Chicken!

Chickens everywhere!

Of course, Shi Yiwen knows very well that even if he doesn't look for it, those "chickens" will take the initiative to find him, after all, now he can be said to be "notorious" in Jiangnan.

"This time, let's kill him all over the place!"

Lying in the cabin, Shi Yiwen silently thought that because he drank two cups before going to bed, he naturally fell asleep.

In the next few days, the official ship went all the way south along the canal, and unless he passed through the banknote customs, Shi Yiwen would never get off the boat and go ashore, and even if he went ashore, he only met with the tax department and tax officials in the banknote customs court. The reason for this is only because I don't want to give others a chance to be impeached.

But even so, there are still a pair of eyes staring at Shi Yiwen, staring at his every move. Especially after the ship passed Linqing, there was a fast horse every day to report his every move back to some cases in Nanjing.

Leaving the flower boat of the Qinhuai River, blown by the night breeze, the wine faded a little, and when he got home, he drank two cups of tea Li Zhen's wine had woken up, and his eyes had returned to clarity. Just as he was about to read the book, he saw the house slave Li Liu coming in, so he waved his hand and said.

"Just come and talk!"

Even though he received the order, Li Liu still saluted.

"I've seen my lord since I was a child."

As a house slave, these rules must be kept after all, and there can be no dignity and humility.

Seeing that Li Liu, who had just returned to Nanjing after a few hundred miles of fast horses, looked like a dusty man, seeing this, Li Zhen pushed over a cup of tea and said.

"Sit down and take a sip of tea."

"Little one, thank you, master."

After taking a sip of tea, Li Liu sat down.

"You've worked hard these days, how is the news I asked you to inquire about?"

When Li Liuyi heard this, he hurriedly put down the teacup and said.

"Master, the villain followed him all the way from Jinan, and the person along the way has never been to any other place except for going to the banknote customs, even if he goes to the banknote customs, he also meets the tax department and the tax officials in the court......

When he said this, Li Liu was obviously very proud of his achievements, so his expression was a little proud, he picked up the cup and took a sip to moisten his throat, then took out a small notebook from his arms, and handed it over with both hands.

"Master, all the small things that are checked are written down here. Let me first talk about what the man did along the way, the man went all the way, to the banknote customs, ostensibly for official business, but in fact, but for the purpose of tax supervision, he even asked the banknotes everywhere, must be the price of all kinds of commercial goods, one by one to find out clearly, the goods are divided into hundreds of kinds, and then according to the different goods, each of them is taxed, just like the past to transport wine, in the past it was nothing more than rice wine or steamed wine, the price is calculated according to 200 yuan per 100 catties, but now it is rice wine alone, it must be divided into upper, middle, lower three, etc., Inferior wine is 100 yuan per 100 catties, and 100 catties of high-grade wine may be as high as a dozen taels of silver, the villain feels that he is here to open a new pass along the way, and it is clear that he is here to scrape the ground. ”

Although he is a house slave, Li Liu, as a close confidant of the master, also has his own business, of course he knows that it is most reasonable to tax each according to the type and its price, but in his opinion, this is simply "government exploitation".

"What a wicked official!"

The words of the house slave made Li Zhen frown when he heard it:

"The taxes are too heavy, and the short-term profits are quite rich, but in fact they are just drying up and fishing, such evil officials, they actually received the emperor's order, and served as the Qincha, don't the kings of the capital know the suffering of the people in the world? I don't know that such exploitation of the people is very detrimental to the country and the world......"

Complaining like this, Li Zhen said again.

"But these methods, I'm afraid he has been planning for a long time, the reason why Shousuke agreed to set up four new money gates this time is probably to suppress my Nanzhili Zhujun, and want to borrow his hand to muddy the water in this pool, this Zhang Juzheng, it's really a poisonous mind!."

He pondered for a long time, and then secretly pondered in his heart for a while before asking.

"Now that I know about this, does he have any other wrongdoings to impeach?"

Hearing this, Li Liu's brows furrowed slightly, and then he shook his head and said.

"Along the way, he did it can be said that he did a drip-perched water, stopping at the banknote wharf, and never approached anywhere along the way, even when he went up to the bank, he met everyone in the public house, and then got on the boat and left, never accepting gifts from anyone."

After a pause, Li Liu said confidently.

However, even so, when the villain pretended to be a vendor selling wine and food, he still learned from the tax collector of the banknote customs that it seemed that every time he got on and off the boat, he would carry down and carry up a few boxes, and the weight was quite heavy, and the small one thought that there must be something unsightly in those boxes, and maybe those boxes were filled with the filial piety of each banknote, after all, the banknotes have been fat since ancient times, and how could the hands and feet of those tax officials be clean? They're just stuck with ordinary tax collectors! ”

Looking at the thoughtful master, Li Liu said softly.

Therefore, the younger one thought that his ship must be full of silver now. Moreover, it seems that the draft of the ship is getting deeper and deeper, and it is estimated that when he arrives in Nanjing, his ship will inevitably contain no more than 100,000 taels of silver, after all, this banknote can be collected in a month for the past year! ”

"What a greedy officer!"

With a snort, Li Zhen's brows furrowed suddenly, and then he said in annoyance.

"It's just that the General Taxation Department is so greedy, and he doesn't hesitate to pay a huge bribe of tens of thousands of taels, do you really think that I don't have a royal law?"

Although he is a squire of the Nanjing Criminal Department, Li Zhen knows the rules of officialdom, and when the officials visit, those tax officials will definitely pay homage to the officials, this is the rule of officialdom since ancient times, and it is of course easy to supply 10,000 taels of silver for a banknote, so naturally there is no doubt about it.

"Master, look at what you said, what kind of royal law is he afraid of, now he is the minister of the Qincha, according to the rules, let alone the money is closed, it is the officials along the way, and they have to salute him when they see him, after all, they are Qincha!"

The house slave seemed to say it casually, but Li Zhen was furious when he heard it, and he "snapped" on the table and shouted loudly.

"I can't imagine that under my bright and bright future, there are still such corrupt officials and corrupt officials, no wonder the people of the world have been suffering for a long time, let such a corrupt official hold the money pass, how can the people of the world not suffer for it, if he can't be rectified this time, how can Li be worthy of the people of the world......"

The words were righteous and awe-inspiring, and after saying this, Li Zhen instructed Li Liu again.

"Li Liu, there is one thing you can do, go and ...... now"

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