Huo Chi said curiously: "But what?"

Zhu Yushou smiled and said, "Before retreating, we successfully found the taxes that were robbed by the bandits in Heifeng Village. We brought them all back."

"What?"

A look of surprise appeared on Huo Chi's sad face, and he grabbed Zhu Yushou's wrist and said:

"Master Zhu, are you saying true?"

Zhu Yushou caught the trace and threw off his arm, a hint of displeasure appeared on his face, and said:

"The tax is at the back door. If you don't believe it, you can go and verify it yourself."

"I can naturally believe it when the head of the Zhu family said nothing."

Huo Chi smiled awkwardly. At that time, he and Yan Leng didn't trust Zhu Yushou, the tyrant in the world, and tried every means to guard against him, and no one was willing to cooperate with him.

Finally, the plan was decided to join forces with the City Lord’s Office and the Police Department to lure the elites of Heifeng Village, and Zhu Yushou took advantage of the opportunity to attack Heifeng Mountain.

Unexpectedly, they were all elite, but they suffered heavy casualties. In the end, Zhu Yushou became the only one among the three.

Zhu Yushou said again: "My Lord, we agreed at the beginning. The three companies jointly invested and collected a sum of gold as bait to lure the snake out of the hole.

After destroying Heifeng Village, not only did I have to return the gold I paid in full, but I also had to share 10% of the tax that I had been robbed.

Now I have regained the taxes I have been robbed, and the disciples of the Zhan Temple have suffered heavy casualties. But the gold that acted as bait has been robbed again. How do you think this matter should be resolved?"

"this……"

Zhu Yushou questioned him, but Huo Chi was speechless for a moment.

He and Yan Leng lost the gold. Now Zhu Yushou has regained the tax. If he wants to destroy Zhu Yushou's gold, Huo Chi's face is not that thick.

But if the Zhu family's gold is returned as agreed and an additional 10% of the gold is taken as a reward, then the tax will only be 60% left.

He had reported to the county marquis's mansion and promised to regain taxes. If he had lost these 40%, he really didn't know how to explain to his brother-in-law who was used to being serious.

Huo Chi pondered for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said:

"Master Zhu, this time the taxes were all recaptured by your Zhu family. In terms of emotion and reason, the 40% of the gold you deserve should be paid to you immediately."

Zhu Yushou nodded and smiled, "The City Lord is a sensible person!"

"Hehehe!"

Huo Chi smiled embarrassedly and said, "But this action is greedy for me and has reported it to the County Marquis' Mansion. It will definitely regain all the taxes and let the County Marquis send someone to take them away soon. Now it is 40%. It is difficult for me to explain to you in front of the County Marquis' Mansion."

"The city lord wants to use the 100,000 taels of gold paid by my Zhu family as taxes and pay it to the county marquis's mansion?"

Zhu Yushou looked cold and said, "It's a chill to repay such kindness to the Lord."

Huo Chi hurriedly said, "I dare not be ungrateful, but now I am in a dilemma and have no choice but to be shameless and ask the head of the Zhu family for help."

“What’s the busy thing?”

Huo Chi said embarrassedly: "I want to borrow this gold from the head of Zhu family to help me overcome this urgent need. The lord of the city is willing to make a loan note, and within five years, the principal and the profit will be returned.

Moreover, as long as the city lord is in Jiangning City for one day, the Zhu family's Zhu family will be useful, just need to know it, and the city lord will be happy to follow."

"this……"

Zhu Yushou was secretly moved about Huo Chi's conditions, but said in a little embarrassed manner:

"Mr. City Lord, do you know that this money is all the working capital of my Zhu family? You take it away. If there is an urgent need, I am afraid that my Zhu family will not even be able to withdraw the emergency funds."

Huo Chi laughed dryly and said, "I know this naturally, but Zhu Family Letter, you have the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce as your backing. In this Jiangning City, the price of your Zhu family's head is worth tens of thousands of dollars, and a mere number is no problem."

The two of them had a fight again, but Zhu Yushou finally agreed to lend the money to the city lord temporarily.

Of course, the reward was also extremely generous. The city lord not only wrote down the loan note on the spot, but also promised to take care of all the business of the Zhu family.

And with a big stroke, he also sent a mine rich in sulfur in the west of the city to Zhu Yushou for contracting and mining.

Although sulfur cannot be traded publicly, as a contractor, Zhu Yushou has done some tricks on the accounts, and the city lord turned a blind eye and deducted a portion of it every month to supply Pili Hall.

With these sulfur, the gunpowder that is about to be run out of Pili Hall will be able to be settled.

With the continuous firearms, the combat power of Yuanbiao and the disciples of Pili Temple has increased by at least more than half.

Of course, Zhu Yushou could have made this gold later, but since the establishment of the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce, the Zhu family has made great efforts to make money every day.

As long as Jiangning City can remain stable as it is now, gold will naturally be endless.

But if you change to a strong city lord, you will inevitably not be in trouble.

It would be better to spend some money to keep Huo Chi's position as the city lord and give favors at the same time.

