The days when I was fishing in Zongwu

Chapter 38 Is there someone above you?

However, before the hand of the Green Snake Gang disciple touched the long saber, a burst of energy shot out from Chu Qinghe's fingers.

It was so abrupt that even ordinary second-rate warriors might not be able to react.

Not to mention this disciple of the Green Snake Gang.

There was almost no room for reaction, and this disciple of the Green Snake Gang was hit at the acupuncture point by Chu Qinghe's energy.

As the acupoints were tapped, the body of this Green Snake Gang disciple suddenly became stiff and unable to move.

And the hands of this Green Snake Gang disciple are still two inches away from the long knife on the table.

Facing the immobile body, the disciple of the Green Snake Gang shrank his eyes.

"Damn, didn't you say this guy is just an ordinary person? How come?"

While cursing in their hearts, the disciples of the Green Snake Gang, who realized that Chu Qinghe was not simple, looked even more frightened, and hurriedly said: "Chu no, Master Chu, the villain has eyes and does not know Mount Tai and offended the master, I beg the master to show you your hand, show you your hand!"

After staring at the Green Snake Gang disciple who kept begging for mercy for a few breaths, Chu Qinghe shook his head lightly.

To be honest, Chu Qinghe felt that the other party's rebellious appearance just now seemed more pleasing to the eye.

With the current appearance, Chu Qinghe felt as if he was bullying others.

After suppressing this strange thought in his heart, Chu Qinghe said slowly: "I'll ask a few questions, please cooperate."

Facing what Chu Qinghe said, this Green Snake Gang disciple froze for a moment, but immediately nodded his head as quickly as a chicken pecking at rice, and said with difficulty, "You ask, the younger ones will definitely cooperate."

A look of deep fear that if you say a second late, you will follow in the footsteps of those three Green Snake Gang disciples on the ground.

Seeing this, Chu Qinghe asked, "How long have you been in the Green Snake Gang?"

Green Snake Gang disciple: "Three years."

Chu Qinghe: "What is the current position in the Green Snake Gang?"

Disciple of the Green Snake Gang: "There is no position, the villain is just an ordinary disciple."

After two questions, Chu Qinghe asked a crucial one.

"Is there anyone above you?"

After the words fell, Chu Qinghe thought for a while and changed his words, "Is the leader of the Green Snake Gang related to you?"

The disciple of the Green Snake Gang next to him said with a bitter face: "What does it have to do with the gang leader to have such a blessing? I was able to join the Green Snake Gang at the beginning, and it cost ten taels of silver to get in."

As he said that, the disciples of the Green Snake Gang glanced out of the corners of their eyes at the few Green Snake Gang disciples on the ground who couldn't move but were bleeding from the corners of their mouths, and begged for mercy again while their hearts tightened.

"Uncle Chu, this time it's a villain who is obsessed with wealth, Mr. Chu, you just treat me like a fart, and the villain promises that he will never appear in front of you again."

Hearing what this disciple of the Green Snake Gang said, Chu Qinghe did not respond, but whispered softly: "No background? That's fine, save trouble."

After all, nepotism has always been troublesome.

If there is any relationship or background in the Green Snake Gang before this, after this incident, the Green Snake Gang will definitely not be kind.

Now that Bao Buqi has dealt with these guys, Chu Qinghe has to make a special trip to the Green Snake Gang.

Otherwise, in Yushui City, with a hostile force staring at him, Chu Qinghe would feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Unless it is once and for all, the Green Snake Gang will also be solved by the way.

But if the few people in front of you are okay and have no background, then things will be much simpler.

Even if the four disciples of the Green Snake Gang in front of them are dealt with, the Green Snake Gang probably won't have any thoughts of revenge.

After confirming this, Chu Qinghe glanced at the disciples of the Green Snake Gang in front of him, and suddenly asked curiously: "By the way, are you not worried about causing trouble for your Green Snake Gang when you are doing this kind of money-robbing business now?"

