Chapter 1040 Blowing the Matter Up

Chapter 1040: Blowing the Matter Up Chapter 1040: Blowing the Matter Up Editor: Atlas Studios The four little heads gathered together.

Qi Wensu said dejectedly, “But we can’t see them.

We don’t even know who didn’t pay taxes.” “I know.” Tiger Head raised his hand and said, “Second Uncle said it’s the officials.” Little Lion pondered for a moment.

“Then let’s start with their sons.

Even if we don’t get to see them, surely we’d have no problem meeting their son?” “That makes sense.” Little An stroked his chin and nodded deeply.

“Let’s convince their son first, then let their son convince them.

That would be much easier.

Usually, the adults will agree to us children want.” “We can also ask shop by shop…” Little Lion rolled his eyes and raised a new idea.

The four little heads gathered together and gradually perfected the plan.

In the end, Little An dictated, Little Lion wrote, Tiger Head and Qi Wensu added, and wrote down the entire plan.

First of all, they had to find the sons of officials.

This was simple.

They had played together before, and as long as the four children were willing, those children would rush up to play with them.

Then, they would call on them to be good citizens who paid taxes according to the law and go with those officials’ children to investigate every shop.

As long as the shop owner paid taxes, they would give them a small handmade red flower.

If they did not pay taxes, they would do their job and get them to pay taxes according to the law.

This time, the children didn’t discuss it with the adults or even tell Little Bear.

They ran straight to the school to look for Governor Yan’s youngest son.

Governor Yan’s youngest son, Yan Ying, was about the same age as them.

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Yan often let him play with the Young Masters of the Prince’s estate, but they had actually only met five times and were not familiar with each other at all.

However, Tiger Head still approached Yan Ying as if they were close buddies and asked him if he was willing to play with them.

Yan Ying was only six years old and had been pampered since he was young.

In Guangzhou City, other than the young masters of the Prince’s estate and Duke’s estate, only the children of his family and Governor Zhou’s family had noble statuses.

In the past, he wouldn’t have wanted to play with Tiger Head and the others because he didn’t want to be a follower.

However, seeing that Tiger Head and the others weren’t bullies, he reluctantly agreed to play with them.

Tiger Head excitedly told him that they were planning to do something big, something that even adults couldn’t do.

He asked him if he was willing to bring his underlings to do it with them.

Yan Ying was excited when he heard that.

He often heard his mother talk about how powerful the young masters of the Prince’s estate were.

And about how they could earn a lot of money at such a young age and do huge things.

He had been extremely envious.

If he hung out with them, wouldn’t he be praised like them as well?

Brimming with excitement, Yan Ying agreed reservedly.

Tiger Head gave him a mission and asked him to recruit as many people as possible.

Because they were doing something big this time, they needed a lot of manpower.

Yan Ying patted his chest and agreed.

At the same time, Little An, Little Lion, and even Qi Wensu had pulled in quite a number of people.

They gathered the sons and grandsons of the officials in Guangzhou and divided them into four teams.

They directly occupied a courtyard in the Prince’s estate for training.

Mu Yangling, who was recuperating, heard about the commotion and went to watch.

Seeing that the children had roped in the children of the officials, Mu Yangling was so happy that she chuckled.

Seeing that they were having trouble weaving red flowers, she even sent a few young servants over to teach them step by step.

Because there wasn’t enough red cloth, Little An even advocated for them to look for it themselves because they didn’t have the funds to afford more cloth.

Little An took a few pieces of red cloth that were said to have been left over from a few years ago from Butler Xia.

Little Lion and Tiger Head also searched for red cloth at home.

Those children also went home to look for it.

If they couldn’t find it, they would steal their red clothes and red coats and cut them into pieces… When their mothers asked, the children said that they were going to play with the young masters of the Prince’s estate.

The officials’ wives in Guangzhou couldn’t wait for their sons and grandsons to get close to the young masters, so they naturally wouldn’t stop them.

Some of them even helped their kid to apply for leave from the academy.

Hence, after two days of training and preparation, their tax collection team was finally established successfully.

The props, small red flowers, were also prepared.

On the third day, Little An led them to skip class collectively and divided them into four teams to investigate each street.

As long as the shop owner showed their tax payment receipt, the kids would give them a small red flower and help them hang it on their door.

They would encourage them to work harder.

If the shop owner didn’t have a tax payment receipt, the children would ‘persuade’ them to abide by the law.

The shopkeepers of those shops were so angry that their faces turned ashen.

This was the first time someone had used a carrot and stick approach on them like this.

Little An first read out the summary of the merchant tax rules to him with a thick book, “The Law of Great Qi.” Then, Little Lion said seriously, “You’ve violated the law by avoiding taxes.

If you make up for it in time, you can reduce your charges.” On the other hand, Tiger Head and Qi Wensu were in charge of glaring at them.

“If you don’t listen, I’ll get my father to arrest all of you baddies.” The shopkeeper was so angry that his face turned ashen.

He smiled insincerely and said, “Young Masters, whether it’s illegal or not is not up to you to decide.

Whether I break the law or not will be decided by the government office.

If they think that I’ve committed a crime, they can come to arrest me with chains.” Then, his righteous words were useless because a child who was angry from embarrassment would just rush out from the group of children behind him and punch and kick him.

The kid said fiercely, “If I ask you to pay the unpaid taxes, just do it.

Dog slave, this is my family’s shop.

If you dare to disobey, I’ll get my grandmother (mother) to flog you!” At this point, the shopkeeper could only hold back his anger and be speechless.

He could afford to be unyielding towards the young masters of the Prince’s estate, but towards his young master, he could only give in.

When the four children saw that the child’s eyes were red from anxiety, they quickly went forward to comfort him.

“Don’t be anxious.

We have to reason with them.

We’ll only attack if they can’t be reasoned with.” The child’s eyes turned red, embarrassed by the fact that his family was actually involved in breaking the law and didn’t pay taxes.

Tiger Head saw his tears falling one by one, so he grabbed his sleeve and wiped them away.

“Don’t feel bad.

They’re the ones who did something wrong, not you.

Why are you crying?” The child said pitifully, “My family didn’t pay taxes on our shops and that makes them bad people.

Will you still play with us?” “Of course.” Little Lion held his hand and said, “Didn’t Confucius say that to err is human; to correct a mistake is the greatest good?

We’ll just get him to mend his ways.” Little An nodded fiercely.

“Look, we also didn’t pay taxes before.

After realizing that this was a mistake, we paid the taxes.

Now, everyone says that we’re good children.” The child was stunned.

“You didn’t pay taxes either?” The four children nodded in unison.

“In the past, we didn’t know that we had to pay taxes to do business.

Now that we know, we made up for it.

Your family’s adults might not know either.

As for the servants, they’re ignorant.

What we have to do is to tell them and make them understand what’s going on.

Let them become good people and not become bad people unknowingly.” The shopkeeper’s face darkened when he heard this.

Who’s ignorant?

Who didn’t know that one had to pay taxes to do business?

Were they trying to show off that they’re knowledgeable?

The shopkeeper’s anger was stuck in his chest.

However, the child cheered up.

He wiped his tears and raised his head to look at the shopkeeper with his chin.

“Since you’re a servant, I don’t blame you for being ignorant.

Let me tell you now, you have to pay taxes when doing business.

Our family are good people and will pay taxes according to the law.

You, take out the money and send the tax owed to the government office right away!”

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