By now, Wang Hu also fully understood why the man in black was so familiar with the room where the evidence was stored; why the news was leaked in the end even though the servants had been cleared out; why the usually dissolute brother Wang Bao was so
I stayed at the house for several days.
Now he understands it all.
It turned out that Wang Bao was behind all this and wanted to completely destroy himself. But he still didn't understand that if Wanfutang collapsed, he wouldn't have any family property to inherit. Did he just want to collapse himself?
"Someone's coming!"
At this point, Wang Hu no longer cared about his brother's feelings and immediately called in a group of thugs.
"Whoever can capture Wang Bao will receive one thousand taels of silver! If he is captured within an hour, he will receive another one thousand taels! If he is captured within two hours, he will receive five hundred taels of silver! Do you hear me clearly?"
"Listen clearly!"
Hearing this, these thugs were also extremely excited and seemed to be unable to hold back for the next second. After all, this is thousands of taels of silver, their silver for decades! As long as Wang Bao is captured, they will be able to live forever.
Endless spending!
"Catch him back for me!"
Just as Wang Hu shouted loudly, a voice suddenly came from outside.
"No need, I'll come over by myself."
After taking a closer look, it turned out that Wang Bao was back! And behind him was a large group of people, who were very aggressive. It was clear that he was here to show off his face today.
Seeing that Wang Bao dared to come back with a large number of people, Wang Hu not only sneered a few times, but immediately stepped forward and angrily shouted: "You have the nerve to come back? You did all this, right? Burn down that room and leak the news.
If you just handed over the account book directly to someone else, you are a sinner of Wanfu Hall!"
Even though what he had done was told one by one, Wang Bao did not feel afraid at all. Looking at his brother Wang Hu, who had always been bossing him around, he became a little angry and immediately refuted: "So what?"
Already? Let me tell you Wang Hu, although I am your younger brother, you have never regarded me as your younger brother! Your son bullies my son and wants to treat my son as a servant in the future! You and I
Said, there is no door!"
It felt like after saying these words, Wang Bao suddenly had the courage to fear no one. Wang Hu in front of him was already angry at his words, and he was slurping his breath.
Wang Bao did not stop at all and continued: "Wanfutang was not created by you alone. It was saved by several generations. I admit that you are indeed better than me in this aspect, but you and I are both the same parents.
, you are the legitimate son, and I am also the legitimate son! Why should you decide the division of family property? I don’t accept it. Since you don’t treat me as a human being, you can’t even think about it."
Then, Wang Bao threw a knife to the ground without mercy, and said in a deep voice: "Today, either you die or I live. If you don't want your son to be bullied by my son, just kill it yourself, so that your son will not be bullied in the future."
Bully."
Seeing that his brother had completely exposed his true nature, Wang Hu couldn't help but sneer and said slowly: "I want to see if you have this ability! Give it to me!"
With a roar, the thugs around Wang Hu immediately swarmed up and rushed forward with sticks in their hands.
Seeing the other party come back, Wang Bao naturally did not give up, and immediately called on his men to rush forward. The two groups of people quickly fought together, and as soon as they met, several people were beaten and fell to the ground directly, shouting.
There were screams, and then several wooden sticks were broken. It was obvious that Wang Hu's thugs were very vulnerable.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Wang Bao smiled. Because these men of his were all imperial guards!
In order to completely defeat Wang Hu, the Governor specially assigned dozens of Jin Yiwei to him to ensure the progress of controlling Wanfutang, which came in handy today. Wang Hu's men were vulnerable to the well-trained Jin Yiwei.
He was knocked down in just a few moves.
On the opposite side, when he saw his men being knocked to the ground one by one, he couldn't help but look worried. He was also confused about Wang Bao. When did he have such powerful men?
Have you been making a deliberate plan to bring yourself down?
Finally, in just a moment, all Wang Hu's thugs were knocked to the ground, each one wailing and struggling. But Wang Bao's men were almost still standing there.
Seeing this, Wang Hu knew that he had failed today. He couldn't help but feel a chill on his back, thinking of his family. He knelt down without hesitation and said unwillingly: "Let my family go, I will let you do whatever you want. They treat you as usual."
How, I don't know, but they are also relatives to you."
Seeing Wang Hu like this for the first time, Wang Bao couldn't help laughing wildly in his heart. He had been waiting for decades to finally see his brother like this.
He walked gently to Wang Hu and said with a sneer: "You are here too. I thought I would never see you like this in my life."
Looking at the extremely arrogant Wang Bao, Wang Hu asked: "Who are the people behind you?"
Hearing this, Wang Bao looked back, then said with a sinister smile: "They are all Jin Yiwei."
