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Ji Aojian said strangely, "Is Lord Luo also from the rivers and lakes?"

Ji Shuijing said, "The world of rivers and lakes is not a closed world, who will not deal with the government when doing business?"

China has been an agrarian society since ancient times, and the country's money and grain mainly come from the fields.

At the beginning of the dynasty, industry and commerce often withered, and the state naturally did not regard it as a source of taxation. After the economy developed, although commerce and trade flourished, it was very difficult for the imperial court to increase the types of industrial and commercial taxes. The way to make money is nothing more than to collect salt, iron, tea, wine and other items into official camps, but the official camps will cause inefficiency and accumulate many disadvantages.

Especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties, scholars and bureaucrats incarnated as spokesmen for the industrial and commercial class under the pretext of "not competing with the people", and it was difficult for the center of the court to make a fuss about industrial and commercial income. Even if the emperor sent tax supervisors and mine supervisors, they would only end up in the name of "looting people's wealth and knocking out bones and sucking marrow", which was unanimously resisted from top to bottom.

The state is struggling in industrial and commercial taxation, and can only do its best to catch fish in agricultural taxes, and the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty are poor and die in the name of "wealth from all over the world".

The traditional state system was unable to draw on the financial resources of industry and commerce, and this part of the wealth that was the main tax in the modern state went to the guilds, gangs, and the small coffers of the local government.

In a word, it mainly fell into the hands of the head snake.

In addition to the simple and crude means of collecting protection money, the gangs also have the functions of commercial organizations and trade unions. After the power of the local snake increased, not only did it pay less and less taxes to the imperial court and government for its own business, but it could also settle the scene in the local area and withhold taxes from other industrial and commercial fields.

If the local snake is strong enough to control the main flow of industrial and commercial financial resources, it will be called the big dragon head in the local area.

In economic terms, the big dragon head is equivalent to the local industrial and commercial people, who only give a very low share to the imperial government, and the rest goes into their own pockets.

With the support of the name of the imperial court, local governments are actually the easiest to become legitimate tax collectors. If the official is well managed, and invites a master to serve as the head of the local government officials, the government government officials will be like a big gang, and after becoming the big leader, they will be able to sit on the ground and make money, and most of the fees will be used for their own use, and their lives will be extremely nourishing.

But it's not a one-and-done thing. During the imperial examination era, the officials of the dynasty were all in different places and had a limited term of office. Since the local lords of the main hall often change, the "gangs" formed in the government service team either gradually spontaneously duli, or use their own influence to break away and establish new gangs.

Now that the masters of various prefectures in various places have taken office, in addition to the must-invite money and grain masters and criminal masters in the staff team, there must also be a master of the rivers and lakes who has extensive connections in martial arts.

The role of the master of the rivers and lakes is to take over and strengthen the voice of the officials in the local rivers and lakes, invite masters from the famous factions, expand their power, grab a piece of the pie for the new officials, or even become the leader again.

Many sects and gangs will expand their power in other places, and they will also extend their tentacles from the official yamen in the name of the subordinates of the new official master.

Suzhou is a rich land in the world, and the big forces are intertwined, and it is always difficult for one to become a real leader. In recent decades, "half of the city of Yunjin and half of the city soldiers", the Yunjin Office, the Silver Soldier Fang and the prefect's yamen have formed a three-legged situation. In addition, there is also the Tiger Hill Temple, a Zen forest stronghold, which has always maintained the local balance of power and tried to avoid the emergence of a big dragon head in Suzhou.

The three current serpents all have strong backgrounds. The father and daughter of the Di family relied on the support of the Tianzi family of Tianqingshan Villa. Yunjin Villa has been around since the Ming and Qing dynasties and is the most recognized local force on the Southern Wulin Road. And the Suzhou government is also a series of prefects who have many strong skills, and invited masters from all walks of life to expand.

