Chapter 54 Don't drive a stroke
Zheng Conghu's complacent feelings were beyond words. He was the second son of the Zheng family, with an older brother and a younger brother. He was not so successful and naturally had no status in the family. But if he had copper in his waist and had a lot of copper, it would be different.
Power, if you have money, you will have power, and if you have power, you can get power. When Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty was the emperor, money was not necessarily good, but now it is the Great Zhou Dynasty. Everything is easy to use, so there is no need to mention the people of the Wu family. Even the Li family like Princess Taiping charges money blatantly. Money is not omnipotent, but it is absolutely impossible to have money. Money can make ghosts push the mills, which makes ghosts laugh!
Wang Anran said, "Thirty thousand guan, that's really a lot. Can you receive this number in a year by collecting taxes at the gate?"
Zheng Conghu laughed and shook his head and said, "You can't receive it, but don't think that there is not much tax. If the merchant doesn't pay it, he will not be able to enter the limit. If you want to enter the limit quickly, you have to pay the expedited amount and don't have to queue up. You are not seeing that line, but you are still long, and only a fool is willing to queue up!"
"The merchants don't resist? Don't go too far!" Wang Anran said.
Zheng Conghu shook his head and said, "I haven't seen anyone resisting, so those who pay the expedited money will naturally not say anything. They don't have to queue up anymore. Those who don't want to pay can only admit that they are unlucky and queue up normally. Originally, they had to queue up, but they didn't do anything about it!"
Wang Anran nodded and didn't ask anything else. Anyway, he would go and see it tomorrow. If there is anything, you will know at first glance.
That night, the Wang family took out ten coins of money to buy wine and meat, and invited Zheng Conghu and all the villagers in Chengguan Village to eat and drink, and all the fun parted.
The next day, Wang Anran took out another ten-ton coins of money, bought dozens of jars of good wine, put them in the car, and asked the four King Kongs to visit each village after another. Although the village and the villagers did not help much, the guarantee letter was not fake. They really planned to help and took action, so they naturally had to express their gratitude, otherwise who would still be willing to help in the future? As a person, you must be grateful.
Wang Anran rode on a horse and planned to go to the gate. The bunny insisted on going together, so Wang Anran had to take her with her. The little girl was at the age of fun and active. She usually had nothing to do in the village, so it would be better to see the world more often.
After a short while, we arrived at the wasteland. We saw large tracts of lavender that had been harvested and dried on the open space. There were still many soldiers working in the field. The soldiers worked very hard. I believe that Zheng Conghu told them that he was working for Wang Anran, and Wang Anran made a lot of money. Everyone guarded the pass and had a share. In return, the soldiers would not be stingy in their work.
When he arrived at the gate, Wang Anran was wearing an official uniform and rode a tall horse. When the soldiers guarding the gate saw it, they did not stop him. Some people knew him and even greeted him on their own initiative. Wang Anran smiled and replied with a greeting. Regardless of whether they were familiar with it or not, they would greet him with a smile.
After successfully leaving the city gate and then reaching the tax collection place outside the pass, Wang Anran was stunned and thought: "No wonder Zheng Conghu said I didn't need to recruit too many subordinates. Yesterday I wondered, can a few people maintain good public order in such a big place? Hey, now it seems that it's okay to have a single person!"
Then he saw more Shangshang on the open space waiting to enter the pass than he saw last time, with more than two thousand people, and the soldiers present had more than four hundred people, which was equivalent to a team that could fight. The soldiers were all armed, with swords and guns in their hands and bows and arrows on their backs, and they formed four square formations and guarded the city gate.
What a big formation, it seems that even the army can't stand the income of 30,000 yuan a year!
Wang Anran looked at the tax collector again and saw that the clerks were obviously different from the last time. When he came to see him, the clerks were busy recording and were busy, but now their movements were obviously slowing down. It must be that Zheng Conghu had greeted them and shared some benefits. As long as they were doing things slower, wouldn’t there be more merchants who paid the expedited money?
Wang Anran thought to himself: "Since I'm going to be in charge here in the future, don't be idle. Open a food stall. There are so many merchants waiting to enter the customs. Eating and drinking are necessary. The business of the food stall is no less than charging expedited money."
Just as I was thinking, I suddenly heard someone shouting at the other side of the pass: "Brother Wang, Brother Wang, I have found you, something big happened!"
When Wang Anran turned around, he saw a horse running out of the gate. The man immediately turned out to be Lu Shunfeng.
Lu Shunfeng ran to Wang Anran's horse and shouted, "Brother Wang, I finally found you. I'm almost anxious to death. Something big happened in the yamen. You have to solve it!"
Wang Anran was happy and shook his head and said, "I'm just a small matter. I don't work in the yamen. It's not my turn to take care of small matters, let alone big things. Brother Lu, you're joking!"
Lu Shunfeng approached him and said breathlessly: "Don't have a stroke. He was angry. He was popular with the governor. He is unconscious now. I am afraid he will go to the west!"
Wang Anran said in surprise: "They started arguing again?"
No, that guy who doesn't control his skills is very strong. Yesterday, Taurus and Zheng Conghu fought against one, but they didn't make him angry. Why did Taurus make him so angry that he was hit by the attack by himself? This is unscientific!
Lu Shunfeng sighed, turned around and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, there was a little girl sitting in front of Wang Anran's saddle. She should be someone close to him. Only then did he dare to tell the reason for the matter.
Yesterday, Captain Jiang caused trouble and left, Taurus was angry and had no place to vent his anger, so he went to find Zhang Congjian for bad luck, and the two started arguing again.
Taurus said that Jiang Li was instructed by Zhang Congjian, and Jiang Li was Zhang Congjian's gangster and a mad dog biting people. Zhang Congjian naturally refused. It would be fine if he was instructed by him. He would be happy that he could make Taurus so angry, but it was not his command, and Jiang Li was not his confidant. Taurus blamed him so much, wouldn't he be wronged!
It is normal for colleagues to attack each other, and it is also common for family members to involve them. However, it is rare for the parties involved to come to argue, especially those who are wronged, which makes Zhang Congjian even more unable to bear it.
When the quarrel was quarrel, Zhang Congjian had nothing to do. He had a habit of drinking big gulp and eating big pieces of meat. After the quarrel, he would eat more and eat a lot at night. He continued to eat and drink when he woke up in the morning. As a result, he suddenly had a stroke. He had no warning in advance, was unconscious, had a lukewarm limbs, and was completely dying.
The people of the Zhang family were very anxious and hurried to hire a doctor and reported it to Taurus. Taurus was stupid too. It was no big deal to quarrel. Who wouldn't quarrel? Even in the court, the prime ministers all quarrel, so quarrels are really not a big deal. But quarrels are quarrels to death, and the boss of a state quarrels to death, so the problem is huge. Taurus will never be promoted in this life. Who dares to be a colleague with him? Do you think his life is long?
Taurus immediately sent Lu Shunfeng to find Wang Anran and asked Wang Anran to treat the disease. He could not believe other doctors, but now he believed Wang Anran.
After listening to the story, Wang Anran scratched his head a little. Stroke is not a curable disease. Even in modern times and with advanced medicine, it is not easy to cure. Moreover, in this era, there were no instruments, so it was difficult to diagnose it!
But when things come to an end, I can only bite the bullet and go!
Wang Anran said: "Okay, then I'll go and see you. I just don't know if Zhang Biejia's family will let me treat my illness?"
"If you don't let you treat it, you have to treat it, otherwise the governor will be in trouble!"
Lu Shunfeng started first, Wang Anran followed him after the horse and rushed back to Liangzhou City.
Chapter completed!