Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Wang Qi and his party arrived just before the city gate of Jizhou Prefecture was closed.

Wang Shouxin went ahead to arrange accommodation, while Wang Qi and others rested for a while at a porridge shop.

About an incense stick later, the sky had darkened, and Wang Shouxin finally came back with a dark face.

"Sir, recently the Jizhou Prefecture Chamber of Commerce Chairman Ying Wencai's youngest son held a full moon banquet. All the restaurants in the city were booked. I asked five or six restaurants, but none of them had any spare rooms." Wang Shouxin rode his horse back to Wang Qi. There was an obvious hint of anger in his expression.

A mere merchant association president dared to contract out the entire restaurant in Jizhou Prefecture for his youngest son's full moon banquet and asked other travelers to clear the place. This majestic attitude was much more powerful than that of his uncle Lu Yu.

"It doesn't matter." Wang Qi didn't have any anger. He put down the porridge bowl in front of him and said with a chuckle: "I have long heard that Ying Wen's wealth can rival the country, and he has been running rampant in Jizhou Prefecture. Today I want to take a look. How can people be so domineering?"

To talk about the root cause, Wang Qi was also a domineering second-generation ancestor, but now that he is in a high position, there is no need to fight with others casually. On the other hand, no one dares to attack him without opening his eyes.

Not long after, the porridge shop owner brought the side dishes.

"Shopkeeper, is there any hotel nearby where I can stay?" Wang Qi asked.

"How many guests want to stay?" The old shopkeeper glanced at Wang Qi and the others, then frowned and said: "I want all guests to know that these days, Jizhou Mansion is having a full moon banquet for Vice Chairman Ying's youngest son, and all hotels are closed. Open to the public, unless you have an invitation from the government."

"Please ask the shopkeeper to help me think of a way. You can't sleep on the street when you are away from home, right?" Wang Shouxin stepped forward and cupped his hands, unusually polite.

"As for accommodation, there is a Bodhisattva temple in the north of the city. Although it is dilapidated, it can provide shelter from wind and rain," the shopkeeper said, and whispered: "I heard that tomorrow is the day when the chief consul of the capital arrives in Jizhou Mansion. At that time, all the restaurants in Jizhou Prefecture will be open for business normally, and you can live in the restaurants then."

"However, it seems that several guests are passing by here, and they will not stay for a long time. After finishing their work, please leave as soon as possible. This is a place of right and wrong."

The shopkeeper shook his head, turned around and left.

"Shopkeeper, if nothing happens, please clarify this question. What does this mean?" Wang Qi became interested after hearing this. In less than half a year, how far will the merchant alliance and parliament develop?

From what the shopkeeper said, it seemed that the merchant alliance and parliament were extremely corrupt.

The development of a system always has to go through various twists and turns, and even subversion.

It can't all be smooth sailing.

What's more, the establishment of the Parliament and the Business Alliance were forcibly integrated by Wang Qi on his own, or in other words, with the powerful force in his hands that could sweep the world.

To say it is a grassroots creation is a bit of an exaggeration.

All people in the world may not necessarily agree with this system.

Wang Qi was mentally prepared for all this.

Therefore, this trip to the northern provinces can be regarded as Wang Qi's inspection tour of the parliamentary system and the business alliance system. Whether it is to check for gaps or correct himself, Wang Qi can expect any situation.

But this person should be Wen Cai.

Li Qingsong's secret guards have compiled the situation into a book and reported it to Wang Qi a month ago.

After finishing the things at hand, it was time for Wang Qi to free up his hands and clean up these people one by one.

Wang Shouxin stepped forward and invited the old shopkeeper to his seat: "Old man, please explain a few things to my master. My master came from Liaodong and is quite interested in the affairs of the capital."

As Wang Shouxin spoke, he took out a piece of silver from his arms and placed it next to the old shopkeeper.

