Realizing This Is A Wuxia World After Cultivating For 300 Years Novel - Chapter 104
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âOf course, of course.â Ren Yuankui nodded repeatedly, then lowered his voice and asked, âWhat did Overseer Shen say? Has it been decided?â
âHeh, I was waiting for you to ask.â Wei Xiong took a sip of wine and said with a smile, â30% of 10 yearsâ tax for Fengzhouâs 12 counties. Lu County is rich and prosperous, so we want an additional 20% from there. How about that?!
âThisâŠâ Ren Yuankuiâs eyebrows twitched when he heard this. He smiled bitterly and said,â You know that in order to gain the support of the Ye and Jiang families, Iâve already given 40% of Fengzhouâs taxes to them. If I give 30% moreâŠâ
âHehe, Governor Ren, donât hide it from me.â Wei Xiong sneered and said, âI donât believe that you wonât increase the taxes after you take office. What weâre setting now is only the current tax rate!
âEven if you give out 100%, as long as you become the Governor of Fengzhou and double the tax rate of those bumpkins, wonât you earn it all back?â
âIf the taxes are too high. Iâm afraid the officials will lead the people to rebel!â Ren Yuankui still had a bitter expression.
âF*ck you, are you pretending to be a loving parent now?â Wei Xiong scolded jokingly, âThere are people starving to death by the roadside every day in your county city. I donât see anyone rebelling.â
âThis, heheâŠâ Ren Yuankui was speechless. Actually, under his rule, in order to ensure the expenditure of the army, countless citizens had already starved to death.
âWhen I came, Overseer Shen had already told me.â Wei Xiong followed up with another killing move. âIf we canât reach an agreement here, weâll have to ask the Governor of Lu County.â
âYou want to ask Cui Heng?!â Ren Yuankuiâs eyes widened when he heard that. He stood up and said, âHow can you look for him? That fellow is enforcing government orders in the various counties under his rule and forcefully buying the assets of the various large factions at 10% of the market price. If he becomes the State Overseer, we wonât have a good time.â âMoreover, he even destroyed the Wang and Xie alliance army and captured Wang Qinghe and Xie Beixing. He has offended the Wang Family of Langya and the Xie Family of Pingshan thoroughly. How can we let him be the State Overseer? No, definitely not.â
After the destruction of the Wang and Xie allied forces, the various counties in Fengzhou had sent spies to investigate and find out the truth. The results were that Governor Cui Heng had used a great divine power to kill all the soldiers of the Wang and Xie allied forces, and there was also the river and lake as evidence. However, not many people believed this.
This was because it was too unbelievable. It was a complete challenge to oneâs common sense. At most, they were a little skeptical. Most people thought that they had used the terrain to set a trap in advance and drowned the army.
Unless one had personally experienced or seen it with their own eyes, it was very difficult to truly believe such an outrageous
thing.
âHehe, whether it happens or not, itâs still up to you, the Governor of Luoâan County.â Wei Xiong took a slow sip of wine and said with a smile, â30% of the taxes of Fengzhouâs 12 counties for ten years. Lu Countyâs share will increase by 10%. This is the bottom line.â
ââŠâ Ren Yuankuiâs expression kept changing. For a moment, many thoughts flashed through his mind. He took a deep breath and gritted his teeth. âAlright, Iâll do it!â
…
A grand banquet was being held in the Luoâan County Governorâs Office.
However, the streets outside were filled with cold winds. The doors of the houses were tightly shut, and many beggars were hiding in the alleys to avoid the cold wind. All of them were shivering from the cold.
It was already night when Hui Shi arrived. The road was quiet and deserted. It was dark and he could hear a dog barking. He turned to see a beggar fighting a dog for a bone.
Not far from the beggar lay a child who looked to be less than ten years old. His body was stiff and motionless. It was obvious that he had been dead for some time.
âThis is a county city?â Hui Shi frowned slightly. Before he came to Luoâan County, he had heard that this was the most powerful county besides Changfeng County. He did not expect it to look like this.
However, he couldnât care less about such matters for the time being. Hence, he walked straight towards the governorâs office.
There were two bailiffs in front of the Governorâs official office.
When they saw Hui Shi walking over, their eyes lit up and they muttered, âHaha, thereâs actually someone whoâs not afraid of death and dares to walk around in front of the Prefectural Governorâs mansion at night. We have money for wine now!â
Hence, the two baliffs immediately stepped forward and stopped Hui Shi. They shouted sternly, âStop! Where did this unruly commoner come from? How dare you barge into the Governorâs Mansion at night?!â
âIâm an envoy sent by Governor Lu, Cui Heng, to deliver a letter to Governor Luoâan.â Hui Shiâs temper has improved a lot recently. He explained patiently, âIâm not some unruly person, nor am I here to break into the Governorâs Mansion at night. Please let me through.â
âWhat bullsh*t Governor of Lu County? Iâve never heard of him! I think you just want to barge into the Governorâs Mansion at night!â How could the two constables understand human language? They directly stretched out their hands and sneered, âFive taels of silver, or go to jail!â
âOh?â Hui Shi suddenly grinned. âIs that
SO?!â