However, before the Green Snake Gang disciple's hand touched the long knife, a burst of energy shot out from Chu Qinghe's fingers.
It's so sudden that even an ordinary second-rate warrior might not be able to react.
Not to mention this Green Snake Gang disciple.
With almost no room to react, the disciple of the Green Snake Gang was hit in his acupoint by Chu Qinghe's energy.
As the acupoints were tapped, the Green Snake Gang disciple's body suddenly became stiff and difficult to move.
And the Green Snake Gang disciple's hand was still two inches away from the long knife on the table.
Facing the immobile body, the Green Snake Gang disciple's eyes narrowed.
"Damn it, didn't you say that this guy is just an ordinary person? How could that be?"
While cursing in his heart, the disciples of the Green Snake Gang who realized that Chu Qinghe was not a simple man looked even more frightened, and said quickly: "Chu... No, Uncle Chu, the villain has eyes but cannot see. Taishan has offended the uncle, please." Master, hold your hand high, hold your hand high..."
After his eyes lingered on the Green Snake Gang disciple who kept begging for mercy for a few breaths, Chu Qinghe shook his head gently.
To be honest, Chu Qinghe felt that the other party's unruly look just now was more pleasing to the eye.
The current situation made Chu Qinghe feel like he was bullying someone.
After suppressing the strange thoughts in his mind, Chu Qinghe slowly said: "I'll ask a few questions, please cooperate with me."
Facing what Chu Qinghe said, the Green Snake Gang disciple's expression froze for a moment, but immediately nodded quickly like a chicken pecking at rice, and said with difficulty in his voice: "You ask, I will definitely cooperate."
He looked deeply afraid that if he spoke a second too late, he would follow in the footsteps of the three Green Snake Gang disciples on the ground.
Seeing this, Chu Qinghe asked: "How long have you been in the Green Snake Gang?"
Disciple of the Green Snake Gang: "It's been three years."
Chu Qinghe: "What is your current position in the Green Snake Gang?"
A disciple of the Green Snake Gang: "I don't have a position, I'm just an ordinary disciple."
After two questions, Chu Qinghe asked the crucial one.
"Is there anyone above you?"
After finishing his words, Chu Qinghe thought for a while and changed his words, "Does the leader of the Green Snake Gang have something to do with you?"
The disciple of the Green Snake Gang next to him said with a bitter face: "Why does this little one have such good fortune and what does it have to do with the gang leader? It cost ten taels of silver to enter the Green Snake Gang in the first place."
As he said that, the disciples of the Green Snake Gang glanced at the few Green Snake Gang disciples on the ground who could not move but were bleeding from the corners of their mouths. Their hearts tightened and they begged for mercy again.
"Uncle Chu, this time the villain is obsessed with money. Mr. Chu, just treat me like a fart. I promise that I will never dare to appear in front of you again."
Listening to what the disciple of the Green Snake Gang said, Chu Qinghe did not respond, but whispered softly: "Don't you have any background? That's not bad, it saves trouble."
After all, nepotism is always troublesome.
If there is any relationship or background in the Green Snake Gang, after this incident, the Green Snake Gang will definitely not be kind.
After Bao Buqi has dealt with these guys, Chu Qinghe has to make a special trip to the Green Snake Gang.
Otherwise, there is a hostile force watching in this Yushui City, and Chu Qinghe would feel a little uncomfortable.
Unless it is done once and for all, the Green Snake Gang will also be solved incidentally.
But if the few people in front of me don't have any background, then things will be much simpler.
Even if the four disciples of the Green Snake Gang in front of them are eliminated, the Green Snake Gang probably won't have any thoughts of revenge.
After confirming this, Chu Qinghe glanced at the disciples of the Green Snake Gang in front of him, and suddenly asked curiously: "By the way, if you are doing this kind of money-grabbing business, aren't you worried about causing trouble for your Green Snake Gang? "
In this world, Jianghu and the imperial court are said to be distinct, but in fact they have been inextricably linked to each other for hundreds of years.
Anywhere, there are often two orders.
One is the apparent order.
One is the order behind the scenes.
The order on the surface is the imperial court.
And behind the scenes, it is naturally Jiang Hu.
There are some things that are inconvenient to solve even if the court comes forward.
Therefore, over hundreds of years, Jianghu and the imperial court formed a unique system in this world.
Every city and even village will be divided into two parts every year, whether it is commercial tax or civil tax.
Seven of them were sold to the imperial court.
The other 30% is divided by Jianghu forces.
The low-level forces need to supply the high-level forces behind them who are responsible for managing their own area every month.
As for the amount of taxes required to be paid by the forces below, it is determined by the top forces in the region.
For example, in Wudang, the amount required from the forces below is 50% of the current month.
Half and half, hello, me, hello everyone.
Some of the more ruthless ones may even ask for 70% or even 80% to be handed over.
And this money will eventually be funneled to the top forces in the region.
This Yushui City belongs to the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, and the top power in charge belongs to the Yihua Palace in the Xiuyu Valley.
The Green Snake Gang and the Iron Fist Sect in Yushui City, which are not popular forces, need to hand over half of their monthly payment to the second-rate force in charge of their area, the Hengshan Faction.
Then turn it over to a higher-level first-class force.
But because Hengshan Sect itself is within the Five Mountains Sword Sect.
The Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Sun Moon God Sect have not dealt with them for hundreds of years.
Therefore, the monthly income earned by those around the Hengshan Sect is handed over to the Yihua Palace at a higher level.
Otherwise, top forces like Wudang Shaolin with tens of thousands of disciples.
If there is not a lot of financial resources to support it, how can it be maintained?
Are they all going to rob the beggars’ business?
In Chu Qinghe's view, the court's move was indeed smart.
I am afraid that warriors have been causing chaos in this world for a long time.
A chivalrous man uses force to break the law. With strength, who is willing to resign himself to fate and keep his own integrity?
Of course, being fed is another story.
This point also has to be said about the wisdom of the court.
Thirty percent of tax revenue is not a small amount for a country, it is even a large amount of money.
But the question is, how much of this 30% tax will eventually go into the national treasury?
After all, corruption has been difficult to eradicate since ancient times.
But throwing it directly into the arena, not only does it not have to worry about these martial arts people causing trouble due to lack of money, it can also have a pacifying effect by letting all the martial arts people compete for the 30% of tax revenue.
Secondly, it can also play a supervisory role in changing the direction of these Jianghu forces.
You can't say that 70% of the tax revenue of Yushui City this year went into the national treasury, but the 30% distributed to Jianghu was one million taels, right?
With this investigation, everyone will know the problem.
It's like killing two birds with one stone.
It is also because taxes in various places are also linked to their own income, so in the world, from the top forces to the third-rate forces, once something happens in the area under their jurisdiction, they cannot ignore it.
In addition, this world is much larger than the world in Chu Qinghe's previous life.
The land is vast, the resources are abundant, and the environment is relatively stable. Under the joint management of the imperial court and Jianghu, the public security is good.
In addition, strictly speaking, the tax has not increased. As long as ordinary people do not provoke warriors rashly, their lives can be pretty good.
Normally, there won't be too many political forces bullying ordinary people or merchants for no reason.
Otherwise, in the long run, if the Hengshan Sect finds out, the Green Snake Gang will not have an easy time.
If the six gates of the Ming Dynasty and imperial agencies such as Dongchang are involved because of this, the Hengshan faction will probably have a headache.
How will things get better for the Green Snake Gang from now on?
Therefore, Chu Qinghe was also curious as to why these disciples of the Green Snake Gang dared to do something so blatantly like an open robbery.
