The murders in Portugal are just the tip of the iceberg, and there are many more such things. With the decline of the Qing court, the national strength went downhill, and the management of foreigners in Guangdong Province became more and more powerless.

In the process of summarizing and analyzing this information, Yang Lin came to the conclusion that the Qing court's strategy of razing and destroying will be invalid sooner or later, if nothing changes, it will still be so rotten, and the bullying of the Eight-Nation Alliance will happen sooner or later, after all, those foreigners are not fools, they always fight with each other, so that you can benefit from the fisherman.

What's more, they are a group of insatiable tiger and wolf forces, who are below in the trade process, and once they have a huge advantage, they will tear off all kinds of camouflage, savage aggression, brutal plunder, and wanton burning.

Therefore, if you want to have dignity and sovereignty, you must be strong yourself, so that others cannot despise you, bully you, and truly have a fair deal with you.

Three years, more than three years, Yang Lin has the best three-year opportunity, in between, he can accumulate money, increase strength, collect all the advanced science in the world, and strengthen his own hidden armed forces, so that on the day of the unveiling, with the momentum of thunder, he will attack in an instant, and the Qing court will be caught off guard.

Just when Yang Lin was still thinking about something, there was a knock on the door, and Yang Xiao's voice came from outside the door.

"Young Master, someone is looking for you, and Master Liu is also here."

For a while, Yang Lin was a little surprised, who would come to him at this time? Moreover, Master Liu also came with him, is it a coincidence, or is it pre-discussed? The dark eyes flickered for a moment, and then Yang Xiao's words followed, and then replied, "Let them in." ”

With a squeak, the door was pushed open, and three figures rushed in, followed by Yang Xiao, Master Liu and a strange officer, looking at their outfits, like those of the Customs Department.

After the three of them stood still, Yang Xiao took two steps forward, pointed to the officer, and explained: "Young master, I told him, you are in trouble, and you are not a guest today, this official said that he sent what you wanted." Later, Master Liu also came, and I was sure that there was such a thing, and I was afraid of delaying your business, so I brought someone over. ”

Thousands of thoughts crossed his mind, and vaguely, Yang Lin felt that this name should be sent by Lord Song, and the thing should be the fire submission that day, so he waved his hand and said loudly: "Yang Xiao, needless to say, there is indeed this thing, which is exactly what I want." ”

Then, Yang Lin stopped what he was doing, looked directly at the officer, and asked slowly, "Did Lord Song send you here to send me something?" ”

"Well, yes, my lord, it was Lord Song who sent me."

"Where's that thing, show me it."

As soon as the words fell, the official took out a document with a folding style from his arms, and Yang Xiao came to his side at the right time, took the paperwork, and handed it to Yang Lin.

Slowly unfolded the submission, glanced at it quickly, glanced at the content, and roughly browsed it, Yang Lin received the submission, and said loudly: "Yes, it is exactly what I want, do you have any other explanations?" ”

"My adult just asked the little one to bring a sentence, and if the adult has anything else to do in the future, just let someone give a sentence, my adult said, he will definitely try his best to do it, and there will be nothing else."

"Then you can also help me bring a message to your family."

"Adult, please speak, remember the small one, it will definitely be conveyed."

"Let's just say this kindness, this official has it in his heart, with a word of thanks."

"Okay, do you have any other orders? If not, the little one will retire first and go back to his life. ”

"Alright, you can go back."

At the same time, Yang Lin said to Yang Xiao: "Go, send the Yacha brother, and by the way, get some silver from the account room, and let this brother buy some tea on the way." ”

During the whole process, Master Liu was always by his side, looking at it in his eyes, he was very surprised, he didn't expect this young adult to act so sophisticated, he didn't have that habit of being strong and contemptuous, just a small servant, and he was so polite. What's even more commendable is that this young adult has grievances and entanglements with that Lord Song, and now he is able to get rid of his previous suspicions, which is not simple, and his performance far surpasses his peers.

