The establishment of the Department of Commerce caused an uproar in Lantian County!
Businessmen have been discussing the new business tax ratio, and most of them are opposed to it. After all, it used to be one out of thirty, but now it is one out of six. This is a direct increase of five times. Most businessmen are very happy for a while. Hard to accept!
However, there are also a small number of businessmen who agree. The main reason is that while the government increases the proportion of commercial taxes, it also improves the social status of businessmen and spends money to buy recognition. This is quite cost-effective for those businessmen with a long-term vision!
Apart from anything else, the preferential policy of allowing businessmen's children to attend county schools is enough to offset the increase in business taxes! No matter in modern times or in ancient times, parents always hope that their children will succeed, and studying is a good opportunity to get ahead. However, when the social hierarchy of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce began to rise, businessmen have always been despised. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the children of businessmen were not allowed to study, and were not allowed to study. Participating in the imperial examination will completely block the future of all businessmen's children!
Nowadays, Lantian County regards businessmen as equal civilians with farmers, and also allows the children of businessmen to study in the county school. This county school was rebuilt after Li Zexuan took over Lantian County and spent a lot of manpower and material resources. The courses provided in it are , is infinitely close to the engineering taught by Yanhuang Academy, which means that students from the county school have a greater chance of getting admitted to Yanhuang Academy than students from outside!
This is undoubtedly a fatal temptation for those businessmen who hope to succeed!
In addition, if we only calculate it in terms of monetary gains and losses, although the new commercial tax law requires merchants to pay more commercial taxes, the government is willing to protect the legal property safety of merchants, which means that if we encounter local gangsters in the future, they will In the case of protection fees, businessmen can request the Department of Commerce to come forward to rectify it. Based on this calculation, the monthly expenditures of businessmen in Lantian County have not actually increased, but may actually decrease! This is equivalent to handing over the protection money paid to the local gangsters to the Department of Commerce, the official agency that manages businessmen!
However, many people have doubts about the government's determination to clean up and punish local gangsters!
This is the reason why most merchants are unwilling to support the new commercial tax law!
The strange thing is that the government seems to know what the merchants are thinking.
In the afternoon of that day, a large number of Lantian County government officers, led by more than ten guards of the Yong'an Marquis Mansion, left the county government and went straight to Taikangfang in the southwest of the county. The reason was that there was a merchant in the city square reporting to the official today. It was said that a gangster named Laizan came to extort protection money!
At the same time, all the gates on all sides of Lantian County were closed. Only entry was allowed, but no exit was allowed. Combined with the actions of the county police, the answer was already revealed. As the saying goes, the sky net is vast and sparse, but under Li Zexuan's instruction, how can The county magistrate finally issued an order to wipe out all the "dark" evil forces in Lantian County today!
As for closing the four city gates, it is just to catch turtles in a jar and prevent those ruffians from escaping from the city!
"General Liu, the details of Laisan Sun have already been found out. He is a subordinate of Jin Wanbiao of Taikangfang. Jin Wanbiao served as a soldier in the government in the early years. He is good at using swords and sticks and is ruthless. He is a ruthless character. He has five subordinates. A dozen gangsters were working for him, and they called themselves the Jinshi Gang.
In the past, the Jinshi Gang relied on helping foreign merchants pledge goods, but since the number of merchants in Lantian County has increased, Jin Wanbiao has focused on the fat city of Shifang, and regularly sends people to the south of Shifang every month. All merchants on the street collect protection fees. If anyone fails to pay, he will come to the door from time to time to cause trouble, making it impossible for people to do business!
If a merchant reports to the official, his retaliation will be even more cruel, ranging from beating the person to directly sending people to set fire to the store. A few months ago, a cloth shop in the market was leaked, and it was Jin Wanbiao. The men did it! "
Sun Qing, the headman of the Lantian County government, walked beside Liu Feng. As he walked forward, he carefully reported to Liu Feng the situation of the forces behind Lai San.
Ever since he learned that Li Zexuan planned to recruit a third class of government officials and take heavy measures to improve the public security and business environment in Lantian County, Capt. Sun began to seriously investigate the source of the chaos in Shifang, just to wait for this day!
"Hmph! Such evil villains who rely on force to do evil and bully the weak are not worthy of being called soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!!"
After listening to Sun Qing's story, Liu Feng couldn't help but snorted coldly, and then asked doubtfully: "Jin Wanbiao has been doing evil for so many years, is there nothing that County Magistrate He can do against him?"
