"The unruly people, what a bunch of unruly people!" Liu Datong had never been so angry.
In the past, when Liu Datong saw others serving as officials, all of his subordinates were submissive. Why is it that now that it is his turn to be an official, all the people under his command are rebellious.
Liu Datong secretly transported more than 500 kilograms of grain the night before. He didn't want his money manager to move the grain in advance the next night. This made Liu Datong angry!
But what they didn't know was that the food in the warehouse was actually recycled by Zhou Yi's system.
Otherwise, no one would be able to transport the more than 16,000 kilograms of refined grain rice away so silently.
Dog-headed military advisor Dong Hui carefully avoided the fragments of porcelain bowls on the ground, walked up to Liu Datong and said, "Sir, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. The reason why the Qian Captor hid all the food is just to get a share of the pie."
"Let's divide the account nine-to-one and give him 10% of the profit!"
After Liu Datong heard this, he nodded lightly.
Although he himself brought dozens of servants to Pingyang County, there were only a dozen thugs, which was about the same number as the manpower in the yamen, so there was no numerical advantage at all.
If there had been a fight just now, the people on my side might not be able to defeat the other side!
Therefore, Liu Datong was still prepared to endure it first, show some kindness in Pingliang County, train his own thugs, and then replace all the fast-moving agents in this yamen when the time is right.
In the early morning of that day, Liu Datong called for Qian Captou and discussed his plan to split the accounts with Qian Captou.
"Qian Captou, if you hold more than 10,000 kilograms of grain in your hands, you have no place to sell it. As long as you take out the grain, I will have a way to sell it and turn it into cash. We will divide the account nine-to-one by then. Isn’t it beautiful!”
Chief Qian sent people to search the city all night last night, causing the whole city to be restless and complaining.
In the end, only the more than 500 kilograms of grain were found, and the other grains seemed to disappear out of thin air.
Now Qian Captou heard that the Zhutou County Magistrate wanted to split the accounts with him. He probably made this move because he sent people to strictly guard the four city gates and Liu Datong had no way to transport the food out.
Qian Yong thought for a while, but still held back his anger. It would be fine if most of the food security that Mr. Zhou left for the people of Pingliang County could be taken back. Everyone could survive this winter until the potatoes were harvested. .
So Qian Yong said: "Ninety-one is ninety-one. As long as you hand over 90% of the food, even if you embezzle 10%, I will turn a blind eye!"
Hearing what Qian Captou said, Liu Datong was stunned on the spot.
"What? You want the 90% of the 91-cent account? Money catches the head, money catches the head, you are too greedy! I can give you this achievement, which is not bad!"
Qian Yong was furious when he saw that Magistrate Liu was so arrogant in his corruption.
"Good guy, if you want Big Head, don't you want to make the entire people of Pingliang County lose their livelihood!" Qian Captou secretly cursed Liu Datong in front of him for his black heart.
Both Qian Captou and Liu Datong thought that the food was in each other's hands, and after this conversation, they also concluded that the other party wanted to keep a big share.
Not surprisingly, the talks ended in collapse.
Seeing that he couldn't reach an agreement with the greedy Liu Datong, Qian Captou turned away and went to ask his master Sun Yufu how to deal with this matter.
Zhou Yi's former acting master quickly analyzed it for him after hearing what Qian Captou said.
"Money is the boss, money is the boss, it's a good thing you didn't agree to the bribe from this pig-headed county magistrate, otherwise he would most likely shirk all the responsibility on you if something goes wrong in the future."
Qian Captou waved his hand and said: "Our county magistrate once said that integrity leads to authority. I'm afraid of what that pig head will do. There's no way he can put unfounded charges on me!"
Sun Yufu sighed and said: "Not everyone is as worried about the country and the people as our county magistrate. It would be great if the county magistrate could always stay in Pingliang County!"
As soon as these words came out, Qian Yong suddenly had a bold idea in his heart.
Qian Yong secretly whispered his thoughts into Sun Yufu's ear.
Sun Yufu, an honest and honest teacher, heard this and said quietly: "There are rumors in our Pingliang County that evil spirits are causing trouble in Shenjing Bushui. We can just take advantage of this, first like this, then like this, and finally..."
"In this way, our Lord Zhou can continue to stay in Pingliang County!"
When Qian Yong heard Sun Yufu's plan, he felt that it was quite feasible, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's follow what you said. We will kill the fat pig then, and then invite Mr. Zhou to come back and take charge of the overall situation!"
Just when Qian Yong and Sun Yufu were plotting a certain plan, a fast horse came to the Pingliang County government office from Jing'an City, the capital of Yongzhou, carrying an imperial list.
This imperial list is the one-year tax exemption notice personally written by the traitorous Prime Minister Yan Song for the 21 counties of Yongzhou.
After Liu Datong received the one-year tax-free imperial list, he immediately called his dog-headed military advisor Dong Hui to discuss it together.
We must know that in ancient times, the reason why scholars, farmers, industry and commerce ranked second was because farmers were the main source of tax collection.
Liu Datong originally expected to collect more taxes and keep the extra money to line his own pockets.
What is the purpose of being an official? Of course it's for money.
If you don't get rich as an official, you won't come to me if you ask for help.
The 100,000 taels of silver Liu Datong paid to buy an official position was earned through hard work in business for most of his life. He wished that after taking office, he could make back his money in a month and double it tenfold in a year.
Now things are better. The emperor who is far away in Hanyang City personally ordered the twenty-one counties of Yongzhou to be exempted from taxes for one year.
Now, the refined grain rice in Liu Datong's warehouse has not been obtained, and it will take another year to collect taxes. Isn't this equivalent to killing Liu Datong, an old money man?
"Dong Hui, Dong Hui, think of a solution quickly. Now that we can't collect taxes and can't get that food, what should we do?"
With a sinister smile on his face, Dong Hui secretly took out a notebook from his arms and handed it to Liu Datong.
Zhutou County Magistrate Liu Datong flipped through a few pages impatiently, then threw the booklet back to Dong Hui, saying: "I called you here to ask you to find a way to give me advice, not to show me this." It’s useless stuff!”
Dong Hui picked up the record book, patiently showed it to Liu Datong, and explained: "Sir, this is the key to our tax collection!"
Liu Datong frowned slightly: "But didn't the imperial list say it's tax-free for one year?"
Dong Hui laughed strangely and said: "So this is the key to our tax collection. Take a look for yourself, sir. It records the various professional groups in Pingliang County in different categories, including masons, carpenters, and blacksmiths. But only those who are literate, Pingliang County There are only 7 people!”
When Liu Datong heard this, his thoughts immediately became clear. He raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at his dog-headed military advisor Dong Hui, and said: "Hey, what do you mean..."
