I did evil in the feudal land, but I was called a virtuous king

"The world laughs at me for being crazy, but I laugh at the world's inability to see through." Li An improvised a poem pretending to be aggressive.

Tian Qi was silent, and the way he looked at Li An changed slightly.

The realm of the prince is really beyond my grasp as a mere county magistrate!

Li An showed a smile, this ancient man is just a bluff.

Immediately, Li An ignored Tian Qi, and hugged Liu Yiyi's slender waist with the strength of wine: "Yiyi, let's go back to sleep."

Liu Yiyi lowered her head slightly, her pretty face flushed, she said nothing, and helped Li An slowly into the room.

It seems to acquiesce.

Back at the house, Liu Yiyi helped Li An take off his coat, and waited for Li An to go to bed.

She thought that something would happen tonight, but she just thought too much, and Li An fell asleep as soon as she touched the bed.

In the following days, Li An still drew circles on the map every day, wasting one map after another.

Tian Qi didn't know what Li An was doing, but felt sorry for the maps.

It is not easy to draw a complete map of Qingshui County.

In the evening, Li An took Wang Hu to observe the people's situation as usual.

Without exception, it is all bookkeeping!

In just a few days, Tian Qi owed Hongxingfang a hundred taels of silver inexplicably!

On this day, Li An took Liu Yiyi to inspect the official shed to give porridge.

A loud noise caught Li An's attention.

I saw two men fighting for some reason.

The fight was fierce, and he no longer looked like a weak walking dead like before.

Seeing this, Tian Qi instantly darkened his face.

"These unscrupulous people have only had enough food for a few days before they start acting like demons. The prince calms down, and the next official will deal with this matter now."

Tian Qi looked as if he hated iron but not steel.

Fearing that the two fighting commoners would offend Li An, Li An stopped giving porridge in a rage.

Li An smiled calmly and waved his hands: "It's okay, it's a good thing to have the strength to fight."

As he said that, Li An showed a sinister smile: "This king just wants them to be strong."

Tian Qi looked at Li An puzzled, feeling that Li An was thinking about something bad.

But Li An was the leader, so he didn't dare to ask more questions.

……

Five days later, Liu Qing came back in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, we have investigated everything."

After receiving the large stack of paperwork that Liu Qing handed over, Li An's face turned cold at first when he looked at the contents on it.

Just for a moment, he showed a sinister smile again.

"Old Liu, let's send it."

Liu Qing didn't know why, but he knew that Li An was going to make trouble.

……

The next day, the county government office.

Nowadays, most of the wealthy businessmen and gentry in Qingshui County have received invitations from Li An, inviting them to the county government for a banquet.

"Congratulations to the prince for taking office in Southern Xinjiang, and the little man Wang Linte presents a plant of thousand-year-old ginseng."

"Xiaomin Qianfu, send a congratulatory gift of a thousand taels of silver and a hundred bolts of precious silk!"

"Xiaomin..."

The wealthy businessmen rushed to give gifts first, thinking that this was a good opportunity to curry favor with the prince.

As everyone knows, this is a Hongmen banquet specially prepared by Li An for them.

Soon the gift-giving session ended, and many wealthy businessmen took their seats one by one.

Li An smiled and looked at everyone.

When everyone met Ang Li's gaze, they just felt like they were on their backs. How could this feeling be so familiar?

"Everyone is here, and the food can be served." Li An said with a smile.

Liu Yiyi nodded and walked out of the room.

Not long after, a few guards acted as servants and walked in with trays, and each rich merchant put a copy in front of them.

The rich merchants looked at the covered plates on the tray with some anticipation, anticipating what delicacies would be inside.

After all, the host is the prince, how could the prince's banquet be shabby?

Everyone is a person who understands the rules. Without Li An's instructions, no one would dare to lift the plate first.

"This king specially prepared this for you, open it and have a look."

"Thank you, my lord."

Everyone thanked Li An and lifted the plate with anticipation.

But what was put inside was not delicacies, but a piece of paper.

Everyone looked at Li An in puzzlement.

"Open them all and have a look."

Hearing this, everyone hurriedly opened the document to check, it read: "Water conservancy project proposal!"

A group of wealthy businessmen frowned, what is this?

"As indicated in the document, the king plans to start the water conservancy project in Qingshui County recently, digging canals to divert water from the river to irrigate the farmland. I am looking for you to come here today because I am looking for investment."

Once Li An's water conservancy project is completed, the river water can be diverted to irrigate the farmland in the dry season, and the gates can be opened to release floods in the rainy season, so as to avoid flood disasters, which is a great thing for the country and the people.

The wealthy businessmen read the documents carefully, and looked at Ang Li with some admiration.

