Chapter 547: People who have no moral bottom line are the most dangerous
Chapter 547 People who have no moral bottom line are the most dangerous
Gongyi was a small market town in the southeastern corner of the Zhao Kingdom, and because of its geographical location, it rarely suffered from war.
Furthermore! The chief of Gongyi is a person with no moral bottom line, once the war comes, he will become grass on the wall, and the wind will blow on both sides. Whoever comes, as long as he does not kill the people of his land and does not rob them of their property, he will be on good terms with whomever he wants. Who is willing to give money to others, and who doesn't like him?
But! The money is not his own, and every time something happens, he will raid his subordinates. And also! Search for people who come to Gongyi to do business.
Gongyi because there is no war, so! The population here is dense. The land here is basically developed and cultivated for crops. And also! Although Gongyi is only a small country town, the business here is very developed. Because there was no reason for the war, the merchants were willing to bring their goods here for trading.
Other words! Although Gongyi is a small town, its commercial trade is quite developed. There isn't much retail here, mostly wholesale transactions. Or rather! It was a place where merchants stocked up on their goods.
Merchants from all over the world like to transport goods to Gongyi and find a place to stock up. And then! Trade with other merchants. Because it's troubled times, so! There are very few cash transactions.
Furthermore! In the Zhou Dynasty, since the princes overthrew Zhou Tianzi, the currency was not unified. So! It is also not possible to trade with cash. Therefore! Merchants like to use the old and traditional method of trading, which is: bartering. That is! Exchange of goods for goods. Such! No cash required.
And also! Merchants were thus able to do business back and forth. You can make a profit by pulling your own goods over for trading, and then you can make a profit by pulling the exchanged goods back.
Because of the special geographical location of Gongyi and the special trading methods formed, it makes this a special place.
The new mayor of Gongyi, in order to obtain greater benefits, not only looted the people's fat and ointment, but also looted and plundered the property of the merchants in disguise.
There are many new businessmen who don't understand the rules here, and often return with a full load, and the result is that they have nothing to return. Not only the new merchants, but also many businessmen who thought they were very good at mixing, such as local merchants like LΓΌ Buwei, who thought that they had a good relationship with the mayor of the province and could operate here for a long time and safely. Outcome! If you are not careful, you will lose all your money. Even! Lost his life here.
Because! The mayor of Xinyi is a person who has no moral bottom line. He is a mercenary man, as long as you are not careful, you will fall for his way. As long as your money is exposed, and he knows about it, he will find a way to kill you or something.
But! This guy would not dare to offend the great nobles and businessmen of various countries. For example! A certain great nobleman in the country of the princes, and a caravan sent by the nobles in power, he did not dare to move. Opposite! He also stammers with people. And then! Cooperate with you, let you come forward to go to the black, eat the black, and other businessmen. For example! Eat the big businessmen who don't have backing.
If there are many people who have offended, there will naturally be people who want to take revenge on him. Outcome! You can't get revenge on him! There is a particularly powerful guard beside this new mayor. This guard is not ordinarily powerful, but extraordinarily powerful.
Legendary! He is as powerful as Ge Erxiong. Not only does he have strength, but he is not something that ordinary people can deal with in martial arts. This guy isn't that tall, but! The family is strong and strong.
But! He is also very tall, taller than the average person, and belongs to the big man. But! People are burly and sturdy, so they don't feel so tall.
When people go there, they are ordinary people. But! Once you fight him, you know how good the other person is. But! It's too late. People are not only good at martial arts, but also very vicious. If it falls into his hands, he will surely die.
The chief of Gongyi not only has a very powerful guard by his side, but also a high-walled compound to protect him. Although it is not the castle of Hongyi, it is not much worse than the castle. Where is the courtyard wall of the house? Rather, it is the city wall. Even! Taller and stronger than the city walls. Even if you come with soldiers and horses, you won't be able to break it.
To get inside, you have to go through the gate of the courtyard. But! It is conceivable: people have offended so many people, can ordinary people enter their doors casually?
And also! Even if you do, what can you do? It's big inside. You don't know where people live. The yard is heavily guarded, and even if you sneak into the yard, you won't be able to move an inch.
Xinzhen-eup knows that he has offended more people and wants to kill him, so! People live in seclusion. Usually he basically doesn't go out, and even if he does, you don't know when he will go out and where he will go?
Who can kill such a person?
It has been two days since Peng Zhou came to the market town, and he has no special action, just treating himself as an ordinary person and going to the wine shop to drink every day. Drinking is fake, and asking for news is true. Outcome! He was disappointed that few people in the liquor store dared to say anything about it.
Other words! In public, you don't even know anything.
Only behind the scenes can you hear someone dare to tell the truth.
Although I didn't know the specifics, I still heard some of them. In a word: this mayor should be killed. And also! This guard must die. One is a wicked person, and the other is a wicked person who aids and abets abuse. So! Both of these men must die.
Peng Zhou thought to himself: It seems? I can't find any news in the town. So! What about me going to the country? Maybe? There are no taboos for the countrymen, and they can find out more about it there.
"You still use Gongyi as a safe place to trade? You're wrong! Listen to my advice, hurry up and find a way to leave! β
"I'm here, the goods have been delivered, where else can I go? Anyway, I've got to do this business! Later! I'm not coming! β
"Yes! Since you're here, let's do it this time! Oh, yes! You're here, can you still go? You can't go! β
"Why can't you go?"
"You can walk, but! You'll have to pay double the taxes back and forth! β
"What do you mean?"
"That's it! You transported goods to Gongyi, didn't you? You have to pay the 'landing tax'......"
"This is where it should be!"
"So! If you leave here, do you have to pay 'transaction tax'? β
"I don't have a deal?"
"No deals? How do you prove that you are not trading? β
"Me?"
"You didn't make a deal, why did you pull it away?".
"This?"
On the way to the countryside, Peng Zhou meets a new caravan. Outcome! The caravan was stopped by a departing caravan. The person in charge of the caravan who left kindly persuaded the other party, but Peng Zhou overheard it.