Volume 1: Conquest of the Quartet Chapter 43: Bait off the soft-shelled turtle and return in vain
"Young Master, what are we going to Qianzhuang for? It is imperative that we leave Nanzhou City as soon as possible to prevent those great families from attacking you!" Shi Youshan was puzzled.
"Don't worry, they won't want to kill me. Ye Wu stepped into the door of Yongle Commercial Bank.
Qian Ruoli sat at the front desk, holding her cheek with one hand, absentmindedly looking at the wooden horse swinging back and forth on the table, she was also invited by Ye Wu at the previous opening meeting, and she was still sitting in the special area, where she could enjoy the best fireworks and the most beautiful lights.
This girl looked at Ye Wutai's heroic posture, and for some reason a sense of inferiority rose in her heart, he was too shining and she was not worthy of him.
Qian Ruoli sighed, and there was a sound of footsteps at the door, and she looked up.
"City Lord Ye, what kind of wind blew you here. She put down the Trojan horse in her hand, stood up, and forced a smile.
"I'm going to check the accounts. Ye Wu didn't beat around the bush and directly explained his intentions.
Qian Ruoli's eyes wandered, her fingers kept fiddling with the corners of her clothes, and after a while, she mustered up the courage to face Ye Wu.
"You...... In what capacity are you here to check?" she looked at Ye Wu, her eyes revealing a hint of pleading.
Ye Wu naturally knew the meaning of Qian Ruoli's words, he looked at Qian Ruoli, and after sighing deeply, he put the City Lord Token on the table.
"I'm going to check the accounts. He repeated.
Qian Ruoli laughed miserably, she beckoned the people beside her, and then walked to the back room with a lonely expression.
"Your account. Qian Ruoli handed the heavy ledger to Ye Wu's hand, and then left.
"Qi Yun, you go and watch her. Ye Wu looked at the girl's back and reminded.
"Yes. Qi Yun nodded and quickly followed.
Ye Wu flipped through the ledger.
"On the 26th of the dry month, Li Bai deposited 280,000 taels of silver, and on the 26th of the following month, Zhiluo deposited 280,000 taels ......" Ye Wu flipped through the last few pages of the deposit records for nearly half a year, and suddenly his eyes lit up, he had made a discovery.
"I am afraid that the people who can get this money are not unknowns, why have I never seen or heard their names? And they are all taken out at the end of the month, under 300,000 yuan...... Less than 300,000," Ye Wu frowned, he noticed that something was wrong, "It's all under 300,000......! What does that mean?"
Ye Wu shook his head and closed the ledger.
"Go, go back. He beckoned, and this time he could be said to have returned in vain.
"Less than 300,000 ......" he kept saying this sentence all the way, and returned to the blacksmith shop like this.
"Young Master. A man with sloppy hair and a thin body walked up to Ye Wu's side.
"You ......" Ye Wu looked at this person, this person was the beggar he saved earlier, Ye Wu was only kind to take this person in at that time, he didn't expect this person to do anything, but then there was one thing that made him change his mind.
At that time, Ye Wu was calculating his income in recent days and the amount allocated to the workers with Ye Ling, and the two racked their brains to calculate back and forth three times without getting it right, who knew that the beggar just glanced at it, and calculated the account well, and it was word for word, and by the way, he also said a set of financial management plans that made Ye Wudu have nothing to say, which directly reduced his external expenses this month by ten percent.
Ye Wu was happy in his heart at that time, you know, he doesn't know anything about financial management, and now he happens to be a natural financial manager, how can he not use it? So Ye Wu spoke on the spot and transferred him directly from the miscellaneous to the financial room.
"Your name is Gao Lian, right?" Ye Wu looked at this person.
"Yes. Gao Lian nodded, and he took out his account book.
"This month's material purchase, salary settlement...... The total expenditure was 250,000 taels of silver. As he spoke, he handed the ledger to Ye Wu, who took the bill with a twitch at the corner of his mouth.
