Chapter 32: I Am the King

After collecting the protection money from the people around them, a group of people walked outside the noodle restaurant with a big grin and lined up. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The old man Leng saw that there were so many black-clothed juniors in front of him, all of them carrying big sticks and hanging big knives, and they were fierce and vicious, thinking that the person who came was not good, and the most worrying thing had happened after all! The people who had just lined up to ask for medicine walked away and hid from afar to watch, like a farce, destined to be staged.

Boss Wan knew early that the tax collector was coming, and he had prepared five hundred copper plates, held them in his hand, and greeted them with a smile.

"Yo ha, it's rare that the second nephew went out to collect taxes in person today, no wonder the magpie is always calling in front of the door today, it turns out that there are distinguished guests to welcome the door?

For others to call themselves nephews, Wan Jinlong is not new to hear, but anyone who has a little money in Wanlai Town, and people who are older than themselves call themselves nephews. I've long been used to hearing it, thinking that one is to get closer to each other and take care of each other, and second, or did there ever be a little kinship?

But at this time, he didn't listen to it at all, but listened with some disgust, thinking that we were so close to each other, for so many years, almost every day, but I didn't see me take the book to collect taxes! What kind of rare guest, distinguished guest? When I heard it, it was just a polite remark, a lie? I didn't want to make less trouble with him and charge him less taxes!

"Since it's a rare guest, a distinguished guest, don't you ask my brother to go in and sit down and drink a bowl of water?" Wan Jinlong asked with a cold face.

"Hey, what the second master said is yes, yes, I should have gone in to sit and drink a bowl of tea, but look at it-" Boss Wan turned his head and pointed to the noisy crowd inside, and said:

"There are a lot of people in the shop, and the second master who is afraid of crowding is uncomfortable! When I get busy when I turn around, your uncle and I will rearrange the second master, how about sitting down, drinking tea and drinking?"

Wan Jinlong raised his eyes and looked at the full crowd inside, drinking, eating noodles, drinking tea and chatting, although some people knew that he personally came out to collect taxes, it was also news, but those people were as if they deliberately did not sell his account, all of them were leisurely, talking and laughing, and they were not affected at all.

This made him look a little annoyed, and he thought, a little fart boy, just let you people be so relieved and bold, and no one in your eyes at first? Who doesn't know me Wan Jinbao and Wan Jinlong in Wanlai Town? Who can meet without saying hello first? Now there is a little fart boy, you are going to rebel? Then how will I be in the town in the future?

Thinking of this, a stream of evil qi rushed to his head in his heart, he suppressed his anger and sneered:

"Haha, is it? But after so many days, I have never had a letter from you?

"Yes, yes, you're right! It's uncle's fault, it's too busy, no time, and can't take care of it, I hope the second master will hold more letters, more letters!" Boss Wan held the money in his hand and gestured!

"Okay, let's not gossip! Take it and pay the money!" Wan Jinlong opened the account book and said directly.

Boss Wan hurriedly put the five hundred copper plates he was holding in both hands and held them in front of Wan Jinlong, Wan Jinlong clicked on the five strings, suddenly sank his face, and asked in surprise:

"Boss Wan, what are you doing here? Such a big boss, such a good business--only pay so little every month, and play with our brother as a beggar?"

"No, no, look at what your second master said, we are not outsiders, how dare we mess around, mess up the second master's distance, count five hundred dollars, this is the number every month, what the uncle set before?" Boss Wan was also surprised.

"That's the uncle's rules, I'm the second master! It's not my second master's rules! Look at your business is so prosperous, you robbed everyone around you to pay such a small amount of money, how can we explain it to others?"

Wan Jinlong suddenly raised his voice and said.

"Hey, second master, what you said is a bit too much, business is good, that's the support of the villagers, I didn't rob anyone's business? You know, the noodle restaurant has been open for decades, and it has always been operated like this, openly and transparently, and no one has robbed anyone's business?"

"What? I'm talking too much? This business, everyone has seen it, and they still use quibbles?" Wan Jinlong became a little impatient, deliberately thought about it, and quickly said:

"That's it, from today onwards, you have to pay fifteen hundred yuan a month, that is, one or two halves of silver! Nothing else is your business, otherwise, don't blame the villagers in the big hometown for not being emotional!"

"Ah, fifteen hundred yuan? My God, second master, my small business, small profits, this thousand five hundred yuan, how much dough do I have to sell, how much rice wine do I have to sell to make money? Where do you tell me to get it for you?"

As soon as Boss Wan heard that number, it was like someone gave him a slap in the face, and he almost fainted.

"We all know the worth of your boss Wan! Is this money still money to you? Such a good business, such a good popularity! It won't be long before I see that the entire Wanlai Town is your family's-!" Wan Jinlong saw Boss Wan's shocked appearance, and said coldly!

"You, you, no, no, second master, listen to me, listen to me-" Boss Wan saw that he had something to say, he was a little flustered, and he didn't hesitate!

"I'd like to see what kind of big people are spending in it?"

Wan Jinlong said loudly and strode into the noodle shop.

"Oh, it turned out to be Boss Li, Boss Zhang is here, haha, and Boss Liu, all here? And you, Boss Hu, are also here - I don't know if I don't see it, I was shocked when I saw it, this can be described as a group of heroes, hidden dragon and crouching tiger, haha, haha!"

As he spoke loudly, he walked around the store for a short time, and when everyone saw him come in, they all stopped talking, and looked at him thoughtfully, some of them didn't think of him, and some of them nodded to him!

Seeing that everyone was speechless, and no one invited him to take a seat, he then stood in the middle of the room and said loudly to several figures with heads and faces:

"You go on, keep eating and drinking! Don't disturb you, I'll receive your house immediately, just ask the family to prepare the money, you also know, this is the first time I've come out to collect money, I hope you give some face, don't make everyone talk badly!"

