Li Zhenfushi and Liu Baihu stared at the dozens of large boxes of silver.

Elder Hong said to Mu Nanjin: "Elder Huang is still recovering from his injuries, so I will come and redeem him."

"Ransom people?" Li Zhenfu asked hurriedly, "What do you mean by redemption? You are not going to use the money to redeem everyone, are you?"

"What else?" Mu Nanjin asked him, "Let the Duwei Mansion keep them? Or chop off their heads?"

Qian Gang's crime was not a capital crime. Even if they were to be beheaded, the most they could do was chop off the head of the person in charge. What about the others? Would they be forced to work as laborers for the government? In that case, it would be better to let them redeem themselves and then let them work for the court.

Li Zhenfushi also understood that redeeming the person was the best solution: "After all, this person was captured with great effort. How can he be redeemed so easily?"

"Easily?" Mu Nanjin asked calmly, "Can Governor Li easily come up with more than one million taels of silver?"

In the eyes of others, more than one million taels is a huge sum of money, not something that can be taken out casually.

Li Zhenfu was ashamed: "I just think this is letting a tiger go back to the mountain."

Captain Liu looked at Elder Hong and sneered: "After this incident, I believe the Qian Gang will not dare to collect protection fees at will anymore."

Elder Hong: “…”

I really don’t dare.

At least before Mu Nanjin left, they would definitely not dare to collect protection fees anymore.

"Collect." Mu Nanjin said firmly: "We have to continue collecting."

"Ah?" Elder Hong looked at Mu Nanjin in a daze.

Did he hear it right?

Will the Qian Gang continue to collect protection fees in the future? Li Zhenfushi and Liu Qianhu were also stunned.

"This is the business I want to discuss with the Hong Gang."

Mu Nanjin invited Elder Hong to take a seat.

Elder Hong looked at the chair but hesitated to sit down, as if there were nails on it that would hurt his buttocks: "Is this a trap?"

Puff——

Wu Yuan couldn't help but smile.

This scene reminded him of the evil cultivators who had been deceived by Mu Nanjin several times.

Mu Nanjin didn't care whether Elder Hong was sitting or not, and continued: "The Qian Gang can continue to collect protection fees in the future, but each shop can only collect ten copper coins a day, and small stalls can collect one copper coin a day. If the people setting up small stalls or street vendors are old, young women, children, etc., they cannot be charged protection fees, but you also have the responsibility to protect them."

"Ten copper coins." Elder Hong said excitedly, "Ten copper coins can't even support the entire Qian Gang."

"That's because you didn't use the right method. Originally, you only needed to send ten people to guard the streets and protect the people, but you insisted on using more than a hundred people, which is the same as raising idle people."

"We can't control the situation without more than a hundred people."

Mu Nanjin sneered: "If there is a manager patrolling, can't we keep order? If you want to blame someone, just blame your habit of doing nothing."

Elder Hong was speechless.

"After you receive the money, you have to hand over 30% to the government."

"30%?" Elder Hong's eyes widened: "Then aren't we helping the government to make money?"

"You will have many benefits if you cooperate with the government. First, the government will not arrest you anymore, so you can collect protection fees without any worries. Second, your Qian Gang can also collect protection fees from other towns in Daqian Country, so other people cannot compete with you for business, which is equivalent to you monopolizing this industry."

Elder Hong's eyes suddenly lit up.

If the entire Daqian Kingdom was governed by their Qian Gang to collect protection fees, then even if they only collected one copper coin from each store every day, they would still be able to earn much more than before. Even if they gave 30% of the profits to the government, they would still be able to make a huge profit.

He asked excitedly: "Can we really collect protection fees from all towns? But you are only a seventh-rank Jinyiwei, how can you hand over the protection fees of all the towns in Daqian Kingdom to us?"

"You don't have to worry about this matter. When you go back, just figure out how to expand the money to help manage each town."

[The governor will definitely agree.]

[The old emperor will definitely agree. ]

Elder Hong looked at Mu Nanjin who was sitting in the main seat, and then looked at Li Zhenfushi and Liu Qianhu who were standing beside them. No matter how he looked at them, he felt that Mu Nanjin was the one in charge, so he believed Mu Nanjin's words a little more.

"Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with the other people in charge."

In fact, there was no need to discuss it, he was sure that others would definitely agree to this.

Li Zhenfu approached Captain Liu and asked quietly, "Can she really make the decision?"

Captain Liu gave him a reassuring look: "Don't worry, it's absolutely possible."

Envoy Li became even more curious about Mu Nanjin's identity.

He is just a minor official of the seventh rank, but he has such a big say?

Is she really not from the royal family?

Mu Nanjin added: "Before that, I have one thing to make clear. After cooperating with the government, you must not oppress the people, but help them. If they are really in trouble, you must not forcibly collect their protection fees, otherwise the government will stop cooperating with you and hand the matter over to your mortal enemy for management."

Everyone: “…”

This move is poisonous.

If that day really comes, Qian Bang will be so angry that he will die.

Elder Hong assured: "We will definitely supervise the gang members and prevent them from doing anything wrong."

Mu Nanjin: "I hope you will do what you say, and don't be so lucky as to think that the government of Daqian is so big that it can't control all your affairs. If you really think so, you are totally wrong. I can tell you seriously here that I know your every move, even how many times you had diarrhea yesterday."

Elder Hong subconsciously asked, "I had diarrhea several times yesterday."

Mu Nanjin said without hesitation: "Three times."

Elder Hong stared at her with eyes wide open in disbelief: "H-how did you know that?"

Li Zhenfushi asked curiously, "Did you really have diarrhea three times?"

Elder Hong nodded, and asked Mu Nanjin a more private question: "Then do you know how much silver I have left now?"

Mu Nanjin: "Thirteen thousand three hundred and seventy-two taels, plus eight copper coins."

Elder Hong: “!!!!”

He originally had only seven copper coins, and then when he arrived outside the gate of the Commandant's Mansion and tied up his horse, he quietly picked up another copper coin, making a total of eight copper coins.

I just didn't expect that she even knew such a small thing. It's so scary.

Mu Nanjin said to Wu Yuan: "Release all the people from Qian Gang."

"Yes." Wu Yuan took Elder Hong to meet other members of the Hong Gang.

Mu Nanjin said to Li Zhenfushi: "The ransom money will be confiscated. Half of the money will be used to repair the Duwei Mansion, and the other half will be used to reward the Jinyiwei."

Li Zhenfu asked: "Does it not need to be sent to the capital?"

"The Five Cities are so far from the capital that they were all looted by bandits before they were even delivered."

"yes."

After Li Zhenfu responded, he became depressed.

What is he? What is he, a fourth-rank official, saying to a seventh-rank official? It makes him look like a subordinate who has to obey her orders.

Mu Nanjin said to Captain Liu: "Send a letter to the governor by carrier pigeon and tell him about the protection fee."

Captain Liu replied, "Yes."

After agreeing, he and Li Zhenfu Shi were depressed, but Li Zhenfu Shi felt balanced.

At this time, a Jinyiwei came in and said, "Sir Li, the King of Yong is here."

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