Nine Pins Immortal Road

Chapter 365 It's All Foxes
Under the overall situation, who is plotting who between the Great Jin Dynasty and the Ten Islands in the East China Sea has nothing to do with Liang Zhaohuang or the Liang family for the time being.

It's just a pity that he couldn't take down the monks of the six strange islands, otherwise he might have more discoveries.

He and his second sister Liang Zhaoyu cleaned up the battlefield and continued to Ludong County.

This place was originally at the junction of counties and counties, and it didn't take long for the two of them to return to Ludong County.

After entering the county seat and returning to the county government, Liang Zhaohuang recruited wealthy families from various counties to the county government.

In the past, Xie Wenyun, the magistrate of the county, summoned wealthy families from various counties. Liang Zhaohuang used to only obey the edict.

But now, as the county magistrate of Ludong County, he was able to issue an edict and call several wealthy families from other counties to follow his orders.

It didn't take long for the heads of wealthy families from various counties to come to the county government.

Liang Zhaohuang met them in the main hall of the county yamen. This time, he sat in the head seat.

Take out the 'golden book' brought back from the prefect's mansion, and pass it on to the masters of several wealthy families in several counties.

After several people watched, their faces changed, but no one spoke for a while.

Seeing this, Liang Zhaohuang couldn't help cursing secretly: "They're all old foxes."

"Patriarchs." In the end, it was Liang Zhaohuang who started the topic and said, "The county has passed down a gold book, asking our county to increase taxes by [-]% this year."

"Do you have any comments?"

The heads of several wealthy families in the county looked at each other, and finally the Zhang family advocated Junxiang, stepped forward and bowed slightly, and said, "I don't know the magistrate, what are you going to do?"

Hearing this, Liang Zhaohuang shook his head slightly, and sighed: "Alas... I went to the county to visit the county magistrate this time. I originally wanted to ask the county to reduce or exempt some taxes. But I didn't expect that the state would increase the tax. Even if Magistrate Nie wanted to give us a tax cut, he couldn’t do it.”

As he spoke, he turned back to the topic and said, "All the patriarchs also know that now that the East China Sea has not settled down, the villages and towns in the county are in trouble, and the harvest is decreasing year by year. gone."

"If the tax is increased now, I am afraid the situation will be even more serious."

"Therefore, the official thought, why not reduce the [-]% of the newly added tax by [-]% from the tax shared by the county?"

Hearing Liang Zhaohuang's words, the masters of the rich families in various counties looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while.

Seeing this, Liang Zhaohuang immediately said: "If there is no objection, then click here..."

"Wait a minute!" Seeing that Liang Zhaohuang was about to settle the matter, someone finally stood up, and it was Ye Junzhi, the head of the Ye family.

Upon hearing the words, Liang Zhaohuang looked at the other party and said, "What? Ye Xiancheng has an opinion?"

"Master County Magistrate." Ye Junzhi, the county magistrate, gave a slight salute to Liang Zhaohuang at this time, and then said, "It's hard for those poor families in the villages and towns to wreak havoc in the East China Sea, but it's not easy for us either."

"Everyone knows that our Ye family is based on the sales of talisman and talisman paper."

"Nowadays, the East China Sea bandits are entrenched at the borders of various counties and counties, often intercepting and killing caravans and blocking trade routes."

"Our Ye family's talisman and talisman paper business has been greatly affected, and the income in the past few years has not been as good as every year."

Ye Junzhi was full of helplessness, and cried poorly: "Nowadays, many children in the family can hardly gather the resources for daily practice, so they rely on the annual tax sharing to maintain the family's survival. If it is reduced by [-]%, our Ye family will not agree."

As he said that, Ye Junzhi turned his eyes to the other county tycoons, and said, "Patriarch Zhang, your family is also based on the pill business; Patriarch Lu, your Lu family is also based on the water transportation business; Patriarch Shi, your Shi family is also based on the business of water transportation." Relying on the spiritual sand business to gain a foothold...should have been affected a lot, right?"

Hearing Ye Junzhi's roll call, Zhang Junxiang, Lu Shiming, and Shi Shaofeng couldn't continue to watch the show, so they all stood up, bowed to Liang Zhaohuang, and said: "Master County Magistrate, this county pays taxes every year, and the rich and powerful families in the county enjoy the same. Fifty percent, this has always been a customary rule, it is easy to change, but it is difficult to change it back in the future."

"This rule cannot be easily broken."

"This case cannot be opened!"

In the end, even Wang Cheng'en of the 'Fire Raven' Wang family stood up and said, "The tax benefits that my Wang family should enjoy cannot be less!"

Seeing that everyone objected, Liang Zhaohuang was not angry, but nodded and said: "Okay, since all the patriarchs are against it, let's share the [-]% of the new tax according to the county's wishes."

"Huh?" "Huh?"

Hearing Liang Zhaohuang's words, the several Patriarchs present looked at each other for a while, and then suddenly realized.

Liang Zhaohuang obviously wanted to apportion the [-]% of the newly added tax, but he didn't say it clearly. Instead, he retreated as an advance and dragged several of the wealthy families of the county onto the boat.

In this way, when the taxes are shared, even if there are complaints from those poor families in the towns and various forces in the county, they will not all fall on him alone.

It was even difficult for a few wealthy families in the county to smear Liang Zhaohuang and spread rumors.

Otherwise, as long as Liang Zhaohuang spread the content of today's discussion, all the complaints would fall on the few Patriarchs. On the contrary, Liang Zhaohuang could get more people's support because of his initial opinions.

"Little Fox!"

Several Patriarchs could not help but curse secretly.

Naturally, Liang Zhaohuang was unwilling to reduce the tax shared by the county. Compared with other wealthy families in the county, the Liang family had a weaker foundation and needed the shared tax every year. If it was reduced by [-]%, it would only make the Liang family more difficult.

Other classes do not have the consciousness of "giving up the small family for everyone".

"Since the tax increase has been confirmed. Then, let's talk about the East China Sea bandits."

Liang Zhaohuang didn't give the patriarchs time to think too much, so the conversation changed to the East China Sea pirates.

"Several Patriarchs said just now that the Donghai bandits occupy the junction of counties and counties, attack caravans, block trade routes, and have even begun to affect the livelihood of each family."

"This time, when I returned to the county from the county, I bumped into a group of pirates attacking the caravan at the junction of the county and the county."

"The Donghai pirates were extremely cruel, the entire caravan was attacked and killed, and no one survived!"

Liang Zhaohuang said, shaking his head with a sigh.

"There is no way to go on like this."

He looked at Shi Shaofeng and Zhang Junxiang, and said: "Lieutenant Zhang and Shi Bingcao, almost all the East China Sea bandits in the county have been wiped out now, can the two of them spare their troops to wipe out all the East China Sea bandits entrenched at the junction of the surrounding counties and counties?" Fan?"

Zhang Junxiang and Shi Shaofeng looked at each other, and finally came out together, bowed to Liang Zhaohuang and said: "Master County Magistrate, I can try my best."

Liang Zhaohuang nodded slightly, and said: "Suppress if you can. If you can't, don't act rashly. Now everything is to ensure the stability of the county and the next taxation work."

"Your order, my lord!"

The two bowed to accept the order, and then retreated.

After talking about taxation and suppressing bandits, Liang Zhaohuang did not keep any more patriarchs, and everyone dispersed, Liang Zhaohuang also left the county office and returned to the family.

(End of this chapter)