"Mr. Di, my subordinate is indeed at fault." Tang Ming looked at Di Xi and said meaningfully, "But your identity is also questionable. ”

"Me?" Di Xi pretended to be very surprised and said, "I'm just a law-abiding jewelry merchant. I'm not suspicious. ”

"Merchant? You say you're a jewelry merchant, but where are your goods? Zong Kui felt that he had finally caught Di Xi's handle, "Also, have you ever reported to our tax office for business?" If you don't report it, it's an illegal operation. I can take you to jail. ”

"Chief Tang, have you seen it? This is how the captain of this sect deducted his hat indiscriminately for the people. Di Xi said lightly.

"Alright, Zong Kui. There's no room for talk here, shut up. Tang Ming scolded.

Although Zong Kui was scolded, he was well versed in Tang Ming's character, and he had already discovered that Tang Ming had already doubted Di Xi. "This time, I see what else you have planned!" Zong Kui said secretly in his heart.

Who knew that Di Xi was still not surprised, he clapped his hands. I saw more than a dozen villagers carrying several large boxes and slowly walked in front of Tang Ming and other officials.

"What are these things?" Tang Ming wondered.

"These sect captains said they want to check, my goods!" Di Xi smiled, "I just left these goods with the village chief. When I came here, there was some accident, so I delayed the time to report. ”

"Accident, what accident?" Tang Ming asked.

This is, Tian Jianzhong stood up. told Tang Ming that Di Xi had killed the giant crocodile and saved the villagers.

"That's why Brother Di is temporarily in this village. Originally, he was going to go to the city tomorrow, but he didn't expect this captain. Alas! Qian Yao sighed.

"And what are these goods?" Tang Ming asked.

"These are no longer goods." Di Xi said with a smile.

"Not the goods?"

"Now these are my taxes." Di Xi replied, "I know that entering Sangzi City to do business requires paying a certain amount of taxes. But I'm new to the city, and I don't know the amount. So I just estimated it myself, and together with the taxes payable by Shanghai Hongcun, it should be about the same. ”

"What kind of goods can be used to offset taxes?" With this question, Tang Ming instructed his subordinates, "Open the box." ”

"Yes!" Those officials immediately opened all of Di Xi's boxes.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the box was opened, the golden light suddenly flashed, making Tang Ming and the others couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamations.

I saw that there was nothing else in the chest, only gold ingots, and each chest was piled to the brim. This amazing treasure shocked Tang Ming and everyone under him at once.

Looking at the stunned officials, Qian Yao and the others also scolded in their hearts: "This little brother Di is really good, these officials are really some guys who see money." ”

It turned out that these so-called gold ingots were all gathered by Di Xi with Jinsha. When Di Xi demonstrated it to the villagers, they were also taken aback.

"Chief Tang, Chief Tang." Di Xi's call finally woke Tang Ming up.

"Mr. Di, do you mean that all these treasures will be handed over to the official?" Tang Ming asked in surprise.

"That's right, do you think you can offset the taxes?" Di Xi asked.

"It should be about the same, I think it's good as compensation." Tang Ming said happily, "Mr. Di, I didn't expect your business to be so big!" So how can you deign to be in Haihong Village? ”

"Sir Tang, my motto is 'don't forget the original intention', even if I have a certain amount of wealth now, I can't forget the tradition of hard work and simplicity!" Di Xi replied, "I think so

The environment of Haihong Village is very appetizing to me. ”

"Mr. Di is really admirable!" Seeing that he had accepted such a generous gift, Tang Ming naturally immediately changed his face, "Actually, you should have come to us earlier, so there wouldn't have been so many misunderstandings." ”

"Chief Tang, don't blame me for this!" Di Xi spread his hands and said, "Originally, I was going to visit. I also want to send my taxes to the tax office in person. But I didn't expect this tax collection team to be so unbearable, so I kept an eye on it. ”

"Sir Tang, don't fall for this guy!" Zong Kui said anxiously.

"Smack!" Tang Ming directly gave Zong Kui a slap and slapped him away in an instant.

"You are not allowed to slander Mr. Di anymore." Tang Ming couldn't help but scold.

"You bastard!" Zong Kui continued to scold.

"Shut him up!" After Tang Ming finished speaking, several officials came up and grabbed Zong Kui and directly blocked his mouth.

"Mr. Di is very right!" Tang Ming said as he said in his heart, "This Sect Leader is really too much. Taxes dare to be collected a hundred times. Fortunately, this surnamed Di kept an eye on it, otherwise there might not be a few boxes of gold left in my hand. ”

"Chief Tang, I don't know whether to say something or not." Di Xi said.

"Mr. Di, please speak!"

"If you have someone like the parcel captain on your team. With all due respect, when the people really get angry, you can't afford it. Di Xi said calmly.

When Tang Ming heard this, he was also stunned. After a while, he said slowly: "Mr. Di is right. Such despicable fellows should no longer be in our tax office. ”

Tang Ming cleared his throat and said, "From today onwards, the position of the captain of Zongkui's tax collection team will be revoked. His position is temporarily held by Vice Captain Li Jue. ”

Tang Ming's words attracted warm applause from the villagers of Haihong Village present. The evil Zong Kui also received the retribution he deserved.

