Not long after the news of the killing of nine people in Sanli outside the city reached Guangxin City, Zhang He and Guo Peng were hearty all night, and when the sun was already rising, the two were still holding a naked woman in their arms, and they were drunk on the couch in their dreams. There was a hurried knock on the door, and Guo Peng, who was immediately annoyed, scolded:

"Dog minion,,......"

Guo Peng was full of wine, his right hand was clasped on the woman's chest, and his left hand was still holding one, and the three of them were lying on the bed naked without clothes.

But the servant was so anxious that he couldn't kick open the door and rush inside:

"Childe, childe, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good, Ma Gui and He Zhuang were killed."

Guo Peng was drunk and dreaming of death, and he didn't know why in a daze, but he just scolded again:

"Dog, I don't want to live, get out of here!"

"Childe, lost Ma Gui, He Zhuang was killed, Childe has to be the master!"

The servant pleaded and said, Guo Peng was already half-awake at this time, and he faintly heard the names of Ma Gui and He Zhuang, so he felt familiar, and when he woke up for three minutes, he was stunned and broke out in a cold sweat:

"What, Ma Gui and He Zhuang are dead!"

At this moment, Guo Peng was really awake, and he didn't care about Sven, so he put on a pair of obscene pants and rushed out of the door barefoot:

"Tell me who is dead."

"Hui Gongzi, Ma Gui and He Zhuang, were found dead this morning three miles south of Guangxin City. The corpse has been carried to the Taishou Mansion, if it weren't for the Taishou Mansion to post a notice to identify the corpse, we would still be in the dark at this time. ”

"Dead, is it the hand of the surnamed Wei?"

Guo Peng was suspicious, and the servant said:

"Along with Ma Gui and He Zhuang, there were also seven black-clothed masked men, rumored to be assassins."

"Assassins, seven assassins can be killed like this by Ma Gui and He Zhuang!"

Ma Gui and He Zhuang are Guo Peng's eyeliner sent to keep an eye on Baili Yan, neither of them has weapons, what kind of background Guo Peng knows, it is a pig, and he doesn't believe that Ma Gui and He Zhuang can kill seven assassins without fear of death.

"Who else knows about this."

"Not a few."

The servant said, Guo Pengyintang suddenly floated with a misty color, and his eyes were faintly fierce.

"Go, spread the word to everyone, this matter must not be publicized, if anyone misses half a word, this son will kill him."

"No!"

The servant left timidly, Guo Peng paced a few steps in place, and suddenly thought about it.

It is said that Ma Gui and He Zhuang followed Wei Xian, even if they were discovered, Wei Xian had no reason to kill them, unless Wei Xian had ulterior motives. If it wasn't for Wei Xian to kill them, then Ma Gui and He Zhuang ran out of the city inexplicably to do something, who would rob and kill them halfway. Not only was he robbed and killed, but he was also killed by Ma Gui and He Zhuang, which doesn't make sense.

Then it could only be Wei Xian who went south, followed by Ma Gui and He Zhuang, it was Wei Xian who encountered the assassins, and the assassins found Ma Gui and He Zhuang again, and easily eradicated them, and then were killed by Wei Xian. Only then does this make sense.

Thinking of this, the more Guo Peng thought about it, the more incredible it became.

Wei Xian was only a subordinate of Guangxin Gong at best, what was the value of killing him. If it is for Guangxin Gong, it will not be a surprise. After thinking about it, Guo Peng repaired a book, and sent it directly to Chenling and handed it to his godfather Guo Pan to investigate Wei Xian's situation in detail.

In the next few days, Guangxin City was also calm, the nine corpses have been unclaimed, and after being pickled in lime for a few days, they also began to stink, and finally buried them outside the city.

Jiang Min, the Duke of Guangxin, secretly stepped up the deployment of defenses, increased the intensity of the four-gate inventory, and at the same time issued two notices to the counties and villages under Guangxin City in the name of the Taishou Mansion, the first one requiring the county guards and lieutenants to step up the sowing of autumn grain, organize ploughing in advance, and not mention the news of additional grain collection.

The second notice is aimed at merchants and merchants in Guangxin City to purchase cloth at one percent higher than the market price, and two percent higher than the market price to purchase cotton, hemp, forage and other materials, which adds fuel to the fire of rising prices after the implementation of the new policy.

More than three months after the implementation of the new policy, the trend of fighting local tyrants in various places became more and more intense, and the resulting impact on trade routes spread rapidly to the whole country from the center of Qiling.

The area with the most price rises has more than doubled, and even in places like Guangxin, where one eye is closed, the people's biological resources have also risen by fifty percent, and under the manipulation of public opinion by the government, all price increases have finally been crowned as the stirring up of profiteers and unrighteous people, and the sinister use of Gongsun Yue's implementation of the "Push Business Tax" has been revealed.

A large number of old cloth, leather, silk and linen and other essential materials rushed into the market in large quantities to fill the commercial network interrupted by the arrest of merchants, and poured into the market in large quantities at high prices, changing hands of a large number of gold, silver and precious metals.

Most of these old items come from fiefs and businesses controlled by powerful and noble relatives, and although the price is less than 10% of the market price, after too long, many materials have begun to rot, mold, and insect eyes.

But where can the common people manage these, as long as the price is cheap, even if there are some insect eyes, they can still wear patches.

However, the influx of large quantities of used and spoiled products by businessmen, especially in export-oriented cities, has undoubtedly had a huge impact on the credibility and status of Shangqu.

Guangxin City as the largest export port in Beihai, a large number of goods inevitably poured into the Guangxin market, the unknown origin of the spoiled goods and the impact of the Guangxin government's taxes, now is the summer grain collection and summer ploughing, the peasant tenants just have some surplus grain money, in the blink of an eye replaced by expired materials, and these surplus grain and money did not enter the hands of Guangxin Gong Jiang Min.

