The backyard of Tongji Pharmacy.

"Gurgling ......"

More than a dozen housekeepers were boiling something in a cauldron, and the heat was wafting.

"Remember, it's a donkey's skin, not a pigskin. One pound of donkey skin ejiao is enough to buy a pig. One pigskin can make thirty catties of donkey skin! It's called business, you know? ”

A bloated, obscene-looking young man, walking back and forth in the workshop with his head held high, was so ashamed.

"Pigskin is pigskin, you boil it into donkey skin, and they all say that there is no business and no treachery, and tonight is a living call." Yan Yunting stood on the courtyard wall and laughed coldly.

The young man looked up and said, "Who are you?" Dare to come and peek at my pharmaceutical! ”

"I'm obviously above board, why do you think I'm peeking?" Yan Yunting jumped off the courtyard wall and landed in the courtyard.

"Whoever steps on a horse, he will be skinned by Lao Tzu!" The young men shouted, and the servants put down their work, picked up sticks, and came forward to beat them.

"Get out of here!" Where is Yan Yunting's true qi, and all the family members are shaken away.

The young man staggered two steps, fell to the ground with his buttocks, and stammered in fright: "You...... Who are you, why did you come to my house to make trouble? ”

"I, I, I...... Ini. Cornelian! Yan Yunting picked up the young man and asked, "Are you Zheng Hong?" ”

The young man was horrified, "It's me...... What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's just for you to make a chicken."

Yan Yunting picked up Zheng Hong and jumped out of the yard.

……

On the street, more and more people came to hear the news, and they were all looking forward to Lord Yang to eliminate evil and promote good.

"And voila! Zheng Hongzhen was brought! Someone exclaimed.

Yan Yunting fell from the sky and threw the fat man at Yang Qing's feet.

"Zheng Hong! You robbed the people's daughters, beat the people, monopolized the drug market, raised the price of medicines, committed crimes, and your crimes are unforgivable. Yang Qing pointed at Zheng Hong's nose and counted the crimes.

Zheng Hong rolled twice and got up from the ground, glaring at Yang Qing arrogantly: "Do you know who I am?" My dad is Zheng Tu! He is good friends with Marquis Long! ”

"This official is the Xuzhou assassin of His Majesty's Qin faction, and the administrative power is still above the prince, you are a market bully, what qualifications do you have to argue with this official?" Yang Qing pointed at Zheng Hong and announced the verdict loudly:

"According to the law of Dayan, several crimes will be punished together, beheaded on the street for public display, all family property will be confiscated, and the execution will be carried out immediately!"

"Okay!"

"Kill him! Kill this scourge! ”

"We're all staring at it!"

Thousands of people pointed out, and their sins were implemented.

Yan Yunting slowly pulled out the knife, kicked Zheng Hong to his knees with one kick, pressed his back with his knees, and was about to raise the knife in his hand, when he suddenly heard a shout from outside the street:

"Leave people under the knife, stop killing my son!"

"Daddy! Father! It's my dad who is here, dad, help me! "Zheng Hong's feces and urine flowed sideways.

"Execution!" Yang Qing said.

"Poof!"

Yan Yunting raised the knife in his hand and cut off Zheng Hong's head with a knife, "Zizi Zizi......" is so fat, more blood than killing pigs.

"Son, daughter-in-law, your souls in heaven can rest in peace!" The old woman looked up to the sky and howled, crying with joy.

The crowd was pushed away by several strong men, and an equally bloated middle-aged man rushed in, and when he saw his son who was separated from the head of the man on the ground, he also knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "My son, my Zheng family is a single descendant of the ninth generation......"

Yan Yunting wiped the blood on the corpse, slowly withdrew the scabbard, and said coldly: "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, if you do something good, your Zheng family will not become extinct." ”

Zheng Tu raised his head and hated Yan Yunting and Yang Qing, and said word by word: "I! I want you! Blood debt and blood repayment! ”

"Oh, threatening the court officials, the tone is not small, do you want to kill it too?" Yan Yunting glanced at Yang Qing.

Yang Qing said coldly: "Kill." ”

"Choke!"

Yan Yunting drew his knife again, jumped up and wanted to kill Zheng Tu, but before the blade touched his neck, a vajra hook stopped in front of Zheng Tu.

The vajra hook happened to jam the blade, and a burly man in black suddenly came out behind Zheng Tu, and then, a group of richly dressed men walked into the crowd, led by Long Yingtian, the owner of the Red Flame Mountain Villa.

