"Brother Qiao, don't worry, explain the matter clearly. With the barrel of a gun, a few nights can't change the situation."
Qiao Ruixuan calmed down and said: "Mr. Zhang, not long after you left Fengtian, a group of people rushed to Sihai Grain Store and took away more than a dozen businessmen who were meeting for a party. Brother Liu was no exception.
According to this group of people, they are all from the Finance Bureau, and it was Director Gao who wanted to talk to everyone about the tax issue in the North Market. I was outside supervising the construction, so I was not arrested."
"After the accident, did you find Mr. Zhang?"
"Looking for it. Commander Zhang is not in Fengtian. It is said that he has gone out to review the troops. I have arranged someone to notify Commander Zhang, and then I came to see you again."
Zhang Tinglan also remembered at this time that it was their plan for Zhang Zuolin to go out to review the army. Since Gao Ming was Zhang Xiluan's confidant after all, Zhang Zuolin was asked not to come forward for the time being and left everything to Zhang Tinglan until Gao Ming was captured.
, Zhang Zuolin came forward to intercede.
At this point, even if Gao Ming is not held accountable, it is enough to drive him away from the Finance Bureau. It was originally a good plan, but unexpectedly Gao Ming also took action at this time and detained Liu Shucheng and others.
, this thing is really interesting.
"Brother Qiao, you don't have to worry. As long as the person is okay, I will take him back to Fengtian right away to rescue him."
Zhang Tinglan left two hundred people behind to escort the loot and walked slowly. He and Sun Anhu quickly rushed back to Fengtian with a hundred people on horseback. After the distribution was completed, Zhang Tinglan rushed back to Fengtian.
The birch bark factory is less than fifty miles away from Fengtian, and the war horses can rush back as soon as they are free. When the sky lights up in the east, Fengtian is already in sight. Everyone is a little tired after clearing the Gao family in the first half of the night and marching in a hurry in the second half of the night.
This is especially true for Zhang Tinglan. Although he has learned to ride a horse, his riding skills are not very good. This is the first time he has ridden so far and his legs are numb. However, as a leader, he has to maintain a high spirit and fight.
He mustered up his energy and led his men into Fengtian.
The most important thing now is to rescue the detained businessmen. Most of these people have invested in Xingye Company and are allies of Zhang Tinglan's real interests. If there is a problem with their safety, it is equivalent to a slap in the face of Zhang Tinglan, so he has arrived
After Fengtian, people were immediately sent to inquire about the whereabouts and safety of these people.
It was not his decision to launch troops in Fengtian. Zhang Zuolin had to give his approval. However, Zhang Tinglan was not in Fengtian yet, so Zhang Tinglan had no choice but to find his father, Zhang Zuoxiang, and let him make the decision.
Zhang Zuoxiang, an old Jianghu man, was obviously much calmer than Zhang Tinglan. After briefly understanding the situation, he said: "Tinglan, don't worry, I know very well how capable Gao Ming is. He doesn't dare or will not kill those businessmen."
How about it. But since he dares to detain our people, we will take him down directly, and I will go to Gaofu with you."
With Zhang Zuoxiang's guarantee, Zhang Tinglan was indeed relieved. These older people were definitely much calmer than him at the critical moment. Zhang Zuoxiang mobilized 200 soldiers, plus Zhang Tinglan's 100 cavalry, a total of 300 people, like a whirlwind
He rushed to Gaofu and surrounded the entire house.
At this time, Gao Ming didn't know that a disaster was coming. He was sleeping soundly with two big drum girls in his arms. He sent people to arrest Liu Shucheng and others. He didn't know in advance that Zhang Tinglan was going to raid his home and wanted to surround Wei and rescue Zhao.
I'm just jealous of this fat piece of meat in the North Market.
Because according to Zhang Tinglan's design, the security and taxation of the North Market were managed by Xingye Company, the Finance Bureau could only watch and could not intervene. This made Gao Ming very angry. In the past, he personally managed Fengtian's finance and taxation, but now
The emergence of such a ** kingdom was equivalent to cutting off his body. How could Gao Ming not feel uncomfortable?
Especially after the preferential conditions of the North Market were announced, more and more businessmen are preparing to move their businesses there. It is conceivable that the North Market will definitely become the commercial center of Fengtian in the near future, and it is entirely possible that the commercial tax will become the major contributor.
Yeah, if he loses control of this place, how does he feel about being the director?
It happened that at this time, Lu Zhengxiong came to visit him. The two were brothers in need. Lu Zhengxiong had just lost his position as police chief not long ago and lost the power to dominate. Now he could only rely on Zhang Xiluan's face to survive.
After dawdling around, I accumulated a lot of complaints.
The two people quickly found a common language, scolding Zhang Zuolin for bullying others, and complaining that Zhang Xiluan was cowardly and incompetent. However, they also knew that just scolding was useless, and they had to come up with solutions to the predicament. The current situation was already obvious, Lao Zhang
Sooner or later, the power of Fengtian will be in their own hands, and at that time, they will have to step aside.
As the saying goes, the three stooges are better than Zhuge Liang. Lu Zhengxiong and Gao Ming got together and came up with an idea, which was to seize the opportunity to arrest the big businessmen who were preparing to enter the North Market and force them to hand over to the Finance Bureau.