Next, Tang Ming asked Zhou Jue to take the tax collection team and move the boxes containing interest gold ingots into the carriage one by one.

Seeing this, Di Xi said in his heart: "It seems that this Tang Ming is not much better than that Zong Kui, but now that you want to find a few other people, his help is really indispensable!" ”

"Mr. Di, if there is anything to do, just come to Sangzi City to find me. I'm kind of influential on that ground. After receiving so much gold from Di Xi, Tang Ming naturally wanted to be polite.

"That's right, Chief Tang, I really want to ask you for help with something!" Di Xi said.

"What's the difficulty, Mr. Di, please say." Tang Ming asked.

"Chief Tang, I heard that if you do business in Sangzi City, you still need to apply for a business license." Di Xi asked.

"That's right, according to Sang Ziguo's regulations. Any merchant who wants to do business legally needs to go through the review procedures before they can obtain a business license. Tang Ming explained, "However, this procedure is more cumbersome, why does it take ten days and half a month for you to open a store in the city!" ”

"That's it! It's going to take so long! Di Xi looked very embarrassed, "Chief Tang, you also know that for us businessmen, time is money!" If you open a day late, it means how much water loss you have! ”

"I've dealt with you businessmen a lot on this point, so naturally I understand it very well." Tang Ming said, his face showing greed, "But in fact, I handled all these procedures, so I ......"

"It turns out that this is also the jurisdiction of Chief Tang!" Di Xi naturally saw Tang Ming's thoughts, "It seems that in the future, when my store opens, Chief Tang will take care of it!" ”

"Mr. Di is really an old Jianghu!" Tang Ming also heard Di Xi's strings

Voices.

"Chief Tang, I don't think it's reasonable to send some more vulgar things. And once it is known to outsiders, those who don't know who Chief Tang is may misunderstand you! Di Xi said with a smile, "And the tax bureau always has a large number of objects in and out, which will inevitably attract the attention of others." ”

"What Mr. Di means!" Tang Ming asked.

"Chief Tang, you see, I am not familiar with Sangzi City. I'm also worried that you'll let me open a shop alone in this place. Di Xi changed his words and said, "You see how I want to give you 20% of the shares of the store." ”

"Twenty percent?" Tang Ming's eyes straightened, "How much is two percent." ”

"This, because I'm new to the city, I'm not too familiar with the market in Sangzi City." Di Xi said matter-of-factly, "I'll just calculate the daily turnover of our worst store there!" If it is 20%, your monthly profit is about 100,000 gold! ”

"What!" This number suddenly exploded in Tang Ming's mind, "Good girl, I didn't expect there to be so many." ”

You must know that a tax official like Tang Ming has a salary of about 10,000 yuan a year in Sangzi City. Coupled with the filial piety of ordinary merchants, it is only about tens of thousands a year. Now Di Xi actually gave him an income of at least 100,000 yuan a month, and no official could stand it.

At this time, Tang Ming was already stunned by this number, and was stunned and motionless. It was Di Xi's several calls that woke him up.

Tang Ming also realized his gaffe, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry! Mr. Di, I really didn't expect your suggestion to be so good. ”

"Then I'll leave everything to Chief Tang." Di Xi said as he took out a gold medal from his pocket and put it in Tang Ming's hand.

"What is this?" Tang Ming asked, looking at the gold medal marked with a strange mark on his hand.

"This is my token. When the time comes, as long as Chief Tang only needs to come to my shop with this token, we will definitely treat you as a guest. Di Xi explained.

"I see, Mr. Di is thoughtful." Tang Ming's face was happy, "Then I'll help you get the business license right after I go back." This time tomorrow, you come to our tax office, and I will hand it over to you with my own hands. ”

"Okay, that's no problem. It's just that I'm not familiar with Sangzi City at all, and the location of this tax office ......," Di Xi said embarrassedly.

"That's easy!" Tang Ming turned around and said to Zhou Jue, "Captain Zhou, you will bring someone to pick up Mr. Di early tomorrow morning." By the way, take Mr. Di to familiarize himself with the environment in the city, and if Mr. Di has any important shops, help contact him. ”

"Yes!" Zhou Jue hurriedly replied. Tang Ming's "Captain Zhou" just now basically confirmed that he would take Zong Kui's place. Zhou Jue's heart suddenly bloomed.

"Okay, I'll go back to the tax office first. Tomorrow I will be there waiting for Mr. Di! After Tang Ming finished speaking, he left Haihong Village with his men satisfied.

When it was determined that Tang Ming was far away, the villagers of Haihong Village immediately cheered.

"It's really thanks to Brother Di that the plague god got the punishment he deserved." Qian Yao said happily.

"Nothing good will happen to those who are greedy." Di Xi said calmly.

"Brother Di, are you really going to open a business in Sangzi City?" Tian Jianzhong asked.

"That's right, this time, if I can have a place to stay in the city, then it will be more convenient for me to find my wife." Di Xi said, "These two are coming! I think Haihong Village is very rich in seafood, but it lacks a stable sales channel. When my business is established, I will let everyone's seafood be sold directly in the city. The profits are handed over to you without reservation. What do you think? ”