Chapter 149 A brilliant plan! (Part 2)
"Sir Ye, according to the customs of our Northern Tang country, what kind of crime is it to disobey orders from superiors?" Jiang Chengfeng asked.
Ye Duo didn't even think about it and immediately answered: "Dismiss him from his post and investigate him, or behead him in public!"
"So that's how it is..." Jiang Chengfeng smiled strangely and said, "If you get the order from the Ministry of War and Long Fengyang still refuses to send troops, it wouldn't be too much for you to kill him on the spot, right?"
Ye Duo was startled and glanced at Jiang Chengfeng, thinking that this Mr. Jiang was really a ruthless character! But according to the laws of Northern Tang, it was indeed so!
Jiang Chengfeng stretched his muscles, twisted his sore neck, and said, "Master Ye, I have solved the manpower problem for you! The next important issue is money!"
Ye Duo listened attentively and admired Jiang Chengfeng a little bit.
"Master Ye, let me ask you a question first! In your opinion, what is the most profitable business in Huayang City?"
Ye Duo thought for a moment and said, "Open a restaurant!"
Jiang Chengfeng almost fell down. Could it be that this old guy wanted to take over Yipinxuan?
"Master Ye, this is wrong! The most profitable business in Huayang City is of course the brothels!" Jiang Chengfeng patiently explained: "Let's not talk about anything else. There are brothels everywhere on both sides of the Qinhuai River. There are at least 200 of them, right? What are brothels? They are a den of debauchery and extravagance! Most of the girls in the brothels have high incomes! But even so, most of the money does not fall into their hands. Master Ye, do you have any ideas about this?"
Ye Duo thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he exclaimed: "Brother Jiang, do you mean to increase taxes ?"
Jiang Chengfeng shook his head. "Why do we need to increase taxes? We can just create a new tax item! Lord Ye, you are better than me at adding tax items. There are land value-added tax, business surcharge, etc., many, many more..."
In fact, as Jiang Chengfeng said, increasing taxes can indeed increase the government's fiscal revenue, but it will inevitably harm the interests of some people and cause strong backlash from them. This is also the risk involved. It depends on whether Ye Duo is determined to do it.
Ye Duo stopped talking. Jiang Chengfeng glanced at him and cursed him in his heart, "What an old fox!" He wanted to make money but didn't want to be criticized by others. How could it be possible?
After a long while, Ye Duo finally nodded and said, "Brother Jiang, I think what you said is feasible! In fact, it's not just brothels, other highly profitable industries should also increase taxes!"
As he said this, Ye Duo gave Jiang Chengfeng a meaningful look. Jiang Chengfeng was shocked, thinking to himself, this old fox must be targeting my perfume and soap. This time he is shooting himself in the foot!
Ye Duo patted Jiang Chengfeng on the shoulder and consoled him, "Brother Jiang, don't worry ! Your Yipinxuan has just started, and it's not making huge profits yet. Even if there is a tax, it won't be on you!"
At this moment, Ye Lingshuang came over with a tray and said with a smile: "Daddy, Brother Jiang, have some tea!"
With Jiang Chengfeng's ingenious plan, Ye Duo was in a good mood. He picked up the teacup on the tray, took a sip of hot tea, and said with a smile: "Shuang'er, your brother Jiang has helped Dad a lot!"
Ye Lingshuang saw that her father and Brother Jiang were talking happily, so she used the excuse of serving tea to inquire about the news. She immediately looked at Jiang Chengfeng in surprise and asked, "Brother Jiang, is what my father said true?"
Jiang Chengfeng smiled bitterly, thinking that you little girl really knows how to pick the time. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from not far away.
The three looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a laborer carrying a sandbag accidentally spilling the sand in the bag when passing by Zhu Kewei, staining Zhu Kewei's river repair map.
The peasant was an honest farmer. Seeing that he had caused trouble, he was so frightened that his face turned pale as paper. He stood there in a daze, not knowing what to say. After a while, he hurriedly tried to wipe the scroll with his dirty sleeves, but the paint became darker and darker.
The commoner was terrified and quickly knelt down and kowtowed. Although he didn't know the value of the scroll, just by looking at the clothes of the young man who painted the painting, he knew that he couldn't afford to offend him!
This River Repair Map was Zhu Kewei's masterpiece to please Ye Lingshuang, but now it was soiled by a lowly civilian . Zhu Kewei was furious and kicked the civilian hard, cursing: "Untouchable, you ruined my beautiful painting! What a bummer!"
Jiang Chengfeng was furious. He threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, glanced around, rushed to a young man who was working with a sandbag, and said urgently: "Hey, little brother, there is a big deal. Do you want to do it?"
The young man didn't think twice and answered, "Of course!"
Jiang Chengfeng smiled and took out a five-liang silver ingot from his bosom, picked up a fist-sized stone and stuffed it into the young man's pocket, saying with a smile: "Take this stone, and I'll give you five liang of silver after you finish the work!"
The young man was puzzled and asked, "Brother, what do you want me to do?"
Jiang Chengfeng pointed at Zhu Kewei and cursed, "Hit him!"
Young people are hot-blooded and impulsive. In fact, the young man also saw the scene just now and was also indignant. After hearing what Jiang Chengfeng said, he immediately said, "Okay! I'll beat him up right away! But forget about the silver!"
Jiang Chengfeng couldn't help but grin, "He's really manly. I admire him!"
As he said this, he still stuffed five taels of silver into the young man's hand.
The civilian also knew that he had caused trouble, so he just kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, allowing Zhu Kewei to punch and kick him. However, just when Zhu Kewei was beating him hard, he heard someone shouting from behind, "Fuck your grandma!"
Zhu Kewei turned around in confusion, only to see Jiang Chengfeng actually lift a large rock and smash it on the river repair map. The rock fell, and a large hole was broken in the table below.
"Jiang Dazhu, you - are you crazy?" Zhu Kewei was shocked and stepped back repeatedly. This servant of the Shen family was like a madman, and he began to be afraid.
Jiang Chengfeng sneered, rushed forward, and punched Zhu Kewei's handsome face, which immediately became swollen.
Of course, although Jiang Chengfeng was furious at this time, he had not lost his mind. This punch was just brute force, without using internal strength, otherwise Zhu Kewei would not be able to bear it.
Zhu Kewei covered his swollen and painful face, squatting on the ground and groaning, his head was dizzy. He wanted to ask for help, but when he opened his mouth, he was in so much pain that he couldn't say a word.
The young man following Jiang Chengfeng was not to be outdone. He picked up a stone and threw it at Zhu Kewei, causing Zhu Kewei to howl again.
"Haha! Let you bully others! I'll beat you to death, you bastard!" Jiang Chengfeng laughed loudly, feeling very happy.
The talented men and women of Huayang Poetry Society were dumbfounded. How dare Jiang Dazhu be so presumptuous and commit murder and injure people in broad daylight!
