However, Wang Shouzhe's face did not turn red, his heart did not beat, and he remained calm and composed.
"Why is this, why is this~" Taishi Ankang said helplessly, "The dispute between the emperor and his son involves too much, can't I just wait quietly for 'resigning to old age and returning home'?"
"It's difficult." Wang Shouzhe said frankly, "There are only seven counties in Daqianlu. Every quasi-emperor wants to win the support of the forces in each county to strengthen his prestige."
"To Prince Kang, Longzuo County is now an 'occupied area' and is the iron-clad support camp of His Royal Highness Prince An. The governor himself is also very close to the Wang family and the Qian family, and has repeatedly supported and helped each other. Don't say you want to The neutrality flag is about to be raised, that is, you are raising the flag to surrender to Prince Kang. Do you think Prince Kang will believe you? Will he accept you? "
"If we wait for Prince Kang to ascend to the throne, with his petty personality like His Majesty, the governor and your 'ordinary' military family will definitely be the first to be suppressed and marginalized." Wang Shouzhe poured a cup for him. Lingcha said while analyzing, "On the contrary, His Royal Highness Prince An is generous and generous. Even if he is in power, he will not go out of his way to embarrass the neutral governor, but you can't bully an honest person like Prince An. ?”
"Unless you retire now, hand over such a powerful position as the head of a county to others, and never care about world affairs from now on. Otherwise, with the rapid change of the world, how many people can escape the vortex of the struggle between emperor and son? At least? The character of me, Shouzhe, and Prince An are somewhat guaranteed. If the governor doesn't team up with me, does he really want to join Prince Kang?"
"Alas~~" Taishi Ankang sighed, "I admit that Shouzhe, you are right. We mediocre people are only worthy of drifting with the tide. How can we escape the whirlpool of the world's strife?"
Even so, he still looked at Wang Shouzhe with a faint look in his eyes, with a hint of complaint in his tone: "But at least you discussed it carefully with me, so that I could slowly prepare myself mentally for dragging me into the thief all at once. ...Getting on the ship, this life is really too sudden and exciting."
"You have to go in the morning and evening." Wang Shouzhe said with a smile. "In order to prevent the county magistrate from hesitating and suffering inner torture, Shouzhe simply grabbed you and pulled you on board. We will share the blessings and difficulties in the future." when."
"Thank you Shouzhe." Taishi Ankang couldn't laugh or cry.
"You're welcome." Wang Shouzhe responded with a kind smile.
That's all, it seems that he has been trapped by Shouzhe's pirate ship.
They come, the security.
Taishi Ankang quickly adjusted his mentality, lay down and said: "Shouzhe, since we are already grasshoppers on a rope, I will leave it to you to raise the tax by 50% within ten years, no, nine years."
"If you do well, I, Taishi Ankang, will be obedient to you in the future and let you send you here and there. If you don't do it well, you don't have to take the initiative to give up your job. His Majesty will definitely remove me. By then, the new county will The choice of guard...haha~ you know~"
Wang Shouzhe couldn't help but look sideways.
The Lord Sheriff has just joined the gang, and he is so skillful in swaying the blame. Could it be that he was a cook in the army when he was young?
Well, if I don't show you something awesome, you won't even know how many eyes I, Wang Shouzhe, have.
Wang Shouzhe put down the tea cup in his hand, and the base of the tea cup lightly knocked on the table, making a crisp sound.
This sound was like turning on a switch.
Wang Shouzhe crossed his hands and his voice slowly sounded: "As far as I know, the national tax collected by Longzuo County mainly comes from three. 320 million acres of fertile land. The average national tax per 10,000 acres is about 100 dry gold, totaling 3.2 million dry gold. Each family has about 20 million acres of ordinary grain farming land, with an average national tax of 250 dry gold per 10,000 acres, totaling 500,000 dry gold. Wang's related high-quality grain farming fields are about 6 million acres, with an average national tax of 500 dry gold per 10,000 acres, about 300,000 dry gold. Gold. Therefore, the national tax on ordinary farmland totals about 4 million gold."
"This..." Taishi Ankang's eyes widened, "You, you, you... Shouzhe, how did you calculate it? There is not much difference. It should have been 3.8 million dry gold last year."
