It just means he was-- he could've been hired by somebody to sit at a roadside and collect taxes and tolls and stuff.

他可能只是。。。,他受雇于某人在路边,收税款及通行费等等。

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And they're actually paid to scare you.

事实上他们是受雇吓唬你的。

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