"Why is it so expensive?" he counted the bills, the most striking of which was the tax item.
"According to the imperial income, deposits between 300,000 and 900,000 are subject to 10 percent of the tax. Gao Lian said.
"Ten percent...... So expensive?" he bit his fingers.
"Ten percent!" Ye Wu suddenly slapped his forehead, how could he not expect it.
If everything is done in this way, the imperial tax law of 300,000 yuan is a watershed, and the income of more than 300,000 yuan must pay 10 percent of the tax, but if the income is less than 300,000 yuan, only 3 percent will be paid, and the originally large income will be divided into several 300,000 yuan or less, and some of the fractions will be erased according to the tax of 3 percent...... How much can I save in the long run?
"You're a good guy. Ye Wu sneered, according to the laws of the empire, once the tax evasion is verified, all family property will be confiscated, and the whole family will be allocated to the army, and this decree will be directly implemented by the city lord.
"Go down. Ye Wu beckoned.
"Yes. Gao Lian nodded and stepped back.
He has this bait, but the key is how to catch this big fish. Ye Wu pondered.
"Youshan, you bring some people, give me these people to arrest me quietly, remember, to hide. Ye Wu emphasized again and again, and then said the names and residential addresses of some of the people he saw today.
"Yes!" Although Shi Youshan was puzzled in his heart, he didn't ask too much, and took a few people to carry out Ye Wu's order.
Ten in the morning.
"Miles and miles...... Miles and miles. A woodcutter was walking home with a burden, and judging from the look on his face, today's receipt should be good.
"No one can stop this luck when it comes, no, let me touch Diao?" The woodcutter looked at the deer on his shoulder that had just died, and the corners of his mouth grinned, he could let his wife and children open the meat tonight.
"Up!" shouted a figure, and then dozens of people sprang out of the grass to surround the woodcutter.
"You ......," the woodcutter was about to shout, but was knocked unconscious by the leader.
"I've wronged you, take it away!" said the figure, the last one.
Early morning.
"Woo woo woo woo ......" dozens of people were tied up and placed in the courtyard.
"Young master, everyone has been arrested. Shi Youshan said.
"Good. Ye Wu walked out of the door, he looked at these people, these people are men and women, tall and short, but they have a common characteristic, that is, they are all from humble backgrounds, and they don't want to earn 260,000 or 270,000 yuan a month at all.
"Woo woo!" the one looked at Ye Wu with a rather dissatisfied expression.
"Don't worry, I have called you here today to do a thing that you don't need to know, you just need to stay here, and when it's over I will give each of you thirty taels of silver, and then you can go home. As soon as Ye Wu's words fell, the people below immediately quieted down.
"Okay, leave one person watching, and the rest follow me. Ye Wu greeted, and dozens of people followed Ye Wu away.
A few people went out, and there was only one thing they did, and that was to publicize the death of these people, and he did so for only one purpose, that is, to lure the snake out of the hole, according to the laws of the empire, if no one claimed the person's property seven days after his death, then the person's property would be confiscated, and it happened that someone had deposited a huge sum of 33,650,000 yuan in the name of these people in the money bank yesterday.
"I don't believe it, you won't come out yet. Ye Wu sneered.
After the news was released, Ye Wu took a group of people to ambush in the trading house, waiting for the fish to bite the hook.
Jia Fu.
"Are you sure?" Jia Yu looked at the servant who came to report.
"It's true, there are dozens of corpses lying in the square. The servant said.
"Oops...... 30 million taels...... Thirty million taels. He patted his thigh.
"Have you gone to inform the Qi family?" he looked at the handyman.
"Informed, but they closed the door......" The servant looked at Jia Yu pitifully.
"Hey......" Jia Yu scratched his head, and then saw his palm slap on the desk in front of him, only to see the desk shatter with a bang, "Okay, good, very good! Ye Cheng ......"
He threw his pen and ink to his servants.
"Give me a letter. ”
"Yes, yes!" the servant was frightened by this scene, and saw him nod his head repeatedly, tremblingly picked up his pen and ink, and knelt on the ground.