"Liaodong?" The old shopkeeper looked at Yinzi, then looked up at Wang Qi, and nodded: "In terms of accent, it's a Liaodong accent. As soon as you entered the store, I knew that you were not ordinary people. You know, then at that time, The ruling lord started from Liaodong, and now people say that dragon energy comes from the city of Guangning, Liaodong. I don’t know whether it is true or not." "Old man, we have heard too many versions of dragon energy in Liaodong. Let’s talk about Jizhou. Regarding the affairs of the government, is Ying Wencai really so capable that he can cover the sky with one hand?" Wang Qi is not interested in how the public evaluates himself. At present, he only cares about the "domineering affairs" of Jizhou Prefecture.

"Ying Wencai," the shopkeeper said silently at first, looked around to prevent the partition wall from having ears, and then whispered: "Covering the sky with one hand is a polite thing to say!"

"What should I say?" Wang Qi leaned forward.

"Any merchant who opens a store in Jizhou Prefecture, or joins a new business, or goes north to enter Horqin Trading, must first pay the Ying family a signature tax of 500 taels. In addition, he must pay a joint deposit of 500 taels of silver to the Ying family every month. One hundred taels, the Yamen also has to pay a joint protection tax, various repair and renovation costs, and a commission tax from the General Assembly of the capital. There are many subjects, too numerous to mention."

"Isn't there anyone in the parliament to take care of this?"

Looking at Wang Qi's puzzled look, the shopkeeper smiled and said, "Do you know whose nephew Ying Wencai is?"

"Please enlighten me," Wang Qi certainly knew.

"Wang Qi's confidant, Lu Yu, one of the seven members of the Capital Assembly, in charge of the Reform Planning Department, Senator Lu, is his uncle! Moreover, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Henan, is his cousin. Such relatives of the emperor, in Ji Who dares to mess with this three-thirds of an acre of land in the state capital? The parliament? If he doesn’t rush to lick other people’s buttocks, he has no backbone!” The shopkeeper slapped the table with his palm, and his expression was very meaningful.

After listening to the shopkeeper's words, Wang Qi was thoughtful and did not ask any more questions. The shopkeeper also understood his interest, took the money, and left softly.

Not long after, Wang Qi said: "I'm going to stay at the Bodhisattva Temple tonight."

The Bodhisattva Temple is in the north of the city. It took about half an hour for the group to arrive.

However, it is obvious that Wang Qi and others came at the right time.

As soon as I entered the entrance of the dilapidated temple, I heard a burst of men yelling and women calling for help coming from the inner hall.

"Let's see what's going on?"

Wang Qi frowned slightly, waved his hand, and the two guards behind him immediately stepped forward and flew into the hall.

Wang Shouxin, on the other hand, stayed by Wang Qi's side to guard against any changes.

After the two guards flew in, they only took a moment to breathe before they heard the screams of pain and begging for mercy from the men who were originally yelling. Then they ran out rolling and crawling, not caring about the clothes they took with them, and in the blink of an eye they were already far away. .

"Thank you so much for helping me, adults!"

In the dilapidated temple, Chen Juaner bowed deeply to Wang Qi and the others.

Chen Juaner looks young, sixteen or seventeen years old. She looks extremely beautiful. Under the firelight, her hair is messy, and she is quite charming.

"It seems that the girl must be from an official family. Why are you sleeping here in the middle of the night?" Wang Qi ordered people to make a bonfire and sit by the fire.

"My family was killed by an adulterer, and I was the only orphan who escaped." Guo Juan gently flipped her hair.

"Who was harmed by him?" Wang Qi narrowed his eyes.

"Vice president of the Jizhou Prefecture Business Alliance, Ying Wencai!" Chen Juaner almost gritted her teeth.

"Do you want revenge?" Wang Qi grinned: "I heard that he is very powerful and his background is astounding!"

Chen Juaner showed a bit of stubbornness when she heard this: "I want to go to Beijing to find Wang Qi!" (End of this chapter)