Chapter 513 A living person cannot suffocate to death
Gu Chan said with a smile, "Why, it's not enough? How about adding more."
"No, no, no, Lord Lord Ah! This time you asked us to raise three billion taels of silver and send it to the border as a bailout bank. This has already made us, the wealthy officials and businessmen, very uncomfortable. , now you have added more than a hundred articles to increase our taxes, I am afraid that everyone will not accept it!"
"Yes, Lord, please think twice. Since ancient times, it has been believed that the people collect taxes. How can all the heavy taxes fall on our heads?"
Yan Xishan and Guo Huai said with bitter faces one after another.
Gu Chan's face darkened and he shouted coldly, "Stop talking nonsense, there is no need to discuss this matter. These more than 100 provisions for increasing taxes, you officials, businessmen and rich people can accept it if you want to accept it. If you don't want to accept it, just say it. Wait until the prince's 100,000 generals Come here, I will be the first to kill the disobedient If you send them out, the prince will not be merciful to you. I guarantee that he will not leave you any money. You can do it yourself!"
"This..." Yan Xishan and Guo Huai was immediately choked and speechless.
They had to admit that compared to Gu Chan's more than 100 provisions for increasing taxes, the prince's side was indeed much more ruthless. And to put it bluntly, the Jiangnan area was so wealthy that this tax was really important to them. It's a bit heavier, but that doesn't mean they can't afford it, let alone that they can't afford to live or make any money after paying so much tax.
So they knew which one was more serious, but they just felt a lot of pain.
Bai Jingtian tried to smooth things over and said, "You two, at this juncture, you can't go against the lord for your own selfish interests! Her move is the first of the three fires in the new official's appointment. The purpose is to frighten all the wealthy officials, merchants, and businessmen in the Jiangnan area. If you don’t cooperate with him, how can he do his best to help you resist the crown prince?”
"What Commander Bai said is absolutely true. We are indeed short-sighted." Yan Xishan quickly found his way down the steps.
"Then it's settled, this new tax policy will just be a charity." Guo Huai also quickly nodded in agreement.
The two of them were extremely scared of Gu Chan at the moment, just because they had dealt with Gu Chan before, and it was not like they had never suffered losses at her hands. They knew that she had a lot of tricks, and they would never Once they made her unhappy, she would try her best to deal with them. They couldn't handle it, could they?
In this case, just give in if you can, and just coax.
Gu Chan chuckled and said, "Okay! Then you can follow the provisions written in my brochure and write them clearly for me one by one, and then post the notice for me today. I will take it with me now. Commander Bai went to Chang's Wharf for inspection and hoped that I would see the notice posted before I came back to Jiangnan City."
"Oh! By the way, you write it yourself. Don't ask Master or anyone else to write it." Gu Chan said with a bad smile.
"Yes, Lord Lord." Yan Xishan and Guo Huai responded in unison.
Gu Chan glanced at the two of them coldly, and then left with Bai Jingtian and Bai Hu, heading to Chang's Wharf outside the city.
After she left, Yan Xishan and Guo Huai seemed to be relieved, and they both slumped down on their chairs, their whole bodies softened.
Guo Huai smiled bitterly and said, "Master Yan! I really didn't expect that. I have been shrewd all my life and have trained countless people. I don't take ordinary people seriously, but now I am in this situation. In the hands of a child, this makes me angry.”
"Who says it's not the case! I am the censor of the capital of Jiangnan. Now I am so manipulated by him that I don't dare to take a breath easily. I am really helpless." Yan Xishan also said bitterly.
"Forget it, there is no other way. Let's use him to save our lives now! When our lives are saved in the future, we can take care of him slowly." Guo Huai said weakly.
Yan Xishan was smiling, and no longer thought about how to deal with Gu Chan in the future. Instead, he reached out to pick up the pen with a pained expression, and began to copy the tax provisions on the brochure with his own hands. More than an hour later.
While Yan Xishan and Guo Huai were still copying the provisions of the new taxation policy in the study room, their hands were too weak to copy.
Gu Chan had already brought Bai Jingtian and Bai Hu to Chang's Pier.
As expected, Yan Xishan and Guo Huai did not lie to her. At this time, on the dock, loads of silver and banknotes were being transported by carriage, and then people from the Chang family took one of them. As soon as the inventory is carried out, it is loaded onto the cargo ship.
Bai Jingtian sighed and said, "If I don't force them, they really won't bleed like this. Now it's better. The people on the border are saved."
" Is there any way to save it? It’s hard to say! We have to wait for these dozens of large cargo ships. Safely transport the silver to the border and hand it over to that brat Xuanyuan Qing. What I'm most worried about right now is what you said last night. If the prince really sends people to take the waterway by boat and seal the waterway to the border. If it's blocked, I'll be in trouble," Gu Chan said angrily.
"Then what should I do? You can't follow me to see him off! If he is stopped halfway by the prince's watermen, wouldn't it be over?" Bai Jingtian spread his hands and said.
Gu Chan's head was so big that for a while, she really didn't think of a way to deal with it.
Bai Jingtian frowned and said, "Why don't we organize tens of thousands of officials in the Jiangnan area and let them escort the ships?"
"It's useless. None of the soldiers under the prince are well-trained. , powerful, these officials in Jiangnan are no match for them, and the general told me not to cause civil strife. If according to what you said, the two sides really started fighting on the ship, it would be civil strife, and the prince was even more You have no reason to fuck me." Gu Chan spread her hands and said.
"Hey! That's really difficult. We have to avoid him at all times, and we can't take action. We also have to safely send so much silver to the border. This is completely impossible! "Bai Jingtian said bitterly.
In his opinion, how to safely send these three billion taels of silver to the border without any conflicts is a huge problem.
Gu Chan said with a stiff face, "Okay, it's useless to think about it now. We'll wait until all the silver coins are loaded on the ship. I'll just go back and think of a way. A living person can't choke to death by urinating. I really don't believe it. This money cannot be safely transported away."
"From today on, I will be by your side to protect you. You are everyone's hope now. If something happens, it will be troublesome. Yes." Bai Jingtian turned around and said.
Gu Chanxu glanced at him with squinting eyes, "Do you have any plans for me?"
"It's a joke, we are both grown men, what plans can I have for you? ?" Bai Jingtian hurriedly said.
"Oh! Okay! If you want to stay with me, just do it! It's up to you." Gu Chan said with a grin, pretending not to care.
Then she stopped mentioning the matter, turned around and left with the white fox.
Bai Jingtian quickly followed him.
Afterwards, the two of them left Chang's Wharf in a carriage and returned to Jigong Temple in Jiangnan City.