. The county magistrate strictly ordered them to collect tolls.
It didn't take long.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his party returned to the toll station in embarrassment. One of the guards was slightly injured, but Zhu Yuanzhang stayed on the carriage and did not get off.
"Let us pass these 110 Wen."
Zhu Biao readily handed over a hundred-text treasure note and a ten-text Hongwu Tongbao.
They were unhappy because the mountain road was really not meant for people. They encountered a tiger as soon as they entered the mountain road. They managed to fight off the tiger, but then they saw a cliff road that could only pass half a person. If they were not careful, they would fall into the cliff and be shattered. Zhu Yuanzhang himself was not afraid, but what about Queen Ma and the injured guards?What's more, they carry stuff with the end, the only option was to return the same way.
However, the police chief only accepted Hongwu Tongbao, "Sorry, our Kaiping County does not accept Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, only silver and Tongbao."
The voice just fell.
The sound of cursing came from the carriage, accompanied by the sound of heavy stomping feet.
The corner of Zhu Biao's mouth twitched, and he secretly thought that his fourth brother-in-law had gone too far this time. Not only did he refuse to circulate the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, but he also collected cash openly. I wonder if this Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were his father's most prized work!
This is simply a slap in the face of his father, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang!
At this moment, the Ming Prince just wanted to work hard to save the life of his fourth brother-in-law.
"give him!"
The sound of Zhu Yuanzhang gnashing his teeth came from the carriage.
Zhu Biao decisively gave 110 Wen Tongbao, and the team was able to pass the toll station smoothly.
Inside the carriage.
"Mao Xiang."
"My subordinate is here." Mao Xiang rode outside the carriage and listened attentively.
"When you get to the Kaiping County Government Office, you and your people will go straight to the County Government Office and arrest Ouyang Lun. We will count the evidence of Ouyang Lun's crimes in front of the entire Kaiping County people, and then behead him in public!"
"We want to tell everyone in the world, even if it is our son-in-law, he will be killed if he commits corruption and perverts the law!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were full of murderous intent.
Corrupt officials, what we Lao Zhu hate most in his life are corrupt officials!
Building roads to make money, Ouyang Lun's method of making money is really ingenious!
Empress Ma wanted to speak out to persuade him, but she didn't speak when Zhu Yuanzhang was angry. Instead, she planned to wait until Zhu Yuanzhang's anger had subsided before speaking. There might be some twists and turns in the future. Her intuition told her that this matter might not be that serious. Simple.
Empress Ma believed in this intuition very much, because she felt that Zhu Yuanzhang could achieve great things, so she married him. Facts have proved that she was right. She also felt the same about her fourth son-in-law Ouyang Lun after three years of absence.
The motorcade continued to move along Kaiping Avenue, and more and more people began to walk on the road.
Hearing the bustling sounds outside, Queen Ma, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Di all looked out through the windows on both sides of the carriage.
"Wow! What a big wheat field over there! So much food!" Zhu Di exclaimed with his eyes widened.
"There are not only wheat fields, but also other crops. It seems that Kaiping County will have a good harvest this year." After Zhu Biao sighed, he quietly glanced at his father Zhu Yuanzhang. After hearing this, the latter's expression obviously changed. .
"This side is full of wheat fields! It's so golden and beautiful!" Queen Ma was excited. "It's been a long time since I've seen wheat fields growing so well."
"Chongpachi, look quickly, this is the land under your son-in-law's control!"
Zhu Yuanzhang muttered, "He, a scholar, knows how to farm, but we are the ones who know how to farm."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang had already stopped, his eyes gradually becoming excited. (End of this chapter)