The days of Turtle Island flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the deadline for the payment of taxes and fees by the shops on the island had passed.

The bookkeeper was a mortal, and after he sorted out the accounts one by one, he was presented to Yuan Ding by the disciples of the Qingwei faction.

Yuan Ding looked at it at a glance and found that a total of eighty percent of this year's taxes and fees had been paid, and the remaining two floors were those parts of the shops that were united by the family. didn't say anything at the moment, just told him to post a notice of the store that stated that he would post an outstanding store announcement every ten days, then looked at Xiao Yuanshan, who had just come in and was drinking tea, and asked, "Those people in the yamen are gone?" ”

Xiao Yuanshan said: "Let's go, let's take care of it this time, and those people are indeed the water bandits on the wanted list, the yamen naturally has nothing to say, it looks like a routine." ”

Yuan Ding said: "The cultivation world is so big, can they manage it?" ”

Xiao Yuanshan said: "Naturally, the main meaning of the existence of the yamen is to protect and manage mortals, as long as the affairs of the cultivation world do not involve mortals, they will generally not be managed." ”

Yuan Ding said: "I don't care about it? Is that the time to manage it? ”

Xiao Yuanshan nodded and said: "It depends on the character of the official, and some officials must be comprehensive." ”

Yuan Ding sighed clearly, as if he remembered something, and said, "By the way, I wrote a letter to the shopkeeper Wu of the City Lord's Mansion, you can see if there is anything inappropriate." ”

Xiao Yuanshan took the envelope, took out the letter paper inside, and looked at it carefully, and only said after a while: "If this letter goes to the City Lord's Mansion, it can really be used as a knife that kills people without seeing blood." ”

Yuan Ding said: "We can't do things absolutely, let's show Shopkeeper Wu first, I think he still has to think about his own life." ”

Xiao Yuanshan said: "I'll arrange for someone to deliver the letter, but I don't know when this letter will be delivered?" ”

Yuan Ding said, "What does Elder Xiao think? ”

Xiao Yuanshan thought about it for a moment and said, "This is the right moment. ”

Yuan Ding smiled and said, "Let's think about it together." ”

Shopkeeper Wu was on the main seat in the living room, staring at the shopkeeper who was standing carefully on the side with a cloudy face, and only said after a long time: "I know, you go down." ”

After the guy went down, the shopkeeper Wu leaned on the back of the seat a little weakly, and muttered, "Is it publicized every ten days?" Killing people is still punishing, but they underestimate the petty faction of those dozen people. ”

Shopkeeper Wu sighed and slowly closed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, maybe he was just tired.

At this time, the guy just now ran in again and again, stood on the side of the shopkeeper Wu and said, "The shopkeeper, Qingwei faction, Qingwei faction sent you a letter." ”

When the guy came in, Shopkeeper Wu opened his eyes and saw the letter in the man's hand, but he didn't expect it to be sent by Qingwei.

Shopkeeper Wu stretched out his hand to take the letter, waved his hand and motioned for the man to go down. He himself opened the letter, opened the folded letter lightly, and put it in front of his eyes.

The letter was not long, and it could be read in a moment, but the shopkeeper Wu took the letter and looked at it motionlessly for half an hour, and then he patted the armrest of the chair and stood up, cold sweat trickled down his back, and he scolded excitedly: "Xiao Yuanshan, deceive people too much!" I can't wait to gnaw your bones and flesh, and crush your bones and scatter ashes. ”

After scolding, he was stunned for a moment, and sat down on the chair weakly, and after a long time, he actually looked at the letter in his hand again, and said, "Someone." ”

A man came in from outside, stood beside the shopkeeper Wu, and said, "What do you command?" ”

Shopkeeper Wu said: "You go to the account to pay some money and pay the taxes and fees of the shops in the City Lord's Mansion of Yuanyu Island." ”

The guy glanced at Shopkeeper Wu with some confusion, didn't he pay it in tandem? What's going on with you?

Shopkeeper Wu roared angrily: "Didn't you hear my words? I told you to pay, to pay, are you deaf or stupid? ”

The guy immediately responded: "Yes, yes, the little one will go." With that, he fled the place in a hurry.

Shopkeeper Wu looked at the letter in his hand, and used the true yuan to ignite the letter to you, and soon the letter turned into a handful of flying ashes and was blown out by Shopkeeper Wu in one go.

