"If we buy off Guo Tingshi and Liu Taishou with a lot of money, can we reduce those messy and harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes?"

Bribery, while shameful, is useful.

"This... Naturally, you can, but in this way, wouldn't you be in the same league as them? ”

Xian Yufu said reluctantly.

"Mencius said, if we are poor and good alone, if we are seeking wealth or officials for ourselves, we should naturally not do bribery, but what we want to do now is to let the people of the world avoid the suffering of tooth disease and bad breath, this is a great good, if you don't want to do a small evil and give up a great good, then this is also evil."

Ma Qiang talked nonsense about moral theories, and when he heard it, his brothers and Lu An were stunned.

And Ma Qiang knew that these two people would die at the hands of the Yellow Turban Army in the future, and in Ma Qiang's opinion, it was just for them to help keep it.

"But if you want these corrupt officials to relax, I'm afraid there is not a small amount of money."

Although Lu An has not been in contact with high-ranking officials such as Thorn Shi and Taishou, he has had a lot of contact with the junior officials, and knows that corrupt officials are simply not fed.

"Well, what Uncle Lu said is also reasonable, if there is no coercion, they will definitely not give up, so let's think about it."

After the three of them left, Ma Qiang thought about it, found Guo Jin and said, "Brother Guo Jin, you help me find a cat." ”

"What do you want cats to do?"

"I'm useful, you just go find it."

Not long after, Guo Jin brought a raccoon cat in and said, "It just so happens that Doctor Li has a raccoon slave here, can you take a look?" ”

"Meow~~"

The yellow tanuki cat looked at Ma Qiang with a frightened face, Ma Qiang said yes again and again, and then took it and said, "Yes, you go and get busy first, leave it to me here." ”

Waiting for Guo Jin to leave, Ma Qiang talked while petting the tanuki cat.

"What's your name, don't be afraid, yes, I understand what you're saying."

"What? Your name is Huang Jing? ... Well, Huang Jing, can you do me a favor? Yes, it must be paid. ”

"Don't say anything about fish or fish, I'll just say this, help me out, and eat the fish until you can't eat it!"

The boy who was passing by outside looked at Ma Qiang's eyes shining and touching the cat talking, and he only felt creepy, my God! This little immortal master won't have a problem with his head....

Forget it, don't you see it!

——

"Ma Lang, what do you want to do with the map of the Assassin Mansion?" Xian Yufu listened to Ma Qiang's request, a little strange.

"I'm going to scare that Guo Xun." Ma Qiang smiled and waved his hand and said, "Come on, I ask you, just answer you." ”

Xian Yufu looked at Ma Qiang with a suspicious expression, as well as a group of cats sitting in the row behind Ma Qiang.

What's going on?

- Assassin's House

Outside the Thorn Mansion, Ma Qiang quietly came to a low wall.

"Murder in the dark of the moon.... I don't want to kill anyone, Huang Jing, you and your friends know what I want you to do, right? Ma Qiang said to Huang Jing.

"Don't worry, just get the fish ready."

There was a burst of cat barking, and the four cats rushed into the Thorn Mansion in unison, Ma Qiang looked at the swarthy parapet and smiled.

I'm afraid no one would have thought that he Ma Qiang could actually manipulate animals to help him do things.

In the Assassin's Mansion, Guo Xun was talking to a few doormen.

"What sound?"

Guo Xun was very alert, and when he heard something outside, a doorman quickly opened the door and looked around, only to see a cat pounce from the tree to the roof.

"Rest assured, it's just a cat."

"Well, that's good, this time Wuhuan and a few adults came to my Jixian County to force me to lower my taxes, what do you think of this matter?" Guo Xun asked everyone.

"My lord, Wuhuan has been called king in recent years, and he already has the heart of disobedience, when he is constantly broken, he will suffer from his chaos, rather than raising him and then being controlled by it, it is better to start first, kill all these adults, and then mobilize a large army to sweep the Wuhuan station, so that I can keep my Youzhou safe!"

"My lord, no, although Wuhuan has a heart of disobedience, but he still listens to the announcement, if we kill its leader, it will be our fault, and there will not be many people in the court to support us!"

"That's right, my lord, it's better to take the opportunity to ask these Wuhuan people for more cattle, horses and lambs, saying that these taxes are not something that our state can decide, and we need to go to Luoyang to get through the relationship.

"Oh? I'm looking at the most interesting tactics of delaying the army, so let's talk about it. ”

Huang Jing on the roof listened to all this, it didn't understand it at all, but it knew that this was not its destination.

"Meow!"

"Meow?"

"Meow!!"

There was a cat's meow, and Huang Jing ran quickly to another house, where a wild cat was waiting on the roof, meowing when he saw it coming.

Huang Jing pulled away the tiles on the roof hard, and then saw the scenery below under the lights.

It's a study.

"Meow !!"

——

"Meow!"

Ma Qiang opened the door suddenly, and saw Huang Jing holding a thing wrapped in brocade cloth, his eyes lit up, he took the brocade bag, opened it, and a simple seal appeared in front of him, he turned it upside down and looked at it, there were several big characters written horizontally and vertically on it, and he vaguely recognized the six words of the seal of the history of Youzhou Thorn.

"Got it!" Ma Qiang walked out of the door with Huang Jing in his arms, and there were still a few cats waiting outside.

"Let's go, eat the fish!"

- The next day

Guo Xun had just finished washing up, and someone came in to say that someone was asking to see him.

"Who is it that annoys people early in the morning?"

"It's that Xian Yufu, and there is a young man who calls himself Ma Qiang."

"Ma Qiang? Who is this? ”

"It's the little immortal master who has been talking about the streets and alleys these days, it is said that this person's immortal skills are no less than Cheng Zhiyuan, and he also cured Zhang Countywei's bad breath, and he is indeed capable."

"Oh! I remember, it's the kid who sells toothbrushes and toothpaste, what? What did he come to do? ”

"It should be for the sake of taxes, it is said that the tax collector Deng Jie was very unhappy with him, and some people said that the Lu family and the Zhang family were ready to do this toothbrush business with him, and the profit in a year was probably not less than 10 million."

"Tens of millions of profits?"

Guo Xun's eyes lit up, and he rubbed his hands, feeling that he could make a big one again this time.

"Invite them in."

Guo Xun smiled and watched Ma Qiang and Xian Yufu come in together, he didn't have any impression of Xian Yufu, he only remembered that this person was originally from the Assassin's Mansion, and later resigned.

In Guo Xun's view, Xian Yufu is here to be a middleman.

"Ma Qiang, you came to find the official, what's the matter?"

Guo Xun was not polite, and asked directly.

"I've seen Lord Thorn Shi, the kid came to Jixian County to do some small business, and heard that the lord was prestigious, so he sent some filial piety, and he also came here to solve the problems of the adult."

After speaking, Ma Qiang met Guo Xun's puzzled gaze.

Rob Lao Tzu's money, you wait for me! Up to a year, I want you to throw it all up!