As soon as Wang Xuan said this, even a fool would understand that there was definitely nothing he could do.
"Then what should we do? How to find the murderer?" Liu Qinghong became anxious again after hearing this.
"Okay, I told you that you don't understand now. Do your best, and when all these things are done, it won't take long to dig out the murderer." Wang Xuan won't explain too much, and it's hard to talk about these gray methods.
"Then I'm going to do something. Master, as long as I can avenge my little sister, I can do anything you want!" Liu Qinghong bowed and turned around to leave.
Three days later, Zhu Jiayan came to Wang Xuan's house again, with 20 men behind him. I don't know what his motives were. None of the people he chose were tall and tall. Although there were a few fierce-looking ones,
At least they all have a personality.
Looking at the 20 men, Wang Xuan nodded and said nothing. This was his first batch of subordinates, but the level was too low. He asked everyone to pay everyone interest for this month, and Wang Xuan asked everyone to go back.
Only Zhu Jiayan was left.
"Can you read?" Wang Xuan threw a ledger in front of Zhu Jiayan.
Zhu Jiayan's face turned red and he said, "I don't know him."
Wang Xuan clicked his tongue, this is a big problem, he ignored it, it seems that the school must continue to operate!
If you don’t know a word of it, how will you explain the tasks in the future? Can’t you explain it to everyone by shouting?
"I told you to remember it, but you can't remember to deduct the money!"
"Okay, okay." Zhu Jiayan stretched out his ears and listened.
"Fulai Restaurant, every month..." Wang Xuan read out the monthly amount of money due from about thirty merchants in Beicheng. When he looked up at Zhu Jiayan, he found that his eyes were starting to spin.
Damn it, Wang Xuan cursed in his heart, he couldn't find another way, "Just remember the five families, one by one!"
Zhu Jiayan breathed a heavy sigh of relief. He almost died of anxiety and his brain was on fire.
The money that the five families wanted to collect was written down. Wang Xuan Youba explained to him the method of collecting money in detail. Zhu Jiayan was very excited after hearing this. He had never thought of this method before, otherwise he would have made a fortune long ago!
But then I thought about it and thought it was impossible. With the support of Mr. Wang, the help of the Yamen’s police officers, and the experts under my command, the matter would not be a big deal. If I were to do this myself... it would happen in minutes.
Beaten to death.
This is true, ancient times are not modern times, and they do not value human life so highly.
When these merchants use money, there will naturally be people in the yamen who will flatten and round these guys. But it is different when it comes to Wang Xuan. He can also use money in the yamen. As long as the gap is opened, things can take their own course.
Zhu Jiayan left to carry out Wang Xuan's protection fund project.
Yes, Wang Xuan will start to collect protection fees in the Ming Dynasty. Every household will collect them. Of course, those small vendors are not counted. They are all poor people with little money and money. Those who collect protection fees are all serious and big businessmen.
In ancient times, these merchants were actually quite annoying. No wonder the imperial court never looked down upon merchants.
Take the Ming Dynasty, which exports a large amount of tea, porcelain, and silk every year, and tens of millions of taels of silver flow into China every year, but the famous people are short of silver... These people made money and cast it into big silver bricks and hid them in the cellar, leaving
The money circulating in the market is getting less and less. Even though silver and gold mines are mined every year and so much flows in from overseas, there is still less and less money.
They had to wait for the dynasty to change and be plundered before they could slowly disperse.
Moreover, commercial taxes are extremely low, which leads to excessive concentration of wealth and the country is extremely poor. It is not an exaggeration to say that the ruin of the dynasty was in the hands of these merchants, especially the merchants in Shanxi. Almost all the materials of "I Qing"
At that time, merchants from Shanxi sold it and had information and so on.
Of course, many people from the south are transported by sea.
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"Bang!" A long bench was placed across the door of a restaurant, and a tall man sat on it. "Your boss, let him come out to see me."
The store clerk stretched his neck and looked at the three or five big men following him outside the door. He immediately turned around and ran to the back hall. After a while, a middle-aged man who was described as rich and with a big belly came out.
He looked at the door, frowned slightly and then relaxed, walked over with a smile and said: "What do you guys want to do? Come on, come on, invite me inside, let's put on good wine and good food, and have a good chat."
chat."
"Okay." The big man stretched out his hand to interrupt the boss, "Just go in, let's follow our rules, and I'm just here to inform your store. From now on, the public security and sanitation issues of the nearby streets will be left to us.
It's a 'white society'. Of course, the association helps you maintain the public security environment and protects the safe operation of your stores."
"Of course, we are still 'people-oriented' and will never allow 'paying food and asking for money'. Just pay five taels of silver to your store every month, so that we who serve the people will not go hungry."
The more the boss heard, the more something was wrong. Isn't this just a gangster asking for money? We need your protection in the store? Are you kidding me? We have been doing fine without you for so many years!
The smile gradually disappeared, and the boss frowned and looked at the big man.
The big man didn't care about the boss's face and continued to mind his own business and said: "Well, I've informed you that we will start collecting money tomorrow. It's voluntary or not. We definitely have no intention of forcing you."
After saying that, the big man didn't wait for the boss to reply, picked up the long stool and turned around to leave.
Looking at the walking figure, the restaurant owner frowned and turned back.
On this day, the five nearby houses that Wang Xuan requested received the notice from this big man, but no one took it too seriously.
The next day, the big man came to collect the money again. Naturally, no one paid any attention to him. The big man was not annoyed. He sneered and turned around and left. Immediately, two fierce-looking big men stood at the door of the hotel. They didn’t say a word and just stood straight.
He stood and glared fiercely at the pedestrians walking back and forth.
With these two menacing figures standing at the door, those who came to eat were naturally unwilling to come in. Everyone came to eat and not to cause trouble, so they naturally stayed away.
Since early in the morning, there have been almost no customers in the restaurant. When they met a few rich and powerful people who didn't care about the big man at the door, the big man ignored them. The order they received was to intimidate the diners, but they were not allowed to drive them away or scold them.
But what's the use of just a few scattered customers? For such a big restaurant, how much money will be lost in a day? The boss can't stand it after noon, but people won't come into your restaurant, and there's no reason to kick them out...
…
After asking around, I found that the five nearby shops dealing with various businesses had been harassed, but the small business traders were ignored.
In the afternoon, the five store owners gathered together and went to the Yamen. This matter was not a problem for the prefect, and was handled by the police officers below.
Wang Xuan had already greeted these people by wearing their headscarves, and each of them threw ten taels of silver over.