Fang Zhiyi curled his lips: "No, no, don't talk like this government is blackmailing you. The contracts for these land properties belong to different people. I have a copy." He raised the paper in his hand.
Others may not know, but Zhang Qi knows that those contracts were all forged by the clerks in the palace! He doesn't even understand how the master could be so bold.
But the Zhong family's patriarch merely glanced at it and lowered his head. Now that Fang Zhiyi had his family's tail firmly in his grasp, how could he dare step forward to verify its authenticity? If the incident really reached the capital, Fang Zhiyi's actions would at best be reprimanded, but his family's future would be in jeopardy. Besides...if the incident went viral, his position as patriarch would likely be over.
"Since we can't prove it's yours, and we can't prove it's the Gu family's, this government has always been fair, so let's be fair and auction it off."
Seeing that the Gu family had no objection, the Zhong family could only nod their heads. Everything that happened today happened too suddenly, and they had no time to think and prepare at all.
But after Fang Zhiyi finished saying this, he started humming a little tune, without saying anything about adjourning the court or closing the case.
Just when the head of the Zhong family was cursing in his heart, the actions of the Gu family made him suddenly realize something. The boy from the Gu family sneakily stepped forward and stuffed something into Fang Zhiyi's hand, and Fang Zhiyi smiled happily.
The Zhong family's patriarch immediately came over and said, "If you want money, just tell me directly! What's the point of doing this?"
He is a professional at bribery, but Fang Zhiyi knows nothing about it. He might as well keep the bribe money to deal with Fang Hongyuan. But today Fang Zhiyi suddenly got the idea, so he can't save the money. After accepting the bribe, you and I are in the same boat, and no one can get away.
Zhang Qi's eyes widened when he saw the silver notes suddenly sent by the Zhong family.
Is this really profitable?
The Zhong family arrived home in disgrace and didn't even greet Fang Hongyuan when they saw him. Fang Hongyuan was puzzled, but he wanted to meet Fang Zhiyi to ask him what kind of airplane he was working on, but he was told that the adults had gone to host an auction.
Auction?
By the time other families received the notice of the slow land auction, the auction had already ended. The land had all gone to the Gu family, and several clerks had already arrived at the Zhong family. They were there to collect the evaded taxes.
The Zhong family's patriarch was so angry that he fell seriously ill. He never expected that his son would only study hard, but he didn't expect that he would be a ruthless and corrupt official!
"Remember, I take four taels, the thousand households three taels, the participating families one tael, and the people working under me get one tael." Fang Zhiyi said, taking out two silver notes and stuffing them into Zhang Qi and Liu Mang respectively. Not only did he make money from the Zhong family today, but the money from the Gu family's low-price auction of land also went into his pocket, and he even did not let go of the taxes paid by the Zhong family.
Zhang Qi was stunned for a long time, and finally took the banknote and thanked Fang Zhiyi.
"But on the old man's side..."
Fang Zhiyi smiled and said, "Don't worry, if he knew, not only would he not blame me, he would even praise me."
He was right. When Fang Hongyuan, the old fox, found out what Fang Zhiyi had done, he was stunned for a long time and remained silent. But when he thought about the whole thing, Fang Hongyuan laughed out loud.
"I'm impressed. This son... is worthy of being called Fang Hongyuan's offspring!"
He wanted to praise Fang Zhiyi, but Fang Zhiyi seemed very busy and just sent someone to deliver some things. Although Fang Hongyuan had made many calculations, he still relied on his son's official position to achieve his current status. Those wealthy families associated with him because of this, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. Now that Fang Zhiyi has come to his senses, he wants to see how those wealthy families can still put on airs in front of him!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