Capt. Sun smiled bitterly and said: "General Liu, you don't know something. The people under Jin Wanbiao are very tough-mouthed. Even if they are caught by us, they are determined not to admit that they were ordered by Jin Wanbiao! And Jin Wanbiao himself also He is very cunning and will not leave any clues to others when he does bad things. The county government cannot just take people without evidence! Because it is said that a good brother of Jin Wanbiao is the school captain of Zuo Wuwei!"
"What's there to fear from a mere Zuo Wuwei captain?"
Liu Feng glared angrily, with some disdain on his face, thinking that he was also a commander of the Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards were the emperor's personal guards and had their own pride. Naturally, he would not let go of the captain of Zuo Wuwei. In his eyes, Liu Feng paused and said:
"Before coming here, the Marquis told me that as long as there is no proof of the people who have caused harm to Lantian County, they can be captured directly. After returning, they will be tried slowly. Be sure to give Lantian County a feast of clear rivers and a bright world! If any lawless person dares to resist, he will be killed without mercy!"
"Follow the order~!"
After he finished speaking, the more than ten guards of the Hou Mansion who were following Liu Feng all loudly received their orders.
At this time, Capt. Sun could clearly feel that the air around him had become a bit cooler! murderous look! This is murderous intent!
Capt. Sun and the others have been working as agents in the yamen for more than ten years. Although they have seen dead people, when it comes to killing people, they have not experienced it many times in total. Naturally, they are far less than those like Liu Feng who have gone through the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The forbidden troops come out!
"Boss! Boss! Oh no! The people from the county government are coming to kill us~!"
In Taikangfang, southwest of Lantian County, a gangster hurriedly ran into a courtyard and shouted urgently to the scar-faced man inside who was hugging Mei Ji and enjoying the cool under a tree.
"What?"
Hearing this, the scar-faced man pushed away the beautiful girl in his arms, stood up with a "swish", looked at the little gangster, and said: "You mean the county government's police officers are coming towards us? Who doesn't open his eyes?" That bitch reported us to the county government? Find out and burn down his shop~!"
This scarred face is Jin Wanbiao. He also fought as Guofubin in the past, but he was discharged from the military camp because of a leg injury. At first, he lived a relatively miserable life. Later, he found that with his fierce appearance, he also had a good body. With martial arts, you can earn a lot of money by pledging goods for some vendors, so you gathered a few thugs with some knowledge of martial arts and started doing this business together! This is a bit like the escort agency of later generations!
However, human greed can never be satisfied. Jin Wanbiao later found that the money in this business was still too slow, so he started a business collecting protection fees from merchants. In his opinion, this business was actually nothing like helping others escort goods. Both are asking businessmen to spend money to ensure safety!
A few months ago, Lantian County held a football league, and various shops sprung up. Lantian County became the most prosperous city among the counties surrounding Chang'an City. Jin Wanbiao saw a "business opportunity" in it, so he led a group of younger brothers to all Stationed in Lantian County and started collecting protection fees at designated locations!
With his ruthless behavior, he quickly made a lot of money, and his place of residence was changed from the original shabby courtyard to the current luxurious mansion, and he also had a beautiful wife and concubine waiting by his side. , which made Jin Wanbiao feel that he had reached the "peak of life"!
Little did he know that his "peak of life" was actually the end of his road!
The gangster said with a bitter look on his face: "Boss, not only are the county government officials, but I see that there are more than a dozen martial arts masters around Capt. Sun. Looking at their clothes, they seem to be the personal guards of the Hou Mansion!"
"The Marquis's personal guards!!"
Jin Wanbiao's face turned pale in an instant. Although he boasted some martial arts skills, his meager ability could be used to bully ordinary people, but it was not enough to deal with the Hou Mansion's personal guards!
After all, he also knew that many of the personal guards of the Hou Mansion were from the Imperial Guards. Jin Wanbiao was not arrogant enough to dare to confront the Imperial Guards!
"Get out~! Get out quickly!"
Jin Wanbiao's expression changed, and he made a decision in an instant. He quickly ran into the house, holding all his possessions - a box of Tang Yuan in his arms, and prepared to flee through the door!
In other words, he has to thank Li Zexuan for introducing Tang Yuan to replace copper coins. Otherwise, with his current net worth, if it were replaced by copper coins, more than ten carts would not be able to pull it. If it were replaced by gold, it would probably be enough for him to move. If he wanted to move it in It is absolutely impossible to run away with money in a short period of time!
