Chapter 177: Leaving No Way Back
The gate of the Li Mansion was opened, and the outside of the door was full of people watching the excitement, but they were all blocked by a large number of officers and soldiers ten meters away. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Everyone pointed at the Li family's compound and talked in a low voice.
Since the Ye and Tang families were forced to leave the provincial capital, the Li family has now become the largest merchant in the provincial capital, monopolizing many private workshops and commercial trade for a while.
The Li family colluded with the prefect Lei Xiaotian, and the two of them had a nest of snakes and rats, and they worked together to catch a big fish. This is no secret in the mouths of the people in the provincial capital, because the people are rich and powerful, and the vast majority of merchants can only struggle to survive under their oppression.
The people also dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and at this moment, they saw a large number of officers and soldiers suddenly surrounding the Li Mansion, which seemed to be menacing, attracting countless onlookers for a while.
When Ye Shaolong and his party arrived, many onlookers immediately understood why the Li family was like this. I don't know who roared: "The eldest young master of the Ye family is back, and the Li family is going to be finished." ā
These words immediately attracted everyone's attention, and they all looked around to find Ye Shaolong's figure. As long as you know about the affairs of the Ye Tang family and the Li family, you know what it means.
Ye Shaolong calmly got into the road that the crowd automatically gave way out, and hugged his fists as he walked, returning to the sincere smiling faces of the onlookers.
At this time, I don't know who suddenly coaxed: "Young Master Ye, tell us folks what happened, right?" ā
Watching the lively people is not a big deal, and because Ye Shaolong looks kind, everyone arouses a sense of intimacy with him. This will be coaxed and not so restrained, and there are many people who follow the trend for a while.
Ye Shaolong smiled at this, walked straight to the steps of the gate of the Li Mansion, raised his hands and pressed them high, and waited until the commotion of everyone gradually quieted down, and then he said loudly: "First of all, thank you folks for remembering that I, Ye Shaolong, am such a 'loser'. ā
As soon as Ye Shaolong's words came out, he immediately caused a burst of laughter, and those who knew Ye Shaolong knew that Ye Shaolong was laughing at himself. And those who did not know immediately began to inquire of those who understood.
The laughter lasted for a long time, Ye Shaolong pressed his hands again, and then continued: "Today, I, Ye Shaolong, came back after leaving the provincial capital for three months, and the first thing I did was to clean up the Li family. If the villagers have any illegal activities against the Li family, they can go to the Yamen to report the case. ā
"Not much else, as long as the crimes committed by the Li family are verified, all the people who report them will be rewarded. And those who have lost property because of the Li family will also be returned in full after verification. ā
"Really?" The crowd suddenly burst into such a sentence.
"Although I, Ye Shaolong, am not a gentleman, I am also a ruffian among gentlemen, and when did I say big things to the villagers and deceive everyone." As soon as he said this, no one questioned it.
Ye Shaolong has always been known for his generosity, who doesn't know his name, maybe they can doubt him in other things. But in terms of money, the three words of Ye Shaolong are a golden signboard.
Seeing that no one doubted himself anymore, Ye Shaolong nodded with satisfaction: "Then now everyone can go to the mansion, and I will ask people to make records for everyone outside the mansion." Everyone is welcome to report it now! ā
"Let's go, report it!"
"Yes! Three shops in my house were occupied by the Li family, and now I finally have the opportunity to get them back. ā
Within a few moments, the crowd of onlookers was more than half gone. Ye Shaolong was slightly stunned, and it could be seen from the side that the Li family really didn't seem to be loved by the people.
Thinking about it, after the Li family became dominant in the provincial capital, the means of accumulating wealth seemed to have intensified. originally thought that Li Xi was a talent, but it seems that he is just a fool.
Rabbits know not to eat the grass by the nest, as the largest family in the local area, but they don't want to worry about reputation, but they oppress people with power and offend the villagers.
How is it possible for a family like this to survive locally for a long time? Like now, no one has come forward to say half a word for the Li family, which shows how failed Li Xi, the head of the family, has done.
Ye Shaolong shook his head and walked into the gate of the Li family with his hands behind his back, and he could see that all the subordinates were being guarded in the courtyard. And the iron tower is in the main hall with the gate open, commanding a group of officers and soldiers to count all the property of the Li family.
Seeing Ye Shaolong coming, the iron tower hurriedly greeted him: "Young master, you are here!" ā
"Well, how is it going? How much money has been cleared out? "Ye Shaolong's main purpose in taking the Li family is money.
In the past, the losses of the Ye and Tang families had already been earned back on Lei Xiaotian's body, and the remaining interest would naturally come out of the Li family.
Now he is even more encouraging the people to sue and expose the Li family's wrongs, so that the Li family will definitely die. Of course, this is also the Li family's own fault, who made them not good at themselves, otherwise Ye Shaolong would not be able to easily take down the Li family.
"Young master, the Li family has not cleared much money at present, and it is not enough for 100 million taels of silver. More than half of this is due to the valuation of some objects. As he spoke, Tie Ta carefully observed Ye Shaolong's mood changes.
To his disappointment, Ye Shaolong's face was always calm, and he didn't seem to care about such a thing.
"Well, it's all cleared, and then it will be sent directly to Mingzhu Gege and them to see, and then all of them will be handed over to the emperor." Ye Shaolong smiled secretly in his heart, as a big family like this, it is normal for the Li family to have only these things on the surface.
If Li Xi puts the real property of the Li family on the surface, this will be a ghost. He didn't believe it, a prefect could hide 300 million taels of silver, but Li Jiaming only had less than 100 million taels on his face. With such a rough estimate, Ye Shaolong estimated that the Li family's assets in the dark would definitely not be less than 600 million taels.
This is definitely the combined wealth of the Ye and Tang families, and of course, the estimate of 600 million taels of silver also includes the Li family's industries. There's a bit of moisture in it, but it's not much different.
Tie Ta didn't know what Ye Shaolong was thinking, and when he heard that Ye Shaolong was going to give all the money and money that had been investigated to the emperor. This is not like Ye Shaolong's style of doing things at all!
He really wanted to remind Ye Shaolong, but seeing that he didn't look confused, he could only hide his words in his stomach for a while and agree sullenly.
Ye Shaolong seemed to see the hesitation of the iron tower, and said with a smile: "Don't think too much, just do it, I know what to do." ā
The tower no longer has any entanglements, and he agrees to go to work on his own. After he had been in contact with Ye Shaolong for these days, he knew that he was not stupid, although this matter seemed incredible, as long as Ye Shaolong was not confused, the iron tower would have nothing to worry about.
Ye Shaolong asked Li Tianyun's body to be carried to the crowd where the Li family was concentrated, regardless of the shocked Li family, he continued to walk towards the Li family's compound.