Li Yanqing first asked He Lao Liu, "Song Xiaoyi borrowed you 1,000 yuan with a monthly interest of 10 yuan, and he repaid you 150 yuan of principal and 50 yuan of interest before he died, right?" ”

He Lao Liu was a dark and fat middle-aged man, and he could see that he was very nervous, and he couldn't say a word, nodding his head again and again.

Li Yanqing said to the young widow again: "Your husband borrowed money from He Lao Liu to buy a shop, I have confirmed this, although your husband is dead, but the loan is attached to the shop, so this money should be returned to He Lao Liu according to reason, but I allow you to only repay the principal, the interest does not have to be repaid, and the fifty guan interest that has been repaid before is also converted into the principal, that is to say, as long as you repay another 800 yuan to He Lao Liu, this loan will be over." ”

The young widow was anxious, "How can the little woman have the money to pay him back, my husband is dead, and he should not pay back this money." ”

"Listen to me!"

Li Yanqing said to her again: "I estimate that you will have to remarry, if you take the restaurant away as a dowry, your son will not be able to inherit it, so I ask you to sell the restaurant and offer 5,300 yuan, and then you pay back the borrowed money, then you still have 4,500 yuan left, which is not a loss for you, and you have earned an extra 500 yuan."

If you still refuse to accept this plan, then I will give you another plan, from now on, the monthly rent belongs to He Laoliu, until the loan is paid off, the restaurant is still yours, you think about these two plans, if you refuse to accept both plans, then the official will forcibly auction the restaurant, the official has already said in advance. ”

The young widow lowered her head and thought for a while and said, "The slave family is willing to accept the first plan and sell the restaurant." ”

Li Yanqing said to He Lao Liu again: "You should be able to accept it!" ”

The only loss He Lao Liu suffered was the loss of fifty yuan of interest, but he was already about to burn high incense if he could get back the capital, and he hurriedly said: "The villain is willing to accept it, but I beg the county gentleman to sell the restaurant to me, and I am willing to bear all the transfer taxes." ”

The purpose of He Laoliu's lawsuit this time is for this restaurant, the other party's orphans and widows can't operate it, so there is only 20 yuan of rent every month, if he takes it down and runs it, then he can earn at least 50 yuan of net profit every month, and he will be able to recover the capital in less than ten years.

Li Yanqing asked the young widow again, "Are you willing to accept it?" ”

I don't have to pay hundreds of taxes and fees, of course the young widow is willing, she nodded, "The slave family is willing!" ”

"Good! He Laolou gave 4,500 yuan to the Jiang family, and the restaurant was transferred, and the case was closed. ”

Li Yanqing smiled at Jiang Wulang, the person from Zhuang Zhaiya, and said: "If you come over to testify, it won't let you run away in vain, you can transfer the ownership to them!" ”

Jiang Wulang was overjoyed, he could earn dozens of dollars after a hall, where to find such a good thing.

"Thank you for the county!"

Li Yanqing nodded, and said to Fa Cao: "According to my judgment, let them sign and draw the charge, this case is over, and they will withdraw from the court!" ”

"Quit!"

With a loud shout, Li Yanqing got up and went back to the inner hall, and the rest of the signing and painting and the delivery of the money house were all in charge of Fa Cao Charge, even if the case was understood, because it was a civil case, it would not be appealed again, and it would be the final trial here.

The onlookers and the people also dispersed, and at the gate of the county office, several lawyers discussed, "I really admire, such a long-delayed case was actually tried and everyone was happy, this new county gentleman is very talented!" ”

"Then you don't know, people are degraded from the imperial history, the previous imperial examination to explore flowers, people specialize in dealing with major cases in the imperial court, of course, this kind of sesame small case is not a problem."

"No wonder! It turned out to be the history of the Imperial Servant. ”

Soon, the case spread throughout the city, and while Li Yanqing won unanimous praise, it also made the people of Jiayu County more enthusiastic about fighting lawsuits.

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After the trial of the case, it was almost noon, Yang Ju walked into the official room and said with a smile: "County gentleman, let's go have a cup of tea together!" ”

"Is there still a teahouse in the county?" Li Yanqing asked with a little surprise.

"How can it not be? Jiayu County is also a county, all kinds of businesses are available, there is a tile shop at the end of East Street, I have time to take the county gentleman to visit the county. ”

Li Yanqing said happily: "Let's go to drink tea first, I'll treat you!" ”

"Nope! No! No! I should be invited, the county gentleman doesn't have to be polite. ”

"Then I'll ask for another time!"

The two of them got on an ox cart and went to the East Street, the central axis of Jiayu County is called Shayang Street, which is the axis of the north and south, and there is also a street that runs through the whole city in the east and west, the east is called East Street, the west is called West Street, and the two streets are the commercial concentration of Jiayu County.

After the bell and drum tower, the ox cart enters the East Street, the first thing that catches your eye is the City God Temple, which is a huge open space covering an area of nearly 60 acres, and its open area is wider than the square in front of the county government.

Li Yanqing frowned, "There is such a big square in front of the county government, and it is still so wide here, is it too extravagant?" ”

"It is also mainly a gathering place for various folk activities, such as the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, the Spring Festival, the Nakawon Festival, the Bon Festival, the Ejin Festival, the Saturnalia Festival, and so on, so this land has been kept here."