There are seven people behind Long Yingtian, five of whom have Nirvana force, and the remaining two have rich temperament, presumably all the representatives of money, power, and power in Xuzhou City are here.

"Master Hou, you must be the master for me, he ...... They killed my only son! Zheng Tu knelt at Long Yingtian's feet and cried and pleaded.

Long Yingtian. Is this Long Yingtian true or false?

In order to avoid exposure, Yan Yunting withdrew his knife and retreated.

Long Yingtian glanced at Zheng Tu coldly, and then at Yang Qing, who had a firm attitude, he decisively kicked Zheng Tu away, and said coldly: "You are a murderer, monopolizing trading, if I make the decision for you, how will the people in the city say about me?" What does Lord Yang say about me? What does His Majesty the Emperor say about me? ”

With that, he glanced at the man in black with the golden hook, and the man in black pulled Zheng Tu and put a hook into his heart.

Zheng Tu's eyes widened, and he glared at Long Yingtian before he died: "You...... Good...... Vicious! ”

Long Yingtian waved his hand and said loudly: "The father and son of the Zheng family are extremely evil, hang their corpses at the city gate, and expose them to the sun for three days to set an example. ”

The man in black nodded, dragged the bodies of father and son and walked towards the city gate, the blood stains covering the entire street.

Yang Qing's brows furrowed...... Kill chickens and monkeys, in order to set an example, who is the monkey?

"Lord Yang just came to Xuzhou and saw such a joke, Long is really guilty, and he can't make amends with adults here." Long Yingtian hugged his fists and apologized.

Yang Qing hurriedly bowed and responded: "Master Hou, please hurry up, the lower officials don't dare to accept this big gift." ”

The prince is canonized by the emperor, and his dignity is much higher than that of the people.

"After the disaster, Xuzhou City is in ruins, thieves are everywhere, and the order is chaotic, and talents like Lord Yang are needed to come to govern," Long Yingtian said, and invited: "I have set up a banquet in Qingguilou to catch the wind and wash the dust for the adults, and these people behind me are all powerful people in Xuzhou City, and please go with us, and at the same time, we can report the situation in the city while doing the friendship of the landlord." ”

"If you have to worry about it, the lower officials will be disrespectful, please."

"Please!"

……

"This is Wu Qi, who is in charge of the military defense of Xuzhou City, General Wu."

"This is Yang Shuntian, the leader of the Surabaya gang."

"This is Gongsun Lei, the leader of the Xiangshui Gang."

"This is Huang Longgang, the head of the Shenzhou Dart Bureau."

"This is Lu Zhixing, the head of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau."

"This is Tan Yongqun of Tan's firm."

"This is Bao Renjie of Bao's Commercial Bank."

Long Yingtian invited Yang Qing to take a seat and introduced the seven characters at the same table with him one by one.

The general controls the military affairs, the two water gang leaders control the waterway docks, the two chief darts control the materials Liu Tong, and the two commercial banks monopolize the finances.

And Long Yingtian controls everyone, and the network of Xuzhou is almost invulnerable.

There are nine people at a table, and eight people are in a group, but Yang Qing is the only one, except for the title of assassin, there is no force to support him.

Even so, Yang Qing was still calm, he smiled: "Now that Kyushu trade has resumed, gold and silver have begun to circulate, and the people have allocated arable land, it is the beginning of the spring of the year, and there will definitely be a bumper harvest in the coming year;

Now that the national strength has begun to recover, it is time for the taxes that had been put on hold to be restarted, which is precisely the purpose of His Majesty's dispatch of the state assassins to settle in - to collect taxes and enrich the treasury;

The commercial tax was levied in June this year, and all residents who have three properties and ten houses in the city should pay them truthfully;

The agricultural tax will be levied at the end of this fall, but given that the plague situation is still precarious, I will adjust the rate of tax payment according to the productivity of each state. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone straightened their faces.

Tax evasion is a matter of opportunism in all eras, even if they have made a lot of money.

"Also, according to the cleaning situation of the Xuzhou army, represented by Huangjin City in Qingzhou, Yuzhou City in Sichuan and Shu, as well as the cities in the Yangtze River Valley, can start to emigrate and implement the prime minister's 'return to farming' system, so as to relieve the living pressure of 400,000 people in Xuzhou City."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces darkened a little more.

