Chapter 163: Retribution

When the lights were on, Cheng Changyu sent someone to bring the news that Liu Panken would 'fundraise' according to the method they had agreed, but he had to take 2% of the money raised, and if he didn't give it, he wouldn't help.

This kind of thing is normal for those guys who only have gold and silver in their eyes, and when Shi Bin was thinking carefully about how to deal with these shameless guys, Cheng Changyu's house slave sent another message: Please ask him to go again the next morning.

Combined with the previous message sent by this slave, Shi Bin and Wang San had already guessed what Cheng Changyu was thinking in his head, so his brothers also began to think about it.

"Big brother, do you think that guy has to say good things when he gets cheated for money?" Wang San asked suspiciously.

"Of course not, since that Liu Pan has promised to give money, things should not be in a hurry, he Cheng Changyu himself ordered his subordinates to spread the news, why do you invite us again tomorrow morning?" Shi Bin then asked.

"Can such a person who is so eager to repay this breath? If Liu Pan was attacked before he went in person, it is estimated that he would still suspect him, and now that Liu Pan has promised to help, do you think Liu Pan will suspect that he is making it bad? Wang San said in a contemptuous tone.

"Brother Xian said, 'It's dark under the lamp'?" Shi Bin gasped and said.

Wang San seemed to be very happy that Shi Bin had opened his mind, smiled meaningfully, and did not speak again.

"Of course it depends on us if he wants the lights to be dark, what does the virtuous brother think we should do? Is it money, or grain, or whatever? ”

"Big brother, this money must be the most useless, it's just what those corrupt officials like. Grain and grass are the most useless to them, but they are our favorite. ”

Thinking about how uncomfortable he was when he rescued refugees in the past and asked the businessmen to help open a porridge shop, Wang San was like a debt collector who came to cry poor every day, and there were only two words "no rice" over and over again.

In front of Wang San, where is there rice not for him to get? This is the hungry wolf seeing the meat, and if he doesn't get his hands on it, he will fight with people.

Shi Bin had no choice but to temporarily back down, saying that the benefits he wanted from Cheng Changyu this time were all grain and rice, but not just for Liu Pan's family.

As if he was afraid that Shi Bin would be soft-hearted, or that he didn't know how to talk about business, Wang San squeezed out a smile and said: "Big brother, tomorrow morning, we will definitely discuss with Na Cheng Changyu how to give Na Liu Pan a good look before the banquet, but how to get the benefits, and what to get..."

This is clearly because he will not talk about business, but fortunately, Shi Bin is still self-aware, even if he is unhappy, he still promises not to talk nonsense when the time comes. In this way, Wang San was relieved and prepared to show his powers.

The night passed quickly, this time it was not a meal, Shi Bin and the two got up to wash and eat at normal times, and when they went to Cheng Mansion to see Cheng Changyu, it was three o'clock in the morning, and the spirit of people was the best.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Cheng Changyu's strange face, and Cheng Changyu also felt that Shi Bin and Wang San's joy was a little abnormal. Now that the matter has been done, I have to run again, and of course no one likes such trouble.

Although he estimated that Shi Bin had already guessed what was going on today, he still planned not to say it first.

"Lord Shi, I'm really sorry to bother you with Cheng Mou today, but I still feel that some things are not very reassuring, and I have to ask you to come and discuss before I can make a decision." Cheng Changyu said a kind word very humbly.

How could Shi Bin believe it, and of course he also replied with a kind word: "Lord Cheng is too tormented by Shi, if there is something Lord Cheng commands, where do you need to discuss with the lower officials to decide?" ”

The two of them pushed back and forth in this corridor, refusing to go first, Wang San could only endure not laughing, but instead of laughing at the hypocrisy of the two of them, laughing at Shi Bin must have been deeply tormented by this situation.

Finally, Shi Bin couldn't bear it anymore and had to go first, and advanced into Cheng Changyu's study.

The study is antique, different from the meeting hall that usually meets, it seems more stylish and precipitated, although the desks and chairs are old but not worn, the walls are all some celebrity calligraphy and paintings, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are placed neatly, which fully reflects the grade of Cheng Changyu.

Thinking that there was a mess in their study, and they didn't even have pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Shi Bin and Wang San could only feel ashamed.

