The person I mentioned was Boss Wren.

Being able to hide in the territory of the enemy Carter family for many years without being discovered, Boss Wren's means and abilities are by no means idle.

If such people can't find out the details of those people, they can only say that these people are hiding too deep and too dangerous.

I can accommodate greed, but I can't tolerate threats.

Greedy like a vicious wolf, although fierce, but as long as it is fed, it can become the most loyal eagle dog under his hands.

The threat is a poisonous snake, you can't figure out what it wants, one moment it may be fine, the next moment it will bite it, not die, it will be painful for a long time.

This night, I slept very little and thought a lot.

After breakfast, Jin Siqi walked briskly to the guild, while I went to my own restaurant.

Today, I have four properties in Dasai City, one of which is this multi-national restaurant, the second is the café of Balan, the third is the accessory shop of Balan, and the fourth is the underground fighting arena of Balaan.

Not long ago, under the operation of Swift, one-third of the jewelry store owners in Balan City have expressed their willingness to contribute their jewelry stores as branches of my jewelry stores.

This behavior was quite surprising to me.

When asked about Swift, he said: "These bosses have many tax evasions, they have not raided the store, and the confiscation of the title deed is already considered mercy, and it is a great favor to let them join your jewelry store, who of them dares not to obey?" ”

Hearing this, I chuckled.

Taxation is the foundation of a nation.

Although Dasaicheng's attitude towards commercial taxes is not strict, it has never been despised either, but whenever tax evasion is found to be serious, it is basically correct.

It's just that the officials and businessmen are of the same mind, and most of the time, after the merchants seek huge profits, the taxes that are missed, six or seven times out of ten, will flow into the pockets of the local nobles or the city lords of the country.

The lord of the city is satisfied, the nobles are satisfied, and the life of these merchants will cease and nourish.

Collect taxes on weekdays, as long as the face is reasonable, who will have trouble with these money bags.

Only a fool would do the thing of cutting off one's own money.

This is the unspoken rule of human relations in the Wind Continent, even if it is the orc king, he knows it.

As long as the country and the people are safe, it doesn't affect the fundamentals, and the orc king doesn't bother to pay attention to that little money.

The monarch acquiesced, and the matter was over.

Speaking of which, Swift didn't take any less red envelopes from these vendors, but now he is using this as a handle, showing his butcher knife, forcing them to belong to my property and make money for me, which is a bit unauthentic.

So I asked him, "If you do this, aren't you afraid that those people will scold you for crossing the river and tearing down the bridge?" ”

"How could it," Swift chuckled, "before they were happy." ”

"Happy?" I shook my head and was puzzled: "The money is mine, they will earn less, will they be happy?" ”

"I'm sure I'm happy!" Swift explained: "It turns out that everyone eats a meal that loses their heads, once they come up and check the accounts below, they are basically frightened, and they are not stable when they eat and sleep, for fear that something will happen. ”

"It's not in the interests of merchants," I said, "after all, merchants are insatiable fellows." ”

"What you said is" Swift suddenly said: "But you think, why do they want to make money so desperately, not to be able to support their families, and then use spare money to play Yaxing, but these two things are easy to say, but they are even more difficult to do, without a background, who can allow them to take so much money?" So in order to meet these two purposes, they have to do something to lose their heads. ”

He changed his words and said: "But now it's different, you are the prime minister, one person under the people, who dares to get involved in your industry, that's not the old birthday star hanged - it's a long life, so when I heard that there was an opportunity to join your industry, nearly two-thirds of the jewelry store owners in the city flocked to your jewelry store and took the initiative to ask for help. ”

"But in the end, didn't only one-third of the jewelry stores make the cut?" I asked, "What about the other third?" ”

"Eliminated" Swift said: "Some jewelry store owners just want to find a shelter to protect themselves, and do not intend to be sincere to you, such people, naturally need to be eliminated, some jewelry shop temples are small and less expensive, the shopkeeper is ambitious, such a guy can not want, it will affect your industry, as for those who are in the mean, it is our favorite choice." ”

Hearing his words, I was happy: "Are you picking the other half?" ”

Swift said seriously: "Business is no different from marriage, you have seen my wife, what do you think of my wife?" ”

"He's a good guy," I said perfunctorily.

"You like to pick good things to say, I am self-aware, my wife looks snarky, and pays special attention to pomp and fame, likes luxury, anyone who sees her thinks she is not a good woman, but you just said, she is a good person, yes, this is her inside, her essence, and I am most optimistic about the point, it is because of such a wife, I will not make mistakes."

What he said made sense, and I had to be convinced.

Nodding, I asked him again, "Do you have any plans for working so hard for me, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Swift's face turned red, rubbed his hands, and sneered, "You...... You're really discerning, now that you've found out, I'll be straightforward, in fact, the recent expenses have been a bit big, and my industry is in short supply, so ...... I'd love to join your jewelry store too, as long as you eat the ones you don't need. ”

After listening to him, I said that there was no problem at all.

Later, I asked him why his expenses had been so large lately, after all, I knew Swift's income in general, and even among the aristocracy, he was a wealthy household.

Swift didn't hide it, but just said it a little awkwardly.

The reason is that his son is addicted to gambling, and the more he gambles, the bigger he gets, and he has spent all his savings in recent years.

Seeing his gloomy expression, I comforted him a little, and warned him that if he could, it was best to imprison the son who was addicted to gambling, or find him something else to do, or just cut it in two, anyway, you don't have only such a son, just treat him as if you never gave birth to him, in short, you must quit gambling, otherwise, your huge family business will be corrupted one day sooner or later.

Swift's face was heavy and he didn't speak, but I could be sure from his gloomy countenance that his son was going to be unlucky.

Aside from him, let's talk about my other three properties.

The jewelry store with the help of nobles naturally grew very quickly, but the underground fighting arena without the assistance of nobles also grew to the point of surprise to the point of surprise.

(End of chapter)