"Minister, Zou Run, a member of the household department, asked the Holy Lord to set up a city ship division along the Yangtze River and the canal, and all passing ships must be inspected, and commercial taxes will be levied to enrich the treasury ......"

The kraft paper bag was obviously sent from Chang'an in a special way, and the speed was amazing!

On the morning of the 29th day of the lunar month, the performance of the great court meeting appeared in Yuzhang thousands of miles away in just two days, and Mr. Xu's energy can be seen!

"I know that Zou Run, although he sticks to the teachings of the saints and doesn't know how to be flexible, he is by no means a stupid person!"

"Say, what are you going to do?" this is the second time Xu Fan has asked.

"It's a good thing to levy a commercial tax!" Doesn't the teacher often say that now that the saints are becoming more and more extravagant, and the finances of the imperial court are already in crisis? As soon as the commercial tax is levied, won't the treasury be full again!" Xu Chen said with a grin.

"Fart! No matter how big the expenses of the saint are, it is also the business of the inner treasury! Do you think the money from the household department can be obtained so easily?" Xu Fan looked really angry, and even scolded the swear words.

"Ah, and the inner treasury, don't the emperors all take money from the treasury?" Xu Chen said stupidly.

Xu Fan took a deep breath, stretched out his hand, pointed at Xu Chen and said, "Okay, good!

"Very well! Then I'll reply now, against this letter!"

"Don't, teacher, you're going to do this, so how can I make this money!" Xu Chen said hurriedly when he heard this.

"You still want to make money?" Xu Fan's words were shouted.

"You've got millions! Not even the money in the treasury is as much as you are now!"

Xu Chen clasped his ears with his fingers, he stood too close just now, and Mr. Xu didn't dodge the lion's roar.

Then he muttered in a low voice: "Not so much! Most of the recovered items are shops and houses, which will be returned in five years...... Again...... Who cares about a lot of money!"

"Say, what do you want to do?" Xu Fan's tone was a little loose, and he had changed from "what do you want to do" to "how to do it".

"Good phenomenon!" Xu Chen said secretly in his heart, then looked at the teacher with a smile on his face, and said: "What about this time! Apprentice, I really don't want to do anything! Really! No, if the city department is set up, the business of my warehouse will get better and better!"

Xu Fan squinted his eyes and looked at Xu Chen, and only after a long time did he say angrily: "That's it?"

"Mmmmmmmmmm

"Hehe, you're playing as a monkey as a teacher, aren't you? Just to make your grocery store make more money, you dare to poke the hornet's nest of business taxes? Zou Run is stupid, but he is not stupid! Tell me honestly, what did you tell him?" Xu Fan asked reluctantly.

When Xu Chen heard this, he sighed, put away the smile on his face, and looked at Xu Fan, since he couldn't fool him, there was no need to pretend to be stupid!

"I need money!" Xu Chen said calmly.

Without waiting for Xu Fan to say anything, Xu Chen continued: "What I want to do, relying on these millions of dollars today is simply not enough!"

"What are you going to do?"

"Prepare for the changes ahead. ”

"What's changing?"

Xu Chen shook his head and said, "Or maybe it could be a large group of enemies." ”

"Who?"

"Teacher, don't ask! I'll tell you the truth when the time comes. ”

"Isn't it possible to rely on the identity of a teacher to settle these enemies?" Xu Fan knew that according to Xu Chen's intelligence, he should have guessed his identity from some clues.

Xu Chen nodded, and said helplessly: "I also hope that the teacher can help me, after all, this feeling is not comfortable at all! But the identity of the teacher really can't help me......"

Xu Fan looked deeply at the big apprentice in front of him, this mysterious big apprentice seemed to be shrouded in a layer of fog at all times, which was unpredictable.

"What impact will what you want to do have on the court and the people?" Xu Fan never doubted the ability of his big disciple, just in one Yuzhang City, he was able to get nearly a year's taxes from the imperial court, and now he has set his sights wider, Xu Fan really can't estimate the impact of this matter!

"There will definitely be some impact on the imperial court, the good and bad are still uncertain, as for the people, I have made some preparations to minimize the impact!" Xu Chen sighed, a trace of compassion flashed on his face, and said helplessly.

When Xu Fan heard this, he said in his heart: "Sure enough! This time, this stinky boy is only afraid that there will be tens of millions of dollars, and the flow of such a large amount of money will not affect the people, it is impossible!"

Xu Fan has strong administrative ability and a high sensitivity to the economy, and as soon as he heard Xu Chen's words, he immediately realized something, but the amount he expected may be less than one-tenth of that time.

"What if I don't agree!" Xu Fan pondered for a long time and said in a cold voice.

The integrity in his heart still can't make him ignore the people's livelihood and suffering, no matter who wants to be detrimental to the people, he will not agree!

Xu Chen shook his head, looked at the teacher, and said calmly: "It's impossible! If the teacher stopped me before Zou Run went to school, or before I was ready, then this thing would not have happened at all, but now ......"

"This excerpt must have been made clear to the world, and no one can stop it from happening!

"How much more would the Holy One not agree when he heard that he could increase his taxes?"

