I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

"Put it away."

Jiang Zuo handed the contract to Master Guo.

The purpose of showing these contracts to Chen Qingyun is to prove that Jiang Zuo is a reliable partner.

In the past, Jiang Zuo always used this trick when negotiating business with others, and it always worked.

After all, everyone has a competitive mentality. Even people like the Jiangnan families are willing to cooperate with Jiang Zuo, which is enough to prove his reliability.

"Miss Chen, do you still want these fabrics..." Jiang Zuo asked.

Having said so much, the purpose is still this.

"This price is not to my liking. Let's talk about it next time."

Chen Qingyun just answered perfunctorily.

Hearing this answer, Jiang Zuo couldn't help but frown.

"It's okay. We have some expensive clothes here. Miss Chen, would you like to take a look?"

Jiang Zuo suggested that after all, there is no woman who doesn't like beautiful clothes.

No matter what, Jiang Zuo must squeeze some money out of Chen Qingyun.

"have a look."

Chen Qingyun was indeed interested in clothes.

"Master, make arrangements." Jiang Zuo ordered.

"I'll arrange it now, please wait." The master nodded and left.

A moment later, a dozen gorgeously dressed women walked in.

"This..." Chen Qingyun was stunned. "Who are they?"

"Oh, this is our clothing model. Take a look and see which one you like." Jiang Zuo explained.

"Clothing model?"

Chen Qingyun was stunned again. What the hell was this? It was unheard of.

However, the women in front of me are indeed dressed very decently and beautifully.

“This skirt…”

Unconsciously, Chen Qingyun had already developed an interest.

"This is our newly designed horse-faced skirt. You have really good taste." Jiang Zuo introduced.

"This is the latest custom-made clothing from Anding County. It only costs twenty taels of silver."

Twenty taels? Why don't you go and rob?!

"You corrupt official, don't even think about earning a pound of silver from my heart." Chen Qingyun murmured in his heart.

There is no way to earn a penny from the empress!

"Forget it."

Chen Qingyun shook his head.

"Are you not satisfied? Okay, change a batch..." Jiang Zuo ordered again.

"no……"

Before Chen Qingyun could explain, several more women walked in.

The clothes the woman wore this time really opened Chen Qingyun's eyes.

The shoulders are exposed and the forearms are not covered.

These clothes...are so inappropriate!

How dignified!

Jiang Zuo is promoting extravagance, which is another crime...

Chen Qingyun was really ashamed and angry at the moment, but after taking a closer look, he felt that the clothes in front of him were extremely novel in style and indeed had some characteristics.

"Hey, Miss Chen, your face seems a little red. Is it too hot in the box?" Jiang Zuo asked with concern.

"You're bothering me!" Chen Qingyun said hurriedly. "I feel a little unwell. I'll go back to the inn and rest first. See you later."

After saying that, he immediately got up and left.

"I must teach Jiang Zuo a lesson!" Chen Qingyun said secretly.

Seeing Chen Qingyun leave like this, Jiang Zuo couldn't help but pat his thigh.

What a big failure!

Jiang Zuo was quite disappointed. After all his efforts, he failed to get her to pay a penny.

"Is this Miss Chen the daughter of Chen Chong from Guanzhong? Why does she not look like a cloth merchant after looking at her?"

Jiang Zuo was slightly confused.

"No matter what, whether she is or not, she is a guest, and I must cheat her out of some money."

……

The next day.

The weather was clear and the air was fresh, making it a great day to go out and rip off customers.

Government office.

"Master Guo, has the girl surnamed Chen left?"

Jiang Zuo asked, slumped in a chair in the yamen.

"No, sir," replied Master Guo.

"Okay, let's find an opportunity to invite them to dinner again. We must sign a contract with them before we can give up." Jiang Zuo said, with yesterday's defeat still vivid in his mind.

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

The eunuch's sudden visit to Anding County caught Jiang Zuo off guard, and he quickly stood up to receive the order.

"By the providence of Heaven..." the chief eunuch began to read out the imperial decree, "Within ten days, you must pay Anding County five years' tax of one million silver. Otherwise, I will send a thousand cavalry officers to Anding County..."

Upon hearing the contents of the imperial edict, Jiang Zuo felt his heart tighten.

"The Emperor asked me to pay the taxes?"

Thousand Cavalry Division?

I had a hard time fooling them last time, and now they’re doing it again this time.

The Qianqisi is no joke. If you don't handle the situation properly, your entire family may be executed.

It's really strange. The emperor has ignored Anding County for many years. Why did he suddenly issue an imperial decree today demanding payment of taxes?

The figure of one million is almost the annual income of Anding County.

This woman is really greedy.

No one can deduct a penny from Jiang Zuo!

How to do?

Drag! Drag hard!

"For such a small frontier county, I don't believe that woman will come here in person. What's wrong with the Thousand Cavalry Division..." Jiang Zuo thought to himself.

He thought so in his heart, but facing the imperial edict, Jiang Zuo still replied: "I obey your order."

After watching the eunuch leave, Jiang Zuo asked, "Master, what do you think?"

Master Guo said, "Sir, in my humble opinion, we can pay an additional 100,000 taels of tax silver, and then complain to Your Majesty. The north has suffered from disasters for years, and the farmers have no harvest. Anding County needs tax silver to provide disaster relief..."

"No, let alone 100,000, even if it's 10 taels, I'm not willing to pay."

Jiang Zuo loves money like his life, and he is about to save up the money and run away, so how can he just hand it over?

"My Lord, this is a crime of deceiving the emperor. Moreover, our county still has hundreds of thousands of tax silver, which is more than enough to pay the taxes. Although we don't have a million, a hundred thousand is more than enough."

Mr. Guo said that he really couldn't understand why Lord Jiang was so stingy with his money and it would endanger the lives of everyone in the Anding County government.

"Listen to me and continue to report that Anding County can no longer afford even a tael of silver, and request the court to allocate funds for disaster relief..."

Not only did Jiang Zuo not want to pay taxes, he even wanted to get some money from the emperor.

"Absolutely not." Master Guo hurriedly persuaded, and then looked around and said nervously: "Sir, haven't you heard? Yanzhou Mu Zhang Zhi was beheaded by the emperor yesterday!"

"Yanzhou Mu Zhang Zhi?!"

Upon hearing the news, Jiang Zuo suddenly stood up and asked, "Is it Zhang Zhi who once supported the female emperor to ascend the throne?"

"It's him!" Master Guo whispered.

"Kill the heroes too?"

"Your Majesty is definitely serious this time!" Master Guo looked a little panicked.

"I hope it won't cause any trouble for me..."

Thinking of this, Jiang Zuo suddenly felt that he was in great danger and felt a chill in his heart.

……

Inn.

Chen Qingyun asked in a low voice: "Has the imperial edict been handed over to Jiang Zuo?"

"Your Majesty, the imperial edict has been delivered to the Anding government office at noon today."

"What's Jiang Zuo's reaction?" Chen Qingyun was very curious.

"Nothing else is unusual."

"Hmm..." Chen Qingyun nodded slightly and said to himself, "This time, I'll see how you, Jiang Zuo, will shirk your responsibility."

Even if you don't want to pay this one million taels, you must hand it over to me.

Otherwise, he would immediately dispatch troops to capture the Anding County Magistrate in Jiangzuo...