Mu Nanjin and the others looked towards the source of the sound and saw a group of people surrounding two men and a woman.
The onlookers whispered, "I told you that we can't trust the Imperial Guards. Look how long it took for Qian Bang to be released after being arrested. They couldn't wait for the Imperial Guards in the capital to leave before they came to collect the protection fee."
"The Imperial Guards are just a bunch of noise but little action. They are just putting on an act for us to see."
"I thought the Royal Guards were different than before, but I didn't expect that they still can't stop eating shit."
The two men who were surrounded heard them talking bad about Jinyiwei and hurriedly explained: "Can you please listen to what we are saying?"
Someone said, "Just tell us what you can say. We want to see what you can say to convince us."
The taller member of the Qian Gang said, "Let's talk about the recent days without our Qian Gang's protection. Is your stall going well? Is there anyone causing trouble or stealing things?"
"This..." The onlookers looked at each other in bewilderment.
In the days when the Qian Gang did not collect protection fees, many thugs showed up to rob them of their things, and some even deliberately caused trouble and asked them to pay large sums of money, which made them miserable. Sometimes the losses were even greater than when they collected protection fees.
As soon as the Qian Gang members saw their expressions, they knew what was going on: "Seeing your expressions, I have guessed that you have not had a good time recently, so we, the Qian Gang, are back to protect you from being bullied by others. We only charge ten copper coins for protection fees from shops and one copper coin for small stalls every day."
Everyone looked at them in disbelief: "Only ten coppers and one copper?"
Did they hear correctly? The shop only takes ten copper coins a day, which is only three hundred copper coins a month. The stalls take even less, only thirty copper coins a month, which is really too little compared to the past, so little that it can be ignored.
Not only did everyone accept it, they also agreed with it.
The Qian Gang members nodded affirmatively: "Yes, if we don't open a shop or a stall, we won't collect protection fees. Also, we won't charge money for shops and stalls run by the elderly, women, children, the old, weak, sick and disabled, but we will do our best to protect you."
The merchants couldn't believe their ears. The people from Qianbang were so kind.
Did he change after being taught a lesson by the Imperial Guards?
The woman who was frightened by the Qian Gang members before stammered, "So, that means not only will you not collect protection money from me anymore, you will also protect me, right?"
"Yes, we wanted to tell you this just now, but we didn't expect you to be scared by us." The two gang members bowed 90 degrees: "I'm so sorry."
"No, no need to apologize."
The woman was frightened by people's behavior and didn't know what to do.
The onlookers were also very happy that Qian Bang had undergone such a big transformation.
The Qian Gang members said to the others, "Please tell others about the protection money."
"Of course, of course."
The attitude of the Qianbang people improved, and the merchants also became friendly.
The Qian Gang members turned around and saw a large group of Jinyiwei on the street, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Greetings, gentlemen."
Mu Nanjin was very pleased with their polite behavior.
"Go back and tell your steward that the emperor has promised you to collect protection fees in major towns. Please keep your promise and don't break the agreement between us."
The Qian Gang members were ecstatic: "Okay, we'll tell the stewards now."
"Wait." Mu Nanjin stopped them and said, "Go back and tell your manager that all the protection money for the five cities belongs to you, including the craftsmen and prostitutes on Xiangyong Street."
The Qian Gang members were stunned: "Ah, this... Sir, that is the territory of other gangs. It is against the rules for us to do this."
"The whole world belongs to the king. How dare the gang claim that this is their territory? If they are dissatisfied, they can come to the Duwei Mansion to argue with me. I also want to ask them why they charge so much money from craftsmen and prostitutes."
The members of the Qian Gang understood immediately that the little girl was standing up for the craftsmen.
She is truly a good official who cares about the people. If every official is like her, there would be no need to worry about unrest in the Daqian Kingdom.
"yes."
The Qian Gang members jumped up and flew back to the branch at the fastest speed possible.
Captain Liu said with a smile: "You may look cold, but you are actually a soft-hearted person."
[I am indeed a soft-hearted person. As long as a handsome man acts coquettishly towards me, it is not a problem for me to help him conquer the Great Qian Kingdom.]
This is because of being attracted by male beauty, and has nothing to do with being soft-hearted.
Shu Xiyao, who was walking behind the Jinyiwei, rubbed his chin and whispered, "If I act coquettishly with her, will she give me the whole world?"
Before hearing Mu Nanjin's inner thoughts, he always thought she was an upright person. Only after hearing her inner thoughts did he realize that she was so greedy for men.
Wu Yuan patted his shoulder and said, "Do you think the Imperial Master, who is also a handsome man, would let you do this?"
Shu Xiyao: “…”
The Imperial Master is a little better looking than him, but only a little, huh.
"Even if the Imperial Master agrees, the Governor will not agree. As long as he disagrees, the girl will not fight for you to rule the world."
Shu Xiyao frowned: "Mu Nanjin just listens to the governor?"
"It's not that I listen to him, but among all these handsome men, the governor is the most outstanding." Wu Yuan curled his lips: "I think the man the girl likes most is the governor."
"Governor?" Shu Xiyao said unhappily, "Mu Nanjin is blind, right? The governor's face can only be described as handsome in a crowd of people. If he is placed among a group of handsome men, he is unremarkable. How can Mu Nanjin think he is outstanding?"
Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "How long has it been since you last saw the governor?"
"I haven't seen him since he left with Mu Nanjin."
“No wonder…”
Wu Yuan patted his shoulder sympathetically: "I'd better not discourage you for now."
"What's the meaning?"
Shu Xiyao looked puzzled.
"You'll know when you meet the governor later."
This made Shu Xiyao extremely curious.
"Can't you tell me now?"
"Even if I tell you, you won't believe it, so don't ask anymore."
Seeing that he couldn't get the answer, Shu Xiyao could only hold his curiosity back in his stomach.
It is said that you cannot talk about people during the day and ghosts at night. Wu Yuan had just mentioned the governor, and when he returned to the governor's mansion, he heard Li Zhenfu say, "The governor is coming."
Wu Yuan looked at Shu Xiyao with sympathy.
Shu Xiyao: “…”
Captain Liu asked quickly, "Where is the governor?"
"He only said he would come, but he didn't say when."
Captain Liu breathed a sigh of relief, then began to review whether he had made any mistakes. After making sure that he had not done anything wrong, he breathed a sigh of relief again.
But when he was halfway through relaxing, he suddenly remembered something. He turned around and looked at Shu Xiyao: "For the sake of your life, you should not stay with Mu Nanjin recently."
It didn’t matter before the governor fell in love with Mu Nanjin, but it doesn’t matter now. The governor finds it annoying whenever he sees a handsome man next to Mu Nanjin, and even wants to get rid of him with a palm.
"Why are you so afraid of the governor? And what does my presence with Mu Nanjin have to do with him?"
Shu Xiyao felt that both of them were incomprehensible.
He didn't want to talk to them any more, so he turned around and walked out.
Just as he turned towards the backyard, he suddenly bumped into a wall of people with a thud.
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