The next day, Gundam with a team of marines as a guard to Suzhou City, a hundred majestic marines attracted the attention of the whole city, originally the best restaurant in Suzhou City, Juxian Building, closed for several months, although it was not opened today, but today it was guarded by the soldiers of the Assassin's Mansion early, Gundam took the Marines to Juxian Tower, watching their own property was guarded by others, Gundam was angry and did not fight anywhere, and said to Yu Xian.

"Take over the guards here."

With that, he walked into the Juxian Building, and Yu Xian gave an order.

"Take over here, if you dare to resist, arrest it directly."

Yu Xian was simple and clear, and the members of the Marine Corps walked up to the guards like wolves and tigers and said directly.

"Get out of here, or wait for us to arrest you."

Looking at the murderous marines, those government soldiers were scared and their legs were weak, these marines were veterans selected by Yu Xian, all of them had participated in all the battles of Tuyuhun, Turkic, Songzhou, and pirates, and the one who was not a soldier with hundreds of enemy lives in his hands was shocked by a single look at these government soldiers who were just maintaining law and order, at this time, a captain ran over and said to Yu Xian very arrogantly.

"Daring, don't you know that we are soldiers of the Assassin's Mansion? Are you going to rebel? ”

Yu Xian didn't even look at this clown-like captain, and ordered directly.

"Arrest it, and when it's over, send it to a labor camp."

The two tall team members directly knocked down the captain with one move, and then another skillfully clasped his hands behind his back, and the captain who was hurting felt that his hands were going to be broken, this was not the most frightening to him, what scared him was what Yu Xian said about the labor camp, the two groups of people who sent the letter from the Governor's Mansion of the Navy Division before, I heard that they are still locked up in the labor camp in Huating County, and they have not been released until now, although he doesn't know what the labor camp is, but he also knows that it is definitely not a good place, he wants to resist, But how could it be possible to resist the powerful marines?

"Let go of me, it hurts, light, I tell you, let me go quickly, I am an official of the court, you can't arrest me."

The lieutenant had been tied up and thrown on the side of the road, and the members of the Marine Corps didn't look at him, because he couldn't run if he wanted to, and Yu Xian's words directly made him speechless.

"Don't howl, I have reason to suspect you and the mastermind who assassinated the Marquis of Hua Tinghou and Her Royal Highness the Princess last time, so no one can save you, who else wants to be with him?"

Other government soldiers who still want to resist still dare, their combat effectiveness is higher than that of ordinary people, and they want to confront the other party's marines who are armed to the teeth, that is, they are properly looking for death, and now their boss is still arrested for such a crime, they still dare to be crooked, and immediately the birds and beasts scattered to give up their positions, and the marines quickly replaced, and then adjusted the positions of several leaks, and those people in the outside situation saw it in their eyes, and they originally wanted to see their good show, but they were directly slapped in the face in an instant, And it's the kind that crackles, as Xiao Yan of Suzhou Thorn Mansion, he said to Gundam Yin and Yang weirdly.

"Manager Gao, what a great majesty, the court officials will arrest it when they say it, it seems that you Huating County don't take the court and the saints in your eyes anymore."

The others were silent, still watching the play, and the attitude was that Gundam just glanced at this assassin lightly, and sat directly on a chair given to him by the Marine Corps, and then took a sip of tea slowly with Erlang's legs crossed.

"Lord Xiao, we are old acquaintances, we are all smart people, don't you think it's funny what you say? Of course, there are a hundred reasons for the people we want to arrest, and if you and your friends have an opinion, you can go to the saint and denounce us, but are you sure you want to do it? ”

These words were full of threats, Xiao Yan and the others were angry, a person with no official position would dare to despise them like this, but just like Gundam said, would they dare to offend him now? Should it be said that you dare to offend Li Yong behind him? The answer is no, at this time, a middle-aged chubby person made a round, after all, they came to ask him Li Yong, this is not easy to dock, it must not be interrupted by this kind of trivial matter, just a small captain, for these people, it is like an ant, not even a chess piece.

