Hope for luck

Chapter 56
There is a large mansion in the west of Dantang County. This is Zhou Zhengxin's house.

In addition to the main courtyard with three entrances, there are many other courtyards beside it, which are full of style at first glance.

Different from Du's courtyard, Zhou Zhengxin's mansion is more solemn and less luxurious.

At this moment, in the backyard, Zhou Zhengxin was lying on a rocking chair, squinting his eyes and enjoying.

Beside him was his wife, who was peeling the fruit with her own hands and putting it into his mouth, and not far away were some maidservants, Zhou Zhengxin looked very comfortable at this moment!

"Master...Master, someone is looking for you outside, saying that something serious has happened to the county government!"

At this moment, a maid broke Zhou Zhengxin's comfort at the moment and rushed in to deliver a message.

This made Zhou Zhengxin frowned. After looking at the lady beside him, he said something warmly, then got up and walked towards the front yard.

When he came to the front yard, Zhou Zhengxin saw that it was his Zandian, his own clerk, who came to deliver the message.

"My lord, something happened. When Mr. Gao interrogated Du Xiangming, Du Xiangming was so angry that he died in the courtroom. Now his body is being paraded in the street!"

After seeing Zhou Zhengxin coming out, this Zandian quickly talked about his intentions, his face was full of horror.

"What?! Where's Du Xiangjun? Didn't they go to the county government to make trouble? Just watched his brother get killed by Gao Pan?"

Zhou Zhengxin was also very horrified. He didn't expect Du Xiangming to die. Now the enmity and Liangzi between the Du family and Gao Pan were completely settled.

It gave Zhou Zhengxin the illusion that it was a good thing for him.

"Du Xiangjun and the others did come to the county government early in the morning, but Mr. Gao ignored them at all and took them directly to the court, where he interrogated Du Xiangming..."

This Zandian quickly talked about all the things that happened in the county government court.

After Zhou Zhengxin heard this, his expression changed drastically. He hid at home for leisure on the grounds that he was sick, just to see if Du Xiangjun could make Gao Pan bow his head.

But in the end, after hearing such a horrifying result, Gao Pan didn't bow his head, but indirectly killed Du Xiangming, and suppressed all the squires, leaving them speechless and afraid to make trouble again!
He has been waiting for good news to come from the county government office. In the end, this is the news?

After thinking about it, Zhou Zhengxin hastily called out:
"Come on, prepare the sedan chair, master, I want to go out!"

As he said, he ordered Zandian to go back to the county government first, and report to Gao Pan in time if he made any moves.

Seeing Zan Dian leave, Zhou Zhengxin took his official sedan chair and headed towards the east of the city. It seemed that he was going to Du's house.

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"My lord, if everyone in this county is really allowed to borrow money, how can our county government get out so much money? Besides, if someone deliberately ransacked, and one person borrowed 100 taels of silver, 100 people would be 1 taels of silver... ..."

In Dantang County Yamen, in Gao Pan's father-in-law's room, Deng Wenshan was talking to Gao Pan worriedly at this moment.

Du Xiangming was sentenced to death, but before the execution, he had already died in anger. To Du Xiangjun and others, it was tantamount to killing chickens to warn monkeys!
In the end, Du Xiangjun just had a gloomy face, looked up a few more times, and left the county office without saying a word.

But Du Xiangjun, who is the leader, is so 'indifferent', and the rest of the gentry outsiders seem to have no backbone.

Coupled with the crimes Du Xiangming was sentenced to, they felt terrified in their hearts. Who can guarantee that their buttocks are clean?
Those squires outside the country have more or less done some things about violent collection.

But before, they believed that repaying debts was a matter of course. Naturally, when facing people who owed debts, they had no scruples and could do anything.

But Gao Pan's actions are warning them that if they dare to question, Gao Pan will immediately find out their old accounts. At that time, they will be jailed or even lose their heads!
Faced with such a situation, who would dare to question Gao Pan again?

They all left the county government office silently, the source of income was cut off, and they can be found again, but if their lives are gone, what else is there to talk about?

Gao Pan had expected this situation a long time ago, and was not surprised. He was just thinking about how they would retaliate against him next!
Gao Pan also had a plan for Deng Wenshan's doubts at this moment, and waved his hand lightly, motioning to Yin Wei'an at the side to send a document to Deng Wenshan.

"These are some rules for borrowing money that I have sorted out. I calculated and calculated. Even a family of four needs at most five taels of silver a year. Therefore, if there is a person who is enthroned on the household registration, one household can only borrow five taels. The rest No borrowing at all."

After watching Deng Wenshan flip through the documents, Gao Pan explained to him softly. Deng Wenshan also thought of him, making Gao Pan treat him as one of his own.

"Besides, if you don't pay back when it's due, you will be blacklisted. From then on, no one in the whole family can borrow any more money, and the next year's tax will be levied by [-]% more!"

Gao Pan calmly talked about the county government's rules for borrowing money. In Gao Pan's view, if he still doesn't want to pay back the [-]% annual interest, he can only take some necessary measures.

When Deng Wenshan heard this, his eyes lit up first, and then he frowned again:

"My lord, even so, there is still a huge shortage of money. Where can we get so much money?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Pan said disapprovingly:

"I'll take care of the money matters. What you have to do is sort out the number of people registered in the household registration, rent a room next to the county government office, and hire a few clerks and accountants to work independently. The name is Dantang County Yamen. The money bank, first hang it under the name of your household, and it will be under your direct management, and you will be responsible to this official!"

Seeing that Deng Wenshan hesitated, Gao Pan asked with a smile:

"Why? We won't be able to get out even this amount of principal in our warehouse, right?"

When Deng Wenshan heard the words, he came back to his senses in an instant, and said solemnly:
"My lord, this matter... I have never done this before, I am afraid that there will be mistakes. Besides, should I ask the magistrate or the court for instructions for the new government office?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Pan waved his hands indifferently and said:

"This is just a special office in this county, not a government office set up by the imperial court. You can understand that it is an industry under your own name and that of the official, but with an official license..."

Seeing that Deng Wenshan looked a little timid again, Gao Pan couldn't help scolding:
"As for what you said about being incompetent, don't you do a good job in household affairs? There is nothing to do in the bank. It's nothing more than taking out accounts and taking care of them. My request is very simple, as long as it doesn't touch the bottom line. Things, just let go and do it!"

Gao Pan's words made Deng Wenshan stunned, this was the first time he heard such bold and provocative words.

Seeing that Gao Pan seemed to have considered everything, as long as he was going to implement it, Deng Wenshan no longer had any doubts, and nodded heavily, as if he had taken over this important task.

(End of this chapter)