"Haha~ Just put some effort into investigation and calculation." Wang Shouzhe continued calmly, "In addition, there is also a large tax, the spiritual field tax. There are about 1.8 million acres of low-grade spiritual fields in Longzuo County, with an average national tax of 1.8 million dry gold, and a medium-grade spiritual field tax. There are about 120,000 acres of spiritual land, and the average national tax is 1.2 million yuan. The top-grade spiritual land is about 9,000 acres, and the average national tax is 900,000 yuan. Dry gold.”
"In addition, there is general commodity transaction tax, with an average national tax of 4 million yuan, of which 1.8 million is paid by the Wang Family In-Law Alliance and Qian Family United Related Industries, including Shouda Trading Company, Changning United Manufacturing Company, etc."
"The tax on aquaculture and capture fishery is about 500,000 yuan in national tax, of which 270,000 is tax paid by Wang's fishery department."
"Xuanwu products trade and circulation tax. Due to the high price of Xuanwu products, three thousandths is the national tax base and two thousandths is the county health tax. The national tax totals 2.7 million dry gold. It is estimated that the total circulation funds of Xuanwu products in Longzuo County For 900 million dry gold!”
"Other minor items, including national taxes, total about 1.2 million dry gold."
Wang Shouzhe didn't even take out the account book, but just broke out a series of figures at his fingertips, and then concluded: "The total national tax paid by Longzuo County last year was about 17 million dry gold."
Taishi Ankang looked at Wang Shouzhe in shock.
This guy, although the figures are not completely accurate, there is not much difference in the total amount! If he, Taishi Ankang, were not the county guard, it would be impossible to know this figure.
"Your Excellency, County Sheriff, there are nearly 3 million in national taxes, which are directly or indirectly contributed by various industries of my Wang family's in-law alliance, as well as Shouda Trading Company and other industries... Sir, with such a tax, you still make me think How to increase it by 50%?”
Taishi Ankang blushed and glared at Wang Shouzhe: "Isn't there nothing I can do about this? Longzuo County is a newly opened county, and its background is naturally not as good as those of the old counties. Otherwise, I don't have to look at it helplessly. We’ll discuss this matter when you come back.”
"Have you ever cried?" Wang Shouzhe asked.
"What?" Taishi Ankang was confused.
Seeing his silly look, Wang Shouzhe felt helpless: "I mean, have you ever gone to His Majesty to cry? At least, have you ever cried before a memorial?"
"No...as soon as this happened, I thought of coming to see you. Who thought you would go outside the territory for so long?" Taishi Ankang complained, "Shouzhe, what on earth did you do to His Majesty? He actually gave
Are you having such a problem?"
"Then go and cry." Wang Shouzhe said leisurely while drinking tea, "Go to the capital and cry. Use all the connections you can use to beg His Majesty to take back your life."
"Shouzhe, are you sure that this can make His Majesty take back his life? Although it is embarrassing, if it can really happen..." Taishi Ankang said hesitantly.
"Based on my understanding of His Majesty's character, it is impossible for him to take back his life. The harder you cry and the more trouble you make, the happier and prouder he will be." Wang Shouzhe said leisurely.
"Then you still want me to embarrass you?" Taishi Ankang had the urge to beat someone up, "Shouzhe, Shouzhe, I, Taishi Ankang, also want to save face."
"Don't be impatient, Sheriff, please listen to me in detail." Wang Shouzhe put down his tea cup and elaborated.
Taishi Ankang's eyes gradually brightened up, and he slapped his thigh suddenly: "Why didn't I think of this?"
…
The next few days.
The Wang family still tried their best to entertain the Yan family in Longzuo. The Wang family's elders were responsible for entertaining the Yan family's elders, and the young people were responsible for entertaining the Yan family's young people. They took the Yan family's peers from Ping'an Town to Xin'an
town, and then traveled from Xin'an Town to newly developed lands outside the territory.
Each of these places embodies a different style of the Wang family, which makes many young people both shocked and admired.
Gradually, they finally understood why the Wang family was still a sixth-grade family, but even the fifth-grade Yan family had to come to their door.
The children have less worries and can enjoy and appreciate the Wang family's style to their heart's content, but the ancestor of the Yan family, Yu Fei, the head of the Feihong family, is under great pressure.
