Nanshi, Baiji Liquor Shop.
Han You stepped on the stool with his left foot, holding a short knife in his right hand, and stabbed it on the table, sneering again and again.
Zhang Zhuo pressed the handle of the long knife with his eyes like lightning. The other three guards were guarding the door.
Zhou Yan's little chest was rising and falling, and he was grinning.
There were four people in front of Han You, three were kneeling and one was standing and bowing to salute.
Kneeling was the man, shivering.
The one who bent down to salute was his boss, named Bai Yongnian, who was about fifty, wearing a Confucian robe, with a long beard reaching up to his chest. He had been bending over to salute for a stick of incense, and his old waist began to tremble.
"A great scholar, right? A famous scholar, right?"
Han You sneered again and again: "I want to engage in the service industry and build a landmark building at the same time. I am both worthy and independent of this young master."
"good."
Although Zhou Yan didn't understand it, it didn't stop him from agreeing with his teacher: "You are both responsible and independent, so what crime do you deserve?"
Bai Yongnian couldn't support it any longer. He straightened up and said with a bitter look on his face: "Your Highness, Mr. Han, I am also a scholar after all. I was a Jinshi in the former dynasty and had a little reputation among the scholars. Everyone knows that I, Bai Yongnian, am an innocent child. Honesty..."
"Honest, aren't you? Your guy has been beaten to the point of... He has taken the initiative to confess that the money you sold for drinks here last season alone was at least 600 guan. However, your account only shows 600 guan. You really can't Multiply it by ten.”
After finishing his words, Han You snapped his fingers: "Take it and take it to Jingzhao Mansion Prison."
Just when Zhang Zhuo was about to take action, Bai Yongnian saluted again: "Mr. Han, please calm down. I... I have always dealt with you like this in the past years. You... you can't make things difficult for me like this."
"Am I making things difficult for you?"
Han You pointed at Zhou Yan: "Do you know who he is?"
"I know, I know, Your Highness."
Han You pinched Zhou Yan's cheek: "Open your dog eyes and take a look. Prince You's face is worth six guan, and the face of the majestic prince is worth six guan?"
Bai Yongnian gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll pay the full amount of this year's business tax, sixty guan. I hope His Highness and Mr. Han will show their respect."
"Fuck."
Han You was amused and sneered again and again: "You are using the prince's face as a piece of paper to spread your ass."
Zhou Yan slapped his little face hard, like a repeater: "You use my face as a piece of paper to spread your ass!"
Bai Yongnian was also a veteran and sighed: "What do you mean, Mr. Han?"
"Three years ago, Baiji Liquor Shop opened. Three years, twelve seasons, one season counts you sixty guan, twelve seasons 720 guan, plus this season's 60 guan, 780 guan, all are replenished. together."
Bai Yongnian opened his mouth wide: "Is Mr. Han joking?"
Han You turned to look at Zhou Yan: "Your Highness, he said you look like a joke."
"Be bold!"
Zhou Yan slapped the table: "How dare you insult me and humiliate the Tian family!"
With a "plop", Bai Yongnian knelt down: "I don't, I don't dare, I absolutely don't dare. I mean Mr. Han is joking, no..."
Zhou Yan looked at Han You: "Sir, he said you look like a joke."
Han You: "..."
Taking out the short knife from the table and handing it to Wang Hai, Han You squatted in front of Bai Yongnian.
"I know that your grandson-in-law is the magistrate of Huainan and an official in Beijing. He will give you some face, otherwise your shop would not be able to open today. I also know that various mansions, restaurants, wine shops, and brothels , flower boats and other places, at least 30% of the drinks in Beijing are supplied by your Bai family, tsk tsk tsk tsk, making a fortune every day."
Han You helped Bai Yongnian up, with a harmless smile on his face: "Please use your smart little mind and think carefully about why His Highness Prince You, who rarely appears in public, suddenly started working in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Jingzhao Mansion. Your Majesty Tianhuang, why do you come to Nanshi to collect taxes? Forget it, don’t think about it, I’ll tell you, it’s the emperor’s order.”