"That's not right! In addition to the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, other spring shrines, river god festivals, and agricultural god festivals should all be in the countryside or by the river, the Zhongyuan festival is by the river, and the Bon festival is at the temple, why are they all concentrated here? ”

"Isn't it because the river thieves are rampant? Outside the city, everyone is afraid, so they can only come to the city to hold various events. ”

"It seems that the river thief still has a great influence!"

"Of course it will have an impact, after all, it's a river thief!"

Li Yanqing was silent, at this time the ox cart passed the City God Temple, in front of it was a restaurant, covering an area of two acres, the building was two floors high, and the flag was written with the four big characters of 'Sanyuan Restaurant', although it was noon, there were no more guests going in to drink tea, and it seemed that the business was good.

Yang Ju pointed to this restaurant and said in a low voice: "This is the restaurant involved in today's lawsuit, Song Xiaoyi bought it for 4,000 yuan, which seemed to take a big advantage, but he died of a sudden illness after a few months, which is called being blessed and not being blessed!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, this restaurant looks good, no wonder He Lao Liu is bent on taking it down.

In addition to all kinds of shops, there are restaurants, teahouses, silver shops, inns, gambling halls, music halls, brothels, etc., and at the end is the tile shop on East Street, where there are all kinds of small shops.

Although it is only a county seat, the business is so prosperous, which really made Li Yanqing unexpected.

"County gentleman, we've arrived!"

The ox cart stopped in front of a teahouse, Li Yanqing walked out of the ox cart, only to see the signboard that said 'Sanjiang Teahouse', Yang Ju was a little embarrassed and said: "Don't hide it from the county gentleman, this is the teahouse opened by my wife's mother's family." ”

Li Yanqing smiled: "I thought Yang Xiancheng was also arrested!" ”

"Sort of! When I took the Ezhou Jieyuan exam, the Zhang family, the largest grain merchant in Ezhou, married their daughter to me, and they not only did the grain business, but also opened a restaurant and teahouse, and this Sanjiang teahouse was their industry. ”

Li Yanqing's heart moved, as if he had thought of something, but it was not very clear, he had to nod and smile: "No wonder Yang Xiancheng wants to invite me to tea, it turns out to be a smooth business!" ”

"The county gentleman said that he laughed, please!"

They walked into the teahouse, and the shopkeeper of the teahouse greeted him, with a smile on his face: "It turns out that my uncle is here, please upstairs!" ”

Yang Ju introduced Li Yanqing to him, "This is our new Li County Commander, and the shopkeeper will remember it in the future." ”

The shopkeeper was in awe, "It turned out to be Li Xianjun, and the villain was disrespectful." ”

Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "You're welcome, I'm also a guest now, let's greet the guests!" ”

"Two distinguished guests upstairs!"

Yang Ju took Li Yanqing to the second floor, walked into a private room by the window, the two sat down opposite, the view here is very good, the prosperity of the street can be seen at a glance, at this time, a tea prostitute and a boiling water boy came in and prepared to serve them to drink tea, the tea prostitute made up very strongly, she could not see her true face, as soon as she came in, the whole room was filled with fragrance.

The tea prostitute gently stroked Yang Ju's thigh and said with a smile: "The official hasn't come to see the slave family for several days. ”

A trace of embarrassment flashed in Yang Ju's eyes, and his face sank and he said coldly: "This official is talking about official business with the county gentleman, just order tea!" ”

The tea prostitute was startled, this young man was actually the county order, she didn't dare to be presumptuous, she honestly ordered them tea, Li Yanqing smiled slightly, pretending not to see anything, and when they returned to normal, he smiled and asked, "What government affairs does Yang Xiancheng want to talk to me about?" ”

Yang Ju groaned and said, "The main thing is to talk to the county gentleman about the current difficulties of the county government. ”

"I think the county government is pretty good! Everything is working fine. ”

"That's just the surface, in fact, everyone is looking forward to the county monarch to take office, I don't know what to say?"

"Just say it!"

Yang Ju sighed, "It's mainly the county's financial difficulties!" ”

Li Yanqing quickly glanced at the tea prostitute next to him, and Yang Ju said: "This is an open secret in the county, everyone knows it, but there is no need to avoid it." ”

Li Yanqing smiled, "Actually, it's nothing, aren't the county officials all over the Great Song Dynasty so poor that they are tinkling?" Just find a way to open source. ”

"We're not poor yet."

Yang Ju said worriedly: "I am dissatisfied with the county gentleman who said that the county government has been owing the salaries of the officials below for three months, and it still owes at least 3,000 yuan to several silver shops, and there are some other debts, so it can be said that the county has a lot of debts." ”

"Why are you in debt?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

"The main thing is that the former Wang County Commander also wanted to open up financial resources, so he borrowed 6,000 yuan to form an official fleet to engage in transportation, at first it was not bad, but last year the fleet was robbed by the black-hearted Dragon King in Dongting Lake, the two boats were killed, the boats were gone, and the loss was lost, and everyone did not dare to report upwards, so they had to tear down the east wall to make up the west wall to repay the money, this year was really tight, these months because Wang County ordered to be transferred, he was anxious to solve the matter, so he paid back all the money of the county government, and as a result, he owed his subordinates three months of salary. Everyone has to support their families and live, and they can only count on the county monarch to help solve this urgent need. ”