Zhang Shan didn't expect that Zhang Qi was so shameless. When he was caught with the stolen goods, he not only refused to admit the fish stealing, but instead bit them, and trembled all over his body, "What did you... pick it up! You obviously stole it!"

"Hey" Zhang Qi sneered, hugged his arms, and said with a sarcastic look on his face: "Qingshuihe belongs to your family? Why can you catch fish? I can't catch fish anymore?

I discovered those fish first, why did they steal you? Zhang Shan, I usually see you being honest, but I didn’t expect that I would be so unreasonable when doing things.

"I, I..., I've fought with you!"

Zhang Shan was so angry that his hair and beard were straightened by Zhang Qi's shameless posture that he was almost crazy. He roared immediately, waved his fists with anger, and pounced towards Zhang Qi with red eyes.

"I'm killing! Zhang Shan is going to kill someone!"

Seeing Zhang Shan rushing over with a ferocious expression, Zhang Qi didn't dare to take it head-on. He screamed twice, and hid behind his father Zhang Li!

"Bang!"

Zhang Li's crutch hit the ground heavily, and at the same time, he looked at Zhang Shan who was coming to his face coldly, and ordered left and right: "No, stop him!"

"promise!"

The strong men behind him answered in a low voice, then took a few steps forward and reached out to grab Zhang Shan without hesitation.

"Ah, let me go!"

Although Zhang Shan was angry just now, he almost scared Zhang Qi to escape in panic. But after all, he was just a boy under seventeen years old. How could he be the opponent of several middle-aged and strong men? After a scream of pain, Zhang Shan was almost taken down by the other party in one encounter.

"Let go of Brother Shan!" "Let me let my brother go!"

A few teenagers suddenly rushed out of the crowd, and then more and more teenagers stood up in a row.

Zhang Ran glanced slightly and found that most of these people were the teenagers who were learning to build fish cages at his house with Zhang Shan. Basically, every family had a lot of fish cages by the river, and they had a good relationship with Zhang Shan. Seeing that Zhang Shan suffered a great loss, they felt that Zhang Qi's shameless remarks were met, and they all rushed up one after another to rescue Zhang Shan. Even Sankui beside Zhang Ran was furious, then roared and rushed up.

Because the incident happened suddenly, Zhang Ran was not in a hurry to stop him, so he could only watch the dozen or so young men surrounded him.

Facing the angry crowd, Zhang Li did not show any fear, but instead became furious and asked everyone sternly: "What are you doing? Do you want to kill the officials and rebel?"

"Well"

When the teenagers heard the words "Killing Officials" and rebelled, the teenagers immediately looked at each other, subconsciously took a step back, and their clenched fists also hung down one after another.

Seeing the teenagers hesitate and dare not move forward, a trace of disdain flashed in Zhang Li's eyes. Then, he held the ebony crutch on the ground with a "bang" and shouted angrily: "Get out! A group of ignorant children, why don't you retreat for me!"

"this…"

After being scolded by Zhang Li, the young men's momentum suddenly became a little more angry. The formation that finally surrounded him was faintly collapsed.

"Shi…Li Zheng is considered an official? When did our great Han officials become so worthless?"

Just as the boys were hesitating whether to retreat, they suddenly heard a chuckling from behind. Then, they saw Zhang Ran separate and come out from behind...

Then, he walked slowly to Zhang Li and the others, and said with a smile: "I wonder if Li Zheng, how much is your salary? Is there a seal issued by the imperial court?"

“…”

After hearing Zhang Ran's words, Zhang Li's face instantly became extremely ugly. Her face became blue and white. Finally, she had a blue face and could not say a word.

Seeing Zhang Li speechless, Zhang Ran's smile became brighter. Since the last tofu incident was almost killed by Liu Ling, Zhang Ran has conducted some investigations into the bureaucratic system and administrative methods of the Han Dynasty, especially at the county and township levels.

The administrative grassroots governance of the Han Dynasty extended to the level of the town pavilion, and the Lizheng was only a representative of the civil forces elected by the people to assist the government in governing the local government. It was still a kind of "service" in terms of identity, but it was just a more advanced "service"! Not to mention an official, even a minor official is not considered a minor official. The assistant officials below the township man are officially recognized by the Han Dynasty, and the lowest level has a regular "service".

Li Zheng's function is similar to that of the village chiefs in later generations. He is also responsible for assisting government governance, conveying government orders, assisting in tax collection, managing villages, etc. But sadly, Li Zheng has neither the official formal establishment nor the salary, money and grain distributed by the court on time. There is only a certain degree of corvee reduction and exemption, and the occasional emperor's reward for "filial piety and brotherhood" (those with better work). At best, it can only be regarded as a "temporary worker" who runs errands.

Since Li Zheng is just a "temporary worker" who is not recognized, then killing officials and rebelling is naturally nonsense.

Zhang Ran firmly grasped this point and continued to question: "As far as I know, Li seems to have no authority to arrest thieves, right? Since there was a theft incident in our village and the two sides were quarreling, I think it would be better to notify the villagers to ask for thieves or You Gun to deal with it! Li Zheng, what do you think?"

When Zhang Ran asked for a request to steal, Zhang Li was immediately a little embarrassed. After a long time of vagueness, he replied helplessly: "This, there is no need for this! We should handle the matters in our Zhangjia Village ourselves!"

Zhang Ran knew very well that Zhang Li had been a regular person for so many years and had more or less interpersonal relationships in the village or county, which was far from comparable to ordinary people.

Therefore, I was willing to make things too big, so I nodded and said, "Well, that's fine! Since it's our own business in our village, let's deal with it according to our Zhang family's patriarchal law!"

"Okay!" Zhang Li glanced at Zhang Ran deeply, then turned around, kicked Zhang Qi who was hiding behind him, kicked him to the ground, and shouted sternly: "Don't you dare to argue about the matter now, why don't you tell me the truth one by one!"

"oops"

Zhang Qi was kicked by his father in a hurry and fell to the ground in an instant with a scream. When he saw his father's serious and serious expression, he became even more panicked.

"You're not going to talk quickly! Do you really want to be sent to You Jiao to be punished?" Zhang Li was so angry that he was so angry.

"Ah?" When Zhang Qi heard that he was about to be questioned, he couldn't help but tremble and no longer dared to show off his strength. He could only honestly explain his own experience of stealing fish and destroying the fish cage in amid his father's coercive gaze.
Chapter completed!