Bright Era

In the Shark's Tooth Hotel, Lin Qi frowned and walked casually along the street.

He came to Berriley with his own plan, but Wood's matter was an unexpected event, so Lin Qi had to focus most of his energy on these matters. Following the clues left by Wood's affair, this investigation has not only lost the slightest clue, but has aroused the vigilance of those behind the scenes.

With a wry smile, Lin Qi laughed at himself as being too young and tender. When Ablin beat Wood that day, his most sensible choice was to look on the sidelines. Anyway, as long as Ablin didn’t kill Wood on the spot, Lin Qi would have a way to kill them. Rescued.

But from the position of the leader of the Iron Fist Brotherhood, how could Lin Qi sit and watch this happen?

So everything later happened naturally. Lin Qi sighed helplessly, and stretched hard.

"Well, no matter who you are, no matter what you want to do! I just do my thing! Sooner or later, I will run into you!"

With a weird smile, Lin Qi cast aside the depression he had felt since yesterday, and happily slipped into a small alley. When Lin Qi came out again after a while, he had recovered to the appearance of Mr. Wan En, a wine merchant. He was wearing a neat set of floral silk tights, a robe made of silver silk satin, and an old oak cane inlaid with a ruby ​​head, strutting forward in the street proudly.

When Lin Qi walked near the Victory Palace, it happened that Hua Li's carriage came out of the Victory Palace.

Lin Qi was on the other side of the road. Hua Li only saw the energetic Yu Lian from the car window, but could not see Lin Qi. And Lin Qi did not notice Hua Li's carriage, but instead focused on Yu Lian, who was wearing the uniform of the tax commissioner and holding the eagle-headed staff that represented the imperial tax official.

"This guy, tax officer?" Lin Qi looked at Yu Lian with surprise and surprise.

When he was still at the Fifth University, Yu Lian said that he wanted to be a tax officer in the future, because the tax officer is the easiest position in all administrative departments in Berriley. In addition, tax officials often go to and out of those businessmen's residences to discuss monthly, quarterly, and annual business tax quotas with them, and often see the wives or daughters of those businessmen!

For an aspiring young man who has unique hobbies in money and femininity, what a fascinating position this is!

Now Yu Lian really has a dream come true, and looking at the silver silk thread inlaid with the cocked hat on his head, this guy can be regarded as a middle-level boss in the tax bureau? Ordinary tax collectors wear a cocked hat, with no inlaid patterns on the brim; ordinary tax officers wear a triangular hat with a circle of simple patterns inlaid with copper wire; while Yu Lian's triangular hat is inlaid with silver thread. The delicate lines of lemon blossoms represent his status as a tax commissioner.

In the ancient times, some people once said that the tax officer was the role of a juicer, and rich juices could be squeezed from the shriveled lemon! Therefore, during the recovery period, the pattern of lemon blossom has become a symbol of all tax officials.

"This guy is blushing!" Lin Qi looked at Yu Lian weirdly. From Yu Lian's face, he could see that this kid must have done nothing last night.

Smiling, Lin Qi followed Yu Lian unhurriedly, followed him through the gate of the Victory Palace, and walked all the way to the dock area where Lin Qi had just left. Taking a big step, Yu Lian came to the door of a hotel on Mackerel Street in the dock area without squinting, kicked the door of the small hotel with a brutal kick, and walked in with her head high.

Majesticly knocked on the long cabinet in the hotel lobby with a copper eagle head, Yu Lian shouted: "In the sacred name of imperial finances and taxes, you still owe seventeen gold coins, fifteen silver coins, and two Thirteen Tongzier, because you have been in arrears of taxes for half a month, and you have been fined 20 gold coins. Please pay the full tax as soon as possible, otherwise the Security Department will arrive tomorrow."

The hotel owner looked at Yu Lian in horror. He shouted, "A fine of twenty gold coins? Master Yu Lian, are you kidding me?"

Yu Lian raised her eyebrows and turned around. He sneered and said, "Then, just treat me as a joke!"

The big and thick hotel owner hurriedly caught Yu Lian, and smiled and handed three gold coins to Yu Lian's hand. Yu Lian smiled with satisfaction, and said majesticly: "The sacredness of imperial finances and taxes is inviolable. I have carefully checked your business records this month. It is enough for you to pay twelve gold coins in business tax."

Lin Qi stood across the street, relying on his abnormal hearing to hear everything in the hotel clearly.

This **** Yu Lian, does he collect taxes like this? But this is also normal. The tax commissioners of the Inland Revenue Department have enough power to set the amount of tax that should be paid to these small shops. As long as you give Yu Lian some benefits, these shops can take advantage of it.

Followed by Yu Lian, watching Yu Lian spent three hours sweeping across 85 pubs, bars, hotels, hotels, freight yards, etc. on Qitiao Avenue in the dock area. He took the three hours into his pocket. Personal income is a full three hundred and seventy gold coins.