"Damn, really hateful!" Jiang Min knocked over the teacup in a fit of rage and scolded angrily.

"The Lord is angry, this matter is greatly unexpected before, at this time it is useless to put the gas in place, and the top priority should be how to recover this year's taxes is the top priority." Chen Yunfeng said, all he had in hand was the intelligence news of the last few days.

The influx of a large number of expired and deteriorated old goods has led to the prevalence of inferior materials in Guangxin City, which has seriously impacted the tax revenue of Guangxin Government, and if it continues, the tax burden of this year will be reduced by at least half before the end of the year.

At this time, Jiang Min asked:

"What is Mr. Chen's high plan?"

"According to the secret agents who have been following for days, it was found that the foreign businessmen had close contacts with Chen Gonggong, Guo Peng, and Zhang He, and now it seems that the tax seizure is fake, and it is true that Chen Cang secretly sells inferior goods. In the next thought, when the previous treasury stockpiled goods should be released as soon as possible, rush into the market at a price lower than that of inferior goods, and press the inferior goods in the hands of Chen, Guo, and Zhang. ”

"But in this way, the ongoing collection and storage of cloth, cotton, silk and linen will not be in vain."

"If Chen, Guo, and Zhang are allowed to squeeze out Guangxin and pay taxes, the harm is far worse than this, and I hope that the lord will make a decision as soon as possible."

"Come on, you and Wang Jiu will go and handle this matter. In addition......" Jiang Min was thoughtful, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Quickly send someone to summon Wei Xian back to the mansion. On that day, he advised the strategy of scattering wealth and gathering goods to deal with the new policy of "pushing business tax", and now that things have changed suddenly, he should always have a plan for the aftermath. ”

"No!"

The release of hoarded goods made Jiang Min think of Wei Xian, who was the first to follow Wei Xian's strategy and took the lead in purchasing materials at a low price in the country and transporting them back to Guangxin.

Bai Liyan received the news that it was already afternoon when she rushed from Tunken Village to Guangxin Mansion. There was a large basin of ice cubes in the center of Jiang Min's study, Jiang Rong was sitting on the side in a pink and tender dress and was drinking chilled coconut water.

"Mr. Wei is here."

Jiang Rong's words made people incomprehensible, Bailiyan looked around and couldn't see any trace of Jiang Min, so he saluted Jiang Rong first:

"I've seen the county lord, but I don't know the lord's ......"

Before Bailiyan's voice fell, Jiang Rong said impatiently:

"Father is in the inner mansion, why don't you sit down first and drink a bowl of chilled coconut water."

"Don't dare, don't dare. The cold drink is very cold, the county lord is a woman, it is advisable to drink less, the old drink is greedy and cold, it is easy to cause infertility, and the county lord is invited to love himself. ”

Jiang Rong's eyes swept over Baili Yan and smiled faintly:

"The county lord has forgotten that Mr. Wei is a miracle doctor, but now the county lord remembers something."

"The county lord said it was okay."

"It's very simple, Mr. Wei can turn decay into magic, the county lord wants to buy a stone of cold ice from Mr. Wei for two hundred yuan, the price is twice the current price, I don't know what Mr. Wei thinks."

"It's okay to do this, it's just that every day the government buys ten stones of ice, there are still the rest hidden in the newly dug ice cellar in the mansion, and five days ago, the lord bought an additional ten stones to supplement the ice cellar in the mansion, why doesn't the county lord use it from the mansion, but buy it extra."

"You don't need to ask more about this, you just need to sell the ice to me."

Wei Xian supplied twenty stones of cold ice to Guangxin City every day, ten stones for Zuixiangju, and ten stones for Guangxin Mansion, and he could have an income of two inches of silver every day.

Five days ago, Jiang Min bought an extra ten stones of cold ice and hid it in the newly dug ice cellar of the Gongfu, so that the amount of ice hidden in Guangxin Mansion was very considerable. Jiang Rong is the county lord, and it is not easy to get one or two pieces of ice, so she has to supply them separately.

Bai Liyan can't ask more, since Jiang Rong is willing to ask for an extra hundred yuan, there is no reason not to do this business.

After a while, someone reported to Jiang Min, Jiang Min strode back to the study, and Bai Liyan stepped forward to salute:

"I've seen the lord."

"Well, excuse me."

Jiang Min took the cold sweat towel handed by Jiang Rong and wiped his sweat, and then said:

"Mr. Wei, you should know something about the situation in the recent city and the east and west cities."

"I have heard that a large number of inferior old goods suddenly went on the market, and it coincided with the settlement of summer grain, and people rushed to buy these inferior old goods to survive. The Lord is called to come down, is that for it? ”

"Yes. Earlier, following Mr. Wei's advice, he bought a large number of commodities at low prices and hoarded them in the treasury, but now that inferior goods are in vogue, the tax burden will be halved by the end of the year. ”

Hearing this, Bai Liyan was taken aback:

"So much. So what is Mr. Chen's strategy? ”

"Mr. Chan suggested rushing into the market by hoarding goods, so that inferior goods would be in the hands of profiteers."

"Then why don't you order the Taishou Mansion to confiscate such profiteers?"

At this time, Jiang Rong said:

"Where is it so easy, a large number of inferior goods rushed into Guangxin, and the businessmen instructed by Guo Peng, Zhang He, Chen Gonggong and others will do it, if it is confiscated, it will inevitably conflict with Ding Yanghou and Huangmen Ling Guo Pan."

"Ding Yang Hou, Huangmen Ling?" Bai Liyan suddenly realized: "In this way, the so-called new deal is to backlog the old goods in the hands of the "Nongsang Order" back then!" ”