"Lord Shi, Lord Wang, Cheng's matter today is still related to fundraising, although he has already negotiated with that Liu Yuanwai, but I am worried about whether he will really keep his word..." Cheng Changyu said, frowning halfway through, looking afraid that he would not be able to do anything.

If they didn't know the details, Shi Bin and the others would probably really be fooled by him, but unfortunately not.

According to the discussion that had been discussed the night before, Shi Bin no longer spoke, and Wang San was all dealt with by himself, and Wang San immediately said: "Please also ask Lord Cheng to make it clear why he is so worried?" Didn't Liu Yuanwai already agree, did he still break his promise and get fat? He's also a man with a head and a face, I'm afraid not. ”

"That's not it, but the official thinks that he is too presumptuous, and he doesn't let my slave enter the door, but he asks him to say a few words at the banquet and actually asks for money, which is simply shameless, and must be punished!"

The words "punish well" reached the ears of Shi Bin and the others, and they looked at each other and smiled to know that they were not far from what they expected last night.

Wang San continued to speak: "I don't know how the adults will punish them? He can't see the light in the first place, can we still shake it out? Wouldn't that be worth the cost? ”

As soon as he said this, Cheng Changyu's face suddenly turned rosy, but he didn't lose his temper, he just said with a smile: "Of course I won't shake it out, I just want to ask the two adults to help me do something, it's very simple, it's just a gesture for you." ”

Wang San, who can be called the king of face change, was greatly surprised by Cheng Changyu's words, and asked very 'honestly' what this gesture was.

It is estimated that Wang San at this time is a cunning fox in the eyes of Cheng Changyu, and he has to say it so clearly, but he still needs to be more specific. If it weren't for the request, Shi Bin would definitely have the prestige of the prefect.

"Commander Wang, this is a matter between me and your eldest brother, is it too little for you to intervene so casually!" Cheng Changyu was already unhappy, but now he was even more unhappy, so he coldly reprimanded Wang San.

Of course, Cheng Changyu couldn't let Cheng Changyu reprimand Wang San so much that he couldn't speak, so he lost his strategy, Shi Bin immediately came out to relieve the siege, "Master Cheng, my little brother is indeed less educated, you don't have to be as knowledgeable as him in the imperial examination, but he can handle this matter on my behalf, please have something to talk to him." ”

Seeing that Shi Bin shrunk to the back and let the shrewd Wang San act as a shield, Cheng Changyu had no choice but to continue.

"Lord Wang, you don't know, that Liu Pan's virtue is very bad. When he didn't marry the king of the ministry, he was honest, and after marrying his family, he began to take it by force, and there was no one in his eyes. Last time, the fundraising was said to be out of money, but in fact, it was still not paid, and it was just to make up for the taxes owed before. ”

"I see, Master Cheng, according to the opinion of the lower officials, since he is willing to help this time and has that relationship, why don't we sell our personal favor to the head of the ministry? Anyway, he Liu Pan at least doesn't owe a penny in taxes now. Shi Bin suddenly realized, without waiting for Cheng Changyu to react, and then Wang San said very 'honestly': "Besides, what he said is not bad, this is also a risk, where is the reason that 'I want the horse to run, and the horse does not eat grass'?" ”

Today's Cheng Changyu can be said to be anxious and burning, and his lack of Taoism has become the appearance of drinking. Even his hands were clenched tightly and loosely.

Knowing that this brazen guy was reluctant to let go of his hypocritical face, he refused to say how to rectify Liu Pan, and just wanted Shi Bin to say it and let him be this wicked person. Wang San didn't think that Shi Bin was a better accountant, so he could take advantage of this to negotiate a good price.

"What do you mean, Lord Cheng, that guy is one of the bullies we talked about earlier, and he needs my brother to lead his subordinates to patronize it?" Wang San then looked at Cheng Changyu with 'doubts', his face full of disbelief.

Since Wang San said what he wanted to say in his heart, Cheng Changyu was of course no longer so excited, and his face was no longer so red and terrifying, and he returned to normal after a while, but he still didn't talk, just nodded.