After Yang Xiaohe and the official left, Yang Lin's attention fell on Master Liu's body and asked, "Master Liu, you came to me today, is there something wrong?" ”

"My lord, that's the case, the Pearl River fire has burned a lot of ships and goods, causing great losses, and many of the thirteen merchants belonging to our tooth bank have suffered great losses and are on the verge of bankruptcy and business, shouldn't we reduce their taxes and ease their burdens according to their situation?"

After saying this, Master Liu looked honored and disgraced, bowed his head and said nothing, as if what he said was completely out of official business, sympathetic to those merchants, and stood up for them. However, Yang Lin didn't think so, and asked meaningfully: "Master Liu, although we are responsible for managing the thirteen banks in Guangzhou and taxing them, the amount of taxes cannot be decided by the officials, and we need to report to the Customs Department and hand them over to the General Mouth Committee and the Supervisor to decide whether to reduce their taxes." ”

As if sensing Yang Lin's voice, Master Liu slowly stepped forward, took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve, and said respectfully: "My lord, this is the filial piety of those merchants. As for taxation, as long as you report their losses and say a few kind words, it will not be a problem and will be easily solved. ”

Yang Lin just glanced at the silver ticket in Master Liu's hand lightly, and didn't show much interest, and said to it: "Master Liu, I heard that some Western skills are very exquisite, and they are very good at calculating celestial phenomena, can you help me find some?" ”

Of course, Master Liu understood the meaning of his words, and he did not find it strange, because many officials who went to Guangzhou were interested in Western things, and even more, they learned these things and tinkered with them at home.

Located in the southeast, close to Macao and Hong Kong, where Westerners lived, as the only foreign trade port of the Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou Prefecture did not lack these. Therefore, Master Liu immediately agreed, and asked with a slight reminder: "Okay, my lord, those Western things, the small ones will be found for you as soon as possible, and I will definitely get you a full set, what about the merchants?" ”

"It's easy to do business, I'll write a submission, and I'll report it in a few days, so that they don't have to worry, even if the tax is unavoidable, it should be able to be postponed for a while."

"By the way, Master Liu, those things in the West, if you can, try to get as many books as possible, otherwise they are all pure things, and after a long time, there will be problems, I will let my subordinates learn them, and I can fix them myself."

"Okay, my lord, the lower official will go to do these things, and retire first."

"Okay, you go first, I still have some things to deal with, so I won't leave you."

Master Liu gently left the silver ticket and slowly bowed back. However, as soon as he walked to the door and was about to leave, Yang Lin suddenly said something that made him stop and stand at the door.

"Master Liu, you should ask them to go to the Guangdong Customs Office to dredge up and down, take care of it, and let Lord Song, the chief commissioner in charge of the dental store, and the supervisor understand in advance, so that when I go to report, things will be easy to handle, right?"

"Don't worry, the adults understand, and let the merchants take care of it when they turn around, and honor the superintendent and Lord Song."

The amount of money involved in the taxation of business is a large amount, and even if it is not reduced, it will face great pressure just by delaying the payment. Master Liu, who was mixed in Guangzhou officialdom and shopping malls, of course understood the truth, so Yang Lin was only a little bit.

After Master Liu left, Yang Lin stayed alone in the study, thinking a little, his eyes flashed, and he muttered: "Don't think that I, Yang Lin, am a newcomer, and I can fool me before I understand the situation in Guangzhou Mansion." Taxation, how big of a deal is that, that is what these silver taels can do? ”

"Hmph, even if the governor, governor, and overseer agree, will the royal family in the capital allow it? Now it is an eventful and turbulent autumn, the rebels in the southwest are still there, and they need a lot of money and silver, and the emperor will take care of the life and death of several merchants? If I don't knock and knock, you, Master Liu, will forget your words of allegiance a few days ago~! (To be continued.) )