Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1034

Gong Honghai now feels like he was thrown into the sky, then dropped down, and then thrown up into the sky again.

After ups and downs several times, my heart, which had already settled down, was hanging again.

Fortunately, Wei Wu finally called Zhang Hai back, and this little fish still had some room to struggle.

So after hearing Wei Wu's second question, Gong Honghai answered without any hesitation:

"Reporting to His Excellency, the Duke of Zhenguo, they did discuss this matter on the very night you called them to the yamen for discussion."

"In Leyun Pavilion, everyone was thinking about how to deal with it, and then Bao Guanjiao came up with a solution. It was Bao Yu's father."

"He suggested that we bribe the land surveyor to count ten acres as one acre, the upper fields as lower fields, the lower fields as barren fields, and the barren fields as waste fields. However, Zhou Li rejected this."

As soon as Gong Honghai finished speaking, Wei Wu shook his head and laughed.

"Did this Bao Guanjiao get kicked in the head by a pig? The fields are right there. I can send someone to take a look and the truth will be revealed."

After complaining about Bao Guanjiao, Wei Wu looked at Gong Honghai and asked another question.

"You just said that Bao Guanjiao's proposal was rejected by Zhou Li?"

"Yes, sir. Zhou Li said the same thing as you and then rejected his proposal."

"Who is this Zhou Li?"

When Wei Wu summoned everyone to the yamen for discussion, Zhou Li was indeed the first one called in.

But Wei Wu's main target at the time was Bao Yu, and he didn't care at all about the names of the others.

Now that I heard Gong Honghai talk about his rejection of Bao Guanjiao's proposal, I became curious about this person.

As for Gong Honghai, he gave an answer immediately after Wei Wu asked.

"Your Excellency, Zhou Li is from the Zhou family. Although he is not the head of the family, he is in charge of the entire Zhou family's business."

"He's not the head of the family, but he can control the entire family's business. This person must be extraordinary!"

"Yes, it's not easy."

Gong Honghai nodded in response, then introduced Zhou Li's situation to Wei Wu.

"The Zhou family didn't have as much wealth as they do now, until Zhou Li showed up and started hoarding land while doing business."

"Then the Zhou family's business grew little by little. Now, many farmlands in Suzhou City belong to the Zhou family."

“That’s why everyone in Suzhou calls him Zhou Bancheng. Although he’s not the head of the Zhou family, he’s even more famous than the head of the Zhou family.”

Zhou Bancheng?

Just from this name, one can imagine how much land the Zhou family has, which made Wei Wu even want to confiscate their property.

As long as the Zhou family is raided, it will probably be much easier to implement the land tax system later. Unfortunately, it is just a thought.

So after a brief moment of fantasy, Wei Wu put the idea aside and looked at Gong Honghai again.

"You said Zhou Li rejected Bao Guanjiao's idea, and then what?"

"Then Bao Guanjiao took the opportunity to make trouble and asked Zhou Li to come up with an idea so that everyone could deal with the land tax."

Gong Honghai responded, then spoke again and told Zhou Li about his idea in detail.

As for Wei Wu, his eyes narrowed after hearing this.

"It's a good idea to sell by mortgaging. The upper households have become lower households. The land can no longer be hidden, but the household system has more room for manipulation."

After muttering something, Wei Wu stared at Gong Honghai and asked again:

"Did they say anything else besides this?"

"Anything else? No, Zhou Li's idea was agreed upon by everyone, and we all decided to do this."

Wei Wu sneered, leaned forward a little, and asked in a slightly coercive tone:

"No? Have you ever thought about getting rid of me once and for all?"

"This……"

Gong Honghai was suppressed by Wei Wu's momentum, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke out.

"Yes, I did think about it. Supervisor Bao suggested you... but no one wanted to take the risk, so it was rejected."