Of course, Wang San is not the head of Yumu who will help Cheng Changyu arrange everything, so that Shi Bin and him will leave a bad impression of a traitor and villain to others, so he continued to pretend to be stupid and said: "Now that Xia Guan understands what the adults mean, our brother wants to rest first and then pretend to be a troubled person with you to patronize it, so that he will also feel distressed." ”

I thought that Wang San could guess his thoughts and say it on his behalf stupidly, but I didn't expect Wang San to still be so open-minded, after all, this is not a big deal, Cheng Changyu ran out of patience and proposed: Before lunch started, let him experience the taste of being robbed at home, so that he could change from asking for benefits to asking for help.

As soon as the iron rooster finished speaking, Wang San was still pretending to understand, and before Wang San could answer, Cheng Changyu patted him on the shoulder, pushed him to the door of the mansion, and said with a smile: "Commander Wang, this matter will be entrusted to you and your eldest brother." It's just that this looted thing has to be regarded as a tax in Dingzhou... Hehe..."

At this time, Shi Bin stood up and covered his stomach and said, "My lord, where is the toilet at your house?" This morning, Shi was afraid that he had a bad stomach and needed to go to the toilet. ”

Of course, Tanzhou Tongju couldn't be allowed to have an accident at home, and Cheng Changyu couldn't push Wang San to the door of the mansion again, so he had to order the house slave to take Shi Bin to the toilet and Wang San to the council hall to rest.

After Shi Bin came back, Cheng Changyu's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, but he was obviously helpless.

"My lord, what you said just now is completely reasonable, but there is a problem in the middle, I'm afraid we have some misunderstanding, hehe."

"Oh? Misunderstanding? What does Commander Wang think is a misunderstanding? Cheng Changyu also began to pretend to be stupid.

"Your Excellency is really for the country and the people, and for the sake of the people. However, the lower officials thought that Liu Pan's family income should not be attributed to the Dingzhou tax. Wang San said with a meaningful smile.

Asking himself to be familiar with the scriptures, learning to be rich and five cars, he should be able to suppress Wang San with the righteousness of his master, so Cheng Changyu said very seriously: "Commander Wang, this Liu Pan is from Dingzhou, but he does not support the extermination of the rebellious people and should be punished, this punishment is used to support the extermination of the rebellious people, so the income from the looting should be attributed to the taxes of Dingzhou." ”

"Lord Cheng is reasonable, but it seems that the Dingzhou government did not contribute to the suppression of the chaotic people this time, and it was my Tanzhou Shitong who contributed to the judgment." Wang San knew that this was a negotiation and could not bring any emotions, so he said very calmly.

"Commander Wang, it seems that this official has signed an agreement with your eldest brother for 60,000 taels of silver and so much grain and grass, please ask your eldest brother to help this time should also be part of the extermination of the chaotic people, you can't trap your eldest brother in an unrighteous place."

"Master Cheng, one yard is one yard, those tens of thousands of taels of silver and those grains and grass should belong to the reward for exterminating the rebellious people, but this time you want to punish Liu Pan extraordinarily, then Liu Yuanwai doesn't seem to be a rebellious people, and you don't seem to be entirely for official business, right?" Wang San shook his head as if he was a little helpless and said.

"How is this not for business? Commanded by the king, this is precisely for business! Only by letting that Liu Pan know that it hurts can he really help, otherwise he will definitely take the money and deal with the matter, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to achieve the effect we expected at that time. Cheng Changyu said righteously.

Looking at Cheng Changyu's thick skin, even Wang San couldn't hold it anymore, not to mention Shi Bin, standing on the side without saying a word, he already wanted to worship Cheng Changyu as a teacher, and wanted to know how he practiced such skills.

I didn't expect Cheng Changyu to have such a big impact on seeking personal revenge, Wang San could only smile and say: "Of course my lord is reasonable, but he doesn't seem to be a character on our blacklist, and even if he is on the blacklist, he will only be taught a lesson after the banquet." ”

"After a few days of repeated and careful thinking, this official has changed his mind, since there are so many people who don't listen to my orders, then simply blacklist Liu Pan and use his chicken to make an example of other monkeys, and then I'm not afraid that others will not obey my orders."

This is indeed a shortcut, but Wang San can't give all the benefits to Cheng Changyu, he said again: "It's really good, since it's a blacklist operation, then we have to get the benefits mainly, right, Lord Cheng?" Of course, adults are also indispensable to this. ”

Turning around and still not turning out Wang San's abacus, Cheng Changyu had no choice but to give up.

