Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1033

"Just talk about whether you want to get out of here."

As he spoke, Wei Wu pointed to the file on the table, looked at Gong Honghai with amusement and said:

"This is the file on your crime of usurpation. Lord Zhu was about to submit it to the Ministry of Justice for approval, but I intercepted it."

Gong Honghai was not a fool. After hearing these words, he immediately understood what Wei Wu meant.

But he didn't know what Wei Wu wanted from him, so he just asked.

"Lord Zhenguogong, I want to go out, but I don't know what the price is."

"It's very simple. Just tell me what you know."

Gong Honghai glanced at the file on the table and was silent for a while before speaking again:

"Could you please explain what I know that you would like to know?"

"I want to know everything you know, but let's start with you wealthy merchants and gentry uniting together!"

Hearing Wei Wu's words, Gong Honghai felt a chill on his back and felt a little flustered.

These wealthy businessmen and gentry did unite together, but it was a secret alliance and not made it public.

At first, they just wanted to work together to build a cement road, but later it became a joint response to the imperial court's national policy of dividing the land tax by land.

It can be said that this alliance was just to deal with Wei Wu, but now it was revealed by the real owner, how could he not panic.

After finally suppressing the panic in his heart, Gong Honghai did not dare to tell the truth and could only respond by saying:

"Your Excellency, we are indeed united, just like a pawnshop, and we do business with each other."

"Okay, I understand. You can go back to your cell."

After Gong Honghai finished speaking, Wei Wu slowly nodded in response, then picked up the file and handed it to Zhang Hai.

"Since he enjoys being in jail, return this file to Lord Zhu and have him send it to the Ministry of Justice!"

Zhang Hai took the file from Wei Wu and turned around without saying a word and walked towards the prison gate.

Seeing this scene, Gong Honghai immediately became anxious and quickly said:

"Wait a minute! Lord Zhenguogong, I'm going to tell you everything!"

Gong Honghai wanted to make amends, but Zhang Hai showed no intention of stopping and continued walking out.

And Wei Wu had no intention of speaking to stop him. This made Gong Honghai even more anxious and he spoke again:

"We are united to take that cement road from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce!!"

After hearing Gong Honghai finally give some useful information, Wei Wu finally showed a satisfied smile on his face.

“Why do you have to take over the cement road?”

Hearing Wei Wu's voice, Zhang Hai, who was almost halfway there, suddenly stopped and turned back to Wei Wu.

Without saying a word, he put the file back on the table and returned to guard Wei Wu again.

Seeing Zhang Hai finally come back, Gong Honghai finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly answered Wei Wu's question.

"Suzhou is a wealthy city, and local wealthy families and merchants have a large demand for goods. In the past, they used to transport goods to other places by water."

"Later they learned that the Sihai Chamber of Commerce was building a cement road, and after it was completed they would charge passing merchants a fee for the cement road."

"There's also a method called logistics and warehousing that can significantly reduce transportation costs, so they can't sit still."

Having said that, Gong Honghai looked at Wei Wu deliberately, wanting to know whether his answer could satisfy Wei Wu.

Only when he saw that Wei Wu had no dissatisfaction did his heart slowly settle down, and then he continued:

"They want to take advantage of the cement road, but they have so much cargo that they have to pay a lot of money just for the toll."

"They wanted to take this road for themselves, so they joined forces with some people, hoping that everyone would work together to take it over."

"As long as this is done, everyone involved will not have to pay to transport their goods using the cement road in the future."

"And we collect tolls from other people using the cement road, and the profits are divided according to each person's contribution."

Wei Wu looked at Gong Honghai silently. He had to admit that Gong Honghai's explanation was indeed very clear and there was no problem.

But for some reason, he felt that Gong Honghai seemed to have not yet finished explaining, as if he was still hiding something.

So, after Gong Honghai finished speaking, Wei Wu directly reached out and picked up the file on the table.

"You really don't want to go out, right?"

When Gong Honghai saw Wei Wu taking his file again, he was so anxious that tears almost came out.

"Lord Zhenguogong, I've answered everything you asked! And every word is the truth. Please believe me, I really didn't lie to you!"

Even though Gong Honghai was about to burst into tears, Wei Wu was not moved at all and just said something in a cold voice.

"Still not being honest! You've caused so much trouble just to seize this road. Is your purpose really that simple? You take me for a fool!"

As he spoke, Wei Wu handed the file to Zhang Hai again, and Zhang Hai walked towards the prison gate again.

Seeing this, Gong Honghai knelt down in front of Wei Wu and shouted excitedly:

"Lord Zhenguogong, I have not deceived you, nor would I dare to deceive you!!!"

However, even so, Wei Wu did not ask Zhang Hai to come back, and Gong Honghai was so desperate that he began to kowtow to Wei Wu.

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"Lord Zhenguogong, please trust me!"

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"I really didn't lie to you!"

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"I swear by my ancestors that if what I said is false, I will die a miserable death!!"

Wei Wu looked at Gong Honghai with a frown, and after a moment's silence he spoke.

"Zhang Hai, come back."

Wei Wu called Zhang Hai back not because he believed Gong Honghai's oath. After all, this is a world without gods.

In Wei Wu's view, an unregulated oath is not even as good as a fart. After all, a fart is always a fart, but an oath is not necessarily an oath.

However, Wei Wu was not sure whether Gong Honghai was really hiding something, and he did not say anything even when he was forced to this point.

There was no point in continuing. The key point was that Wei Wu had other questions to ask, so he had to let Zhang Hai come back first.

Wei Wu’s current idea is to ask as much as he can, and then figure out whether it is true or false later.

Even if Gong Honghai wanted to lie, he had to mix the truth with the lies, otherwise he would not be credible.

So after calling Zhang Hai back, Wei Wu immediately said:

"Okay, I'll trust you this once. So, my second question is, how are you going to deal with the land tax?"