Chapter 477: The President's Visit
Li Ji reacted, he was extremely grateful, and at the same time, he worked harder and did everything himself, digging out all the corruption in the officialdom in Wacheng.
Not to mention anything else, Zhan Wende, De Ruixiang's big shopkeeper in Wacheng, not only bullied the market and bribed officials, but also carried a lot of lives.
Many merchants and foreign merchants who competed with him disappeared mysteriously, and in the end it was confirmed that they died in the hands of this Zhan Wende.
In Wacheng, Zhan Wende not only monopolized the glazed tile industry, but also could only do the profiteering commodities such as blood stone and spirit stone.
Even behind the scenes, Zhan Wende and his family also operated the business of buying and selling demons, human races, human trafficking, and some illegal drugs, all of which violated the laws of the Holy Dynasty.
When all of these were revealed to the world, even Li Ji was choked with anger, and he casually listed a case, Zhan Wende and they abducted and sold Terran women, bought some tribes in the territory of the demon clan, and earned a lot of gold and silver from it, this is the one, which is enough to kill Zhan Wende a hundred times.
And at the same time as investigating the Wacheng case, there were also cows, ghosts, snakes and gods from all walks of life, and they came to intercede.
Not to mention Chu Xian, it is Li Ji, in the past two days, there have been more than a dozen letters from all walks of life, and some of them are still high-ranking officials from Beijing.
Although the letter did not directly instruct Li Ji to be extrajudicially gracious, there were hints and hints in the letter, and some were obviously threats and temptations.
It can be said that Li Ji has been under great pressure in the past two days.
And the more this is the case, Li Ji knows that the case in Wacheng is more and more involved, so at this time, someone outside spread that the president of the Deruixiang Chamber of Commerce was coming to visit.
De Ruixiang is one of the six major chambers of commerce in Liangzhou, although its president is not an official, but the influence is also quite huge, and he is the guest of all high-ranking officials, and it is said that he is also friends with some immortal officials.
So even Li Ji didn't dare to slack off.
Li Ji thought about it and went to find Chu Xian, he was afraid that he would not be able to deal with this matter alone.
After Chu Xian knew, he asked: "Is there anything about Wacheng that can point to the president of the De Ruixiang Chamber of Commerce?"
Li Ji now admires Chu Xian, the young assassin, so he is very careful: "I checked, no, they do everything well, all the things in Wacheng can only point to Zhan Wende in the end." β
Chu Xian nodded: "That's why this president dares to come to us with a swagger, okay, if he wants to talk, let's talk to him." β
When Li Ji saw it, his heart was wide at the moment, and it could be said that with Lord Thorn Shi in charge, he felt much more at ease.
At the same time, in the reception hall of Wacheng City Government, the people of the Deruixiang Chamber of Commerce were already waiting.
Among them, an old man is clearly the center of these people.
This person is extraordinary, and his clothes are even more glamorous, and even if it is just the most ordinary ornament on his body, it is also a priceless treasure that is carefully crafted.
Of course, the clothes on this person's body are not only glamorous, but also practical, and they are all magic weapons that are blessed with mana.
This person is naturally the president of the Deruixiang Chamber of Commerce, Wu Chengxiang.
With him came a scribe, a woman with a big waist and a round face with a fierce face, and the last one was an old Taoist priest wearing a green cloud crown and holding a dust.
There were four people in total.
When he was young, Chu Xian came in at the head, followed by Li Ji.
Wu Chengxiang immediately opened his eyes and got up to greet him.
"Wu Chengxiang has seen Lord Thorn Shi, he has heard of Lord Thorn Shi's name for a long time, and he can see it today, which is a blessing for three lives. "Wu Chengxiang actually has no shelf, he is very humble.
The other people also saluted Chu Xian and Li Ji respectively.
In this, the scribe's etiquette could not find the slightest fault, and at first glance the other party was a person who was full of poetry and books, as for the fat woman, she was very impatient, and the last old Taoist priest just nodded slightly.
Chu Xian looked at the old Taoist priest, and secretly said in his heart that this De Ruixiang was really rich, and he could even find a magic cultivation at the peak of the Law Body.
The peak of the Dharma body, almost a Dao Immortal.
There are even some Dharma Body peak cultivation, with the help of powerful cultivation and heritage, which can be compared with Dao Immortals.
The old Taoist priest in front of him is like this.
At this time, everyone sat down, and Chu Xian spoke: "President Wu is here for the Wacheng branch this time, right?"
There is no politeness, straight to the point, Chu Xian has always done things like this, not to mention that he basically knows the purpose of the other party's coming, so there is no need to pretend.
Wu Chengxiang nodded: "Yes, speaking of which, I am not strict in discipline, but I didn't expect Zhan Wende to do these wrong things behind my back, Wu came to apologize." β
Chu Xian laughed secretly in his heart, what this old guy said was quite good, but in his words, he had already thrown all the pots on the head of Zhan Wende, the unlucky ghost.
It seems that the other party is planning to make Zhan Wende bear all the charges.
This was also expected by Chu Xian, but Chu Xian didn't believe it, the matter of Wacheng, the surname Wu didn't know, and Chu Xian didn't believe it, these things, the surname Wu didn't participate.
