Looking at the other party's excited look, Li Ling felt happy, for himself and for the bookstore. He did not read the wrong person, and chose an extremely suitable manager for the bookstore. Yes, in his opinion, Wan Lang is now the CEO of Zongheng Bookstore.

Moreover, he, the CEO, is more capable of managing the bookstore than his founder. At least Li Ling is responsible for managing the bookstore himself. It is impossible for the bookstore to have such great development in just a short period of time. Wan Lang is really a natural businessman.

Such a happy event, and when Wan Lang entered the door, he said he was here to welcome him, Li Ling would naturally not let him down, so he quickly asked someone to prepare another banquet to celebrate the reunion of the two and the major development of the bookstore.

But the two of them seemed a little lonely when they were drinking. So after watching the sky that was about to dark, Li Ling simply asked someone to invite Xu Cang to come, and three Hengzhou friends gathered together to celebrate with joy.

Xu Cang arrived soon. He was the first person today to not know that Li Ling returned to Beijing. He was very happy about this and actually had a few drinks with them.

But after congratulating the happy events of the bookstore and newspapers, Xu Cang finally lowered the smile on his face and looked at Li Ling with some concern: "Wen Zhong, you have not been in the capital for this year, so I don't know that many people in the court want to be unfavorable to you now. Even if I am in the Hanlin Academy, I heard that many colleagues are jointly impeaching you."

"There are still such things? You officials are still unreasonable. If you are doing business in the southwest, do you still want to impeach him?" Wan Lang immediately felt sorry for Li Ling.

Li Ling just smiled and said, "I have heard of this. It is because someone wants to take revenge on me and wants to drive me out of the court, so he did so many things."

"Are you... not worried?" Xu Cang looked at him in surprise. After knowing about this, he was worried that he had not been able to sleep well for several days, but why was Li Ling, as the person involved, so calm?

"What's the use of worrying? Can you help me solve this problem? What I have to do is to respond actively and make those guys who want to deal with me pay the price!" Li Ling replied with a smile, and raised his glass to toast the two of them for a round.

"Do you have a way to deal with them?" Wan Lang understood and asked excitedly. Xu Cang also looked over, but with obvious doubts in his eyes, Li Ling was bluffing and comforting himself. After all, his friend is not much better than him, no matter how he is, he encounters such a target.

Li Ling's answer was not hesitant: "Of course. Just as Brother Wan mentioned, the bookstores on the market wanted to use conspiracies to deal with us Zongheng but ended up cheating himself. This time, the guys in the court will inevitably end up in failure. As for those who take the lead...hehe."

Xu Cang frowned again and looked at this friend carefully. Somehow, he felt that Li Ling had changed some changes with the one he was familiar with, but there was something that he couldn't say about where the specific changes were. Perhaps it was a change in temperament and mentality.

Wan Lang became much more free and easy about this, and immediately raised his glass and said, "Then let's have a drink first, and the counterattack will be smooth for you this time."

"For victory, have a drink!" Li Ling also raised his glass to respond, and then Xu Cang. Although he was suspicious, he still hoped to see Li Ling safe and sound. As for counterattacks, he really didn't realize that he could succeed.

It took more than an hour for this banquet. It was not until the second hour that the three of them felt happy to drink, and they were all drunk. In addition, there was a curfew in the city, so the two of them simply stayed here, and Li Ling, with the help of Li Tong and others, returned to the room to rest.

This drunkenness and a sleep after returning from running back, Li Ling slept for nearly five hours until it was almost noon the next day before he woke up.

However, this sufficient sleep made his body recover greatly. Not only did he disappear last night's drunkenness, but he even had the fatigue of taking a boat for many days. So Li Ling decided to go back to the Ministry of Revenue today and assign the errands in his hand first before talking about other things.

Following the familiar road, Li Ling finally came to the Ministry of Revenue again after nearly a year. It was just after noon, but the outsiders were not at the leisure of the afternoon. Everyone was busy with official duties on the desk or running around to pass on documents. These people were a little strange when they saw someone coming in, but after looking carefully, they recognized Li Ling's identity, they each showed a strange look.

Li Ling greeted these colleagues with a smile: "Dear wise men, you are busy. Li Ling has lived up to the court's entrustedness and finally returned from the southwest."

These colleagues and subordinates came to their senses and greeted him with haha. But after saying a few words, they walked away one after another. Obviously, they didn't want to have too much interaction with him. Li Ling didn't care too much. He just greeted him and went to the Qinglisi where he worked. He soon saw a man coming out of a public room and facing him with all his eyes.

