After crossing, I was miserable.

Chapter 410 Renegotiation

After breakfast, Qian Duoduo gave Chu Yan four pills, one for the morning and one for lunch.

After the two men exchanged a few words of greeting, Chu Yan's secret guard came over again. Just when Chu Yan was about to leave, Qian Duoduo gave Chu Yan a strange thing.

It's a small bottle of pepper spray.

It is a pocket bottle.

Qian Duoduo taught Chu Yan how to use it, although he knew that he would not be able to use it with his skills, but what if, what if he did come across it?

Although Chu Yan felt that he would not use this, when he thought that this was a gift from Qian Duoduo out of concern for him, he accepted it with joy and put it close to his chest to avoid losing it.

After Chu Yan left, Qian Duoduo rested for a while. Finding that Qian Yi and Murong Yun had not returned, he went to the study to read a book, and then went to prepare some ingredients for dinner.

Qian Yi, Murong Yun and Zhou She were currently sitting around a table with Jingzhao Shaoyin in an elegantly decorated restaurant.

The table was filled with delicious food, and the aroma filled the air, but their minds were not at all on the delicious food.

The topic of discussion was about how to further increase the city taxes in the south and north of the city.

Jingzhao Shaoyin spoke first: "I asked you two to come here to know how my previous proposal is going. I believe that the two districts of South City and North City still have room for improvement. It is only a matter of time to catch up with East City and West City."

In fact, he only wanted to invite Murong Yun alone, but knowing that Qian Yi was also the person in charge of the villa outside the city, he simply invited both of them.

Jingzhao Shaoyin waved his hand and said, "You two gentlemen can talk freely and see how we can achieve this goal together."

For a moment, the four of them fell silent. Even Zhou She hadn't expected that this Jingzhao Shaoyin would be so shameless as to assign his job responsibilities to two businessmen...

It also caught up with the east and west of the city. What kind of existence is the east of the city?

That is where the current emperor is!

It goes without saying that it is majestic and magnificent.

In this capital city, those powerful and famous people all live in the east of the city.

The mansions where they lived were majestic and magnificent, with red doors, high walls, carved beams and painted buildings, demonstrating their nobility and power.

As for the west of the city, it is where the rich gather. Those wealthy families have bought luxury houses here, with deep courtyards, pavilions and towers scattered in an orderly manner, and rockery and flowing water dotted in between.

Each house is extremely luxurious and jaw-dropping. It is not only a symbol of wealth, but also a reflection of status.

In this huge capital city, only ordinary civilians with difficult lives would choose to live in the south and north areas of the city.

You know, this place is not as prosperous and lively as the city center. There are no tall buildings and no busy traffic.

Not only that, there is even a slum-like area in the south and north of the city, where the houses are dilapidated and the roads are muddy and rugged.

The people live a hard life, working hard every day just to have enough food and clothing.

Most of them work in the lowest-level jobs, earning meager incomes and barely making ends meet.

How to catch up like this?

Jingzhao Shaoyin originally wanted to meet and have a detailed discussion with the real boss behind the mysterious villa and the bustling fresh food supermarket.

However, when he learned through various channels that this series of impressive industries actually belonged to the young lady of the Yang family who was about to become the noble Fourth Princess, Jingzhao Shaoyin couldn't help but back off.

After all, this young lady of the Yang family has a special identity and a respected status. If I go there rashly to negotiate with her, there will probably be many inconveniences.

Besides, with her current status and power, she may not be willing to listen to me after careful consideration, or I have no advantage in status.

He can't afford to offend the two backers behind this identity. He just wants to increase some city taxes and achieve some results.

There was no other way, Jingzhao Shaoyin finally chose to talk to their boss who was now able to show up, and by the way test his thoughts.

Fortunately, there was no rejection.

“Sir, we have revised the plan we submitted to you several times, but we found that it is impossible to do it alone.

You know, the people in the north and south of the city don't have much money. The rich have gone to the east and west of the city.

What's more, some people with little money have moved their families to the west of the city. We cannot change this. Even if we open a few more shops,

But ordinary people don’t have much spare money, so even if we can increase some city taxes, it will probably be a drop in the bucket.”

The Jingzhao Shaoyin who was in charge of the two areas of the south and north of the city was a man named Xiao Jian.

Although this person is usually a little smooth in his dealings with others, and occasionally reveals a bit of mercenary spirit, it is undeniable that

Deep down in his heart, he really wanted to make a difference and achieve some real political achievements.

After all, in the officialdom, who doesn’t want to have some outstanding achievements so as to be promoted step by step?

Xiao Jian naturally had the same idea in mind, but his overly flexible and changeable style of doing things and his shrewd calculations of gains and losses often made people feel that he was not sincere and down-to-earth enough.

However, if we look beyond these superficial phenomena and delve deeper, we can still sense his eagerness to achieve something in his career.

He himself was born into a poor family. His once glorious family has gradually declined, and its past glory has disappeared like a passing cloud.

In this capital city full of fierce competition, powerful people and dignitaries, their family has lost its former status and influence.

They can only struggle at the bottom of society and are at the end of the entire class system.

Therefore, he must work hard to expand his network and at the same time make some tangible political achievements in order to slowly support his family.

"I have also considered what Master Murong said. But now it is difficult to do things because the government has no money. If the government has sufficient finances, it will definitely provide benefits to the people."

Murong Yun was convinced. How could he, an official, say so easily that the government had no money?

In fact, Qian Yi had already seen through the real intention of Jingzhao Shaoyin's meeting long before coming to the meeting.

Because of this, Murong Yun controlled the pace and direction of today's conversation from beginning to end.

Qian Yi, on the other hand, wisely chose to remain silent and did not interrupt easily. He simply played the role of assisting and cooperating.

However, even though Qian Yi had been doing his duty and quietly listening to the conversation between the two parties, when he heard this high-ranking and pampered official speaking in this tone,

I couldn't help but feel an indescribable irritation welling up in my heart, and I even felt my head starting to swell and ache.

After all, the rhetoric and manners in officialdom were really a great torture for someone like him who was free and easy-going and not fussy about details.