So Chu Xian smiled slightly: "Zhan Wende's matter is being investigated, if it has nothing to do with President Wu, you don't need to apologize." β
Wu Chengxiang shook his head: " That Zhan Wende is my son-in-law, usually do nonsense, I am for my daughter, this is repeatedly endured, and the power in the Chamber of Commerce, he is alone, so he made these wrong things, if I can pay a little attention and correct it in time, it will not cause a big disaster, I heard that Zhan Wende has evaded a lot of taxes and silver over the years, although these are his faults, but no matter how you say it, it has something to do with De Ruixiang, so please also ask Lord Assassin Shi to say a number, no matter how much, even if it is to smash the pot and sell iron, Wu has to make up for the missing tax silver, and we can't let our holy dynasty suffer lossesγ β
What Wu Chengxiang said can be said to be from the bottom of his heart, very serious, if he is not strong, he will be infected by this old boy, and even believe his words.
As for Chu Xian, only by believing in him can there be ghosts.
Chu Xian can be heard that this Wu Chengxiang is planning to 'break the fortune and eliminate the disaster', and he is planning to resolve the matter and pay the taxes and silver, many things will be easy to do, and how can Chu Xian not hear it, this Wu Chengxiang is planning to put all the sins on Zhan Wende.
In this way, the Deruixiang Chamber of Commerce can be picked out.
In other words, everything was done by Zhan Wende, and it had nothing to do with De Ruixiang, so that the damage to the entire De Ruixiang Chamber of Commerce could also be minimized.
Chu Xian smiled and said nothing, he knew that Wu Chengxiang's tricks must be more than these, it was better to keep silent and see what other performances the other party had.
Wu Chengxiang didn't seem to feel embarrassed at all, but continued: "These days, there are also a lot of old friends who have written questions and lessons, and Wu accepts them humbly, just like what Lord Zhongjiang said in the Tobe Division, the Deruixiang Chamber of Commerce is also a century-old Chamber of Commerce, and you should be cautious in employing people, and the words of Lord Jiang are reasonable, so this time is a profound lesson for De Ruixiang." β
Chu Xian sneered this time.
Wu Chengxiang was imperceptibly, he was excusing himself, and he was also putting pressure on himself, and even Tobe Shiro moved out.
However, among the Hubu Shilang, Chu Xian is really not afraid, although the other party is a fourth-grade, which is higher than his own fifth-grade, but since Chu Xian has planned to no longer ask for funds from the Household Department, it is nothing even if he is offended.
What's more, if Na Shi Langzhong and De Ruixiang are too deeply involved, Chu Xian will have to pull the other party off the horse sooner or later.
But this kind of thing is definitely not going to be said.
Chu Xian didn't speak, he didn't speak, and Li Ji didn't say it, in fact, Wu Chengxiang mentioned that Li Ji had already felt a huge pressure, but fortunately, Chu Xian was on top.
Wu Chengxiang saw that Chu Xian didn't speak, and he was not embarrassed at all, but said: "Lord Assassin Shi, Wu came this time, not to intercede, just because Zhan Wende is the husband of the little girl, Wu's son-in-law, but Lord Assassin Shi, don't worry, he has violated the law for the first time, and he will be punished as he should be punished, but there is one thing, please ask Lord Assassin Shi to agree." β
As he spoke, he turned his head to the fat and ugly woman and said, "Daughter, come and meet Master Thorn Shi." β
Although the fat woman was 10,000 unwilling, she could only come and salute honestly.
"Lord Thorn Shi, this is the little girl Lian'er, although Zhan Wende is extremely evil, but after all, he is my son-in-law and the husband of the little girl, so please let the two of them meet again, it should be a farewell. Wu Chengxiang said with a sigh.
The fat woman named Lian'er was obviously angry at this time, and couldn't help but say: "Dad, you have to save Wende, he is your son-in-law, my husband." β
After speaking, he said to Chu Xian: "Lord Assassin Shi, I beg you, you let my family Wende go, it's a big deal, we lose money, what's more, my lord, you can behead other people, it's definitely no problem to kill one less." β
Over there, Wu Chengxiang immediately reprimanded: "Lian'er, don't mess around in front of Lord Thorn Shi." β
Lian'er immediately cried: "Where am I messing around, although Wende is the shopkeeper of Wacheng, he has only one person, if it weren't for his subordinates to instigate him and help him do things, how could he do so much alone? I think, someone must have deliberately guided him, Lord Shi, I am willing to spend 500,000 taels to atone for my husband, if 500,000 taels is not good, 1 million taels is fine." β
Wu Chengxiang was still reprimanding, but obviously, the old fox was also secretly observing Chu Xian.
It can be said that as long as Chu Xian relaxes a little in punishing Zhan Wende, then, he can get one million taels, of course, this is only the first step, I believe that as long as people who are not stupid know that as long as Zhan Wende is spared, De Ruixiang will secretly give benefits of no less than this amount.
Obviously, this is an absolutely huge amount of money for everyone, and it is enough to make the family spend a life in extreme luxury.
It's a decoy.
It's also a temptation.
However, in Chu Xian's view, it is still the other party's retreat.