"Ha! Where is our Jin Gang leader planning to go?"
What a coincidence, just when Jin Wanbiao was about to run away, Liu Feng, Sun Baotou and others broke in directly. Seeing Jin Wanbiao holding a rosewood box, Liu Feng said slightly jokingly.
But when Liu Feng entered Taikangfang, he found a wretched man who immediately ran towards the yard when he saw them. He guessed that the man might be reporting to Jin Wanbiao, so he quickly ordered to speed up, and then he was able to Jin Wanbiao arrived before he fled!
"Surround them all~! Don't let a fly go~!"
Mr. Sun waved his hand to the officials behind him and shouted loudly.
Now the county government's third shift has expanded to 180 people, more than three times the number of about 50 people before. This time he brought more than 100 people, plus With the masters of the Forbidden Army brought by Liu Feng "holding down the battle" from the side, Sun Baotou finally felt confident when he faced people like Jin Wanbiao today~!
"...! General, Capt. Sun, what do you mean by this? Jin has always abided by the law and has never done any evil. Why did you bring so many people here?"
In the blink of an eye, all the members of the Jinshi Gang in the courtyard were surrounded by government servants armed with weapons. Jin Wanbiao couldn't help but turn pale. He stiffened his neck and pretended to be calm as he looked at Capt. Sun and said to Liu Feng.
Liu Feng never paid attention to a small character like Jin Wanbiao from beginning to end, and he was even less likely to explain anything to Jin Wanbiao. He directly said coldly: "The Jinshi Gang is suspected of disrupting the public security of Lantian County and extorting protection fees from merchants. Capture everyone and take them back to the county government for trial! If anyone resists, kill them! Do not! Discuss them!"
The four words "kill without mercy" came out of Liu Feng's mouth, which seemed particularly powerful and cold!
The gangsters in the yard were all bullies and fearful of the strong. I had never seen someone with such murderous intent as Liu Feng. Feeling that the air around him suddenly turned cold, all the members of the Jinshi Gang were frightened. Those who had weapons in their hands, Quickly put down your weapons. Those without weapons quickly raised their hands and knelt down to beg for mercy!
Jin Wanbiao couldn't help but get angry when he saw that his subordinates were so cowardly, but it was not the time for him to lose his temper until now. He looked at Liu Feng and asked: "This general, everyone in the Jinshi Gang has always obeyed the law, even if there are extremely When others violate laws and disciplines, the general just arrests those who break the law. Why do you want to arrest us all? You want to arrest us all without any evidence. You...you are doing this That’s wrong~!”
What you are doing is wrong!
Even though they knew this was a very serious occasion, everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard such words coming out of Jin Wanbiao's mouth!
Brother, you are a gangster and gang boss, how could you say such stupid and cute things?
Jin Wanbiao also realized at this time that he was in a hurry and said something he shouldn't have said, and his face suddenly turned red like a monkey's butt!
Liu Feng suppressed his laughter, put on a sullen face, and snorted coldly: "I want to arrest you, so why do I need evidence? If you are not convinced, go to the county jail and let the county magistrate decide! Now, you can either come with me, Either die, you have no choice!"
overbearing!
Only then did Jin Wanbiao realize that there was someone more domineering and unreasonable than him! When a bully meets someone who is more domineering than him, the feeling is so sour!
"... General, please calm down, Jin will go back with you!"
Jin Wanbiao gritted his teeth. He struggled in his heart and wanted to resist directly several times. But in the end, reason prevailed over impulse, because he understood very well that in this situation, if he stubbornly resisted, it would really be no different from seeking death. It's better to follow him back to the county office. After all, his crimes are not worthy of death!
"Hmph! Tie them all up and take them away~!"
Liu Feng snorted coldly, relaxed his hand on the handle of the knife, and gave Jin Wanbiao a look that said, "You know what I mean!"
"Yes! General Liu!"
A group of government officials quickly took out the ropes they had prepared and began to tie up the members of the Jinshi Gang.
"Captain Sun, who is the next target?"
After arranging more than thirty government officials to escort the members of the Jinshi Gang back to the county government office, Liu Feng looked at Sun Qing and asked lightly.
"General Liu, the next target is the Canghai Gang. Their gang leader is named Tsunami Tian, who is in charge of collecting protection fees for the shops on Shifang North Street..."
"Let's go! Go to Canghai Gang~!"
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First update!
Two chapters in one!
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