Provoked a fishy body in the Shark Tooth Hotel, Lin Qi frowned and walked casually along the street.

He came to Bereley with his own plans, but Wood's incident was an unexpected event, and Linzi had to focus most of his energy on these things. Following the clues left by Wood's affairs, this investigation not only did not have the slightest clue, but had already aroused the vigilance of those behind the scenes.

With a wry smile, Lin Qi laughed at himself that he was still too young, when Ablin beat Wood that day, his most rational choice was to watch from the sidelines, anyway, as long as Ablin didn't kill Wood on the spot, Lin Qi had a way to save them back.

But from the position of the leader of the Iron Fist Brotherhood, how could Lin Qi sit back and watch such a thing happen?

So the later qiē happened naturally. Lin Qi sighed helplessly and stretched hard.

"Well, whoever you are, whatever you're going to do! I'll just do my thing! Sooner or later, I'll run into you!"

With a strange smile, Lin Qi threw away the depression in his heart since yesterday and happily slipped into a small alley. When Linzi came out a little later, he had regained the appearance of Mr. Wanne, a wine merchant. He trotted briskly down the street in a neat suit of dark silk bodging, a robe made of silver silk satin, and an old oak cane with the head of a ruby staff.

When Lin Qi walked near the Victory Palace, it happened that Hua Li's carriage came out of the Victory Palace.

Lin Qi was on the other side of the road, and Hua Li only saw the energetic Yu Lian from the car window, but he couldn't see Lin Qi. And Lin Qi didn't notice Hua Li's carriage, but focused on Yu Lian, who was wearing the uniform of a tax commissioner and holding the eagle-headed cane representing the imperial tax officer.

"This guy, tax officer?" Lin Qi looked at Yu Lian in surprise and surprise.

When he was still working in the Fifth University, Yu Lian said that he wanted to be a tax officer in the future, because tax officer was the easiest position in all the administrative departments of the entire Berley. And the tax collectors frequented the merchants' mansions. Negotiate with them about the amount of business taxes every month, quarterly, or year, and often meet the wives or daughters of those merchants!

What a fascinating position for an aspiring young man who has a unique hobby in terms of money and women!

Now Yu Lian's dream has really come true, and look at the silver silk thread inlaid with the tricorne hat he wears. Isn't this guy a middle-level boss at the tax bureau? Ordinary tax collectors wear triangular hats with no inlaid lines on the brim; ordinary tax officials wear triangular hats with copper wires inlaid with a circle of simple patterns; while Yu Lian's triangular hat is inlaid with silver threads with delicate lemon blossom patterns, which represents his status as a tax officer.

In ancient times, it was said that the tax collector was the role of a juicer, and that the juice could be squeezed out of a shriveled lemon! The pattern of the lemon blossom has become a symbol for all tax officials.

"This guy is flushed!" Lin Qi looked at Yu Lian strangely, and from Yu Lian's face, he could see that this kid definitely didn't do anything good last night.

Smiling, Lin Qi followed behind Yu Lian unhurriedly, followed him from the gate of the Victory Palace, and walked all the way to the dock area where Lin Qi had just left. Yu Lian took a big stride and came to the door of a hotel on Mackerel Street in the dock area without squinting. With a savage kick, he kicked the door of the inn open, and walked in with his head held high.

Majestically knocked on the long cabinet in the hall of the hotel with a bronze eagle's head, Yu Lian shouted: "In the sacred name of the imperial treasury and taxation." You owe seventeen gold coins, fifteen silver coins, and twenty-three coppers for this month's commercial tax, because you have been in arrears for half a month, and you are fined twenty gold coins, so please hurry up and pay the full amount of taxes, otherwise the garrison will come to the door tomorrow. ”

The innkeeper looked at Yu Lian in horror, and he shouted, "Twenty gold coins, Lord Yu Lian, are you kidding?"

Yu Lian raised his eyebrows and turned to leave, he sneered: "Then, just let me be joking!"

The innkeeper of the five big and three thick hurriedly grabbed Yu Lian, and he handed the three gold coins to Yu Lian's hand with a smile. Yu Lian smiled with satisfaction. Said majestically: "The sanctity of the empire's finances and taxes is inviolable, I have carefully checked your business records for this month, and it is enough for you to pay twelve gold coins in business tax." ”

Lin Qi stood across the street, relying on his perverted hearing to hear the qiē in the hotel clearly.

This damn Yu Lian, is this how he collects taxes? But this is also normal, tax officers of the tax office. They have enough power to set the amount of tax they should pay on these small shops. As long as Yu Lian is given certain benefits, these shops can take advantage of it to some extent.

Following Yu Lian closely, watching Yu Lian spend three hours sweeping through the eighty-five taverns, bars, hotels, inns, freight yards, etc. on the seven main streets of the dock area, and his private income in these three hours was a full three hundred and seventy gold coins.