Bai Yongnian's expression changed slightly: "Your Majesty?!"
"Yes, after the taxes are collected, I will go to the palace with His Highness to report to the Emperor. If the Emperor asks, what do you think I will say?"
Bai Yongnian swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "What would Young Master Han... say?"
"I will say that Bai Yongnian, the big shopkeeper of Beijing Zhongnan City, although he is a scholar, he likes to drink, so he opened a shop selling alcohol. It's just that the top 100 shopkeepers are thin-skinned and wanted to pay taxes in full. It's just that other owners concealed their tax returns, so he didn't dare to be the target of public criticism. When the emperor asked His Highness Prince You to check the taxes, shopkeeper Bai didn't say anything. The tax money for the third year of Qi, tsk tsk tsk, what is loyalty to the emperor, what is patriotism, this shopkeeper Bai is a model of scholars, a model of businessmen, a model of our generation, the court, what is most lacking is this kind of person, let me say , if one day the emperor wants to recruit some famous people in the capital, it must be..."
Before he finished speaking, Bai Yongnian suddenly broke away from Han You, sneered repeatedly, then stretched out his legs and kicked the guy on the butt.
"Why are you kneeling down? Why don't you go back to the mansion to find the eldest lady and collect 780 silver notes? If the eldest lady refuses, tell that naughty old woman that I will divorce her!"
Han You laughed loudly and gave a salute: "Shopkeeper Bai is indeed a role model for our generation. Once he enters the palace, his students will definitely have many kind words."
Bai Yongnian also smiled, smiling so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, and he held his hands in his hands, his face glowing red.
"Okay, I'll have someone come pick up the banknote in half an hour."
"It's easy to talk about. Young Master Han will send someone to pick it up in half an hour. I also saw Young Master Han entering the palace..."
"I understand, I understand, don't worry." Han You smiled and said in a low voice: "But this matter needs to be kept secret, and must not be mentioned to other people. When entering the palace to meet the saint, the students will only mention it to His Majesty. Three or five names to pay taxes quickly.”
This time it was Bai Yongnian's turn to say "I understand, I understand" repeatedly.
The two exchanged glances, but nothing was said.
Bai Yongnian personally sent Han You and others out, his face glowing, and he began to look forward to the good day of entering the court as an official again.
Han You took Zhou Yan's little hand and got into the carriage, smiling slightly.
"Have you learned the art of speaking?"
Zhou Yan nodded repeatedly: "I learned it."
"Next, the troops divided into two groups and began to sweep the streets. I will sweep from the front of Nanshi, and you sweep from the back. Before sweeping, please find out clearly that only relatives in the sweeper's family are officials in other places. Don't worry about those who are involved with officials or aristocratic families in Beijing. In order to move, the industries must also be distinguished, and the same industry cannot have more than two shops.”
"Why?"
"Many of the merchants in the capital work in groups, and they make a fortune by being harmonious. If they try to kill one industry, the effect of what I just said will be greatly reduced. Remember, I am borrowing the money from His Highness Prince You's Mansion. His Majesty's palace is under the guise of His Majesty."
"Student understands." Zhou Yan's face flushed with excitement: "I didn't expect that collecting tax money would be so easy, and it would be considered a difficult task."
Han You laughed dumbly: "What's wrong with this? Businessmen from other places are easier to bully... and easy to talk to. What you get from them is just a drop in the bucket. The real difficulties are the local businessmen. But we will talk about this later. Let's complete the quota first." .”
"Students understand, now take them with you."
Zhou Yan couldn't wait to get out of the carriage, and went to scare people with his short legs.
Han You stretched out a lot, roughly calculated the numbers, and murmured: "I don't know what that guy means. If you can get a young master with two hundred thousand coins, I will work hard to get a young master with one hundred and eighty." Wan Guan, can you be the Prime Minister in the future?"
But when he thought about it again, Han You felt that he had thought too much. After all, he was also a dignified emperor. It was impossible for the emperor to act like he had never seen money. The emperor could not be so low.
