The tall messenger turned around and said, "You should pay a tax of 10,000 taels for these items!" ”

Li Feibai shook his head secretly, these people really dared to open their mouths in order to make him unable to do business. He said: "No, I sold all these things, and they are not worth this amount, you can issue a tax of 10,000 taels at once, how much is this tax charged?" The imperial court stipulates that according to the amount I sell, the tax will be hundreds of taels at most, how can there be 10,000 taels! ”

The tall messenger sneered and said, "How much can you sell these things, you don't count if you say it, it doesn't count if you say it, you don't count if you say it, you have teeth!" He shouted outside: "Mao Qing, come in!" ”

Mao Qing came in from the outside and said, "Good official!" He bowed to Zhao Jian first, then bowed to the officials, and finally walked in front of Li Feibai, and said softly with a bitter face: "Forgive me for the shopkeeper Li, it's not easy to eat, I was forced by them." ”

Li Feibai didn't have a good impression of Mao Qing. He is just an elm pimple, and he also knows that the reason why Wang Wu knows what kind of business he is doing must be Mao Qing's secret, how can he have a good impression of such a traitorous nature. But then he thought about it, and he couldn't complain about Mao Qing about this matter, who let Mao Qing become his economy without asking him what business he did. Isn't that obviously going against Wang Wu, in order to survive, he doesn't go to tell Wang Wu to get rid of this matter, can he still do it against Wang Wu?

Besides, Mao Qing's behavior cannot be regarded as a whistleblower. What business he does, as soon as the store opens, the people in the county don't know which one doesn't know, and what secrets are there. If Wang Wu wants to deal with him, it is just a matter of sooner or later. At this time, seeing Mao Qing in the name of the messengers, he explained two sentences to him, and felt that Mao Qing's essence was not bad, and he did not rely on the momentum of the messengers to make a fool of the tiger, but pleaded in a low voice, and he was still a guy with a clear conscience. So, he smiled at Mao Qing and said, "It's okay! ”

The tall messenger shouted: "Mao Qing, what are you muttering there?" Do you want you to come here so that you can sell well? ”

Mao Qing hurriedly turned around and said, "Poor master, how dare I!" ”

The tall errand was too lazy to take care of it, and asked Li Feibai: "Is this your economy?" ”

Li Feibai said: "That's right! ”

The tall messenger said: "Then the price he quoted must be fair and just, you will not have any objections!" If you have any objections, we can change the economy. ”

Li Feibai snorted coldly and did not speak. But he said in his heart: "There is a very important errand in the economy, which is to collect taxes for your tax bureau, so as to make a living, that is to say, it is dependent on your tax bureau." They themselves are your people, and if they dare not listen to your call, they will immediately lose their job of supporting their families, and I will not be able to get fairness and justice even if I exchange a hundred dollars. ”

The tall messenger said, "If you don't speak, I'll take you by default." Mao Qing, go do your errand. ”

Mao Qing first walked around the shop, then went around the yard, and came back and said: "There are eight big lions in Zhangyu, each priced at two thousand taels, and a total of one thousand six hundred taels of taxes need to be paid!" Sixteen seven-foot stone lions, each priced at 1,500 taels, and the tax payable was 2,400 taels. ”

After all the taxes payable by the lions were settled, the tall messenger said, "In this way, the tax payable has exceeded 10,000 taels." Forget it, gentlemen, I'll make up a whole for you, and I will receive 10,000 taels. Mao Qing, can you give me another estimate, how is the business of this store, and how many days can the inventory in the store be sold? ”

Mao Qingdao: "The inventory in the store should be a month's amount. ”

The tall messenger said, "Oh, it's a tax of 10,000 taels a month, and a tax of 120,000 taels a year." He turned his head and smiled at Li Feibai, "How about Shopkeeper Li, pay the tax now!" ”

Li Feibai said: "I didn't expect that my shop had just opened, and the business was so good and I made so much money." In this way, how about you give me 10,000 taels, and I will transfer the goods to you with the shop? You took over the store, not to mention selling the goods at the actual price, that is, selling them at a 50% discount, and making 40,000 taels a month, which is worthy of you to be a messenger for a lifetime, where to find such a good deal? ”

The tall official didn't expect Li Feibai to say this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, his expression was slightly flustered, and he shouted to himself: "Presumptuous! ”

The short messenger said, "Our errand is in good shape, what are you doing in your shop?" ”

Li Feibai said: "I'm giving you a big gift!" ”

Zhao Jian saw that the two errand officials were clumsy, and immediately messed up the matter, and said, "Since you don't pay taxes, let's drive people to close the store!" ”

The officials hurriedly agreed, some came up to set up Li Feibai to rush out, and some took out the seal to prepare to seal the store, at this time a voice came from outside the door, and said with a smile: "It's so lively!" ”

The tall official immediately shouted angrily: "The yamen is handling the case, and irrelevant personnel are not allowed to enter." Before he could say a word, he had already seen who it was, and he hurriedly said: "Master Dianshi! ”

Lin Zhiyuan came back from Jidu Temple that day, and he had already greeted a few elders, and he would borrow a few hundred and one thousand manpower envoys in the spring of next year. Those few elders see the history of the classics and the adults to trust each other, how can there be any reason not to agree.

Lin Zhiyuan has done this, knowing that the income of hundreds of taels has been settled, and he has been thinking about how to spend these hundreds of taels for the past few days. Originally, he thought that hundreds of taels was a lot of money, but he didn't expect that after calculating it, hundreds of taels really didn't need to be spent, and his hard life had to continue. So, he came up with the idea of collecting tickets for the temple.

He thought about it, but he couldn't figure it out. After all, this kind of thing is the first time since ancient times, and it seems simple, but when you really want to do it, there are all kinds of problems. It seems that I have to discuss with Li Feibai and discuss a solution to all the problems that I think of. At that time, when Jidu Temple really wants to collect tickets, he is confident and has a solution to any problem, so who else can he go to if the errand of collecting tickets does not belong to him?

Therefore, today he finished lunch, took a nap, got up and washed his face, asked Zheng Haoran where Li Feibai was, and walked all the way to find Li Feibai.

According to the previous habit, Lin Zhiyuan went out to the yamen, even if he went to the yamen to do something, he had to take a small sedan chair and open the way by the soap li, if he couldn't put his official authority to his feet, he would rather not go out of this trip. But this time he didn't wear official clothes, but civilian clothes. He thinks of it this way; First, he came to see Li Feibai because he had something to ask Li Feibai, and he had to show the gesture of a friend, so that Li Feibai could know everything and say everything. What is the official authority doing with such a foot? What else can you get besides making Li Feibai disgusted? At that time, Li Feibai will still know everything, and he will say everything?

Second, if he wants to put his official authority to the fullest, he has to borrow someone to borrow a sedan chair. People don't ask for people to be tall, and people ask for people to be shorter. If you want to borrow someone to borrow a sedan chair, you have to talk softly to the lord Bo, the county prince, and the county master, and you have to accept their ridicule, and you have to tell others what to do? It's okay to be ridiculed for saying soft words, but you can tell them to go to Li Feibai to discuss the matter of collecting tickets? He's not that stupid! Could it be that these three people were allowed to take the lead and cut off his financial route? As for making up a lie to deceive the three of them? If you borrow someone else's person, people won't know where you go! He won't do this kind of thing of covering his ears and stealing the bell! It's better to go out in civilian clothes and work quietly!