In this world, the rivers and lakes and the imperial court say that they are clearly separated, but in fact, after hundreds of years, they have already been inextricably linked to each other.

In any place, there are often two orders.

One is order on the surface.

One is the order behind the scenes.

The order on the surface is the imperial court.

And behind the scenes, of course, is Jianghu.

Some things, even if the court comes forward, it is a bit inconvenient to solve.

Therefore, for hundreds of years, the rivers and lakes and the imperial court have formed a unique system in this world.

Every city and even a village will be divided into two parts every year, whether it is commercial tax or civil tax.

Seven of them were sold to the imperial court.

The other [-]% is divided by the Jianghu forces.

And the low-level forces need to supply the high-level forces behind them who are responsible for managing their own area every month.

As for the amount of tax paid by the forces below, it is determined by the top forces in the area.

For example, in Wudang, the previous month's demand for confessions from the following forces was [-]% of the current month.

Half and half, hello, hello, hello everyone.

If some are more ruthless, they will even ask for [-]% or even [-]% to be handed over.

And the money will eventually be remitted to the top forces in the area.

This Yushui City belongs to the southwest of Ming Dynasty, and the top power that sits in it belongs to Yihua Palace in Xiuyu Valley.

The Green Snake Gang and Iron Fist Sect in Yushui City need to hand over half of their monthly bills to the second-rate faction in charge of their jurisdiction, the Hengshan faction.

Then turn it over to a higher-level first-class force.

But because the Hengshan School itself is within the Five Sacred Sword School.

But the Five Sacred Sword Sect and the Sun Moon God Sect have been at loggerheads for hundreds of years.

Therefore, the monthly income of the surrounding Hengshan faction is handed over to Yihua Palace by leapfrogging.

Otherwise, it would be a top power with tens of thousands of disciples like Wudang Shaolin.

If there is not a lot of financial resources to support it, how can it be maintained?
Are they all going to grab the beggars' business?

From Chu Qinghe's point of view, the court's move was indeed clever.

I am afraid that warriors have been rampant in this world for a long time.

A chivalrous man uses martial arts to break the ban. With strength, who is willing to resign himself to fate and keep himself safe?

Of course, being fed is another matter.

At this point, I have to say that the court is smart.

Thirty percent of the tax is not a small amount for a country, and it is even a large sum of money.

But the question is, how much of the [-]% of the tax will end up in the treasury?
After all, corruption has been difficult to eradicate since ancient times.

But throwing it directly into the rivers and lakes not only does not need to worry about these people in the martial arts causing chaos because of lack of money, but also allows all the people in the martial arts to compete for the [-]% of the tax revenue to play for themselves, which has a soothing effect.

Secondly, it can also play a supervisory role in changing the direction of these rivers and lakes.

It can't be said that 10% of Yushui City's tax revenue this year is 100 taels into the national treasury, but the [-]% distributed to Jianghu is [-] million taels, right?

This way everyone knows the problem.

It kills two birds with one stone.

It is also because the taxes of various places are also linked to their own income, so in the Jianghu, from the top forces to the third-rate forces, once something happens in the area under their jurisdiction, it is impossible to ignore it.

In addition, this world is much larger than the world of Chu Qinghe's last life.

With a vast land and rich resources, coupled with a relatively stable environment, under the circumstances that the imperial court and the rivers and lakes are jointly managed, the law and order is actually good.

In addition, strictly speaking, the tax has not increased. As long as ordinary people don't rashly provoke warriors, they can live a good life.

Normally speaking, there will not be too many forces in the world who bully ordinary people or merchants for no reason.

Otherwise, in the long run, if the Hengshan faction finds out, the Green Snake Gang will not have a good time.

If this attracts the attention of the six sects of the Ming Dynasty, the Dongchang and other imperial institutions, then the Hengshan faction will probably have a headache.

How will it be easier for the Green Snake Gang from now on?
Therefore, Chu Qinghe was also curious about why these disciples of the Green Snake Gang dared to play such a blatant thing that was close to stealing.

(End of this chapter)