Hearing this sentence, Wang Hu also understood instantly. All of this was the imperial court's plan. Previously, because the imperial court wanted to increase business taxes, he and a group of merchants were dissatisfied. They also resisted the imperial policy by closing shops.
I thought that the court would compromise, but I didn't expect that it would secretly do such a thing.
Looking at Wang Bao's proud expression, he knew that Wang Bao was being taken advantage of.
But he won't say it. Firstly, Wang Bao will never believe his words; moreover, he wants Wang Bao to fall into the same fate as him!
"Kill me! Boy."
As a dagger flashed in front of Wang Hu's eyes, a stream of blood splashed out, and the leader of Wanfu Hall finally came to an end.
Looking at everything in front of him, Wang Bao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and joy instantly filled his heart. He immediately laughed wildly, and the excitement of having mastered the entire Wanfu Hall made him extremely excited.
"Wanfutang! It's finally mine!"
…
Things went very smoothly after that. He immediately sent people to completely take over the entire Wanfu Hall. Anyone who was unwilling to accept his control was killed. Even the backyard was full of corpses. He was not afraid of this at all. After all, there was someone behind the scenes.
The imperial court is supporting me, so these are nothing.
Next came the highlight. He sent people to arrest Wang Hu's son and threw him directly into the cellar. Facing his nephew's cries, his heart was cold at this time, and he left without caring at all.
Then he came to those businessmen and announced in public: "From now on, I will be the person in charge of Wanfu Hall! You must see it clearly in the future, and don't call anyone by the wrong name. If anyone calls him by the wrong name, don't blame me for targeting him!"
Seeing that the person in charge suddenly changed today, all the businessmen present were confused.
Even when someone stood up, pointed at him and shouted angrily: "Who do you think you are? You dare to point fingers at us. You were just an errand boy before, why did you suddenly become the person in charge? Let the real person in charge speak out!"
"
Seeing that someone dared to challenge him, Wang Bao snorted coldly, stepped forward, grabbed the other person's neck, and pressed him to the ground. Then he took a knife and pointed it at his neck.
"Whoever dares to be disrespectful to the principal again! This is what will happen!"
Immediately afterwards, the knife went down. The blade of the knife turned red, and a stream of blood slowly seeped out. Everyone present was shocked. Many people had the idea of going to the government to report to the official immediately. But suddenly they felt that Wang Bao dared to
Killing people directly in full view of the public may not be afraid of the government at all.
"In addition, everyone, I have your handle."
As he said that, someone behind him directly took out those account books and presented them in front of everyone. This move couldn't help but arouse their suspicion. Didn't they say they were burned? Why did they suddenly appear again? Which one is true?
"Don't you believe it?"
Seeing that many people looked confused, he immediately took out one of the account books and read out loud: "In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Lu Li and Wanfutang traded 5,000 pieces of silk. They should have given 10,000 taels of silver, but actually gave 2 taels of silver.
…”
Before he could finish speaking, someone immediately stepped forward and interrupted him.
"Brother Wang, stop reading. Let's talk about these things in private." Lu Li quickly stopped Wang Bao's move and said with a smile on his face.
"Okay, okay."
Those businessmen also had lingering fears, and their suspicions about Cai Cai were immediately dissipated. From this, it can be seen that those account books are probably true! It seems that Wang Bao has completely taken over Wanfutang, but I don’t know that the previous person in charge, Wang Hu, is now
How? Was he killed or...
At this point, regardless of his position in the hearts of Wanfutang or other businessmen, Wang Bao now has the number one position.
…
This news was immediately reported to Feng Kaizhang and Ni Yuanlu. The two discussed it and realized that now is the best time. His Majesty has urged the business tax matter many times. If they cannot solve it as soon as possible, I am afraid that His Majesty will really do it.
Use force. In that case, the conflicts between the court and the merchants will inevitably increase.
After that, they called Wang Bao directly and ordered him to reopen the shops and force the merchants not to resist passively. Secondly, they also ordered him to take the lead in paying the business tax personally and play a leading role.
When Wang Bao personally took the money to pay business taxes the next day, countless people couldn't help but be shocked. They couldn't imagine that such a snobbish businessman had ever taken the lead in paying taxes? It was simply appalling and completely unimaginable.
This move immediately caused a sensation among the people, and even the merchants yesterday were surprised by the news.
This Wang Bao had such a favorable impression of the imperial court that no one complained to him even though the business tax had been raised a lot. In fact, it was fine for him to pay the tax alone, but he forced them to pay the tax, which was a bit too much.
But soon, as the first businessman took the initiative to pay taxes and let his store open for business, more businessmen began to pay taxes one after another.