As they became increasingly aware of the power and extraordinary heritage of the Wang family, they tried to see Wang Shouzhe several times, but were pushed back and rejected time and time again.
In the luxurious suite of the restaurant used by Wang to entertain distinguished guests.
The floor-to-ceiling glass windows are bright and clean, with a good view. Through the glass windows, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Zhuwei Lake scenery, which is extremely pleasing to the eye.
But at this moment, Patriarch Yu Fei and the head of the Feihong family were gathered together, but they were not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery.
Both of them looked sad, as if they were deeply worried.
"Old Ancestor." Yan Feihong said with anxiety in his eyes, cupping his hands, "The Shouzhe family has made excuses several times, and I'm afraid he is not sincere in helping our Yan family. Why don't we think of other ways... Don't stay under a tree
Hang yourself."
"Other ways?" Ancestor Yu Fei sighed, and the gloom between his brows seemed to be a little more intense, "Now the Wang family and the Qian family have formed a marriage relationship, supporting each other, and almost covering the sky with one hand in Longzuo County. Our Yan family
If you want to maintain the dignity of the Zifu family in Longzuo County, you can never avoid Wang Qian's family."
"Moreover, Taishi County Sheriff once secretly revealed that let us not think that the Wang family is just a sixth-grade family and look down upon it. Today, the Wang family has a seventh-order Yuanshui Qinglong half-hidden, and a hidden body. A battle puppet in the early stage of the Purple Mansion Realm.”
"If at the critical moment, with the help of Ancestor Firefox, the Wang family's Zifu realm combat power can reach three! Coupled with the great genius of Li Yao and the great genius of Zong An, the overall combat strength of the Wang family is not inferior to that of ordinary people. The fourth grade family!"
"Puppet of the Purple Mansion Realm?" Yan Feihong was in a trance and said in disbelief, "This thing usually has a price but no market, right? Even if it could be sold, it would only cost 50 to 60 million gold. This thing is older than the Purple Mansion Realm. Zudu is valuable..."
"Eighty million! I heard that King Anjun and Princess Anjun secretly arranged a deal and spent 80 million to buy a statue from Gongye's house."
Eighty million!
What a terrifying figure this is, it is enough to train two Zifu realm monks from beginning to end. This amount of money is an astronomical figure to the current Longzuo Yan family.
They bought a Wuji elixir for Yan Shuangshuang's trust, and pawned a lot of the family's fixed assets before they managed to get it. They also invited Master Changchun and Ancestor from Changchun Valley to join forces as protectors, and used their own profound energy to help Yan Shuangshuang digest it. The Infinite Treasure Pill.
All of this is to cultivate a prodigy-level daughter who will be sold at a high price and seek allies. Among them, the upstart Changning Wang family in Longzuo is the best marriage partner.
After all, the Wang family has a "little background" and is only a "sixth-grade aristocratic family". Compared with those old-fashioned fifth-grade or fourth-grade aristocratic families, it is relatively easier to fool.
The most important thing is that the Wang family has two great geniuses with endless potential. Being able to catch up with the Wang family means that the Yan family can not only maintain the fifth rank, but maybe also gradually restore the glory of its heyday.
But they never thought that the head of the Wang family's Shouzhe family would be so difficult to deal with. So far, neither of them understands why he fell out that day.
"Old Ancestor, although the Wang family is really better than imagined." Yan Feihong said helplessly, "but procrastinating like this is not an option. Maybe the Shouzhe family leader looks down on us~ It's better to use an alternative plan , let’s find a marriage alliance with the Zuoqiu family in Qing’an County.”
"Hey~ let's wait and see. Firstly, the Zuoqiu family is too big and the internal structure of the family is too complicated." Ancestor Yu Fei said thoughtfully, "Secondly, the Zuoqiu family has had an affair with the Wang family and the Qian family. The hostility and friction have been repelled. If we marry the Zuoqiu family, we will definitely offend the powerful families in the same town. The Wang family today is more powerful than I imagined."
"No wonder, even the Qian family now vaguely regards the Wang family as their leader."
Ancestor Yu Fei said and sighed: "Let's try our best to get it~ After all, the Wang family has a very good reputation. Once they agree, they will not go back on their word. They are more reliable than other aristocratic families."
He would find Wang as soon as possible, partly because of this.
