The crying pear blossoms and the rainy Yanliu were taken upstairs by Han You and entered the screen compartment.
No one knows what the two people talked about, whether they did anything... and what they did.
After a full quarter of an hour, the two of them came down. Han You felt refreshed and stretched greatly as he walked down the stairs.
Yanliu, who followed behind him, had a look of resentment on his face, as if he had been humiliated.
Han You came to the bow of the ship and waved his hand: "Stop work and go to Nanshi."
"Master Han, stay here"
Yanliu caught up quickly and bit her lip: "Don't mention what happened just now to others. If others know about it, I will lose my dignity as a human being."
Zhou Yan and several guards pricked up their ears, their faces full of gossip.
"Don't worry." Han You slapped Yanliu hard on the butt: "Don't be so mysterious. It seems like we just did something shameful."
Yanliu is so angry. You slapped my butt when you didn't do anything shameful?
Han You whistled, "If I don't slap your butt, others will really think that we have done something shameful."
Under Yanliu's gaze, the group got off the boat and returned to the shore.
Zhou Yan giggled: "Sir, what did you do just now upstairs?"
"Find out how much money the flower boats on this river can make in a day."
"I see." Zhou Yan was greatly disappointed and asked nonchalantly: "Have you found out, Sir, what is the sunrise?"
Han You whispered a number, Zhou Yan opened his mouth wide, and Zhang Zhuo burst out: "Eri young lady!"
Zhou Yan's little mind quickly calculated: "How much money can I make in one day?"
"It's not one day, it's one day... um, yes, it's one day."
Zhou Yan raised his head and looked at Han You with disbelief on his face: "The amount of tax payable on this entire river of flower boats is so shocking."
"Mr. Han has found out clearly." Zhang Zhuo also obviously didn't believe it: "The girls on the flower boat, how many patrons do they have to accept in a day? This...are these girls made of iron?"
"Drinks, it's not the girls that make the real money, it's the drinks. It's just as I expected."
Han You carried Zhou Yan into the carriage: "Let's go, the next stop is Nanshi Liquor Shop. If nothing else happens, we can collect a lot today. It depends on whether they give face to Prince You's Palace."
This is what Han You thinks. It is not difficult to check taxes. All you need to do is find an entry point and compare the entire "supply chain".
Money is liquid, just like a scholar who came to spend money on the boat and spent a lot of money to call two girls, and the two girls gave a lot of money to the pretty boy.
The pretty boy slept with Da Ru's wife and bought a necklace for his wife with all his money. His wife gave the money to Da Ru and went to spend money on the flower boat.
This is how I will earn you back whatever you spend... No, this means that money flows. As long as you know the trajectory of the flow, plus the money purchased and sold, you can finally calculate an approximate tax figure. .
In fact, it was unnecessary for Han You to wear short skirts and leggings. As long as there were enough manpower to keep an eye on various shops, the reason why it was so troublesome was just to "rely on brains" to save more time.
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Imperial Palace, Jingzhi Hall.
The emperor Zhou Ke, who had just gone to court, was sitting behind the imperial court, rubbing his brows with a look of exhaustion on his face.
A young eunuch asked softly: "Your Majesty, if you are tired, why not..."
"I'm not tired at all, it's just..." Zhou Ke shook his head slightly: "I just couldn't imagine that the foolish king in the previous dynasty caused such harm to the country. It's not an exaggeration to say that it was riddled with holes and was in danger. That's all. There are no dead bones in the tomb. Either way, take out the memorials that have been accumulated in the past few days and look for some important ones, some related to the people."
"yes."
Bundles of memorials were brought over. Zhou Ke took a sip of tea and forced himself to comment.
Time passed minute by minute, and the old eunuch Wen Wu walked in softly.
Hearing the sound, Zhou Ke raised his head, with a look of expectation on his face: "How about it? Did you find out clearly?"
"If you tell your majesty, please find out more about it."
Wenwu quickly stood on the right side of the imperial case and said softly: "This son has extremely bad character."
"Extremely bad?!" Zhou Ke frowned tightly: "Tell me in detail."
"General Han... Before Mr. Han returned to Beijing, his son Han You was in An Province. He lived in Cangwen, a county in the middle of Beijing. Although he was naughty, he did not cause too much trouble. Mr. Han returned to Beijing and took up the post of Jingzhao Mansion. After Yin, Han You became more and more dissolute, going to gambling stalls, flower boats and other places, and often got into fights with other young masters. Just more than a month ago, he had a quarrel with many supervisors of the Imperial College, and suffered a big loss. He spent a lot of time recuperating in the mansion. In Japan, it does not have a good reputation among the people, and the common people, the dandies in the capital, and even many brothels and flower boats are not ashamed of it."
Zhou Ke rubbed his teeth and said, "He is just a fucking beast. He is not even ashamed of a prostitute?"
"yes."
"Tiger father and dog son." Zhou Ke sighed silently: "Why are you involved with Yan'er?"
"As he said, when I went to the palace, I happened to meet His Highness Prince You from Li's palace."
"Wait a minute, Cai Xue is here, how about Cai Xue? I think he speaks well and has unique insights into political affairs. I think Cai Xue is good, especially the Three Character Classic, which is catchy and can be called a classic of Mongolian studies."
"This..." the old eunuch shook his head: "I don't know a lot of Chinese characters, I don't understand poetry, I don't know how to sing well."
"How could this be?"
"The old slave guessed that this boy knew that if he became a teacher in the palace, his talents would be questioned, so he spent some money in advance to get through."
The emperor sat up straight, thinking about yesterday's situation, and was silent for a long time.
"If this is really the case, this kid's scheming is too gloomy, but don't forget that I took the political affairs exam yesterday."
"What does your Majesty mean?"
"Forget it, no matter how talented and learned Han You is, Han You's conduct is despicable and difficult to use. In a few days, we will find an excuse to call him into the palace to save some face for General Han. I will punish him with ten sticks and tell him not to get close to Yan'er again. "
"Yes." The old eunuch lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Then does Your Majesty need to find someone else for the tax inspection?"
"No one is available. There really is no one available in Beijing. How can Han You find out anything? I originally thought that if he really could find out something fishy, even if he took advantage of the opportunity to repair it, the director of the Ministry of Works and It’s not an exaggeration for the young minister of Honglu Temple. Looking at it now, this boy will definitely make some mischief to avenge himself by taking advantage of Prince You’s palace. Let’s go out of the palace tomorrow and take back his errands.”
At this point, the emperor's face was full of disdain: "I think yesterday, this man was still acting like a madman in front of me. It's ridiculous, extremely ridiculous, and he also said that he had collected 200,000 yuan in tax money for me..."
There was a "pop", and the emperor, who became more and more angry as he spoke, slapped the emperor's case: "You can't play with me like a three-year-old child, two hundred thousand guan, hum, let alone two hundred thousand guan, if he were in the capital The merchant can collect a hundred thousand guan, so what if I punish a few corrupt officials for him? Damn clown, don't wait for a few days. I will go to court tomorrow and let this bastard enter the palace. Ten sticks. , I will personally imprison him!"
