Chapter 267 Anti-indirect tactics to incite the county government II
[Yuncheng County County Government]
Mr. Wu angrily smashed the account book on the table and roared at Zang Hanzhong in front of him: "Who doesn't know that this gambling house is a golden rice bowl? What's more, Jinbao Gambling House occupies a favorable location and is making thousands of dollars a day. I I snatched him from the Chao family and gave him to you. You didn't want to repay the favor, but you hid it behind my back and even said you would give me 50% of the shares. Bah," Mr. Wu raised a stubby finger. He slapped Zang Hanzhong's head and scolded: "You can't get even a damn thing, huh," Mr. Wu was so angry that he threw his sleeves and turned his back to Zang Hanzhong, breathing heavily.
"Sir, I have been taking care of the money you shared these past few days. The Jinbao Casino has been handed over to Zang Aolai. I think he must have been careless and the accountant made his own suggestion. I will handle it right away," he said Seeing Zang Hanzhong, he bowed and walked out.
However, unexpectedly, before Zang Hanzhong walked out of the door, Magistrate Wu shouted to stop him and said: "Don't go, you know, Chao Gai has mastered all the tricks you guys are playing, you still want to What can you say, what else can you say,"
Zang Hanzhong became a little anxious when he heard this, and said: "Sir, this is all Chao Gai's conspiracy against us. I think the fire in the casino must be caused by him. Sir, you have to make the decision for us."
Magistrate Wu stared at Zang Hanzhong with his round little eyes, and his words were full of contempt, saying: "You can make trouble, why can't others? We are all against each other. If anyone can make trouble with the other, then I You can’t decide, it just depends on... your own destiny,"
"Sir, please don't do this. If you don't care, how can we still mess around..." Zang Hanzhong knew that Master Wu loved to listen to flattery, so he was pressed hard and had to use this trump card to slow down. Relax the atmosphere.
However, this tried-and-tested method failed today. Master Wu ignored his words and sat on the Taishi chair without asking Zang Hanzhong to sit down, so he said to him: "What are you doing? Damn, that's your business, I can't care about it, so you don't need to care about it at all. The Chao family is very knowledgeable now. Chao Gai offered to send five thousand silver coins in cash, and he will deliver it at fifty-three tomorrow... ...Hmph, I think he is much more generous than your Zang family when he makes a move,"
Zang Hanzhong's heart sank as soon as he heard this. He stood awkwardly on the spot, moving his feet left and right like a needle felt, licking his dry mouth, and hesitantly said: "Sir, I know the office money in my house. We are in a tight situation, this... Our Zang family has no shirking responsibility, but we are afraid of being in trouble now..."
Magistrate Wu raised his hand in the air, typed back the last half of Zang Hanzhong's unspeakable words, and shouted: "I don't care, that's your business, but there is one more thing I want to tell you. Fifty thousand days of public food must be delivered at 3:00 noon tomorrow,"
When these words reached Zang Hanzhong's ears, his heart trembled in vain, as if he didn't understand, and seemed to feel that he had heard the wrong words. He was dumbfounded and looked at Magistrate Wu with doubts. He said in a low tone: "Sir, it will be delivered at three quarters tomorrow noon."
"Yes, tomorrow, at three quarters at noon, we must deliver it to the county government office. No matter how late it is," Magistrate Wu said clearly, as if a sledgehammer had struck Zang Hanzhong's weak luck. A smash.
Zang Hanzhong walked up to Magistrate Wu with a smile and said: "Sir, Mr. Wu~, you also know that it depends on me and those families. Not to mention 50,000 dan of public food, we can provide 10,000 dan tomorrow." It’s as difficult as climbing to the sky,”
Magistrate Wu didn't look at him. He took an official document from the table, opened it, and read it by himself. Without raising his head, he said: "It's not that I'm embarrassing you. It's an order from the court. They want it right now. Do you want me to resist?" I don’t know whether you have the guts to do so, but I’m telling you, I don’t have the guts.”
"Mr. Wu, this... I really can't handle this at once. Otherwise, I will give you 60% of the casino's shares, without any moisture. How about you just let me live for half a month?" Zang Hanzhong was forced to have no choice but to say ruthlessly. He gritted his teeth and said with a smile.
"Are you bargaining with me?"
"How dare I? I'm just begging you, sir, for your mercy...it only takes half a month, and I guarantee it will be delivered on time," Zang Hanzhong said with an old face, and the smile was already ugly.
Mr. Wu pretended not to see his expression, snorted coldly and said: "If you can't take it out at the moment, it's easy to handle. Do you want me to tell you again how Chao Gai did it? His family shared 50,000 den. He suffered a lot of losses from your Zang family, but I still can't take it out despite this situation. I don't believe that you, a big family, can't take it out with your abundant financial resources. It's obvious that you've become a big man now and you're deliberately trying to embarrass yourself. , not giving face to this county,”
Zang Han understood now that there was no point in talking more. Magistrate Wu's change of attitude was so fast. It was definitely not the pressure from above, but the Chao family's advantage, which made Magistrate Wu switch sides to the Chao family. Now he himself After losing power, Magistrate Wu deliberately made things difficult for him.
Helpless, Zang Han gritted his teeth secretly, snorted a little irritably, said yes in a low voice, and exited the Yamen.