"Even if the teacher opposes the book at this time, it will not help, not to mention that the teacher's excerpt will not appear in the court discussion at all, and even if it is written, it will only be left by the saint and not sent. ”

Rather than doing this, it is better to ignore it, so as not to expose yourself too early and become the target of public criticism. ”

Xu Chen had indeed guessed the identity of the teacher and had some relationships behind him, so he said so.

Xu Fan's brows had already wrinkled into a ravine, and the words of the big apprentice also made him understand his situation, he was degraded here, and the person behind him had already warned him.

If it is really as Xu Chen said, this matter involves a wide range of things, then it is really possible for him to rashly write a book to express his position, and he will really become the target of public criticism! Then the forbearance of the past few years will be meaningless!

"Teacher, you can't stop this matter!" Xu Chen saw that the teacher was still entangled, so he caught fire again: "People's greed is the original sin of Yiqiē, I just opened a hole for them!"

"Just do what you want!" Xu Fan finally compromised.

"But I'm going to sue you! If you make a mess in the world, the old man will be the first to punish you!" Xu Fan glared at Xu Chen and said viciously.

Xu Chen respectfully saluted the teacher and replied, "Thank you for always being perfect!"

Then he said calmly: "If the world is really chaotic, I Xu Chen will spend my life to smooth out this chaos!"

When Xu Fan heard this, he didn't say anything, and waved his hand weakly.

Xu Chen led everyone to salute the teacher again, which can be regarded as the completion of this unpleasant New Year's greeting.

On the way home, the group walked in silence.

Xu Chen suddenly looked up into the distance and asked aloud, "Do you regret it?"

When the teenagers heard this, they didn't know what to answer for a while, they looked at each other, and finally, Tie Niu stood up and said: "I only know that when we were still a group of little beggars who had eaten the last meal but didn't have the next meal, only the eldest brother took us, let us eat well, dress warmly, be respected, and let us experience the dignity of being human beings!"

"That's right! The third brother is right! We're just a bunch of little beggars! The world is so big, we can't control it, and we don't want to care about it! What the eldest brother wants to do, just respond, and our brothers will never say a word of dissent!"

"yes, we're not doing anything unreasonable, why do we care so much!"

……

Xu Chen turned around, looked at the brother behind him, and nodded.

"Second brother, what about you?" Xu Chen asked as he looked at Lu Hao, who didn't speak just now.

Everyone's eyes were also on Lu Hao.

Lu Hao looked at Xu Chen calmly and said calmly: "Since my parents died half a year ago, I have been an orphan!"

When Xu Chen heard this, he didn't say anything more.

"Go, send someone to inform Chai Lao, so that he must come to see me in the next few days!" Then, Xu Chen said to the teenagers.

……

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, a small boat on East Lake.

The rivers in the north have already formed a thick layer of ice floes at this time, but there is still a bay of turquoise lake in the middle of the East Lake in Yuzhang City.

There is a circle of ice floe on the shore of the lake, but in the center is a pool of clear water, and there is a flat boat floating on the water, which is somewhat poetic.

It's just that the content of the conversation between the people on the boat at the moment is not at all poetic.

"Zou Run's letter, did the two brothers of the Lu family see it?" Xu Chen said lightly to the old man in black in front of him.

The old man in black is Chai Lao!

"Is it the one at the 29th National Congress of the lunar month?"

"That's right!"

Chai Lao looked at the young man in front of him, and his heart was shocked!

Just a few months ago, this young man was just a little beggar, but now, a few days ago, the businessman who put Yuzhang on the table had frantically amassed millions of dollars, and now he can influence the court thousands of miles away!

Now it seems that I was right not to kill him in the first place!

Chai Lao could naturally understand the meaning of Xu Chen's words, "Zou Run's letter was made by Xu Chen!"

"What do you want to do?" asked Chai Lao, calming down.

"It's very simple! Lu Zongbao is a smart person, and the easiest way to deal with smart people is to use the simplest way!"

"In the past few days, you have found a way to lead Lu Zongbao to the square outside the city. Remember, it must not be deliberate, it must be natural!"

After Xu Chen finished speaking, he looked at Chai Lao and asked seriously, "Can you do it?"

Chai Lao nodded and said, "I'll do my best!"

……

On the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, Shangyuan Festival.

As early as Chinese New Year's Eve, a huge lantern festival was held in Qiushui Square outside the city.

Now, during the Shangyuan Festival, it took half a month to prepare for tonight's lantern festival.

There were many tourists, but Xu Chen only stared at the old and the young with a telescope.

But it's Lu Zongbao and Chai Lao!

Chai Lao really lived up to the trust and "lured" Lu Zongbao out!

Lu Zongbao walked around the square casually, looking at the crowds of tourists, the lanterns and trees around him, and the various shops that had been built in the past two months on the once wasteland.

Seeing that this once desolate river beach has now become such a prosperous place, Lu Zongbao couldn't help but sigh in his heart Xu Chen's wonderful brushwork.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Lu Zongbao's mind! Lu Zongbao stood still, pondered for a long time, and then quickly raised his eyes to look around, and then looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Hahaha! Little beggars are nothing more than that!"

After saying that, he hurried home.

In a small two-story building in the distance, a room near the window, Xu Chen put down the telescope in his hand, the corners of his mouth rose, and said loudly: "The fish is finally hooked!"