Since even Fatty Chen said not to provoke the black market, Ergouzi gave in and let them do it. A few days later, a foundation-building monk came to the county government office, and Huang Laocai warmly received him. "You're not high enough, let your county guard come to see me!" The foundation-building monk sat down on the chair, raised his legs, and drove Huang Laocai out. When Er Gouzi came, he saw the foundation builder sitting carelessly in the hall. When he saw Er Gouzi didn't get up, he just raised his eyelids. "Are you the governor of Sanyang County? I have admired Zhang Qingtian for a long time. You are indeed a young hero." This person was in the late stage of foundation building. In front of Er Gouzi, who seemed to be in the early stage of foundation building, he seemed to regard himself as an elder and looked at Er Gouzi with a look of admiration for a junior. "Who are you?" Ergouzi walked to the main seat and sat down. He also crossed his legs and casually leaned on the back of the chair and asked. "I am the black market's guardian envoy in Sanyang County. You can just call me the envoy."
"You should have heard the letter from the past few days. We will open a black market in Sanyang County and the counties under its jurisdiction." "I hope to get Mr. Zhang's cooperation, and we will give you a few shops for free." This person, who was called the Guardian, felt that he was not respected enough and was a little unhappy. He made his request straight to the point and offered some benefits. "I wonder how the Guardian Envoy needs me to cooperate?" Ergouzi kept his posture unchanged and asked with his legs crossed. "The place where the black market used to be is now filled with civilians. Master Zhang needs to expel these civilians." Black markets in several small counties are open underground. The black market in Sanyang County is relatively large, and it is not underground. Instead, surround it with a very high wall, and then arrange a formation to completely cover the area. Now the formation covering the black market has long since failed. It is filled with ordinary people and even a market has been opened. Now the black market wants Ergouzi to drive these people away to free up this place. "As we all know, I have always loved the people as my sons. I deeply hate this kind of expelling the people under my rule." Ergouzi looked honest and honest. He was telling the truth this time. The people of Sanyang County were his crops, so of course they had to protect them. I toss and toss every day and destroy my own crops. "Since Mr. Zhang cherishes his reputation and cannot take action, then we will take action!" "No, as the governor of Sanyang County, I have the responsibility to protect the environment and the people." Ergouzi still refused. In his territory, he couldn't even tolerate the black market. How can you let others come to your own territory to expel the people? He is a farmer. How can he let others cultivate his own land? Do the crops that grow still belong to him? "What do you want?"
At this time, the messenger guard was already a little angry, feeling that Er Gouzi was deliberately obstructing him. “The black market must compensate local residents with three times their wealth.” Ergouzi looked directly into the guard's eyes and said firmly. "You're crazy. Just kill a dozen or twenty of those unruly people, whip them a few times and run away without spending a single coin." "It's a waste of money, why don't you and I just share it!" The guard guard looked at Er Gouzi with an incredulous look. He has lived for more than 100 years and traveled all over the country for so many years, but he has never seen such a pedantic and ignorant official. "Master Zhang, Zhang Qingtian, everyone calls you Master Qingtian. It's enough for everyone to just act like this. Are you still serious about it?" "As a person and an official, you must understand changes. If you are so pedantic, it will be difficult for you to integrate into the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and even the entire world of immortality will have no place for you." At this moment, in the eyes of Messenger Wei, Er Gouzi is like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world, a fool! "Since Ambassador Wei also said that we must understand changes, it is better to follow the local customs." "Three times the wealth of a few hundred ordinary households is just a drop in the bucket for the black market. Why be so stingy." Unexpectedly, there are times when Ergouzi can teach others not to be too stingy. This is also true. For hundreds of civilian families, even wealthy businessmen with huge fortunes, their combined wealth is worth at most one or two spiritual stones. For these hundreds of households, if they were compensated at three times the standard, dozens of spiritual stones would be enough. “This is not a matter of how many spirit stones are spent, but about the most basic principles. When dealing with unruly people, you can beat or kill them, but never give in, so as not to encourage unruly people. Once you give in, these unscrupulous people will attack you. Where is the official authority? How will you convince the public in the future? " "These are principles that everyone in the official circles of the Great Zhou Dynasty knows. Isn't it possible that Mr. Zhang has never learned them?" "I'm just a farmer. I only know how to farm. I can't even read a few baskets of Chinese characters. How can I understand such profound principles?" Ergouzi said honestly and honestly. The envoy Wei looked at Er Gouzi, who was dressed in coarse cloth, had skin the color of soy sauce that had been exposed to the sun for a long time, and had a simple and honest face. Compared with other officials, he is indeed more like a farmer farming in the village. "Okay, I'll do as the Romans do, but it's absolutely impossible to get three times the amount. I'll compensate you with double the amount at most." After several rounds of bargaining between the two, Ergouzi finally had no choice but to take a step back. Something was better than nothing. Next, he asked his men to go to the places where the black markets were originally located and arrange for the relocation of local residents. After receiving double compensation, most of the residents moved away in fear of the majesty of the officials. But with a few exceptions, this area has now become a market with many shops.
As long as these merchants keep their shops, they can make a lot of money every day. For them, it is like a cash cow. Even if they are compensated twice now, they still lose a lot. Taking this money is equivalent to losing the source of money. Where can they find such a good way to make money in the future? So dozens of households are unwilling to move away, and the matter has been delayed. That night, a burst of crying suddenly came from the market. When the patrol team in the city arrived, they found that several merchants had been wiped out. Men, women, old and young fell in a pool of blood, and even the guard dog at home was killed. Er Gouzi was furious and went to find the Wei envoy that night. "I'm sleeping at home, what does it have to do with me?" "Maybe the security in the city is too poor, and the thieves came to the door!" The Wei envoy said lazily with an indifferent look, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes. "Since I became the governor of Sanyang County, there has been no thief who killed people and wiped out the whole family in the city for eight years." "When I find the murderer, I will definitely bring him to justice..." ... After this incident of family annihilation in the market, other merchants were indeed scared. The next day, they all took the money and moved out obediently. The Wei envoy gave Er Gouzi three relatively large shops as agreed. Other small county towns are also implementing this method. Probably because they heard about the tragedy of family annihilation in the county town, the progress in the small county towns was also smooth.