The situation in aristocratic families is complicated, and there are serious intrigues within some aristocratic families. If both of them are married, both of them will suffer. The goal of continuing the Yan family may not be achieved, and the gains outweigh the losses.
In comparison, the Wang family is much better off. At least the wives who marry into the Wang family live a good life, which is famous throughout Longzuo County.
While the two elders of the Yan family were worrying about their family, two spiritual bird flying chariots fell from the sky and landed directly at the flying chariot station next to the Wang Family Hotel.
From the two flying chariots, a group of young people in their prime filed out, chatting and laughing, and walked to the restaurant.
"Brother Shifeng, thank you for taking the time to take us to visit [Shouzhe Pass]. It is so magnificent and shocking." Yan Shuangshuang's beautiful little face was a little flushed, and she looked at Wang Feng with excitement and shyness.
, there is a different kind of girlish feeling in her eyes.
In addition to Yan Shuangshuang, the other two girls also have some affection for the young descendants of the Wang family.
They were all direct descendants and were not qualified to compete with Yan Shuangshuang, and they secretly felt that they were not worthy of the royal family. Therefore, they focused on the Old Sixteenth Royal Family Scripture of the "Shi" generation, and the "Shi" generation.
The seventeenth-year-old Wang Guanglian was born.
One of them is 19 years old and the other is 16 years old. They are the grandsons of Wang Shouyong and Wang Shoulian respectively. They are both young heroes among the younger generation of the Wang family. Although they are slightly inferior to Wang Fenglai, they can be considered in the entire Longzuo County.
He is also considered a leader of the younger generation.
In any marriage between aristocratic families, unless there is any accident, the woman will dominate the man.
After seeing the Wang family's style, the three young men of the Yan family's direct lineage, when facing the three direct lineage women of the Wang family, Wang Yinglei, Wang Yinghuan, and Wang Yingmeng, their auras became weaker and weaker, and their self-confidence was completely lost.
I don't even have the courage to chase.
The girls of the Wang family are also different from the girls of other families. The family will recommend that they marry with a certain family, but whether they like the other party or not, the choice of whether to marry or not is entirely up to them.
As for the treatment of male members of the family, it is completely different. When faced with male members of the right age who have straight bloodlines, Wang Shouzhe will use various means to urge marriage.
As for the men of direct lineage, their fate is even more miserable. They are often forced into marriage by the head of the family, and there are some who marry on the fingertips like Wang Guangzhao.
In addition to having a strong "phobia of insufficient firepower", Wang Shouzhe also has a serious "phobia of insufficient tribesmen".
In addition to setting an example and giving birth to five children, he also used endless methods to urge the men of the Wang family to marry and force them to marry.
Once a man gets married, whoever gives birth to babies quickly and has more babies will be greeted by the head of the Shouzhe family with a smile and rewarded with red envelopes diligently. However, whoever dares to delay having children will often be changed by the head of the family.
With the birth of the method, I didn’t have a good look when I met him.
Therefore, the few men of the Wang family did not resist contact with the Yan family's women. After all, they were the legitimate daughters and legitimate second daughters of a fifth-grade family. No matter how bad they were, they couldn't be any different.
Ancestor Yu Fei and Yan Feihong also saw this scene through the glass window.
The two of them looked at each other, shocked by how quickly the girls in the family fell. At the same time, they were quite dissatisfied with the timid men who didn't even have the courage to say a few words to the Wang girls. They were secretly angry.
Their dissatisfaction.
At the same time, a strong sense of crisis also struck the hearts of the two elders of the Yan family.
This matter cannot be delayed any longer, otherwise, the Yan family's initiative will be completely lost, and they may lose both their wife and their troops.
…
at the same time.
In the center of Zhuwei Lake, Shuiyue Tiange.
This place that holds Wang Shouzhe's special memories for decades has been temporarily sealed.
First of all, he already has high-level treasures such as a small portable cave.
Secondly, Wang Shouzhe once commissioned Master Tianhe to use his magical power to extract a miniature high-grade water spiritual vein, transplant it under Shuiyue Tiange, and set up a spirit gathering formation to gather the spiritual energy within a certain range.
This makes Shuiyue Tiange shrouded in water mist spiritual energy all year round, which is more suitable for Liu Ruolan's daily practice. After all, Shuiyue Tiange was originally built for Liu Ruolan's retreat.
