freenovelworld Chapter 1188 So Much Money
Chapter 1188 So Much Money
There will be more people coming in the future.
In addition to those from the villages below, there are also many from the county town.
The county magistrate looked at the huge crowd and fell silent.
Zhou Guo said: "See? They are all people who have been exploited by these four families. People are still coming in continuously. Sir, these families are not innocent. Their prosperous days were snatched from so many people. The people of Fengfei County are suffering."
The county magistrate's eyes were red. He originally thought that as long as these families did not go too far, everyone could live in peace. However, he did not expect that so many things were happening every day in the corners he could not see?
Among these people, some had their wives and daughters robbed, and some had their sons robbed. The children they had raised well were forcibly taken away by one of the families who took a fancy to them.
The family is ruined!
Some of the fertile farmland that was occupied was taken away by fraud, and some was even directly encircled.
There were also people who were attracted by the feng shui of their ancestral tombs and simply dug up their ancestral tombs to seize the Feng Shui treasure land.
Even some ancestral shops in the county town were robbed. Not only were the shops robbed, but the entire family became servants and slaves of other people's families, and all the property in the house belonged to other people.
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There were so many of them that Zhou Guo became numb from listening to them.
The yamen had been open for three days, but there were still so many people gathered at the gate of the yamen. I even heard that some of them were from the neighboring counties. Several families had industries and grievances in the neighboring counties, but had no place to file complaints in their own county, so they came here specifically to let the county magistrate make the decision.
“Why are there so many people here?” The county magistrate couldn’t understand it, especially since the Zhou family hadn’t been back for many years, but many people had sued his family, most of whom had their land occupied.
You may be growing crops on your own land just fine, but suddenly one day, the land and the crops on it become someone else’s.
Zhou Guo said: "I have to ask you, sir. You have been here for five or six years. How did you let them do these things under your nose? You really don't know?"
He's the county magistrate, the chief official of a county. How could he not have heard a word of such a big thing happening under his jurisdiction?
The county magistrate wiped the sweat off his head, looking ashamed, "Shame on me, shame on me, it's my fault for being useless and timid."
How could I not hear it?
But he was a lone commander, so how could he fight against the local tyrants? He had thought about investigating, but every time he thought about investigating, inexplicable things always happened around him, and he almost lost his life several times. How could he dare to investigate?
He looked at Zhou Guo curiously, "Sir, has anything unpleasant happened to you recently?"
Zhou Guo waved his hand and said, "No, it went very smoothly."
She knew what he was talking about, but she had many capable people around her, and these scoundrels couldn't even get close to her, let alone cause any trouble.
As more and more things were uncovered, the crimes of several families became more and more serious, and there was no possibility of turning things around.
On the other side, the families who were locked up at home felt as if the sky had fallen and were extremely anxious.
"Didn't we say that this little adult is already ours? We gave her so much money, why did she do this behind our back? Did we make a mistake? We are in the same boat."
"Yes, each of our families gave a lot of tributes. Didn't she accept the gold and jewelry? Accepting it means she agreed!"
"Shut up, can't you see that we've been tricked? She looks young, her hair hasn't even grown out yet, but she has such a mind and means!"
Every family was discussing this matter. When they heard that the government had given people a wide berth and that ordinary people could just come to the higher authorities with their grievances, they panicked. Was this a deliberate attempt to punish them?
Wu Lazi received good things from her family every day, including gold, silver, jewelry, silks and satins, which were very valuable.
She accepted all the gifts, accepting them with a smile and placing them on Zhou Guo's desk.
"Sir, these families are really rich. They not only give us money, but also give other brothers a lot of money! Such a small place can store so much gold!"
Zhou Guo looked through these good things one by one and said with a smile, "That's it. If we put these things into the county government's treasury, the county government's treasury will be well-stocked. Next spring, the whole county won't have to worry about the spring ploughing."
It was the first time for the county magistrate to see so much money. He was stunned after hearing Zhou Guo's words, "Sir, are you saying that these things are to be paid to the county government?"
He thought Zhou Guo was going to take it away, but he didn't expect that he was going to leave it to the county government. "Well, these families are very wealthy!"
Zhou Guo pointed outside and said, "Do you see the people outside who are complaining about their grievances on the street? Since you have allowed them to complain, there must be a result. If there is a result, they must be compensated. If they have taken other people's things, they must return them. In addition, they must be compensated. Haven't they suffered in vain for so many years?
The compensation should be based on the severity of the crime. More should be paid for serious crimes, and less should be paid for minor crimes. We cannot not pay. After paying these people, what little property is left should be left to the county government."
The county magistrate was stunned again. "So much, all compensation?"
There are so many people here. Even if they are as wealthy as the few families here, do they have so much to lose?
Zhou Guo said: "Since they can rob and take, they must have something to compensate. It's impossible to make a loss by robbing, right?"
If it would be a loss, these people wouldn't rob.
Wu Lazi nodded, "Yes, if someone wants to rob something, they must have valued its value. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worth the effort."
It's a business that guarantees profit, so in recent years even the county government has been so poor that it can only afford to eat porridge, but the four major families are all rich.
The people who were reluctant to go back home were also unable to calm down. Everyone was discussing what the county government meant by this and whether it would be useful.
"Why is it useless? There are so many of us, at least several thousand. With so many people, how can the county magistrate not listen to us? Let those bad guys go unpunished? Then why did he ask us to seek justice?"
"Have you heard? The cause of this incident is that a few families robbed our relief grain. The grain had just been distributed and hadn't even warmed up yet, but they were sued! Just think about it, the county government just distributed it, and they robbed it. Isn't this a slap in the face of the county government? I think these families are really finished this time, it's like this."
Everyone nodded and encouraged themselves. Even if they couldn't finish it, they would have to make a few companies bleed and be punished.
As more and more people followed suit, this unjust case seemed to have no end.
As the New Year draws closer, they are still staying in this small county, showing no signs of leaving.
Qian Duo and Wu Jiang both wrote to him, so Zhou Guo had no choice but to write to them. He was afraid that he would have to spend the New Year in Fengfei County.
Fortunately, this year was very meaningful and lively.
Fengfei County is unprecedentedly lively.
Zhou Guo has been calculating the assets of several families these days. The more he calculated, the more he shook his head. Fengfei County is so small and poor. The least valuable assets of these people are more than 300,000. Where did so much money come from?