"I'll strangle you to death!!"
When Li Yuanzhao saw Fang Zhengyi with a mean smile on his face, he finally couldn't hold himself any longer and rushed forward to strangle Fang Zhengyi's neck.
Then a large banknote was stuck to his forehead, and the whole person was frozen on the spot.
Li Yuanzhao angrily took off the banknote and put it in his sleeve, and said angrily: "You see, aren't you quite rich? Why do you only lack the money for the health team?"
Fang Zheng reached into his sleeve and pulled out the banknote.
Li Yuanzhao immediately bared his teeth and wanted to pounce on him, but Fang Zheng hurriedly said: "Okay, okay."
Seeing this, the prince can't think of any solution. If the trouble continues, the money he has on hand will not be enough.
"I've done the math, and adding five more workloads will balance it out."
"Look at the people under your command. What kind of cars, horses and tools do they use? How are their working hours arranged?"
"Also, can you think of a way to raise the price when dealing with manure collection?"
"Your Highness, this is how we do things. It's useless to act recklessly. We need to change from the bottom up and find ways to optimize the work process... You can do more things with the same strength."
"Okay, I'll stop talking here. Your Highness can take care of the rest by himself."
Li Yuanzhao calmed down after hearing this and showed a thoughtful expression. He felt that he had grasped something, but it was not very clear.
After thinking for a while, I felt a little irritated, so I asked Fang Zhengyi again.
"I understand, then...do you have any clues about your gambling with Yan Guoan?"
"Yes, we only have three months. If we want to make huge changes in Banshanfang, we will have to invest a lot of money."
"I have an idea to make money quickly, but it will take some time."
"What should we do now? The sanitation aspect has been partially solved, and the number of crimes in Banshanfang has also been reduced."
"The second step is to continue to deepen and completely solve the crime problem. Only when people have a safe living environment will the rest of the matter be easier to deal with."
The problem of crime has long appeared on Fang Zhengyi's agenda.
The environment of Banshanfang has improved, and the crime rate has also dropped significantly, but the reductions are basically petty thefts.
Of course Fang Zhengyi was not satisfied with just such a small change.
In an environment like Banshanfang, there must be many small underworld organizations underground, charging protection fees for private shops.
This kind of organization is indispensable everywhere.
The difference is just that there is a background and there is no background.
The closer they are to the center of the capital, the more profound their backgrounds will be. Maybe they are all thugs from aristocratic families.
Fortunately, Banshanfang is really poor, and those with background can't make money here.
But it is also because of poverty that it is difficult to do business here. The little money you earn has to be taken away from you, making life even harder.
Originally, there were cases of small officials in the Bingma Division exploiting merchants, but this has been reduced a lot under Fang Zhengyi's heavy-handed management.
Although these people have rarely appeared recently due to the huge changes in the community, it is certain that these people will pop up sooner or later!
The current task is to eliminate the idle small organizations in Banshanfang and provide a stable living environment for the people.
In the current situation, the number of people with private property is already in the minority. If the simple property safety of these people cannot be guaranteed, then don't get involved.
If there must be a gangster in Banshanfang, it must be me, Fang Zhengyi!
Li Yuanzhao scratched his head: "The crime problem? How to solve it? How do we know who committed the crime?"
Fang Zhengyi smiled slightly: "Why don't you just ask someone to find out?"
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Then the two of them walked to the street and picked a shop that seemed to be of medium size.
The shop sells groceries, but the business is not very good. A few waiters are leaning against the door chatting with each other, and some people are squatting on the ground and counting ants.
Fang Zheng shook his head when he saw it.
There is no management or publicity at all. It is so rough. Banshanfang deserves to be poor.
When several guys saw someone coming, they immediately got up and ran back into the house.
Fang Zhengyi and Li Yuanzhao also entered.
The shopkeeper was also in the room, and he was immediately surprised when he saw the two of them.
"Ah! Mr. Sai and Mr. Li are here. They are really distinguished guests!"
"I wonder what you two nobles need?"
During this time in Banshanfang, many people knew Li Fangzhengyi and Prince Li, although no one knew their identities.
But everyone can see that all the officials and minor officials in the workshop are under the supervision of these two people. At least they are not small officials.
Especially Mr. Li, who wanders the streets with a group of people every day, supervising everywhere with a vicious look.
He is cruel and talkative, but fortunately he has a good heart and never gets angry at the people, and there has never been any incident of bullying the people.
Therefore, Li Yuanzhao is still quite prestigious.
Fang Zheng smiled and said: "It's okay, I just came to ask the shopkeeper, how has your income been recently?"
The shopkeeper smiled and bowed repeatedly: "Thanks to you two, business has been very good recently! Especially at night, it is even better than during the day. It's really strange!"
"Now the monthly income is about thirty taels. It was not so much in the past, probably less than half."
Fang Zhengyi continued: "After deducting some random things from the thirty taels, how much silver is left?"
The shopkeeper suddenly smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Less than twenty taels..."
"What!" Li Yuanzhao shouted immediately.
Usually we don’t have so much, so we calculate it as fifteen taels. Then wouldn’t we only have five taels left?
With so many employees and a big family, and only making five taels a month, why do you want to work in such a big store?
"Where did the ten liang that was deducted go?"
The shopkeeper stood there and didn't dare to speak.
Li Yuanzhao's face was straight: "Say it quickly!"
Seeing Li Yuanzhao's unkind expression, the shopkeeper began to hesitate: "The government wants to take away five taels to collect taxes...the other five taels...are given away!"
"Giving it to someone? Who did it give it to?" Li Yuanzhao felt a little confused.
"Uh...a friend..."
"Friend?" Li Yuanzhao sneered and slammed the counter. "What kind of friend wants to send him five taels every month?"
"Why don't you recruit them! Otherwise, I will bring people to destroy your shop!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the shopkeeper fell to his knees with a thud.
Screaming injustice: "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I really gave it to a friend! My friend is quite poor, so I have to give it to him every month..."
Fang Zheng squinted his eyes slightly, thinking in his mind.
I didn't expect that a group of local ruffians would be so courageous and dare to take as much as the government.
It seems to be more serious than I thought.
Nothing like this happened in Taoyuan County, so Fang Zhengyi naturally thought wrong.
If anyone in Taoyuan County dares to charge protection fees, they will be arrested and their legs broken in the street.
Can that be called protection fee? That's robbing me, Fang Zhengyi, of my money!
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