Li An's method is indeed a good one. Once the water conservancy project is completed, Qingshui County will no longer suffer from drought and floods.

But, does this have anything to do with them?

They don't want to farm, so who cares about the lives of the people?

"The prince's move will benefit the country and the people, and the merit will last forever." A wealthy businessman stood up and flattered him.

"My lord can become the king of southern border, it is really good news for the people of southern border!"

"My lord is righteous..."

Others followed suit and made rainbow farts.

Li An sneered and remained unmoved. What he wanted were these people's flattery?

What he wants is white silver.

"Don't talk about these useless things, tell me, how much do you plan to invest?"

All the wealthy businessmen looked like they had eaten shit, and then they realized that this is a proper Hongmen Banquet!

A rich businessman twitched his mouth and stood up: "Xiaomin is willing to invest in water conservancy projects, and it will cost a thousand taels of silver."

"The villain is also willing to invest a thousand taels of silver!"

Not long after, the thirty or so wealthy businessmen present all expressed their willingness to invest a thousand taels.

1000 taels per person, which is just over 3 taels, what is it enough for?

"The opportunity was given to you, but you were useless." Li An smiled sinisterly, and looked at Liu Yiyi again.

Liu Yiyi understood and clapped her hands.

After a while, Wang Hu led a group of guards, and brought up more than 30 trays with a murderous look.

With the tray in front of them, the wealthy businessmen dare not look at the tray anymore.

"Why are you staring blankly, this is the dish that this king added to you." Li An said coldly.

The rich merchants shrank their necks in fright, and carefully opened the plates on the tray.

There was still a piece of paper inside.

Everyone was puzzled again, inexplicably flustered.

Chapter 8 Extortion

Tremblingly, they picked up the paperwork and looked it up, but for a moment, all the wealthy businessmen were sweating profusely with ugly faces.

This document records the evidence that they have bribed officials over the years to avoid customs duties, and there are many other evil things they have done.

Li An stuck his chin and looked at everyone coldly.

Liu Qing went out for five days this time, and he was very satisfied with what he brought back.

"Yiyi, according to the laws of Dahua, how should one deal with those who bribe officials to escape customs duties?"

"My lord, those who bribe officials to escape customs duties will receive ten liang of silver for tax evasion, and will be sentenced to prison. By analogy, one hundred liang of silver will be exiled to Lingnan, one thousand liang of silver will be beheaded for public display, and ten thousand liang of silver will be copied and beheaded, and the nine clans will be imprisoned!"

Li An nodded, "Understood, tax evaders, beheaded for public display, copy and beheaded everywhere!"

Hearing this, Liu Yiyi stared at Li An with wide-eyed eyes in puzzlement. Did she tell the prince like this?

All the wealthy businessmen present turned pale with fright, and many of them knelt on the ground in fright.

"Your Highness, spare your life!"

These people, who have been doing business between Nanling Kingdom and Dahua for more than ten years, and have grown bigger and stronger little by little, have escaped the tariffs added up. Who is not more than ten thousand taels?

Most of the tariffs that could be avoided went into the pockets of the big men in Beijing, and there was very little they could keep for themselves!

But they don't dare to move those old men out to support them at this moment. The old men have great officials, but they are not as big as princes!

If it is known to bribe the court officials, it will be even more sinful!

"Don't want to die?" Li An looked at everyone with a sinister expression.

Everyone kowtowed like garlic.

"Then I will give you one last chance." Li An glanced at everyone, "Yiyi, take out the contract I prepared."

Liu Yiyi nodded, took several documents, and distributed them to the people kneeling on the ground one by one.

Everyone tremblingly opened the document and saw that the content of the document was very simple, which was the specific amount of funds for them to invest in water conservancy projects.

There are odds and wholes, no more, no less, it just happens to be all their savings including real estate and real estate.

"If you think the contract is okay, start signing it." Li An's voice came.

Li An extorted all their savings in one fell swoop, and no one would feel sorry for them.

"My lord, you are extorting money! You are a robber!"

The businessman regards money as his life and glared at Li An.

"So what if this king is extorting money, now you have two choices, either pay the money or die!"

"Are you obediently handing over the money yourself, or is this king beheading you and sending someone to search your house?" Li An's eyes were cold.

"Shua, Shua, Shua~" Wang Hu and a group of guards also drew out their bright swords, ready to cut people at any time.

Seeing this, many people were so frightened that their legs went limp.

This is really going to kill them and these people!

The whole audience was silent, and the faces of the rich businessmen who were flushed with anger turned pale again.

To pay or not to pay?

After paying the money, they are penniless, and they are almost dead. If they don't pay the money, that is the real physical death!

Thinking of this, many wealthy businessmen had to spend money to eliminate disasters, and signed documents with tears in their eyes.