The two of them carefully calculated the amount of money. Zhang Tinglan only had to pay business tax and income tax due to regulations, and he did not have to pay the rest of the head tax, public security tax, health tax and other numerous taxes.
For businessmen, at least more than half of the burden has been reduced. When these two people think that they have forced businessmen to pay more than 20% of taxes to them, the burden of businessmen can be reduced by 30%. These businessmen are still profitable, and they will probably
He pinched his nose and admitted. Moreover, they have not affected the income of the 27th Division. You should charge as much as you should. Although Zhang Zuolin may not be happy, he will not fall out.
These two guys didn't understand what was going on in the North Market at all, and thought they were just like them, just to exploit merchants! Therefore, the more they thought about it, the more it made sense. Even if Zhang Zuolin made an attack, there was still Zhang Xiluan who stood up for it.
"Brother Gao, I think we should cut the knot quickly. While Zhang Zuolin is away in Fengtian, we led our men to imprison those businessmen. Those businessmen are complete cowards. If they are frightened, they will be honest.
Money, as long as they agree, what else can Zhang Zuolin say, let alone the Governor to support us!"
After the two people made up their mind, they kept paying attention to Zhang Zuolin's movements. It happened that Zhang Zuolin went out of the city to review the army, and Zhang Tinglan's armed police were also mobilized out of the city. Gao Ming had no idea that Zhang Tinglan was heading to their home, and he happily took him with him.
Liu Shucheng and others were detained.
Then he asked his men to imprison them in the Finance Bureau. Gao Ming thought that just scaring these people first would be enough to make them surrender. After everything was done, Gao Ming and Lu Zhengxiong were very happy, and they specially found
Many singing girls attended them.
After playing around for most of the night, Gao Ming and Lu Zhengxiong each got into the room with their trophies in their arms. They were so excited that they kept tossing until almost dawn before falling asleep. Not long after they lay down, there was someone outside the door of the house.
There was a rapid sound of banging on the door. Zhang Zuoxiang ordered his men to slam the door of Gao Ming's house with rifle butts. The sound was like thunder, and everyone in the Gao Mansion was alarmed.
Several servants looked outside the palace gate and saw countless troops at a glance. They were frightened and ran to find Gao Ming. At this time, Zhang Zuoxiang had already commanded the soldiers to climb over the courtyard wall and open the gate.
, Zhang Zuoxiang and Zhang Tinglan entered the palace one after another.
At this time, Gao Ming woke up from his sleep and ran out in a panic. He didn't notice that there was a woman's skirt wrapped around the coat, and it happened to be dragged outside. It was nondescript and very funny.
"Director Gao, you're welcome, are we disturbing you?"
"Captain Zhang, what do you want to do?" Gao Ming felt guilty and short of breath when he saw Zhang Zuoxiang approaching with great force. To be honest, facing these bearded soldiers, Gao Ming was really scared.
"Director Gao, please pack your clothes first. Don't be a man or a woman!" Only then did Gao Ming realize that he still had evidence of having sex yesterday. His face suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly removed the gauze skirt.
He came out, and then hurriedly put his clothes in order.
Zhang Zuoxiang looked at him calmly and said with a smile: "Director Gao, I heard that you showed off your power and arrested more than a dozen businessmen. Do you know their identities?"
"Captain Zhang, you wise old man, these businessmen are all extremely cunning, and tax evasion is commonplace. That's why I arrested them and investigated them. There is absolutely no other intention. Don't get me wrong."
"Misunderstanding? I didn't misunderstand at all. This was your intention, right? You were jealous when you saw us putting up the framework of the North Market and making money, right? You also want a share of the pie, right?
"
Faced with Zhang Zuoxiang's questioning, Gao Ming hesitated and didn't know what to do with his hands. Zhang Zuoxiang waved his big hand and slapped Gao Ming hard, spinning him around three times. Half of his face was instantly swollen.
He got up, blood foaming from the corner of his mouth, and three teeth on one side were knocked out.
"Weigh your weight carefully and don't dream of anything!" Zhang Zuoxiang is usually amiable, but such a show of force is really scary. Gao Ming suddenly didn't dare to let out a fart. The soldiers on both sides came to him.
He was tied up, and then someone else rushed into the Gao Mansion and detained everyone.
At this time, Zhang Zuoxiang patted Zhang Tinglan on the shoulder and said, "Go and release those businessmen quickly. Don't make people wait in a hurry."
Zhang Tinglan also nodded in agreement and left in a hurry. Zhang Zuoxiang looked at his son's back and nodded. He was lucky to have such a capable son. Gao Ming, a bastard, dared to destroy the career that his son had worked so hard to get. It was just right.
Zhang Zuoxiang was stabbed in the lung tube, and he secretly gritted his teeth: He would never let him go lightly!
Zhang Tinglan hurriedly rushed to the Finance Bureau. Unexpectedly, the door of the Finance Bureau was open, and there was not even a guard. Zhang Tinglan quickly walked to the main hall of the office, and saw a dozen people sitting in the hall talking and laughing.
The leader was none other than Liu Shucheng, and sitting opposite him was a short, fat middle-aged man.
When the middle-aged man saw Zhang Tinglan bringing someone in, he smiled and said: "Brother Liu, now that Master Zhang is here, you won't have any trouble. I won't stay with you any longer. I'm getting older and can't bear to stay up all night."
