Our family has been rebelling for generations, and you've become the top scholar in the imperia

The next morning.

The largest market in Xifang.

Everywhere you look, you hear the cries of vendors hawking their wares.

"Liu Laosan, it's time to pay the bill today!"

At one of the vegetable stalls, several burly men approached with ill intent. One of them, a man with a pockmarked face, squatted down, casually brushed some vegetable leaves off the stall, and stretched out his hand with a grin.

"What did I tell you yesterday? If you don't pay today, you're not allowed to sell vegetables here anymore. Did you think I just ignored you?"

An old man behind the stall shrank back and hurriedly shielded his granddaughter behind him.

He replied in a trembling voice:

"Third Master, I've already handed it over to the Green Dragon Gang."

"What does the Green Dragon Gang have to do with me? You shameless bastards!"

Liu Laosan's face darkened, and he overturned the stall.

Stepping on the scattered vegetable leaves on the ground, they grabbed the old man and lifted him up.

"Snapped!"

He slapped me hard.

He roared menacingly:

"Don't you know the rules here? You want to set up a stall here without paying me protection money? Who gave you the guts? Hand it over to the Green Dragon Gang, not me? Are you looking down on me?"

The old man was knocked to the ground, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"Grandpa! Grandpa..."

The little girl rushed towards him, crying.

"If you can't afford the protection fee, your little granddaughter is quite pretty. It's not impossible for her to set up a stall here in the future. Let me take care of your little granddaughter for a few days, and I'll waive your protection fee for a year."

"Master Liu, spare my life! Master Liu, spare my life! Please give me a way out!"

The surrounding vendors looked over and, seeing the old man kneeling on the ground, clinging to Liu Laosan's legs, they all lowered their heads.

"Give you a way to survive? Who's going to give me a way to survive? What's wrong with setting up a stall here and paying some protection money? Don't I need to eat? Don't my brothers need to eat?"

"I'm asking you one last time, are you going to hand it in or not?"

"Uncle Liu, I really don't have the money to pay. My family is counting on the money from selling vegetables to buy medicine. Please, have mercy on me, I'll kowtow to you!"

The old man knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and soon blood seeped from his forehead.

"I'll beat you to death! I'll beat you to death! Why did you bully my grandpa? Waaaaah..."

The little girl rushed up and waved her little fists vigorously.

"court death!"

Liu Laosan kicked the little girl away.

"Buy medicine? If you can't afford medicine, then die! Not a penny less in protection money! Damn it, you little brat, you dare hit me? Take the girl away. I'll give you one day. If you don't pay the protection money, I'll..."

"What should I put?"

suddenly.

A cold voice came from behind.

"Since your family can't afford to raise them, then find a good place for them to be raised."

Liu Laosan turned his head.

Looking at the young man standing behind him, dressed in coarse black clothes, he couldn't help but curse angrily:

"Who the hell are you? Which gang are you from?"

Qin Feng frowned.

He stared at Liu Laosan with a gloomy expression.

"You bastard!"

He yelled from behind.

Immediately.

Qiu Tuizi, leading dozens of his men, hurriedly ran over from a distance.

"Master Qiu, what brings you here this morning...?"

"Snapped!"

Qiu Tuizi jumped up and slapped Liu Laosan across the face.

"Who knows you? What are you yelling about? If you dare yell again, I'll beat you to death. I'm the captain of the West Ward Enforcement Team now, what kind of bullshit 'Master Qiu' am I!"

talking.

Qiu Tuizi puffed out his chest, deliberately showing off a sign hanging on his chest.

This morning, Mr. Fang Zheng specially had it delivered.

Of course, that's not the point!

The key point is... these brands were delivered by the factory's security guards.

Those were eunuchs.

They were afraid of the constables in the western district, but in the eyes of these secret police officers, the constables were nothing.

Qiu Tuizi never dreamed that Lord Fangzheng was backed by these killing gods from the Imperial Guard.

Give me the stick!

Before Liu Laosan could get up...

Qin Feng, who had picked up the little girl from the ground, reached out and took a stick.

Not a word.

Stepping on Liu Laosan's body, he swung the stick and lashed it hard at the guy's leg.

"Snap!!!"

"Ahhhhh!"

The sound of bones breaking accompanied Liu Laosan's screams.

The surrounding vendors all took a step back.

Many people quickly packed up their stalls.

The Black Tiger Gang beat up Liu Laosan, and the Evil Dog Gang will arrive soon, and a fierce battle is very likely to break out here.

"Snap!"

Qin Feng switched feet and continued stepping on Liu Laosan.

He raised the stick again and lashed it hard across the other leg.

Only then did he toss the stick to Qiu Tuizi.

Pointing to the other burly men, he coldly ordered:

"His legs were all broken, and he was tied to a tree in front of him."

Upon hearing this...

Qiu Tuizi was the first to charge forward with his stick.

Soon, Liu Laosan and his men were dragged and tied to a tree in front of the market, looking utterly miserable.

"Quiet down!"

Seeing that many people who had set up their stalls were packing up, it seemed they were about to leave.

Qin Feng clapped his hands vigorously.

Shout loudly:

"I am Qin Feng, the new ward manager. From now on, I will be in charge of the entire West Ward. Don't leave. Continue to set up your stalls. From today onwards, no gang is allowed to collect protection fees arbitrarily in the West Ward. Anyone who dares to collect protection fees will end up like this Liu Laosan."

Upon hearing this...

All the people stood there, stunned.

The person who just broke Liu Laosan's leg was actually the new neighborhood head?

"There's a reward for reporting protection money extortion. You get ten coins for each person you report, paid right now. Was anyone else being extorted for protection money just now? Where are they?"

No one responded.

Qin Feng naturally understood that making these people believe was not something that could be accomplished by simply beating a few people.

and so.

He then decided to personally lead his men to the market to deal with the gangs that were collecting protection money.

To govern the West Ward well and surpass the East Ward, the support of the people is essential; otherwise, no matter how shrewd the methods, it will be impossible to succeed.

Moreover, if one wants to become an official in the future, one's image in the eyes of the people is very important.

Today, he will establish himself as a ward leader who hates evil and is brave enough to fight against criminal forces in front of the people of Xifang.

"Really...really a ten-cent reward?"

in the crowd.

A middle-aged woman holding a basket of eggs asked in a trembling voice.

"Of course, I reward those who dare to report gang members. I mean what I say, Niu Wu!"

Qin Feng smiled and waved to the back of his head.

wow-

Niu Wu placed a basket of copper coins weighing over a hundred pounds in front of the young master.

"Auntie, here's ten coins. Take it. Who asked you for protection money? Tell me, and I'll bring them over right away!"

Speaking of it.

Qin Feng took a deep breath and patted his chest heavily.

"I also come from a poor background, and I know very well that it's not easy to buy things. The protection money they're asking for might be the steamed buns a family eats today, the medicine for a sick family member, or a new piece of clothing for a child. Seeing is believing, and I'll be here today to uphold justice for everyone."

"Just now, Er Gouzi from the Green Dragon Gang asked me for protection money, a full twenty coins. I only made twenty-two coins this morning."

The middle-aged woman pursed her lips and mustered her courage to speak.

Everyone turned to look at Qin Feng.

In the past, so many wardens had come and gone in the West Ward, but when had they ever managed to stop gangs from demanding protection money? Not to mention managing them, they had never even come to the market once.

Does the other side really dare to take action against a gang that demands protection money?

"You bastard, bring him here, immediately!!!"

"yes!"

Qiu Tuizi and his gang, carrying sticks, immediately rushed into the market.