"Manager Gao, we don't need to delay our business for such a trivial matter, don't you say?"

Gundam put down his teacup and nodded in reply.

"It seems that there are still people who understand things, I also see that the security in Suzhou has been very bad recently, for the safety of everyone, I brought the personal guards of the Hou Ye and Her Royal Highness the Princess over to protect everyone's safety, this team has no problem dealing with thousands of mountain bandits or something, and ah, Lord Xiao, you can't manage the public security, our Hou Ye is very dissatisfied, saying that there are always bandits and bandits who have run to Huating County, and they have arrested a lot, so this matter, the Hou Ye said that he would impeach you for inaction."

Gundam's unrelenting words made Xiao Yan creepy, at this time he was impeached by Li Yong, nine times out of ten, the black gauze hat was not guaranteed, he was instigated, he didn't dare to speak, now everyone saw the power of Gundam, and felt that this negotiation would not be as simple as they thought, a Li Yong is already very powerful, I didn't expect his subordinates to be so powerful, and they had to put their opponents to death in and out of words, and there were those soldiers outside, they were not blind, as Gundam said, there is indeed no problem in dealing with more than 1,000 people.

"Okay, let's not talk nonsense, you are all representatives from all sides, what do you want, we know, our marquis also said, it is better to settle the grievances than to settle them, so he also wants to reconcile with everyone, I don't know what you mean?"

The delegates began to whisper to each other, but Gundam didn't interrupt them, but continued to drink tea with Jiro's legs crossed, and he had time to wait until they had a result.

"Manager Gao, we all think that what Hua Tinghou said is right, it is true that we are all biased towards Hua Tinghou in the past, it is rare for Hua Tinghou to be so generous, let me wait for shame, this time we come, I believe you and Hua Tinghou know, so I don't know what your conditions are?"

"Who does this lord's surname represent?"

Gundam asked, putting down the teacup and legs.

"In the Zheng family of Xiaxingyang, you and your marquis are considered in-laws."

As soon as Gao heard this, he hugged his fist and arched his hand with the representative of the Xingyang Zheng family, but the ass did not leave the chair, but this is already considered to give him face, and the others have no such treatment, Xingyang Zheng is indeed the family of Li Yong's third wife Zheng Liwan, but before she came, Zheng Liwan said that she had no relationship with the Xingyang Zheng family for a long time, she is now just the third lady of the Huating Hou Mansion, it's as simple as that, let him not have to worry about anything when he goes to negotiate.

"Oh, it turned out to be the Xingyang Zheng family, and I was polite, and the third lady said again and again that the people of her mother's family can take care of one or two."

The Xingyang Zheng family smiled when they heard this, and their hearts were even more proud, and the others were also envious, jealous and hateful, and some thought that they didn't marry some women in the clan to Li Yong in the first place? Even if it's a concubine, then it won't be so passive now, and generally good things will come after saying but, sure enough, Gundam continued.

"However, Madame said again, marrying and obeying the husband, business belongs to business, so we still come according to the Hou Ye's wishes, everyone has no opinion, right?"

When Xingyang Zheng heard this, he immediately wilted, he was fine just now, how could he come? Don't say it but how good, when the others heard it, their hearts immediately became much more balanced, Gao Ke didn't care what reaction they had, just like the third lady Zheng Liwan said, but she was divorced by Li Er, no one dared to marry her, and the family also abandoned her, if it wasn't for Li Yong who dared to risk the world's disapproval, took her in, and taught her so many things, so she would only pay for Li Yong in her life, as for her own family, on the day she abandoned them, she also abandoned them, and now it's good not to retaliate against them, how could she take care of them, A copy of the ship's model and tonnage information was sent to them, those people looked at the information in their hands, which they were waiting for, looking at the pictures and detailed information explanations of those ships, they had to be amazed by the ship designed by Li Yong, no wonder he could dominate this sea area, after reading the information on the book, the representative began to ask.