The battle between the jade dragon on the sea and the thousand-mile-long snake opened up the situation in the south of the Yangtze River. The Ji family's faction is gaining momentum in the south and competing to expand, and the Di family naturally wants to take the opportunity to become a big leader in the local area.

Ji Aojian didn't know that in addition to celebrating the creation of fists for the ninth sister today, there was also Di Qing's temptation to the local families, and by announcing the appearance of the great master, maybe the situation also made all parties recognize the leading position of the Silver Soldier Workshop in Suzhou.

Even Ji Yuxue, who was reading the encyclopedia hard with steamed buns, knew that tonight was of great significance, and sent her staff and all the masters over.

Luo Hongli, the prefect of Suzhou, is a two-list jinshi and was born in Qingliu. The master of the rivers and lakes he invited is also extraordinary, he is a great master of internal and external integration who has cultivated into a small three-element, from the Qibing Sect in the eight branches of the Kongtong faction, Mr. Yuan Han of Liuyi.

The Kongtong faction is far away in the northwest border, but it is like Kunlun and Huashan, but because of the bitter cold environment, it has become a place for martial arts training, and masters emerge in an endless stream, and the three factions are all first-class factions that have never been interrupted by grandmasters.

These famous families in the northwest are located in remote areas, and it is inconvenient to enter the south of the Central Plains and the Yangtze River, and sending masters to help the government forces sit in the local area is one of the common ways to expand the influence of this gate.

Lord Luo came over with two staff, in addition to this Mr. Liuyi Yuan Han, there was also a talented man Bai Junxiu, who won the first place in the Nanzhili Township Examination.

This Mr. Bai Junxiu has always pretended to be a romantic and talented man, both civil and military. He was born in a martial arts family for several generations, and later his family style turned to a career, and he became a scholarly family.

When Di Qing saw Luo Zhifu coming to the door, he was slightly stunned in his heart. He strongly invited Fang Shijing to come today, but he didn't invite Lord Luo over, because he wanted Yunjin Villa to admit the upper hand in front of his fellow martial artists in Suzhou.

Anyway, you, Lord Luo, are the official of the imperial court, and you don't belong to the martial arts, and the people who usually deal with the Jianghu Gang are only the masters of the Jianghu and the head of the third class of officials.

Who knew that this Luo Zhifu was very shrewd, and realized the meaning behind this cat boxing creation and the gathering of martial arts colleagues in Suzhou, so he came uninvited. If he and Fang Shijing join forces to form a momentum, and then a group of monks from Tiger Hill Temple respond, I am afraid that there will be some variables today.

Now that the parents of Suzhou have come, Di Qing no longer thinks about it, and arches his hand, "The old parents came to congratulate them in person, and the children of the rivers and lakes were overjoyed." ”

He simply invited Governor Luo and the two staff gentlemen to a table at Fang Shijing's table, and he didn't shy away from whether they were angry.

Di Xintang glanced at Ji Shuijing and said in a low voice, "Xiaojing, thank you very much." ”

At this time, she knew why Ji Shuijing showed great favor as soon as she saw Fang Shijing enter the door, and now Fang Shijing has inherited a favor from Miss Eight, and has an explanation for the weavers of Suzhou Wanhu, and the heart of the alliance with Lord Luo can't help but fade a little.

Su Jinnian blinked a little, Lord Luo is the chief official of Qingliu, the fourth grade of the main hall, he can't sit on his side, this martial arts master is really not small.

Lord Luo was overjoyed when he saw that he was at the same table with Fang Shijing, and was about to exchange words with him, but he heard Mr. Bai snort when he brought him, "Director Di, why don't you invite Lord Luo to sit on top of the chairman?"

This Xie Yuangong saw that the innermost table was full of teenagers and girls, and there were two little girls, and they were actually sitting on today's main seat with a big thorn, but one of the parents was sitting under them, what kind of system did it become?