Humming a joyful tune, Yu Lian called a two-wheeled carriage carrying passengers and asked the coachman to take him to the busiest street in the business district. When she got off the bus, Yu Lian just threw two coppers into the carriage, but according to the normal cost, from the dock area to the commercial area, which almost spanned the entire city of Bolailey, it cost at least three silver coins to make the car!

But the coachman did not dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction, but thanked Lord Yu Lian for his generosity and mercy with a smile on his face.

Lin Qi patted his forehead vigorously, this Yu Lian, he is completely depraved.

Following Yu Lian, watching him walk into a bank, it didn't take much time for Yu Lian to exchange the gold coins on his body for three gold tickets with a face value of one hundred gold coins and a gold ticket with a denomination of fifty, and then he carefully hid the gold ticket and the remaining twenty gold coins into his belt.

And the tax he collected today was also exchanged by him for a thick stack of golden tickets, and carefully sandwiched into a cowhide wallet.

"Harvest abundantly! Looks like by next month, they'll be able to send Enzo and them another sum of money! These damn bastards, don't they want me to come back to see me with an arm or leg, do they want me to provide for them?"

Yu Lian muttered in a low voice, and then he suddenly gloated: "Of course, if the strip of goods between their two legs is chopped off, then I will gladly comfort them, poor boys!"

The corners of Lin Qi's mouth twitched, he was only less than ten meters away from Yu Lian, Yu Lian's soft muttering, how could he hide it from his ears? This damn guy, his mouth, is still as bad as ever! But what Yu Lian said made Lin Qi's heart warm, and he remembered what Alda had said to him, Enzo and they barely survived in the army because of Yu Lian's continuous funding.

Yu Lian, although he is a little flashy, although he is a little bit of a bastard, he is still his brother.

Playing with a copper in his hand, Yu Lian walked into a restaurant in the business district that matched his identity with his head held high - the so-called match with his identity is very good, that is, this is not the kind of gold nest that costs thousands of gold coins for a glass of wine, nor is it the kind of small restaurant that only costs a dozen copper coins to eat a full meal, but a warm, tidy, good taste, and a well-priced restaurant suitable for middle-level petty officials.

Sitting upright on the window seat facing the street, Yu Lian solemnly ordered an aperitif, a fresh salad of vegetables and fruits, and a small slice of smoked foie gras as the first dish, and then he asked for a huge fried lamb chop for the main meal, and ordered a signature soup of this restaurant. Coupled with a few slices of freshly baked white bread, this meal is very worthy of Yu Lian's identity, not extravagant but not face-saving, and it only costs five silver coins in total, which is very cost-effective.

Sitting uprightly in his seat, enjoying his meal slowly, Lin Qi was already carrying a bottle of excellent wine and sat heavily on the seat opposite Yu Lian.

Yu Lian rolled her eyes and scolded Lin Qi coldly: "This is my seat, when Uncle Yu Lian is enjoying the food, if you don't want to be beaten, get out of the way! If you want to talk to me about business, then you have to wait until I finish eating!"

Lin Qi didn't say anything, just put the bottle of wine in front of Yu Lian.

Fifty years ago, during the Hundred Years of Continental War, this was one of the finest wines of the Gallic Empire. Due to the Hundred Years of Continental War, less than 200 barrels of this batch of excellent quality wine were preserved, and after 50 years of consumption, there are probably less than 100 bottles left today.

There was once a gentleman from Berelli who secretly offered 500,000 gold coins a bottle for this wine, but there was no price at all!

The bottle in Lin Qi's hand was taken by Alda from Madame Lufen's mansion and then confiscated by Lin Qi.

"Fanlin Villa!" Yu Lian looked at this bottle of superb wine that was several times more expensive than his entire net worth in surprise, and said in surprise: "Okay, I admit it, I was defeated by you! Give me this bottle of wine, how much tax do you want to be exempted? It is impossible to be completely exempt from taxes, but I can only charge you a percent of the commercial tax on your goods!"

Lin Qi smiled and flicked the wine bottle, and a soft force pushed the oak cork out of the wine bottle, and a rich aroma of wine suddenly wafted out.

"Yu Lian, my brother, how are you doing all these years?" Lin Qi looked at Yu Lian deeply, took out a crystal wine decanter, and poured this bottle of wine into the wine decanter.

Yu Lian stared at Lin Qi deadly, Lin Qi with silver hair and silver eyes, Yu Lian didn't remember that she knew such an old man.

"Brother, you must have recognized the wrong person!" Yu Lian's hand was under the table, secretly holding the short sword in the boot barrel.

"Ah, how could I be wrong?dear Yu Lian, that dancing girl you hooked up with our dear Mr. Grand, you said that her legs were very charming, and on her left breast, there was a charming red mole!" Lin Qi looked at Yu Lian with a smile.

Yu Lian froze, and then he grabbed Lin Qi's hand, and his eyes suddenly turned red. ()