"Folks!" Yang Zhen jumped up to the high platform next to her and her first sentence was to apologize:
"I'm late, I'm sorry everyone!"
There was another "buzzing" sound from the crowd. At this time, more and more people gathered in the square, and people kept coming from all directions.
The young man bowed his hands downwards and continued:
"I'm late! I've made you suffer and suffered undue losses! For this reason, I declare——"
"First, anyone who participated in the smashing and looting in the past two days, if they take the initiative to plead guilty and return the stolen goods, they will be dealt with lightly. Otherwise, no matter how far you go, our boss will definitely arrest you and bring you to justice, and we will never take it easy.
"Rare!"
"Second, all merchants and ordinary people living in this town will be exempted from paying taxes for one year until the end of April next year!"
If the first one was only regarded as a young man's angry words, the second one was a real benefit. The crowd immediately burst into cheers, several times more enthusiastic than before.
Zhang Qianfan felt excited when he heard this. He had always wanted to have a place to settle down, so Yang Zhen's proposal a few days ago made his heart beat.
But when discussing with the president and the third elder, I was poured cold water on it. According to their opinion, unless the land is handed over to them for management, what's the point of leaving it under someone else's control?
But he was unwilling to do so.
Isn’t it enough to have been a casual cultivator for hundreds of years and toil outside for decades?
What he wants is a beautiful wife, a warm family, and a protected home.
There are also sufficient resources for cultivation.
All of these can be achieved by Master Yang, what else can he be dissatisfied with?
Moreover, the young club owner's decisiveness and ruthlessness were even more smitten with him than the scheming and calculating president, the third elder.
So just now on the boat, he took the initiative to ask for a boat, which was a kind of goodwill and an expression of his heart.
From Yang Zhen's eyes, he knew that the other party also understood this and accepted it happily.
Everything was ready, but when he thought about the attitude in the meeting, he let out a long sigh and a gloom appeared on his face.
……
After the speech in the square, Yang Zhen led the crowd and escorted a group of prisoners to the city.
The city is in a state of depression and desolation.
Looking around, the doors of every house are closed, and some of them have obvious signs of being smashed.
Especially in Kangsheng Pavilion, which is a three-story shop with the most luxurious decoration in the entire city, even the door panel can't be found at this time, and the inside is even more messy.
However, the entrance to Fangshi was crowded with people. They all heard about Yang Zhen's arrival and ran out to watch the excitement.
When the young man passed by, these people got out of the way, and some pointed at the Kangsheng Pavilion next to them and shouted loudly.
Yang Zhen stopped one of them: "What kind of dispute does this fellow Taoist have with Kangsheng Pavilion?"
"Fort Master Yang." This is a man in his thirties who looks like he is not afraid of trouble. He follows the town's tradition and calls the owner of this place Fort Master.
He saluted and then said: "The young one is a medicinal farmer who makes a living by collecting medicinal herbs in the mountains. This Kangsheng Pavilion collected the medicinal herbs from the young one and only paid a 20% deposit, and the rest has not been paid. Please also ask Master Yang
Make the decision for me and make up for the money you earned from the spiritual grass that you worked so hard for."
Yang Zhen was not in a hurry to answer him, and asked several other people, all of whom had business dealings with Kangsheng Pavilion. Some of them had received deposits from Kangsheng Pavilion, but had not given them enough goods. Some had received goods from Kangsheng Pavilion, but had not given them enough spiritual stones. p>
Yang Zhen called Liang Chongjin over from the prisoners.
"Is what these people said true?" he asked.
Liang Chongjin nodded repeatedly, with a flattering smile on his face. He had many crimes. For example, when Zhou Qi and the other two were arrested, it was he who reported Zhou Qi's beauty to Liang Xingyun, which caused the subsequent trouble. And Chen Ru was arrested by the Liang family.
Coveting is also inseparable from him.
According to Yang Zhen's arrangement, this person was going to work in the Lingshi Mine, but now it seems that there is no rush.
He thought for a while, then called Chen Fugui and asked him to single out all the Liang family prisoners who had business operations in this city and sort out the old accounts.
Then he handed the other party a storage bag, which contained the fifty thousand spirit stones distributed by the sect yesterday.
"There are more than thirty shops in this market, and the Liang family accounts for half of them. If they are all closed, the market will be in ruins. It seems that the Liang family has to use it first!"
In the final analysis, I still have too few people available.
The young man sighed softly, thinking of the Tongxinhui again.
……
Yang Zhen continued to move forward, and in front of her was Bao's shop.
Brother Bao, whose full name is Bao Rugeng, has been in Liangjia Town for decades. He has settled here. His wife is also a local mortal and is somewhat related to the Liang family.
Their only daughter was found to have the qualifications to cultivate immortality in the past few years. The Liang family wanted to marry this girl through a matchmaker. I heard that they first wanted to marry this girl to Liang Xingyun. However, after seeing Zhou Qi's beauty, the young master of the Liang family was attracted to this girl.
The woman was not interested, so she planned to tell Liang Xingsong.
After much back and forth, the Liang family was gone before the matter was finalized.
However, Brother Bao was treated differently by the Liang family because of this, and he never faced any difficulties. His business has been booming, and I heard that he has accumulated a lot of spiritual stones over the years.
"The gangster surnamed Kang, after extorting more than a dozen houses, either because he disliked how little he robbed or because he found out that Brother Bao had many spiritual stones, he asked for a thousand spiritual stones."
At this time, an eyewitness was describing what happened. Not to mention, when the monk surnamed Kang extorted his family yesterday, there were not a few people following behind to watch the fun, including some victims.
"Brother Bao said that he couldn't produce so many spiritual stones at the moment, so he discussed it with the man named Kang. Originally it was nothing, it was just a matter of how many spiritual stones there were. Unexpectedly, Brother Bao's daughter walked out at that time and wanted to help.
Her father was talking. This girl was pretty, but people took notice of her and wanted to take her away... Oh!"
"Brother Bao didn't agree, so he started a fight with them and was killed by these beasts. In the end, he got so excited that he even killed the child and his mother!"
After the man finished speaking, he let out a sigh, and he didn’t know how much sadness and anger there was in it.
Yang Zhen listened to him expressionlessly and turned to look at the ground.
Because no one has come forward to deal with it, the ground is still the same as it was yesterday.
I saw a middle-aged monk in his forties lying in the center of the shop. His body was covered in blood, his face was hideous, and he would not close his eyes until he died!
His chest was deeply dented, and he was probably killed by a heavy hammer.
In the corridor leading to the back room, a woman wearing Luoqi lay lying on her back. There was a fatal wound on her back. She must have been stabbed to death while escaping.
"Where did the man named Kang escape?" Yang Zhen asked coldly.
"After they left the gate of the village, they walked towards the mountain." Several people said at the same time.