Yang Qing patted the back of Long Yingtian's hand again and said, "Master Hou, do you know that water can carry a boat and can also overturn a boat?" If the people's livelihood is not resettled, and there will be many complaints, there will be a sense of resistance, and it will be a big threat to the city and the country. ”

Long Yingtian nodded, raised his glass and said: "Gu Wen Lord Yang is a master of Huangshan Academy, today three words and two strategies have solved the troubles of Xuzhou City, Long really admires, just use this wine, talk about gratitude!" ”

Hou Ye raised his glass, and others did not dare to slack off, and they raised their glasses in response.

"Where and where, there are still many government affairs in Xuzhou City, which I can't solve in a few words, and I hope that you will work together to build a city-state and maintain imperial power."

"Good! Two more jars of wine, tonight I want to have a good time with Lord Yang, don't get drunk and don't return! ”

……

On the second watch, Yang Qing was drunk, Yan Yunting could only help him say goodbye, but Long Yingtian and the other seven people could not leave the table.

"Hmph, it's only half a pot of wine to get drunk like this, a weak scholar, it's not worth mentioning." Wu Qi waved his hand and smiled.

Tan Yongqun said: "I think it attracted a jackal, look at how ugly his food is?" Isn't it clear that three properties are taxed against us? ”

Bao Renjie also said: "Listen to him, the tax ratio has to be his final say, so isn't it that we have to pay as much as he asks us to pay, what if he opens his mouth?" ”

"Master Hou, in my opinion, it's better to ......" Yang Shuntian lowered his voice and made a posture of wiping his neck.

Long Yingtian said coldly: "He is the assassin of the Emperor Qin's faction, if he dies in Xuzhou City, then I can only catch a scapegoat and explain, which of you has this responsibility?" ”BIquGe.biz

The crowd bowed their heads and fell silent.

"Then we have to take some action, otherwise Zheng Tu is an example, that is to kill and kill!" Tan Yongqun had palpitations.

Long Yingtian said: "The current situation is very different from before, the imperial power is slowly being gathered, and Xuzhou is no longer my sole decision, so you have to hold back a little for me, restrain a little, don't let him grab the handle, otherwise when the guillotine is against your neck, I can't do anything." ”

"But Master Hou...... Are we really going to submit to the court? Wu Qi asked in a low voice, and said: "Now Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and the Changhe River are all in our hands, the only henchman is in trouble, Liu Jingchi also transferred the elite of Chang'an to Hanzhou, half of Kyushu, we have it at our fingertips!" ”

"Do you think I'll think I'll think less than you do?" Long Yingtian snorted lightly: "The Central Plains is powerful, there are many sects, and it is an orthodox dynasty that flatters the fortune of heaven, although our territory is wide, but the people are withered, the food is small and the soldiers are few, and it is impossible to confront the Central Plains Dynasty in a short period of time.

Yang Qing is right, water can carry boats, can also overturn boats, manpower and people's livelihood are the fundamental guarantee, look at the current Xuzhou, by you to collect and squeeze out, become chickens and dogs, complaining, who will be willing to fight for us in the future? ”

"But now that he is asking us to pay our taxes, he will definitely make us pay the rights in the future, and what will we do then? Do you really hand over all the military power in your hands to the imperial court? ”

"If you had a little brain, you wouldn't have asked such a stupid question, my Long family has been running Xuzhou for generations, and the power has long been included in our hands, and it is up to us to hand it over or not, what do you do with him?" Long Yingtian reprimanded, and said:

"You have to be clear, Yang Qing is just a tool used to govern Xuzhou, and there is no need to be stingy with the power that should be given, and you can ignore what should not be given; Since he wants to be a clean official so much, then create more trouble for him, let him be enjoyable, let him die of exhaustion on the desk, and maybe he can get a reputation for doing his best. ”

"What a trick of 'appeasement', Master Hou is really clever!"

"But this Yang Qing is by no means a good man, he will always pose a threat to us when he lives."

"Isn't that easy? Tomorrow I will pick a few beautiful women and send them to his house, don't these righteous gentlemen often talk about 'My Fair Lady, Gentleman's Beauty'? Busy with government affairs during the day and indulging in alcohol at night, I don't believe he can live long, hahaha......"

"Brilliant plan! Coup! ”

……

On the roof, Yan Yunting and Yang Qing were huddled in the invisibility cloak, and they heard the conversation of several people clearly.

"Lord Yang, my fair lady, are you really good?"

"If it's winter, it's really good to call a few to warm the bed, but unfortunately now that spring has warmed up, I don't need it."

The two looked at each other and smiled, silently, and left the roof.

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