Person In Trouble (2)

"These rich and heartless merchants' families are still funding the local gangs to do their dirty work for them. Although these gangs are also hoodlums, they have already become powerful enough to bully the city. For example, if someone reports it to the officials, these gangs will find trouble with this person's family as revenge.

Or the rich families in the city took a fancy to a certain property and wanted to lower the price. However, the owner of the property was unwilling, so they got the gangs to harass and smash it until the other party gave in…

For example, the rich families in the south of the city, such as the Lu, Chen, He, and Huang, heard from the people that they wanted to expand their houses a few years ago, but their neighbors were unwilling. They used this method to buy the surrounding land at a low price."

Zhou Jing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then Guo Haishen got sentenced into the prison because he provoked the local merchants?"