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70% reduction in business tax? This was truly an exorbitant demand! Right now, Pingyuan County had already implemented a thirty percent reduction in commercial taxes. This was already considered a big discount, but Fan Family was still not enough to satisfy him.

Furthermore, Fan Min had also exaggerated the fact that Pingyuan County was chaotic before, but now the situation had greatly changed. Not only was her Savage Soldier suppressed, the number of people she had lost was also rapidly rising. Besides, the business was about benefits. If there was a guarantee that she would lose money, only a fool would invest in it, and with Fan Family doing such a great deal, he was naturally not an idiot. Fan Min said this and treated himself, a county governor, as if he were an idiot.

Hm! Tang Yin suppressed his anger and said with a smile still on his face: "Since you have the intention to help my Pingyuan County recover its strength, then you shouldn't be asking for rewards! Right now, thirty percent of the business tax reduction is to stimulate those ordinary vendors, and your Fan Family is huge. In my opinion, it's fine if you don't want these so-called preferential treatment! "

Fan Min never thought that Tang Yin would give him such a reply. Not only did she not accept her conditions, she even collected a full tax on Fan Family. Her expression slightly changed and her smile became stiff. She said faintly, "Is sire joking?"

"Of course not." Tang Yin drank his tea slowly and said, "How can you joke about such a big matter?"

"So you're saying, the Lord is bullying my Fan Family?" Fan Min's face completely darkened as he stared at Tang Yin.

Tang Yin said with a smile: "If your Fan Family didn't bully me, how could I bully you?"

Fan Min was startled, and asked: "When have we ever offended Master, I hope Master can speak clearly!"

Tang Yin said: "Now! Your Fan Family has clearly already opened a teahouse in the Heng City, and there was an endless stream of customers coming in every night, yet you guys are actually complaining to me about losing money, do you think I'm an idiot? I can tell you clearly, if your Fan Family wants to open teahouses, restaurants, and other shops within, I welcome all of them. But if you all want to bully me using your Fan Family's wealth, and force me to make any concessions, then I'm sorry, but I will make it difficult for you all within the Pingyuan County! "

Fan Min was secretly shocked, the matter of him opening the teahouse in Heng City had not been spread out, so how did Tang Yin know about it? Besides, how did he know that the teahouse business was good?

Seeing the look of shock on her face, Tang Yin smiled leisurely, and said: "I know more than that, the show that's going on at your Fan Family Tea House is also very lively! "Of course, this is your way to attract customers and attract business. I will not restrict you. I will say these things so that you will understand that I am not an ignorant fool who only know how to lead troops to war!"

Fan Min took a deep breath. Although she had only chatted with Tang Yin for a short while, she no longer dared to underestimate his. She said faintly: "Since Master Tang is an intelligent person, then you should understand the relationship between our Fan Family and those who wield great power. Offending us, I think that will not benefit Master Tang's career!"

Tang Yin laughed lightly with his back facing them, and said haughtily: "If I really cared about this, and feared your Fan Family, I wouldn't have said what I had just said, would I?"

Fan Min stared straight at Tang Yin, speechless. This was the first time Fan Min met such a person. After reporting her family background, the other party was unaffected by it.

Seeing her imposing manner being suppressed, Tang Yin felt more or less comfortable in his heart. Looking at Fan Min who was sitting in a daze on the chair, he then said slowly: "I still have the same words, Fan Family coming to Pingyuan County, I absolutely welcome it. I can also consider giving you an appropriate tax reduction, but it won't be as much as you said."

Hearing that Tang Yin's tone had softened, Fan Min's spirits were lifted, and he hurriedly asked: "How much of the business tax can the Master Tang give me off my Fan Family?"

"40% max!" Tang Yin answered straightforwardly.

This is the limit that I can currently give you. Since I'm willing to make such a huge concession to help your Fan Family, I hope that your Fan Family can help me as well! "

Oh! Hearing this, Fan Min sneered in her heart, he was asking for benefits!

He thought that Tang Yin would speak in such a forceful and dignified manner, and thought that he was some extraordinary person. She revealed a sneer on his face and spoke straightforwardly: "How many benefits does Master Tang want? Just say it directly, as long as my Fan Family can accept it, I will definitely satisfy you!"

Tang Yin knew that Fan Min had misunderstood him, but he did not explain. He stood up straight and said as he walked: "Miss Fan Min, please follow me!"

Not knowing what kind of medicine he was planning, Fan Min followed behind Tang Yin curiously. "Where does Master want to take me?"

"We'll know when we get there." Tang Yin replied without turning his head back.

Tang Yin brought Fan Min directly to the Silver Bank. There were a lot of things sealed in Wang Meng's house, and he was having trouble figuring out how to get rid of them. Coincidentally, Fan Min had come looking for him, so how could he not make use of this opportunity?