However, this miniature high-grade water spiritual vein, which was arranged at a lot of cost, was not of much use in the end.
On weekdays, Liu Ruolan only likes to stay in the small courtyard, cooking "delicious food" and supervising the children's homework. Whenever she comes to Shuiyue Tiange, she usually comes in pairs with Wang Shouzhe.
Practice hard? What is that?
It was simply a waste of Wang Shouzhe's efforts and money...
You know, if you ask Master Shentong to do something, you will either owe a favor or give money, and the price is not light. Master Tianhe, who is desperate, can at most give him a discount for the sake of Li Yao's face. It is impossible to give it for free.
However, now this miniature high-grade water spiritual vein is finally useful.
At this moment, in the center of the small spirit gathering array, a huge egg was floating in the water.
Mr. and Mrs. Wang stood next to the egg, making them look particularly petite and exquisite.
At this moment, the egg is devouring the water elemental energy in the spiritual veins at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As the Yuan Shui spiritual energy gradually filled up, its shell also lit up little by little. The original silver-white mysterious patterns on the eggshell glowed with streams of light, and the white eggshell also lit up with tiny bits of fluorescence until it faded.
Blue fluorescence is everywhere.
After several days of work, a miniature high-grade spiritual vein full of aura was drained from an egg, so that in the end, Liu Ruolan had to use her own Yuanshui Xuanqi to replenish energy for it.
Fortunately, Liu Ruolan's profound energy was strong, and after absorbing most of the profound energy, it was finally "full".
"Crack!"
As the eggshells cracked, waves of water surged in all directions.
The breath coming out of the eggshell is surging and vast, with an ancient and vast smell, and you can tell it is extraordinary at a glance.
Immediately afterwards, a chubby "big-headed fish" emerged from the eggshell. After turning its head to shake off the mucus on its face, a pair of huge and cute eyes opened.
It looked very cute, and when it looked down at Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan, its eyes seemed to glow with a strange look.
Wang Zongkun hatched!
Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan looked up at the huge baby Kun and felt excited.
Long before hatching, the two of them had already determined the gender of the young Kun in the eggshell by consulting classics and using some special methods, and had given him a name. They were also worried about whether this ancient fairy beast would be able to recognize them.
Easy to maintain.
Fortunately, this young Kun seems to recognize them very much and has feelings for them.
Just when the two of them wanted to go up and make out, and deepen their relationship with Youkun.
It suddenly turned back, opened its big mouth and sucked in, and the eggshell was sucked into its mouth along with the water flow, and started chewing it, it looked like eating crispy rice, it was very delicious.
Wang Shouzhe's face darkened slightly.
This fish is really a foodie, the first instinct when you open your eyes is to eat!
I saw the young Kun, Wang Zongkun, eating the eggshell in a few seconds, and then he remembered the parents he saw when he opened his eyes.
It swung its tail, stirred up a wave of water, and swam in front of them.
"Buzz~"
A deep and ear-splitting sound resounded in the water, causing Wang Shouzhe and his wife to feel faint fluctuations in their energy and blood. All the fish, shrimps and crabs within a few miles around were stunned and turned upside down.
When Wang Zongkun saw this scene, he was immediately greedy again.
Just when he was instinctively excited to enjoy the delicious meal, Wang Shouzhe hurriedly stopped it and took the lead in vibrating his voice in the water: "Kun'er, don't run away, daddy brought you something to eat."
After saying that, he shook the "Endless Abyss" storage ring that his great-grandson held in filial piety, and thousands of kilograms of delicious spiritual fish were taken out.
This initial feeding is important and is a good time to build the deepest trust and affection.
"Buzz~"
Wang Zongkun didn't understand what Kun'er was, but he instinctively knew that it was delicious and eating it would be good for him.
After howling excitedly, he opened his mouth and swallowed, and hundreds of kilograms of spiritual fish were gone.
Open your mouth again and swallow, and the rest will be gone.
Such a fierce eating appearance made Wang Shouzhe feel extremely stressed while continuing to feed him.
Kun'er is so good at eating, but Wang's current wealth is not enough. It seems that the family business must be developed soon.
Otherwise, the Wang family might go bankrupt before Kun'er grows up.