In the end, he is a greedy guy, Cheng Changyu actually suggested a 'one-pot stew', and simply patronized all the high-ranking families who were not active in fundraising this time, so that everyone was in danger, and they only dared to pay more but not less.

As soon as this law came out, Shi Bin and Wang San immediately agreed, and proposed a rule to prevent subsequent disputes: all looting proceeds are divided into 28 shares, Cheng Changyu 2, Shi Bin 8, and it is not included in the rescue payment.

If you have more, why wouldn't you want to? Asking himself, Shi Bin and Cheng Changyu simply agreed.

After the profit sharing is discussed, everything is easy to do, since it is a twenty-eight share, of course, the more you grab, the better, this time Cheng Changyu and Shi Bin The two brothers came to a sincere unity, work together, smashed and robbed all the high-ranking families on the blacklist, and shouted loudly before leaving, "If you don't give us food, you won't have a good life", which is even more like a chaotic people.

This play is performed really enough, even Shi Bin, Wang San and Li Chao didn't realize that this was done by the soldiers under their command, but after thinking about it, they were also relieved, since ancient times, they are good men who are not soldiers, good iron and not nailed, they are not good men, how can they not smash and rob? It's just a matter of getting them back to business.

Being made such a fuss, all the famous families in Dingzhou who thought they were strong and could protect themselves were already in danger of everyone, and Shi Bin was actually not happy to do this.

After all, no one in the world is a fool, and sooner or later someone will know about it, let alone these hands and eyes? The robbers were either unwilling to participate in the banquet to help raise funds, or they had a gap with Cheng Changyu in the past, and doing too much would not do much to his reputation Shi Bin, and he didn't want to lose his reputation because of profit.

This time, it was Wang San's turn to do ideological work for him, and he said that 'those who win the hearts of the people win the world'.

Of course, Shi Bin was not convinced, and immediately refuted: "Everything has a degree, seeing that Cheng Changyu doesn't seem to have the intention of stopping, he doesn't feel like he wants to hold a banquet anymore, and he probably thinks it's more refreshing to grab it like this." ”

"Big brother, of course it's refreshing, let's be happy, including those riotous people for the time being." Wang San said with a wicked smile on his face.

"If this goes on for a long time, how will we be different from the rebels?" Shi Bin said with a little anger.

"The eldest brother is angry, and the younger brother is just joking. Besides, will we go on like this for a long time? In two days, the banquet will be held in Yunxi Building, Cheng Changyu can't rob it if he wants to, and we won't help him rob it, what do you say? ”

It seems that he cares too much about reputation but forgets that there is a time limit, even if he can't rob a few households, Shi Bin had to sigh and say: "Okay, it's up to you to go, grab as much as you can, the more the better!" ”

Before Shi Bin's words fell, Wang San pulled Li Chao out of the tent and robbed with his subordinates.

Now that the big rich and rich businessmen have been robbed, it is naturally the turn of the medium rich and ordinary rich businessmen, and the result is naturally that the house was robbed clean in one day and made a mess.

With these pioneer martyrs, the remaining people who still have a lot of assets but don't want to participate in the donation finally turned a corner, and actually led the rest of the rich people in Dingzhou to hold a banquet in Yunxi Building a day in advance, and invited Cheng Changyu and Shi Bin to drink.

Unexpectedly, it was really hit by Wang Sanyan, and it really didn't take long to grab it at all, but it became a treat for those iron roosters.

This situation is naturally surprising but also exciting, and the feeling of changing from seeking wealth to seeking wealth is very good.

I have to admit that Cheng Changyu is also right, since Liu Pan was robbed, not only is he no longer so domineering and unruly when he meets officials in Yunxi Building, but he even does his best to encourage everyone to donate money at the banquet.

As a result, the total amount of funds raised was actually 20% higher than expected, and if Shi Bin was added, the total was 40% more than expected.

When the three of them were sharing the spoils, Cheng Changyu and Wang San both regretted that they had not postponed the day of the banquet for a few more days, and the robbery should not have been so intense, and they should have boiled frogs in warm water.

This made Shi Bin, who was waiting for the result on the sidelines, cry and laugh, but it didn't matter if he could do things well with a little flaw, he had to comfort himself like this.