Seeing Tang Yin bringing him to County Magistrate Mansion, Fan Min was filled with even more doubtful, as to what tricks Tang Yin was playing.

Upon entering the Silver Bank, Tang Yin opened one of the boxes that were inside, and said: "All these are antique, brocade, cloth and the like, they are all stored in my hands and are completely useless. If you want to sell them, you cannot find a suitable buyer, I think that Miss Fan Min will help me with this, and keep all of these things.

Fan Min first looked at the many items in the chest, then suspiciously raised her head and asked Tang Yin: "Could it be, that's what Master wants me to help with?"

Tang Yin laughed, and asked back: "What else?"

Fan Min's jade face flushed red. He thought Tang Yin was hinting at him to give some benefits, but it turns out didn't have that intention at all.

She took a deep breath and re-examined the contents of the box. Being a merchant, she naturally had an extraordinary ability to distinguish goods from others. Just by looking at the items in the box, one could tell that they were of considerable value.

She asked, "Is that all?"

Tang Yin shook his head and said: "These boxes, a total of twenty-two boxes."

So many! There were many shops in Fan Family and they were all over the place. It was not difficult to sell these goods, but twenty-two boxes of goods had to be accounted for one by one, and it was not something that could be done in a short period of time. She thought for a moment, then said, "Sure! I can take all of Master Tang's items, and find someone to count them and collect all of them! "

"Alright!" Tang Yin was overjoyed upon hearing that, and said: "Then all the shops in your Pingyuan County will be exempt from the forty percent business tax!"

However, Tang Yin was too unfathomable and difficult to deal with. For him to be able to let go of this issue, reducing the business tax by 40% was already quite a feat.

Fan Min's heart was filled with mixed emotions. After making an agreement with Tang Yin, Fan Min did not stay any longer at County Magistrate Mansion. After exchanging a few more simple pleasantries with Tang Yin, he then got up and took his leave.

After Fan Min left, the two Shangguan brothers who were beside Tang Yin said in unison, "Master, this Miss Fan Family is too arrogant, you shouldn't give in to her."

Tang Yin shrugged his shoulders, sighed lightly, and said: "If I were alone, then naturally I could do whatever I wanted. But now, we should also focus more on the overall situation and build good relations with the Fan Family, which would benefit us as well. Not only will it speed up the recovery of our Pingyuan County, it would also be able to digest the spoils of war that we will obtain in the future."

"Oh!" Brother Shangguan seemed to understand something, but he felt that Tang Yin must have his reasons for saying this, since Tang Yin was smarter than the two of them.

Fan Min did not break her promise, and on the second day, she sent someone to specially accept Tang Yin's twenty-two boxes of items.

With regards to the liquidation of the goods, Tang Yin was not involved in it, nor was he interested in it.

It was just as Shangguan Yuanji had predicted, the items in the twenty-two boxes would be worth more than a hundred thousand silver. At this time, the Fan Family was showing the true colors of the rich and powerful merchants. With over a hundred thousand silver, it was delivered to the County Magistrate Mansion in less than two days, and all the goods were taken away.

Fan Min would naturally keep his word, and she would not go back on his word. As he continued to explain, all the different types of shops under the Pingyuan County would be exempt from forty percent of business tax. If Fan Family was only a small business, then an extra ten percent would mean a bit of a difference between the taxes. However, there were a lot of business in Fan Family, and its scale was also large.

In the next few days, the Pingyuan County was peaceful, but the officials were panic-stricken.

The Dark Arrow was like a hound as the entire county searched for corrupt officials. Not only was the area covered by the Heng City, the members had also sneaked into various other towns to investigate the wrongdoings of the officials.

The actions of the hidden arrow caused all the officials of Pingyuan County to feel threatened, but it also had a strong deterring effect. All of the officials of the entire county did not dare to rashly give away their own money, nor did they dare to engage in corrupt and vile practices, allowing the atmosphere of the officials of Pingyuan County to be completely righteous. As a result, the most direct benefit was that the people below them also made the Pingyuan County more attractive, speeding up the growth of the Pingyuan County.

In the past few days, Tang Yin had nothing. With Shangguan Yuanji in the government and Qiu Zhen in the military, his position as a County Guard was actually quite relaxed.

However, he had recently especially liked to visit the tea houses with Fan Family. His purpose was to see more of the drama in the tea houses.

The drama of Fan Family Teahouse was very ordinary, and directly reflected what the masses were thinking. Tang Yin could use it to understand what the citizens wanted, and what they were dissatisfied with. After that, he would discuss it with Shangguan Yuanji and revise it and improve it.

Fan Min was currently staying at the teahouse. Previously, she did not know Tang Yin, but now that she had met him once or twice, she felt that it was nothing special, but it was strange to be able to see him often. She even thought that Tang Yin was interested in her, but she quickly rejected the idea, because every time Tang Yin came to the teahouse, it was not to see her nor did she look for her.