Chapter 38: Kick on the iron plate
Tu Lichun drove the carriage and carried Li Ze and Gongsun Changming all the way to the county government. Since he was visiting privately, it was naturally impossible to go to the main entrance of the county government government. At the side door of the backyard, Yang Kai's family had been waiting there and welcomed the three of them all the way in.
Li Ze walked in the front, Gongsun Changming was slightly behind half a shoulder, while Tu Lichun followed behind the two, looking at the wolf all the way, looking at the surrounding arrangements.
"Mr. Li, please." The servant stood on the side of the gate and reached out to make a gesture of asking for help.
Li Ze looked inside, a thin middle-aged man in his thirties and forties sat in the main hall with a golden sword. No one was seen around him.
"Young Master, there are at least twenty people in the wing rooms on both sides." Tu Lichun leaned forward slightly, and said softly in a voice that only Li Ze could hear.
Li Ze smiled and thought to himself that he was going to be tough when the negotiations broke down. Even the swordsman was ambushed. Should he throw the cup as a sign?
He walked into the door with great strides, bowed to Yang Kai in the middle and said, "Is this Ming Gong Gong?" Boy Li Ze, I have seen Ming Gong!"
Yang Kai did not answer, sat upright and stared at Li Ze. Ordinary people were afraid that they would not do anything bad when facing officials' gaze, and they felt weak. However, Li Ze seemed to be unaware of it, and still smiled and faced Yang Kai's gaze.
After being silent for a while, Yang Kai probably felt a little embarrassed, so he coughed lightly, "Are you the Li Ze from Yixingtang?"
"Yes!" Li Ze nodded.
"I just want you to come here alone." Yang Kai's eyes swept behind Li Ze.
Li Ze smiled and said, "This is my teacher Gongsun Changming. When he heard that Ming Gong was invited, he was afraid that I would be young and ignorant, and would collide with you Ming Gong, so he must come with me. The teacher is full of frankness. The boy really dares not disobey it."
As he was speaking, a bang suddenly came from behind, and Li Ze couldn't help but be stunned. Is it time to prepare for the rhythm of taking action before he finished speaking?
Looking at Yang Kai, Yang Kai looked embarrassed, and coughed again and took a few sips.
At this time, Li Ze suddenly realized that the person hiding behind was probably Wang Mingyi, the second son of Wang Biejia. It seems that the name Gongsun Changming is indeed somewhat lethal. Yang Kai's level is too low and he cannot be secretly like Wen, but Yizhou Biejia is qualified.
Just get to know each other. Li Ze was very calm. At least in this way, it would be impossible for him to turn against him on the spot today. If someone knew the power was here, then everything could be spread on the table and had a good talk.
He deliberately pretended not to see Yang Kai's concealment, and he continued: "This is my family, named Tu Lichun, but he is just a carriage driving."
"Yeah, sit down!" Yang Kai waved.
Li Ze humbly dragged a chair and asked Gongsun Changming to sit down, then he took a chair under Gongsun Changming's lower head and sat down openly.
It is a normal sitting down, not a false sitting like a subordinate who meets superiors or officials. Don’t underestimate this attitude. This shows that Li Ze did not regard Yang Kai as a big shot in his heart at all.
Yang Kai obviously noticed this and his brows frowned deeply.
This is nothing more than two aspects. One is that this kid doesn’t know anything, but a country bumpkin. He relies on how much money he has, and he thinks that God is the first and second. Second, this kid is confident, but Yang Kai had already found out clearly before, and Wang Mingyi also made a note that this kid has no background at all. Could it be this Gongsun Changming?
My mind circulated again and again, but I still couldn't figure out who Gongsun Changming was.
He felt a little impatient. He looked at Li Ze's big-looking behavior and the disapproval in his inadvertent glance, and he was a little angry. He decided to go straight to the point and there was no need to go around.
"I'm here to come here today, mainly to talk about Yixingtang." He coughed lightly. "And the matter about your Zhuangzi."
"Xingyitang is a small business that the boy started a few years ago. I didn't expect that it would attract Ming Gong to pay attention. It was really beyond my expectations."
"Small business, hehe!" Yang Kai sneered: "Let's not talk about Yixingtang, let's talk about your farm. After I took office, I looked at it. It's been more than ten years. It seems that you have never paid the tax you should pay!"
"Do you have to pay the tax?" Li Ze looked surprised. "There has never been a tax collector who came to the door. I thought I didn't have to pay it?" He pretended to be crazy and stupid.
Yang Kai was furious: "Paying taxes is something that every citizen has to do. I don't care what your relationship has with the former county magistrate, but when I take office, I have to act according to law. The taxes you owe over the past ten years must not only be reimbursed, but also pay a fine."
Li Ze's face also turned cold, and his smile disappeared: "Dare you ask Mr. Ming, how much does it have to pay? How much is the fine?"
"The tax is determined, but the fine is the ruling of me." Yang Kai looked at Li Ze proudly.
Li Ze looked at him, "Mr. Ming Gong let me guess, the fine you ordered is no more or less, it happens to be 70% of my shares in Yixingtang, right?"
Yang Kai was stunned and was actually a sensible person. Since that was the case, he really saved a lot of talk. He sneered: "That's not sure, maybe there are more, such as your land and the village."
"What if I don't agree?" Li Ze asked calmly.
"I'm afraid you can't help it." Yang Kai had decided to be too lazy to talk nonsense with Li Ze. This kid was a sensible man. It seemed that he was not ready to hand over Yixingtang honestly, and he wanted to struggle to death. Since that's the case, why not give him some strength and drag the kid to the torture room and let him see if the torture instruments can still be so passionate after they are so passionate?
How many money is great? In the face of power, money is nothing, it can only be the root cause of trouble.
When he stood up and was about to give a loud order, a servant from the side door hurriedly ran in. "Master, the young master suddenly fell down and his head was bleeding. The lady was anxious. Please go and take a look immediately."
Yang Kai was stunned. This servant was not from his family, but from Wang Mingyi. He looked at the servant, and saw that the man's eyes were extremely firm, and then glanced at Li Ze. Seeing that Li Ze was still the same look as if he was not afraid of boiling water, he snorted and clapped his hands, "Come."
More than a dozen yamen runners immediately emerged from the wing rooms on both sides.
"Young Master Li, please sit down for a while. It is best not to move around, otherwise don't blame me for being rude." He threatened.
"Ming Gong, please give me a gift." Li Ze looked at Yang Kai with a smile, "But since Ming Gong invited us to talk, don't even serve a cup of tea?"
Yang Kai was stunned. This kid really has a good temper.
"Okay, come and serve tea to the guests!" He left with his sleeves.
Li Ze and Gongsun Changming looked at each other and smiled.
Chapter completed!