"Mr. Gao, I wonder if the ship in this atlas is the same as the real thing?"

"yes, and can the price be cheaper?"

"Why don't we Jiangnan Shi clan have an atlas?"

The Jiangnan Shi clan finally couldn't help but speak, and Gundam glanced at the representatives of the Jiangnan Shi clan and said.

"Because you don't deserve it, it's good to have you come to participate, and you still want to participate, have you forgotten everything you did?"

In order to drive Li Yong out of Jiangnan, they not only blocked all Li Yong's industries and businesses in Jiangnan, forcing those families who cooperated with Li Yong to stop breaking the contract, but also cooperated with the two forces in the Central Plains to form the same door to resist Li Yong, and also colluded with pirates to attack Huating County, etc., now it's okay, what they did began to be liquidated, and those forces in the Central Plains naturally looked at each other coldly, the so-called dead friends do not die in the poor, At this time, if you don't step on your feet to please Li Yong, when will you stay?

"Guards, guards, why are you letting anyone in? Manager Gao, I'm sorry to let these people disturb everyone's Yaxing. ”

Gundam looked at these delegates, knowing that the current guards were all his people, and pretending to call the guards, which was too fake.

"Okay, don't shout, it doesn't matter if they watch here, but if they dare to continue to disrupt the order of the meeting, then our labor camp in Huating County will have a few more free laborers."

Now the labor camp in Huating County is a well-known existence in the whole of Jiangnan, that is, it is impossible to get out again, and it is also said that this labor camp specializes in making buns or something with the meat of the people who were arrested, anyway, there are all kinds of rumors, and the final result is that they would rather die than be arrested in the labor camp in Huating County, and the officials who were arrested last time are now eating steamed buns and picking up the wasteland with hoes, and their bodies are still fatter than before, and they don't want to go out now, who dares to believe this situation. The negotiations in Suzhou City Juxian Lou continued, and those people raised their respective problems one by one, and Gundam just said one word, that is, there was no negotiation, no two prices.

"Mr. Gao, is it really impossible to miss at all?"

Gundam shook his head and said.

"If you don't bargain, you won't bargain, and if you still ask these useless questions, then you can go."

Seeing that Gouda did not back down at all, they also knew that it was useless to say more, and if they couldn't make this one angry, the negotiations would be even more difficult, so they didn't continue to struggle with the price, in addition to the detailed information of the ship in the album in their hands, there was also the corresponding price, the cheapest one was 50,000 taels, and it was just a refurbished ship, with a displacement of less than a thousand tons, of course they didn't know, if they wanted a big one, the price was almost scary, but they had no choice, because the shipbuilding technology was in Li Yong's hands, The sea area was also controlled by Li Yong, and they also mentioned that they would build their own ships, but they directly interrupted the threat to Gundam, because Gundam told them that of course they could build their own ships, but they couldn't join their fleet, and if something happened, they didn't care, naked threats and monopolies, so that they could only break their teeth and swallow in their stomachs, the lobby was in full swing, but a group of people sat in the corner coldly, they didn't have a picture album in their hands, and they were not qualified to join the discussion, They are the Jiangnan Shi clan who have been in the south of the Yangtze River, and now they are sitting in the corner very aggrieved, they dare not leave, they have to fight for Li Yong's forgiveness, otherwise they are really finished, because those people on the scene have already begun to carve up their sea trade, as a member of the Jiangnan Shi clan, Suzhou Thorn Shi Xiao Yan is also helpless, I can't imagine that his family will have such a day, his hatred for Li Yong is almost full, but he can no longer be Li Yong's opponent, The former teenager has become a behemoth, and although he is still a teenager now, it is also a teenager who makes him fear.