But just as Zang Hanzhong stepped out of the door, he heard Mr. Wu inside, saying leisurely: "I forgot to tell you that the case of Chao Family Gambling House has been found out by the county. It is a false accusation. Now the county The deed to the property will be returned, and you... hum, you can figure it out yourself,"
Zang Hanzhong was stunned, his body stiffened and he arched his hands inwards. He suddenly had the urge to strangle the county dog official to death. However, in his heart, he saw that Magistrate Wu had been killed thousands of times in an instant. On the surface, Finally, he could bear it no longer, bowed, and strode away without looking back.
[Zang Family Courtyard·Front Hall]
"Damn it, this Magistrate Wu is just kicking his nose in the face. How dare he speak to us like this back then? He scared his son to death," Zang Ao cursed and paced back and forth in the front hall, stood at the door and pointed. He pointed in the direction of the Yamen and cursed: "He is such a dog official. He is clearly trying to punish our Zang family by doing this. We have to find a way to earn back this tone. Otherwise, that dog official will think that we really can't do anything to him." "
Zang Hanzhong didn't speak, he just frowned and sat at the table, supporting his head with one hand, thinking deeply about this.
Seeing that his father didn't say anything, Zang Ao felt irritable and uneasy, so he cursed again: "Seeing that we took over the Chao family's place, and now the business is booming, the pawn shop will also be taken over soon, and the store can be opened after changing its appearance. But , but that dog official changed his mind and wanted to cut off our financial path."
Zang Hanzhong did not raise his head.
Zang Ao continued to curse angrily: "Now, if the Jinbao Gambling House is closed, how can our family afford to support such a hundred and ten customers? All of them will have to be dismissed. The Chao family is currently recruiting troops, and these people have joined us." When we get there, not to mention that they have learned about our family, they just don’t know anything. As one goes and the other goes, the power is greatly reduced. This morning, there are people from Liangshan who are looking for trouble, asking for one hundred taels. Yinzi, if this beam is forged, how can we stand on the ground in Yuncheng?"
There was no sound of gnawing in Zang Hanzhong.
Zang Ao became even more out of control here. He clenched his fists tightly and transferred his anger to the Chao family. He said angrily: "All of this is because Chao Gai bribed that dog official. If it hadn't been for him , How could that dog official turn his back so quickly? No, Chao Gai still has to bear the blame for this." After saying this, Zang Ao snorted and strode out.
"Stop," Zang Hanzhong suddenly shouted.
Zang Ao was stunned by his father's voice. When he looked back, he saw that Zang Hanzhong had stood up and said with a calm face, "What are you going to do?"
Zang Ao puffed up his chest and said, "I will take my men and kill him at Chao's house right now, and kill them all in one go, so as not to let them make a comeback again."
"You're talking nonsense," Zang Hanzhong became a little angry and said, "With your little ability, if you break into Chao Gai's house, you won't be Chao Gai's opponent, and you're not going to risk your life."
Zang Ao was already angry in his heart. Now after listening to his father's lecture, he felt even more unhappy. He consciously and rationally said: "Dad, why have you become weak since you came back from the Yamen? Chao Gai is still the same Chao Gai. In this short period of time, In a few days, the number of Chao family's guests was only five. It was easy to kill Chao Jidao at first, and now it is just as easy to kill Chao Gai. As long as Chao Gai dies, the whole Chao family will be like a house that has lost its pillars. , will inevitably fall to the ground overnight. By then, the tree will be loose in the lake. Even without Wu Gouguan, the Chao family's business will still fall into our hands. Moreover, our Zang family is the only largest family in Yuncheng County. , I guess that bitch officer would have to come to the door to get close to me,"
Zang Hanzhong slapped the table and cursed: "You bastard, at this time, it's not your turn to do this."
Zang Ao was dissatisfied and said: "Dad, are you confused? If you don't take action to eradicate the Chao family now, and wait for his gambling den to be taken back, then the source of his money will be alive again. By then, He recruited many disciples, and his power would not be what it is now. At that time, it would not be easy for us to deal with him,"
Zang Hanzhong said angrily: "You are the only smart one in the world. Do you think that Chao Gai is a fool? What you thought of is what others can think of. You have been prepared for it a long time ago. It was so easy to succeed in the first place because it was Chao Jidao." The reckless man is in charge. Now, the Chao family is different. His move today has reversed the situation of power. Master Wu is now protecting the Chao family. Chao Gai is hoping that you will bring your troops to look for trouble now. They have already set up a trap. There's a dragnet, and now it's waiting for you to twist into it,"
"Dad, according to your wishes, if they bully people like this, we will accept it as such,"
"Then what can we do? We need 50,000 dan of food and grass tomorrow at 3:00 noon, but we haven't prepared it yet," Zang Hanzhong said through gritted teeth.
"Fifty thousand dan, where can you find so many?" Zang Ao stared, a little dumbfounded.
"Convert it into silver and send it to him. Now you contact those merchants with whom you have good relations, and first convert their 10,000-dan grain into silver and collect it."
"What about our family's 40,000 den?"
"Hmph," Zang Hanzhong gritted his teeth and said, "What can I do? Not only do I have to give away these 40,000 dan, but I also need to take another 3,000 guan of cash as a favor and give it to the dog official. I don't think there will be any improvement in the future. Alas, Take out all the cash in the treasury first. If there is still some money left, then first mortgage the deed of the gambling house."
"Dad," when Zang Ao heard this, his heart felt as if a piece of red-hot iron had fallen into it, and it hurt all the time.
"Daddy, if you don't prepare now, it will be too late tomorrow. There's no telling what tricks County Magistrate Wu will come up with by then,"