As soon as he said this, everyone frowned, thinking to themselves what this guy meant by what he said? Is it that we are not allowed to spend money here? Or is it that we have a lot of money, and we will be very slaughtered when we turn around? Seeing that the wine and food on the table suddenly changed its taste.

Walking out of the noodle shop and into the street, everyone was still silently watching him.

Boss Wan was holding five strings of money, with a bitter look on his face, his eyes pleading, waiting for him to reduce the number and retract his original words; a group of family members were waiting for him to speak, ready to act?

"Give the money quickly, don't tremble anymore! Delay the brothers' time, it won't be easy?"

"Second master, I really don't have so much money, although there are many people in my noodle shop, but the profit is thin, I have the old and the young, and the family is counting on this income, you are like this, how can we live" Boss Wan begged again.

"You mean not to pay, don't you? Don't bully me for confiscating taxes and feesโ€”if you want me to go back, you have to be sad first?"

"Hurry up or not!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Boss Wan was sweating profusely and struggling for a long time, but he still said a few words:

"It's really - no money, second master!"

"Okay, you said you don't have any money?! Okay, I don't want your money - brothers, move the flour and give it to me!"

With Wan Jinlong's order, a group of family members who had been unable to hold it for a long time rushed up and rushed into the noodle restaurant, which frightened the people inside into an uproar, and poured out of the store one after another.

Soon, bags of white flour were indirectly carried out by the group of men in black from the kitchen, and when Boss Wan saw this, he was anxious to kneel and kowtow to beg for mercy, and shouted again:

"Second master, second master, don't, don't be like this, second master, I can't help it, second master! Hurry, tell the brothers to stop, hurry, hurry-"

Where is Wan Jinlong willing to listen? He just commanded the family, "Hurry up, I'll move away, hurry, go get a car, and move back to my yard!"

In the face of Boss Wan's bitter pleading, he only replied to him with one sentence: "No matter how much you tremble, even the pot will be revealed to you! If you want something, go back and get the money!"

Seeing this, Leng Banxian next to him couldn't stand it anymore, wrapped his beard, walked up to the street in two steps, the old man who had always been soft and afraid of things, I don't know where he got the courage?

"Brute, stop! It's just a robber, in broad daylight, is there any royal law?"

As soon as the words fell, two men in black came up with sticks, pointed at Leng Banxian fiercely with their sticks and scolded:

"Old thing, scold again, send you to the west sky!

Wan Jinlong was suddenly scolded by Leng Banxian, just like spitting on his face, and he unexpectedly felt very disgusting!

Hurriedly covered his face with his hand, looked at the two men in black with disgust, and then stretched out his other hand and waved it aside, signaling to hurry up and drive me away, where did the wild old man come from?

Two sturdy men pushed with sticks and buckets, plus kicks, Leng Banxian scolded and retreated, forced to retreat to the side, and accidentally fell to the ground, the two men saw that there were herbs on his table, calligraphy and painting, and it was a stick again, and the small table fell apart, calligraphy and painting flew all over the sky, and the herbs were scattered all over the ground, and then returned to Wan Jinlong's side, Leng Banxian sat on the ground and still scolded:

"Heaven does not tolerate it, evil will be rewarded! Evil will be rewarded!"

Seeing that he was kneeling on the ground and crying for a long time without any effect, Boss Wan simply got up, and a force rose spontaneously to the top of his head, rushed into the store quickly, picked up two kitchen knives, snapped twice, and pointed to the man in black who was carrying flour and shouted:

"Lao Tzu fought with you, fought - put things down for me, put them down!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw three or four men in black, rushing in with sticks, without saying a word, they raised the sticks and beat them, crackling, a burst of sticks, Boss Wan's kitchen knife flew aside, and the dense sticks rained on his body, and soon the pain was unbearable, holding his head on the ground, screaming, and the two little two in the store were even more frightened and clinging to the wall, not daring to move!

The wife and daughter behind the store ran out when they heard the sound, and when they saw this scene, they ran to the street one after another, knelt in front of Wan Jinlong, and cried and begged the second master, be gracious, forgive.

Wan Jinlong didn't put a group of women and children into his eyes at all, thinking that he shouldn't be hard in front of everyone, how can he mix on the street in the future?

What is the law of kings? I am the law of kings.

Dozens of bags of flour were emptied in an instant, and all of them were placed on the street, and I don't know who got another carriage? A group of men in black carried them onto the cart with their hands and feet, and then pushed and carried them, and in full view of everyone, in the midst of a cry, they swaggered and walked away, and as they left, a man in black even took away the cauldron in the store.

Boss Wan, with the help of the two shopkeepers, stood up in pain, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, his hair was scattered, his mouth was scolding, and he walked outside with difficulty, comforting his wife and daughter, and the family hugged together.

Such a big move, the noise, and the sound of crying and pleading resounded throughout the street, and hundreds of onlookers could be said to have feasted their eyes! Seeing Wan Jinlong and his party gradually walking away, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted,

"Go and call Lingwa back!

As soon as I heard the word "Lingwa!", it seemed like a thunderclap exploded, reminding Boss Wan violently, and also reminding Leng Banxian-

However, it was still early, it was just past noon, and it was not yet time for Lingwa to come back, where to find him-?

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At this time, Lingwa is sweating like rain in the depths of the northern part of Daling Mountain, and it is in full swing!

The two large bundles of firewood had already been chopped and put aside, and he was on his own practice ground, tossing and turning, alive and vigorous, with sticks whistling, fists and feet in the wind, like a drunk, impervious to wind and rain!