"Why don't you hide it from the third prince recently, and you haven't been kind to it recently. Today's demons are in trouble, the Yan people are chaotic, you and I are alone in Nanzhou, it is really difficult, and now there is Ye Quan in charge, so that Nanzhou City only recognizes the Ye Lord and no one asks the king...... For a long time, I am afraid that Nanzhou will change hands! There is a plan, but a letter is written, causing the Holy Lord to return to Ye and kill him, and you will succeed Ye and lead his remnants to become the king, I am the general and the commander will assist him, I don't know what the prince wants?" Jia Yu said.
After that, he took the letter and confirmed it again and again.
"Give it to the third prince for me. Jia Yu commanded.
"Yes!" the servant hurriedly retreated.
Jia Yu sat down on the chair, his hand knocked on the arm of the chair, and made a gesture to wipe his neck.
"Oh, Ye Cheng, Ye Cheng, I really underestimated you. He closed his eyes and whispered.
The residence of the prince.
"This Jia Yu. ”
Jiang Daocheng looked at the envelope, this was a simple letter of discord, anyone with a discerning eye could see it, but he had no reason to refuse, because Ye Wu's reputation was too great, and it had already begun to threaten his status, just as the envelope said, the people of the entire Nanzhou City only knew that there was a Ye City Lord who did not know that there was a prince in this city.
He held the envelope, the thought in his heart becoming more and more paranoid.
"There can only be one surname in this world, and that is Jiang!" he squeezed out these words from between his teeth.
Ye Wuxing waited outside the money village for a long time, but there was no result.
"This Jia Yu is really calm, 30 million taels say don't want it. Ye Wu sighed, he still underestimated this Jia Yu.
"Let's go, let's go to the power plant. He ordered, and this time the plan ended in failure.
"Young Master, are we going to leave like this?" Shi Youshan looked at Ye Wu.
"Hmm. Ye Wu nodded, as early as a few days ago, he had already received the money sent by the family and transferred it all to the power plant, he is now very rich, why should he stay here and fight with those big families?
I only have one month, and in a month, when those little families return to their roots, the situation may not be what will become, so we must hurry. Ye Wu quickly whipped up his horse and returned to the blacksmith shop.
"Young Master Ye. Li Gouyu greeted.
"Inform everyone, hurry up and pack your things, we're ready to go. Ye Wu said, he went back to the bedroom and began to pack his things.
"Okay!" Li Gouyu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to inform everyone.
After Ye Wu packed up his things, as soon as he opened the door, he bumped into a guy.
Those guys were slightly stunned when they saw Ye Wuxian, obviously they hadn't reacted yet.
In this group of people, one of them rolled his eyes, and he took the lead in saluting and said, "Young Master Ye, you are here." ”
As soon as the rest of the people heard the words 'Young Master Ye', they suddenly came to their senses, and they also followed the man and saluted: "I've seen Young Master Ye." ”
"Hmm. Ye Wu nodded and saluted back, but after a while, his eyes suddenly fell on the person who was the first to speak.
This person has thief eyebrows, buck teeth, pockmarked face, hunched over, and is not tall.
"Your hands are ready?" Ye Wu asked.
Sanxi smiled.
"Drag the blessing of the young master, the small one uses the gold that the young master rewarded before, and the small one is the medicine that he begged for, and now he can move. He moved his arm a few times, and it moved freely, not at all like it had been injured.
After hearing this, Ye Wu nodded, and glanced at the few people in front of him, although these people had different appearances, they had one thing in common, that is, they were too thin, Ye Wu felt that as long as he touched them lightly at the moment, they would immediately stand unsteadily and fall to the ground, and they could not stand on the ground.
"Do you all work here?" he asked.
Hearing this, Sanxi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No... No... The young master thinks too highly of a few of us, with our small body, it is even troublesome to get a hammer, let alone striking iron, and a few of us are here today because of the ore vein. ”