Di Qing was very surprised that this Mr. Bai was so blind, and said with a smile on his face, "Lord Luo, this seat is the Great Martial Arts Grandmaster and her family, and it is inconvenient for outsiders to go over." After the banquet, Di will accompany Lord Luo here. ”

Luo Zhifu said with a smile, "It's okay, this mansion and today's great master are not related, so it is naturally inconvenient to make friends." ”

He regretted a little in his heart that he had brought Bai Junxiu over. This Mr. Bai has some literary and poetic names, and he can also come in a lot of use as a social companion, but he is half-incomprehensible to the world and the situation. Today, he and Fang Shijing sat together, and it was serious to resist the Di family becoming the leader of the dragon in unison, which was the time to think about the identity of the system.

Mr. Liuyi Yuan Han said, "The great masters of martial arts all have the third-grade honors of the imperial court, and the real masters of Zhengyi and Wudang are the second-grade heavenly masters. It would be rude for us to leave uninvited. ”

He cleverly explained it to Lord Luo from the perspective of the imperial court, so as not to lose face. Although the officials of the four grades of Qingliu will not care about the one product in their hearts.

Bai Junxiu was still a little indignant, he was the first person to be raised, a star in the field, and he didn't care about the level of Feng Yupinyi, but when he saw his adult's face, he stopped talking.

Su Jinnian sighed here, and said to Ji Ao, "Little boy, it turns out that your third sister has a three-grade seal?"

Ji Aojian said in a low voice, "She has just become a great grandmaster, and she hasn't been invited yet. ”

Su Jinnian said, "This Xie Yuangong who came in looked very remarkable, looking down on people." ”

Ji Ao Kenshin said, you weren't the same just now.

He asked curiously, "Mr. Su, what was your ranking when you won the township exam?"

Su Jinnian replied casually, "First name." ”

Ji Aojian was stunned, okay, there were two more Mr. Xie Yuan gathered here all of a sudden.

Then came the main figures of some important gangs in the city, as well as some ordinary masters of various portals who exchanged skills in the Heroes Pavilion.

Seeing that the outermost two tables were not full of people, there were still a lot of empty seats. The little blonde girl said, "Little Sword, do you know anyone, call the two of you to come in and sit there." ”

Ji Aojian walked over and said to Di Qing, "Uncle Di, Third Brother Di beside Sister Xiaotang saved my life. ”

Di Qing smiled and shouted to the outside, "Qiang Laosan, get in, Master Ji will reward you for drinking in the hall." ”

Di Qiang ran over excitedly and said again and again, "Thank you Di Men, thank you Ji Gongzi." ”

Di Qing shouted again, "Iron Wolf Gang leader, you have worked hard for Miss Eight in the past few months, so come in together." ”

These people also rushed over with great joy and sat down with the helmsman of the Dragon Soul Gang.

Suddenly, a person covered in silk and satin, like a wealthy outsider, walked in, who looked like he was by no means a master, only had the appearance of four or five turns of qi and blood, and shouted to Ji Shuijing, "Dongjia." ”

This person is the shopkeeper of the Suzhou branch of Shuijingzhuang. Ji Shuijing coughed, "Old Tao, you sit at the outermost table." ”

Shuijingzhuang is the first money village in the south of the Yangtze River, and the semicolon shopkeeper is naturally not small, although he is not a master, he can also come in.

Ji Aojian remembered that his four hundred taels of silver ticket was opened in his hand, so he beckoned, "Shopkeeper Tao, hello." ”

Shopkeeper Tao glanced at him, "Master Ji, you didn't say your identity last time you came to save money, and then I was scolded by the owner." ”

Ji Aojian said embarrassedly, "Actually, I want to save private money, and I don't want Eighth Sister to know." ”

Shopkeeper Tao shook his head and said, "At a young age, what kind of private money do you save." ”

The helmsmen of the Dragon Soul Gang all recognized him, "Shopkeeper Tao, come and sit here." ”

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