Why should the caravan be compensated? The caravan never suffers losses. They have made all the money back from the people.
If you want to compensate, you must also compensate the people of Ascheng. They are the real victims.
Ye Xiang asked, "What would you do if it were you?"
"I will reduce taxes for the people of As City for one year, and I will use my own money to help them pay the taxes.
Originally, this matter meant that the common people suffered a loss. By exempting them from taxes, they could get real benefits, and it could also reduce their resentment towards the horse bandits and allow the remnants of the army to be punished more lightly.
The key is to make people remember how good you are.
If you supply those caravans, the merchants will not remember your good deeds, they will only think that it is right. The key is that they did not suffer a loss."
Ye Shang nodded: "My Wuwu is still smart."
"It's not that I'm smart, it's that I prefer the people in my heart, and I prefer them in my work."
"This is the most rare thing for a superior person." Ye Xiang praised.
"What are you two doing squatting here?" He Lianfeng's voice came from above his head, and he looked at them with a strange expression.
Yun Wu pulled Ye Xiang to his feet as if nothing had happened: "You're not here, the prefect is here. I'll see how your fourth brother handles things, and I'll help you keep an eye on it, so that he doesn't take away all the credit."
"Thank you. You are really my good partners. What did the fourth child say?"
He Lianfeng also bent over and squatted down by the window sill to listen to something.
"It's all said and done. You can get some credit if you go in quickly. Just say that the people have suffered because of this. You can help them pay taxes for a year."
He Lianfeng's eyes widened: "You are crazy. Do you know how much taxes Ascheng has in a year?"
"Asian city is not big, and there are not many people. The tax is at most 10,000 yuan a year." Yun Wu made a rough estimate.
"What's ten thousand? At least fifty thousand. The taxes in Asi City are the highest in Great Xia."
Yun Wu was puzzled: "Why are taxes so high? Although Asch City looks pretty good, it is also quite small. Taxes are so high for such a small city."
"This is a trading place for the three kingdoms of Daxia, Dayue and Dayuan. People from other countries often move here. Without high taxes, Asi City would have been overcrowded."
"Fifty thousand is indeed too much, so you can help them reduce it by half. More than 20,000 will make you the eternal king in the hearts of the people of Asi City. It will not be a loss."
He Lianfeng rolled his eyes at her: "To become a king in the hearts of the people, you don't have to pay such a high price."
He stood up, shook the coquettish girl's goose-yellow robe, and went in waving his jade fan.
Yun Wu pushed Ye Xiang and said, "Let's go and see what he does."
After entering, they were greeted with greetings, and He Lianfeng sat down gracefully and said, "Prefect, my uncle, King Anren, is responsible for turning the remaining soldiers into horse bandits. These horse bandits can be punished lightly.
Although they robbed caravans, in the end it was the common people who suffered the losses.
As the nephew of King Anren, I am really ashamed of the losses caused to the people. I deeply feel sorry for the people of Ascheng. Tomorrow, the king will hold a banquet in restaurants across the city to apologize to the people of the city.
Invite them all to come to the restaurant for a banquet. I will invite them all day long tomorrow, no matter when they come."
Yun Wu was speechless: "It's just flashy and just for show!"
He Lianfeng knew what was outstanding about him. He was born well and everyone would remember him when he went to a restaurant.
And he invited the whole city to a banquet to make amends. Among the people, he was a kind-hearted and responsible prince!
It's good to set up a thief with your personality.
And it looked like he was inviting the whole city to have dinner at all the restaurants in Ashen City.
But although Asi City is prosperous, it is not very big. There are only three or four big restaurants in the whole city. If a restaurant can open a thousand taels a day, it is a big deal.
He Lianfeng actually only spent three to four thousand taels to gain a good reputation.
It's really a good deal, but it's flashy.
The people have not benefited. Those who are really short of money and taxes have no time to go to restaurants to eat.
However, it cannot be said that He Lianfeng did something wrong. This was not a mistake that he should bear in the first place. It was King Anren who was wrong.
But Yun Wu didn't like this kind of flashiness. Since He Lianfeng didn't accept her proposal, she had no choice but to let He Lianjue come.
Helianjue was amazed after hearing what Helianfeng did. Brother Wang was really good at building momentum and even invited the whole city to dinner.
But how many people in the city can afford this meal?
The prefect was also shocked. The eldest prince invited him to dinner, so he would have to go early to get a good seat tomorrow.
As good as the big prince is, he will definitely be a sensation when he appears tomorrow.
But he has to try the case tomorrow.
"Fourth Prince." Yun Wu said: "The eldest prince invites the people to eat. Why don't you also learn from the eldest prince and do something for the people."
Helianjue hesitated and said: "I have already planned to compensate the caravan..."
"It's okay for the caravan to suffer some losses. Just ask the governor, the price of the goods that were robbed by the caravan has already been added to the people."
The prefect quickly nodded in agreement: "Yes, eldest prince, fourth prince, you don't know that prices in Ascheng have become more and more expensive in recent years.
It's useless for the lower officials to talk to them and stop them from raising prices. It's just that their things were robbed by horse bandits..."
Helianjue was slightly stunned: "If it's like this, wouldn't it mean that the people have been having a hard time in the past few years?"
"It's true that things are not as good as in the past few years. Prices are soaring, and it's hard for lower officials to control them. They are all incompetent and can't catch the horse bandits." The prefect said with shame.
"Prefect, if people don't tell secret stories, you can't catch them if you want to. It's just because you know they are poor remnants and you can't do anything." Yun Wu sighed.
Seeing those remnant soldiers with missing ears, missing hands, blind eyes, or unable to straighten their backs, no one who has a little bit of compassion can be ruthless.
The prefect simply turned a blind eye when he saw that these remnants of soldiers also knew how to behave.
Prefect: "... I am ashamed to be a lower-ranking official."
"There is nothing to be ashamed of. If you hadn't been like this in recent years, these remnant soldiers would not have been able to survive long ago. It is true that the people of Asi City have lived a life of high prices for several years.
Fourth Prince, you might as well help them reduce taxes. Without the horse bandits and without taxes, the price of goods in Ashen City will recover immediately.
The people will be extremely grateful to you."
He Lianfeng was a little speechless. This didn't work for him, so she went to trick the fourth child.
Even half of the tax is still 25,000. This idiot Lao Si must not know how high the tax in Ascheng is, so he will agree immediately.
"Okay, I will help the people pay taxes for one year."
He Lianfeng: "..."
Sure enough, I was fooled and even talked about it for a year.
The prefect smiled happily and quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you so much, the Fourth Prince. I will thank the Fourth Prince on behalf of all the people in the city!"
Seeing that the matter was settled, He Lianfeng said, "Fourth Brother, do you know how much the annual tax in As City is?"
"I don't know, is one hundred thousand enough? If it's not enough, I can only write to my uncle and ask him to send me some."
He Lianfeng almost spit out his old blood.
I feel bad for twenty-five thousand dollars. If you just throw away one hundred thousand dollars, it’s not enough for your uncle to give it away!