Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1036

So after Wei Wu finished speaking, Zhu Zongshan immediately nodded and said:

"Okay, when the person comes back, I'll arrange for someone to go to the county government office to get it back tomorrow."

"Master Zhu, why don't you ask me why I need the Yellow Book and the Fish Scale Book?"

Zhu Zongshan had just finished speaking when he heard Wei Wu's words. He couldn't help but frowned and asked.

"Isn't it to check the population and the land?"

Wei Wu shook his head, and then repeated what Gong Honghai said in prison.

After hearing this, Zhu Zongshan's face turned green, and he didn't even care that Wei Wu was there, and started cursing.

"These damn bastards, greedy parasites, are so rich and yet they're still not satisfied. They deserve to be killed!!"

Although he cursed, he still had to deal with the business after cursing, so Zhu Zongshan quickly said:

"Sir, the imperial court stipulates that the Yellow Book should be revised every ten years. Now that more than two years have passed, there must be discrepancies between the county and prefecture books."

"Comparing the results with the county register may not be accurate. If they really do this, it will be difficult for us to catch them!"

Hearing this, Wei Wu smiled slightly and then began to explain:

"That's why I want to bring the Yellow Book and Fish Scale Book from the county government office. Checking them is just a side job."

"The real purpose is to curb them. After all, without the Yellow Book and the Fish Scale Book, local officials can't handle their affairs."

After Wei Wu finished speaking, Zhu Zongshan's eyes lit up. That's right, as long as there is no Yellow Book and Fish Scale Book, these people will be helpless.

You should know that taxes must be paid when trading land and property. Buying and selling requires paying a sales deed tax, and pawning also requires paying a pawn deed tax.

When officials are operating, they must record information in the yellow book to facilitate tax collection. Without the yellow book, they cannot collect taxes.

If no taxes are collected, even if a contract for selling the property is signed, it is not considered a legal transaction in the eyes of the government.

After figuring this out, Zhu Zongshan immediately replied:

"Sir, if that's the case, then we can't wait until tomorrow. It's best to send someone to the county government office to get the Yellow Book and the Fish Scale Book now."

Upon hearing this, Wei Wu was stunned. The government office was short-staffed! How could anyone else be sent out?

"Is there anyone else in your office?"

"This... I need to think of a way!!"

Although Wei Wu felt that one day was not a big deal, since Zhu Zongshan was so anxious, he just let him go.

"Okay, then you can arrange this matter yourself. I'll go back to the inn first."

"Yes, sir, take care!"

Zhu Zongshan responded symbolically, then rushed out of the study impatiently.

Seeing this, Wei Wu did not stay and prepared to take Zhang Hai back to see how Shen Lin was progressing.

At the same time, at the Weiwuhui Inn, Zhang Dengyue of the Zhang family had also set off.

Although he traveled by water to the capital this time, he was a delicate man and was accompanied by seven servants and a maid.

The servants took care of his daily life along the way, while the maids made his boat ride more "comfortable".

Several carriages set out from the Zhang family mansion, arrived at the dock leisurely, and boarded the boat that had been rented in advance.

As soon as he got on the boat, Zhang Dengyue went directly to the top of the boat and ordered his servants to prepare the tea table and utensils for him.

Soon everything was ready, and the servants tidied up his cabin and prepared a special bed for him.

All Zhang Dengyue had to do was sit leisurely and enjoy the scenery, waiting for the maid to boil water and make tea for him.

A few minutes later, the water was boiled. Zhang Dengyue sat on the roof of the boat with a comfortable look on his face, looking at the scenery by the river and sipping the fragrant tea.

After drinking a cup, he felt better and reached out to stroke the maid's pretty face.

The maid who had been afraid to speak began to smile shyly and started to find topics to talk about.

"Master, you haven't been out for a long time. Why do you suddenly want to go to the capital today?"

"Hey, of course I have something to do in the capital!"

As he spoke, Zhang Dengyue's hand slowly moved down from the maid's face, and soon reached the collarbone.

The maid also knew her master's preferences, so she deliberately put on a shy look, wanting to refuse but also to accept, in front of Zhang Dengyue.

Twisting his body, he couldn't let the topic fall to the ground, so he asked again:

"Master, what are you going to do in the capital?"

The maid was actually just catering to his preferences. Even if she had nothing to say, she would try to find something to talk about, and Zhang Dengyue fell for it.

Thinking that she was his own maid, he did not intend to hide anything, so he said directly:

"A scourge has come to Suzhou City, intending to disrupt the entire city and make it impossible for people like you to live in peace."

"This trip to the capital is to resolve this issue and send that bastard surnamed Wei back to where he came from!"

After Zhang Dengyue finished speaking, the maid was about to speak, but the hand on her chest played tricks on her and she snorted.

"Hmm~~."

After finally suppressing the surge, he reluctantly spoke:

"That, that Wei guy is so bad! Master, you must punish him severely!"

The maid's words became more and more difficult to speak, while Zhang Dengyue's evil deeds became more and more addictive and more and more out of control.

The anger in his heart suddenly surged up, and he reached out and grabbed the maid's arm and pulled her into his arms.

"Of course the master will punish him severely, but before that, let the master punish you severely first! Hehe~!"

Maybe it was because we were at the pier and there were quite a few people around, but we couldn’t see this location, which made us particularly excited.

Therefore, Zhang Dengyue acted somewhat unscrupulously, completely disregarding the maid's feelings and only caring about his own enjoyment.

However, he overlooked one thing: he was on the top of the ship, which was the third deck of the ship.

There was a second deck below, and there was a boatman on deck who happened to be able to hear the noise coming from the top deck.

At first, the boatman just thought it was a fun thing, but when he heard the maid's shy moan, his expression became obscene.

However, when Zhang Dengyue spoke those words related to Wei Wu, the vulgar expression on the boatman's face turned serious.

Then, taking advantage of Zhang Dengyue's mischief, the boatman said goodbye to his companions and quietly got off the boat.