Xuande

Chapter 637 Du's family in Xincheng County, please see the Ming court
Should I say it or not, these family forces who want to show their muscles to the court still have a bit of a aggressive habit.

Among other things, in this unstable year, it is possible to have such a large industry in the local area and still maintain its existence, but if there is no official backing, which one is not made by fists and sticks?
Even if there is an official background, he himself must be able to fight, be able to resist, and be able to stand up and express his attitude.

These days, abundant martial arts virtues are the basis for getting ahead, if you can't fight, even if you have tens of thousands of wealth, you can't keep it.

Back then, Liu Bei fought invincible hands all over Zhuo County, and only then did he create a small world that belonged to him. Now the new families in these places are all local kings who have been involved in fights, and they all have some skills.

You said that if you don't let us keep slaves, we will listen to you. Isn't it embarrassing for us?
Lao Du's blood that had been silent for many years was aroused, and he joined the torrent of protest without saying a word, and brought his family to the county government to ask for an explanation, to see how hard the Luoyang court's fists are.

If General Liu Liu can fight again, will he really use the army to deal with our own people?

Are you not worried about the pressure of public opinion?
They knew that Liu Bei was very concerned about his own reputation, and his style of acting was very restrained, so Liu Bei's reputation was spread inside and outside Luoyang City. They speculated that they didn't think Liu Bei would kill him.

As a result, when they arrived at the county government, a group of angry family representatives looked at a group of heavily armed soldiers outside the county government, feeling that something was wrong.

This group of soldiers was wearing armor, with waist knives, some were holding spears, and some were holding crossbows. They looked at them with a guarded posture. The sharpness unique to the elites made them stop involuntarily. Dare to move forward.

Liu Bei really wants to mobilize troops?
He wouldn't really dare to kill good people like them at the feet of the emperor, would he?

Not so much, right?

The family representatives began to beat their hearts one by one, and Lao Du, who came forward in person, also felt that the problem was a bit serious.

The road to the county government was blocked at the intersection. A county government official stood here and said with a pleasant smile, "Are you all going to visit the county magistrate? The county magistrate has an order. If there is something important, only one person is allowed in the family." Come in and let no one else in."

A group of family representatives looked at me and you, and suddenly didn't know what to do.

Old Du and Xiao Du looked at each other.

"Father, what should I do?"

Looking at the elite soldiers in full armor, Lao Du swallowed and gritted his teeth.

"It's all here, and Longtan and Tiger's Den are going in too! You wait outside, I'll go! If anything goes wrong, run away immediately, don't wait for me."

"Father, I..."

"Stop talking, listen!"

After all, Lao Du had worked his way up from the bottom, so he still had some courage, so he took the lead and walked out of the crowd.

"Clan Du of Xincheng County, please see Ming Ting!"

"Please."

The county official moved half of his body away and smiled.

The elite soldiers guarding the road all stared at Lao Du.

They held excellent weapons, although they didn't make a fighting posture, and they didn't look like they were going to cut people, but those eyes were really intimidating.

Old Du made up his mind and moved forward step by step. However, this small road in the county mansion that he had visited dozens of times was not easy to walk today. Give him a dick.

Old Du thought to himself that he also gritted his teeth and bled to get to today step by step. The lives in his hands were 29 if not [-], but for some reason, he just felt that the eyes of these expressionless soldiers were worse than he had ever seen. The look in the eyes of the most vicious villain in the world should still be intimidating, and it should also make him feel frightened.

How is this going?

Going forward under their gaze is like walking on a knife while wearing thin wooden shoes, for fear that whenever the wooden shoe is pierced or split by a knife, you will be stabbed to death by the knife.

This feeling is really uncomfortable.

But the road to go must be completed.

Old Du bravely walked to the gate of the county mansion, looked at the six soldiers on the steps of the county mansion, and the burly man who looked like an officer, hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and stood still .

"Du Clan from Xincheng County, come to visit Ming Court!"

He bowed to the county government, and then walked forward, every step was very difficult, and every step required a lot of effort.

When he walked to the brawny officer, he felt that his heart was beating so fast that it was about to break through the sky, and he could even hear the brawny officer's breathing.

Fortunately, the brawny officer did not stop him, but when he entered the main gate of the county mansion, two county officials searched him to make sure that he did not enter the county mansion with a sharp weapon.

After passing the last hurdle and entering the county mansion he was familiar with, he breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, then unconsciously reached out and touched his forehead, sweating.

Then he turned his head and looked at the few people who came in with him, and saw that each of them looked very bad.

Ma Wei is a bit too ruthless now.

A group of caring people met with Guan Jing, the county magistrate, in the parlor of the county government.

Guan Jing didn't have a good look at them, a glass of water per person was regarded as hospitality, and there were no snacks or fruits, so it still took half an hour before he came out to meet them.

"I have not been in office for a long time. I am busy with official duties, and I am late. I hope you will not blame me."

His face was flat, and he said with a businesslike look: "I still have a lot of things to do later, and I won't be in the county government for the next two days, so if you have anything to do, please come straight to the point and speak clearly. Don't waste everyone's time."

A group of people including Lao Du wanted to exchange pleasantries, but they didn't expect Guan Jing to come up to business, which made them a little unaccustomed.

But everyone is a person who has seen the world, so they quickly adapted to the rhythm of Guan Jing.

It was Lao Du who took the lead and saluted Guan Jing.

"Dare to ask the Ming court, is the imperial court's slave restriction order true?"

"It's already been revealed. The whole Luoyang knows about it. How could it be false?"

Guan Jing seemed to think this was funny: "This is the order of the emperor, can there be a fake?"

"But...the slave restriction order is a little too unreasonable, right?"

With a smile on his face, Lao Du slowly said: "Our family needs to use servants in a lot of places, daily life, running the ship, and some chores of the entourage. There is no need to use servants everywhere. Please limit the servants. Without an official status, a person can only have three servants, how can this be used?"

Lao Du poured out his bitterness, and the other patriarchs also poured out their bitterness one by one, expressing to Guan Jing their various difficulties, all kinds of difficulties and obstacles in starting a family business, and so on.

After hearing what they said, Guan Jing still didn't change his face, and then took a sip of water from his water glass.

"What does this have to do with the imperial court and the government? That is your family matter. What is there for the imperial court and the government to interfere? Or do you think these things need to be intervened by the imperial court to be responsible? Or without these slaves, you will Are you going to starve to death?"

This rhetorical question stunned Lao Du and his group.

We have talked so much about feelings, but you, the old man, didn't listen at all, did you?

Old Du was a little impatient.

"Ming Ting, this is not a trivial matter. With the slave order, we have dismissed the servants. There are so many people, what do they eat and wear? Although we have no official status, keeping these servants can be regarded as giving them a meal. Eating, it relieves the imperial court of many burdens, doesn’t it?”

(End of this chapter)