Martial Arts: After ten years of sword-drawing, the Sword God must bow his head when he sees me

Chapter 42 The sky is high and the emperor is far away

Hearing Shen Zhongshan's words, Shen Qingshan and Qu Feiyan beside him were stunned.

Shen Qingshan, in particular, couldn't help but ask, "Wasn't the Wang family still doing well yesterday? How come they're gone just like that?"

Shen Tiannan said in a deep voice, "An hour ago, the East Factory raided the Wang family on the pretext of buying official positions and illegally trading iron ore."

Shen Pingan smiled when he heard the words: "This eunuch Cao is indeed cautious!"

Shen Tiannan looked at Shen Pingan, who didn't show the slightest bit of surprise, and couldn't help asking, "From what you said, Ping'an, did you guess that the East Factory would deal with the Wang family a long time ago?"

Shen Pingan said calmly: "Half and half!"

Facing the gazes of several people, Shen Pingan said softly: "Compared to Zhu Wushi, Cao Zhengchun is very good at dealing with people."

"Although the mastermind behind yesterday's events was Iron-hearted Divine Marquis, it was ultimately done through the hands of the East Factory."

"Whether it's to purge the East Factory of its evil tendencies or to ease relations afterwards, Cao Zhengchun will not continue to let the Wang family remain unharmed."

Shen Tiannan sighed, his tone filled with a hint of regret.

"Originally, many people in the clan thought that now that the Shen family had you, they could finally avenge the humiliation they suffered at the hands of the Wang family."

"I was thinking of finding time to ask for your opinion sometime later, but I didn't expect the East Factory to take action first."

Shen Pingan smiled without comment.

People are utilitarian and realistic.

When you are poor and down and out, you are surrounded by bad people, but when you become successful, you are surrounded by good people.

For many things, there will naturally be people who will come forward to help.

Shen Tiannan asked, "Are you going to the appointment tomorrow, Ping An?"

Shen Pingan raised the corner of his mouth and said, "This eunuch Cao also gave a gift when he sent the invitation. If I don't go, it would be too rude."

"What's more, my father's death was mainly due to his old injuries, but it was also closely related to the suppression by the Wang family ten years ago."

"It's neither moral nor logical to let the Wang family's account go like this."

Shen Ping'an's soul did not travel through time and space, but he simply awakened his innate wisdom.

The feelings towards the Shen family and the parents of this body are also real.

In the past, Shen Pingan was not strong enough and had no choice but to keep it in his heart.

Now that we have enough strength, we should have an explanation for everything.

As they are all family, how could Shen Tiannan not know what Shen Pingan was thinking?
Seeing this, Shen Tiannan said, "Okay, I'll go out and tell the big boss that you agree to attend the banquet."

Shen Pingan waved his hand and said, "There's no rush for this matter. Just let him wait. Pingan has another matter to discuss with Second Uncle."

After Shen Tiannan sat back down, Shen Pingan said, "After the Wang family's affairs are over, I want my second uncle to move the Shen family out of the capital."

Shen Tiannan was surprised and asked, "Move out of the capital?"

Although he was surprised that Shen Ping'an said this, Shen Tiannan was much calmer than Shen Qingshan.

After being surprised, he pondered for a moment and then sighed: "There are many disputes in the capital. In the early years, when my eldest brother just passed away, I also thought about taking the Shen family away from the capital."

"But it's not difficult to leave the capital. With the Shen family's nearly a hundred years of accumulation, it's more than enough to build a mansion somewhere else."

"But the business in the capital has been deeply cultivated for many years, and the Shen family, with hundreds of people, relies entirely on these businesses to survive."

"If we leave the capital, how will our Shen family make a living?"

Shen Qingshan on the side couldn't help but nodded.

This is what Shen Qingshan wanted to say just now.

The Shen family's business is quite diverse, just blacksmithing and some jade business.

These businesses are almost all done with regular customers.

Once we move to a new location, our business will inevitably decline, and we will be in trouble if we cannot make ends meet.

Shen Pingan smiled and said, "Second uncle, have you forgotten about the tax issue?" When the words came out, Shen Tiannan was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately reacted to what Shen Pingan was referring to.

The knights break the law with force, and the strength of the warriors far exceeds that of ordinary people.

In order to prevent martial artists and underworld forces from causing chaos, each country not only allocated 20% of tax revenue to the underworld forces, but also the remaining 80% went to the court.

With this 20% tax, the various forces in the martial arts world can be stabilized.

Twenty percent tax may not seem like much, but that is for the entire country.

For the forces in the underworld, this is a huge sum of money that is enough to make people jealous.

If not, how could those first-class forces or even top-level forces afford to support the tens of thousands of disciples under their command?
Logically speaking, even the former Shen family was considered a third-rate force in the underworld and was eligible to receive taxes within its sphere of influence.

But the Shen family happened to be in the capital.

Being in the imperial city, the so-called taxes are naturally a joke.

Not to mention the Shen family, even the Jinqian Gang, a top-tier force in the capital, dared not collect a single cent of tax from the surrounding shops throughout the year.

It was also because he had been in the capital for many years that Shen Tiannan had forgotten about this.

Now after hearing what Shen Pingan said, Shen Tiannan reacted immediately.

In the martial arts world, there is a clear hierarchy among various forces.

It is a fourth-grade force with a warrior at the Xiantian realm in charge.

There are warriors in the Ningyuan realm in charge, and it is a third-grade force.

It is a second-grade force with warriors at the Guiyuan realm in charge.

If there are warriors in the Tiangang realm in charge, it is a first-class force.

Above the first rank are top forces such as Wudang, Shaolin and Yihua Palace.

In order to better grasp the trends in the underworld, the imperial court would have corresponding government offices specifically responsible for dealing with the situation of underworld forces.

It also includes statistics and records of the promotion and demise of various underworld forces.

Any third-grade force must pay its monthly tax revenue to the second-grade force within its sphere of influence, and the second-grade force must pay a portion of its monthly tax revenue to the first-grade force.

However, the specific taxes demanded by the underworld forces are decided by each force itself, and the court will not interfere.

If there are more evil-minded ones, such as the Sun and Moon Sect, as a first-class force, they require other subordinate forces within their sphere of influence to hand over 70% of their monthly income.

Those who are more respectable, such as the Wudang Sect, only require each force within its sphere of influence to hand over 50% of their monthly income.

The Shen family used to be just a third-rank force, and could only be considered the bottom of the world in the martial arts world.

But now we have a sword genius like Shen Pingan.

It is already considered a first-class force.

After leaving the imperial city, as long as the site is not chosen in a particularly remote place, the tax revenue within the sphere of influence will far exceed the total business income of the Shen family.

After figuring out the key, Shen Tiannan immediately felt relieved.

In fact, if it weren't for the constraints of the Shen family's various businesses, Shen Tiannan would definitely want to move the Shen family out of the capital.

After all, the Shen family now has top-grade earth-level martial arts.

Once the news leaks out, it will definitely be remembered.

Especially in an imperial city like this where the power structures are so intertwined, once the news leaks out, it cannot be concealed.

Even though Shen Tiannan arranged a large number of Shen family members to patrol and guard every day in the past few days, Shen Tiannan still couldn't feel at ease.

But if you change the place, it’s different.

With Shen Pingan by their side, they left the capital. Not only were they free from all danger, but they were also far away from home and free.

(End of this chapter)