However, the content of the letter seemed to be engraved in the heart of the shopkeeper Wu, which made him feel unbearably tight for a while.

The content of the letter is: I will go to the Ningyang City Lord's Mansion in the next few days to ask the following three questions, first, does the Turtle Island that the City Lord lost include the shops on the island? Second, did the city lord ignore the rules he set and connived at his subordinates to refuse to pay taxes? Third, can't the city lord afford to lose?

I don't know if Shopkeeper Wu has any questions to add?

The payment is Xiao Yuanshan.

The miscellaneous servants of the Acting House came to report that all four shops in the City Lord's Mansion had paid their taxes.

Xiao Yuanshan waved his hand lightly as if he already knew, and sent the handyman away.

"What? Shopkeeper Wu made up the taxes? Shopkeeper Yuan exclaimed.

The Yuan family member at the head bowed down and said, "Yes, my subordinates saw it with their own eyes." ”

The shopkeeper Yuan's hand holding the high table couldn't help but slap it on the table, and said angrily: "It's not enough to succeed, it's more than enough to lose." After saying this, he looked at the family with a respectful face and said, "Is there any reason?" ”

Jia Ding said: "I heard that Xiao Yuanshan, the head of the Qingwei faction, wrote a letter to the shopkeeper Wu, and the shopkeeper Wu made up the tax after reading it. ”

The shopkeeper Yuan said: "I heard? ”

Jia Ding said: "Yes, there is no definite news. ”

Shopkeeper Yuan asked, "What about the content of the letter?" ”

Jia Ding bowed down and said, "My subordinates don't know. ”

Shopkeeper Yuan didn't say anything more, but took a deep breath and said, "Okay, you go down first." ”

The housekeeper replied yes and retreated, and the shopkeeper Yuan couldn't see any anger and paced around the hall twice with his hands behind his back, and then suddenly rushed out of the door and said, "Come on, prepare the car." ”

After a while, an ordinary carriage stopped outside the Changjia shop, and the shopkeeper Yuan entered the store casually.

When the shopkeeper Chang saw that it was the shopkeeper Yuan, he said, "But something happened?" ”

Shopkeeper Yuan said as he walked: "Let's talk in the back hall." "I don't have to be a shopkeeper to lead the way, I went to the back hall first.

After the shopkeeper Chang told the job to look at the store, he also entered the back hall with his back feet, and saw that the shopkeeper Yuan had already sat down, so he said, "What's wrong?" ”

The shopkeeper Yuan said: "The Wu family has paid the fee." ”

The shopkeeper Chang said: "What is his Wu family, naturally he doesn't dare to lose the face of the City Lord's Mansion." ”

Shopkeeper Yuan said: "I heard that Xiao Yuanshan, the head of the Qingwei faction, gave a letter to Shopkeeper Wu. After reading the letter, the shopkeeper Wu made up the tax. ”

The shopkeeper said, "Oh? Is there such a thing? ”

Shopkeeper Yuan nodded and didn't speak, and after a while, the shopkeeper Chang spoke: "It seems that this Qingwei faction is not simple." ”

Shopkeeper Yuan said: "Now that the shops in the City Lord's Mansion are paying taxes, there must be some merchants who can't bear the pressure, what should you and I do?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "There is no contradiction between other big families and this Qingwei faction, I think I will not wade into the troubled waters of you and me, I will not pay taxes, I don't believe that the Qingwei faction really dares to close my Changjia shop." ”

The shopkeeper Yuan said: "I'm relieved to have you say this." I might as well give you an account here, my Yuan Zuo's son Zeng Feijian passed the book to me, so that I don't have to pay attention to the Qingwei faction, if I really dare to close my Yuan family's shop, he will take action. ”

The shopkeeper said, "This is very good, very good." ”

The shopkeeper Yuan said: "Brother Chang, the younger brother still has one more matter, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

Chang shopkeeper said: "Virtuous brother, but it doesn't hurt to say." ”

The shopkeeper Yuan said: "Now there are a lot of spies from all sides of this Yuanlong Island, can you and I do it?" said that his voice gradually became inaudible, and it turned out that he had already used the method of sound transmission to convey the sound to the shopkeeper Chang like this.

Shopkeeper Chang nodded while listening, and finally laughed out loud with Shopkeeper Yuan, and the laughter was full of conspiracy.