Yu Lian hummed a joyous little tune, called a two-wheeled carriage carrying passengers, and asked the carriage driver to take him to the busiest street in the business district. When getting off the bus, Yu Lian just lost two coppers on the carriage, but according to the normal fee, from the dock area to the commercial area, which almost spans the entire city of Berrely, at least three silver coins are required. Car money!

But the coachman did not dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction, but thanked Master Yu Lian for his generosity and compassion with a smile on his face.

Lin Qi patted his forehead vigorously, this Yu Lian, he was completely depraved.

Immediately after Yu Lian, watching him walk into a bank, after a short time, Yu Lian exchanged the gold coins on her body for three gold tickets with a face value of 100 gold coins and a gold ticket with a face value of fifty. The gold ticket and the remaining twenty gold coins were carefully hidden in the belt.

And the tax he received today was replaced by a thick stack of gold tickets, carefully inserted into a leather money clip.

"The harvest is rich! It seems that by next month, they will be able to send another sum of money to Enzo! These **** bastards, they must not come back to see me with few arms and legs, do you want me? Support them?"

Yu Lian muttered in a low voice, and then he suddenly smiled happily: "Of course, if that piece of goods in their two legs is chopped off, then I will be happy to comfort them, poor boys. what!"

The corners of Lin Qi's mouth twitched. He was less than ten meters away from Yu Lian. How could Yu Lian's whispering whisper be hidden from his ears? This **** guy, his mouth is still as bad as ever! But what Yu Lian said made Lin Qi's heart warm. He remembered what Arda had said to himself that Enzo and the others were barely survived in the army because of Yu Lian's continuous funding.

Yu Lian, although a little bit flashy, even a bit of a bastard, he is still his brother.

Playing with a copper piece in her hand, Yu Lian raised her head and walked into a restaurant in the commercial area that matched his identity—the so-called match with his identity, which means that this is not the kind of glass of wine. Jinwo, which costs thousands of gold coins, is not the kind of small restaurant that only needs a dozen coppers for a full meal, but a warm, clean, good taste, and good price. It is suitable for middle-level officials. .

Sitting upright on the seat by the window facing the street, Yu Lian seriously ordered an aperitif, a fresh vegetable and fruit salad, a small slice of smoked foie gras as a front dish, and then he ordered a huge pan-fried for his main meal Lamb chops and ordered another signature soup from this restaurant. With a few slices of freshly baked white bread, this meal is worthy of Yu Lian's identity. It is not extravagant but does not lose face, and it only costs five silver coins, which is very cost-effective.

Sitting upright on the seat, enjoying his meal slowly, Lin Qi had already carried a bottle of superb wine and sat heavily on the seat opposite Yu Lian.

Yu Lian rolled his eyes and yelled at Lin Qi coldly, "This is my seat. When Master Lian is enjoying the food, if you don't want to be beaten, just get out of the way! If you want to talk to me for business, Then I have to wait until I finish eating!"

Lin Qi didn't say a word, but put the bottle of wine in front of Yu Lian.

This is the best batch of wines from the Gaul Empire 50 years ago, during the Hundred Years Land Island War. Because of the Hundred-Year Land-Island War, less than two hundred barrels of this batch of excellent quality wines survived. After fifty years of consumption, there are probably less than one hundred bottles still handed down.

Once there was a dude from Berriley who secretly offered a bottle of 500,000 gold coins for this wine, but there was no market at all!

The bottle in Lin Qi's hand was taken by Arda from Mrs. Lufen's mansion and was confiscated by Lin Qi.

"Fanlin Villa!" Yu Lian looked at this bottle of top-quality wine that was several times more expensive than his entire net worth, and said in surprise: "Well, I admit that I was defeated by you! Take this bottle of wine Give me, how much tax do you want to exempt? Complete exemption is impossible, but I can only charge you 10% of the commercial tax!"

Lin Qi smiled and flicked the wine bottle, a gentle force pushed the oak cork out of the bottle, and a fragrant wine fragrance suddenly floated out.

"Yu Lian, my brother, how are you doing all these years?" Lin Qi looked at Yu Lian deeply, while taking out a crystal decanter and poured the bottle of fine wine into the decanter.

Yu Lian stared at Lin Qi fiercely, Lin Qi with silver hair and eyes, Yu Lian did not remember that she knew such an old man.

"Brother? You must have recognized the wrong person!" Yu Lian's hand was under the table, and she secretly held the dagger in the boot tube.

"Ah, how could I admit the wrong person? Dear Yu Lian, the dancer you hooked up to our dear Mr. Grand back then, you said her legs are very charming, and on her left breast, there is a charming Red mole!" Lin Qi smiled and looked at Yu Lian.

Yu Lian was stunned, and then he grabbed Lin Qi's hand, and his eyes suddenly turned red. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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