The most arrogant in history

Chapter 270 is indecent.

Ye Kun glanced back and shouted:

"What assassination? Can't you see that they are a group of unarmed civilians? Put down your weapons and retreat."

Only then did everyone put away their swords and guns and protect Ye Kun.

Tan Bamao was still worried, so he stepped forward with his sword, stopped the people, and shouted:

"Stop right there, Lord Ye is here, no noise or rudeness allowed!"

The people stopped, looked at Ye Kun, and then knelt down and kowtowed collectively.

Ye Kun clasped his fists in return: "My dear elders, there is no need for such a generous gift. I cannot bear the responsibility."

Ma Zhao stepped forward and said with a straight face, "What's the matter with you? Why are you making such a commotion and disturbing Lord Ye?"

"Master Ye, we are here to ask you to take us in..." Several people in front of us were still kneeling on the ground, clasping their fists and saying:

"All the soldiers and workers under Lord Ye were given fine salt, but we didn't. So we want to ask, does Lord Ye's textile factory still need people? We want to send our children here to work so that we can have salt to eat in the future."

It turned out to be the case.

Ye Kun sighed at Ma Zhao: "Master Ma, you see, even though we have distributed so much salt, there are still people who cannot afford it."

Chengdu is still considered a wealthy area, and the situation in other places is definitely worse.

Ma Zhao whispered, "It has been like this since ancient times. Not every poor person has salt to eat..."

"What do you mean since ancient times? We'll talk about this later." Ye Kun expressed disdain for Ma Zhao's twisted logic, clasped his fists and said to the villagers:

"Listen to me, elders. We have many new workshops that need some people. Starting tomorrow, I will recruit workers at the small gate on the east side of the prefectural government. You go there and line up tomorrow, and we will register and arrange for you."

"Thank you, Lord Ye. You are truly the best official!"

The people were excited when they heard this, kowtowed again to express their gratitude, and then left.

Tan Bamao knew that the textile factory could not accommodate so many people, so he said with a smile: "Godfather, the textile factory is full, can you create a few workshops to recruit workers?"

"Godfather has a plan!"

Ye Kun waved his hand and immediately returned to the prefectural government to discuss the matter with Zhuge Feng, Guan Yafu and others.

Zhuge Feng smiled and said, "Congratulations, Lord Ye. You have completely won over the hearts of the people in Chengdu. The people are on our side and are willing to join us. This is a good thing."

Guan Yafu said, "But it will cost money to resettle these people. Although there is money in the treasury, Wu Qiong and others may not agree to spend it on this."

Ye Kun was confident and said:

"I have asked all the counties to purchase all kinds of furs, wool, duck and goose down, and we now have quite a bit of stock. But the military camp workshops cannot digest so many materials. Therefore, we can also open a wool textile factory and a down clothing factory in Chengdu."

In fact, a wool textile factory has already been tested in Chongqing.

The production of down jackets started in Dongba County and has now moved to Chongqing, making money for Chongqing's large-scale construction.

However, the wool and down raw materials from all the counties in Yizhou had to be transported to Chongqing, which also increased the transportation costs.

If a new workshop is built in Chengdu, the raw materials can be delivered nearby and the finished products can be sold nearby, which also saves a lot of transportation costs.

Ma Zhao said: "Building a new workshop or building a house will take time and cost a lot of money."

Ye Kun thought about it and suddenly smiled: "Master Ma, don't you hate the gambling houses and brothels in the city the most?"

Ma Zhao was stunned: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Chengdu is a big place with more than a dozen gambling houses and over twenty brothels, all in the commercial center Shaocheng.

Ma Zhao was the chief priest of Yizhou, responsible for the education of people's minds, and hated gambling houses and brothels the most.

Because gambling houses and brothels are most likely to cause public security incidents.

This thing is a cancer of society. Although some taxes can be collected, it brings a lot of chaos and the cost of governance is very high.

However, Ma Zhao alone could not close down such places.

Because behind every gambling house and brothel there are wealthy and powerful families backing them up.

Half of the gambling houses and brothels in Shaocheng are under the protection of the Xie and Han families.

So the Xie and Han families are rich. They are big landlords, big businessmen, and gangsters. Their tentacles are everywhere, from the state capital to the city and the countryside.

Ye Kun chuckled and said in a low voice:

"Master Ma, let's make a deal. I will fully support you and seal off all gambling houses and brothels in Chengdu and confiscate all their property. Then you will take half of it privately and give it to me. We will build two large workshops and let the common people work and eat."

Ma Zhao was surprised, happy, and worried, and whispered, "I'm afraid Xie Tong and others will object."

"joke!"

Ye Kun snorted: "Da Ding has laws that prohibit private gambling houses. How bold are Xie Tong and Han Chun to defy the laws of the country?"

The Da Ding Kingdom does have regulations prohibiting the opening of gambling houses.

But in the era of feudal lords, all laws are bullshit.

In order to make money, major state governments even opened official gambling houses themselves.

Ye Kun is now in power, and he can pick up the laws of the Da Ding Kingdom that were thrown into the toilet and they will be just as useful!

Ye Kun had long wanted to close down the gambling houses and brothels, but the time was not ripe.

Ma Zhao nodded and asked, "But what about the brothels? They all have licenses."

"Stubborn." Ye Kun smiled and gave instructions:

"Don't you know how to find fault with everything? Charge them with crimes like forcing women into prostitution, beating people to death, oppressing the people, etc., and arrest them all! If that doesn't work, charge them with treason and conspiracy! If they urinate and drown ants, charge them with murder of protected animals!"

All brothels and theaters are not clean, they are full of fraud and all kinds of evil.

It is not so easy to convict them.

Ma Zhao was stubborn and insisted on doing things according to the law. He asked again:

"What if we can't find any evidence? And the crime of murdering protected animals that Lord Ye mentioned doesn't exist in the Da Ding Kingdom."

"They haven't committed any crime, which means they are good people. Let them continue to run the brothel and serve you and everyone else! When we have time, let's go to the brothel to have a drink, find a few girls to chat with, and take care of their business!"

Ye Kun was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Tan Bamao and Zhuge Feng over there couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The old sour scholar Guan Yafu shook his head repeatedly, rolled his eyes and said: "It's inappropriate, the more you talk, the more inappropriate it becomes!"

Ma Zhao couldn't help but smile and nodded:

"Okay, I'll be responsible for confiscating the property, and half of the proceeds will be given to Lord Ye to build a workshop."

Ye Kun nodded and said:

"Keep this a secret. We will start immediately after dinner tonight. Tan Bamao, lead three thousand soldiers and cooperate with Lord Ma to seal off all gambling houses and brothels. Don't let any one go."

Everyone took orders.

Ye Kun also arranged tomorrow's recruitment, as well as the site selection, design and construction of the workshop.

After dark, three thousand soldiers entered Shaocheng and sealed off all the gambling houses and brothels in a swift and effective manner.

All personnel were searched, taken away, and detained in prison.

Since there was not enough room in the prison, all the men were sent to the military camp.

All the houses and properties of the gambling house were sealed and counted overnight.

The whole Shaocheng was in chaos and people were in panic.

Ye Kun was also restless and had already fallen asleep in Xie Baochan's West Garden. Xie Tong, Han Chun and others asked to see him overnight.

Xie Baochan didn't know about this and was very surprised: "My husband, my father came to see me so late at night, has something serious happened?"