"Okay, the information of the ship has been given to you, what specific ship do you want, when the time comes, you write it in an envelope and hand it to me, we will keep your information confidential, and then our other condition is that every time the sea trade must collect sea tax, this money is for the imperial court, this tax will not be very high, that is, two-tenths of the value of your goods each time, of course, including us, no one can be an exception, if someone does not comply, then you have to say sorry in advance, how to increase this tax to the imperial court, then it depends on you, I hope you don't just know how to get rich and don't know how to give back to the court, I believe you all understand. ”

Hearing this condition, everyone was incredible, two tenths, that is a heavy tax, that is equivalent to a hundred taels of goods for them, then they have to pay a tax of twenty taels, which is not high, and they are asked to make this suggestion to the imperial court, this is not difficult for strong people, but do they have a choice? However, under the huge interests of the sea trade, they can still reluctantly accept this sea tax, but they can't make a decision on this matter, they need to report it to their respective families, so the negotiation on the day went smoothly, Gundam left Suzhou City with the marines, and took the captain who was going to assassinate the county marquis and the princess. After Gouda returned to Huating County, he reported today's results to Li Yong, but these were all in their expectations, Li Yong and Zheng Liwan just casually explained the matters to be negotiated, and there was nothing else to explain, and on the other side, in Suzhou City, one messenger after another left with secret letters and the picture album that Gouda sent to those delegates today.

"Gundam, do you know why I am collecting this sea tax?"

"My subordinates don't know."

"Madam, talk to Gundam."

Zheng Liwan gave Li Yong a roll of the eyes, but that charming look made Li Yong's legs weak, Zheng Liwan explained to Gundam.

"Manager Gao, you have been managing things in Huating County for almost two years, although we do not collect the people's taxes like the imperial court, and then we have Xishan as the backing, and the funds are still good, but this will make our finances slowly tighten, because we do not have a fixed tax, and the agricultural tax we collect from the people is lower than that collected by the imperial court, and the excess part is still subsidized by us. I looked at the account books of Huating County, now our finances have been in deficit, and if we don't improve, Xishan will also be dragged down by us, so the sea tax is necessary, the profit of sea trade, you have also seen, two out of ten is very reasonable, and we are charged the price of goods per ship, not according to the profit they buy, so it is reasonable for them, the sea tax is a big head, the court and we can not only receive a large amount of taxes to improve the lives of the people, this is what Lang Jun said to take from the people to the people, As more and more people go to sea, the more we collect sea taxes, understand? ”

Gao listened to it and suddenly became enlightened, he did not know why to increase the sea tax at the beginning, because Huating County originally did not have much tax, and the highest proportion was commercial tax, which was collected according to Li Yong's proposal, but it was not the standard of Datang Law, Li Yong was collected according to the classification of all walks of life, so in Huating County, the commercial tax paid was very high, and farmers or fishermen were low-taxed, but for the people of Huating County, it was introduced, because there were so many taxes here, and other taxes were never collected indiscriminately. But without reasonable tax revenue, local construction can not be carried out, Huating County has always relied on Xishan funding, these money is to be repaid, not provided for free, otherwise Xishan can not bear such an endless demand, Li Yong is to make the two local finances independent, and can help each other, if Huating County has a sea tax, then their financial deficit will be improved, and the loan owed to Xishan can also be paid off, so the matter of sea tax, Li Yong They are imperative, He used this contract to force those people to help him complete this thing, and also told those people that he Li Yong was not a casual bully of you, you were so cool when you bullied me before, then you have to pay the corresponding price now, the expensive second-hand ship is one, forcing them to collect sea tax from the imperial court legislation is another, these are just Li Yong gave them appetizers, Li Yong is a dead deal with them, because Li Yong has drawn a serious illness that they have to eat, and this big cake is not fake, It's real, if they don't move, it's fake, just see the expression of the Jiangnan Shi clan like a dead father, that's a way to get rich, so the matter of sea tax, Li Yong forgave them and didn't dare not agree, even if they were unwilling, but they had to grit their teeth to do it.