"Xiaoguan has met Lord Lu, and I heard that Lord Lu has been promoted to our doctor. It really makes Xiaguan Shen happy." Li Ling immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Lu You's expression changed for a moment, and then he reached out to support him: "Wen Zhong, don't be too polite. Have you just returned to the capital? Why didn't you ask someone to bring back some news early so that I can prepare for this official?"

"Haha, what preparations should I prepare for the officials when I go back to the yamen to pay the office? I am the capital I returned to yesterday, so I dare not rest any longer. I am here to pay the office today. I wonder if these errands are handed over to you, Doctor Lu, or to the Minister of the Secretariat?" Li Ling said, and patted the official documents and accounts in his hand. They were all determined by the Marquis of Dingxi. It was written clearly on it that at least the taxes paid to the court this year will definitely exceed 350,000 taels of silver.

Of course, this is not just to repay Li Ling's contribution in the southwest this year, but also that just before Li Ling really left the southwest, the local government represented by Dingxi Hou had received dozens of times the commercial tax from many merchants in southern Yunnan, which was far more than in previous years. This tax will also become a future prescribed, so that Xiao Ding could take out such a large amount of silver to the court.

Looking at Li Ling's confident look, Lu You was stunned again: "You... have really done your job?" Seeing Li Ling nodding, he asked again, "Is Southern Yunnan really agreed to pay more than 300,000 taels of silver tax?"

Even though he saw Li Ling nodding again, Lu You still felt unreal. This is southern Yunnan, which is famous for his poverty. He actually got done with this matter? Then he came back to his senses: "Since that's the case, then follow me to see the Minister. It just so happened that I had just been summoned by him and said that there was something to ask about it."

Li Ling felt the profound meaning hidden in his words and smiled: "Secretary of the Lord." Then he followed Lu You and continued walking in. After turning a few turns, he finally came to the big general house exclusively occupied by the Minister.

Like before, Bian Xuedao was still buried in the document. As soon as he heard Lu You report his identity, he responded casually: "Let's come in and talk." Li Ling didn't have time to speak, and he actually followed the room and took it lightly, making the Minister Bian who lowered his head and said something without knowing that there was one more person at all.

Although there were a few other officials in the hall, they didn't dare to talk too much in front of the minister. They just looked at Li Ling with strange eyes, feeling that this guy was too brave, so they dared to break in directly.

"You guys go out, I have something to talk to Doctor Lu." Bian Xuedao still didn't look up, but he had already ordered his subordinates casually. These people could only say that they had retreated, and even closed the door for him.

"Have you thought about it yet, I may still be patient, but Your Highness Yong may not be there. If you still refuse to sign, you will be enemies with me and Yong..." Using seals on the document, Bian Xuedao spoke again to put pressure on Lu You. At this point, he finally looked up, and then he was stunned.

Because there was not only Lu You in front of him, there was also a guy he didn't expect, and he didn't want to see, and he was actually looking at him with a smile: "You..."

"The minister Li Ling has met the minister. The minister asked me to come in and speak. The minister dared not disobey." As soon as Li Ling opened his mouth, he left himself clear and asked, "I just don't know what is the master asking Doctor Lu to sign on?"

"When did you... come back?" Mr. Bian was still stunned, and did not even care about Li Ling's questions, but just stared at him and asked.

"Oh, I returned to Beijing yesterday and just came to the yamen to pay the office." Li Ling said, and handed over the Chinese letter: "Fortunately, the official has not humiliated his orders. This trip to the southwest finally made the southern Yunnan region agree to pay the tax of 350,000 taels of silver to the court. Please check it out."

Bian Xuedao subconsciously took the document and looked it through casually, but he didn't even read a word in it, but his heart was in a mess. Li Ling's appearance was too unexpected, which made him feel a little overwhelmed.

A target that he was thinking of a way to deal with suddenly ran up to him gently and after listening to what he told me, it was almost the same as being caught and raped in bed, which really made people feel uneasy.

This time, he naturally couldn't force Lu You to respond to this matter anymore, and his eyes wandered back and forth on the two of them, guessing their purpose. After a while, he said: "I will take a closer look at this matter later, but Li Ling, even if you succeed in this trip to the southwest, you still committed the crime that you should not be spared. Do you know that you are guilty?"

Now that things are happening, it is useless to avoid them. Instead, it will weaken your own momentum. It would be better to point it out directly. After all, I am his immediate boss and can completely suppress him.
Chapter completed!