As a result, the situation in Jiangning City has stabilized, and the Zhu family’s status in Jiangning City has become as stable as Mount Tai, and they have obtained the right to contract sulfur.

It can be said that it is a killing of multiple goals in one fell swoop, and the only thing that is paid is just the gold that can be recovered sooner or later.

In order to show sincerity, the city lord pulled Zhu Yushou into the luxurious study room of the city lord's mansion on the spot and directly finalized a request for the loan notes and sulfur mines.

After solving the gold problem, Zhu Yushou asked with some concerns:

"My Lord City Lord, although Senior Yan died at the hands of Heifeng Village, the plan was jointly planned by us and the three of us. As a result, General Secretary of the Police Department was arrested and died, but we both survived.

If the above questions, you and I may be in trouble. I wonder what the city lord plans to deal with this matter?"

Zhu Yushou's words hit Huo Chi's heart. The matter of his joint efforts with Yan Leng did not report it to the county marquis's mansion.

Now Yan Leng has lost his life under his rule. As the lord of a city, he may not be able to escape.

You should know that in terms of official rank, the city lord, his power and jurisdiction are just Jiangning City.

However, Yan Leng, as the chief inspector of the Danling County Police Department, is in charge of special cases committed by martial arts people in the entire Danling County.

Although the Police Department and the ancient Chinese constables both have the word "Catcher", there is a huge difference in power. The latter is just equivalent to ordinary police officers, dealing with ordinary people who commit crimes.

However, the Police Department is specifically targeting martial arts masters who are far away.

Strictly speaking, it is equivalent to special organizations such as the Chinese Dragon Group in some urban novels. It is just that it is not that secret in comparison.

Yan Leng, the chief inspector who is in charge of a county police department, is one level higher than Huo Chi, the city lord.

"Oh, what else can I do?"

Huo Chi smiled bitterly and said, "I can only write to the Lord Junhou and report it truthfully. I hope Lord Junhou can expose this matter for the sake of our recovery of taxes."

Zhu Yushou shook his head and said without hesitation:

"My Lord City, please forgive me for your nepotism. With your nepotism, you will be the lord of Jiangning City. There are probably many people who are jealous in the marquis's mansion.

Now that such a big mistake has happened, if you report it truthfully, those villains who are jealous of you may inevitably gossip in front of the county marquis.

Although you have the support of the wife of the county marquis, your relationship with the prince of the county marquis is very serious, and I am afraid you can't stand the slander of villains."

Huo Chi glanced at Zhu Yushou in surprise and said:

"The head of the Zhu family seems to be very concerned about my situation in the county marquis' mansion?"

When Zhu Yushou saw Huo Chi's expression, he realized that he had become a little suspicious.

It's no wonder that although this new city lord was promoted by nepotism, he may not know any skills of power and tricks.

However, no one who can cultivate to the Gangqi realm is really a fool who can be easily played with by others.

Zhu Yushou did not say much about Huo Chi's suspicion, but instead, his fingers seemed to accidentally knocked on the table with undried ink marks.

Huo Chi instantly understood what he meant.

As the saying goes, the emperor and the minister have just promised such a high profit. If he falls, all the benefits he gets will become flowers in the mirror, and not talk about the moon in the water.

Even the hundreds of thousands of taels of gold that were robbed were probably going to waste.

With such a common interest as a bond, the city lord instantly felt that the boy who had just turned seventeen this year seemed much more credible.

Huo Chi's face, which had been crying, finally showed a smile and said:

"I wonder what the head of the Zhu family thinks about this matter?"

Zhu Yushou laughed and said, "I think the city lord should truthfully report the cause of the death of General Yan to the county marquis's mansion. However, the tone can be slightly more tactful.

For example, this whole plan was made by General Yan. You just have to obey orders because of your low official rank.

After the ambush failed and the generals were lost, you made a quick decision and took advantage of the situation where the bandits in Heifeng Village had not yet had time to return to the Heifeng Mountain. You summoned the Jianghu forces in Jiangning City, captured Heifeng Mountain in one fell swoop, and regained the taxes.

Although during this process, due to the stubbornness of General Yan, the patrol camp and the city lord's mansion suffered heavy casualties, under your wise command, the bandits in Heifeng Village also paid a heavy price."

Zhu Yushou's remarks, the general direction of the whole thing, and after the results, almost completely match the facts.

However, the slightly modified details pushed all the mistakes to the dead Yan Leng.

However, Huo Chi became a hero who turned the tide. When the army was defeated, he not only did not have any faults, but should have been rewarded heavily.

Unfortunately, Huo Chi did not notice that in this version of the plot, Zhu Yushou almost completely cut off the relationship.

After hearing this, Huo Chi's face turned red with excitement, but said a little pretentiously:

"This, if you report this way, will your skills be taken up by your subordinates?"

Zhu Yushou smiled calmly and said, "I am the tyrant of the world. Even if the city lord counts the credit on me, it will be useless to me."

But sir, if you make a fortune in the future, you will be satisfied after you can remember your friendship today."
Chapter completed!